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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1943
Page
2
Weather outlook with no frost and possible rain, plus a long column of letters, anecdotes, and reader requests. Items include miners' wage talk, Willkie book opinions, community notices, farming advice, and household help asks from Amarillo readers.
A red fabric glove and a newly mended nylon stocking were lost near White and Kirk's last week with a call for the finder to contact a reward at 4298. A boys bicycle was also taken Monday afternoon from the side entrance of Maxer's Drug Store on 8th between Polk and Tyler streets.
A water or feed additive claims to destroy intestinal germs and worms in poultry to reduce disease and egg loss. It supposedly keeps blood-sucking insects away and improves appetite, health, and production. It offers inexpensive use with money-back satisfaction. Cretney Drug.
Evelyn Redding seeks return of a brown envelope bag lost at the State Theater containing her social security card keys and cash between 14 and 20 dollars. She asks that the bag and keys be returned and the money kept, with a contact at 2-1562.
A reader reports losing a tan coin purse containing five dollars and change on Saturday evening, either in front of Cretney Drug or on the South Loop bus. The finder is asked to return the items to 3302 West Sixth Avenue.
I am a man wanting to do yard work and can work any hours. I am not particular about the work. Please see me at 308 Taylor St. Monday I left a package containing a boy's suit at the lunch counter at Woolworth's. I will give a reward for its return to the Monogram Store where it was bought. Mrs. Walton.
A pair of gloves left at Room 104 in the Courthouse around 2 PM on May 10 is claimable by calling 2-3912. A purse found in an Amarillo park on Sunday May 9 may be claimed at 810 A West 14th Street. R L Robinson seeks evening and weekend child care at 607 Alabama Street via 2-6130.
Woman reports a brown purse stolen from her car parked at Seventh Avenue and Polk Street on Sunday night. Contents included a compact, keys, and a billfold with $7. Police asked for any information leading to the recovery.
Hollywood May 12 Jimmie Fidler notes a dinner for Bill Boyd as his Hopalong Cassidy series reaches fifty films. Producer Harry Sherman notes revenue from the first film, eight years old. Fidler highlights Boyd as plain, married, farm-loving and focused on merit over hype.
A notice from Geraldine Moore at 901 North Grant Street states there is money and a purse to be claimed with a contact number 4424 for retrieval.
An elderly woman seeks hourly work in light housekeeping, child care, or practical nursing. Contact at Cozy Court, 1302 North Fillmore St. for Mrs Miller, 5S.
A posted note offers a room in exchange for cooking Sunday dinner and watching two children at night. The writer expresses a preference for a soldier’s wife and asks to be contacted at 9073.
An advertising note claims one application relieves itching from eczema rash tetter ringworm pimples and toe itch. It promises repeat use as needed with natural healing support and offers money back if the first treatment fails to satisfy.
A British major, recalling Dunkirk, says Axis forces are surrendering quickly on Cap Bon Peninsula with white flags and abandoned equipment. He notes Dunkirk fighting was tougher, with scarce weapons, while today’s retreat appears shockingly swift. Housewives in Matagorda County plan to swap weekly canned goods for homepacked produce in glass jars to save metal for 1,840 machine guns in 1943.
A wartime editorial urges patience as arms production gives way to autos. It notes long delays before new designs reach market and recommends Conoco Nth motor oil to protect engines from acids and corrosion while awaiting postwar car supply.
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