Weather and Almanac Notes From Amarillo Panhandle
Panhandle Texas weather outlook calls for more rain despite rare showers. Reader letters suggest sparrow deterrence with white cloth and salt in cornmeal batter. Anecdotes cover bellhop tips, economic moves after pay rises, a dangerous kitchen knife from J H Warner, and a free Victory Garden lot at 3418 Tyler Street. A health warning flags tularemia risk from rabbits and advises gloves. experts discuss rabbit fever testing and an East Tenth ward animal hospital.
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Wichita Falls
L. C. Robbins
Wichita Health Unit
Panhandle
Jim Maggard
Amarillo
L. M. Griffin
Griffin
Texas
East Tenth
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Open Letter to Young Girls on Dating Soldiers
A wartime exhortation from Mrs. W. M. Gray urges young women to present their true, refined selves to soldiers. It warns against frivolous conduct and emphasizes maintaining high ideals, offering a vision of lasting love, character, and dignity as crucial for future marriage and home life.
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Mother Eve
Mrs. W. M. Gray
Baltimore
Regina
Daphne Drake
Southwest Pacific
Tokyo
Farewell to Amarillo from 106% Americans
PVT Leonard E Risick of Amarillo Field Texas expresses gratitude for the hospitality shown by Amarillo residents to soldiers from across the United States. He praises The USO Red Cross Amarillo Service Men's Center and local cooperation, hopes to return as neighbors, and signs off with thanks and best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Amarillo
Texas
New York
USO
Red Cross
Axis
Pvt
Leonard
Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood
Hollywood gossip column notes modern contrasts from wartime culture and film life. Topics include superstition about snake cures, Roosevelt’s poker skill, a New York school for gifted children, a Detroit teacher's composition prompt, Irene Dunne’s off screen persona, Guadalcanal pronunciation, a milk intake study for children, musicians avoiding draft, seed disinfection for gardens, and Dunne’s early publicity strategy.
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Roosevelt
Washington
New York City
Detroit
Guadalcanal
Abe Lyman
Victory Gardners
A Hollywood chatter about stars and stardom
The piece recalls interviews with Irene Dunne and others, noting failed attempts to secure revealing talk. It mentions press agents resigning, Dunne’s later return to top form, and critiques of sensationalized coverage. Anecdotes include Greer Garson, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, and Lon Chaney Jr.
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Irene Dunne
Irene
Laird Cregar
Greer Garson
Alexis Smith
Tall Ossal
Spring Byington
Robin
Walter Pidgeon
Will Hays
Claude Rains
Ingrid Bergman
Claire de Lune
Sweden
Lost purse at Alamo Courts seeks return of items
On Thursday afternoon May 6 a purse was left behind at the Alamo Courts. It contained three ration books a round trip bus ticket to New Boston a baby ring money and papers. The finder is asked to return the ring the bus ticket and ration books and may keep the money. Address General Delivery Amarillo.
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Alamo Courts
New Boston
Texas
Lillian Welch
Amarillo
Abbot and Costello Note Elderly Fan Letter
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello receive a peculiar letter from a Louisville woman who abstained from films with divorced stars yet praises their marital longevity. She laments the rarity of movies without divorced cast members and signs with hopeful sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Abbott
Abbott and Costello
Louisville
Abbotts
Costellos
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Actes
TEXDY
Darling
J. H. Warner
Patrick
South Pacific
Southwest
Tyler Street
Alex Young
Darrouzett
American Medical Association News
Akron
Ohio
Zack Buchanan Fisher
Spearman
Zack
Helen Fisher
J. H. Buchanan
Journal of the American Medical Association
Jimmie Fidler
Hollywood
Miss Dunne
Lon Chaney, Jr
East
Waacs
Hartford
Connecticut
Pensacola
Florida
Brad Crawford
Atlantic City
New Jersey
California
Philadelphia
Crawford
Chaney
Universal
Jon Hall
Sabu
Hall
Tolzien
Music Store
Paramount
State Farm Insurance Companies
B. B. Williams
Frank Campbell
Agency
Montgomery Ward
PURSE
DR. I. J. Freid
7ATE
Ppim
Wm Pooy
Bort
Eagran Si
Seagram
Albos
Seagrans
Seagram Distillers Corporation
Polk
Company Strick
Sherwin-Williams
Leane
Koater
Kem
Zeiss'&s
Wan
U.S. War
Sherwin Williams
W. Otia
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