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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1943
Page
2
A mixed Panhandle weather note laments drought and east winds signaling poor crops. Local life covers Buck Harris resigning as Big Bull ranch foreman and planning to sail from Vancouver after wartime service, plus family moves. Also features pet reward, local ailments, social scenes, and assorted anecdotes and quotes from readers.
Mrs Leander Campbell seeks a six month old Kerry Terrier brown and black with a white throat spot and a bell collar, lost near 1625 Hayden St. Call 4935. Mattie Farris seeks daytime work excluding child care and requests calls at 4766.
Jimmie Fidler notes Eleanor Powell and Glenn Ford wedding bells planned for early September. Binnie Barnes will move to Palm Springs with Capt. Mike Frankovich after filming, while Brentwood high schoolers push for raises. Mergers include Trudy Mason and Craig Wood divorcing, and Ida Lupino seeks a Technicolor project. Hollywood churns as 4-F draftees loom and Durante plus Wynn seek renewed stardom.
War bond buyers lined up in front of the First National Bank as five elephants from the Dalley Brothers circus, led by Big Rosy, sold bonds and offered a circus ticket to each purchaser. A nervous elephant prompted a brief removal, with plans to return tomorrow for another one hour session starting at 10 o'clock.
Lonnie Hutton of the state penitentiary received a seven year term in 47th district court after pleading guilty to charges of attacking a small boy. Hutton has spent sixteen years of his life in prison.
More than 100 girls applied for time at Camp Kiwanis the local Girl Scout camp. Sessions run one week from June 6 through July 25. It’s the 12th season with Miss Ida Mae McClure in charge and Mrs. J. L. Sparks serving as camp chairman.
Landowners in the Pantex Ordnance Plant site condemnation dispute have a trial date of June 28 in federal district court. The docket was set this morning as term opened, with Judge James C. Wilson arriving in Amarillo. The term is expected to continue into July, and criminal cases begin June 7 including rent regulations and the federal cattle rustler act. Naturalization hearings are scheduled for Wednesday with few applicants.
The downtown sighting features Billy Whiskers of Dailey Brothers Circus with a lantern claiming he is seeking an honest Democrat. He has worked the job since 1923 and entertains children during the three day visit, wearing real whiskers and a Moses-like beard.
Will Rogers Range Riders went out to do cow work yesterday branding about 200 calves.
A group including John Wiggins Bud Delater Red Simpson Truett Butler and his son Frank Butler visited the ranch relieving the cowpuncher short age. Frank Butler the banker and Mrs Butler kept the coffee hot.
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