Weather and ethics notes from Amarillo column
A cloudy misty spell dominates with little rainfall and windy plains. The writer reflects on small details shaping big outcomes and urges thrift, unity, and self reliance as paths to prosperity. He cites Winchell on a Florida replacement station and quotes a local constitutional government committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchell
Amarillo
Florida
Polk Street
Committee For Constitutional Government
Capitalism and fair practice tempering greed and power
A writer argues for the capitalist system while criticizing abuses by rich capitalists who pay low wages and squeeze the public. The piece urges business decency, warns against excessive power and political bargaining, and endorses arbitration and fair wages. It cites gambling, labor, and politics as areas needing balance. A note mentions two young women jailed for craps.
World wonder age and spry 70 year old walker claim
A 70 year old woman purportedly walked 21 miles in five hours, with experts noting the world pro pedestrian record is 3 hours 8 minutes for 20 miles. The piece also touches on quick weight loss risks, spelling bee critiques, wartime death rates, a Minnesota liquor bill for Indians, autopsy rates, and merchant sailors insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Minnesota
United States
Everett W Attaway Dies in Amarillo
Everett W Attaway 25 of Pampa died in a local hospital after several weeks illness. Survived by widow two sons Jerry Wayne 3 and Bobbie Leon 2 brothers Truman and Lester Attaway of Pampa and father T E Attaway Farmington NM. He worked at Cabot Ordnance Plant. Body in care of Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evertt Willis Attaway
Pampa
Jerry Wayne
Bobbie Leon
Truman
Lester Attaway
T. E. Attaway
Farmington
N. M
Attaway
Cabot Ordnance Plant
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
British Subs Register Sinkings in Mediterranean
The admiralty announced that British submarines torpedoed and sank an Italian destroyer and at least five supply ships during recent Mediterranean encounters. Reports place the actions in the theater near Italy as part of ongoing patrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean
London
Admiralty
Ammonium Nitrate Line At Pantex Closed Down
Ammonium nitrate production at the Pantex Ordnance Plant was suspended May 15 due to changes in ordnance requirements. Lt. Col. R M Bacher explained new loading methods and army demand drive personnel adjustments. plant operations will align with 1943 bombs production and army needs. General Manager Howard G Philbrook assured no stand-by status, citing continued production schedules though ammonium nitrate line curtailment and Cactus Plant construction shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pantex Ordnance Plant
R. M. Bacher
Ordnance Department
Bacher
Howard G. Philbrook
Pantex
The
Cactus Ordnance Plant
Army
Hollywood Gossip Sparks Fresh Wonder in Publicate World
Jimmie Fidler questions Hollywood morality after producer Harry Cohn houses 15 young cover girls and bans dates. The item mixes star anecdotes from Marsha Hunt to Mae West with a weather note and a Lions District 25 election report in Lubbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huzzy
Galahad
Harry Cohn
Hollywood
New York
Perkins
Uncle Sam
Mr. Cohn
Colin
Cobina Wright, Sr
France
Mae West
Marjorie Reynolds
Laird Cregar
RKO
Kim Hunter
Phil Baker
Tray's Ointment Claims Broad Antiseptic Skin Relief
An old advertisement touts Tray's Ointment as a greatly improved antiseptic prep. It markets finer ingredients, easier spreading, and broader external skin relief for itching boils rashes tetter sunburn cuts and bruises.
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Chauncey Raccoon
Chauncey
Calvert
Calvert Distillers Corp
New York City
Brotherhood of Man
Darling
Dispatch
Chicago
Boston
Brooklyn
Jack Zivic
Max Thrash
Chattanooga
Tenn
Max
Robert Casey
E. E. Casey
Baden Section
Fort Worth
Denver
T. A. Casey
Quitaque
M. M. Craig
Tucson
Fooery
Richard Morris
Polk St
Gene’s Cafe
Gene “Mullican
Everett W. Attaway
Washington
House
Roosevelt
Cactus
Jimmie Fidler
Minnie
Cinematown
Marsha Hunt
Donna Reed
Olivia de Havilland
George Sanders
English Field
Panhandle
Follett
Weather Bureau
Lubbock
Jack Griffith
Lions International
Odessa
Murry Fly
Freid Lake
Miller Printing CO
Fillmore
Ansley Cleaners
First National Bank
America
Amarillo Insurance Exchange
Askew & Brown T B
Thomson-King Company
E. A. Regal CO
Harold 8. Richey Upshaw Insurance Agency
HR. N. Wheeler
He! Neral Tire
Okeh
Mueage
Plankh
Aber
Adkisson-Baker Ltd
Tyler
6Th
Louisiana
Texaco Products
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