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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1943
Page
2
An Ottawa Texas column comments on a cold windy spring and approaching warmth. Frank Ewing is mourned as a brilliant Texas newspaperman who died after a long illness. The piece critiques political pressures and wage inflation and recalls World War I price debates. It references media figures and cultural notes from midcentury era.
A scattered gossip piece lists names and anecdotes from readers and soldiers. Buck Harris’s Canadian birth and aim for a Pacific convoy, a Canadian-born American Harris family, a bull fix in Sweetwater, and a New York secretary group critique mingle with jokes about polygamy and a Marine kiss. The text blends light human interest items with wartime framing and fragments.
Hollywood gossip profiles Hedy Lamarr star of Heavenly Body and her suitor John Loder who ordered flowers to celebrate her return to work only to learn the schedule changed MGM delayed her shoot. The column riffs on stars and backstage quirks with brief anecdotes.
Temperature fell to 49 degrees shortly after midnight as winds shifted and moisture failed to arrive. Forecasters expect a bit cooler tonight with gentler breezes and a less warm day than yesterday's 83 degree high. The bureau notes winds may strengthen later and a stable pattern returns after a week of unsettled weather.
The Associated Press reports a new tally of Allied and neutral merchant losses in the Western Atlantic since Pearl Harbor. The latest announcements bring total U S merchant sinkings in the Western Atlantic to 266 and allied losses to 659, including a Greek freighter.
A reader seeks the owner of a khaki windbreaker found in town or along the way to Bivins Addition. It bears the name address and phone. call 4445 or 7285 for return and reward. Bobby Wilson 1029 Bowie Street.
Woman seeks domestic work offering room, board, and pay. She describes herself as a middle aged, unincumbered, good cook able to perform cooking and household duties.
A 14 year old boy offers general housework and summer labor. He lists experience mowing lawns working in a drug store and two farm summers plus tractor driving. Interested employers may call 24581 with inquiries and references.
Frank Ewing, 34, former Globe-News editor and reporter, died Sunday in Baylor Hospital Dallas after a long illness. He grew up in Higgins and Amarillo, worked for The Globe-News, then covered national events for AP in Denver Washington and New York. He is survived by his parents a brother Capt Tom Ewing and other relatives. Funeral plans said to be Wednesday in Higgins with Dr. E B Fincher officiating.
More than 50 cub leaders have completed plans for the 5th annual cub palava a field day for all cub packs in Llano Estacado Council Ten counties. The event takes place Saturday June 26 at Ellwood Park. Globe News Want Ads get results.
A reader seeks part time home work or live-out child care to care for one or two children and to have a few hours daily to visit a husband hospitalized at the Veterans' Hospital. The note requests suitable work arrangements allowing an 8-year-old boy to accompany the family.
Mrs. H. B. Cole on North West First Avenue reports a burglar entered by cutting a back door screen while she chatted on the porch between 9 30 and 10 last night. The intruder rifled the house, left with $18, valuable papers and keys, but did not take Mr. Cole's watch. Burnt match sticks littered rooms as a sign of the search.
The final performance of the pageant For This We Fight occurs at 8 o'clock tonight in the Municipal Auditorium. Last night drew a packed house replacing the baccalaureate service for Amarillo High School graduates. Tonight no reserved seating or tickets. admission is first come, first served until space runs out.
Pantex Ordnance Plant to sell 76 temporary frame structures from 10 A M Friday May 28. Sizes range 25 to 410 sq ft with prices 26 15 and 10 cents per unit. predominant 10x10 at 25 and 10x8 at 20. Purchases by cash or verified check. remove within two weeks. buyers meet at third gate entrance on northern road. Potters and Carson County agents available for details.
More than 200 petitions filed by novices for Khiva Temple’s ceremonial in Amarillo bring a crowd one week away. Among signers is Chief Harry Longabach naval recruiter for the Amarillo station who was recruited by a Shriner, said to be in Uncle Sam’s service.
Agonizing itching from eczema rash tetter ringworm pimples and toe itch is claimed to be relieved in one application. The advertisement promises money back if not satisfied and urges trying the product today.
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