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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1945
Page
13
Erman Gray and his orchestra play nightly at the Angelo Mexican Inn for dining and dancing. The Mayfair features music furnished by The Texas Wanderers, providing ambiance for patrons.
Amusement listings show Paramount Kiss and Tell Capitol Incendiary Blonde Alto Phantom of the Plains Pantex Great John L Leon Gypsy Wildcat Star Frisco Sal Texas Valley of Decision Victory Nob Hill Lyric A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Wagon Wheels Weet Santa Fe Trail western Rex A Medal For Benny with various stars and venues Night clubs Aviatrin open each night.
Warren Wheeler Whelchel, a survivor of the Bataan Death March, arrives in Amarillo on a 10 day hospital furlough with his mother Mrs Ona V Whelchel. He recalls life in a Japanese prison camp and his liberation as Soviet forces entered Manchuria. He earned the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Distinguished Unit Citation.
The ad promotes Anne Adams pattern 4666 for a two one dress per day with flare sleeve options in sizes 2 4 6 8 and 10. Details list yardage for size 6 15 8 yards and 35 inch width plus a 36 inch version with contrast. Send twenty cents to The Amarillo Globe Pattern Dept in New York for the pattern and include name address and zone. Also offers a free Anne Adams Summer Pattern Book with fifteen cents for a copy featuring hat bag and gloves.
Sealed proposals addressed to A P Hancock City Manager Amarillo Texas for furnishing and erecting a one million gallon elevated steel tank at N E Fifth and Osage Streets will be received until 8 00 P M November 13 1945 and publicly opened. Bids require certified check or bidder's bond 5 percent and a performance bond 100 percent. Prevailing wage rates apply and bids may be rejected or withdrawn after 30 days. Amarillo Texas October 23 1945.
Several Amarillo men will attend the Panhandle Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers meeting in Pampa at 8 oclock tonight. Judge Sherman White Gray County judge will be the principal speaker. Amarillo attendees include Jess Adams county engineer and secretary of the chapter and Sam Davis president of the chapter.
Clayton Heare, general chairman of the National War Fund drive, notes the USO and 20 War Chest agencies fund clubs and traveling shows for service members. The Potter County quota is set at $61,782 with the campaign closing November 30, instead of November 11.
Tom E. Nance of Amarillo landed in Tokyo on August 31 aboard the plane with Lt. Gen. Richardson during the Japan peace terms mission. He is credited as the first Amarillo or Panhandle man in Japan, with his flight log signed as a keepsake. A $500 War Bond prize awaits the official first claimant, to be decided by soldiers after submissions.
Mary Louise Autry daughter of Mr and Mrs George M Autry 4213 West Thirteenth has been elected vice president of the freshman class at the Texas State College for Women in Denton. The win follows a week of campaigning among ten nominees for leadership in a class of 1156 students.
Attorney Clayton Heare of Underwood Johnson Dooley and Wilson will address the War Chest Drive at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Hanson Post No. 54 American Legion. The executive committee will meet at noon tomorrow in the Capitol Hotel.
Wayland C Dwight has been discharged from the separation center in San Antonio and will arrive here today. His wife lives at 1114 Taylor. He spent 18 months in Europe with the 79th Infantry Division and arrived in the United States last Friday.
Texas A&M University officials join colleagues from Oklahoma Kansas and Washington in Amarillo to outline a regional program to identify causes and cures for grass tetany or wheat poisoning. Rancher Newton Harrell of Claude presides as cattlemen join veterinarians chemists and soil experts from each state to coordinate research.
Knox Parr District 1 agricultural agent hosts industry attendees at a Lubbock conference session.
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