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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1944
Page
10
In Independence Missouri on November 6 authorities note Mr and Mrs Ray Gedney kept 9700 dollars in a purse rumored lost or stolen. Citizens questioned banking trust as motive for keeping cash on hand.
The Prescription Laboratory at 512 Polk Street offers complete drug filling services and vitamin remedies. Truss fittings by trained attendants and rentals of wheel chairs crutches and bed pans are available with free delivery by calling 2 4391.
A San Jacinto Beauty School ad urges readers to prepare for high paying, prestigious, secure work after wartime. It touts 21 years in West Texas, career readiness for beauty operators and proprietors, and personalized hair styling as part of training. Chester Martin leads operations at 2713 West 6th Avenue.
Bush Drug at 500 Taylor Street markets Mi-Lady toiletries amid wartime shortages. The display splits into men and women groups with cologne perfumed soap talcum powder and after shave lotion. Sets available and Max Factor makeup kits and pancakes target teens and college girls. Fountain service offered.
Miss Ida Mae McClure reports Panhandle Girl Scouts exceeded the 5000 member target and aim to double the number as towns like Clarendon Shamrock Canadian Tulsa Memphis and McLean still lack units. She invites communities to request help at the Regional office 1128 Liberty Building Dallas and regularly tours Panhandle towns to organize new troops.
Santa announces more numerous and higher quality toys than last year after discussions with the War Production Board. Wartime restrictions remain, but real dolls return and 1944 plastic and wood playthings improve. Families like the Amari llos will find greater value in shopping this season with stockings likely to bulge.
Courthouse records show multiple marriage licenses issued. Names include Perry Edwin Dunlap Jr and Barbara Jane Pollard. Francis J. McKenna and Retta Mae Massie. John Lawrence Atkinson and Wanda B. Goodey. Remley Darner and Donna Landon. James R. Hall and Elizabeth L. Gardner. Clinton W. Mack Jr and Anna Margaret Fenton. Thomas A. Warren and Phyllis LeVier Jack. Joseph C. Lackey and Bonnie Sanders. Inez E. Nielsen and Mary Virginia Cowling. Walter Williams and Annie Mae Merrell.
Purple lilacs bloom in the front yard of Mrs. R. J. Gruver at 804 North Polk Street. She notes the 19 year old bush has never bloomed like this before with a spring flush and a second bloom underway though many buds remain closed.
Repair service offers fixing adding machines and typewriters. Contact number 2-1213 at il-B E. Third.
Franks Barber & Beauty Supply announces Helene Curtis new cold wave Her Highness. Helene Curtis, leading beauty product maker, invites shops to offer this innovation in permanent waving. The formula is described as exceptionally soft and natural looking, expected to boost demand among women seeking a distinct style.
Japanese air raids against American forces on Leyte Island grew from nuisance strikes into coordinated night harassments targeting airfields ships and shore installations. Although light in number, the attacks persist with 15 to 40 minute intervals under moonlight and include high and low level bombing plus strafing. A recent raid saw fighter bombers slip through to bomb airfields ending a 10 hour assault leaving ground crews weary.
Within easy walking distance of the business district and hotels, this ad promotes Battle Creek baths at 302 Taylor Street. Owned by Mrs. Fern Parrott, a graduate masseuse with twelve years’ Amarillo experience, it invites calls to 22738 for treatment details.
The ad promotes Mead's Bakery bread as economical and essential, claiming it requires no points to buy and offers generous slices per loaf. It highlights fresh daily baking, homey flavor, white texture, and a brown crust, urging families to choose Mead's for sandwiches and daily meals.
Moscow stores cut prices by 30 percent on all articles as Russia prepares for the 27th anniversary of the Red Revolution on November 7. Commerce centers say stocks are exempt from rationing and opened in 1944 selling goods at prices higher than ration card rates.
Amarillo residents can order magazine subscriptions through Arvell Meador to simplify gift giving. Orders by November 10 promise Christmas delivery with gift cards and personal messages. Offers include Life Magazine at $1.50 first year and $3.75 thereafter, Readers Digest $2.75 first year and $2.25 thereafter. Dial 2-4976 to place orders.
Advertising copy promotes renting an Automatic Phonograph from Panhandle Specialty Company for home entertainment with bands and star songs. It urges hosting large gatherings and delivering music to guests, listing address 202 West Tenth Avenue and phone 5792. Production data notes 1943 film output up 30 percent to 546 million square feet. India has 38 cities over 100000 population.
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