Amarillo War Office Bans Outdoor Christmas Lights
WPB via Office of War Information frowns on outdoor Yule decorations in Amarillo urging conservation of materials electricity and manpower. For years the business district shone with hundreds of multicolored lights across streets, but outdoor displays are discouraged while indoor trees are allowed if obtainable. Oscar Applequist long known for designing Amarillo Christmas displays led the effort.
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WPB
Amarillo
Oscar Applequist
Leading laxative buyer guide from a 19th century ad
The text asks three questions about choosing laxatives and answers them. It cites Black-Draught as a best seller in the Southwest across four generations, notes two forms including a granulated version, and states the product costs 25 cents for 25 to 40 doses. It emphasizes a herbal, gentle, prompt action and to follow label directions.
Ad-O-Grams Bring Cheer to Services Men in Pacific
The Globe-News announces a Jeep Christmas edition saluting service members. Ad-O-Grams cost four cents per word and must include the service member’s full name. Messages appear alphabetically, with coupons printed in the paper, mailing by month’s end to reach troops worldwide.
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C. W. Barkley
Polk Street
Globe-News
Globe-News Jeep
Charles Barkley
USN
Pacific
War time Christmas decorations debated by Chamber of Commerce
A Chamber of Commerce inquiry on wartime Christmas decor drew one response from a woman non merchant who urged street decoration while lights are to be avoided. The piece notes historic war durations: Trojan nine years, Peloponnesian 27, First Punic 17, Hundred Years 114, War of the Roses 30.
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Chamber of Commerce
Boger to Speak at Sam Houston Junior High
Roy Boger director of Amarillo Center of West Texas State College will headline Back To School Night at Sam Houston Junior High during American Education Week. He will discuss Adolescent Psychology as parents tour the day’s schedule and meet faculty. The note adds that the United States produced 90 000 pounds of grapefruit seed oil in 1940.
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Roy Boger
Amarillo Center
West Texas State College
Sam Houston Junior High School
United States
Wartime Health Crusade Promotes Five Simple Rules
The Institute of Life Insurance urges public health measures as doctors serve abroad. Life insurance agents support local officials and health authorities with posters and the five health rules. Key foods and regular meals are stressed along with a steady daily schedule.
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U.S. Public Health Service
Institute of Life Insurance
Tax Classes Start Tonight In Panhandle
The first Panhandle wide tax school begins at 7 tonight in the county courtroom. Aldro Jenks of the University of Texas will teach a 30 hour course for taxing agency personnel. Over 100 invitations were mailed to prospective students for five days a week over three weeks with certificates awarded for 80 percent attendance.
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Aldro Jenks
Bureau of Municipal Research
University of Texas
Perry Burks
Jenks
Dallas
Panhandle
Burks
Education Week Observed Here in Amarillo
Education Week observance begins in Amarillo with sermons and school programs under the theme Education for Free Men. Activities include radio broadcasts on KFDA KGNC school assemblies and PTA events as schools plan visitation days and civic club programs.
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Amarillo
Daily Papers
Parent-Teacher Association
Offer College Men Naval Commissions
Dallas November 9 The Navy offers Texans who have graduated from college or are pursuing degrees a path to officers Lt H P McBride Dallas office says thirty days indoctrinal training after enlistment followed by Reserve Midshipman appointment and three months more before ensign commission Two classifications exist V 7 S general service with relaxed requirements and a special service class minimum 5 feet 4 inches 12 20 vision 124 pounds proportional height color perception allowed
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Dallas
Navy
H. P. McBride
Office of Naval Officer Procurement
U. S. Naval Reserve
McBride
Glider School Changes in Army Air Forces
Major George M. White is relieved as Special Services Officer at the Glider School in Dalhart and assigned to Lubbock Army Flying School. Captain David E. Filbrun succeeds him. Major White, Mrs White, and their son Robert 13 depart for Lubbock.
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Army Air Forces
Dalhart
George M. White
Gulf Coast Army Air Forces Training Center
Lubbock
Good Fish Story About Ducks From Amarillo Tale
Matt Hudson of Amarillo Garage tells a duck hunting tale that ends with a legal correction. He explains wild ducks may be taken only with a shotgun no larger than 12 gauge and capacity limited to three shells. The story remains entertaining though clarified as fiction.
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Matt Hudson
Amarillo
Panhandle
Mr. Hudson
The
Globe
Hudson
D B Weaver Dies at Munday
D B Weaver, a longtime Knox County farmer, died at his home near Munday after illness. He was 69 and survived by his wife and two daughters, Mrs Maud War and another daughter. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
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D. B. Weaver
Knox County
Munday
Maud War
Amarillo Lawyer Arthur Glover To Receive Army Wings
Amarillo attorney Arthur Glover, a UT Austin Law School graduate and longtime partner of Porter R. Underwood, is among dozens of pilots to receive Army Air Forces wings tomorrow at the Lubbock Flying School. Glover, who married Marion Mead in 1941, trained at Kelly Field Jones Field Perrin and is expected to return to his law practice after the war.
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Arthur Glover
Amarillo
U. S. Army Air Forces
Lubbock
Mead
Amarillo College
Glover
Amarillo High School
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Jones Field
Bonham
Perrin Field
Sherman
Lubbock Army Flying School
Weaver Family Obituary Notice From Knox City
Ren of Amarillo and Mrs Lois Bif fle of Shallowater along with four sons Claude Weaver Robstown Grady Weaver Munday Bert Weaver Munday and D B Weaver Miami survive. Four brothers five sisters 14 grandchildren two great grandchildren noted. Funeral services held Wednesday at First Baptist Church Knox City with burial in Knox City Cemetery.
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Ren
Amarillo
Lois Biffle
Shallowater
Claude Weaver
Robstown
Grady Weaver
Munday
Bert Weaver
D. B. Weaver
Miami
First Baptist Church
Knox City
Knox City Cemetery
Rodeo Set At Fair Park With Amateur Cowhand Roster
The Tri-State Fair association partners with Will Rogers Range Riders to sponsor an amateur rodeo at Fair Park next Sunday. Cowboys from the Panhandle areas compete in a roping contest with top entries Homer Bennett of Clovis NM and Earl Moore of Cuervo NM highlighted. Armed forces personnel in uniform pay 30 cents admission, 25 cents off the civilian price, with the event noted as the last Amarillo rodeo before rationing starts.
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Tri-State Fair Grounds
Will Rogers
Tri-State Fair Association
Panhandle Ranges
Homer Bennett
Clovis
N M
Earl Moore
Cuervo
Enensors
Amarillo
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A. B. Lewis
Dwight Morrow School
N. N. Whitworth
KFDA
KGNC
Felix R. Phillips
Sanborn School
Violet B. Davidson
Alice Landergin
Maude L. Fletcher
Sarah Miller
Wilson School
E. L. Hunter
Horace Mann School
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Naval Commissions
First National Bank
Beauty
A Polk
Fair Park
Pacific Ocean
T. C. Webb
Audiphone CO
North Texas
Amarillo Hotel
Bell Telephone
Columbus
America
Old World
U.S. War Bonds
Rt and
Wandle
Laundry Day Cleaning Co. Laundry Shirt Service
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