Willkie Campaign Swing Through Texas This Week
Wendell Willkie returns to Texas Tuesday arriving in Houston where about 100 Republican leaders will greet him. Governor Coke Stevenson will be absent. From Houston he moves to San Antonio Dallas Amarillo Fort Worth and Denver with Amarillo stop planned for Sunday night. Local Republicans arrange next steps after talks in Dallas with Willkie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Nordyke
Wendell Willkie
Texas
Houston
Coke Stevenson
Austin
Willkie
San Antonio
Dallas
Fort Worth
Denver
Amarillo
Amario
Hugh
Exum
Ruthelle Bacon
Curley Hobbs
Harold ‘Brady
Ellwood Park
Republi
South
New Mexico
Joe Bailey, Jr
Mike Hogg
Jimmie Fidler Satirizes Hollywood Ego as Professor Fidler
Hollywood gossip column weighs in on actors, egos, and self production. Jimmie Fidler humorously imagines actors becoming their own bosses and starpowdered minds, with quips about Robert Montgomery, Katharine Hepburn, Jack Conway, Gracie Allen and Pat O’Brien.
Dog Mascot Follows PTs In Solomons
In the Central Solomons a rust colored mongrel named 8 Ball serves as the mascot for a PT boat squadron. Purchased from Russell Islands natives by Lt. (jg) Robert del Johnson, the dog travels with the crew since February but often gets seasick. On air raid alerts he hides in a fox-hole then returns to tug at a leg once danger passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Solomons
U.P
Russell Islands
Robert del Johnson
USNR
Far Hills
N. J
Johnson
del Johnson
Pts
Rush for Tickets to Spalding's Concert
Downtown ticket office of the Philharmonic Orchestral Association sells season memberships and single admissions for Tomorrows opening concert with Albert Spalding as guest soloist. Most $3.30 seats gone by noon. some $2.20 and $1.10 student tickets remain. Box office hours posted. tickets may transfer to Municipal Auditorium if unsold. Spalding to rehearse and perform Beethoven Concerto in D Major with Amarillo’s Philharmonic tonight and tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Philharmonic Orchestral Association
Southwestern Public Service Company
Albert Spalding
Orchestral Association
Municipal Auditorium
Howard Lynch
Association
Spalding
Amarillo
Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Louis Barron
Barron
Nice Place To Have An Accident Line
Amarillo traffic officer Bill Boyd described receiving aid from Red Cross volunteers at the Tenth Avenue and Tyler Street intersection after a motorcycle patrol was unable to avoid a car. The incident occurred as he rushed to a fire call at 1101 Taylor Street, and he recalled passing out before awakening with medical assistance and coffee from Red Cross nurses. Firefighters reported a grass fire at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Boyd
Amarillo
Red Cross
Tenth Avenue
Tyler Street
Taylor Street
Lost glasses and pets and jobs in Amarillo notice page
A cluttered note page lists multiple requests and ads including a missing pink rimmed glasses message for Razel Johnson near 1317 Fillmore Street and Central Junior High, a caregiver ad at 126 Bonita Avenue Pleasant Valley, three kittens to be rehomed by Beverley Dove at 6198 409 Prospect Street, a missing brown leather left glove from Armistice football game, and a lost Boston bulldog with distinctive markings near 2813 West Eighth Avenue. There is also an employment seek for laundry or light housework at 502 Monroe Street and a separate call for taxied transport assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Fillmore Street
Central Junior High
Razel Johnson
Bonita Avenue
Pleasant Valley
Clyde Smith
Boston
Amarillo
West Eighth Avenue
George A. Bock
Jim Christian Seeks Rift in Cattle Ceiling
Claude rancher Jim Christian with 60 years in cattle seeks effective opposition to proposed ceiling prices on live cattle and subsidies on food. He runs an 18 section ranch near Claude with 500 breeding cows after moving to the Panhandle 55 years ago and working 15 years as a cowpuncher on the JA Ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Christian
Claude
Amarillo
Mr. Christian
Panhandle
Kincheloe Case Rehearing Asked
The state appeals for a rehearing in the Kincheloe case after John Kincheloe received a six year district court sentence for killing his son Clark. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed and remanded for a new trial. the case moved from Dalhart to this court and Kincheloe now resides in Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kincheloe
Clark Kincheloe
Court of Criminal Appeals
Dalhart
Kincheloe
Amarillo
State Seals Wrong Design Prompt Bond For New Emblems
Discovery that all official Texas seals incorrect in design triggered a bond of control order for seals with the correct pattern. The error arose from adopting the Republic of Texas design with Spanish oak leaves instead of live oak. L. W. Kemp of Houston, on the Texas Historical Commission, prepared the correct version from 1839 records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Republic of Texas
Texas
State Capitol
L. W. Kemp
Houston
Texas Historical Commission
Amarillo
Abilene
Funeral services planned for Charles McKee in Laverne Oklahoma
Charles McKee father of Mrs. Richard Crebs of this city died in Laverne Friday night. Services were to be held this afternoon in Laverne with his wife and son Jack present. Mrs Crebs had attended her sister De Vora McKee’s wedding in Amarillo last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laverne
Okla
Charles McKee
Richard Crebs
McKee
Jack
Amarillo
Crebs
DeVora McKee
Alaska Bull Moose Snared by Wire
A 1000 pound bull moose on a Alaska base became entangled in telephone lines strung by a Signal Corps detachment. Post veterinary Capt. William Snodgrass of Salem Oregon and two assistants devised a plan to release the animal as federal wildlife agents held rifles nearby. Cpl. Neil Garaghan of Oakland and Pvt. Matthew Pinter of Milwaukee helped rope the hind legs, hog-tie the moose, and cut the wire snarl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska Defense Command
A.P
Signal Corps
Releas
William Snodgrass
Salem
Ore
Federal
Snodgrass
Neil Garaghan
Oakland
Amarillo Flight Plan Highlights Postwar Aviation Education
High school pupils in Amarillo may fly airplanes in an aviation course after the war. E C Dodd of Washington DC, a Civil Aeronautics Administration educational consultant, will discuss plans for aviation courses in high schools and colleges during a regional conference planned by the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce for December 7 and 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
E. C. Dodd
Washington, D. C
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Dodd
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
R. A
Bob” Stone
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Bugler's Hot Stuff Inspires 306th Medical Battalion
At Camp Horn Aziz, Corporal Pred C Shade plays reveille chow and taps with a lively hot lip style that soldiers say makes them snap to attention gladly. The 306th Medical Battalion praises the bugle calls and rallying effect during daily duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aziz
U.P
Reveille
Chow
Pred
C. Shade
306Th Medical Battalion
Shade
Navy V-12 unit at University of Texas led by Lt Carl Clift
Lt Carl Clift, former Potter County schools leader, now assistant commanding officer of the Navy Training Unit at the University of Texas, oversees nine dormitories in the V-12 program. Californians predominate in the Navy dorms and Clift notes the California Texas trainee rivalry. Amarillo students are among those stationed in Austin. Two training groups exist at the university engineering and pre medical pre dental trainees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Clift
Navy
Carl Clifft
Potter County
University of Texas
Amarilloan
Amarillo
Austin
BC Relieves Headache and Neuralgia Quickly
An old advertisement touts BC as fast acting for headaches neuralgia and muscular pains. It claims quick assimilation of ingredients and urges keeping a 10 cent package handy for prompt relief with directions to consult a physician if pain persists.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jimmie Fidler
Hollywood
Robert Montgomery
Nelson Eddy
Greer Garson
Hedy Lamarr
Jack Oakie
Charles Boyer
Santa Claus
Kate Smith
Uncle Sam
Sanja Henie
Bing Crosby
Jack Conway
MGM
Katharine Hepburn
Miss Hepburn
Conway
la Hepburn
Paul Whiteman
Whiteman
U. S. Army Air Force
Leonide Moguy
Moguy
Russia
Gracie Allen
Miss Allen
Columbia
USO
Lee Jason
Jason
Pat O'Brien
RKO
Warner Tack
Beverley Dove
Call
Prospect Street
Monroe
M&s
Beula Barker
Alaska
Ruth Woods
New York
Grumman Aircraft
Teddy Kenyon
Barbara Jayne
Elizabeth Hooker
Bethpage, Nly
First National Bank
Capitol Hotel
U. S
State Guard
Sanitone
Buchanan St
Science
Amarillo Retail Druggists Assn
Brooks' Drug Store
Polk Street
Bush Drug Store
Cretney
Oliver Eakle
Dickson Drug Store
FOX Drug Stone
Holman Drug Store
East 7Th Street
Kendall Drug Store
East 10Th
Kirk Drug Store
Lincoln Drug Store
Mark Galloway
Polk
Maxor Drug Store
Nelson Drug Store
West
Jack Phillips Drug Store
Post Office
DRU
Prescription
Ratliff Drug
N. E
East 10Th Street
DRES
Oratory
Tore
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