26 Nov 1943
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1943
Page
1
The speaker predicts a sequence of heavy snows leading to a White Christmas, warning cattlemen and stockmen to prepare for a harsh winter. He urges Good Neighbor Day charity, notes war-time sacrifices, and comments on shortages, customer service, and community resilience amid unsettled times.
Amarillo resident Mr. Nunn spends part of the year at a Kentucky farm in the blue grass district while insisting Amarillo remains his home. He runs several businesses, does extensive building, and travels to visit his farm when time allows.
Jimmie Fidler notes Henie should break from skating pictures to show range as fans crave variety. His montage mentions Cantor Berle quips, Betty Grable and Harry James, Phillips Holmes tribute, and a firecracker technician in Hollywood’s war films.
The Amarillo High School board lists 1,200 former students serving in the armed forces across six branches. Principal R. B. Norman notes many are recent graduates, with names added from letters and friends. Stars mark casualties. the school expects over 2,000 names by war's end.
Peace officers of the Panhandle will end their year with a quarterly conference with the FBI in Amarillo at Municipal Auditorium on November 30. The meeting starts at 10 30 in the morning and will focus on war time law enforcement and sabotage response. Chief Sid Harper chairs the attendance committee and is joined by Sheriff W L Stout Sheriff Everett Tarbox Polk Ivy Sam Fort Lawrence Flaherty and Sheriff Ray Burton.
John Estes, former Amarillo High tackle in 1930 and 1931, known as a morgue custodian for The Globe-News, was back in town after the game at Pampa. Now with Manhattan Construction Co, he is completing a synthetic rubber plant at Borger and has worked in 36 states, the West Indies and Venezuela. He expects Borger work to finish in two weeks and declined to specify his next destination, joking that his home is wherever his hat is.
Funeral services for Vinson Dent Beaman 74 who lived on a farm southeast of Amarillo for 27 years were conducted at Boxwell Brothers chapel with Rev A Norrid Central Church of Christ presiding. Interment followed in Llanoceme Park. Beaman died last Monday leaving a widow Alice Beaman and a son Tom.
Two youths rented horses for a one hour canter at Victory Riding Stables on North East Eighth Avenue. By last night the riders had not returned and Earl Dyche notified police that the horses and riders were missing. Police had no new information by this afternoon.
A free lecture titled Christian Science The Science of Ever-Present Good will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the High School auditorium. Herbert Stanley Ross C B of New York City, a Board member of The Mother Church, will present the talk under the auspices of First Church of Christ Scientist Amarillo. The second item notes Britain’s Royal Air Force rescuing airmen at sea using high speed launches guided by aircraft radio.
The U S Bureau of Mines will build a Navajo Helium Plant on the Navajo Reservation in northeastern Arizona at the old Rattlesnake Field. A pipeline will run to a railroad spur for filling tanks, expanding the U S helium supply for war purposes beyond Amarillo Texas.
James Chamberlain 19 of Kenton Ohio, a Lima Tank Depot war worker, had lost his wallet with four dollars and papers in a sealed tank last April. Pvt Roy Blair of the North African Ordnance Company sent the wallet back with a note “Keep em rolling we need em.” Chamberlain, now unable to work inside due to asthma, gratefully received the unexpected return and the friendly message.
Advertisements claim a safe medicated liquid Kieerex dries pimples overnight. Users report red pimples clearing by morning, promising no risk and a confident complexion. The copy urges trial with a money back guarantee and names Creteny Drug as sponsor.
Pvt. Rolf Mygdal a 200 pound soldier recently returned from maneuvers at Camp Robinson Arkansas is quoted as glad he was not really wounded. He was carried by litter bearers and aid men in darkness and joked about resigning to avoid being carried again.
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