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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1944
Page
2
The Amarillo Globe issue covers reader letters about Victory Command hostesses, wartime social life, and local concerns. It notes economic strains, housing demand, postwar expectations, and a community debate over teen driving and street speeding. Local letters urge action on juvenile driving and public safety.
Gus Barr, new assistant to Rex Baxter in Amarillo, cannot secure a home for his wife and daughter. He came from Corsicana where staff says he was a ground instructor, and he previously led the Ballinger and Childress chambers. His wife and daughter remain in Ballinger as he searches.
Amarillo dog owners cooperate with city laws on registration and vaccination. Most tags are issued by veterinarians, with 20 receipts from city hall. Deadline is October 31 for dogs not vaccinated in six months to receive vaccination and registration tags. Mrs. Thornton offers contact at 321 North East Third Avenue or 6303 before 7.
Lt. Col. Blucher Tharp of Amarillo, long believed prisoner of the Japanese since Java, is named by Gov. Coke Stevenson to the 36th Division state park advisory commission. The 28 officers will select a monument at the state park in Brownwood.
Mrs. Lorena Manks of 4257 West Twelfth Avenue found a living centipede measuring over five inches in her kitchen sink after scouring it the night before. She initially mistook the string for debris, then realized the creature moved when she touched it. The well built brick house remains a mystery to how the arthropod entered.
Potter County farmers may soon buy needed trucks after Knox Parr unit of the Texas Extension Service announced the U S Treasury procurement division has released 23,000 trucks for sale with 30,000 more to come. Nationwide farm truck needs far exceed current releases as 426,000 trucks are needed annually for farm use versus 100,000 available.
A Western party and dance will open October activities for the 501 Club at 7:30 at the YWCA 501 Lincoln Street. New membership cards will be issued amid fall events led by president Borden Rae Barfield. Prizes for best dressed ranch hands and best dressed couple. For high school and junior high students.
Kids who deliver waste paper this Saturday can see a free show and aid the war effort. The collection, led by Jack King of Interstate Theaters, Inc, aims to stockpile paper for cartoons and food and ammunition needs as wartime demand rises. A 10 pound paper donation gains admission to a 10 am show featuring Cheyenne Wildcat, a Donald Duck cartoon, and a Leon Errol comedy.
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