08 Oct 1943
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1943
Page
1
A breezy forecast promises an Indian summer into early next week before a Manitoba chill arrives. The piece blends local chatter about crime reporting and a master burglar, legal defenses, and market chatter with a look at upcoming Service Mothers Day events in Amarillo. It notes a political and cultural cast around national figures, film stars, and military involvement in community ceremonies.
Jimmie Fidler notes Hollywood profits rise as producers outbid for screen rights. In six months three studios paid over 250000 each for stage plays, with one property selling for 500000 and Mary Pickford bidding 600000 for Life With Father. The column lampoons inflated costs and celebrity lore, including Willard Parker and Rosalind Russell.
In Amarillo a cafe commotion erupts when two bloodhounds tied to a Curse of the Cat People scene roam to Miss Randolph’s table. Ann Sothern reads a war letter from Army spouse Robert Sterland, detailing a ration gift as she travels toward New York.
The article promotes a charity premiere of This Is The Army at The Paramount next Thursday with all proceeds benefiting the Army Emergency Relief Fund. It notes the fund aims to lend money to soldiers and dependents in emergencies and highlights prior premieres in Dallas Galveston Tulsa and San Antonio with high totals. It also mentions free showings for service mothers and urges audience members to buy seats for the honor premiere.
A collage of curious facts spans time from ancient coin math to naval battles and wartime pests. Notes include marriage happiness logic, a Chicago sister birth gap of twenty four years, a vast hypothetical interest total, Churchill habits with a gold signet ring, many John Smiths in military dependency records, and a newborn baby whale measuring about twenty feet.
A reader seeks housework or child care work in exchange for room, board, and some wages. Call 8851 for details.
Letter from a middle aged woman seeking a live-in position to cook, manage the home, and care for a 2 year old. The couple both work in war industry. Offers room board and wages. Address Mrs John Endy 819 S Bryan St. Letter appears on Tack Pages.
In Tulsa Oklahoma the ten year old Jess Bingham testifies about the murder of Mary Bingham by her husband Alfred Bingham a 38 year old housepainter. The boy described his father lunging with a knife and Mary falling into the gutter as she screamed.
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