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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1945
Page
2
Forecasters predict several days of fair, mild Panhandle weather with a string of dry, sunny days. The letter page shares light chatter on demobilization plans, milk farming tips, and social observations from West Texas pockets.
Two year old black Cocker Spaniel missing from Dallas area. Collar bears the name J. D. Bates and vaccination tag shows Dr. Self. Dallas. Tex. A reward is offered for the dog's return. Call 20739.
A five year old girl Joyce Solans offers a reward for the return of her two month old female honey colored Cocker Spaniel named Sacky lost Monday near Fighto and Van Buren. Call 8307 or visit 8038 Van Buren.
A widow with a five year old seeks a room close to the nursery. She needs care for her daughter while she works early mornings. Call 6230 after six pm. TRENE DAVIS
58 year old widow Mrs Frances Weeks requests pen pal in Borger Texas General Delivery. Seeks male companion around 60 to 65 for friendship and letters.
A morning fire around 10 30 at the Milner Hotel caused minor damage. Firemen arrived quickly and extinguished a blaze on a kitchen stove top.
A purse containing $2 was stolen from the dresser in Mrs. R. W. Norman's bedroom at 739 North Arthur. The thief entered through an open window and escaped.
Civilian meat supply to shrink slightly as federal inspectors require lower grade beef veal and mutton to be reserved for export to Britain Belgium Holland and France. Government says civilian allowance remains about 148 pounds per person annually for Oct-Dec despite export share.
Mrs J O Harkey of Los Angeles visits Mr and Mrs Garnet Reeves 1708 Monroe. Mrs Harkey is Mrs Reeves mother. Mr and Mrs James Harkey, guests since Wednesday, depart for Ogden Utah. Mr Harkey is Mrs Reeves brother and recently discharged from the Army at San Antonio after 43 months service including 19 months in Italy.
Mrs. Mattie Warren of 206 North Arthur was injured in a late night crash at North East Third and Birmingham when approaching headlights blinded her. Her car left the road and struck a ditch. a passing motorist took her to a hospital for a shoulder cut.
Seaman Second Class W. T. Harmon of 1812 Fillmore serves with an underwater demolition team. The Navy swimmers paved the way for invasions at Normandy and battles in Southern France Saipan Tinian Peleliu Anguar Iwo Jima Lingayen Zambales Okinawa and in the occupation of Japan.
Sgt. Charles Frazee on a train from San Antonio to Denver stopped briefly in town to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Frazee at 2221 Tyler. He hopes to receive his Army discharge in Denver after returning to the United States two months ago and spending a month at home.
Ligon A. Dickson son of Mrs. J B Dickson 1607 Tyler has been discharged from the Army Air Forces. He entered the service in 1941 after attending Amarillo College and working for Phillips Petroleum. Dickson served 21 months overseas as a cryptograph chief in the China Burma India theater.
City hall women staff host a 7 30 p m dinner for Mrs Donnie Pieralisi the water department cashier who has recently married. The event takes place at the Mexican Inn with invited colleagues from the department.
Mrs M E Didday of 1110 Bellaire and her grandchildren Joan and Terry Gamblin returned from a visit with her daughter Mrs Lewis Hobbs in Lubbock. They were accompanied by Mrs H M Childs of 1294 A West Thirteenth who visited her daughter Mrs P E Adams.
The MOL class of First Baptist Church celebrates 15 years with a covered dish luncheon at 12 15 PM on Monday Oct 19 at Mrs J W Sanders home 2400 Hughes.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hilliard of 3412 West Ninth and Floyd Hemphill principal of Margaret Wills School attended a Rotary banquet in Littlefield yesterday evening with Dr. Harris M. Cook of West Texas State College at Canyon.
Nearly 40 new Girl Scout troop leaders and committee members attended the first four hour training session at Scout headquarters yesterday. A similar course is scheduled from 8 until 2 o'clock next Tuesday morning for the same group, and leaders are asked to bring a box lunch.
The dealers meeting at the Herring Hotel featured an unveiling of an all metal kitchen cabinet from a new Nunn Electric line. Carl Hare, owner of Nunn Electric, and Larry E. Coen of American Central Manufacturing Corporation led the presentation.
A 47th District Court jury in the Virdie Lee Parish trial remained deadlocked at 11 to 1 since yesterday afternoon. Judge Henry S. Bishop dismissed the jury at 10:45 this morning after the panel heard testimony on the assault with intent to murder charge connected to the shooting of Nathan Pennington. The case began yesterday at 3 PM and the foreman reported the split before the panel was dismissed.
Mr and Mrs L D Heyser well known in Amarillo as the county treasurer and prominent locals. A postcard addressed to them, bearing only the word Blessings on one side and their photo on the other, was found in their mailbox amid mail yesterday. They celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary last week.
A car stolen from Mrs. S. F. Pinkerton at 1603 North Arthur was found abandoned by traffic officers on North East Seventh, after being stolen near the Star Theater.
Kenneth FPF McNabb seaman second class at 1206 Harrison is aboard the USS Concord light cruiser involved in the initial occupation of northern Japan by units of the North Pacific force.
Panhandle used car dealers believe prices will remain high as long as new car production stays slow. Dealers say prices are perhaps the highest in history and won’t drop until large numbers of new cars enter the market. Dewey White covered a Fort Worth meeting where he was named to organize attendance for a Dallas gathering on October 29. Amarillo dealers moved their monthly meetings to 1 pm on the first Monday each month.
Flight Officer Orland J. Lowry, wife in Weatherford Oklahoma, is being returned to the United States under the Army readjustment program. He has served since January 1942, including six months with the 20th Air Force on Guam. He holds the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Asiatic Pacific theater ribbon with one battle star. He was a student at Oklahoma A&M and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Lowry of Weatherford.
Rudolf Hess submitted to an exhaustive lunacy test in an apparent bid to avoid punishment as a war criminal. Maj. Douglas Kelly of the U S Army psychiatry unit in San Francisco examined Hess and prepares a formal report for the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal at Nuremberg where Hess and other top Nazi leaders await trial.
The five day outlook shows no moisture in West Texas with temperatures above normal. The weatherman notes continued dry conditions and persistent warmth across the region.
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