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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1944
Page
2
A Washington barbershop feature notes Miss Lance Ray as the sole woman barber among six. Her age, skill, and quick training are described, with a 65 cent haircut noted. The column then shifts to national topics including Dewey newspaper endorsements, a New Deal political climate, Pearl Harbor memories, and regional growth plans.
A water main break is not evident as discussion turns to homemaking in junior high. The piece notes a bachelor’s benefit from household skills and hints at gender expectations. It quotes opinions labeling women named Helen as headstrong and Dorothy as clever, suggesting a superstition-based link.
Dear Tack lost a hexagon shaped 21 jewel Waltham wristwatch with a gold band possibly on the Sun set Golf Course. A reward is offered for its return. Call 9646 or return to 310 Alabama Street. Also notes kittens to give and employment ads from readers.
Sgt Floyd C Dusen of Detroit received a draft board notice claiming he had been discharged. He replied by asking for a mailed copy of the discharge, noting he has served in the Army for two years and requests photostatic evidence to complete records.
British coastal observers report the heaviest ack ack barrage of the war as German flying bombs hit southern England and London for the sixth straight night. Ground gunners and patrol planes shot down many bombs, but some breached defenses causing damage and casualties, the air ministry said.
Detroit war plants idle total about 11 000 as walkouts at Kelsey-Hayes Wheel affect 3 500 workers in addition to 7 500 already involved at Timken Detroit Axle. The dispute prompts heightened plant idle counts across the city.
General Eisenhower is set to hand formal control of most metropolitan France to the De Gaulle administration within days. He will designate areas outside active combat zones as an interior zone.
American troops of Japanese descent have appeared in southern France under the Seventh Army command, as they join the Sixth Army Group operations in France. The report notes their deployment in the theater and underscores their participation with Allied forces.
Helsinki communique says Finnish troops crossed the Arctic circle at multiple points in their advance to clear Germans from Lapland.
Livestock markets in Kansas City and Chicago show steady to active trading October 17. Cattle range from 12.25 to 18.15 for steers and heifers, with stockers and yearlings around 12.50 to 13.50. Hogs steady at 14.75 for 150-240 pounds, sows near 14.00, and lambs in the 13.50 to 14.65 range. Neutral news from London reports Attlee asserting peace conference representation limited to wartime belligerents.
Dean Folsom Jackson of Amarillo College will be installed as commander of Hanson Post No. 54 at 8 o clock tonight in the Legion Home. He succeeds Col. E A Simpson who has served two years. District commander Henry Toubel of Tulsa will install the new officer after a short meeting. Also installed are Judge E C Nelson as first vice commander Otto Landis as second vice commander W W Rusk as third vice commander and Jimmie Moore as chaplain. Miss Gloria Godfrey will present a post installation program following the ceremony.
Mrs. Elaine Baskin secretary to the postmaster searches for an Army sergeant after finding an olive drab suitcase with the name Joseph J. Paviak on the postoffice lawn. The bag waits in her office as Amarillo Field confirms the sergeant recently moved to another station and may not be reachable.
Ensign and Mrs. Donley Stephenson and their eight month old son Randy arrived in Amarillo this morning to visit Mrs. C. M. Stephenson mother of the ensign and Miss Donnie Stephenson twin sister of the naval officer at 403 Arch Terrace. The family is in town while the officer is on leave en route from Farragut Idaho to his new duty station in Tucson Arizona.
Allied air power pounded the west wall of Aachen with over 2000 American Fortresses and Liberators in a weekend raid described as the most concentrated by the Eighth Air Force. Recon photos showed fires still burning on Monday.
Rushville Indiana October 17 Friends of Wendell L Willkie hoosier who preached one world gathered in his hometown to pay him tribute as he went to his final resting place The throng of more than 5000 included national and state leaders political party chiefs associates of his 1940 presidential campaign Hollywood businessmen college classmates New York friends and his family
Former King Carol of Romania remained aboard the Argen tine steamer Tunayan in New Orleans harbor with Mme Elena Lupescu today. He offered no comment on whether he would go ashore during his expected several day stay. The couple arrived yesterday from Vera Cruz, Mexico en route to Brazil.
President Roosevelt will deliver a major campaign address from Shibe Park in Philadelphia on the night of October 27. The date was announced by David L. Lawrence after a White House conference today.
The Will Rogers Range Riders of Amarillo will serve as the honor guard at the Army Navy E award ceremonies at the Pantex Ordnance Plant Friday afternoon. About 75 riders will participate in western attire.
King George VI lands in London aboard a C-47 with Spitfire escort after a five day tour of battle areas in Holland and Belgium. It marks his fifth visit to an active front since the war began.
Anti Roosevelt factions in Texas the Regulars and Republicans remain split. Regulars push a Democratic ticket to block FDR while not leaving the party, and Republicans fear alienation from the national party. E B Germany of Dallas talks with Republicans about a rally. Bricker to speak. Connally to respond in Dallas.
Amarillo Kiwanis Club heard three Amarillo Army Air Field officers outline the Sky Giants versus Norman Oklahoma Naval Air Force squad game at Butler Field. Captain Dan B. Salkeld coach Lt. Francis Rish quarterback and Lt. William Schwartz manager spoke. Dixie Dice and Paula Jean Smythe provided entertainment.
Dr Marvel Beam of Los Angeles, chairman of Rotary International Youth Committee, will fly to Amarillo with his daughter to attend the barbecue at Boys Ranch, Tascosa, on Thursday. Beam announced the plan in a wire to Cal Farley, a Rotary committee member.
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