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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1944
Page
9
The sale of tags will be conducted at Southwestern Public Service Company 420 Polk Street Amarillo. Mrs M E Jordan chair of the club tag day committee announced the arrangement today.
A home recipe promises quick cough relief using two cups sugar and one cup water stirred until dissolved. Add 2% ounces Pinex to a pint bottle, fill with the syrup, and you get four times the cough syrup for your money. It supposedly loosens phlegm, soothes irritated membranes, and tastes good, with money back if not pleased.
Esther Curless shoots a tramp from her apple orchard hammock in wartime loyalty. The incident underscores the home front drive to defend little comforts soldiers crave, including Ned's hammock, beer, and memory of home. The tale reflects resolve to preserve small joys for troops overseas.
Local club members urged to report by 9 30 on Navy Day October 27 for tag sales. Funds will buy supplies for Corpus Christi naval hospital and hostess houses in coast cities where Navy mothers can stay and cook for sailors. Christmas packages are planned for Corpus Christi hospital and sailors in Alaska and the Aleutians, requested by Seattle. Mrs J B Raymond commands the club.
A reader reports losing a service boy's gold watch band and offers a reward. Caller asks the finder to contact 2-9016 or 2-2976.
Missing brindle and white bulldog terrier with bob tail and tan collar named Sandie. owner requests calls to 2-1386. Also lost brown coin purse near Woolworth's or Newberry's on Oct 7 containing $16, a wristwatch, sterling rosary, and a key. finder may keep the money.
Notice items include a brown leather handbag with Christian B. Sparks inscription lost near Downtown USO with reward. a set of opened letters containing a check misplaced between Northwest Texas Hospital and 103 Prospect Street, call 7040 for reward. requests for high school girl help with housework for room and board. a soldier in hospital seeks a small table radio. a sailor in San Diego asks Amarillo girls to write. a small black female dog of 2 years missing with reward. callers may reach listed numbers and addresses.
Two 3 month old kittens housebroken to give away at 1008 West Seventh Avenue. Billie Richie offers child care services for busy mothers and seeks references. Mrs C E Huckery seeks housework position as companion for a soldier’s wife. Ray Johnson newcomer seeks refined female companion aged 34 to 38 in Amarillo General Delivery. A good mouser yellow part Persian kitten offered. A 16 year old comments on seeing a Dewey film and criticizes the candidate.
A reader endorses Roosevelt for peace and criticizes a showman candidate while expressing longing for stable leadership. The letter references not changing horses in the stream and mentions personal ties at 1812 Buchanan Street. Also included is a lonely reader seeking correspondence with an unmarried woman, listing contact at 1110 West Fourth Street, Big Spring, Texas, and a correspondent named Vivian Kinard.
Three kittens are offered to good homes. Call 6198 or visit 409 Prospect Street Beverly Dove. A second note seeks a married couple to live in a trailer and care for a household.
Health quiz asks about digestion and headaches after meals. It promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills to aid digestion, claiming natural bile flow can improve mood and energy, with prices at 10¢ and 25¢. urges readers to buy at drugstores.
A three year old girl is missing. A trailer and house are at the back of the home. Contact Mrs Young through Pauls Cafe between 7:00 a.m. and 3:40 p.m. for information.
London faces meat supply concern as British and Irish production covers only about 3.2 ounces per person in the city’s population. The figure highlights limits of self sufficiency and potential import reliance. Authorities consider policy options to augment supply and stabilize prices.
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