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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1943
Page
3
The laundry sector reports 7 177 415 pounds of scrap gathered, enough to manufacture 11 962 one ton boxbusters, per the American Institute of Laundering.
Rex Baxter Amarillo Chamber of Commerce manager announced his acceptance of appointment as Texas councilor for the National Aeronautic Association. Supported by Braniff Airways’ Charlie Jeard and AA president Gill Robb Wilson, Baxter will still lead as Amarillo civic executive while organizing Texas NAA chapters. The postwar period may demand air expansion and NAA aims to protect and promote aviation.
About 750 sophomores attended Amarillo High School orientation this morning. Speakers included Miss Minnie Fel era bend, Mrs. Gervis Taylor, R A Selby and Mary Nell Gibson. The sophomore class is the largest in Senior High School.
London reports more than 5,000 disabled Allied servicemen including 17 Americans, held as prisoners of war, are returning home in the war's first German prisoner exchange. Repatriation involves three movements via Sweden, Spain, and an Allied port in Northwest Africa, with 17 Americans among the wounded.
A wartime shortage leaves Amarillo with insufficient whiskey supply. Distilleries focus on alcohol for war, stretching limited stock planned for 1943 to 1948. Officials note no price changes for Hiram Walker brands aside from the 1942 federal excise tax and 1943 OPA adjustments.
The Senior Scouts Troop at the Scout office on Tuesday afternoons asks for empty spools for crafts. Each furniture set needs about 60 spools and half of the items will be sold as Christmas toys while the other half goes to the Welfare Association. Japan suffered a massive earthquake in 1703 killing about 200000 people.
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