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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1943
Page
2
A reader describes a crowded city bus where one man blocks the rail and refuses to move, causing discomfort as others squeeze past to deposit coins and find seats. Passengers discuss rude behavior, courtesy from drivers remains common, and many note women and elderly push forward to avoid letting him gain front seats.
Lt. Helen Wade Finn urges women to enlist this week to join the Texas Company of WACs. The next contingent will be sworn in at San Antonio next week and trained as a unit. Details are at the local station in the Post Office building.
Court records show multiple warranty deeds transferring parcels from Clarence E. Wheeler to Daisy Currie and J MH Bishop to Eva Black among others with various lot and block designations and rev. amounts. Also recorded are deeds from Nellie L. Vineyard to O L Taylor and Estel E. Hollis to Carl Berry plus several other transfers and assumps. The district court lists divorces for Ora Mae Carl vs Frank Carl and Viola Jeletic vs Nicholas Jeletic and names several marriage licenses including Lacy E Nichols with Margaret Hill and Sgt Peter Calicchia with Ruth L Louden.
Fort Worth officials announced the 1944 Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show will run March 10 to 19 in Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum marking the first move from the North Side Show Grounds in 47 years due to wartime plant use.
Youthful paratroopers captured by their mothers after confiscating blankets in the Ninth and Carolina Streets area have landed and become Commandos. They were seen at a night attack over neighborhood fences on a beachhead mission scaring dogs and children. Commandos wore burnt cork faces while mothers organized scouting parties at bedtime.
Amarillo is offering free rat poison with mixing instructions available at all fire stations. A bait box is displayed at each station as the city continues a rat eradication campaign in business districts, with completion expected tomorrow morning. Sanitary inspector O V Donnell notes rats exist in more than 45 homes.
In Dallas on October 21 a corporate court defendant faced jail for not wearing pants. The health department inspector urged Amarillo residents to spread the Poison campaign, including into residential districts, to ensure success.
Temple B'nai Israel will burn its mortgage tonight after a special service at 7 30 followed by a children’s meeting. The mortgage on church property will be destroyed at a special congregation meeting. Buzzi Gold, Norman Lieberman.
Eleven year old Stanley Davis, an airplane model enthusiast who can recognize 600 different types of planes, serves as the youngest observer at the Augusta Observation Post. He and Harry Andelson will take prominent parts in the special service.
Parents of boys interested in Cub Scouts and parents in Pack 7 are invited to an 8 30 p m meeting tomorrow at Met Wills School. Jess L Fults Cubmaster Pack 7 called the meeting. Globe News Want Ads Get Results.
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