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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1943
Page
5
Palo Duro Assembly No. 113 Or of Rainbow for Girls will host a Halloween party tomorrow night at Shrine Temple 312 East th Avenue. The event will be followed by a slumber party at Mary Esther Warren's home 1711 Jackson Street.
Caution: Use only as directed for Grobe open nose and easier breathing. Ensure you follow the product guidance to give cold air relief and always obtain Penetro Nose Drops as directed.
Amarillo based West Texas Chamber of Commerce directors met to consider a referendum instead of a convention. The session named Walter Blackburn Ed Hardin and R E Wertz as Amarillo directors and included a labor report by Rex Baxter and a discussion of a proposed amendment to the federal highway act.
Amarillo Kiwanis Club plans a District Kiwanis luncheon at the Amarillo Hotel on Navy Day October 27 to recognize Panhandle men and women in the Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Sailors marines and WAVES in Amarillo are invited as guests. Bruce Autry Legion chairman announced two brothers Jack Jackson of the Marines and Jim Jackson of the Navy will perform as part of the program.
After more than seven years of service Murphy Hurd will resign effective November 1 from the Amarillo police department. He has served as squad car patrolman, walked a beat, was named night desk sergeant in February 1941, later served as night captain, and most recently as a plain clothesman. He stated no immediate plans for the future.
Roy Pollard of Hanson Post outlines plans for a large Armistice Day parade likely to be the last for World War I veterans. He invites Army commands, schools, and civic groups to participate to honor WWI veterans with a mainly walking procession and possible motorized displays.
Radio KGNC lists Friday evening through Saturday after 5:45 PM with NBC programming including Fred Waring Pleasuretime, Howdy Soldier, Your All Time Hit Parade, Amos n Andy and Hotel Statler Orchestra. NBC news segments fill half hour slots, later music programs include Lets Dance and Paul Martin Orchestra, plus Saturday morning and afternoon lineups.
The readable schedule lists programs from Fulton Lewis to The National Farm and Home Hour along with a closing note that in 1941 oil deliveries in 17 eastern states and D C averaged about 50 000 barrels a day. This combines broadcast items with a wartime energy context.
John J. Pelley president of the Association of American Railroads denounces Henry A. Wallace for attacking railroads in Dallas as savage and unwarranted. He cites prior refutations and cites ICC oversight and public support for railroad rate practices. Babe Dahlgren rejected for military service after failing pre induction exam due to sinus condition. Ed Parkinson of Utica becomes heavyweight champion of the 106th Infantry division after boxing success at Fort Jackson.
Capt. Polk Ivy of the state highway department reports a 20 year old German prisoner named Helmut Hahn was found hiding in the McLean internment camp after a police broadcast by the Amarillo police department. The search involved the German prisoner of war unit and several officers.
A collection of brief requests and notes including a purse found at 8th and Polk Street, a lost black Cocker Spaniel named Bonnie with a reward, a missing green leather coin purse with money, a room and board offer for a dependable woman, a lost Jan Waltin book at Walgreens, a senior class ring with initials W I L missing in Mclean, a red corduroy overseas cap lost near the State Theater, and assorted notices seeking companion care and housework.
Elzie Buck Cook was found dead at his Vega home. A 50-year-old Oldham County cattleman and World War I veteran moved to Vega in 1926. Survivors include his wife, son James Louis Cook, two brothers William and Marvin, and two sisters Mrs. Hindman and Mrs. Ritch. funeral plans are under N. B. Griggs and Sons.
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