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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1943
Page
2
Several repatriated British prisoners of war returned to Leith Scotland aboard the Empress of Russia and Drottningholm. A padre led the group with one sleeve empty as he saluted a woman provost, faces pale yet smiles broke through the cheers. The third ship Atlantis was due at a northwest Britain port tonight.
Senior High School prepares for student body elections with run off for 11 offices and 28 candidates for congressmen at large. Eight candidates vie for school queen and 12 vie for three class president positions across senior, junior and sophomore classes. A Chamber of Commerce meeting will plan new schools to ease clerk and cashier shortages in Amarillo after a survey shows a local staff shortage.
Odd Fellows of Amarillo join Rebekahs and Theta Rho to celebrate mortgage burning at 312 East Fifth Avenue. 8S. M. Williams of Dallas will be principal speaker with Judge W. E. Gee as guest. Dinner starts at 7:30 p.m. in a related note, Chester Bowles nominated by President Roosevelt to head the Office of Price Administration succeeding Prentiss Brown.
Nassau Bahamas October 25 A Bahamas Supreme Court jury heard Dr William Yohannan Sayad West Palm Beach Florida eye ear nose and throat specialist recount Al fred De Marigny threatening to crack Sir Harry Oakes head on the day the murder case began its second week He testified that Nancy De Marigny was at Good Samaritan Hospital for surgery and De Marigny later sought tonsil removal before canceling due to the dispute over Sir Harry.
Reports persist that Jesse B. Gilmer director of the Farm Security Administration may be transferred from Amarillo to Cincinnati or Washington. The move would likely take effect after finishing a special assignment in Cincinnati where he recently worked. Gilmer, a West Texan, has led the FSA program covering West Texas New Mexico and the Oklahoma Panhandle for over a year. Ray Davis acting director says no official staff change has been announced.
Amarillo's three Kiwanis clubs the San Jacinto North Amarillo and downtown groups will host Raymond Robbins governor of the Texas Oklahoma Kiwanis district at a noon gathering in the Amarillo Hotel. Cliff Wimberly Vega lieutenant governor Panhandle division will also attend.
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to freeze federal estate and gift taxes at their present levels, continuing to oppose administration tax increase proposals.
Washington Oct 25 President Roosevelt had six tenths of a degree of temperature and his physician Rear Admiral Ross T McIntire said he was a little achey from the grippe but likely would be up to work in his study this afternoon.
American bombers escorted by fighters attacked the Hanoi air field in French Indo China yesterday, according to a Tokyo radio broadcast recorded by the Federal Communications Commission.
Jimmie Fidler reports on Hollywood plans for juvenile delinquency themed films aimed at calling America to a serious issue. The column recalls gangster films and notes worries about youth influence while praising actors and public figures and recounting theater set antics and industry chatter.
Janice Pitts a sorority pledge leads Hell Week at Amarillo College with fellow pledges from Beta Delta Gamma Sigma Alpha Delta Sigma Iota Chi Alpha Iota and Kappa Delta Chi Gamma Theta Chi and Sixth Columnettes taking part through Saturday.
Houston workers refuse to return to the Sheffield Steel Construction Project area as more than 1,000 A. F. L. Building Tradesmen ignore a War Labor Board back-to-work order. The project involves a $20 million construction site two weeks into the program.
A Japanese bomber near American positions on Attu Island in the Aleutians was attacked by a naval patrol bomber yesterday afternoon and probably damaged, according to a Navy report dated October 25. The incident occurred near the International Date Line.
Mrs Elsie Montgomery reports a black purse lost near West Amarillo Christian Church containing money ration books and keys. A reward is offered for its return to the church.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce and city health department completed an eradication drive in Amarillo reducing rats by 8000. Expenditures totaled 1290 dollars with an estimated 200000 dollars in saved property damage. E G Pope of Fish and Wildlife supervised. Dewey Kennedy and Dave Blaker led baiting on 300 premises.
Market report shows livestock totals and price ranges for hogs cattle calves and sheep in Kansas City and Chicago on October 25. Highlights include hogs top at 14.75 with various weight bands, cattle mostly steady with fat steers up to 16.25, and lambs around 13.50 to 14.50 with sheep near 11.00 to 11.50.
Lt. Charles E. Konkle of Amarillo, gone missing in action on Oct. 10, became the guiding light for the Community and War Chest campaign. His church pledge cards and a $157 donation from the Southwest Pacific were highlighted to spur donations, with Pinkey Vineyard urging residents to give one day’s pay for the front and home front alike.
Eighty thousand people in Easton and nearby towns faced fuel shortages after a Sunday blast and fire leveled a large portion of the Easton gas works. Mayor Morrison declared an emergency and urged rapid service restoration as three people died and 19 were hospitalized with serious injuries.
Olan Abner Gasway 56 of Amarillo died unexpectedly at 8:15 AM after breakfast in Texline while on a Fort Worth and Denver run. Born July 14 1887 in Commerce he had lived in Amarillo since 1927. Survived by widow Mrs Lottie Gasway a daughter Mrs R L Gill and three sons Samuel J Robert C and Jack. Funeral at Boxwell Brothers chapel.
City hall issued permits for nine residences as building inspector Fred Seale grants approvals. Each home is estimated at 4000 dollars with locations on Fillmore Street blocks 2700 and 2900 and five on the 2800 block. A separate conversion project at 515 Polk Street in the Puqua Building calls for 17000 dollars to remodel 36 rooms into apartments.
SHAWINIGAN FALLS Que October 25 Several hundred soldiers from a nearby training camp entered Plant No 2 of the Aluminum Company of Canada this morning scattering a strikers picket line and bringing relief to workers who had kept one pot line hot since midnight Saturday Police had earlier opened a way through lines and escorted workers into Plant No 1 to keep all pot lines from cooling.
Funeral services for Jack Warren aged 37 who died in a Sunday morning traffic crash were held this afternoon at Boxwell Brothers chapel with Rev Frank A Godsoe of Central Baptist Church officiating. Pallbearers were Hedgecoke Motor Company employees. He is survived by his mother, two sisters and two nieces. The crash occurred on U S Highway 287 near the KGNC tower when his car apparently rammed the rear of a heavy truck.
Advertises for canines from Amarillo to join an army shipment. Dogs must be 20 inches at the shoulders, weigh at least 50 pounds, and be between one and five years old. Owners meeting criteria should write A. R. Granberg, P. O. box 1522.
Gerald Wendt the noted industrial chemist will speak before the Knife and Fork Club in Amarillo on November 3 his second appearance. He is expected to discuss industrial miracles from national research laboratories and to present a display surpassing his years ago showing new materials for construction and other fields.
Draft delinquents have until Nov 1 to comply with the Selective Service Act or face induction or prosecution. A Justice Department notice warns those under 38 that noncompliance by the deadline will bring immediate reporting orders regardless of order number or dependency.
War Dads in Amarillo will not send representatives to the national meeting opening in Kansas City this week. Chapter president Ross Rogers sustains a badly bruised shoulder from firing a high powered weapon. Secretary N F Nelson says he is too busy with ODT surveys and serves as the Amarillo area director for ODT.
American and British delegates visit the Bolshoi Theater and are greeted in the imperial box draped with three flags. War and the Working Class warns of difficulties ahead but envisions unity of the anti-Hitler coalition as key to postwar peace while opposing the Polish government-in-exile.
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