Autumn Afternoon Hometown Notes and Social Roundup
Amarillo’s civic page records a weekend of visits and calls from relatives of locals, including Mrs. Fred Hobart of Canadian at the Mary Miles Bivins wedding, Lt. Seldon Simpson’s Camp Bowie furlough, and several winter visitors. A Girl Scout program airs on KGNC, and community tidbits cover illness notes, local travels, and the Crippled Children's Show upcoming at Municipal Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hobart
Amarillo
Mary Miles Bivins
Ernest Batson
Julian Bivins
Madison Street
John Gillies
Harrison Street
Ned Humphreys
Pueblo
Colo
Gulf Port
Jean
Gulf Park College
Seldon Simpson
Camp Bowie
Brownwood
E. A. Simpson
Hughes Street
Oma Link Rowley
Municipal Auditorium
Columbia Players
Berkeley California Players
Black-Draught Laxative Said to Lead Market
An advertising blurb praises Black-Draught as a top selling laxative in the Southwest. It claims gentle relief of constipation and bad breath, noting a tonic laxative to tone lazy intestinal muscles and easy dosing with 25 to 40 doses for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hannam
Harrison Street
Fort Wayne
Ind
W. B. Patterson
West
Eighteenth Avenue
Southwest
Magic-Chemistry Show at Carnival
A magic-chemistry show will headline the Margaret Wills PTA carnival Friday night with Amarillo College’s Jim McCausland J Roy Smith and Rob Roy Millican performing fire from water and other tricks. Other events include games of chance a house of haunts and tasty eats all at five cents. Cafeteria service begins at 6 o clock with chili pies and soda. New Zealand bans flogging of prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Wills
Jim McCausland
J. Roy Smith
Rob Roy Millican
Amarillo College
Hitler Woos The Turks
The feature notes Turkish generals Ali Fuad Erden and Husseyn Erkilet visiting Adolf Hitler on the Russian front as Turkey marks the republic’s 18th anniversary. It describes German praise for Romanian Italian and Hungarian forces and hints at a potential Turkish role joining the Axis, threatening Britain and Soviet plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Adolf Hitler
Ali Fuad Erden
Husseyn Erkilet
Hitler
Murmansk
Black Sea
Georgia
Caucasus
Britain
Rus
United States seeks British base access after war
In a postwar plan the United States asks Britain to make all British bases available for American use after the war. The proposal includes lend-lease guarantees and doctrines on trade, non discrimination in commerce, fair raw material use, commodity regulation, and international finance to aid development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Britain
China
Army Trucks Return Donated Day Room Gear to Camp Bowie
Camp Bowie's Company H 142nd Infantry receives back from Amarillo a flood of donations for its Day Room including ping pong table billiard gear and library items. Horace E. Watkins led the mobilized effort with furniture games and writing supplies from local merchants and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Camp Bowie
C. M. Williams and Company
Watkins
Sporting Goods Department
Company H
Charles Hoppin
Cora Avery
Amarillo High School
Howard Pestor
Jackson Street
H. W. Clutter
Fountain Street
Courthouse Records and Marriage Notices Reported
Texas property transfers include B&L to Pannie Bell Stanford in Blas del Eppstein Subdiv with 1500 dollars. Howard Boxwell et ux to L M Johnson 2000. W P Strickland et ux to A A Whitaker 6500. Divorce filings Mary Louise Ramsey vs CL Ramsey and Mattie Ridele Martin vs L D Martin. New car registrations for Ford and Chevrolet vehicles. Marriage license issued to Jack P Reynolds and Maxine Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Plains
B&l
Pannie Bell
Stanford
Blasdel-Eppstein
Holland
Howard FE
Wolflin
Mary Louise Ramsey
CL Ramsey
Mattie Ridele Martin
L. D Martin
Ford
H. A. Gardner
Polk
L. W. Byrd
Geo. H. O'Brien
C. E. Brunson
N. Garfield
Chevrolet
D. C
Floods Drive Amarillo Man on Detroit Trip
Harry Gardner and his wife traveled from Amarillo toward Detroit to escape floods. The Arkansas River swelled forcing detours through Chicago and Detroit to visit H. C. Doss of Ford Motor Company. On the return route via Indiana Kentucky Tennessee and Arkansas they faced a foot and a half of water on a highway near Tulsa. State patrols limited passage as cars waited for long stretches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Noah” Gardner
Here
Detroit
Walter Irvin, Inc
Arkansas
Tulsa
Clifford Gordon Speaks to Pupils at Horace Mann
Clifford Gordon former Australian spoke to Horace Mann Junior High students on Youth Advantages in America. He dramatized a courtroom scene to illustrate legal privileges and rights available to American youth. The program is part of a school year series at the Horace Mann School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Gordon
America
Horace Mann Junior High School
Gordon
Horace Mann School
Wolflin School Opens Defense Stamp Campaign
Wolflin School started its defense stamp drive by selling 43.05 dollars in postal savings stamps yesterday. Stamps will be sold every Tuesday at the Wolflin School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolflin School
Two Men Die In Lampasas Highway Truck Fire
AUSTIN Oct 29 two men died and one injured when a pipeline truck owned by Wichita Falls Pipe Line Co exploded near Burnet on the Lampasas Highway. Victims were Horace Woods driver and Travis Fuller. Injured was R D Boran who said a leaky gas tank ignited as the truck rolled over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Burnet
Lampasas
Horace Woods
Travis Fuller
R. D. Boran
Burkburnet
Wichita Falls Pipe Line Co
Breckenridge
Columbus
Boran
Woods
Fuller
Turkey and Britain Face Dangers of Axis Persuasion
The piece weighs Turkey’s memory of past Caucasus campaigns and the risk of joining forces with Germany or Britain as World War II reshapes Turkish diplomacy. It notes Britain’s hopes of keeping Turkey aligned with Allied interests, while Berlin seeks a military pact before further action against Russia and the Middle East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Turkey
Germany
Conelu
Russia
Hitler
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E. C. Nelson, Jr
Farle H. Christian
J. M. Stensons
Don Weddington
KGNC
Leon Krupp
Carol Jean Barnes
J. R. Capehart, Jr
Brownsville
J. Capehart
Marie Brandt
Bowie
D. C. Redding
van Buren Street
Lora Copeland
W. M. West
Ong Street
J. B. Morrison
Spur
Lawson Morgan
Virginia Street
George Lott
Maryland Street
E. P. Kile
Taylor Street
D. O. Lafferty
Brady
Soldier Boy
Sherrill E. Edwards
151St Field Artillery
Texas
Jack Anderson
Bakersfield
Calif
C. F. Anderson
Fourteenth Avenue
Anderson
Glenna Hill
Pierce Street
P. F. Bailey
Childress
C. C Dubbs
Belleview Street
Bailey
Jack Martin
Waynoka
Okla
H. J. Wheeler
W. M. Hall
Alabama Street
Walter Dammier
West Eighteenth Avenue
Dammier
E. T. McGovern
Northwest Texas Hospital
E. J. Lowder
Fillmore Street
Temple
Scott-White Clinic
J. W. Minter
Clyde March
Polk Street
St. Anthony’s Hospital
March
Lucille
Marguerite March
Madill
Bobby
Noel Swift
Ralph Brandtt
National
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
W. C. Part
West Eleventh Avenue
Brandtt
Denver
J. M. Webb
West Tenth Avenue
Olney
A K. Whilcoxson
Vera Ann
Lipscomb Street
Ardmore
Wilcoxson
Warry A. Gardner
Chicago
Kentucky
Tennessee
Neill Singleton
Lufkin
Singleton
Idaho
Shaw Graves
Cam
New Zealand
Dewitt MacKenzie
Fred Vanderschmidt
Odessa
Donets
U. S
Courthouse Records
Lifford Gordon
Sia
Iran
Syria
Suez
Batum
Levine’s
Gro
Ladies
Fancy Design
Levine's
Levine
Levines
Purrey
Mackinaws
Rahs
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