Texans Aren't Coffee Tapers
Amarillo data show Kansas and West Virginia lead in coffee use with an average 27 pounds per person yearly. Texas averages 20 pounds while a new ration in mid November cuts Texas by 9.3 pounds, Kansas and West Virginia by 2.3 pounds. Missouri averages 26 and Oklahoma 16. Chris Fox notes Mexican coffee supply is available.
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Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
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Amarillo
Mena Tornado Destroys Homes and Disrupts Power
A tornado hit Mena Arkansas destroying 10 homes and cutting power and communications for over three hours. No fatalities or injuries reported. Residents including Mrs Hutton and James Van Horn recount near misses and property damage in the 10,000 population town.
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Mena
Ark
Fort Ord Soldier Receives First Dependency Check
At Fort Ord California Pvt Tony Coates and his wife received the first dependency allotment check totaling 150 dollars. The couple used part of the money to buy a living room suite for their Fort Ord village home and purchased a $100 war bond.
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U.P
Tony Coates
Post Utilities
Fort Ord Village
Spook Pranks Aren't Funny
Amarillo leaders condemn malicious mischief and dangerous pranks on Halloween. Mayor Joe Jenkins urged residents to avoid destruction of property as police and military support prepare for enforcement tomorrow night. Police Chief A B Sid Harper pledged full day and night patrols.
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Pearl Harbor
Sid” Harper
Texas Defense Guard
Four Convicts Escape From Retrieve Prison Farm
A manhunt is underway for four convicts who escaped from the Retrieve prison farm near Richmond last night by bending two bars of a kitchen window. The escapees are William D. Johnson of San Diego California serving two years for theft in El Paso County Mark Aaron of San Antonio Texas serving five years for theft in Bexar County William Kirkpatrick of Fort Worth Texas serving two years for theft in Wise County and Mabry Holland of Houston Texas serving four to 10 years for robbery by assault in Harris County.
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J. A. Lockwood
William D. Johnson
San Diego
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el Paso
Mark Aaron
San Antonio
Bexar County
William Kirkpatrick
Fort Worth
Wise County
Mabry Holland
Houston
Harris County
Gib Landis Recalls WWI Cartoon From Old Letters
World War veteran Gib Landis, a former Potter County deputy sheriff, found a 1918 letter from Noble Durkee in Amarillo with a cartoon of Uncle Sam as a greyhound chasing Kaiser Bill, the greyhound marked LB for Liberty Bond. Landis kept it folded in his blouse until returning home months later. Durkee now runs a grocery business and still draws cartoons. FLAME FATER SEEKS JAPS SAN DIEGO Calif U P Adin Cooper, a flame eater and glass swallower, said he joined the Marines for something tougher and began training at Camp Elliott.
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France
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Amarillo
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Kaiser Bill
Liberty Bond
Germany
Holland
Durkee
Flame Fater
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Cal
U.P
Adin Cooper
Marines
Camp Elliott
A Gay Doll Wardrobe Pattern Offer
This antique notice promotes pattern 4248 by Anne Adams for doll wardrobes in sizes 12 to 22 inches. It invites readers to order by sending sixteen cents, including size name address and style number, to the Amarillo Globe Pattern Department in New York.
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Amarillo Globe
Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New York
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