Range Riders to Highlight Will Rogers Show at Tri-State Fair
Will Rogers Range Riders lead a 50 plus rider exhibition at the Tri-State Fair Grounds as part of Amarillo Horse Show events. Proceeds benefit the Red Cross with 45 classes of horses and two Army Air Forces Bands performing in afternoon and evening shows.
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Delbert Dalby
Will Rogers Range Riders
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Amarillo
Wills Rogers
Great Army Air Forces
Amarillo Field
Red Cross
Texas State Guardsmen
Maxor Drug
Cretney's
Southwestern Public Service Company
Red Cross Office
Nervous Axis Speculates On Allied Invasion Plans
London dispatch notes Axis radio broadcasts claiming Allied armadas massing for a two directional assault in the Mediterranean and Britain. Paris radio cites reports of Gibraltar warships as Berlin hints troops may move from the Russian front to face invasion threats in Europe.
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London
Mediterranean
Britain
Paris
la Linea
Spain
Gibraltar
Berlin
Europe
Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood column notes
Barbara Coleman engagement blue pencilled as Mrs Kay Kyser predicted. Lorraine Hogann discards crutches ending dancing career. Ginger Rogers husband stays to advise on Marine Raiders battle scenes. Tommy Dix to report for Army Sept 15. Nazimova offered long term deal. Red Skelton draft deferral blocked. Warner Bros and Nazimova projects noted. Quotes, previews, and Hollywood gossip span into ten years ago tidbits.
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Hollywood
Barbara Coleman
Kay Kyser
Lorraine Hognan
Ginger Rogers
Hubby
Jack Briggs
Samuel Goldwyn
RKO
Tommy
Dix
Uncle Sam
Army
Sabu
G. I
Marjorie Reynolds
Mae West
Thescene
WB Execss
Nazimova
Pat McGuiness
Army Air Corp
Susan Hayward
Red Skelton
Jimmy
Will
Rogers
Aviation News
Walter Reed
Signs of the Times
Quickie
Nazi Germany
Hitler
Gibson Gowland
McTeague
Highway Group Discusses Lake Road Hard-Surfacing
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce highway committee will meet at 5 p.m. to discuss hard-surfacing the Buffalo Lake road from Highway 66 to the lake reservation. Committee chair Wade Brymer leads along with Jim Hudson Rudy Bauman Chet Bordwell H O Starks Paul Allingham James Lott. Also notes plans to attend a regional Denver highway meeting on routes Alaska to Cape Horn. Mrs Sherman Chamberlain claims her year old heifer is the most patriotic animal in the United States with a V shaped mark and chevron like shoulder insignia.
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Randall County
Buffalo Lake
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Wade Brymer
Clarence Beckman
Denver
United States
Alaska
Cape Horn
Mr. Brymer
Jim Hudson
Rudy Bauman
Chet Bordwell
H. O. Starks
Paul Allingham
James Lott
Littleton
N. H
Sherman Chamberlain
Soldier's wife seeks sewing work for income
A soldier's wife with a BA and near MA in home economics from the University of Texas offers sewing services such as hems, dressmaking, and children's clothes. She has limited public sewing experience but aims to please clients and supports a small child. Call 8870.
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University of Texas
Bond Sales Drop as Local Business Rises in August
Postmaster W. D. DeGrassi reports August bond and stamp sales fell $35,000 from July, though overall Amarillo receipts rose. August bond sales totaled 47550 with stamp sales at 8045, while August 1942 bond and stamp sales were 103087 and postal receipts reached 52649.
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W. D. DeGrassi
Amarillo
Reds Urge Turkey to Join Allies to Speed Victory
Moscow dispatch reports War and the Working Class argues neutrality of Turkey aids Germany by protecting the Balkan flank. It says Turkey could hasten Germany's defeat by joining the Allies, freeing German troops for the Soviet front.
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Turkey
Moscow
War and the Working Class
Germany
Balkan
Akron Airport Builds World Largest Hangar
Goodyear Aircraft Corp plans a 1,000 by 240 by 62 foot hangar at Akron airport with a 1,000 foot runway, costing about 3 million dollars. Navy planes will be housed there and testing will occur as Goodyear production lines roll out. The facility will be owned by Defense Plant Corp and aims to enhance Akron's aviation prominence.
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Akron, O
U.P
Goodyear Aircraft Corp
Akron
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Macon
Goodyear
Defense Plant Corp
Prisoner of War Report for Amarillo Man in Romania
Fred D. Randall of Amarillo is listed as a prisoner of war in Romania. The War Department notified his wife in Henryetta Oklahoma that he was captured after aiding a Liberator bomber crew over Italy. Randall, 34, previously worked for the Santa Fe railway in Amarillo and is son of Mrs. C. E. Leatherman of Waynoka Oklahoma.
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Fred D. Randall
Amarillo
Romania
War Department
Henryetta
Oklo
Randall
Charley Rendall
Maryland Street
H. C. Maggard
Extell
Italy
Set. Randall
C. E. Leatherman
Waynoka
Okla
The
Santa Fe
Yanks Laugh At Axis Propaganda In Sicily Broadcast
In Palermo American troops recalled an Axis radio broadcast claiming massive Axis food shortages. The report joked about Allied starvation in Sicily and North Africa, while Italian prisoners complained German troops took supplies before retreating.
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Palermo
Sicily
Messina
North Africa
Normandie May Sail Under French Flag
Rene Mayer, communications and merchant marine commissioner for the French Committee of National Liberation, hinted that the former liner Normandie may be returned to the French flag. He said United France has 1,000,000 tons of merchant shipping serving the Allied war effort and would seek help from Britain and the United States to rebuild the French Merchant Marine.
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London
Rene Mayer
French Committee of National Liberation
Normandie
France
Pacific Natives Donate to U S Red Cross
Solomon Islands natives donate 194.62 dollars to the Red Cross in gratitude for Navy doctor services. Presentation made at island post to John Carney of the Red Cross South Pacific area by Chaplain Lt. E V Best. Bishop Baddeley consented to the transmission of the funds.
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South Pacific
Solomon Islands
Navy
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Solomons
Walter H. Baddeley
Melanesia
John Carney
Alexandria
E. V. Best
USNR
San Diego
Cal
America
Dr Fishbein Collects Birth Announcements for Card Collection
Chicago based Dr Morris Fishbein of the American Medical Association curates a growing archive of birth notices. Parents send announcements to the obstetricians who delivered the babies and Fishbein forwards the cards nationwide. His collection surpasses 1000 cards.
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Chicago
A.P
Morris Fishbein
American Medical Association
Fishbein
War family affair centers on Rhode Island man and sons in service
Louis Paul, 63, runs a high speed lathe and drill setup in his kitchen after being rejected for war work. He and his wife produce small screw machine parts for war industries while four of his six sons serve in the armed forces.
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Warwick
Louis Paul
Paul
Death Takes R. D. Field
Robert D. Field land man for the Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company died in a local hospital after a brief illness. He was 49, born in Carlsbad New Mexico, moved to Amarillo in 1919, and served as a major in the 36th Infantry Division in World War I. He leaves a wife, his mother in Guthrie Oklahoma, five brothers and two sisters in Oklahoma and Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Field
Panhandle-Eastern Pipeline Company
Bob Field
Carlsbad
N. M
Amarillo
Tyler Street
Martha Field
Guthrie
Okla
J. Walker Field
Oklahoma City
William C. Pield
Tulsa
Lee Field
Julian Field
Rufus Field
Pauls Valley
Elizabeth Duskin
Youngest U S fighter base commander in European theater
At Langland England on September 2 Lt. Col. Chester Gordon Peterson of Santaquin Utah, one of the eight original members of the American Eagle Squadron, becomes the commanding officer of a U S fighter station and is the youngest officer to hold such a position in the European theater.
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U. S
Langland
Chester Gordon Peterson
Santaquin
Utah
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