War Bond Gala At USC Auditorium Limited Seats Remain
Only two days left for War Bond buyers dated Sept 1 through Sept 9 to claim free tickets for a gala show at the USC auditorium Thursday at 8 30 pm. The event at Amarillo Army Air Field features Johnny Mack Brown Raymond Hatton and six decorated heroes, plus a military parade at 7 30 pm. A $6 642 400 Third War Loan quota is targeted without bank purchases.
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USC
Cal Farley
Third War Loan
Paramount
Jack King
Amarillo Army Air Field
Johnny Mack Brown
Raymond Hatton
Panhandle
Third
Grant Street
Polk Street
Tenth Avenue
Taylor Street
Sixth Avenue
Amarillo
Polio Appears On Decline In Amarillo
Amarillo may have peaked in polio cases says Dr. W. B. Thomas county health officer only one new case reported in four days. The latest patient, a young Amarillo girl, was admitted to Northwest Texas Hospital where 13 patients are in isolation. A physiotherapist from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis arrived to assist. The Kenny method is now available in Amarillo and a nurse may attend the course in Minnesota. The health officer noted uncertainty about school opening dates as his phone buzzed with inquiries.
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Amarillo
W. B. Thomas
Northwest Texas Hospital
Elizabeth Masola
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Kenny
Thomas
Minnesota
Personal Classifieds Seeke Sewing and Household Help
Readers place brief notices seeking sewing work, light housekeeping, and live-in or part time domestic help. Includes Maite Tack Can Do Sewing at 3402 Taylor Street rear, and a 14 year old seeking farm work on a John Deere tractor with experience. References and contact numbers provided.
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Taylor Street
Rear
Tack
South Julian Boulevard
John Deere
ODB Checks Gain 37 000 More Benefits Amid Labor Day Effort
Jimmie Fidler reports the War Department Office of Dependency Benefits paid extended checks by using two shifts on Labor Day. Brig. Gen. H. N. Gilbert notes over 15 000 new family accounts processed, expanding payments to more than a quarter million additional wives and children of soldiers. He cites 117 744 accounts in effect and emphasizes the soldiers’ front line work continued.
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War Department
H. N. Gilbert
USA
ODB
Kansas City Livestock Markets Mixed Trade Ranges Recounted
Kansas City markets show hogs steady to 15 cents higher with top at 14.95. Cattle numbers strong with loads of choice steers at 14.85 to 15.75 and cows generally steady to higher. Sheep trade limited with Colorado lambs around 14.00 and best ewes 9.50. Chicago markets open steady to higher on hogs and steady to 25 cents lower on sheep.
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Kansas City
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Agents From 40 Counties Attend Meeting At Herring Hotel
Agents from 40 counties gathered at the Herring Hotel for a Texas A and M extension service meeting. G E Adams of College Station spoke on the service history and aims while Mildred Horton presided. Discussions covered 1944 food feed fiber production and conservation with postwar planning and salvage campaigns on the agenda.
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Texas A. and M. College Extension Service
Herring Hotel
G. E. Adams
College Station
State Extension Service
Mildred Horton
Burglars Break Into Fred DeCoster Home
Burglars entered the Fred DeCoster residence at 606 Tennessee Street through a back window last night while the family was away. They stole a 410 pistol shotgun two watches and a savings bank belonging to Don De Coster. Damaged furniture from scratched matches caused permanent marks. War stamps and small money were found in a boy’s bank book. a recent day’s earnings were also missing.
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Fred DeCoster
Tennessee Street
Don DeCoster
Don
Range Riders Featured in The Cattleman Magazine
Mason King details the Will Rogers Range Riders in The Cattleman September issue. Amarillo's Mounted Ambassadors photo shows 135 members spanning business and professional vocations, highlighting the club as America's Unique Riding Club.
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Will Rogers
Mason King
the Cattleman
Amarillo
Mounted Ambassadors
Cattleman
Range Riders
America
City Commission Agenda Items Include Housing Authority Reappointment
Routine business scheduled for today and tonight indicates bids on gasoline and paving, zoning application, and reappointment to Amarillo Housing Authority. Candidates for reappointment are C. W. Furr Dr. R. Thomsen and Tom Wingate.
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City Commission
Amarillo
C. W. Furr
R. Thomsen
Tom Wingate
Mrs Leontine Malfaire Dies in Maumee Ohio
Mrs Leontine Malfaire died in Maumee Ohio Sunday night relatives here have been notified She was the aunt of Fred DeCoster executive director of the Amarillo Community and War Chest Travel restrictions kept Mr DeCoster from attending the funeral.
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Leontine Malfaire
Maumee
Ohio
Fred DeCoster
Amarillo
U S Air Force Bombs Japs Northwest of Mandalay
New Delhi reported heavy damage from Japanese barracks at May Myo forty miles northwest of Mandalay as medium bombers of the 10th U S Air Force hit yesterday. Fires raged to about fifteen hundred feet, according to a headquarters communique.
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New Delhi
10Th
U. S. Air Force
Maymyo
Mandalay
Enrollment drops at University of Texas Austin
Enrollment figures show 6,232 students in the first full term at the University of Texas Austin, a drop from last year’s September registration near 8,000. The eight week term ends with this final enrollment count.
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Austin
University of Texas
Allied forces wreck seven German submarines in Biscay
The British air ministry and admiralty reported that combined American planes and British aircraft and warships have destroyed seven German U boats in the Bay of Biscay area in recent operations.
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London
Bay of Biscay
British
Air Ministry
Admiralty
P-40s Attack Railway Yards in Indo China
American fighter planes attacked the railway yards at Laokay in French Indo China near the border Sunday, starting many fires and causing extensive damage. The action was announced from Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell's headquarters.
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Chungking
Laokay
Indo-China
Joseph W. Stilwell
Rome to open city as war material removed
German controlled Vichy radio reports a Rome dispatch that measures to make Rome an open city were nearly completed with all military assets removed or destroyed. The same era notes New York City's banks and trust companies hold over 30.0 billion dollars in resources, about 28 percent of the national total.
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London
VicHy
Rome
New York City
Kellogg's All-Bran: A Gentle Dosing Alternative
An ad promotes Kellogg's All-Bran as a safe pleasant solution to constipation. It claims fiber aids regular evacuation without harsh pills, urging regular consumption and ample water. It touts high nutrition with iron and phosphorus and cites Battle Creek production.
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Kellogg’s
Keilogg’s
Battle Creek
Amarillo family hears from Japanese POW son George Killian
Mr. and Mrs. George Killian of Amarillo reveal their son Sgt. George B. Killian, a prisoner of war in Java with the Lost Battalion, sent a letter praising health and Christmas. They recall hearing his radio broadcast after capture and say the card lifted their spirits amid years of silence since 1941.
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Labor Day
George Killian
Route 3
Amarillo
George B.killian
Java
Pacific
131St Field Artillery
Col
Blucher Tharp
Killian
National Guard
Nippon
George
United
Japs Try Landings on Kolombangara Reported
Berlin radio quoting Japanese HQ said the enemy attempted to land more troops at Kolombangara in the Solomons. NBC recorded broadcast claimed the assault was repelled with heavy losses in ships aircraft and men, marking the first landing attempt on the small island near New Georgia already Allied held.
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New York
Berlin
Kolombangara
Solomons
NBC
New Georgia
Four-Way Calf Ropers Defeat Range Riders at Amarillo Show
Four-Way Calf Ropers defeated the Will Rogers Range Riders yesterday afternoon at the Amarillo Panhandle Horse Show by 10 06 seconds in total time. Thirty six calves were roped in the contest to thrill the crowd. Winning ropers were Bob Grant Roy Moore Bill Trimm J N Childers Hub Crawford Roland Moore and Pete Bird. Range Rider team members were Jack Funderburg Elmo Fontaine Troy Whatley C H Huff Bud Deleater John Wilkins and M L Currie.
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Will Rogers
Amarillo-Panhandle
Bob Grant
Roy Moore
Bill Trimm
J. N. Childers
Hub Crawford
Roland Moore
Pete Bird
Jack Funderburg
Elmo Fontaine
Troy Whatley
C. H. Huff
Bud Deleater
John Wilkins
M. L. Currie
Spaniards Return From Russian Front Bombed En Route
About 2,000 volunteers from Spain's blue division, fighting with Germans on the Russian front, returned to Madrid and were subjected to Allied bombing while crossing Germany. Navy Secretary Knox said Germans have withdrawn U boats from the Atlantic to refit with more anti aircraft guns and will likely return.
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Madrid
Spain
Washington
Navy
Knox
Atlantic
State Guard officers inspect Amarillo battalion plans
Major Thomas W. Gahagan and Major OC Edwards arrived in Amarillo to meet staff and finalize weekend maneuvers four miles west of Canyon. They will set up task force headquarters at the high school for an 8 PM briefing to map area reconnaissance and outline tank activities for the Panhandle Battalion. Owners include six companies in Amarillo Borger Pampa Dalhart Dumas and Dalhart. Major Lou Roberts governs the battalion. The officers urged Amarilloans to volunteer for two local companies and possibly form new units.
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Thomas W. Gahagan
Texas State Guard
OC. J. Edwards
Amarillo
Canyon
Panhandle
State Guard
Adjutant Generals Office
Austin
Borger
Pampa
Dalhart
Dumas
Lou Roberts
Gahagan
Commander Edward C. Lawson Visits Amarillo Office
Lieutenant Commander Edward C. Lawson of the Oklahoma City District of Navy Officer Procurement arrived in Amarillo on a tour of inspection of the local office and to attend the American Legion meeting. Ensign Alane Zeeck and Yeoman Elizabeth Huscher head the Amarillo District office by the Amarillo building.
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Edward C. Lawson
Oklahoma City District of Navy
Amarillo
American Legion
Alane Zeeck
Yeoman
Elizabeth Huscher
Made in Japan Freedom Proposed for Philippines
A special general assembly in Manila unanimously approved today a tentative constitution for the Philippine Islands drawn by a preparatory commission for Philippine independence. The Tokyo radio reported the Manila dispatch recorded by the Associated Press.
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Associated Press
General Assembly
Manila
Philippine Islands
Tokyo
East Africa Troops Sent to India and Ceylon
Nairobi dispatch reports a large force of East African troops has been sent to India and Ceylon, disclosed today. The move signals a major reinforcement amid ongoing colonial security concerns.
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India
Ceylon
Nairobi
Kenya
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Georgia Street
John L. Harris
General Delivery
Texas
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Lelia Lake
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Hollywood
Veronica Lake
John Detlie
Seattle
Lou Costello
Betty Hutton
Ginger Rogers
San Diego
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Jackie Briggs
Vadimir Sokoloff
Jean Hersholt
Random House
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American Medical Association
RKO
Tom Conway
Lillian Eggers
Lynn Baggett
Steve Barclay
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
The
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Signs of the Times
John Carroll
Marie Windsor
Uncle Sam
Evans Carlson
South Pacific
Hells
New Guinea
Frank Sinatra
Columbia Studios
Reveille
Beverly
Frankie
Sinatra
Studio
Clark Gable
Gable
Clark
Lorraine Rognan
England
Lisbon
Portugal
Roy Rognan
Lorraine
Armour & Co
Oar
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Renee
Aviation Corp Tee
Baldwin Loco
Etnee
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Glenn L. Martin
Gulf of Were
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Heer
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National Biscuit Census
New York Shipbuilding
New York Central Ry
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Standard Oil
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Stand Oil N J Peer
Rye
Financial Industrial Fund
U. S
Globe News
Globe-News
St. Joseph
Sgt
George B. Killian
Thornton & Minor
Cretney Drug
DR. J. J. Freid
Optometrist
Zale
Dee
Japan
Eugene Polk
Blackburn
Shaw
Pierc
Neen
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