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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1944
Page
2
Continued fair and warm days give way to cool nights with a low of 48. A Smithsonian expert predicts a cool fall and very cold winter across the United States. Readers share letters on mothers versus wives of servicemen, Panhandle fruit, taxi behavior, and Muskogee police chasing slow drivers, all reflecting regional concerns and observations.
A Kansas reminiscence notes the old Chisholm trail route through fields south of Wichita where soil bears the pounding hoofs of Texas cattle. The piece includes a Dorothy Brown Thompson poem about cattle drives and soil, plus anecdotes on longevity, red hair inheritance, and attitudes in film and speech.
Dear Tack We are a husband wife and baby seeking a full time white housekeeper. Will pay a good salary and meals. Apply at 1320 Fillmore Street Apartment 2. Sg t C B Slease. Oynx set lost I lost a black onyx set with a small diamond Sept 6. Reward for return. Mrs Smith 1003 Adams Street. Additional Tack Letters on Page 7.
A local chapter of the National Aeronautic Association is to be organized with a luncheon at the Amarillo Hotel. Lowell H. Swenson will give the principal speech and arrive from Denver. Attending officials include William P. Redding Rex Baxter and others, with a state chapter planned at a September Fort Worth meeting.
The Range Riders committee approved live V Day broadcasts by KGNC and KFDA from Polk Street platforms when Germany surrenders. Representatives Hollingsworth and Robertson, with Mason King and George Autry, report seven loudspeaker platforms to be set along Polk Street. KGNC will air between Seventh and Eighth Avenues and KFDA between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
Jimmie Fidler recalls a Hollywood publicity dilemma over a star’s divorce charges. The actress settled out of court at the last moment, avoiding public records that could ruin her career. The column also notes idolatry chatter about Joan Crawford’s child Christina and other Hollywood personalities.
Dr. Marvin W. Whyburn will be formally inaugurated as Texas Technological College's fourth president on September 30. The inaugural address is set for 3 p.m. in the college gymnasium, with investiture by Charles C. Thompson. Bishop Ivan Lee Holt of St Louis will speak, and Dr. Eugene C. Barker will give the principal dinner address honoring Dr and Mrs Whyburn.
The drivers license division of the Texas Department of Public Safety in Potter County Courthouse reopened after a week long closure. Staff attended a statewide conference in Austin last week. Examiners C. R. Moore and R. S. Lewis and deputy Miss Kathleen Mcoreless attended the meeting. Lewis joins the local staff from the Houston office. his home is in Quitaque.
New York dispatch reports American reconnaissance planes from an armored division landing on German soil. Blue Network correspondent Harold Peters in London says whether the landings were in strength is not known, but unopposed landings would imply gaps in German frontier protection amid Allied advance.
Federal Judge James C. Wilson departed Amarillo for Fort Worth to preside at a weeklong district court session. He will return next Monday to open the fall term here, having kept business active in chambers during recess.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Peterson age 87 mother of May Peterson Thompson wife of Col Ernest O Thompson will be held Tuesday in Oskosh Wisconsin She died Sunday in Vienna Virginia Col Thompson left Austin to attend The survivors include May Peterson Thompson another daughter Mrs Russell Cook of Boston and six sons Frank Peterson Ammarillo Dean Peterson Washington Leo Peterson Phoenix Guy Peterson Morgantown Neal Peterson Boston Roy Peterson Los Angeles
At Orote airfield Guam on Sept 11 a Japanese soldier hid behind a parked Corsair for nine hours. armed with grenades he detonated himself, injuring no one but terrifying two pilots and ground crew including Marine Sgt. Atel W. Pearson who narrowly avoided the danger while cleaning the fuselage.
The 47th district court faces a fall term with a Monday start and juries summoned. Many cases are ready for trial including forgery wife desertion assault and burglary. A. W. Haight’s murder trial related to his step-daughter shooting is set for October 16. Dewey campaign train reaches Iowa on September 11 as part of his nationwide bid.
Perry Burks the city tax assessor says the 1944 tax roll is nearing completion with plans to finish before October 1. He notes a strong 1943 tax collection showing 96.37 percent of $731,006.28 collected and 3.63 percent unpaid.
The Tri-State Salon of Photography begins at 7 30 tonight at the Municipal Auditorium arts and crafts center. The exhibit opened yesterday and will run for two weeks with public viewing from 7 30 to 10 each night. ROUTH RETURNS Sgt R H Routh of the Texas Department of Public Safety weights and measures division, Potter County Courthouse offices, returned today from a conference in Austin. COLONEL SIMPSON IN WASHINGTON Col E A Simpson is in Washington DC on business.
W. W. Davis, 61, purchasing agent for the Panhandle & Santa Fe railroad, died at St. Anthony's Hospital after a heart attack at work. A native of Louisville, he came to Amarillo in 1908, was active in Masonic groups and civic affairs, and is survived by his widow Jennie Davis. The body lies at Griggs Chapel.
Gov Coke R Stevenson faces a Thanksgiving timing dilemma as five Thursdays appear in November. Federal law fixes Turkey Day on November 23, but many events are planned for November 30. He seeks guidance on national uniformity, weighing letters from a major movie company and a Vernon banker while inviting suggestions.
Ranger Dudley White of Amarillo announced the arrest of Charles Arby Smith, a Hill Lines truck driver, and several Panhandle area residents in a theft case involving eight cases of whiskey and six cartons of cigarets. Smith, jailed on $3,000 bond, has prior penitentiary terms and is a parole violator. Five others were charged with receiving stolen goods. names include John Elbert Franklin and Frank MacAdams, each bonded.
The fall term of United States District Court North Texas division will convene next Monday at the Federal Building. Judge James C. Wilson will preside with a criminal docket set for Oct. 23. The grand jury meets in Dallas and several indictments could be returned. civil business centers on land settlement cases.
Willis Emery 51 a Groom farmer and rancher died at 11 15 last night in an Amarillo hospital. Funeral services likely in Groom with burial by Duenkel Carmichael Funeral Home. Survived by widow three sisters four brothers all living in South Texas and by his father.
William Roger Klingensmith Jr will receive a bachelor of medicine degree at Northwestern University on September 14. His home address is 2415 Lipscomb Street.
Readable fragments show several drug stores with partial names and contact numbers including 700 W 16th and 523 East, Mark Galloway Drug at 431 Pork, and phone lines 2-2206 2-0241 2-4117.
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