Weather and War Era Reflections in a Local Column
The column notes fall arriving soon and a hard winter in prospect with local merchants stocking winter merchandise. It cites John Pool of Western Auto Stores and mentions a rising inflation tone, a new book about army commissions, hotel and cinema chatter, and impending gasoline rationing likely starting in December with a 2,500 mile annual civilian driving limit.
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John Pool
Western Auto Stores
Mr Pool
Hollywood Chatter Highlights Stars’ Wartime Sacrifices
Jimmie Fidler notes stars donate time and funds for morale despite a few publicity seekers. Edgar Bergen paid his own Alaska Aleutians tour costs while others join the effort with sincerity.
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Hollywood
Edgar Bergen
Alaska
Aleutians
Chastie McCarthy
Edgar
Manes
Bergen
Fred
Osher
Atic
War news and light items mix in late 1940s digest
A sprawling column blends stock market trivia with humorous anecdotes and military outlooks. It notes price shifts in railroads and utilities, rural chatter, medical worker strain, and war commentary, terminaries and daily life vignettes from readers across cities. It ends with labor hints from Washington State and general wartime mood.
Woman Recovers Memory After Contracted Double Marriage
Glory Miller recalls life with first husband H Pierce Weller while married to Henry Miller in a strange triangle. Police identify her in a motor hotel after she cannot remember Las Vegas wedding on May 1. Diary entries reveal marriage license and Las Vegas trip before lost memory.
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Hollywood
Glory Weller Miller
Henry Miller
Mrs. Miller
Miller
Las Vegas
Nev
Atascadero
Calif
H. Pierce Weller
Binghampton, N. Y
Motor Hotel
Pearl Harbor
Agua Caliente
Weller
Pierce
Henry
Potter Grand Jury Reconvenes to Wind Up Term
The Potter County grand jury reconvened to wind up the 47th district court term. The term ends Saturday. Only non jury matters will be handled for the rest of the week.
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Potter County Grand Jury
47Th District Court
Nonunion Carpenter Requests Immediate Contact
A reader seeks a non union carpenter for immediate work and provides contact numbers 2 1463 and 6043. The note also asks for assistance moving a room sized 10 by 18 feet from 3649 Rio Grande to 310 Bowyer Street.
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Rio Grande
Bowyer Street
British Lay Mines In Nazi Waters
British observers linked intensified mine laying along Nazi home waters to a potential German breakout from the Baltic. Reports say RAF mine-sowing missions continued over the German north coast despite bad weather. News notes Germany’s Tirpitz may be moving from Trondheim toward Arctic shipping lanes with other ships undergoing repairs at Kiel.
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London
Baltic
Schleswig-Holstein
Flensburg
Kiel
Germany
Tirpitz
Trondheim
Norway
Arctic
Barents Sea
Murmansk
Scharnhorst
Prinz Eugen
Nuernberg
Graf Zeppelin
Senate panel backs farm parity labor cost amendment
The Senate Agriculture committee voted 14 to 1 to back a proposed farm bloc amendment to anti inflation legislation. It would require that all labor costs be included in computing farm parity prices, opposing Roosevelt's demand to retain the current basis of computation for price ceilings on agricultural products.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
German Plane Bombs Theater in Coastal Town
A German bomber hit a motion picture theater in a coast town during a raid. Three people were killed and several injured. Earlier reports claimed an audience of 200 was present, but officials later said only theater staff were inside.
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London
Army Bomber Crashes Near Middletown Depot
A large bomber from the army air corps Middletown depot crashed and burned near Dr. O. H. Schwartz’s home in Harrisburg area. Early reports listed all nine crew members killed as the fire spread to the Schwartz residence. Witnesses described the aircraft bursting into flames upon impact.
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Harrisburg
U.P
Middletown
Army Air Corps
O. H. Schwartz
Schwartz
Two Orchestras for Firemen's Ball
At the firemen's ball two orchestras will perform one at The Nat and another at Rainbow Gardens. Tickets for the Monday night dance on September 28 are valid at either venue. Admission is $1 per person with proceeds going to the firemen's pension fund.
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Nat
Rainbow Gardens
Firemen’s Pension Fund
Fall to Arrive Tomorrow Morning Delayed
The article notes fall comes a day late this year to align with calendar and solar years. It states winter will arrive on December 22 and leaves may start turning the next day. It mentions football draws crowds in Shanghai, China.
Cooperation and civic spirit in the brewing industry
The speaker praises cooperation and civic spirit amid efforts around beer and weed control. They note many examples of community effort and observe that the brewing industry recognizes this need and is taking action.
Robbery by Black Women Reported in Amarillo
Jewell Farless of Lubbock said two Black women with a knife held at his back forced him to surrender $3 as he left carnival grounds in Amarillo. Police arrested Aimee Henderson and Juanita Jackson for robbery by force and booked them at headquarters for transfer to the county jail.
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Jewell Farless
Lubbock
Amarillo
Farless
Avenue B
Texas Tech
Aimee Henderson
Juanita Jackson
Two U S Merchant Vessels Lost in Mediterranean Action
The navy reports two United States merchant ships lost in the Mediterranean while a Malta bound convoy faced Axis air and sea attacks. One vessel was torpedoed and sunk at night by a torpedo boat, four gun crew members killed, while the second ship was scuttled after a torpedo hit. no lives lost aboard the latter. The British carrier Eagle was sunk earlier in August. A separate New York notice notes Kaiser hiring for a 20 000 man cargo plane ship project.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Mediterranean Sea
Eagle
London
New York
U.P
Henry J. Kaiser
Strict Food Policy Enforced in China
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek warned officials to enforce the national food policy with severe punishment for noncompliance as land tax collection and compulsory government sales begin. He appealed to 6,000,000 soldiers to be fed and urged citizens to provide grain and funds as a patriotic duty.
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Chungking
Eralissimo
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Chiang
Runaway Boys Sought in Amarillo Search
Police in Amarillo seek two runaway youths Donnie Jackson 13 of Dumas and Alvin Ray Scott 14 of Childress. Authorities request aid from public to locate the teens and ensure their safety.
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Amarillo
Donnie Jackson
Dumas
Alvin Ray Scott
Childress
Women in Gere man financed fifth column in Northern Ireland
The British press association quoted an American officer stating that women play a key role in a German financed fifth column in Northern Ireland. The group aims to sow discord between British civilians and American forces.
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London
Fifth Column
Northern Ireland
British Press Association
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