Amarillo News Briefs and Social Notes From Northwest Texas
Local notes report mischange incidents at a post office concessionaire and several births at Northwest Texas Hospital. Family updates include Mr. and Mrs. Hudgins welcoming a boy, Mr. and Mrs. Snead and Mr. and Mrs. Moore with newborns, and multiple residents traveling for events or visiting relatives. Also covers Amarillo girls in RCA Victor magazine, Eagles dance, campus coverage, and community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyd Charisse
Tony Martin
Stork Club
Frances Irvin
Tommy Dorsey
Eagles
Eagles TO Dance Saturday the Fraternal
Order of Eagles
Baby Show Profit Highlights Local Legion Effort
Mrs. Ben Collins reports a $318 profit from the American Legion Auxiliary Baby Show held under Auxiliary sponsorship in Municipal Auditorium. The event supports veterans and families in Amarillo with proceeds aiding post activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Order
A. C. Peterson
Ben Collins
American Legion Auxiliary
Municipal Auditorium
Earl D. Heard
Cleveland
Heard
25Th Infantry “Tropic Lightning
Korea
Eiland
Maryland
Long Beach
Cal
J. T. Chambers
East Twenty-first
Tulsa
Charles G. Tucker
Taylor
Greensburg
Kan
Don J. Morris
Carolina
Justin, Tex
Otis Patheal
Pierce
Prescott, Ariz
Amarillo Through Fifty Years A Chronicle Of Change
A compact look at Amarillo from 1899 to 1943 highlighting rain records in 1899 1900 and key local notes. It recalls a millinery ad and a public drunkenness fine ordinance, school car parking talks, and Pike Strouds demise. Notable items include Mary McCormick fencing fame in Milan Babe Ruth retirement plans Stage Door Canteen wartime shortages and postwar transportation discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Mary McCormick
Milan
Italy
Paul Rader
Christian Missiinary Alliance
Rader
School For Foreign Service
San Jacinto
Telephone Company
Pike Stroud
Pecos
Babe Ruth
Paramount
N. S. Griggs
New York
Sanitation Commission
Lindberg
Corrigan
Many People Move and Local Updates Highlight Daily News
A long list records residents moving into new homes and from various towns. Notables include Mrs. Erma L. Harris from Orleans Neb and Dr. Adrian L. Wright from Kansas City Mo. Also notes Philip Roach changes address, Clifford Davis to undergo minor surgery, and birthday mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Erma L. Harris
Virginia
Orleans
Neb
E. J. Neil
North Palo Duro
Sweetwater
R. D. Hogue
North Roberts
Spokane
Wash
Cecil D. Davis
van Buren
Dumas
Walter A. McKinney
North Louisiana
Childress
R. C. Higginbotham
North Georgia
Durango
Colo
Clifford F. Thiel
Parker
Kansas City
James A. Stubblebine
West Twelfth
Vallejo
Cal
Philip Roach
Fillmore
Harrison
Roach
The
Globe News
Notable Names Listed in St Anthony's Hospital Notes
A section of hospital notes lists multiple individuals associated with St Anthony's Hospital and nearby towns. Names include Purcell Charles Alexander, Mrs Theda Gattis, Haskell Pavillard, Johnnie Ray, Mrs Nancy Moore, Mrs Claire Sneed, Mrs Anna Harris, Mrs Maxine Hudgins, Miley Anderson, Luther Shane, with addresses and references to J T Hughes in Guymon Oklahoma and Ethel Van Horn in Dalhart. Also noted are Mrs Juanita Eddy in Cactus and Mrs Sadie Peitz, plus surgical notes for Edna McNamara of Northeast Seventeenth Street and Dixie Lynn Smith in Follett, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna McNamara
E. C. Neel
North Hays
Dixie Lynn Smith
Follett
Stephen Bradley Smith
53 Missing on Fishing Boat
Tokyo reports all 53 crewmen of a Japanese 85 ton fishing vessel feared lost off Honshu after the boat sent a distress call. Ships that replied found no trace as rough seas hampered search for the bonita laden vessel returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Honshu
Kyodo
Map Defense Plan for Texas
East Texas Chamber of Commerce works on a defense program to aid national state and local officers. Hubert M Harrison says ETCC will present to the Texas Association of Commerce in Austin on Oct 6 a plan to mobilize chamber machinery across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilgore
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Hubert M. Harrison
Kilgore Lions Club
Paul Carrington
ETCC
Texas Association of Commerce
Austin
Chamber of Commerce
Federal Deposit Insurance Boost Backed by Truman
Washington report says President Truman signed into law a bill raising the insured amount for individual government covered bank accounts from 5000 to 10000 dollars. The measure aims to cut the insurance program’s cost to banks by about 60 percent, easing bank losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
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Aréting Teen
Wral
Darrell
Howard Boxwell
Broadmoor
Norman H. Buck
Albuquerque
Boxwell
Carol Owens
Sunset
Family Service of
National Travelers Aid Association
New
W. S. Batson
D. B. Holland
Lubbock
W. R. Irwin
University of Texas
Texas Tech Red Raiders
Robert Williams
Boise
Idaho
al Jenkins
Crockett
J. T. Glover, Sr
Hay
Den
Dallas
William C. Handford
North Miami Beach
Fila
Spann
Ed Spann
Financial Department
Ernest O. Thompson
National Guard
142Nd Infantry
Ross Rogers
Rogers
Troy Martin
Hughes
Northwest Texas Hospital
Martin
Globe
Karleene Horton
J. D. Horton
Jim Winter
Baylor University
Winter
Arvezene Winter
Baylor Panhandle Club
J F Donald Elliott
B. C. Elliott
College of Wooster
Wooster
Ohio
Amarillo High School
National Honor Society
Ken Club
Bill Merriman
Travis
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Leon Langham
East Tenth
Lynn Harris
Northwest
Broome Optical CO
Uncle Willie
Shore
B. F. Goodrich Store
Andr ZI Sprague
Kates
Moon
Mamie
Iron Curtain
Walsh
Dave Crockett
Thalamo
Norman
Albert
Rubes
Jane
MILO
Wrigley
Pete A Lee
Wrigleys
Clifford Davis
Walter Hill
H. M. Timmons
W. L. Askew
Ralph Carroll
Bonnie To Whittington
Dorothy Thurman
Ruth Holt
R. L. Kerr
George Pratt, Jr
F. B. “Abe” Martin
J. M. Hyden
Carl G. Sutton
Ike Johnson
Linda Kay Wasson
Mediterranean
Sanborn
Lavenia Boykin
Sanborn School
Barney Sinclair
Ilda Moore
Pearlie Jo Johnson
Carol Sue Kelly
Wadene Wilson
Jean Brasher
Juanita DeLaGarza
John Thompson
Guy Allen Mathes
Nancy Moore
Maxine Hudgins
Ann Harris
Mable Barker
David Kemp
Frank Webb
W. E. Clark
Troy Parr
Edna Taylor
Lettie Welsh
Luella Haynes
Karleene Martin
Lorna Noval
Miller Cason
Cora Wills
Gladys Wagner
Lola
W. Dale Pearson
East Amarillo
Christ
Holy Spirit
Arthur L. Golden
Federal Deposit Insurance
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