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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1945
Page
2
A column blends fall clouds with World Series anticipation and a Navy WAVES pants mix up. It recalls shipboard fashion shortages, the bunkhouse humor, and a Hemphill County rancher seeking old remedies for bunkhouse issues, mailed to the Hemphill County Worried Rancher in Amarillo.
A speaker pleads for quick remedies after a neighbor’s affliction. He fears public shame and insists on helping a ranch buddy without delay, preferring hardship in memory to letting the friend down.
In Washington the discussion centers on doubling Congress salaries from 10000 to 20000 a year. Critics argue substantial teacher pay raises would better stabilize the nation and curb financial risk, beyond congressional increases. Observations on postwar marriage trends and gender roles are noted, highlighting perceived shifts in societal priorities.
The birth certificate for John Denton Saunders has been turned in to the Globe News office where the owner may claim it. A reader seeks a lost yellow gold ID bracelet engraved with Ann and offers a reward. Betty Kyle requests companionship age 46 to 55 with a car. contact via General Delivery in Amarillo.
Mrs. R. Stanford offers a $1 reward for the return of her son’s dark gray size 6 to 8 overcoat lost while walking home from school on Sept 12 or 13. The coat bears the name Stanford by the cleaner. Contact 1009 Harrison.
An employed widow expresses deep loneliness and seeks steady companionship. She desires a reliable friend to share conversations, activities, and mutual support in daily life.
Saul Kessler executive secretary of the Veterans Committee for Equal Rights said the committee sent a letter notifying Senator Clyde Bilbo Mississippi Democrat that we go on record with other organizations in demanding your impeachment.
Tyler G Kent, 34, ex code clerk at the American embassy in London, jailed in 1940 for violating Britain's official war secrets act, is due for release next week.
The Politiken report states Greenland's administrative council, including Danes and Eskimos, voted to cut Denmark's government authority over Greenland.
Ruth Stansell seeks a man aged fifty to sixty five, describing a wish for a solid character and steadiness. The note hints at a personal search or matchmaking intent without further details.
A voltage regulator was found at Fifth and Fillmore streets. The owner may claim it at the Globe News office. R. D. Warren confirmed the notice.
A fox terrier found injured near Eleventh and Taylor on the night of August 9 has recovered. The dog wore a collar with no tag. The owner can reach 6911 or 1604 Harrison to claim him, per Mr. Stone.
Lonely reader seeks a rural partner around age fifty who enjoys country life. Also notes a lost four month old brown and white spotted female bird dog from Green Gable Courts on North East Eighth Avenue last Tuesday night. Reward: a large cured ham for return to 820 Mississippi or info leading to recovery. Call 8415.
Mrs Murphy offers a generous reward for the return of a Hamilton wrist watch lost August 29 in the downtown Amarillo area possibly at Cretney Drug. Contact 2 6813 or deliver to 1405 Lincoln.
A 69 year old man, J. L. Thornton of 1002 West Third, Big Spring Texas, requests a correspondence with an unmarried woman aged 50 to 65 to relieve loneliness.
G L Roach offers a small reward for the return of a billfold lost September 15 at Cretney Drug containing $18 cash a social security card pictures and identification. Roach requests prompt return due to urgent need for money.
A reader reports losing a pair of plastic rimmed glasses in a case bearing the owner’s name and address about two weeks ago. They offer a reward and request contact at the number 7483.
Gray mother cat who is a good mouser with five kittens ready to wean two gray one all black one gray black and one red to good homes. Call 2-6168 or come to 1504 East Fourth for details.
Mrs Howard Brosier reports her black and white Boston bulldog Maggie missing since September 9 in the city. She has no license or collar on the dog and offers a reward for Maggie's safe return at 2809 Jackson.
Mrs J F Dougherty asks for a quilter to finish a Trower garden quilt and provides the phone number 2-1562 for contact.
Hollywood columnist Jimmie Fidler disputes Jack Lait’s jab at Paris Underground and defends the film’s potential at the box office. He also criticizes The Fighting Guardsman miscasting and Deanna Durbin’s performance, arguing taste and entertainment drive success more than war backgrounds.
A Seeing-Eye dog named Blondie in Amarillo is trained to serve one person, Harvey Holton. He explains the dog must not be played with or teased and that the animal’s focus is to look after its master. Blondie is young and learning to remain single minded in her duties.
An advertisement promotes FASTEETH powder to improve denture fit by sprinkling on upper and lower plates. It claims firmer plates, no pasty taste, alkaline formula, odor control, and availability at drug stores.
Lt. Gov. John Lee Smith urged Gov. Coke R. Stevenson to call a special legislative session in Austin to preserve the open shop and guarantee ex service men a jobs preference. He argued the oil workers strike by the Congress of Industrial Organizations justifies action to protect public welfare.
Rep. Lyle of Texas introduces legislation to designate Admiral William Halsey’s carrier the Galloping Ghost Enterprise a national shrine. The plan compares the ship to the Constitution and calls for keeping it accessible for public visits at port stops.
Max Blokzijl former radio spokesman for the Dutch Nazi party during the German occupation and a leading collaborationist was sentenced to death by a special court in The Hague according to the Netherlands News Agency dispatch from The Hague.
City commissioners will meet at 8 o'clock tonight with light business on the agenda. They are expected to discuss several contemplated ordinances and perhaps finalize action on storm sewer contracts.
Jackie Coogan pleaded guilty to intoxication in an automobile and was fined 25 dollars. He was arrested after officers found him asleep in a parked station wagon. The former child star, now 30, is an Army Air Forces officer awaiting discharge this week.
The Hollywood Canteen will close on Thanksgiving Day after three years of entertaining service personnel. A new Hollywood Canteen Foundation will administer a trust fund exceeding $500,000 and consider applications for worthy causes reflecting the canteen's spirit.
Mrs. Douglas MacArthur unveiled a plaque in honor of the Allied supreme commander at the U S Army 42nd General Hospital in Tokyo. The 1000 bed facility, formerly St Luke's International Medical Center, opens officially tomorrow and bears emblems of the Eighth Army and First Cavalry Division.
The refitted Italian liner Vulcania was to sail from Naples today to New York carrying 4,057 Americans including 3,200 Army personnel 557 WAC members and 300 nurses.
The 49 746 ton liner Europa former pride of the German merchant fleet was formally in United States possession as a prize of war. The Navy captured the vessel at Bremerhaven last June, making it the third largest afloat.
The walkout by 61,700 AFL lumber and sawmill workers in Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho and Montana marks one of the nation's largest wage disputes. The labor action centers on wages and hours as unions press for better terms.
About 2,000 additional union members in Montana were summoned to join a wave of walkouts. Three other strikes yesterday added 22,000 idle workers including 15,000 CIO at New York Shipbuilding in the Philadelphia area. The Navy yard with eight ships under construction closed during a sitdown, the second in a week. Other stoppages idled 5,000 at Western Cartridge in East Alton Illinois and 2,000 at Simmons in Kenosha Wisconsin.
Constable Pat Meritt reports his badge missing, likely in the courthouse. He suspects two people and admits it may have been quietly removed from his coat as a possibility. Rent rooms with want ads.
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