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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1946
Page
3
Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Green told the National University School of Law graduation class that the American Army during World War II was the best behaved fighting force in history. He noted over 10 million personnel under military law and fewer than one percent confined by general courts martial.
Sir Knights of Father Dunne General Assembly Holy Name Society members and Boy Scouts gather for Holy Communion Sunday at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Reserved pews area. Knights assemble at 7 45 in the Cathedral clubrooms before the 8 o'clock mass.
Frank A. Godsoe pastor of Central Baptist Church will travel to Electra to assist pastor O L Simmons and Bible Baptist Church in a two week revival starting Sunday June 16. Simmons will preach at Central Baptist Church each evening during the revival.
Pastor Rev. Phil H. Gates speaks at 10 55 AM on The Wounded Hand with choir singing Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us. Evening sermon at 8 on Continuing in Sin. Churches host June series They Succeeded with Jephthah Lydia and the Centurion across services.
Freckles, a noisy cocker spaniel in Austin, disrupted the Johns family living room until a 10 inch coral snake coiled on the rug. Mr Johns killed the venomous reptile, ending the dog’s ruckus and touching on local superstition about storks and fire.
The Rev Bishop Coston J Harrell resident bishop of the Birmingham Area will address an independent network of 38 radio stations on The Methodist Hour. His topic is The Question Supreme and the program airs on KGNC at 7 30 A M each Sunday in June.
Analysis notes Jerusalem as focal point for international interest with calls to watch rising activity. Questions arise about Russia stepping into the region and potential implications for global stability and policy.
A Children’s Day Vesper Service will be held in the sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church at 6 o’clock Sunday evening. All Sunday School departments participate with five choirs. Louanna Beatty and Tom Fotheringham will lead worship. Offertors from the primary department will collect offerings for Presbyterian Church U S A Sunday School missionaries. Adults and friends are invited. Youth Church is replaced for this night.
The estate of the late Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone is valued at about $900000 in a probate petition. Personal property totals $800517 with real estate making up the rest. The will leaves widow Agnes Stone a life interest in the home and a life income from the residuary estate, plus two houses in Maine and lots in Vermont and Massachusetts. It names Lauson and Marshall Stone as heirs with the body of the estate to be divided after the widow’s death. Mrs Stone is named executrix with Union Trust Co as joint trustee.
Dr Francis W Pritchard will preach on The Priceless Ingredient at 10 50 AM. Special music includes Abide With Me performed by Mrs Maynard Drake Mrs Harry G Morning and Mrs W K Fry. Choir sings Consider and Hear Me by Pflueger. Children Day vesper at 6 PM with youth and teachers. Sunday school at 9 30 AM. Second week of Vacation Bible School begins Monday at 9 30 AM.
Vatican newspaper L Osservatore Romano argued that if the pope had backed the Italian monarchy in the weekend plebiscite, Izvestia quoted by Radio Moscow might claim a victory for the monarchy. It said clergy voting as citizens shows no automatic monarchical allegiance.
Houston reports 87 year old Paris H. Larrance preparing to marry his 11th wife, a 56 year old nurse, Mrs Martha Marie Haines. He defends the marriage saying he has as much right now as at 21 and trusts this bride more than his previous spouses. He notes his first wife lived with him 35 years.
Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan warned the nation faces price inflation caused by excessive demands for higher profits and wages. He labeled this as the give me disease fueling labor troubles and said government power to end strikes is not unlimited, warning of dire effects if Congress ends price controls.
Two state fire association conventions head to Waco next week drawing about 3000 delegates and visitors. The Texas Firefighters Association meets Sunday and Monday while the Texas Firemen and Fire Marshals Association meets Tuesday and Wednesday.
The USDA reports continued price increases across most Texas farm crops and livestock from April 15 to May 15 with prices often more than double 1935-39 averages. Wheat corn oats barley and sweet potatoes rose while beef cattle veal calves hogs gained. potatoes sheep lambs fell. Cotton cottonseed wool and poultry stayed the same.
Emperor Hirohito publicly greeted Lt. Col. Frederick J. Stevenson, military governor of Chiba, at the station in Chiba. The exchange, seen by astonished observers, occurred as the emperor arrived for the final leg of a long meet-the-people tour.
Dallas led major city gains in department store sales for the week ending June 1, with seven firms reporting a 37 percent increase over the same week in 1945. San Antonio saw 32 percent, Fort Worth 20 percent, and Houston figures were not available.
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