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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1946
Page
2
Publication details list leadership titles and post office registration. Subscription prices shown for Amarillo and outside areas, including daily Sunday and other periodicals. Describes Daily News as independent Democratic and impartial in reporting.
A Hereford bull sold for 52000 as beef costs influence value. The column notes radio masthead phrases from KGNC in Amarillo and comments on traffic stop signs at Wolflin and Georgia, illustrating issues with unenforceable laws and street rules.
Samuel Grafton writes from Los Angeles about postwar inflation fear shaping daily life. Housing scarcity, high building costs, and hospital bed shortages fuel bitterness as people worry about rents, jobs, and the value of homes. The mood is cautious, suspicious, and resentful toward inflation and perceived artificial shortages. Eventually a grim outlook is warned if inflation rises.
A fragmented satirical reflection on postwar change in Texas. The piece cites poll results favoring a two party system and notes inflation influencing policy, while musing on politics, insurance adequacy, and enduring war-era repercussions. It also parodies fashioning practical items like an aluminum clothes pin and offers light romance guidance.
Thirteen towns were represented at a breakfast for Panhandle pilots in Plainview with 142 attendees and about 50 planes at Municipal Airport. Canyon will host the next meeting on June 23 with attendance tallies from Canyon Clovis Amarillo Chil dress Clarendon Claude Borger Groom Los Angeles Hereford Memphis Lubbock and Plainview led by Plainview with 57 attendees.
Former Battery B members of the 171st Field Artillery will be contacted this week to gauge interest in locating an artillery unit in Amarillo. A Mayfair Club gathering discussed proceeding with neighbor members, led by Harold Blanton and Gene West. Col. Blucher Thorp, once commander of the Lost Battalion, is cited as a notable local connection.
Fire damaged the one story home at 1318 East Eleventh Saturday morning. Firemen contained the blaze before it spread beyond the roof and ceiling. The Jamesons will stay while repairs proceed and crews report tomorrow. An earlier alarm at 8 17 reported a fire at 1318 East Eleventh.
The Texas Panhandle Home Builders Association met Friday night for a dinner session. A report from the better building practice committee outlined progress on revising the building code. Fred Seale, fresh from a Washington meeting of the national association directors, reported on business discussed at the session.
Jeanne Louise Holloway daughter of Mr and Mrs Hershel C Holloway will graduate Sunday June 16 from the school of hospital dietics at St Anthony Hospital Oklahoma City. She earlier graduated from Mount St Scholastica Atchison Kan Mr and Mrs Holloway will attend the exercises.
Grady Howard Jr. is discharged after 31 months in the Naval Air Corps at San Pedro California. He is son of Mr and Mrs Grady Howard of 1620 Washington and was a petty officer who spent six months on Oahu. A Amarillo High School graduate he attended Amarillo College and will enroll at Oklahoma A and M next year.
Potter County Sheriff officers report jail population at 77 yesterday, the highest in eight years. The daily average has climbed since January and reached 64 on Friday, up from about 50, with historical peaks near 105 in 1937. Diana F. Lindsey of Italy, dependent of Sgt John Lindsey of Amarillo, aboard the Vulcano, due in New York City Thursday.
Funeral services for C. E. McPherson, Amarillo resident of over 40 years, will be held at 4 PM in Blackburn-Shaw Chapel with Rev. P. H. Gates officiating. He died Thursday night in Brooklyn Iowa at 65. Survived by wife, son DeWitt, daughter Iola Colling. Odd Fellows and Modern Woodmen leaders among pallbearers. Graveside service by the Odd Fellows at Llano Cemetery.
Funeral services for James A. Harlow, 57, will be at 2 p.m. in the Blackburn-Shaw Chapel with Rev. Jack W. Sisemore officiating. Burial will follow in Vinita Oklahoma. Harlow died Saturday after a long illness in Amarillo where he lived 17 years and worked in trucking. Survived by his wife five sons a brother and a sister.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian Mason mother of Mrs. Olive M Childers 2508 Harrison will be held this afternoon in Jonesboro Arkansas She died at 315 Saturday at her home There she was well known in Amarillo having visited her daughter here Three grandsons and three great grandsons survive Grandsons J N Childers Amarillo Bill Childers Inglewood Cal Morton Chipman Dayton O Morton Chipman Jr has a daughter and two Amarillo great grandchildren Miles and Betty Clare Childers
A swimmer at Gem Lake lost bridgework yesterday but smiled toothlessly when two young boys were found with the missing piece. Lifeguards recovered the stray dental fragment and returned it to the owner, reminding youngsters that teeth belong in empty mouths.
More than 200 delegates registered yesterday for the Texas Cosmetologists and Beauticians Association meeting at the Herring Hotel. The two day event features beauty supply exhibits and demonstrations plus talks by national beauticians and manufacturers. Delegates from nearly every Panhandle city attended the opening day with more expected.
Funeral rites for 73 year old Mrs Clara Hughes are set for 2 PM at Griggs Chapel with Rev. Edgar Neal officiating. She died Friday at Northwest Texas Hospital after 20 Amarillo years as a resident and was a member of the Methodist Church Eastern Star Bonita Royal Neighbors. Pallbearers include John V Moore Howard Griffen Orby Hensley M F Riker N L Brazel Otto Waller. Burial at Llano Cemetery with Royal Neighbors service to follow.
Four Amarillo residents were discharged from the Army Friday at Fort Sam Houston. Named are Technical Sgt. James H. Parks of 1909 Taylor, Pvt. Marvin E. Post of 924 North Cleveland, Technician Fourth Grade Lester Hudson of 2122 Ong, and Pfc. Troy F. Blane of 3926 Metropolitan.
Two ships from Le Havre the General John R. Brooke with 2528 personnel and the Blanche Sigman with 375 are scheduled to dock today in New York carrying troops. No other ports reported arrivals of returning servicemen.
U S Weather Bureau notes 24 hour precipitation ending 7 30 A M yesterday and record of minimum and maximum temperatures up to 7 30 P M the total amount listed as 3 01 inches
A 15 month old, Marion Drake, was saved from drowning after a squall capsized a fishing dory near Nahant Massachusetts. Her father Arthur L Drake held her aloft for 45 minutes until rescuers brought the family to Lynn Hospital. The mother and child remained in hospital under care while other survivors were released.
Funeral services for Richard A. Ford will be held at 10 o clock in Polk Street Methodist Church with Dr Neal Cannon officiating. Ford, 54, died Friday in a local hospital. Body at Griggs Chapel until 9. Casket will not be opened. Pallbearers include Herb Budke Beaumont Stinnett Max Watson.
Manhattan, Kansas June 9. A diner asked the bill and the waiter replied with a quip about a dime for pie a nickel for milk and a penny for the governor. Andrew F Schoeppel paid 16 cents saying I am the governor. An accompanying note states one fifth of U S accidental deaths relate to poor sight.
Bee Brand Insect Powder is again available for home use and not harmful to children or pets. Bee Brand Insect Spray, fortified with 1 DDT, quickly kills flies mosquitoes and many insects. Sold in pints quarts and gallons with complete directions on each container. Buy at your neighborhood store.
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