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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1948
Page
6
Two strong earthquakes were recorded at Caltech. Seismologists said the shocks were about 5,600 miles away in an undetermined direction and could cause great damage if centered in a populated area. The first hit at 6 57 AM Amarillo time and the second at 7 07.
Associated Press reports a new disease identified in the June issue of the American Journal of Medicine called rickettsial pox. It spreads via tiny mites on house and field mice and resembles typhus, smallpox, and chickenpox but is not fatal though causes high fevers up to 104. First detected in Queens in 1946, it reappeared in four NYC boroughs last year with fewer cases. Dr. Morris Greenberg notes the fever is likely old and imported, with no specific medicine known.
San Antonio health department reports three new polio cases, increasing the year’s total to fourteen in the city. The June 15 notice confirms ongoing outbreak activity and local response efforts.
The information column invites readers to send any factual question to the paper's Information Bureau at 316 Eye St. N. E. Washington 2 D. C. for answers, with a 3 cent return postage fee.
The article notes football as the second most hazardous game after polo and lists injuries as higher than polo wrestling lacrosse soccer crew and boxing. It also includes reader Q A snippets on taxes annuals painting population rabies turnpike and Washington mansion designs. A promotional call invites readers to order a booklet on canning and preserving for 15 cents.
Moscow June 15 a Russian geography magazine Vokrug Sveta claims Cincinnati is a Taft family stronghold. It asserts Tafts own key assets in land utilities media and transport and cites health for Cincinnati’s papers radios and streets. The piece focuses on Taft power rather than city facts and estimates wealth at 75 to 100 million dollars.
Funeral services for Mrs. L E Raper 54 will be held at Nazarene Church in Plainview with Rev H Grady Buhanan officiating. She moved to Hale County in 1896 from Callahan County where she was born married L E Raper in 1917. Survivors include two sons a daughter four brothers and four sisters.
A reliable source reports British army trucks completed a movement in Hamburg on June 15. The dispatch details remain sparse but confirm coordination with local authorities amid postwar logistics.
A medicinal notice touts Pazo as fast relief for itching pain and swelling from simple piles. It promotes ointment and suppositories, claiming quick action, lubrication, and protection of inflamed tissues with easy application.
Mrs. Pierce Castleberry was elected president with Hartley Davis reelected as vice president and Mrs. Alvin Moreman as secretary treasurer. Nearly 300 people attended the gymnasium event with music by the Sunset Ramblers and a humorous address by Johnnie Linn of KGNC.
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