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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1948
Page
4
Mrs Poke Bennett recalls a fashion circle as camisoles return while Grandma recounts Uncle Bills awkward proposal. Virginia wore a white blouse and pink skirt with a black ribbon and powder on her face as Bill plucked a thread from her shoulder. The thread unraveled her crocheted camisole and stalled his courting by six months.
Entered as second class matter at the post office in Amarillo Texas under the 1879 act. The Daily News bills itself as an independent Democratic newspaper reporting news impartially and supporting what it believes to be right regardless of party politics.
A mixed column from Canyon features Helen Truax on Father’s Day, Temples Houston and legal history, Amarillo notices about the Fourth of July cracker boom and a college education critique. The piece also mentions local residents John McKinnon and family, the Amarillo convention visitors tally, and upcoming Christmas Birthday Party plans at Ellwood Park.
Amarillo residents are urged to back the Panhandle’s Philharmonic as it seeks season-ticket sales to fund headliner artists and free park recitals. The plan aims to keep ticket prices near movie admission and ends today at the Southwestern Public Service ticket office. The question posed is whether the orchestra will die without public backing or be sustained as a key regional cultural institution.
Brief assorted items note quirky insights from midcentury life. Mentions include Perth Amboy rivals NYC, paperclip non skid idea profits, a remark on truth, World Series participants, Milwaukee shopping day trends, and a Beatrice Fox Auerbach noted as Hartford department store president.
Column argues both parties fight over the European Recovery Program as a political prize. It cites Senator Vandenberg and Harold Stassen avoiding the word Marshall, notes Hoffman appointees drift from State and Marshall, and suggests Democrats will defend ERP as their creation while Republicans push a modified plan before November.
A humorous cut at a proposed university radio college in Louisville. The piece imagines exams by short circuits, mentions free washing machines as prizes, and jokes about degrees like Bachelor of Static while noting the novelty of learning from bed. It also pokes fun at a Massachusetts doctor and a Michigan gardener hybrid.
Goddard Lieberson recalls Toscanini muttering Vergonia during rehearsals with the NBC Orchestra and the Italian side, while other bits note Pearl Mesta’s political shift to Truman Democrats and various entertainment figures. The piece weaves anecdotes on film, theater, and journalism from mid-century circles.
Funeral services for George W. Applebay 56 will be held at 3 30 p m Saturday at First Methodist Church with Rev Clyde Smith officiating Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery under Duenkel Carmichael Funeral Home direction Honorary pallbearers include Magnolia Petroleum Co employees He was killed near Pampa Thursday afternoon at a Magnolia well on the Haggard lease Survivors include his wife a daughter Joanne and a brother Howard Applebay Jr of Columbus Ohio
Veteran officer EG Norton collapsed in Thursday afternoon heat while directing traffic near the post office. He is resting at his home on 600 Maryland after being kept overnight at St Anthony's hospital for observation.
Borger City Attorney J O Ward ruled that only nonwithdrawn candidates should appear on ballots for the July 10 recall election. Four remaining candidates should be listed with a write-in line. two withdrew after filing. Independent Earl Smith continues in the race.
Howard Hardin of McLean reports finding a shiny fountain pen stuck in a field while planting seed. The pen was centered in the recently listed ground with no tire or foot marks nearby, suggesting it had not been in the field long.
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