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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1946
Page
10
The Fargo, a 10,000 ton American cruiser, reaches Trieste as Allies reinforce the Morgan Line amid Yugoslav pressure. Officials say the show of force aims to deter local fighting while reaffirming Western commitments in the Italian occupation zone.
Bob Hope chronicles the suspense film The Spiral Staircase noting tense scenes and audience reactions. He praises the eerie atmosphere and laughs at banter about Rita Hayworth and theater quirks while hinting at the villain. He closes with social quips.
Harold D. Smith resigns as budget director to become vice-president at the International Bank with a tax exempt 22500 salary, highlighting the ongoing exodus of capable officials from federal service due to inadequate pay. The piece argues top federal pay should rise to 35000 40000 to retain experienced staff and compare with international standards.
A collage of vignettes mentions Snyder’s Treasury tenure views via a parable on lawyers and crime, Petrillo and NBC in the Lea Bill era, Farley in Mexico recalling Sam Rosoff, Des Moines radio sale by the Cowles brothers, 1946 music awards, and Truman’s Manila Independence delegation. Also notes Encyclopedia Americana gift mix up at the UN Library, Syd Boehm’s prison research, and a silent longtime inmate George at Dannemora Hospital.
Mrs Poke Bennett and the narrator stage a car key scavenger game. They split a purse vs pockets, tallying clutter from lipstick to ration books. In the end the car is parked but a witty regret lingers about the mislaid keys.
County Commissioner Chenault announces completion of plans for Texas County second farm to market road project. It covers 24 miles of blacktop from Guymon to Hooker with a north segment from four miles north of Guymon to Straight and east through Straight to Hooker.
A Shreveport blaze caused more than 75 000 dollars in losses last night destroying the Universal Supply Company factory that makes playground equipment and the Cerophyl Laboratories division of Quaker Oats in Shreveport June 26.
About 5,200 students enrolled in 52 civilian colleges and universities with naval ROTC may receive four years of government funded education if Congress approves a new program approved by the Senate Naval Affairs Committee. The plan would draw officers from civilian schools and the Naval Academy at Annapolis. this year 100 students per center would be admitted from those already accepted.
The Texas Supreme Court accepted for review a Waller County case H. E. Denbow versus Standard Accident Insurance Company concerning how damages for partial loss of a limb are computed under workman’s compensation. The case follows a prior ruling upholding the Industrial Accident Board’s liberal approach. Denbow previously received 12 50 a week. the appeals court cut it to five.
June 26 report from Mineral Wells states state highway patrol blamed a locked brake on an automobile for the death of Bill Leatherwood, 40, a Fort Worth liquor store operator.
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