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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1944
Page
2
University of Chicago Press director Joseph A Branndt warns the American mind risks endless adolescence unless educators abandon the belief that the national average is fixed at the 12 year old level. He calls for revised teaching to unlock higher potential.
Captain Bill Bynum son of Mr and Mrs B C D Bynum of 1500 Monroe Street has recovered from wounds suffered on the Anzio beachhead and is back on active duty as an artillery officer News of his wounding and recovery had been received by his wife Adeline L Bynum of 3006 Tyler Street Bynum before his overseas service he was a Rancher and farmer in Amarillo area and attended a battery officers school The Hawaiian Islands were originally named the Sandwich Islands by Captain James Cook.
Two soldiers from the Eighth Bomber Command will be awarded Air Medals with three Oak Leaf Clusters each at a 4 15 p m parade at Amarillo Army Air Field. Technical Sgt Roy Allen and Staff Sgt Thomas Snodgrass return from England for the honors. Lt Col Harlan Chase will present the awards as Lt Col Richard Odenweller commands the troops and Lt James Miley reads citations. The 501st and 530th bands will play as aviation mechanics pass in review.
Amarillo musicians receive feature in The Southwestern Musician with two cover photos of the West Texas Musical Arts Conservatory. The issue includes images of six Amarillo music activity leaders and profiles of Miss Ardath JohnsonRobert Louis Barron, Phil Harmonic Orchestra conductor, Miss Millicent Lahm, Mrs Elizabeth Spegall Morris, Mrs A Paschal and Mrs Gladys M Glenn.
Lt. Irving Tolzien arrived for a furlough after 17 months duty in the Southwest Pacific with the Navy. He said it is sure great to be home again.
Seaman Dick Cazzell formerly of 510 Florida Street writes from Scotland about war news and sights including Glasgow’s quota, the Robert Burns home, the Roman Wall, the River Clyde, and Edinburgh. He notes tea growing on him and mentions censors and his home town paper. WAVES recruiter Rubye Weldon returns to Amarillo Naval office to handle 225 Navy positions. Coast fog signals' unfamiliarity is noted from mid 19th century origin.
In Los Angeles two bandits held up a meat market and left with $7 in cash. They loaded the register with sawdust and took $71 worth of rabbits and bacon from the freezer. A Navy officer, son of Mr and Mrs Irving Tolzien, was unaware his father had a major operation until returning home. The father, Mr Tolzien Sr., is reported to be doing nicely and the reunion is described as happy. Mr Tolzien is at the Northwest Texas Hospital.
Handsome loving cup trophy awards have been received as contract bridge prizes by the Amarillo Field service club. Pvt. E. T. Leonard Jr. is tourney director and announces the weekly Sunday 7:30 pm events in club rooms open to the public. Nightly awards go to each round and a high score trophy marks a four week series. The text also notes the first public museum in America opened in Charleston, S. C., in 1773.
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