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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1945
Page
4
Pop Gibson, 65, of 1115 Tyler, is hospitalized recovering from broken ankles after a fall. He breathed easier today as doctors managed pain and prepared to monitor his condition.
Wesley Groves rushed to keep his promise to Amarillo boys after Gibson of Amarillo Metal Products Co. broke his ankles while agreeing to build backstops. S. L. Shepherd, a league president, threatened to act himself unless the backstops were completed. Glover then volunteered to finish the work today with material donated by local lumber yards and Shepherd supplying a truck and helpers.
Harvey Jacobon moves from Zale Jewelry in Wichita Falls to the Amarillo store in an internal transfer within the Zale company.
Mr and Mrs W A Hopkins Jr travel to Dallas and San Antonio to visit relatives. They reside at 400 Tennessee.
Austin April 17 Legislation moves quickly as Texas lawmakers push bills in a session nearing completion. The House passed three new state boards real estate aeronautics and naturopathy and a veterans re employment act. The Senate approved new trials for agency rulings and a 343000 two year junior college aid bill. Executive action confirmed five appointments to colleges commissions and boards.
Mrs. Nora Cox of 410 A East Seventh has returned to work at Levine's after a two week illness.
A new branch of applied science named tropicalization seeks to stop equipment failures from moisture and fungus. It grows from lab research and field studies drawn from experiences in Florida the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific coast.
The ad touts a new remedy for gallbladder and bile flow improving liver function. It promises rapid relief from colic and stomach pains, claims high efficacy, and offers a money back guarantee from Cretney's with a price of three dollars per bottle.
Elizabeth Nixson Junior High runs a bond buying contest among 14 freshmen home rooms to support the war effort. Room 103 leads with 919 dollars in sales, followed by Room 104 189.50, Room 307 131.25, and Room 209 112.50, totaling 1931.25. Sales end May 18 with announcements to follow.
April 17 report from Russell Brines describes Japanese fortifications in the mountains east of Manila. Hills were mined into cave defenses with food and ammo stocks, tunnels, machine gun nests, and fortified entrances sealed by dynamite. Japanese holdouts also fought openly, with long positions on key valleys and defensible church belfries.
Private Clarence Andrews of Amarillo recalls a German intruder waking him in a fox hole in France. He fired a Luger shot to stop the threat and later served with the 70th Division in France Germany and Belgium before an injury near Kolmar. His wife Martha and daughter Barbara Gail visit at William Beaumont General Hospital in El Paso.
In a wartime setting a sign marks a command post while a private violinist, Cpl. Fred Rosenberg of Cleveland, reveals a decade as principal viola with the Cleveland Symphony. Georgia James, now married to a German, recalls Rosenberg and expresses concern for his hands as she voices anti-Hitler sentiments.
Mr and Mrs T F Mace 806 B Adams host Mrs Lizzie Talley of Clarendon as their guest in a concise local notice. Globe News Want Ads promote results for readers seeking services and notices.
In London a 40 minute service at St Pauls Cathedral gathered 2200 including King George VI Queen Elizabeth Princess Elizabeth and Prime Minister Churchill to pay tribute to Franklin D Roosevelt. U S Ambassador Winant read a Revelations passage as Churchill and Winant walked out together amid tears. The ceremony featured the Battle Hymn of the Republic the Star Spangled Banner and God Save the King with royal guests and foreign dignitaries in attendance.
Creditors are notified the business is being sold. Send claims by April 24 to Riley Strickland as Escrow Agent, Box 28, Amarillo, Texas.
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