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Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1947

Page

7

Explosion Sidelights Explosion Sidelights

Explosion in Texas City rattled Galveston area with windows shattered and smoke mushrooming over the city. News described the blast as similar to an atomic bomb, with observers from 27 miles away reporting lasting effects and tremors felt as far as Grapeland. Ambulances collided en route. no injuries reported.

Associated Preas Galveston Texas City Houston Ellington Field Pelly J. K. Poage Cedar Bayou Japan Palestine, Tex Fred Pool la Porte Grapeland

Junior League Radio Series Wins Peabody Award

The Junior League weekly radio program Books Bring Ad venture earned a George Foster Peabody citation for outstanding program for children. Mrs. Louis N. Brown announced the award at a Radio Executives Club luncheon in New York. The series is broadcast weekly at 7 15 over KFDA and prepared by the Association of Junior Leagues of America.

George Foster Peabody United States Louis N. Brown Association of Junior Leagues of America Brown Radio Executives Club Hotel Roosevelt New York Edward Weeks Atlantic Monthly Peabody Awards J. King Hoyt Association of Junior Leagues Henry W. Grady School of Journalism University of Georgia National Association of Broadcasters Canada Honolulu Puerto Rico S. Wayne O'Keefe

Gala Day for Horror Fans At Paramount

Horror fans are invited to Paramount Theater Friday and Saturday at midnight for Asylum of Horrors a 55 minute stage show plus the film The Ghost Goes Wild Dr Silkins will perform eerie tricks Frankenstein leads the lineup with Wild Man spiders snakes bats and other nether world figures Reports from other cities call the show the scariest on the road Tickets are 1 including tax and sale is limited to capacity patrons should buy at the box office now

Edgar Allen Poe Paramount Theater Asylum of Horrors Dr. Silkins

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