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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1946
Page
2
Forecast warns the High Plains faces crucial showers over the next days with general rains expected this week. Easter Sunday passed with limited moisture and Hereford saw brisk rains. Panhandle and surrounding areas reported scattered showers. Cumulative precipitation to date is 2.08 inches versus a 3.76 inch average since January 1.
The column recalls old time sayings and fads from earlier Amarillo life. It notes comical beliefs about watermelon seeds moons food perfumery chaperons and freckles and mentions modern travel humor from United Airlines and a thiefs daytime entry danger. It ends with a weather note about Shamrock moisture.
Lt. Col. Lawrence Hagy arrives on terminal leave after two years in the Army. An Amarillo oil and gas operator, rancher and civic worker, he served with the Allied Control Commission for Hungary and traveled to Russia Romania Norway Sweden and Denmark in official duties. He previously worked at Wright Field and in Washington before overseas service.
A reflective piece on weather peril in Plains life, noting forecaster Mr Tack’s hopeful spring prediction amid drought risk, then shifting to social anecdotes about a man seeking a cooking wife, a columnist quote from Will Rogers, and nostalgic musings on past eras and quirks.
A well known cowman states that no action can avert another dry year. He plans to reduce his cattle to save grass this Summer, noting a string of good years has given way to bad. He considers selling his ranch but his wife resists. he adds rain will come in time.
Firemen arrived at 611 B East Fourteenth for a coffee pot fire that started from grounds left on a burner. They also tackled five alarms yesterday including a minor garage fire on Sunset, a wash house on Cleveland, trash fires at Third and North Van Buren and 602 Fillmore, and a smoldering hot wire on North Taylor.
In Sarasota on April 23 a white duck named Ronald frets over 17 month old Chipper Collett who has measles. Ronald protects his young master yet refuses to enter the sick room, causing a comic scene as he fusses and squawks.
Mrs. Margaret Salsgiver state president of the Rebekahs will visit the Amarillo lodge tonight at a banquet at 6 p m in Odd Fellows Hall 312 Fifth. A closed meeting will follow at 8 p m and she will stay with Mr and Mrs John Ross at 2123 Jackson Avenue.
A Rhode Island law permits a life prison term for murder. If a person already serving life commits murder, authorities may seek execution by hanging.
Lt Harold Liston son of Mr and Mrs Leo Liston of 716 North Arthur Amarillo reported killed in action by War Department. He went down while piloting a Mustang over China on April 1 1945. Liston a 1942 service entrant and Amarillo High School and Amarillo College graduate was 21.
Lt. Russell McKinley son of Mr and Mrs J R McKinley of 1302 Jefferson is home on terminal leave from the Navy. He describes calm seas before a huge sudden swell that the ship rode with no trouble and notes his last duty as commanding officer of a barracks ship at Guam. He plans to relax and look around during the leave.
April 23 report says Herbert Hoover, honorary chairman of Truman’s famine emergency committee, will meet Mohandas K. Gandhi in Gandhi’s sweeper colony quarters for a conference before Hoover's departure by air to Bangalore and Bombay.
Two people were treated for injuries after separate crashes in Amarillo area. Eddie Roy Smith age 3 was released after minor injuries from a rear end collision involving his mother Mrs. W R Smith in the 500 block of North Taylor. Helen McAfee suffered slight injuries when the car she rode in careened onto a sidewalk and into Hobby House Cafe on West Sixth before hitting a parked truck. Cafe damage is estimated at 150 dollars. The Pluto distance note follows the local news.
Contaminated powder at the Pantex Ordnance Plant will be destroyed this afternoon under controlled conditions. Maj. L. J. Roosmann said the burn will save thousands by avoiding rework and storage costs and will salvage usable scrap metal while destroying contaminated box components.
George Waddill, Amarillo Public Schools business manager, named to the editorial staff of School Business Affairs official publication of the National Association of School Business Managers. He will survey 50 cities on custodial staffing and studied Pittsburgh during a recent convention.
Robert B. Wright an Amarillo post office employee charged in federal court with opening and embezzling mail. Inspectors filed the charges this morning. Wright, 21, assigned about four months ago, allegedly opened a letter mailed from Spearman to an Omaha Nebraska photography studio bearing a Guyman Oklahoma return address. He was discharged from the armed forces before joining the post office.
The U S S Missouri reached Algiers for a three day port call. The battleship fired a salute to the city and received a 21 gun salute from shore batteries in return.
In a large jar Moroline offers soothing relief for chapped skin minor burns and cuts. The ad highlights quality and versatile применения addressing bruises chafes and minor injuries with a simple ointment solution.
Jan Garber the Idol of the Airlanes appears at the Avalon Club tonight via Music Corporation of America. He originally planned to play baseball before turning to band leading after a broken nose steered him to the violin and the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. He later led a 56 piece band in World War I with Joan Carroll Tommy Traynor and the Quintet.
After his discharge he organized a string trio and passed through hokum hotcha and sweet music. He has now moved into the sweet swing bracket, marking a new phase in his entertainment career.
Basil Clubb reports his 1937 Pontiac sedan stolen last night from Eighth and Pierce. He filed the police report this morning at 717 B West Seventh.
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