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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1946
Page
3
A mass meeting of Amarillo Naval Reserve personnel is set for next Wednesday at the Herring hotel. Lt. Comdr. J. R. Wilson will outline plans for forming an Amarillo Naval Reserve unit, with Lt. R. P. Storseth accompanying him.
Three Amarillo delegates T. J. Wagner K. Reynolds and John Armstrong will attend the South Central Area Conference of the National Association of Home Builders in Houston Friday and Saturday. Raymond Foley of the Federal Housing Administration will speak on housing for veterans as the main topic. The Texas Panhandle Association of Home Builders meeting will be postponed to hear their report.
New Delhi reports Herbert Hoover in India for the first time in 36 years tells India it seeks 2,000,000 tons of food by end of June. Hoover, honorary chair of the United States Famine Emergency Committee, met Indian officials and advisers in a crisis appeal. A government spokesman said Hoover could help if 600,000 tons arrive in two months beyond the 1,400,000 tons already allotted.
Sacred Heart Cathedral Altar Society will elect new officers at its 2 PM Wednesday meeting in Cathedral Clubrooms. A nominating committee report will be presented and the new constitution, discussed in April, will be voted upon.
Amarillo U S Employment Service reports a spike in placements from 151 to 269 in one week and 201 new applications, with 255 requests the prior week. Shortages grow in bricklayers carpenters and stenographers while 484 job openings exist for roles from blacksmiths to clerks and draftsmen. Veterans placements new referrals total 362 with 125 veterans placed.
Emiline Bogue presented a humorous and classical sketches program at Amarillo High School in the final of seven Southern School Assembly Forum events. It was a paid program with another paid show planned next Tuesday by a local group. Friday features a West Texas State College variety show directed by Glen Truax.
Meat production under federal inspection totaled 221 million pounds for the week ended April 20, 6 percent below the 234 million pounds produced in the same week last year, according to the U S Department of Agriculture meat board.
In Monaca Pennsylvania on April 24 a leading baling wire maker warned that substantial hay alfalfa and peanut crops may rot on the ground this year without government action to supply steel for wire. The Mona Lisa model is identified as Isabella d Este.
A Kansas City doctor invents a new reducible rupture device with no straps or belts and invites readers to test it for 30 days. Participants receive a free $3.50 truss and may keep it if unsatisfied, by contacting the Physician's Appliance Co. at 1423 Koch Bldg. or 2906 Main St. Kansas.
A dispatch from La Nuova to L Osservatore Romano reports grave robbers broke into the tomb of Duke Filipo Cesarino, Rome chief magistrate in 1668, buried in Lanuvio Churchyard in 1685, and carried off his lead casket amid a rumored treasure legend.
New York April 24 report says newsprint supply in 1946 likely will rise to the 1941 level and probably exceed the 3,928,000 ton figure, as told to American newspaper publishers.
An eye care note explains bifocals cannot provide sharp vision at both 20 24 inches and closer reading distances. It warns that weaker reading lenses strain the eye for closer work, causing headaches or drowsiness. Remedy: two glasses, one for reading and a weaker pair for work, by Dr. C. T. Shropshire Optometrist at Lee Optical.
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