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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1946
Page
2
An impatient Buffalo motorist who thought a freight train moved too slowly pulled a coupling lever, breaking the train into two sections. He was fined $150 after police hauled him in. In London the government ordered grain economy measures cutting flour use for bread by 12 percent and barley for beer by 15 percent.
A note recalls a man who has lived in Amarillo for 27 years and was formerly employed by the Santa Fe and Burlington railroads, with a News-Globe Staff Photo caption.
Cleveland reports officials of two large railroad brotherhoods, the trainmen and locomotive engineers, ordered a nationwide strike to begin May 1. The action follows unresolved negotiations and concerns over wages and working conditions.
A joint Finnish Russian communique announced Russia will relieve Finland from further restitution for property taken from the Soviet Union during the war. The dispatch did not reveal the amount Finland has already paid nor the remaining balance.
A reader advertises a lost glasses message near Wolflin School with a two to three block search radius. Mrs. Frank Means offers a reward and provides contact via phone 2-4117. She is a veteran seeking GI Bill training as a mechanic's helper, listing call 2-1713.
Advertise a home and work for a clean, honest couple or a man. Seeks a soldier and his wife or similar pairing to join an irrigated farm run by P. C. Fox in Dalhart Texas. Respond with interest.
Mrs Dona Pierce offers a full newborn baby wardrobe all new and unused for sale or individual articles. Items viewable at 712 N Lincoln with sale of any item to the buyer. Mrs Sheridan notes a beguiling sale of items on request to inquire further.
A small child’s topcoat was found and logged by PINDS Clus TOPCOAT Dear. The owner may claim it by calling 207 North Lincoln and describing the coat.
A reader at 713 N W Right offers laundry services for those who can drop off and pick up their items. This advertising note specifies self service and convenient delivery options for local residents seeking laundry help.
Charles Covey of Philadelphia, a 70 year old laundry truck driver, gave his $25 weekly salary to his wife Dora for 42 years. Judge Charles Klein awarded Covey $25,547.33 from his wife’s savings after her death last April without a will.
In Houston on April 25, E. H. Clark offers a surplus of left shoes size eight and a half. Clark only wears his right shoe and invites anyone with a missing leg but a left one to contact him to receive the left footwear. Globe News Want Ads Get Results.
John Bryson, a 1940 Amarillo High School graduate, was elected editor of the University of Texas humor magazine Texas Ranger. He is listed as the son of Mrs. A. W. Elrod, formerly of 1616 Jackson.
William Underwood introduced the canning process to the United States in 1820, pioneering modern food preservation and enabling long shelf life for canned products.
In Manila April 25 Colorful Manuel Roxas leads Sergio Osmena by 82 282 votes after 3 409 of 14 238 precincts report Roxas 335 529 Osmena 253 247 Roxas gains 2 585 votes in latest 561 precincts while Osmena HQ claims rural bloc may swing presidency for independence fourth year.
The weatherman calls today hard to beat and predicts tomorrow will be similar with no precipitation. Expect fair skies and a slight warmup with a high around 86, following a today’s high near 84 and a low of 49 tonight.
93 year old Anna L. Stevens recalls reconversion after four wars as familiar. Born in Scorum Ireland and immigrating in 1858 she witnessed Civil War era changes and postwar travel tangles as she keeps flying to stay ahead of headlines.
Lt. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott, commander of the U. S. Third Army, has fallen ill with a heart condition and is confined to quarters in Heidelberg Germany. The report notes his illness as of April 25 and provides no further medical details.
The OPA announced that spare stamp 49 in ration book 4 will be valid for five pounds of sugar starting May 1 and remain usable through August 31.
An infant daughter named Julia Louretta Mothershead was born on April 14 to Mr. and Mrs. Pinis C. Mothershead of Albuquerque New Mexico. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. F C Mothershed of 1411 Madison.
Tokyo reports from Kyodo that the governor and other top Bank of Japan officials were removed from office under the Allied purge directive issued by headquarters.
The article notes a government plan under Prime Minister Attlee to provide British housewives with a standardized loaf of bread as part of a broader cost of living adjustment. The move aims to simplify shopping and curb price fluctuations.
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