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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1947
Page
20
Bankers in Amarillo report a local shift in Series E government savings bonds. Cashing is down since January as funds move toward home purchases, autos, and emergencies, while savers reinvest in more Series E bonds amid a nationwide trend reflected in a chart.
Radio fans in Amarillo face daylight saving time changes as East to Daylight Time shifts affect schedules. Central Standard Time remains in effect locally, with NBC and KGNC reshuffling programs and some shifting from 6 to 9 pm. Listeners must check newspaper listings next week to avoid missing favorites like Jack Benny.
Students organized a toy bank at McKinley School to aid Higgins storm victims. Jerry Clark of 1214 Travis gave his last two sticks of bubble gum as a heartfelt gift. About 150 comic books filled the collection, which Principal John Evans said would go to the Red Cross for distribution.
E. C. Yaeger international representative of the striking Greyhound machinists arrived in Amarillo to bolster the local unit. He said the union will not relax demands and will keep jobs protected by maintaining pickets at Ninth and Taylor bus depot and at 724 West Fourth. If no settlement occurs within a week or two, members may take jobs elsewhere and a list of available posts will be used to assist them.
Five Amarillo school bands and orchestras compete in the Region 1 Interscholastic League Band Contest held in Pampa. The musical organizations entered showcase pieces as part of the regional meet.
In the contest include Elizabeth Nix son Junior High School Orchestra Horace Mann Junior High School Orchestra Amarillo High School Orchestra Sam Houston Junior High School Band and the Amarillo Senior High School Band. Much in little Fifteen grams of radium make a gram one gram makes one fourth of a teaspoonful a single teaspoonful costs 280000 dollars and hundreds of tons of ore are required to yield a single gram.
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