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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1947
Page
12
Jack Phillips of Phillips Drug Store in Ama rillo markets the Hood Type truss and Amode Rubber Truss with features like back fastening and no under leg strap. He provides fittings recommended by doctors and stocks units for all sizes from babies to adults.
Prescription Laboratory No 1 at 512 Polk Street proclaims a strict, doctor ordered prescriptions policy. It notes graduate pharmacists Bill McClendon and Clyde Howell manage and fill all prescriptions, offers diabetic foods and kits, Borg bathroom scales with lifetime service, and free delivery.
Manchester Washington dispatch reports former Col Frank Hoffman after a week of civilian life chose to rejoin the Army. Hoff man, a veteran of over 30 years, was discharged following a siege at Walter Reed Hospital and now holds the rank of master sergeant.
Speed Raveys offers guaranteed watch repair at their corner of Taylor and Fourth, one of Amarillo's oldest shops. Quick repairs on watches and clocks, three hour crystal replacements, dial refinishing with four day service. All items checked by the Watch master, a regular doctor who guides the repairs.
The store guarantees all work at Speed Rav ey's and displays new and used watches on sale with flexible terms. In stock are radios cameras binoculars railroad watches stopwatches Parker pens watch bands and costume jewelry plus a new Mickey Mouse watch line and combo cigarette case lighter.
Texarkana halted city bus service as more than 50 drivers walked off at midnight to demand higher wages. Company attorney Ned Stewart reported no buses in operation while U S conciliator Ted Morrow called the deadlock hopeless. Union official A F Steele said the main demand was a raise to one dollar an hour with no offer beyond the old 65 to 73 cent wage.
Amarillo A&M Club members gather for their weekly dinner at 7 o clock in the Blackstone Hotel Dining Room. The group plans and discusses club affairs during the evening meeting.
A new waterproof coating Palladium offered by John Weeks Insulating Co in Amarillo promises protection for buildings steel tanks pipes and more. It resists corrosion and fire and remains effective wet or dry, reducing condensation on pipes and ducts. suitable for oil and water tanks and various concrete stucco and metal surfaces.
Johnson-Price at 611 Fillmore Street Amarillo urges install of butane or propane systems for outside city natural gas users. They offer 36 months with no down payment, handle any size system, and provide safety supervised by a master steamfitter, with free estimates.
The Eargle Paint Company at Sixth and Tyler markets a full home improvement arsenal. Shelves groan with wallpaper paint varnish brushes ladders bug killer weed killer window putty and 40000 rolls of wallpaper priced to eight dollars a roll managed by Mrs Valliea Hall.
An instructional piece extols posture as a key to health and youth. It links erect carriage to vitality and better lung function, warns against slumped shoulders, and praises chiropractors as posture specialists who assess patient potential to help or decline to treat.
The 1947 Britannica Book of the Year notes Illinois as the leading candy producer, supplying about a quarter of U S output in 1945 and 1946, highlighting the state’s pivotal role in national confectionery production.
The Erazor offers a safe inexpensive hair removal method marketed through Frank's Barber & Beauty Supply. It claims a painless erasing motion, a replaceable head, and child-safe design, suitable for legs and underarms with simple wet skin preparation.
Manila reports a month-long strike at the Philippine Consolidated Shipyards ended after talks with President Roxas producing a settlement with the Congress of Labor Organizations. The dispute centered on higher pay and benefits, while Maj. Gen. Moore said the US Army ship repair program would terminate soon regardless. Work on Army vessels had been stalled during the stoppage.
Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Miller of 707-A Mississippi left Saturday for a two weeks vacation at Picketwire Colorado.
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