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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1948
Page
4
Dolly Lynch hints at upcoming Panhandle Concert Bureau attractions this season. The page lists numerous local names as part of society notes and features on a hometown “Girl of the Week” Suzanne Schmidt and other student profiles with favorites, clubs, and future plans.
Poster outlines a forthcoming sheriff appointment in Pot r nty with emphasis on experience, fair treatment, and impartial law enforcement. Cherryhamees promises honest administration and full cooperation with all agencies.
Local notes list Farmer as a central figure with wide interests from basketball to aviation. Entries name Amy Kaye as favorite band and Hal Newhouser as most desired meeting, while sports figures like Jack Newby and Mildred Zweig receive honors. Future plans include attending SMU and pursuing pilot ambitions.
Arthur Edson notes the U S government as the world’s largest employer with diverse roles ranging from track inspectors at the Interstate Commerce Commission to infant nursing and juvenile welfare consultants. A Commerce Department jellybean counter stands out as a quirky example of federal duties enticing youth.
Two 60 million year old snail fossils in Southern California support a theory of a broad sea channel crossing the United States. UC Berkeley paleontology department notes the snails resemble European Caribbean species but not Pacific Coast finds. Coral fossils at the site reinforce a continuous water passage from Europe and the Caribbean to the Pacific. Mexico City reports a business decline as clearance sales fail to draw buyers.
The joint city school board of equalization met Friday in the school tax office to assess property stored in Amarillo warehouses, previously unlisted for tax. Perry Burks said the board focused on these properties as part of the effort to equalize city and school district taxes. The membership included R. G. Mills Hugo Loewenstern L. C. Nesbitt Ivor Davies P. V. Alexander and Gus Leftwich.
Waco residents Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Fort complain a Yellowstone hotel map omits Waco while listing Dallas, Austin and other Texas towns. Fort questions why towns like Viaduct and Odessa are mentioned, vowing to advocate for Waco’s inclusion on all maps. Kermit chamber of commerce notes Lindale stood in as a stand in for filming of the Texas oil boom movie Strike It Rich.
A Californian real estate man told San Antonio Chamber of Commerce that San Antonio surpasses California, Arizona and New Mexico in natural beauty with deep green landscapes. He noted San Antonio’s green pastures and meadows and urged his views not be shared with the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
Fred Letchell paid a $5 fine after police removed him from railroad tracks where he slept minutes before a train. The piece notes the average serving of shad roe and its egg count, highlighting common roe quantities.
Valparaiso University students created a new engineering laboratory after rising costs and falling alumni gifts. They secured non-union student labor and support from business groups, then erected a modern building using donated steel beams lumber window frames and glass per their own blueprints.
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