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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1946
Page
6
In Houston on August 23 a man named Charlie Ray Griffin faces a murder charge after a dispute over penny by penny fare payments on a city bus. Driver Darwell Ravhoff says two Black passengers argued with him, struck him, and stomped him during a fight on the vehicle.
Louise Anderson, a clerk at a Marietta Ohio 10 cent store, put on roller skates to speed up sales and glide through the shop aisles.
At the American Federation of Teachers 29th annual convention in St Paul on August 23, Joseph F Landis of Cleveland was re-elected president. Eleven vice presidents were re-elected with four new ones named including Ruth Dodds of Sacramento and John M Ecklund of Denver.
The United States promised continued aid to ravaged Greece and noted progress in four areas after three weeks of Washington discussions by U S and Greek economic experts. The fields include coal allocation arrangements, cotton textiles supplies and textile industry improvements, purchase of American ships to rebuild the merchant marine, and promotion of Greek exports especially tobacco to pay for imports.
In Indianapolis on August 22 up to 300 onlookers watched attorney James M. Dawson drop a 235 pound token into a streetcar fare box and win his case with the Indianapolis Railway. He argued against the new token system while clinging to old four-for-25 cent tokens. A supervisor signaled peace and a group of troubleshooters left with the bus. A note follows about farm accident fatalities surpassing World War II tolls.
Pvt. James C. Grimsley aged 17 of Hooks Texas escaped with minor injuries after apparently jumping in his sleep from an Missouri-Kansas-Texas passenger train near Harwood Nevada Mo 14 miles northeast of here at 1 o clock. He was found walking along the railway in khaki shorts by Dr J B Stokes. He was taken to a hospital with report of only minor skin scrapes.
The Jersey Lily announces SHORE NUFf Good Ole Chuck Waggin Grub is now being served at the establishment located at 705 N. Fillmore. Contact phone 20186 for more details.
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