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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1945
Page
20
City health officer Dr. D. M. Cowgill reported no communicable diseases in Amarillo for six weeks, the first such period in a year. The last polio case was in mid July, and August is typically quiet for disease in this city.
Plans for the 1945 fund drive of the United War Chest in the Amarillo region were finalized at a morning conference on Amarillo Army Air Field. Delegations from several counties, led by Judge W. N. Stokes, met Brig. Gen. Carl W. Connell who welcomed them. Wayland D. Towner said both the United War Chest and the National War Fund would be liquidated once soldiers return home. Speakers included Chaplain William H. K. McClure Paula Bane Broadway star and Capt. R. G. Moore war hero. Delegates were luncheon guests at the field.
The President sided with reporters on allowing Short and Kimmel to speak freely, criticized Rep. Andrew May for fearing a whitewash, and asserted the reports show no whitewash. Critics in Congress say the administration still withholds full information.
Mrs Roy Snodgrass and her daughters Ann Dooley and Becky Sue with Mr and Mrs J B Dooley of 3011 Hughes plan to visit Mrs A J Beavers in Fort Worth tomorrow. Want ads will recruit workers.
The applicants G. A. Hunt and R. C. Cronister request a Retail Liquor Permit from the Texas Liquor Control Board to operate at 209 W. 6th St in Amarillo Texas under the Rex Package Store branding.
William Theodore Jesse formerly of Amarillo died at his home in Pampa at 1 25 this morning after a long illness. He was 57 and had moved from Amarillo to Pampa twenty years ago and owned the Post Office News Stand for two years. A musician, he belonged to the Presbyterian Church and the Elks Lodge. Surviving are his wife four daughters Mrs Margaret Mason of Lubbock Leona Mary Fern and Rosemary Jesse of Pampa and one son Cecil Jesse of the U S Navy Arrangements for the funeral
Boxwell Brothers will announce an event probably to be held in Pam pa, signaling a forthcoming local gathering. Details remain pending official confirmation from the Boxwell team.
Amarillo rent director Frank E. Hobgood announced new office hours effective Saturday. The Pike Building Rent Control Office will close on Saturdays and legal holidays, with Monday to Friday hours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The change aligns with a 40 hour week authorized by President Truman.
E. M. Benesch installed DeMolay officers for the coming year at Khiva Temple with Johnny Ekelund serving as marshal. New officers include Charles Snow master councillor Richard Bock senior councillor Jack Thurman junior councillor and others named Jimmie Dees scribe Claus Webb treasurer J. R. Beyers standard bearer Claire Cusick senior steward George Elliot junior steward Bill Byers sentinel Jimmy Hall chaplain J. W. Breedlove marshal and George Demic almoner. Preceptors installed Maple Se-
Brien Webster, Carlos Thornton, Hal Hayme, Eugene Handy, James Bowlin and Clarence Coble are named in the readable fragments. The text presents a roster-style mention without clear context or affiliations.
Ace Estes on leave as Amarillo city auditor works in Los Angeles city hall. He compares a coffee-hour crowd there to a Sandie-Lubbock football game in a note to friends.
Mrs Pearl Gould a primary teacher at McKinley School returns Saturday from a three month vacation at her cabin in Eagle Nest New Mexico.
Western Union Telegraph Company in Amarillo reports a surge as nearly half of the 200000 plus American troops arriving in the Union States send telegrams home. Government cancellation orders and business messages from end of war add to the volume.
Police search for Mrs. Betty Genn who vanished from her Lincoln Avenue residence yesterday morning. She is 18, 5 feet 4 inches, 100 pounds with long brown hair and brown eyes. she was last seen wearing a to be determined outfit.
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