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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1948
Page
2
Middle aged couple seeks a three room modern house with some pay in exchange for labor. They can be reached at 1918 Jackson, phone 3-3185 after 5 PM. Mrs Myers advertises free wood or coal stove, lumber, and ladies coats available for pickup at 413 North West Third before leaving town.
I am 15 years old with much experience and references available. Available days are nights or afternoons except Friday and Saturday. Call 4923. ANN JOHNSON 1405 West Eighteenth Dear Mr. Tack I lost a sentimental white gold bar pin downtown or on South Loop bus Wednesday finders please help Kerr
A long time pet named Chubby, a black dog with yellow spots around the eyes and yellow coloring on the inside of the legs and chest, is missing. A liberal reward is offered for her return. Contact phone number 20420.
A hood from a child’s coat is missing described as green wool on the outside with brown velvet on the inside. Contact numbers provided: 2-8122 or 2-1672.
On Tuesday November 30 a six week old white cocker spaniel with light tan ears and tan around one eye was lost. Reward offered by Mrs. Hite. If found contact 313-B East Fifteenth or call 2-9992. We are anxious to recover him.
A parent in a nice Christian home in the Country Club district offers excellent care and wholesome meals for children. The ad mentions a one month old son and provides a contact number 9274.
A female English setter with black spots, not trained for hunting, went missing near the Veterans Hospital on Thursday afternoon. A reward is offered. Call 26940 or 8254. The note also mentions a home business offering sewing, rug making, and child care services at 201 Angelus Drive and 819 Forest, with sample works and reasonable prices.
Kindly, elderly lady seeks a home job caring for children and light housework. Trustworthy, good Christian, desirous of work in the city or on a ranch. Phone 3-2640. 412 North Fast Third.
A reward is offered for the return of a small black cocker spaniel named Sweetie that wandered from home November 28 or 29. Contact Richard Stroud at 3007 Ong or call 2-1082.
Mrs H. R. seeks a companion to share a two room apartment at 512 North Taylor due to pension income. She offers a pleasant place and asks for assistance in finding a suitable lodger, preferably a pensioner or employed woman.
Person seeks to buy a youth bed from a parent whose child has outgrown it. Includes contact phone number 3 6454 for arranging the sale.
I am selling a bathroom heater and a Brooks burner heater suitable for a living room plus a twin size Simmons bed with springs and mattress. Accepts trades for wheat or chickens or a turkey. Phone 6450 A READER.
Job ad seeking a dependable couple for light house work and partial care of two children with no laundry. A man is needed for help on a stock farm. Two room furnished house with space for chickens and a garden. Apply at 205 River Road Ledbetter's Cafe Mrs J H Ledbetter.
A new unwrapped boys jacket found on November 26 with instructions to identify the owner. The finder lists contact phone 2 2181 for return.
Woman offers a 26 inch Western Flyer bicycle for sale in good condition. Contact phone number 40652 for details. PAT
A 9 year old girl reports a missing six week old female collie and spitz puppy lost Saturday morning near 104 Mississippi. The white dog has tan spots. Desperate for its return, contact phone 3-5784.
A colored girl seeks employment offering washing ironing or general house cleaning. Available for hour, half day, or full day work. Phone number 34 9169.
Former President Herbert Hoover urged a nationwide pay rise for government administrators to attract and retain skilled staff. He also proposed the government bear the full running costs of the White House to reduce the president’s burden.
Labor issues slow the Livestock Exhibition Building project at Tri-State Fair Park as county officials say only a few carpenters were needed initially but 30 to 40 more will soon be required to bridge a 20 foot gap between two airplane hangars from Dalhart Army Air Field. Union or non union status must be decided in days. Frank Harrison, county engineer, notes progress continues in warm weather. James D Ward, carpenter foreman, is under a union expulsion trial with Local No 655. Two additional union carpenters joined the crew yesterday. A decision in Ward s trial is expected Thursday night at the union meeting.
M Owens aged 72 died this morning at his son Lloyd Owens’s home at 3800 Parker. He collapsed in the yard around 11:30. He had been in good health. Survivors include his wife Mrs M Owens, another son Leonard Owens of Vernon, several grandchildren, and the son who is with Amarillo Police Traffic Squad. Funeral arrangements by Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
Gordon Creamer was elected president of the Amarillo Real Estate Board to succeed R. S. White. The president-elect becomes vice president, with J. L. Walcher named vice-president and W. A. Askew reelected secretary. New directors include R. S. White, Erwin Slay, Charles Wolflin, and J. Hal Brown. Election held at the Amarillo Hotel this noon.
The 1 o'clock New York market quotes list many names across airlines oil and chemical firms, car makers, rail and utility companies, and commodity issues with varied percentages. Major movers include Anaconda Copper, Bethlehem Steel, General Electric, Standard Oil, US Steel, and many others in a dense price column reflecting mixed gains and losses.
In Washington Rep John Rankin charged secret documents held by the House Un-American Activities Committee were stolen from government files during wartime, with some taken after Pearl Harbor. Rankin tied the theft to treason as Mrs Marion Bachrach refused to answer questions, citing self incrimination, naming John Abt as a brother.
In Baltimore on December 14 a defendant charged with failing to file a state income tax return appeared before Criminal Court. Court psychiatrist Dr Manfred S Guttmacher labeled him a moron with an IQ of 64, saying he cannot understand such matters. Judge Herman M Moser acquitted him noting even he cannot follow western plots.
Potter County officials estimate expenses for a new juvenile home near Amarillo. The 1949 budget includes 11000 for moving and renovating a hospital building at the county farm. Early figures show at least five dollars daily per juvenile with a 24 hour staff of a man and wife. County commissioners inspected the county farm to pick a site at the convalescent home grounds.
A report from Free Greece radio says Carl A. Graessner of Portland Oregon, equipment supervisor for Atkinson Drake and Park, was released by Greek guerrillas after being kidnapped on December 8 near South Kozane. The broadcast claimed he was freed as he is not an officer and bears no responsibility for actions by monarcho fascist forces under American orders.
Charges of stealing a large quantity of household goods from M. J. Jackson 105 North Polk were filed today in 47th District Court against Orvel Anderson 101 North Rusk. Furniture bedding and other items are listed. Anderson is jailed in Potter County with a 750 dollar bond set by Justice of the Peace C. W. Carder.
Dr. Buren Sparks aged 67 died at his Burnet home after a long ministry of 38 years He served as pastor in Artesia Carlsbad and Santa Fe New Mexico and Brady Alpine Fort Davis and Burnet He will be buried in Burnet today reflecting a life of religious service.
Phillip M Durbin was fined 50 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to drunk driving. He was the driver of a negligent automobile that overturned two miles west of Amarillo on the night of the accident, authorities said.
Italy and Russia signed a series of trade and reparations agreements in Moscow, the Italian foreign ministry said last night. The pacts were concluded on Sunday as part of efforts to normalize postwar economic ties between the two nations.
Kiel plans mass production converting former torpedo barrels into lungs related medical devices. The project aims to repurpose military hardware for healthcare uses and create potential new jobs in the region.
Twenty one Texas airports received National Aeronautics Association awards for good operating practices, announced by A W Meadows of the Texas Aeronautics Commission. Tradewind Airport Amarillo Canyon Airport Canyon Hale County Airport Plainview earned honors. Tradewind Airport repeats this recognition for a second year.
Little, awaiting Senate confirmation for a vacant liquor board seat, allegedly impersonated a liquor board officer at a Denton tavern. Lawhon of the board says Little protested a closing-time drink sale, began noting names, and was later arrested on impersonation charges while acting as a board official with arrest authority.
A Navy discharge in 1929 followed eight months at Parris Island as a deserter. The prison system manager warned little chance of a quick solution. He noted that witnesses or even observers might fear talking, with some near the scene likely to have seen the murder but not speak.
A prison official warned that a life sentence could hinge on information from an inmate about security lapses. He suggested inmates might reveal by how they leave the yard or other routines, if officials conceal the source of their information.
VA Chief General Gray notes Amarillo Veterans Hospital could expand to 500 beds if authorized. National VA system holds 117000 beds but only 107000 patients with 10000 empty beds due to staffing. He toured VA installations since 1947, cutting forms from 22000 to 7500 and plans to return to Washington mid next month.
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