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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1946
Page
12
Hart F. Longino of the Texas Federal Inspection Service said the tomato dyeing project collapsed because the dyes would not adhere to the tomato’s waxy surface. Federal regulations also require labeling with color added, prompting the need for a second dye to mark the label.
An assortment of Santa letters from children request toys and gifts including dolls, drums, bikes, gun toys, a football uniform and school items. Names ages and addresses appear along with pleas for clothing and candy as the season approaches.
A child requests Santa bring a phonograph and records, a cap pistol, a cash register, and a convertible coaster. The note asks for a bed for a baby sister and a doll, plus a reminder to Roddy and Donna Lynn, the writer's cousins.
North Buchanan children dictate Santa requests listing toys and gifts for themselves and siblings. Letters include bows and arrows, a fire truck, a doctor’s set, a train, a football, a doll, doll clothes, a Ferris wheel, a nurse set, dishes, and furniture. Shirley Sharee Bonjour and Helen Marie Lacy sign with ages 10 and 7.
A seven year old girl from 2617 Wichita Avenue writes Santa with a Christmas list. She asks for a musical doll a desk a rocking chair a new robe and new house shoes expressing she has tried to be good.
In the wake of the fall of France the United States moved to passing the Selective Service Act. At that moment the U S military force numbered under five hundred thousand men, a size comparable to Belgium's army in 1914.
The Melbourne Zoo announces an animal nursery aimed at teaching children animal care. The project focuses on hands on learning and fostering empathy for wildlife.
Paul W Gardner of Scranton, a bank officer and Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association secretary, prizes a dollar bill from 1861 given to his uncle James Gardner for Civil War service. The note stands as a keepsake illustrating early pay and interest ideas.
Release of warrants totaling 5 per capita on 1,499,601 scholastics was announced by State School Supt. L. A. Woods. This marks the third payment of the current apportionment of 35 dollars per pupil.
The total per capita distribution reached 7,498,395.05 dollars based on the December 5 census. A total of 11 dollars per capita has been released to the schools thus far in the year.
The period of fastest expansion for armed forces occurred in the final quarter of 1942. The peak exodus overseas happened early in 1944, and most demobilization occurred in the last three months of 1945.
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