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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1945
Page
3
Mason King of The Globe News notes a shift in burned car sightings after the war. He recalls many fires beside highways, but recently his own car nearly burned en route to a Canadian filling station where he and Mrs. King removed scraps rats had piled under the hood.
George G. Swan former convict arrested after a Fort Worth American Legion bazaar scheme. He faces federal charges for stealing letters and taking money and orders. Bond set at 500 dollars as he awaits arraignment in Potter County jail.
Amarillo residents may start 1945 income tax returns. Deputy collector C. I. Powell says over 76,000 blank Form 1040s arrived for distribution. Taxpayers can pick up forms at the revenue office on the post office third floor, with last year’s demand prompting a reorder to meet needs.
The body of Tom Williams aged 52 will be sent to Muleshoe tonight by N S Griggs and Sons. Williams, a farmer from the Enochs community, died this morning in a local hospital. He was a World War I veteran. Surviving is his wife Talmadge Williams.
More than 75 Y Ettes Club members and guests attended the annual Christmas dance at the YWCA. Ramona Gilbert performed with Jane Holt, Doris Shields delivered a Swedish dialect reading, and decorations were planned by Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Jobert.
Mrs. W. H. Terry of 113 A East Eleventh sustained a fractured pelvis when struck by a car yesterday afternoon at Taylor and Eighth. Driver William H. Brace of Goodnight was northbound on Taylor and turning left onto Eighth when the collision occurred. She was hospitalized at Northwest Texas Hospital by Boxwell Brothers ambulance and described as in good condition this morning.
The 40 ot 8 hosts a dinner by Angelo in the Fellowship Hall of the First Christian Church from 2 PM to 8 PM. Proceeds support Legion activities and community programs.
Miss Inez Shaw of Betty's Beauty Salon reports a black skunk fur coat was taken by mistake in a downtown cafeteria last night. She asks the owner of the coat to call her at the Herring Hotel to arrange an exchange.
Ama rillo Post Office clerks urge Christmas shoppers to use national Series E savings bonds to complete gifts. The Postal Department notes the quota remains unmet, with bonds available at Window 15 for last minute purchases as shoppers hurry to mail gifts.
Frances Hood of 816 Georgia has begun work in the city health department as a stenographer. She previously worked for the Sinclair Oil Co.
The American Legion at 1800 Harrison holds a 7 30 pm meeting tonight led by E C Nelson to act on proposals from three committees about a new home a temporary meeting place and site plans. Bill Burger will present a sketch of the proposed Legion home and explain fundraising aims as the current Harrison site has been sold to Trinity Lutheran church causing crowding at events.
Directed by Mrs. F. J. Snee a concert was presented at 8 o clock last night in Woodmen Hall by pupils of Hall and Robert Axtell of Axtell Music Studios. On the program were guitar solos by Jerry Eastman Bluebird Waltz and March of the Toy Soldiers accordion solos by Nanette Cummings Come All Ye Faithful violin solo Glenn Lewis Kitties
Miss Dorothy Nix will arrive tomorrow from Austin to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Nix at 1703 Van Buren.
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