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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1949
Page
4
City commission to receive bids tomorrow for a chain link fence around Thompson Park pool. About 70 feet of 6 foot high fencing with four gates, three at 5 feet and one at 10 feet, plus a carload of 2 inch galvanized pipe for the water element. Bids for 16,000 gallons of gasoline for city vehicles will also be opened.
Amarillo police logged a weekend wave of minor thefts and break ins. Items stolen include toys from James W. Jackson's car near the Star Theater, a gas heater, overcoat, and pajamas from Guy Hurd, a man's suit and a woman's dress from Jack Nelson, four pruning saws from Fred Raymond's truck, and cash from Eugene Priest's Victory Hotel room. Other losses include a spare tire tube from Johnny Davis's car, fender skirts from Kenneth Farmer's vehicle, and two trash barrels from F. D. Heath's home.
The Sunday Avalanche Journal reports a new five story Citizens National Bank building for Lubbock costing about one million dollars. It will occupy Hemphill Wells site at Thirteenth and Avenue K with completion planned for late 1950. Construction starts after Hemphill Wells moves in April.
Enlistments in the Organized Reserve Corps are increasing, says Col. Victor Gomez. Nineteen men joined the unit in the past week as new study courses and training schedules, including lectures and demonstrations by local officers, were approved. Interested men should contact the Reserve office at 312 East Fifth for details.
Potter County commissioners this morning approved the appointment of R. R. Tucker as a deputy constable, replacing H. D. Truelock.
West Texas State captured the 1948 Enid Invitational Basketball Tournament by defeating Marysville, Missouri in the finals to claim the championship.
An Amarillo delegation led by Mayor Gene Klein meets in Los Alamos with Atomic Energy Commission officials to present Amarillo's bid for the AEC administrative headquarters. The visit aims to secure about 30,000 square feet of single roof office space for security. other contenders include Santa Fe Albuquerque Denver and Colorado Springs. Bones of a 100 million year old dinosaur are found in Queensland Australia.
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