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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1948
Page
3
Ely reports this month 27 786 sacks mailed averaging 15 boxes each equals about 406 790 packages received through windows and processed. In December last year 17 668 sacks. The office hired 75 extra carriers and 50 extra clerks for the season. Receipts for the first 23 days totaled 80 744 66 dollars, only 9 700 77 under the all time high.
Knights Templar of Amarillo No. 48 set a Christmas observance for 10:30 a.m. with I Brown as toastmaster. Emil Benesch and W. C. Coffee head the committee. Participants include Ed Putman Bert McCullough Virgil Bush commander W. V. Dell Mr Benesch W. R. Patterson Bowen Cox E O Feierabend R H Bridges R B Holmes Fred H Galle and Perry Powell.
Texas reports a new high for measles cases in 1948 with 50 229 cases statewide. Dr George W Cox state health officer notes weekly reports rise, and last seven years show an average of 51 cases in the final week.
Dr Cheng Wan-chun and Dr H H Hu report dawn redwoods Metasequoia in Water Pine Valley Szechwan reaching 134 feet tall with over six feet diameter and an estimated five hundred years old They found about 1000 trees in the ravines of the valley and describe the species as a surviving ancient lineage from the hundred million year era.
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