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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1945
Page
6
Austin reports Bert Ford, state liquor administrator, released ten years of Texas Liquor Control Board data. The liquor tax has added 30,709,184 to the old age fund, 18,183,924 to schools, and the remaining 90,389,482 after expenses of about 8,000,000 to other state funds.
After almost three years in the Army Air Forces and 10 months on Guam, Staff Sgt. Dwight Hoskins is discharged at Fort Bliss. He served as a ground crew member in the 16th Bomb Squadron overseas and entered the Air Forces after Amarillo High School graduation. His wife, a post office clerk, lives at 1320 Fillmore, and his parents are Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hoskins of 1402 West Nineteenth.
For the first time in five years, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Russell of Santa Barbara California are guests in the Olin Reagan home at 206 North Florida.
North Carolina Democrat Rep. Joe W. Ervin, 44, was found dead Christmas Day in a gas-filled kitchen. Coroner ruled death by self asphyxiation with notes on the door and table. Ervin, recently released from Walter Reed, represented the 10th District and lived in Charlotte since 1925. House balance stood at 240 Democrats, 190 Republicans, with vacancies and several resignations announced.
Six Christmas babies were born in Amarillo yesterday across local hospitals. Three boys and three girls arrived between midnight and 8 a.m. including a boy at 2:22 in Dalhart to the Sloan family and twins at St Anthony's Hospital in Amarillo weighing 5 pounds 6 ounces and 5 pounds 12 ounces born at 12:32 and 12:40 p.m. respectively.
Fred J. Carr of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers cites a Denver boy who received second degree burns after reaching from a tub to dial a radio. Electricity traveled through water to his fingers, causing him to pull the radio into the tub and a wire looped around his neck. Parents broke down a locked door to rescue him.
Lt. Jack Morris of Dallas used letters to direct the Baker Hotel to treat his mother and two sisters to a special Christmas meal in Munich Germany. He requested flowers corsages and coordinated arrival details plus a generous gesture to support other service members or the Red Cross if funds remained.
Admiral of the Fleet Lord Keyes, 73, famed for the Zeebrugge raid and Dover patrol leadership, died in his sleep after three weeks of illness. He helped combat World War I submarine threats and aided the 1940s commandos as director of combined operations.
Miss Tommie Jean Chesser of 616 Pierce joins Mr and Mrs Whatley Mc Braver and son Bob of White Deer along with Glenn Cooper of Pampa in planning to attend the Rose Bowl game.
Miss Pauline Lokey county home demonstration agent spends annual leave with her sister Mrs Fannie Patterson of Lubbock and will return Friday.
A 1941 Buick Fleetline coach owned by B. B. Eubanks of 901 North Pierce was reported stolen from that address at 8 15 o clock last night.
John Lock son of Mrs. Kate Lock 303 A Fairmont has gone to Mineral Wells and will return Friday.
Mrs. Jack Givins visited Borger at 110 East Nonth for Christmas with her daughter-in-law and Mr. and Mrs. Givins.
Melvin Eugene Taylor has just returned from service in the Pacific and is visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Taylor at 736 North Tyler.
Four 18 year old recruits enlisted at the Amarillo Marine Recruiting Station were accepted for duty at Santa Fe headquarters. They have reported for boat training in San Diego. Recruits named are D. L. Lock of 1310 West Sixth, Melvin J. Fair of Amarillo, Johnny R. Everett of Hedley and Gene Edwin Davis of Hedley.
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