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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1948
Page
28
The Boy Scouts of America mark their 38th anniversary with events across the nation. In observance, over two million Scouts will attend church in uniform, display scout lore, and participate in parties, dinners, and programs at troop meetings while windows feature scout displays.
Prince Rene of Bourbon Parma said his daughter Anne will likely marry former King Michael of Romania in Copenhagen in May. The claim centers on a royal match reported from Copenhagen with no official confirmation yet.
Golden Light Coffee aims to ship one million vacuum packed cans in 1948. Hugh Donnell of the Golden Light Coffee Co says the new vacuum packed coffee is the first in West Texas and will be produced in Borger and Pampa before expanding to Clarendon Tucumcari Shamrock and Plainview. The line offers ree grinders regular drip and pull varieties with a packing rate of 430 cans per minute and two million cans on order.
Actress Kay Francis slipped out of White Cross Hospital by rear door on a stretcher to a waiting car to avoid detection. She had been recuperating from an overdose and a cold since January 23 and checked out after a full recovery, with plans unknown and a belief she would travel to New York.
Walter Boland, former Lakeview High football coach, defends his home after a Klan cross burning near his residence on Jan 16. His wife, pregnant, chased away the hooded group with a kicked cross while Boland arms himself and vows to defend the property. Authorities report warnings of retaliation and students offered to guard the home, though Boland declines.
Officials report a separation plan shifted assets to schools but did not erase a $125,000 annual bond financing obligation. Cadet John David Gatlin of Wichita is named SMA honor roll sophomore and senior cadet and basketball player. Russia reportedly retains more than 200 thousand soldiers in Hungary Romania and Bulgaria.
Otto Praeger, former second assistant postmaster general and veteran newspaperman, died at his Washington DC home. His son, a resident of Amarillo, plans to travel for funeral services expected Saturday in Washington.
The text states Otto II and two sons Frank of Philadelphia and Merman of Arlington, with three daughters Janet Eleanor and Helen in Washington. It notes the Amarillo connection after a discharge from the petroleum Section of the air corps and an engineering position with Canadian River Gas Company.
Mrs. W. L. Shepard aged 66 died Tuesday at her California home. Born in El Monte in 1871, she lived in Amarillo for about 15 years, later serving as Washington correspondent for the Dallas News and as master and second assistant postmaster general under Roosevelt. Buried in Whittier tomorrow. Firemen make dry run as welding tank fire at 314 Pierce damages several Tex business buildings. alarm at 10:40 AM.
Clifford Davis says thirteen men applied for the firemen civil service test in Amarillo Center. Eight men took and passed the police appointment eligibility list yesterday and the test began at 1 pm. Names include Jack E Army Tech Village Benny Parsons Alfred Ramsey David Whitney Ray Tinsley Billy Carson and Thomas Pavlis.
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