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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1948
Page
5
An Amarillo feature notes Leap Year and Valentine’s Day urges shoppers and teens. Postmaster warns early card mailing as romance messages flood the market, while girls and boys discuss bold sentiments and cautious dating hopes amid wartime nostalgia and playful verse.
Denver Mint director Moses Smith says the initials IS on Roosevelt dime dies are John Sinnock’s, the Philadelphia mint engraver who made the last die before his death. Dies carry engraver initials to deter counterfeiting. Washington also reports President Truman will speak at a St Patrick’s Day dinner in New York on March 17, likely at the Waldorf Astoria.
Gerald Champion, New Mexico Republican chairman, and his brother in law H M Denny died in a plane crash. Their bodies were recovered from wreckage on the west slope of the mountains and returned to Calarosa. They had flown from Carlsbad toward Tularosa on February 3, about 15 miles from their destination.
Jinks Mode, retired Fort Worth & Denver superintendent, paid tribute to Melvin H. Thompson a longtime railroad worker who died Feb 5 after a heart attack at the Marian Anderson concert. Mode recalled Thompson as popular polite and an asset to the line with nicknames Bill Duggan and Jelly. He noted Thompson’s lifelong friendship and devotion to passengers and the crew.
Scientists have limited cotton cloth treated with a chemical to stop fog from forming inside car windows and glasses when entering winter weather. One wipe suffices and the product should reach the market soon. There are 31 soil conservation districts in Minnesota covering 8,796,579 acres.
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