Food costs rise hit home for soldiers and families
Food costs rise 32 percent for the Army over the past year affecting soldiers and household budgets. The statement notes everyday shoppers feel the squeeze as prices climb.
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1947
Page
2
Weather and social commentary from Amarillo column
Weather breezy and clear with no sign of storms. Reader laments youth crime and calls for parental accountability and community action on drinking. Anecdotes compare eastern policing with Amarillo, plus light uxor of orange juice trends and a moose head tale. Includes Texan critic tale from Thermopolis with Wyoming praise.
Wyoming Hospitality Outshines Texas In Heated Rant
A fiery letter complains about a visitor named Charles Freed praising Wyoming while denigrating Texas. The writer derides his loyalty and predicts a troubled future, urging him to move on and wishing him bad luck for his sour, ungrateful stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Freed
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Mr. Freed
Texas Senate weighs 30 year college building program
Texas senators debated a constitutional amendment to pledge UT land and oil endowment for 15 million dollars in building bonds for state colleges and earmark funds from ad valorem taxes. The House will study a tax remissions amendment while Sen. Parrish urged more money for Texas Tech. The report notes farm ponds supplying stock water where wells fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.P
Texas
House
University of Texas’ Land and Oil Endowment
A. & M. College
Senate
Keith Kelly
Fort Worth
Sterling Parrish
Lubbock
Texas Technological College
Parrish
Sen
A. M. Aikin, Jr
Paris
Texas Tech
Construction Planned After Stock Show
Potter County commissioners tentatively approved plans to start stock show building work at Tri-State Fair Park immediately after Amarillo Fat Stock Show. The project would ready facilities for the 1947 fair, using part of existing livestock buildings as a sales arena and extending north from the present arena toward the three livestock structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-State Fair
Amarillo
Potter County
Jack Swann
Harvey Allen
Jay Taylor
Senate OKs wartime excise tax bill to go to conferees
The Senate passed a bill to keep excise taxes at wartime rates on liquor cosmetics jewelry and furs. After amendments the measure moves to a conference committee with members from both chambers for final settlement. The vote in the Senate was a voice vote with limited debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Highway 66 Group Seeks Members in Texas Drive
National Highway 66 Association Texas unit launches a membership drive announced by vice president Al Reville. Membership is $2.50 yearly and open to all. The group organized Jan 13 by town representatives to improve and widen Highway 66. Bob Clark of Shamrock is president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
National Highway 66 Association
al Reville
Reville
Bob Clark
Shamrock
Reservations Open for Amarillo Credit Women Banquet
The Amarillo Credit Women's Club sets a Wednesday noon deadline for reservations at 3 dollars a plate. Tickets available from Miss Ethelene Walker at 4271. pickup at 1234 West Sixth before noon. The dinner at 8 p.m. Thursday will be at the Amarillo Country Club with officers installed in Lubbock by a club delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Credit Women’s Club
Adella Harrison
Ethelene Walker
West Sixth
Amarillo Country Club
Gordon Morrison
Amarillo Credit Association
Annavne Brown
Amarillo Credit Women's Club
Lubbock
Oo Lubbock Credit Women’s Club
Billy James Craig Breaks Leg in Horse Accident
Sixteen year old Billy James Craig broke his leg when a horse fell with him in the 800 block on North Mirror. He was hospitalized at St. Anthony's. He is the son of Mr and Mrs P M Craig of 1001 North Tyler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy James Craig
North Mirror
Young Craig
St. Anthony's
P. M. Craig
North Tyler
Wall Street Summary and Chicago Livestock Prices
Dow Jones averages show gains led by rails and utilities. In Chicago, hogs and cattle rose moderately with top hogs at 27.00 and steers near 26.00, while calves and sheep traded unevenly amid active, mixed demand. Kansas City reports slower slaughter and steady to weak trends with varied beef prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
USDA
Kansas City
Vest Pocket Essays on a Beloved Penguin
A humorous piece muses on penguin lore and wordplay. It jokes about the bird’s anatomy and behavior, cites Will Cuppy, and lampoons penguin stereotypes with playful etymology and whimsical banter.
Courthouse Records and District Court Divorce Notices
Warranty deeds transfer multiple properties with listed buyers and prices in Amarillo area records. District Court records show several divorces among named spouses, alongside a list of marriage licenses issued to numerous couples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell H. Stapf
Jess B. Latham, Jr
Eakle Co
B. Whittington
O. C. Jones
Madden
Woodrow McClure
M. N. Twaddell
University Heights
Mary E. Bivins
Oliver W. Bivins
Miles Realty Co
W. R. Haley
Bivins
Earl L. Cowart
Ed Pittman, Jr
Amarillo Co
Plemons
Raynda
T&k
Mary Roach
M. Z. Chesney
Irene B Chesney
Bert Lloyd Shapley
Marie Ballard
R. A. Curry
Barbara Key
E L Moore Rites Held in Waco for Morrow Hardware Clerk
Funeral services were held for E Lemond Moore known as Dinty who died Saturday in an Austin hospital after two years illness. He worked nearly 20 years as an order clerk for Morrow Hardware and attended Texas Tech. Survived by widow Aileen Moore stepson Lt Billy Adams sister and four brothers. Louie Moore county clerk at Lubbock is his brother. He was active in Amarillo semi pro baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Lemond Moore
Austin
Waco
Moore
Dinty
Morrow-Thomas Hardware
Texas Tech
Louie Moore
Lubbock
Bon Ton Bakery Remodels Sales Room
Remodel of the Bon Ton Bakery sales room at 316 Taylor is complete. A portion of the display area has been redecorated in knotted pine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bon Ton Bakery
Bon Ton
Taylor
Potter County Jury Term Opens Tomorrow
Judge E. O. Northcutt announced that the Spring Term jury cases in Potter County will begin tomorrow. The docket was set earlier by court officials and attorneys at a planning meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
E. O. Northcutt
Fragments Outline Political and Demographic Comparisons
The excerpt contrasts electoral risk with a broader national view. It presents statements about Texas versus Germany, Rhode Island versus Corsica, immigrant populations in the East, and racial demographics in the South and Mississippi. The District of Columbia is noted for its equality impulse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damocles
Texas
Germany
Rhode Island
Corsica
Mississippi
District OF Columbia
SSS Tonic Promoted for Digestive and Blood Health Relief
Advert says SSS Tonic increases gastric juice flow to aid digestion and reduce bloating. Claims non organic stomach disturbances and nutritional anemia improve with the tonic, boosting appetite, sleep, and strength. Urges readers to buy now, noting millions of bottles sold and availability at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happy People
Sparkling White Marble City and Hay Fever Chemistry
A debate compares state capitals and votes on location while noting Washington as a sparkling white marble city. The article discusses a new synthetic chemical named piribenzamin aimed at hay fever relief, signaling early pharmaceutical research and public health interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Drugless Rheumatism Treatment Promises Relief
Excelsior Springs Missouri February 16 A new drugless method for rheumatism and arthritis is praised as more effective than medicines. The Ball Clinic has developed the approach and offers a free book explaining the philosophy and potential path to relief. Readers may request the book without obligation by writing to The Ball Clinic Dept 2301.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excelsior Springs
Ball Clinic
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Roy L. Pendergraft, Jr
West Eleventh
Gertrude Pendergraft
Hughes
R. R. Fain
Canyon
Plain Joe Dooley
Judge Joe Dooley
South Texas
Yukon
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Canada
Thermopolis
Wyo
Charlies T. Freed
Union
Freed
Marshall-Wells Company
Hebron
Lone Star
Hell
Greenland
Highway 66
Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Chicago Livestock
Kansas City Livestock
Merrill Am
Pierce
Mer
hPa
Pri
Atte E Enews
Am Ee
Armour & Co Tems
AT & Ee
Aviation Corp Ee
Baldwin Locomee
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Einen
Law Knox Eros Eweseneeeee
Braniff Hee
Briggs Mfg
Budd Sind Seesrns Keh Chau
Burroughs Addes
Celer
Comm Invest Wee Teen We
Con
Motors
Weer
Curtiss Wright
Deere & Ween
Douglas Aircraft
General Electric
General Motors
Gillette Razor
Gulf Pet Ttt
Interlake Iron
Int Harvester
Jones Laughlin
Ohio
Packard
Penney JC
Phelps Dodge Ee
Colonel Stoopnagles the Penguin
Antaractic
Admiral Byrd
Will Cuppy
Cuppy
Financial Industrial Fund
Weber
Eee Eee
Enews
Courthouse Records
E. L. Moore
W. Sth Ave
Amarillo, Texas
Blackburn Shaw
W. G. Lang
Polk
Amarillo Laundry
Harrison ST
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