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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1948
Page
2
A reader letter highlights rising costs at The News Globe with talk of tariffs and stockholder concern. The piece notes a Honolulu visitor claiming private air travel developments and references forecasts of a harsh winter, with discussion of Panhandle raptors and insect control in tropical climates.
A long feature profiles Albert Mangelsdorf born in Atchison Kansas now based in Hawaii. He leads a sugar breeding program for a growers association, tests hybrids in vast laboratories and fields, and comments on rat control and pineapple pests while praising Hawaii and its sugar industry.
An Amarillo column shares Hawaii and Honolulu scenes, local jokes, juvenile crime concerns, sugar economics, and beach life. It mentions a Red Cross fund drive starting March 1 with 28 zone captains and a 445000 goal, plus community anecdotes and letters from readers.
Doris and Weldon Wood faced their daughter Pat’s blue baby condition. After consultation with surgeons in Chicago and a complex series of tests, Pat underwent a pioneering operation led by Dr Willis J. Potts and team. Three days later the Woods learned Pat was on the path to a normal childhood and adulthood. The family traveled from Amarillo to Chicago for the procedure and stayed near Children’s Memorial Hospital. A newspaper account by Ward Walker documented the operation and hospital atmosphere.
Crews dispatched from Dalhart Army Air Field began moving hangar components to Tri-State Park. Parts planned include plumbing and lighting fixtures and other small items. The $45 000 moving contract follows the county purchase of both buildings for $21 000. Firefighters tackled a blaze in a Globe-News mailing room waste container but caused no damage.
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