Amarillo Carnival and Public Utilities Gains Highlight Local News
The Amarillo Globe reports a Texas Public Utilities gain with a 30.7 percent employment rise and 30.9 percent payroll increase over December 1946. Hours worked dipped from 42.0 to 39.8, earnings rose from 8.7 to 120.5 cents, and average weekly earnings grew from 37.70 to 48.08. In other items Cub Scouts Pack 5 holds a charter ceremony at Ban Jacinte School with J. T. Evans presiding and W. O. Hiatt directing.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Die Urner
Texas Public Utilities
Cub Scouts
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Bill Burgess in Expedition to the Antarctic
Bill A Burgess a 19 year old seaman and son of Mr and Mrs Burgess from North Abel Island joins the five month Antarctic expedition aboard the USS Currituck under Rear Admiral Byrd. He enlisted December 25 1944 trained at Naval Training Center and later served on USS Dolyn in the Aleutians before attending a storekeeper school in Jacksonville Florida.
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Currituck
South Pale
Hichard
Byrd
Thurgess
Naval Training Center
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United States
Burgosa
United Statea
Mierlhse
Whidbey Island
Navy
Dacknonville
Fis
Amarillo Woman Attends Rites For Brother Killed by Train
Mrs. T H Campbell of 2800 Ong left Amarillo yesterday to attend the funeral of her brother A T Bridges in Arlington. Bridges died after his automobile was struck by a train. the car was hurled into the Arlington station and exploded briefly before the fire was put out. He died later in a Fort Worth hospital.
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Amarillo
T.H. Campbell
Bridges
Fort Worth
Delinquent City Taxes Face Rising Penalties Tomorrow
The notice warns that delinquent city taxes incur a 2 percent penalty starting tomorrow, with further increases to 3 percent next month. Tax office manager Inez Sullivan paid some unpaid taxes today. The piece ends with a cryptic aside about eating grass for vitamins and mowing.
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Inez Sullivan
Checkerboard Peril and a Wife’s Alarm in 1847
In Seattle on February 28, 1847, Mrs. Glenna B. Rich described Edgar as having a vile and ungovernable temper and claimed he caused trouble at home when he saw no diversion. She charged that her husband was going to Jose.
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Checkerboard
Edgar
Seattle
Glenna B. Rich
Jose
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