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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1947
Page
11
Mr and Mrs Howard Burleigh of Carlsbad New Mexico visit Amarillo today. Burleigh acts as project engineer for the reclamation project and confers with U S Bureau of Reclamation regional headquarters officials.
The United States and other nations move to stake claims in Antarctica as Byrd’s expedition advances. Argentina Chile Australia Norway Japan Britain Russia France Belgium and Germany are named as participants or potential contenders. Officials indicate U S claims may cover up to two million square miles toward the South Pole based on Ellsworth and Byrd epochs.
A compact item notes coverage of sports at the ABC venue with hotel connections and orchestra listings. It highlights a cross promotion between a hotel, music groups, and ABC News.
A radio lineup from Amarillo features Smokey Joe Barnes Sunrise Serenade and music and news segments including Louise Massey and Westerners Front Page Farrell and NBC soap entries. Daytime programs cover entertainment and household topics with musician hosts and local chatter.
Washington officials say proposals to turn over conflicting claims to the international court or place them under United Nations jurisdiction will be discussed in conferences in the coming Spring.
Fred Reiner aged 59 a Panhandle justice of the peace for 10 years died at 11 30 o clock last night at his home of a heart attack Funeral services are set for 2 o’clock Wednesday at the Baptist Church with Rev Herbert Brown and Rev L D Godwin officiating Blackburn Shaw of Amarillo will direct the services He was employed by the Farmers Supply and had lived in Panhandle 38 years He was a Lutheran and an Odd Fellow Except for his widow there are no surviving relatives.
The Navy Recruiting Service seeks yeomen and other line ratings of the first three pay grades for duty at stations nationwide. Ex Navy men may be ordered to active duty with full pay and allowances and assigned to a recruiting station of choice. Details are at the Navy recruiting office in the Federal Building. Siam has an area of 200000 square miles, four times New York state.
The Amarillo Real Estate Board will install its 1947 officers tomorrow night at 7:30 at the Mexican Inn. Sam Albright is the 1947 president with Mickey Maguire as program chairman. Bill Askew Sr. is reelected secretary treasurer. Directors include J Hal Brown Bill Clifford C C Odom M F Taylor A D Foreman Roy G Barnard Bob White and Morris Loewenstern.
Mrs. J. T. Ferguson of 924 North Cleveland reported the recent cold snap chilled her home in Amarillo. She said walls were damp and bed covers froze to the wall, tearing wallpaper when pulled free. The notice appears in local want ads.
An Ohio doctor promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable bowel cleanser that stimulates bile and aids digestion. The ad claims constipation causes headaches energy loss and mental dullness and urges trial tonight with prices 15 and 30 cents at all drugstores.
Karl Westphal, a former Nazi ministry of justice official indicted with 15 others for war crimes, hanged himself in Nuernberg jail shortly after midnight. An Army spokesman said Westphal's body was found hanging.
A guard discovers an iron bar in a cell during a routine check. The text notes Maya speaking tribes in northern Guatemala and Yucatan, existing until just before European contact, developed a calendar system more exact than pre Gregorian Europe.
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