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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1949

Page

4

Scouting Banquet to Feature Dr Cornette in Amarillo

Llano Estacado Council Boy Scouts set annual meeting at Herring Hotel in Amarillo with Lewis Fields opening the session. R Earl O Keefe will discuss Camp Don Harrington plans and the nominating committee will name officers. Banquet speaker Dr James P Cornette, West Texas State College president, will headline with tickets $1 50. Representatives from Dalhart Hartley Texline Colen attend.

Llano Estacado Loren W. Young Lon D. Edwards J. E. Spann Amarillo Lon McCrory Dalhart E. Q. Mills Dumas James P. Cornette West Texas State College Boy Scout Offices Johnson Building Hartley Texline Colen

Amarillo pupils aid English children with clothing drive

Miss Rachel Milam, former Horace Mann teacher, sparked a large clothing collection for English pupils, then Bargoon Wales and Yorkshire. Amarillo freshmen contributed hundreds of boxes supervised by Miss Gladys Davis and Mrs. Elise Deal. Students study overseas shipping, customs, and write letters to recipients.

Rachel Milam Horace Mann England Coudon Bargoon Wales Yorkshire Amarillo Gladys Davis Elise Deal

Marines Lift One Year Enlistment Quota

The Marine Corps ends the one year enlistment quota effective immediately. Sgt Leonard Smith, recruiter, notes past three months limited Amarillo area enlistments and expects a large turnout now that the restriction is removed. For details contact the Marine at Room 203 Post Office Build.

US Marine Corps Leonard Smith Marine Corps Amarillo Sergeant Smith

Blood strength and vigor via SSS Tonic promotion

A promotional health notice claims weak blood causes fatigue and pallor. It asserts SSS Tonic builds red blood, boosts appetite, energy, and immunity, improves digestion and sleep, and offers a healthy skin glow with daily use, urging readers to buy from their drug store.

Pioneer Air Lines Cuts El Paso Fare and Adds Routes

Pioneer Air Lines announces fare reductions on the Amarillo to El Paso route by 4 to 15 percent following Civil Aeronautics Board approval to serve El Paso before Las Cruces. New Amarillo El Paso fare 21.65 with other cuts to Clovis Tucumcari and Roswell. Two daily round trips depart Amarillo at 7 AM and 3:30 PM. return flights from El Paso at 9:45 AM and 5:56 PM.

Amarillo el Paso Pioneer Air Lines E. L. Coggin Civil Aeronautics Board Las Cruces Clovis Tucumcari Roswell Pioneer

Orientation Meeting For Jaycees Tonight

New members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce will attend an orientation at 5 30 PM in Room 202 Her ring Hotel. Following the meeting an informal party will be held with all Jaycee members invited. Dr. R H Miller Jr leads the orientation committee.

Junior Chamber of Commerce Herring Hotel The Jaycee R. H. Miller, Jr

Oxford Student to Run Against Churchill in Woodford

Seymour Hills, 37, a Labour war veteran and Oxford University student, was nominated last night to oppose Winston Churchill in next year’s general election for the Woodford constituency in Essex, northeast London.

Oxford Winnie London Labor Party Oxford University Winston Churchill Seymour Hills Churchill Woodford Essex London

Will Serve in Pleasant Valley as Special Deputy

Sheriff Paul Gaither recommended Glen L. Coffee be made special deputy for the Pleasant Valley area with immediate effect. Coffee will be paid 187.50 monthly and patrol daily from 4 PM to midnight. County commissioners also authorized John Graves as jailer at Potter County jail at 175 monthly.

Paul Gaither Glen L. Coffee Pleasant Valley Coffee Gaither John Graves Potter County Graves Bill Adams Adams

Army Seeks 23 000 Officers Through Direct Commissions

The Army opens direct commissions via an officer procurement section. Applicants with at least two years of college and one year of military service will be interviewed and commissioned within a week. Selected men choose a service school for a 90 day refresher, with ratings established before training. Duty is two years.

Army John Tilton Amarillo Tilton Army Office

Tax Attorney of Amarillo Schools Resigns

F. A. Cooper resigns as Amarillo public schools tax attorney after serving since 1936. Board accepted the resignation yesterday noting appreciation for Cooper's services and citing revised procedures that demand more time for tax matters.

F. A. Cooper Amarillo Public Schools Cooper

TMTA names acting manager in Texas transport group

Charles M. Ogle of Austin, safety director of the Texas Motor Transportation Association, was chosen by the TMTA board as acting manager to replace Lynn B. Shaw who resigned.

Austin Charles M. Ogle Texas Motor Transportation Association Ogie TMTA Lynn B. Shaw

Annual meet expects wide slate of towns

Dumas Sunray Cactus Skellytown Middlewell Bivins Station Vega Claude Canyon Happy Hereford Friona are expected to be present for the annual meet.

Dumas Sunray Cactus Skellytown Middlewell Bivins Station Vega Claude Canyon Happy Hereford and Friona

US Comic Strips Unfunny to Briton in Parliament Question

London January 18 Platts MIlls a leftist MP asks government to state if Britain will continue to fund American comic strips. The inquiry seeks dollars approved for strips and their newspaper use and whether such spending serves the national interest. Includes Blondie Rip Kirby and Dick Tracy.

London Britain John F. F. Platts-Mills Platts-Mills Blondie Rip Kirby Dick Tracy

Reds Abduct 628 Greeks Near Naoussa

The Greek general staff reports Communist guerrillas abducted 628 civilians from Naoussa including 210 women before government forces drove them from the town three days earlier. Naoussa lies about 90 miles west of Salonika.

Athens Naoussa Salonika

Globe-News Want Ads Promote Beauty Special

A local newspaper ad promotes a new location offer where customers receive 75 cents back on a shampoo, set and manicure. The notice invites readers to clip the ad for the discount at the new shop.

Sheriff Vern Reeves Killed In Icy Crash

Lavata County Sheriff Vernon Reeves died instantly when his car skidded on an icy highway and somersaulted over an embankment nine miles east of Gonzales. Survivors include his wife, mother, sister and two brothers. Globe News Want Ads Get Results.

Tex Lavata County Vernon Reeves Gonzales Globe News

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