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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1949
Page
6
The Amarillo City Commission will affirm the 1941 formed Safety Council appointments at its next regular session. Reinstated after wartime inactivity, the council includes members from East Amarillo Civic Club American Legion Traffic Club Optimist Club Kiwanis Amelia Business Club Panhandle Outdoor Sports Men's Club and others.
Mrs Lena Conway of 906 Monroe reported to police her purse containing personal papers and valuables was snatched from under her arm by a Black man as she left the Herring Hotel front door early Sunday morning.
The Farmers Educational Cooperative Union convenes in St Francis with leaders from Texas division and national delegates from Denver. The program lists talks, discussions, and a junior banquet, with Mr Patton speaking at 2:30 and an evening policyholders’ banquet led by Mrs Alexander.
The Ondes an electronic instrument by M Martenot a Frenchman will perform in concert at Cathedral Hall Paris with dancing from 9 to 12 o clock Nile Nobles orchestra provides music Tickets cost 1 50 per couple and will be sold at the door Public invited.
Soviet aligned forces neared Nanking with a spearhead 15 miles from the capital as Nationalist defenses stiffened along the Yangtze. Communist leaders Chou En-lai and Mao Zedong were named in peace talks while a large armaments depot near Nanking was hit by explosions. Shanghai reported Nationalist troop movements toward Guangdong as the world eyed elections in Japan and regional efforts to curb communism. Rural deaths from farm accidents and Italy’s housing shortage framed broader international notes.
Four perish in a blaze at a road house on Highway 22 near Westmore. Victims include an elderly couple celebrating their golden anniversary, owner son Joseph Miller 40, and bartender Wally Myers 31. John Miller and Betty Brunecke 19 escaped. Fire started in a basement bar. bodies unrecovered from ruins of the three story building. Myers died at Wilkinsburg hospital.
L. W. McGuffin has become associated with the Wheeler Mortuary in Portales, taking a role in the local funeral service establishment and expanding its staff offerings for the community.
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