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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1948
Page
2
A travelogue moves from Los Angeles to Las Vegas via Long Beach and Boulder Dam. The writer visits Will Reid in Long Beach, notes Boulder Dam and Lake Mead, and extols Las Vegas as a booming gambler’s hub with the Last Frontier Motel and grand hotels.
A first person account describes the Flamingo Hotel as a costly luxury built by New York mobsters led by Bugsy Siegel. The piece notes a high gambling take, a crowd of tourists including many Texans and Californians, and odds that favor casinos with a 20 to 30 percent house edge over time.
A Las Vegas newspaper note describes Olsen and Johnson and a 30‑member troupe performing a free show for children at the Flamingo as part of a publicity gesture. The piece contrasts reactions of a shocked tourist with hotel public relations efforts to improve Las Vegas image amid gambling culture and divorce trends. It also mentions Ted Lewis at Last Frontier,婚, and Reno Las Vegas gambling rivalries and local legality.
Many visitors partake in a spirited activity driven by curiosity and excitement. They participate eagerly, often losing only small amounts individually but the aggregate losses accumulate into substantial sums.
The piece describes high stakes gambling in Las Vegas as a social show with extemely wealthy bettors, risk taking to boost ego, and a businesslike environment. It notes abundant bars and orderly streets with grim officers, while tourists gamble modestly and some big losers lose fortunes.
The report notes many women in Las Vegas prefer slot machines and roulette over craps with Hollywood newcomers among the crowds. It contrasts them with Am arillo women in dress and pep, recounting an elderly player who loses a sack of quarters, then repeats after changing a five into coins.
A windy March day near Amarillo echoes as Mr. Reid pilots a Beech toward Long Beach. Mrs. Tack frets over missing trunks while Ted Houghton checks into a Los Angeles hotel and Mrs. Tack plans a telegram to Chick to arrange shipment.
College catalog lists fresh courses across English, languages, science, engineering, business, art, music, and nursing psychology. Enrollment opens February 2 with classes starting February 4, including freshman and sophomore options and specialized subjects for various majors.
The 1947 Statistical Abstract of the United States prepared by the Bureau of Census is available. It covers industrial social political and economic statistics with about one fourth of the 1059 tables including state figures. Rex Baxter of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce praised its usefulness. copies cost 2.75 from the Department of Commerce Field Service Office in Dallas.
Erma Heidebrecht aged 1010 Carolina returned to work at city hall today after illness.
The Council of Social Agencies will elect officers next Monday night at the YWCA. Mrs. Margaret Jenkins says the council includes church groups service clubs and public and private social organizations. A panel discussion and social hour will follow the business meeting. Present officers listed include Mrs. Sam L. Seay president Walter Frederickson vice president and Miss Hazel Kelly treasurer. The meeting scheduled for last night was postponed due to weather.
Harry Stiteler, new Texas A and M College football coach, received a pair of top hand cowboy boots from the Amarillo A M Club at a Blackstone Hotel meeting. He arrived in Amarillo Sunday noon, spoke at the club banquet, and left for College Station after midnight. The club's next meeting is scheduled for Monday night.
Former Marines in the Reserve may apply for limited duty with the corps under the field promotional plan. Enlistees discharged for commissions will be discharged from the Reserve before re enlistment. Contact Sgt Leonard V Smith US Marine Corps offices post office building for full reenlistment policy information.
A brief romantic ad notes courtship walks by a male scorpion and his chosen mate with the pair described as holding claws during the stroll. The quirky line captures a natural mating display in a light advertisement tone.
An anonymous donor distributes seven thousand five hundred dollars to aid Rochester's poor. The fund is handed out through the citys 27 churches as an expression of gratitude.
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