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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1947
Page
6
Amarillo representatives of The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company will attend the regional sales congress in San Francisco on July 14 15 and 16. About 200 salesmen will study latest developments in the life insurance field at the gathering.
Bobby Burns leases the Avalon Club and launches a new nine piece band tonight with Jeannie Carroll on vocals. The crowded scene includes numerous social lists for dances and luncheons at the Amarillo area venues with many local residents and guests noted throughout.
A list of individuals appears in scattered segments, noting many given names and surnames such as Vivian Philips, Doris Posey, Mildred Zweig, Billy Lima, Janet Borden, Jane George, Kirk Kuykendall, Emmett Coburn, Mary Margaret Hulen, Cor nel ius Mack, Sue Haynie, Eugene Carlile, Barbara Dryden, Monty Ray Scott, Spencer Smith, Terrell Walker, Dan Vaughn and others, interspersed with stray initials and punctuation. The fragmentary text resembles a social or staff roster or engagement roll from a historical notice section.
Edwin I Gaddis son of Mr and Mrs HH Gadais 923 Lamar promoted to staff sergeant at Borinquen Meld Puerto Rico. He is a radio teles type operator with the Airways and Air Communications Service serving since December 1943 after training at Sheppard and Scott Field. In 1946 he served in the Caribbean theater including British West Indies and Puerto Rico. He is a Plainview High School graduate who worked at Southwestern Public Service Company before joining the service.
Film star Greta Garbo will accept an estate valued at about 529 thousand dollars from Edgar Donne a British born recluse who died last October without meeting the actress The estate includes two Allegan County farms one possibly gold bearing and about 15000 in English securities Donne had written in 1926 that he left his property to Greta Garbo or if he married her to Greta Garbo Donne The administratrix Mrs Marjorie Lee Luna said Garbo has sent a letter of acceptance to be filed in court Monday
Mobile accountant Allen Holland plans a four day and night float in a bid to set a new world record he claims would exceed the existing mark by about 12 hours. He weighs 200 pounds and recently floated five hours and 20 minutes in a Mobile pool. A New York woman, Mrs. Smyrtle Huddleston, holds a claimed 82 hour record for floating and paddling.
An official statement reported two killed in an underground attack on the village of Puchazew near Lublin. One victim was among ten women, the casualties attributed to a Polish underground band.
The Library of Congress will preserve 1138 of 1647 films copyrighted in 1946 to show life and customs of Americans for future generations. The collection ranges from The Best Years of Our Lives to So You Want To Play The Horses and reflects the year’s cinema as a social snapshot.
A fragment discusses serving films that record contemporary life and tastes of the American people, noting a concern with how cinema reflects preferences and social realities. The text hints at film relevance to public culture and evolving entertainment choices.
Cincinnati July 7 Archbishop John T McNicholas urged a joint committee of the National Education Association and the National Catholic Educational Association to ease tension between Catholic and public schools He asked priests and laypeople in the archdiocese to support a released time program for public school children during the NEA convention in Cincinnati.
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