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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1947
Page
16
A Dallas observer recalls a July moonlit sighting near White Rock Lake while watching for flying saucers. He and his wife heard sirens and saw only a bright moon, then joked about the national fascination with disks and his near fame.
Jim Herron 83 years old, Texas native and Beaver County sheriff in 1880 and 1892, motored through Amarillo en route to Superior Arizona where he recently settled. He recalled early work on Texas Panhandle ranches and cattle drives to Dodge City, and has finished a manuscript on Beaver County history. Santa Fe carload data show weekly totals up to 41,789 cars, with 10917 from connections and 30,872 local cars for week ending July 5.
COLONEL STOOPNAGLE DOT HALL extols Dot Hall mother of radio hams. She spends hours daily in her dining room listening and communicating with people worldwide and relaying messages for soldiers overseas. She aided information efforts during the war and now supports GI families with messages and home hospitality.
The calendar lists showtimes for Betty Hutton and John Lund in The Perils of Pauline in Technicolor at Paramount with Donald Duck cartoons and newsreels. Also notes on John Payne and Mauresa crophone, O’Hara in The Miracle on 34th Street, color cartoons, Movietone News, and many other film titles, theaters, and night club acts across the city with schedules and cast mentions.
The clipping mentions multiple broadcasts and listings including News of the World NBC Lines for Living and musical segments featuring Harry in Bert Crosby serenades, with ABC arranging seating and Paul Whiteman Club performances for Wednesday.
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