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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1947
Page
15
A reader recounts weighing herself on penny scales finding weight swings from 104 to 114 pounds and averaging around 109 to 111. She notes self doubt about weight and a larger worry about decision making and character while recalling three old photos.
Chief M. E. Pierce of the Navy recruiting station announced the acceptance of three men in the regular Navy. Ralph Cully Householder, Jr., from Army Tech Village, will train at the Naval Training Station in San Diego California as an apprentice seaman. Charles Arthur Andrews of 706 Sunset will train at Corpus Christi as a seaman first class aviation electrician. Jerry Douglas James of Boise City Oklahoma holds the rating of fireman first class and will go to the Navy Receiving Station in San Pedro.
Spring graduates of Amarillo College will attend 48 institutions this fall with 23 transcripts to Texas Tech at Lubbock, 21 to the University of Texas, and 12 to the University of Oklahoma. Students will study across the country from Massachusetts to California, with transfers possible to any senior college on the same basis as local courses. Amarillo College, accreditations and programs are noted.
Ewan Clague commissioner of the US Bureau of Labor Standards told the Northeastern Ohio Vocational Guidance Association that millions will live two working lives one starting at 18 and a second around 45. He noted heavy laborers may not endure to retirement and should be prepared for a second career through expanded adult education and returning to school for semi clerical roles.
Norway invites 600 Jewish displaced persons from German camps to settle as Norwegian citizens. They arrive aboard the former German troopship Togo and will join a diverse group of workers including tailors, electricians, engineers, and a bee master while residing in a refugee camp near the Swedish border and learning Norwegian from volunteers.
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