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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1947
Page
24
Amarillo Toastmasters will hold its monthly guest night at 8 pm at the Herring Hotel. The highlight is recording and playback of each member's voice, followed by a buffet supper. News members include J L Carter and Sid McKinney.
Fort Wayne item reports Mrs Ruth Van Horn 23 chose jail over bond posted by her husband Howard Van Horn. He was jailed on her assault and battery charges and posted bond to be released. She had been detained as a material witness. She asked is my husband putting up this bond and replied I’ll go back to jail.
Dr. W. Ray Irvine presided as his wife received her BA with a foreign language major and English and music minors. Of 79 seniors, 17 were women, and her four years earned a grade average above B. She recalled her husband being strict about deadlines and standards.
The acidity level of cooking water changes the cabbage color. With plain water it stays purplish, adding vinegar yields red, a pinch of soda makes it blue, and a larger amount of soda turns it green.
Janet Halliday a 14 year old hitchhiker from Boston says she has traveled widely from New England to Texas and Chicago to Texas. She was met by two detectives at LaGuardia and flown to Boston to rejoin her father mechanic John Halliday. She hopes to take singing lessons this summer.
In Philadelphia the army’s 1.5 million plastic buttons, part of a surplus pile from about 3 million castoffs, were dumped toward a swamp site in Lester Pennsylvania. Landowners objected to river silt and army buttons on their property halting the plan after four days. The remaining un-dumped buttons clutter the quartermaster depot.
United Airlines issued a new call for flight stewardesses noting enlistments average 18 months before marriage. Requirements include one year of college and business experience or two years of college, or a registered nurse certificate. Applicants must be 21 to 26 years old and 5 ft 2 in to 5 ft 7 in, up to 135 pounds with proportional weight distribution.
Alfred University aims to raise 40000 dollars to buy a centuries-old carillon set hid in Belgium to prevent German seizure during WWI and WWII. The bells date to 1674 by Peter Hemony and two groups may have formed a single unit with 18 of 35 bells now at the Davis Memorial Carillon on campus.
Sampson New York reports a veteran college boom town near the campus opened last October. A food store laundry and a thriving community now include a motion picture theater bus service a fire department and bowling alley. An up to date supermarket book store clothing shop barber shop three dining facilities Greyhound service and free campus buses serve shoppers and students.
The Valley Forge memorial bell tower completes a 49 bell carillon from Oklahoma and South Dakota. Begun July 4, 1926 with peace chimes representing the 13 colonies, the set includes a two and a half ton national birthday bell. The Daughters of the American Revolution raised $100,000 for the tower.
Army transmits a 16.667 word teletype message from Tokyo to Washington in eight hours by two operators. At 243 cents a word the cost would be $4,000.08, though the Army paid only for the printing paper. The message measured 47 feet long.
Australian authority Dr. Peter Russo asserts Japan will rise as a key influence in the Far East. He says the Japanese exhibit a “gentle art” of yielding strength, with occupation authorities bewildered by their subservience and gradual withdrawal hints.
Philadelphia workers attend informal sessions led by John S. Zinsser to explain the firm's finances using charts. He compares corporate income to sales and material costs to employees expenses, linking company operations to individual finances for about 100 workers per session.
A line drawn upright appears longer than a matching horizontal line because lifting the gaze requires more effort than horizontal eye movement, reflecting how vertical reading tasks demand greater visual energy.
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