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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1946
Page
6
PORT ANGELES officials attempt a drastic cure for a golf course calamity as turf domes and underground oil pressure disrupt play. Pro John Lesser says they “operated last night” to split turf tumors and drain viscous contents, while noting recovery remains unlikely and golf balls vanish amid the strange outbreak.
Three transports carrying nearly 2,000 service personnel are to arrive today at New York and San Francisco. Westminster Victory sails to New York from Bremerhaven and Glynn reaches San Francisco from Pearl Harbor Ard. Manila hemp is not a hemp and is not grown near Manila.
Veterans at Amarillo Recruiting Station re enlist citing GI Bill benefits and job pay gaps as key draws. Young enlistees average 24 to 25 years with 3.5 to 4.5 years service, including a year overseas in the Air Forces. Civilians’ attitudes, housing shortages, and high rents influence attitudes toward postwar life and military service.
A Brooklyn lad Jimmy four years old ran away claiming his mother loved their dog Woofy more than him. He rode in underwear to the Long Island Railroad Terminal and was brought back by police after hours of denial. His mother Mrs. Carmella Doyle planned to find Woofy a new home.
Raleigh dispatch reports Willie Fletcher's bull pup is recovering well along with its adopted companions. The update notes steady progress and a hopeful outlook for the young animal and its new bonds.
Washington July 26 President Truman signed into law a bill making heads of executive departments and independent agencies eligible for civil service retirement system participation He also signed a second bill to preserve retirement benefit rights for disabled civil service employees This expands eligibility for top officials and safeguards disability benefits
Lloyd King assistant district attorney returned with his family yesterday from a two week vacation in Canada.
In a short fill of local items, the article notes Lesser suturing sod and awaiting results after a procedure. It also reports Mrs. Roy M. Farnsworth and her children Rayleen and Carla Jean moving to Denver to join husband and father Roy, an instructor at Lowry Field.
Veterans in colleges will receive wartime Army and Navy textbooks with 1.5 million volumes transferred to the Veterans Administration. The Library of Congress acts as agent to distribute the books free of charge to government-sponsored student veterans.
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