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Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1946

Page

3

Blacked Out Driver Crashes After Medical Incident

T J Dorman of 1113 Fillmore told officers he lost consciousness after an attack in Amarillo. His vehicle hurtled through Sixteenth Street, striking a light pole and colliding with a parked car near Houston Grocery and with W O Stallings at 1313 Van Buren. Another witness, M O Pounds, chased the car and avoided injury as it careened.

T. J. Dorman Fillmore Northwest Texas Hospital N. S. Griggs Mr. Dorman Sixteenth and Monroe Jackson Houston Grocery Sixteenth M. O. Pounds Palo Duro Stallings Pickering Amarillo Dorman

Radio Group Presents Arch Oboler Play Catwife

Amarillo Little Theater radio group will present Arch Oboler's Catwife on KGNC Wednesday from 9:30 to 10. The production features Virginia Erickson and Dr. C. E. Colgate in leading roles with Bernie Howell and Johnny Lynn at the organ and microphone. Bobbie OKeefe directs.

Arch Oboler

Lee Osborn Discharged From Navy After Year Overseas

Lee Osborn son of Lee Osborn 1105 South Buchanan has received his discharge from the Navy after twelve months overseas service. He served since February 13 1945 aboard the USS Pensacola and the LST 836 earning the Asiatic Pacific Medal with one star the American Theatre and the Victory medals. A Price College graduate he plans to work in a cafe.

Lee Osborn South Buchanan Navy L.S.T Price College

Honor Volunteers at USC Closing Program in Amarillo

The Auditorium United Service Organizations club holds its final five year closing program at 8 30 tonight in the municipal auditorium 501 Buchanan Amarillo. Sixty four volunteers receive 24 meritorious service certificates and 40 pins for hours since last October with 27 for 500 hours seven for 1 000 and six for 2 000. Speakers include W J Wisdom San Antonio associate regional executive USO and John Moody and others. A Victory Command dance follows with Floyd Coopers band and Amarillo Army Air Field personnel.

W. J. Wisdom San Antonio USO Donald Hogan el Paso John Moody National Catholic Community Service E. H. Saulson National Jewish Welfare Board Hazel Roberts Young Women’s Christian Association H. Grady Wilson Amarillo USO Council Jimmy James Auditorium Uso Joe Jenkins Joel G. O'Neal Amarillo Army Air Field Clarence L. Oelfke Amarillo Field Arthur Bluhm Temple B'nai Israel Victory Command Floyd Cooper Billy Hughes Don Loden W. W. Rusk S. H. Spikes Kim Hill Army Air Field Alpha Fifer YWCA Wichita Falls Nancyann O'Keefe Johnson YMCA Mary Joel Wiel

Wild Ride May Cure Billy of His Climbing

A two year old boy Billy Spakes rode across Amarillo on top of a pickup cab after his uncle left the Spakes home at about 9 pm. A neighbor notified Mrs Spakes he was missing and on the truck cab. The uncle found Billy unharmed on the cab top and the boy recovered, though frightened.

Billy A. B. Spakes, Jr A. B. Spakes Cleveland Amarillo W. L. Sterling North Arthur Spakes

New York Gazette Debut in 1725 by William Bradford

The earliest New York newspaper, the New York Gazette, began publication in 1725 under printer William Bradford, marking the city’s first regular news outlet. This inaugural issue established the tone for early colonial journalism.

New York William Bradford New York Gazette

Burglars Driven Off From Service Station Loot

Police report burglars frightened away from Skeet and Pappy's Service Station before completing a break in. A three dollar cash haul and eight cigarette packages were missing after entry via a window. Investigation began shortly before 4 a.m.

Skeet Pappy

Trophies Arrive for Amarillo HS ROTC Rifle Teams

William Randolph Hearst Trophy plaques arrive for the Amarillo High School ROTC unit. The first place team led by J. D. Fisher posted a 192 of 200 on a 50 foot indoor range. Second place went to a team including Linkenhager and Johnson with medals awarded to members.

William Randolph Hearst Amarillo Eighth Service Command J. D. Fisher

Arrivals on Both Coasts Bring 6000 Returning Servicemen

Three transports carrying more than six thousand returning servicemen are due today at San Francisco and San Diego. In San Francisco the ships Gen. O. H. Ernst from Pearl Harbor and Republic from Okinawa are slated to arrive. In San Diego the Gen. J. C. Breckinridge sails from Shanghai.

Associated Press San Francisco San Diego O. H. Ernst Pearl Harbor Republic Okinawa J. C. Breckenridge Shanghai

Kilmer's Swamp Root Promises Kidney Relief

An old advertisement claims Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root treats backache and fatigue by aiding urine flow and reducing acidity. It touts a blend of 16 herbs and vegetables, says it is non habit forming, and presumes druggists stock the remedy.

DR. Kilmer

Walter W. Smith Named Editor of The Cochranton Times

Walter W. Smith formerly of Amarillo and The Vega Enterprise becomes editor of The Cochranton Times in Cochranton, Pa. He previously wrote for The Western Contractor in 1915 in Kansas City and worked in Cleveland advertising. He served nearly two years in World War I with the First Division in France and Germany. In 1922 he formed a display advertising partnership in Cleveland.

Amarillo Press Vega Enterprise Walter W. Smith Meadville Cochranton Times Cochranton Smith Western Contractor Kansas City Cleveland O., Chemical Laboratory France Germany

Smith seeks US probe into alleged terror mobs

Gerald L. K. Smith says assassination attempts have occurred in at least six cities this year and will request the House Un American Activities Committee to investigate what he calls terror mobs. He made the statement in Detroit on July 29.

Detroit America First Party Gerald L. K. Smith House UN- American Activities Committee

Election Judge Keeps Busy at Baby Minding

Skeet Gibson served as an election judge on Saturday while minding a baby, handling duties and interruptions as residents cast ballots. The scene combined civic process with a family moment in a small polling place.

Skeet Gibson Gibson Sixteenth Street

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USC Auditorium United Service Organizations Club Municipal Auditorium Buchanan Optometrist Polk St ROTC Marie Earle Herbert Drug 9Th Ave Texas Gerald Smith House French Cleaners Morris Barnwell Boot Shop Montgomery Yard Formosa Phew and Aundry Panhandle Mr. Gibson Jay Pittman Raymond Lawrence P. O Thomsen Home Supply Polk Dub Thomsen Mgar Dial
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