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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1947
Page
3
Washington July 30 President Truman's advisers say new steel price hikes by US Steel and Bethlehem will affect nearly all production costs and the economy. They concede Truman failed to block boosts but claim a moral victory for restraining the increases and hope moderation will spread.
Gene Pate and Joel Pate both 15 earn Eagle Scout rank while their father Dudley Pate a section man in Winnsboro Mills wears the Eagle badge. Grandmother Pate and Mrs. Pate contribute as Scout leaders in Troop 27 showing a family of Scouts in a cotton mill town.
The 1948 forecast claims Britain faces a late February national strike with possible troop callouts while New York and other U S cities suffer a wave of crime and arson. It predicts a seasonal pattern with political trouble in Britain and Ireland over trade, plus bomb incidents in France and a May stock market boom.
In Charleston West Virginia a meat cutter Cecil Butler and his apprentice John Rhodes were trapped for 10 hours inside a six by eight foot refrigerator locker after the door closed and the inside handle failed. Rhodes fashioned a tool from his pocket comb to raise the temperature to 50 degrees and keep them from freezing until a newsboy heard pounding and alerted others.
A child's library book from Amarillo Public Library went missing on Polk Street near Marizona's. The finder is asked to return it to the library or call 8003. A reward is offered.
Small reward advertises for the return of the book The Antique Cat. Kathleen Harmon lists Route 3 Box 564 as contact point.
A fragment notes a contact or longing directed to Bob Redfearn residing at 3501 Jackson with a listed phone 8021. No additional context or events are provided in the readable text.
Mrs V F Keller of 714 West Ninth seeks typing work at home. She describes herself as experienced and neat, and provides contact at phone number 2 2043.
A sailor requests a vehicle to Los Angeles with departure from Amarillo no later than Thursday. He provides phone contact 6091 for responses.
A 14 year old boy named Clinton White offers yard work services. He lists address 506 North McMasters and contact phone 3-1237.
Four model planes are missing and their owners seek recovery. One white Zipper bearing Witt Motors and owned by Bruce Norman at 715 Short with phone 6066. Another Zipper named Robert Leitner at 2802 Jackson with phone 21573. A red with blue trim Zipper owned by Bobby Townes at 106 North Florida with phone 2-3468. A solid red Zipper also unlocated.
A brief item notes three kittens freed by a humane officer after being found in a hazardous container. They were unharmed and handed to a city animal shelter for care and possible adoption.
A reader offers three mature cats as mousers for a farm. Interested parties may call at 805 North Tyler, phone 2- A ADER.
Harvard visit author T. S. Eliot class of 1910 says modern students show tenseness and worry and never seem to stop working. He contrasts today’s pace with his own era and notes cultural change at the alma mater in Cambridge Massachusetts.
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