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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1948
Page
3
Dixie Dice's new musical Ship Ahoy debuts tonight at Amarillo High School auditorium with 8 30 curtain and repeats tonight tomorrow and Wednesday. The program notes ventriloquist Fred Ketch and Jerry J. Also lists local social patrons and corrections in the bachelor column.
City commissioners will likely decide on allocating space in the Municipal Auditorium during tomorrows regular 7:30 pm meeting in City Hall. City Manager N V Moss said engineers will present tentative space allocations and a report for the commission. The city plans moving most offices from City Hall to the auditorium and bids will be opened for 10,000 feet of 6 inch cast iron pipe for the water system.
Woodrow W. Riner of 500 Fairmont resigns from the police department effective tonight to seek the constable seat. He first joined Oct. 12, 1943, served until Jan. 31, 1944, then returned Jan. 14 this year as a traffic officer.
Amarillo police seek help after Sayre Oklahoma officers requested watch for burglars who stole 15 cases of cigarettes and fled toward the area. Authorities urge tipsters to contact local police with information.
E. D. Dugger of the Sayre Wholesale Grocery Company states a $200 reward is offered for the apprehension of burglars and recovery of stolen merchandise. The cigarettes bear Oklahoma tax stamps.
At the state Disabled American Veterans convention Stella Beard was reelected state commander of the DAV Auxiliary. Gen Jonathan Wainwright was nominated Texas candidate for national commander and Earl D Whitely of Dallas won the Department of Texas post.
Jam Jar Barefoot Dance at 8 tonight at the YWCA features the Polack Brothers Circus duo Nita and Pepi. The act runs during intermission for Amarillo teens with 30 cent admission. shoes will be checked at the door.
Final rites will be held in Mapleton Iowa for Lt Earle H Williamson husband of Bonnie Hall of Amarillo Texas The Williamson family ties are noted with Mrs Williamson’s Hollywood California residence and her WWII service as general cashier for the Herring Hotel He was a pilot killed in a crash while flying The Hump in India on December 22 1943
In Raleigh on May 31 former Gov J Melville Broughton led in the Democratic primary for North Carolina junior senator as tabulations near completion. Unofficial results from 1,768 of 1,952 precincts gave Broughton 191,976 votes to Umstead's 170,617, with Umstead appointed last year to fill the late Josiah Bailey's term.
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