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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1945
Page
2
The narrator recalls Buttle Lake legends of Vancouver Island where the Forbidden Plateau housed a vanished camp after a skirmish with raiders. He muses on walking, hunting big game, Norse and Chipamen prehistory, and natural cruelty versus human nature, contemplating civilizations built on hardship and the English decline.
Amarillo Chapter of DeMolays meets at Khiva Temple for a Fort Worth district report and discusses forming a mothers club in Amarillo. Advisors Johnny Ekelund and Ed Simpson return from the Fort Worth gathering presided by Malvern Marks. 61 new members were added last year, while 13 Panhandle chapters have disorganized.
The speaker contrasts national fortunes with forest growth showing Scots as frugal and resilient. He praises trees that struggle to reach sunlight, noting those tall, knotless trunks symbolize strength. He argues luck shapes people less in forests than in civilization, ending with a line about poems and trees.
On the 22nd of May a boy reported a green and black bicycle missing from the rack at Elizabeth Nixon School. Please return it to 617 Grand or write Richard Gower at Route 2 Box 654 A.
A blue Marizon's dress found in a Kress's Store package should be returned to the desk at Marizon's or to Kress's. The finder is asked to hand the item to store staff.
A light brown cameo brooch was lost on the street between Van Buren and 508 Buchanan or on the West Tenth bus. A reward will be paid for its return. Call 7303 or visit 508 Buchanan. Mrs. H. G. Carter.
Washington June 20 a broad new labor relations bill was introduced to create a federal labor relations board and an unfair labor practices tribunal. It would replace the War Labor Board with compulsory arbitration for disputed contracts and potential public hardship cases. the right to strike is preserved under specified conditions.
Police seek a man who entered a house in the 1100 block on Harrison and sat in a girl's bedroom Sunday night. The teen woke to the intruder grabbing her throat. she escaped, and the man fled through a bedroom window.
A Plainview, Texas, youth aids in clearing rubble in Naha Okinawa harbor as U S forces take the first docks. Lt Jesse Lee Hill charts the fouled port while 16 Army divers work in deep sea gear left by the Japanese and cleared channel routes for ships.
The War Department named Virgil M. Fairies of Texas A and M College as one of the educators to head sections of the Army two university study centers in Europe. The centers serve troops awaiting redeployment.
A $5 000 scholarship was awarded to the University of Texas Radio House by Karl Hoblitzelle and Mrs Blithe Hamilton Beal acting director. The fund provides work scholarships for 30 students who compose the musical unit and chorus of Radio House.
Markets show mixed activity with Dow Jones gains and various stock figures. Kansas City livestock totals reach 4 500 cattle with sales mostly steady to strong and hogs steady, while calves and cows vary in price. financial fund liquidations noted at 2 1528 offering 62.36.
W. H. Fuqua transfers to Samuel Rector lot 4 bik 16 G S. Congregation of Sisters of Charity to Bessie M Estes lot and S 10 of lot 4 bik 83 Plemons. Mabel Cole Seay to Thomas Mathes Seay trust deed. Ruth M Lebow vs W C Lebow divorce. Drama Wyles vs Clayton Wiles divorce. Marriage licenses issued to Cleo A Atherton and Mary Edith Benson Frank P Wilson Jr and Posey D Seibel Kenneth Walsh and Eleanor Lynne Gettings Michael Canelis and Ida Sue Taylor Manuel G Quintero and Olivia Palama Richard F Northam and Phyllis Sullivan Hubert B Redus and Christine E Jones Glenn Owen Ward and Billie Charles Womack Arthur Lee Farrell and Mrs Stella Marie Stover.
Federal Judge T. M. Kennerly denied Humble Oil and Refining’s bid to block government seizure of its Ingleside refinery. He ruled PAW seizure constitutional as ordered by President Truman on June 6, allowing ongoing operation of the war vital facility.
Funeral services for E. A. Armstrong who died last night at his home 1702 Lincoln will be held tomorrow morning at 10 30 o clock in Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel Rev Neal Cannon pastor of the Polk Street Methodist Church will conduct the services Burial will be in Llano Cemetery Pallbearers are Tom Torrance G D Caldwell B C Birdwell C M Tyler R F Williams and George Waddill Armstrong had been ill two months He was a retired railroad car inspector
Frances M. Craig sells to W. F. Meacham et ux lot 3 block 24 Wolflin. Sylvester Moore sells to George Hall lot 6 block 26 Ama Heights. Constance L. Underwood to Eli A. Johnson see instrument. Amarillo Housing Co. to Coy Chappell lot 17 block 10 Sunnyside. WH. Fuqua to William J. Reed lot 11 block 119 Old Town.
This 40 year family favorite relieves diaper rash sting and burn from girdle rash and chafe. The Mexsana powder soothes itchy minor skin irritations, offers economical large sizes, and suits babies and adults, with warmth increasing its usefulness.
Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, chief American prosecutor of war criminals, arrived in London for conferences with the United Nations War Crimes Commission. The report notes that buttons were used ornamentally as early as the 14th century.
Denture care ad advises sprinkling FASTEETH powder on plates to secure false teeth, reduce slipping and wobbling while eating or talking, and eliminate sour or pasty aftertaste. It claims odor control and comfort with no gummy feel. Available at drug stores.
A Big Noise in New York reports General Electric noise meters showing crowds at City Hall and La Guardia Field produced noise levels equivalent to 3,000 simultaneous thunder peals and 1,000 radios playing at once.
Ike Eisenhower arrives in Abilene Kansas for a homecoming with a special train and a four hour program in Kansas City, festivities include relatives from across the country and his 83 year old mother Ida Eisenhower. Governor Schoeppel has proclaimed Friday as Eisenhower Day.
The Lubbock Baptist Association passed a resolution favoring offering military training in high schools and colleges rather than in military camps if compulsory peacetime training is adopted. The move reflects church leaders supporting structured school based instruction over separate civilian camps.
President Truman urged Congress to change the Presidential succession law to make the House speaker third in line after the President and Vice President in case of death or disability. The proposal won broad House support but drew mixed Senate reactions and is not seen as immediate law. The speaker would be followed by the Senate president pro tempore in the line of succession.
Lt Sterling J. Price 23 year old UT graduate and world aerial gunnery record holder died in a plane crash in England on June 4. He was commissioned in the Air Forces in 1944 at Eagle Pass. He held the Air Medal and three Oak Leaf Clusters. His widow and two children live in Gainesville.
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