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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1947
Page
4
Army recruiters in Amarillo relocate their information booth to the Fat Stock Show entrance at the cattle barn after the March of Dimes drive. They provide stock care tips while offering details on Army service to visiting farmers and cattlemen during the show.
William Wandrei fractured his leg when he fell, prompting transport to a hospital in Monticello Indiana.
Mrs Kathryn Oberg, widow of Ul, March 4, discovered a tin box in her basement when Far Barber of Rockford installed a new oil burner. The box contained a three inch stack of currency totaling £2500. Barber received a $30 reward for the find.
At Lafayette Hospital staff improvised an extra large bed to accommodate a six foot nine patient weighing 300 pounds highlighting capacity strain and hospital resource challenges.
An advertisement extols Mentholatum as fast relief for a child with head cold. It claims spreading the product around the nostrils reduces congestion and eases soreness so the child can breathe and sleep better. Copyright 1947 The Mentholatum Company located in unspecified location.
Henry Richman announces that Ralph Hamilton, recently transferred from Amarillo after service as a captain in the European Theater, replaces Morgan Howard as International Harvester Co. truck manager here. Howard moves to the Denver branch. Hamilton’s home is 816 Sunset.
Senior class members at Amarillo High School invited to attend the Second National Dramatics Art Conference June 16 to 21 at Indiana University Bloomington. National Thespian Society sponsors the event with Indiana University to promote secondary school dramatic arts.
Sir Cedric Hardwicke says knighthoods were used to raise acting status in Britain. Barbara Hutton and Prince Igor Troubetzkoy honeymooned at Hotel Dolder near Zurich after a quick registry wedding in Chur. An archived note mentions Barnum and Bailey exhibiting an automobile in 1896.
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