This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1946
Page
2
A column blends March weather forecasts for the Panhandle with humorous and reflective dabbles on fishing, nylons and social trends. The writer weighs upcoming moisture, winds, and storms while sharing anecdotes about stockings, maid shortages, and a postal reader letter from Comdr John T. Casey regarding Walter Winchell.
A flash flood on Banita and Lana Creeks yesterday followed 2.89 inches of rain in three hours causing about 10000 dollars in damage. Thirty homes were flooded.
The body of James Comley Durham 58 a ranch hand who died yesterday at his sister Mrs A McGinnis 1207 Buchanan will be sent to Miami Oklahoma on the Rock Island Rocket tomorrow afternoon Funeral rites and interment will be in Miami He is survived by his mother five sisters and one brother Local arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
Exhibitors map booths for the second Globe-News Industrial Exposition to be held in the Amarillo College gymnasium with 10 by 10 foot spaces. Only firms manufacturing products in the Panhandle are eligible. space is limited and granted in order of applications.
Modern Way Grocery at 3501 West Sixth, formerly Durkee's Market, is now owned by Claude Mixon and O. R. Glenn. Mixon has 25 years in Panhandle grocer business and 10 years with the M System in Dimmitt. he resides in Amarillo. Glenn, with Mixon in Dimmitt previously, will head the meat department after four years naval service in the Pacific.
Buenos Aires reports Col. Juan D. Peron atop the Argentine presidential contest as 20 percent of Feb 24 ballots are counted in both the popular and indicated electoral vote.
A. Cotsworth Jr passenger traffic manager for Burlington Lines Chicago meets with C J Fly Denver and Robert L Hoyt Fort Worth to discuss restoring and speeding postwar passenger schedules. The conference aims to resume faster service and explore other wartime improvements across the system.
The Amarillo Townsend Club will hear a report on social security hearings in Washington started last week. The meeting is at 2 PM Sunday in the courthouse, with F. W. Zimmerman serving as club chairman.
Mrs. Miller in St Louis reports new starting wages of 26 per week rising to 37 per week in eight years for telephone operators. The old scale started at 21 and maxed at 29 after ten years, with national ranges varying by city size and nine to eleven years to top pay. Additional increases apply to other classifications of telephone workers.
Merrill Lynch Markets at 1 PM show 30 Industrials up 0.97 with notable activity. Kansas City livestock report lists cattle 1,700 and calves 200 steady, best beef steers 10-15c higher, typical prices $14.85 to $16.75. hogs 1,400 active at ceiling levels with 170 lb.+ at $14.55. sheep 4,000 slow with clipped lambs up around 50c, few sales.
Chicago dairy and livestock market shows hogs at 14.85 ceiling for barrows and gilts and 14.10 for sows with active clearances. Cattle and calves total 5 000 and 500 respectively with general market steady, top steers 17.50, best heifers 17.00, bulk steers 15.25 to 17.25, most heifers 14.50 to 16.00, feeders up to 15.15.
Beef cows sold around 1950 with some at 13.00. Heavy beef bulls reached about 1450 while venters held at 1700. Sheep at 10.000 were active and slaughter lambs steady to slightly higher. Western wool lambs traded to 15.50 17.16 per hundred. Colorado loads remained above 16.00. Wool skins ranged 14.75 to 15.25 with small lots 13.50 13.85.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.