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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1948
Page
8
Bob Garner and Ken Randall of Garner-Randall Motor Co. depart Saturday for Detroit to attend the dealers world preview of the 1948 Lincoln. They will fly to Kansas City then board a Lincoln-Mercury dealer special train toward Detroit.
Absentee voting in Precinct 3 lagged with fewer than a dozen ballots cast since voting opened Monday. Blair Cherry, University of Texas football coach, will visit Amarillo this weekend per Roy Snodgrass county attorney and Cherry’s brother-in-law.
The 85 piece Dallas Symphony Orchestra and conductor Antal Dorati arrive for tonight's 8:30 performance at Municipal Auditorium. Dorati, age near 50, has 22 seasons as a conductor and joined the Dallas Symphony in 1945. The ensemble auditioned players nationwide, including a Romanian-born musician eager to join.
Advertisement states a single application of Blue Star Ointment cures edema eczema and skin conditions like tetter ringworm pimples scabies and toe itch with repeat use as needed. Money back if the first application fails to satisfy. Try it today.
A morning stroll along Polk Street reveals plaid public petticoats attracting curious glances from pedestrians. Women observers mostly resist but many males do not, while passersby comment on the fashion display with quick turns and stares.
The orchestra will perform The Sorcerer's Apprentice Afternoon of a Fawn Till Eulenspiegel and No. 5 Tschaikowsky. Tickets available at Panhandle Concert Bureau 109 East Ninth until 5 pm. Municipal Auditorium box office opens at 7 pm. Prices include tax 3 2 40 210 180 150 120 for general and student seats.
Police search for the driver of a 1946 or 1947 green Buick after a 14 year old Amarillo boy Herman Roop was struck on West Tenth and injured. A Negro woman drove away without aiding the victim. Another child Stuart Baldwin two suffered a broken leg from a separate hit and run in front of his home. JESS BOYD LEAVES POLICE DEPARTMENT longtime Amarillo officer and desk sergeant, resigns after service from 1942 to 1944 and 1946 onward.
Mark Miles, city park superintendent, plans to cull the brass in city parks by April 15 despite public worry about more bad weather as the rasp of files on mower blades signals springwork.
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