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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1947
Page
3
Amarillo police data through February 28 show 3 378 tickets issued for traffic violations with 2 444 excused or cancelled. February alone produced 55 speeding tickets with 35 convictions and 66 of 108 reckless driving tickets paid fines. Nine injuries occurred in 124 accidents. 42 reckless driving and 75 parking violations led to numerous convictions.
Howard E. Elliott of Amarillo serves as host and general arrangements chairman for more than a thousand Odd Fellows and Rebekahs. Annual sessions of the IOOF Grand Lodge and the Rebekah Assembly conclude tonight.
Eugene Harris, Panhandle agency manager, was elected a director of State Reserve Life Insurance Company at the annual board meeting in Fort Worth. A Lockney native, he began with the firm in 1929, later organizing the Amarillo office, and has won the Bewley and W F White awards. He serves in multiple local insurance and business groups and served in the Navy during the war. he and his wife Evelyn reside at 3004 Tyler.
Lt Col Selden Simpson announced the 142nd Infantry Texas National Guard will assemble tomorrow night at 7 15 in Municipal Auditorium. The unit will depart at 7 30 for the armory at Amarillo Air Field. Positions are open to officers and enlisted men. General Eisenhower’s statement on the Guard is cited.
Santa Fe System report shows carloadings for the week ending March 15 at 25 864, up from 22 914 the previous year. Connections delivered 10 933 cars, versus 9 609 in the prior year, with total cars moved 36 797 up from 32 523.
For over four decades Dr F M Edwards of Ohio offered Olive Tablets to relieve constipation and associated symptoms. The vegetable tablets claim to gently stimulate both upper and lower bowels producing comfortable natural movements with no gripping effects. Available 15¢ and 30¢.
A Dallas area car overturned after six occupants dodged a low flying airplane near Irving. Driver Thomas J. Scott said the plane aimed at his car as it landed two miles west of Irving on Highway 183. Scott and his wife were among the injured along with four passengers.
Tonight at 7 30, Amarillo youths are invited to a YMCA meeting led by Jamie Lee Reagan on Our Foreign Policy With Russia. Paul Fowler announces the event with Dick Collins presiding as forum chairman.
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