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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1946
Page
9
The FBI reports crime rose 12.4 percent in 1945 over 1944 with teenagers responsible for a substantial portion. Age 17 was most common among arrestees, and those under 21 committed large shares of rapes, larcenies, robberies, burglaries, and auto thefts.
The ninth annual Gladewater Round-Up Association rodeo will run June 11 to 14. Purses total $3,000 in cash plus entry fees for cowboys competing.
Police found two 18 year old and 21 year old men bundling with two 15 year old girls in a girls dormitory at an Ontario California orphanage. Seven other girls aged 14 to 16 watched as the teens fled. Redkop and Furlough were charged with contributing to delinquency of minors and held on 1500 dollars bail for a April 4 preliminary hearing.
Bill Lansing will handle tourist and convention duties for the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce. A 33 year old veteran, he served 23 months in the Navy on Admiral Spruance’s Fifth Fleet staff and held the rank of lieutenant junior grade on the inactive list. Lansing has worked with chambers in Shreveport Waco Stephenville and Gladewater and studied at John Tarleton College and Baylor University.
Tokyo report states Fleet Adm. Osami Nagano, who ordered Pearl Harbor attack, surrendered to Sugamo Prison today. He claimed no mistake and cited naval officers split over Hawaii versus southern operations. As naval chief of staff he resolved the deadlock despite knowing Pearl Harbor risk.
Albany announces the state legislature has unanimously approved a constitutional amendment to issue a $400 million veterans bonus to about 1.7 million World War II veterans. If approved by the next legislature and in a fall 1947 referendum, eligibility ranges from $50 for 60 days or less service in the United States to $250 for service overseas.
Captain R D Hough son of Mr and Mrs Luther Hough of 1909 Van Buren separated from the Army at Fort Sam Houston after six years. On terminal leave he will join his father in the used car business at 805 Fillmore. A graduate of Amarillo High School he attended Amarillo College.
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