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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1946
Page
9
A humorous locale newspaper item recounts a missing goldfish mystery solved by a fish found inside a three inch Gulf shell. Separate notes report visitors, births, birthdays, hospital patients, discharged servicemen and growing Amarillo area population with names and addresses.
Hubert By Dick Wingert returns to Vero Beach after stationing. Mrs D V Baker and Mr and Mrs Lampe host/visit. Britt Christian's mother arrives from Grand Prairie. Rural mail routes convert to city delivery. Amarillo expects more districts to qualify by next summer. Company reports record insurance assets at $805.6 million, up $58.0 million, with assets totaling $170.4 million. Henley cites 444 employees in armed forces and eight war losses. praises year one as president and staff support across field and home office.
When Forest Hill and Humphreys Highlands district join the city mail system a week from today J C Reese will assume direction of the new route. Reese, who began carrying mail in 1936, will deliver letters and parcels by truck in the district.
Robert E. Henley, president, notes the company emerged from the war years in strong health. The Life Insurance Company of Virginia releases its 75th annual report highlighting unparalleled growth and expansion in the previous year to agency leaders.
H O Starks says tickets for the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet must be purchased by Saturday. The event is April 1 at the Crystal Ballroom, Herring Hotel. Four hundred tickets are available, on sale at the Chamber offices in the Amarillo building.
Lum and Abner entertain with AB Hedda Hopper and Fat Man Har Hammett. A Pat Man segment on ABC showcases gossip and a dramatic radio bit.
A compact roundup features Smoky Joe Barnes with farm reports and the Davis sisters in a morning program. The segment blends news by Air and local entertainment including a Musical Roundup and Morning Music style notes from NBC and ABC announcers.
A Tuesday afternoon feature rounds up a list of NBC programs including The Guiding Light Betty Crocker Backstage Wife Stella Dallas Pepper Young's Family and Portia Faces Life with a note on news commentary by Wes Izzard.
In a Panhandle radio lineup the KFDA 1230 broadcast features the K C Light Crust Doughboys progressing in the Birthday Club. Morton Downey performs, while ABC airings include Ladies Be Seated Terry and the Pirates Dick Tracy Jack Armstrong and a Sports Extra segment.
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