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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1946
Page
14
Mrs. Ruby Bigelow of Manhattan Beach reports a tar gummed sea lion who she aided with first aid. The animal returned repeatedly, following her home after each return to the water, seeking Mrs. Bigelow despite several releases.
Emperor Hirohito starts his third meet the people tour in Tokyo visiting a hospital ward with bedridden soldiers a silk plant and a former munition factory now making coal barge parts crowds cheer and civilians bow as his American escort rides describe his civilian attire and plan for another tour Thursday
In 1847 a small schooner cleared from Chicago bound for Liverpool via the St. Lawrence carrying a load of wheat, marking the first direct shipment from a Great Lakes port to Europe.
Henry Aldrich recently left the Army engineers as a lieutenant colonel after five years of service including 27 army camp projects. He becomes manager of Long-Bell Lumber Co in the Texas Panhandle to succeed Lowell Munday, who will stay in the home building industry in Amarillo. Mrs. Aldrich and daughter Ann will join him after housing is arranged. Aldrich is a University of Oklahoma graduate and has been with Long-Bell since 1934.
Army and Navy separation centers report the discharge of twelve Amarillo men. Names and assignments include Pfc. William R. Slagle of Fort Sam Houston and several others discharged at Fort Bliss. Norman Oklahoma muster outs list Jack N Amos C Douglas Thompson Roy Lusk Jack Meeks Eldon Blackwell and Ellis Grant plus Thomas Durham, last stationed at Whidbey Island Washington.
Of the 634 locomotives placed in service on U S railroads last year 534 were diesels making diesel power the majority of new engines and signaling a shift in equipment.
A word puzzle lists clues with partial GA or GAS patterns. Items include a liquid for engines, seizures of the hand, masses of ice, roll of tobacco leaf, to adorn, overshoe, hanging criminals, nature of gas, strike or grind, show mercy, impressive in fact, charged seats, and law actions like attaching property, paying debts, and catching breath with difficulty.
Charles M. Rogers superintendent Amarillo public schools will keynote the Employer-Employee banquet on Friday April 5 at the Amarillo Hotel Blue Room. He will discuss Future of Vocational Training in Amarillo as students from Amarillo High School host and employers attend.
Amarillo High School presents Seasonal Sensations a four season themed original show directed by history teacher Mrs Lela Crossett. The mystery play and pageantry feature numbers by the A Capella Choir with cast members Karlene Horton Aurice B Vernon Elizabeth Rapp Barbara Hatch Billy Pat Moore Matt Champion David Hickman and Jack Eisenberg. Performance dates listed as April 10 11 and 16 with backdrops using Halloween Christmas Easter and Fourth of July motifs.
Solution list for a word game includes consecutive terms from gasoline to grasp. The items show patterns with shared letters and progressing lengths. Known entries include gasoline grass grasp grassy glaciers cigars garnish galosh gallows gaseous gnash gracious grandiose gratis grandstand grease grandson grassware garnishee grasp.
Amarillo representatives to the national Girl Scout convention in Atlantic City last week arrived at noon today. Mrs. Carl C. Cox commissioner and Mrs. Mark Oliver deputy commissioner represented the city. Mrs. R. A. Burnett attended as regional delegate. Officials attended from the United States and several foreign countries.
Johnson School third graders will join first and second graders to attend a Junior League puppet show at 4 p m tomorrow afternoon in the League Playhouse located at Tenth and Tyler.
Week ending March 23 1946 Santa Fe System carloadings reached 22527 versus 24707 in the same week of 1945. Connections deliveries totaled 9532 down from 14921 while total cars moved stood at 32059 compared with 39628 in 1945. Santa Fe handled 32474 cars in the preceding week of 1946.
The city planning and zoning commission will seek cooperation of the Independent School District in a program of future civic development. A joint meeting at 7:30 PM at the Senior High School aims to set steps toward a coordinated city plan. W. W. Gibson presides.
The passage mentions the Salt water fishes including sharks, tarpon and swordfish. It notes C A James as chairman of the planning and zoning commission. It references the freshwater lakes of Nicaragua and Managua in Central America. It also states Labor Day was made a legal holiday by act of Congress in 1894.
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