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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1946
Page
2
The piece blends a weather forecast for the High Plains noting showers and a belated norther ending rain, with remarks on April 1946 being unusually dry and year-to-date moisture low. It also includes personal notes and community notices about radio deals, Eleanor Roosevelt lectures, and a column on marriage-minded matchmaking in Tack’s Employment.
In a Tokyo prison interview with Ichiro Kiyosei, former premier Hideki Tojo asserts Japan acted in self defense and contends he would have preferred any other path in 1941. He claims no direct actions prevented the emperor's surrender rescript and says he believed victory possible at the war's start. Cheetahs noted by naturalists reach speeds around 70 mph.
John Ervin Wilkins, a Panhandle rancher, appeals after county court denied probate of the Emil Trenckmann will. Judge Northcutt refused probate after a hearing April 15 amid a contest by Otto Trenckmann and six Austin relatives who claim Trenckmann was of unsound mind when he made the will. The estate includes two land sections northwest of Amarillo adjacent to the Wilkins property.
The city commission moves to open bids on 1 500 000 municipal sewer revenue bonds on June 11 after authorizing advertisement. Amarillo Bridge Co wins 13 536 contract for water tank foundation at North East Fifth and Osage. Arthur Truitt joins zoning appeal board replacing Fred Lyons. City pays 1 243 10 of paving costs. property owners cover the rest on Fifth and Lipscomb streets.
The U S Employment Service reports a small drop in the number of workers needed and the number placed on jobs in Amarillo last week. While 667 workers were referred, 296 were placed and 408 registered, with 443 job openings listed across categories including unskilled laborers, service and domestic, stenographers and typists, skilled workers, sales and clerical, and other semi skilled, technical, and professional roles.
Isaac Chance 30 alias Collier Jones pleaded guilty before a jury in 47th District Court to forgery tied to a forged signature of William C. Boyce of Armstrong Transfer and Storage. Chance seeks a suspended sentence after indictment by Potter County grand jury. Jury recessed before noon. Judge Henry Bishop to read the charge this afternoon. Chance was arrested April 20 and is also charged as Collier Jones with forging a check cashed at Maddox Drug. Eight more criminal cases set for trial this week.
J. E. Langley, long-time Santa Fe employee since 1918, rises from head claim clerk in the livestock department to traveling freight and passenger agent with Amarillo division headquarters. He served as interline inspector before Navy service from June 1942 to December 1944 and briefly returned to that role after. He was appointed head claim clerk again on April 1, 1945. The Langleys reside at 714 West Eighteenth.
AP correspondent DeWitt MacKenzie profiles the Simla conference on India's independence, highlighting Gandhi and Jinnah as pivotal figures. The piece contrasts their ages, beliefs, and temperaments while noting the fragile balance between Hindu and Muslim representatives and British negotiators.
David Lee Hardin, a Price College student and San Francisco native, has been accepted for enlistment in the Navy V-5 training program to receive college training at government expense. He will report for training in September after remaining on inactive duty to complete his current work. He has attended Price College for three and a half years.
Six members of the fire department volunteered as blood donors for Buster Hunt of 602 Adams. Hunt, connected with H. and H. Cleaners at 121 West Fifth, is hospitalized at St. Anthony's with stomach hemorrhages since Monday. His blood type is F.
A dozen yearling cattle escaped from a passing cattle truck when a sideboard gave way. They roamed Sanborn Park and nearby yards, with Fillmore Street becoming their range. The driver began a one man roundup until reinforcements corralled them in a backyard at 1310 Fillmore.
The wholesale trade development committee of the Amarillo chamber of commerce recommended preparing a buyers guide for wholesale and industrial firms in the Amarillo trade area. Two sub-committees were appointed by F. H. Rietman with members listed for trade trips and a calendar of special events.
The council debated pulling troops from Italy after a peace treaty and delaying Austria questions. Molotov reprimanded Byrnes for raising Austrian topics now. Byrnes cited deputies’ subcommissions on military provisions, reparations, and war crimes. Molotov objected and the commission question was postponed. Byrnes suggested halving the American garrison in Austria as Russia keeps about 200,000 troops amid ongoing reductions.
WWII era saw Americans marry over 100000 foreign brides while WWI partnerships numbered about 8000 reflecting shifting wartime social links and cross border ties.
Dr. Alan Nunn May, a 34 year old atom bomb scientist, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Old Bailey for disclosing atomic energy information to unknown persons. He had pleaded guilty to violating the official secrets act for disclosures between January and September 1945 while employed on the British atom bomb project.
Amarillo expands municipal services adding John C. Binko as assistant city engineer to oversee sewers storm sewers water works and street paving. Binko formerly paved for the city 1912 to 1931 and later worked with soil conservation service and U S engineers. Margaret Holmes, 810 Hill, hired as personnel office typist clerk. Theo Armstrong resigns from engineering department at 706 West Twentieth.
An informant reports recovery of all jewelry stolen from actress Dorothy Lamour in a $29,000 theft. Three African American men are held for questioning. Lamour expresses relief that most items are recovered, though one expensive piece remains missing.
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