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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1946
Page
10
Amarillo residents face growing bread shortages as shelves run bare by mid afternoon and retailers consider rationing. Bakers warn shortages could worsen after May 21 with mills shutting, while some hope early wheat crops may avert a local crisis.
J P Tomberlin, chief engineer and maintenance foreman, completes 30 years with the Texas Company at the Amarillo refinery. He began May 1 1916 in Tampico Mexico and has served through World War I and a 1930 move to Amarillo during refinery modernization. He has two sons in military and sports and one daughter, with a company 30-year watch to be presented later this year.
The Winthrop suburb auctions its three room jail unused for years. Farmer Elmer Knowles buys the structure as junk for 20 dollars and salvages about 1,500 pounds of doors from the derelict building.
In Chicago a paper at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers annual meeting described a glass reinforced plastic material developed for the Army Air Forces. The durable non corrosive compound is stronger than many structural metals and dimensionally stable, offering practical civilian applications beyond military use.
H W Collins of Owens Corning and Games Slayter describe a glass fiber reinforced lightweight material. They note no costly dies are needed, enabling fabrication of large pieces like Pullman car roofs and boat hulls. Potential uses include buses cars trucks piping and home appliances.
Helen A. Keller, 65, famed blind and deaf author, visited Valley Forge General Hospital and other Army Navy wards to lift morale of blinded WWII veterans. Polly Thomson assisted with finger spelling while Keller demonstrated music perception by touch. She urged purpose in suffering as she shared experiences with Sgt Alfred Mariana and others.
Potter County court will summon a jury panel next Tuesday for the trial of about 25 criminal cases, announced County Attorney Tom Seay.
Cecil Bryan Hammons of 402 East Tenth enlisted in the United States Army yesterday. Recruiting officer Lt. A. C. Smith reported the action.
The National Safety Council estimates 1945 traffic deaths at 29,000 with over 1,000,000 injured, marking a near 20 percent rise from 1944. Rural fatalities outpaced urban ones, and several states and cities posted mixed changes, while Wyoming National Guard reformation is planned to begin around July 1.
Production costs in California orange groves increased by $100 per acre in 1945, raising the average cost to about $400 per acre.
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