Metal Work Course at AHS Popular With Boy Students
Amarillo High School’s two year old metalwork course attracts many teen boys. Instructors report high engagement with both one hour morning and three hour afternoon options. Students gain shop skills, blueprint reading, and basic welding, with notable projects and promising futures in trades.
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AHS
Amarillo High School
E. E. Raines
Raines
Jack Barrett
Jack
C. M. Barrett
East Sixth
Leroy Rea
C. B. Rea
Bushland
Dean
Weldon
Earl
Fred le Grand
Fred
Jim le Grand
Donald Roush
Donald
L. F. Roush
Houston
Rabbit Thumper Exiled to Woods
Manzanita Beach Oregon report tells of Thumper a belligerent white rabbit owned by Mr and Mrs Walter Purcell. The animal once timid attacked the barnyard rooster and kicked the family cat and dog. Exiled to a woods camp Thumper reportedly raised a family.
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Rabbit
Thumper
Manzanita Beach
Ore
Walter Purcell
Purcell
Parcells
Cat Hope
Rare 16th Century Tapestry Donated to Portland Museum
William A. Harriman ambassador to Russia donated a Flemish tapestry titled September from the months of Lucas series to the Portland Art Museum. Robert T. Davis announced the piece woven in Brussels by master weaver Willem de Pannemaker. The original set included a tapestry for each month depicting yearly life.
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Portland
Ore
Lucas
Portland Art Museum
William A. Harriman
Russia
Robert T. Davis
Brussels
Willem de Pannemaker
Buck Goes A Begging in Jefferson Deer
A seven point buck from Jefferson appears to be a stray trophy as hunters avoid claiming the animal. The moth-eaten deer shows bullet scars suggesting multiple past baggings, yet no hunter has asserted ownership of the prey.
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Jefferson
Survey finds danger age 14 for boys 15 for girls
A Pueblo survey shows the danger age in juvenile delinquency begins early with boys at 14 and girls at 15. The study highlights the onset of delinquent behavior among youths in the community.
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Pueblo, Colo. UP
Lions Club Ladies Night in Amarillo Draws 300plus
Amarillo Lions Club hosted a ladies night at the Amarillo Hotel with more than 300 attendees. The program featured John Snider barbecue, a hat judging contest, Lions sextette songs, and a Buffalo Swing Band showcase from Canyon along with a college vaudeville show. LaNell Ekelund performed tap dancing in Tea for Two with the band directed by Glen A Truax, plus vocal solos by Loyd Johnson Wheeler Dorothy Evans Panhandle Dick Fleming and Mary Helen Mickey.
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Amarillo
Loyd Johnson
Wheeler
Dorothy Evans
Panhandle
Dick Fleming
Cleveland, O
Mary Helen Mickey
Scouts Draw for Camp Sites at Don Harrington Park
At 4 30 this afternoon 800 Boy Scouts from 40 troops will draw for camp sites as Camp Don Harrington near Amarillo opens the two day seventeenth annual camporee and field day of Llano Estacado Council. A campfire is planned for 8 15 tonight with events in camping cooking safety attendance inspection drill fire making tent peg making and tug of war. Cups will be awarded and parents are invited.
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Boy Scouts
Don Harrington
Amarillo
Llano
Wilbur J. Hiatt
Amarillo to pay damages to John Allen in city collision case
The City of Amarillo will pay 3500 to John Allen of Pleasant Valley as damages for injuries from a collision with a city truck last September on North Mirror. The payment comes via an insurance company per an agreed judgment in 108th District Court.
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Amarillo
John Allen
Pleasant Valley
108Th District Court
Allen
North Mirror
Ben Manning
Swedes Question U S Troop Stay in Iceland
Stockholm editors say American reluctance to leave Iceland bases raises surprise and irritation across Nordic countries. Dispatches from Moscow quote TASS citing Swedish inquiry into why the United States did not evacuate Born Holm Island as Russians reportedly did.
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Stockholm
Stockholms Tidingen
Iceland
Moscow
TASS
United States
Born- Holm Island
Tadlock to Receive 1500 in Injuries Settlement
In 108th District Court an agreed judgment awards C C Tadlock of 1619 Polk 1500 dollars from Amarillo Bus Company for injuries suffered June 7, 1945 after being struck while crossing West Tenth with a signal. The report notes a U S birthrate drop from 40 to 16.7 per 1000 between 1890 and 1945.
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108Th District Court
C. C. Tadlock
Polk
Amarillo Bus Company
Tadlock
West Tenth
U. S
Name Two Nazi Strongholds Name Two Nazi Strongholds
United States officials say Spain and Argentina remain the two Nazi strongholds harboring spies saboteurs and economic undesirables abroad. They report little progress in removing these Germans under Allied control while other neutrals have largely cleaned house.
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Washington
U.S
U. S
Spain
Argentina
United States
Germany
Switzerland
Portugal
Eire
Legation
Vatican
State Department
Franco
United Nations Security Council
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Security Council
Dean Acheson
United Nations
Ex-War Reporters Start Veterans' Paper for Vets
Ex war correspondents Henry Gorrell and Harold Peters launch Veterans' Report a weekly for returning GIs. Their debut covers Chicago servicemen's taxicab protest against license limits and cites DOJ inquiries into a Checker Yellow Cab contract with Chicago city council as a potential monopoly.
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Washington
U.P
Henry T. Gorrell
Harold A. Peters
Veterans’ Report
Gorrell
Peters
United Press
Chicago
Anacostia Flats
Department of Justice
Silence Falls on Amarillo Crime Reports
Crime in Amarillo paused last night as detectives recorded no offense reports none of thefts burglaries or lost articles. Traffic officers reported no stolen automobiles and no notices of such incidents were received.
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Amarillo
United States Imports 10 Million Rabbit Skins from Australia
The United States buys about 10 million rabbit skins annually from Australia, highlighting trade ties and raw material flows in the fur industry.
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United States
Australia
Fishing for Minnows and Bass Hauls in Amarillo Area
In Amarillo area reports from May 3 1946 note W Z Clark and W C Jones catching catfish and bass on rod and reel. O K Hall R H Howard Frank Glassright and Bill Bridges of Borger tallied the week’s largest 80 pound string of catfish. Dick McNabb an eight year old Vega student caught a 2.5 pound bass at Buffalo Lake. The Brown brothers reported limit crappie strings and local anglers shared in a day of minnows and fishing joy.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
W. Z. Clark
Tyler
W. C. Jones
East
O. K. Hall
R. H. Howard
Frank Glassright
Bill Bridges
Borger
W. R. Wilson
Buffalo Lake
Dick McNabb
H. P
B. L. Brown
West
Daylilies Promise Beauty as Amarillo Official Flower
The daylily, named Amarillo’s official flower, shows a stronger display this season after being planted widely last spring. Amarillo Garden Club members plan a bus trip to a down state flower show, led by president Mrs. P. D. Berthelot. Daylilies, native to China and Europe, are hardy perennials suitable for borders and group plantings and require 18 to 24 inches between roots. They bloom four to six weeks per variety, with care enabling blooms for four to five months in warm climates. Texas-grown daylilies are favored for vigorous root growth.
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Amarillo
Europe
Gill Released on Bond in Wife Desertion Case
Dewey L. Gill, railway switchman, was freed on a $500 bond after sheriff's deputies arrested him on charges of wife desertion. A complaint filed by Mrs. Ollie Faye Gill alleges Gill failed to provide support for several months.
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Dewey L. Gill
Sheriff's
Ollie Faye Gill
North Buchanan
Gill
Pattern 4757 sewing pattern offered by Amarillo Globe
Pattern 4757 features good looks and easy ironing with a surplice edge cut straight to prevent stretching. Available in sizes 14 to 42, 23 4 yards 39 inch. Send twenty cents to The Amarillo Globe Pattern Dept for pattern 4757 and size details. also offers Anne Adams Spring Pattern Book for fifteen cents more with a free hat and gilet pattern.
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Amarillo Globe
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Anne Adams
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Beauty Shoppe
Mary Adell Miner
Russell Gardens
Withers Plumbing Co
van Buren Ph
Dewey Gill
Hugh Pederson
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R. P. Black
People's
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Millwee's
Ansley's Cleaners
15Th, Washington St
Optometrist
Polk St
Nwiechon
Georgia
the Panhandle
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Three Feathers
Malcolm
Spring Hollow
Monros
A. W. McKee
Smokey Joe Barnes
KGNC
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Winstop Duzzitt
Fillmore
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