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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1947
Page
30
Argentina announces closure of cinemas that fail to show domestic films. Officials say policy aims to boost local cinema and preserve cultural content. Industry groups express concern about enforcement and market impact on exhibitors and filmmakers.
Feeling bloated after meals and sour taste? SSS Tonic is promoted to increase gastric juice flow to digest food, reduce non organic stomach disturbance, and improve appetite and strength. The ad claims numerous customers benefit, with millions of bottles sold and urging purchase at drug stores.
Pioneer Air Lines posted a 12 percent rise in April passenger travel over March, carrying 4 790 passengers versus 4 146. Passenger miles climbed to 150 149 from 143 428. The Dallas based carrier, flying 24 passenger Douglas planes, operates 17 Texas communities and plans a August second birthday celebration.
The Lions Club sponsors a three day carnival at Eleventh and Polk featuring a ferris wheel and other rides. Proceeds will fund a stone main building at Boy Scout Camp Don D. Harrington with Dan Higgins listed as general organizer.
The carnival committee including chairman and Ed Timmons as assistant carnival chair announce cold drinks ice cream and hot dogs will be sold. Lions serve as concessionaires ticket sellers and volunteers with a $1,000 goal. Lions receive full concession proceeds and 25 percent of ride revenue.
The YWCA Young Business Women's Clubs of Joliet held a joint meeting at the Y last night to honor retiring Y official Miss Virginia Good. After the business session, gifts were presented to Miss Good. LaRue Beeler and Phyllys Grant prepared the dinner, with attendees including Frances Camp, Juanita Brogdon, Shirley Glass, Valda Smith, Melba Smith, Hazel Overton, Velma Smith, Betty Joe Pate, Relda Young, Wanda Trimble, Dean Trimble, Louise Smith, Connie Stark, Marjorie Joiner, Barbara Baker and others.
The J. G. Dowse dairy operation seven miles north of Amarillo lost a brooder house and a double garage in a fire about 11 PM. Fifty fryers were destroyed, described as “too well done” by Mrs. Dowse. The sole salvage was a saddle and the family car, driven out by Mr. Dowse as flames spread, after the blaze was noticed by J.
W Horn, living a quarter mile from the Dowse home, aroused the residents and helped save the horse before the garage collapsed. The text notes that every stock ranch in Wyoming uses a stock brand, typically a letter or owner initials.
In New York on May 7 agents of the rent control office questioned a defendant named Manuel Casiano about a misread complaint. The magistrate corrected the spelling to Colador Tostado on the store window and adjourned the case to May 16 to fix the filing.
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