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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1948
Page
2
A dense market brief lists closing notes from Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner and Beane with mixed changes across railroads steel and oil sectors. It notes commodity quotes for grains dairy and sugars, several steel and chemical makers, and various transport and consumer goods firms with fluctuating prices and activity in futures and bonds.
A veteran Pittsburgh postal worker Lawrence J Thoma 44 of Etna was held on 1000 bond after answering charges of delaying mail He said his tired feet caused the delay and that he dumped some mail in bushes with plans to deliver it later Also noted are scattered stock market and livestock quotes from the day and a Hungarian envoy resignation over US attacks.
The reminiscence tracks Amarillo High School history from the 1920s as students wore hairnets to keep hairstyle during games and notes the 1923 baseball and football teams. Alumni ties span generations with families sharing AHS roots, while the 1913 Cap Rock yearbook offers jokes, nicknames, and school memories as graduation nears May.
SAN ANTONIO May 19. Thomas Jordan a sheriff candidate pushes legalized gambling as the main plank of his platform saying that people who want to gamble will do so anyway. He argues to bring it out in the open and under sheriff department control.
Dispatches in American and British newspapers report four Germans killed and 12 to 20 wounded by bombs from a Soviet plane during maneuvers in the Soviet zone. The aircraft reportedly aimed at Kremmen Lake but hit a farmhouse and injured several passersby.
Three armed men robbed the Hoyt bank around 11 am taking cash from the cashier and kidnapping Orion Williams and his brother Jeff Williams. Orion said the vault was time locked and preliminaries indicated $500 to $1,000 taken. The cashier returned home to call the town after being driven two miles into the countryside.
The hearing of the anti gambling in junction suit against the Rex Bar at 407 East Tenth was postponed indefinitely after noon due to the illness of a defense witness. George Mc Carthy, attorney for the bar operators, requested the delay.
Britain aims to build 750000 postwar homes by end of 1948 using a spray gun method and a new material called pyrock. The spray technique covers wire mesh with an eight inch coat that sets in 50 minutes, cutting costs and working across various substrates.
Attendance at St Mary’s Academy in Amarillo shows a deep rooted tradition with 17 graduates in the senior class and several sisters among the relatives. Principal Sister Rosanna notes many have attended since elementary, past mothers wearing the school’s cap and gown. The class plans to attend college next fall as St Mary’s marks its 35th year in Amarillo and about 450 students enroll across grades.
City officials credit Merchant Ira Stehenson County Commissioner John Halley and County Auditor John Crudgington for help with the federal housing issue. The city asks clubs and the YMCA to relocate from the south and north wings of the auditorium to create office space by August, with offices to move from the Potts Ingerton building opposite City Hall. The federation now includes 42 clubs covering welfare child care study home study music civil improvement cultural and self development groups.
Forecast shows a high of 88 degrees this afternoon with a low around 59 in the morning. An 86 degree maximum is forecast for the following period.
Boston May 18 The National Institute of Diaper Services hailed a new forward step in diaper design titled the pretzel fold The announcement says it adds extra thickness at the center of the diaper and two side thicknesses The fold earns its name from a distinctive twist.
Gov Luther Youngdahl said a single issue over firing workers for strike conduct delays settlement of the national packinghouse dispute. He spoke during a Chicago conciliation trip with company union and federal officials after meetings in recent days.
A weather note reports widely scattered thundershowers across the plains this afternoon and tonight. The report mentions a political aside about Truman and Stalin with remarks attributed to the Syd Morning Herald and references to Henry A. Wallace.
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