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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1946
Page
3
Hanson Post of the American Legion starts a campaign to raise funds for a new home to serve veterans and families. Judge William Q. Boyce chairs the building committee and promises a community center to foster Americanism and aid veterans daily.
Seventh and eighth graders and senior troop members must register now for the first Camp Kiwanis session which starts June 2. Girls sign up at the Girl Scout office 605 Taylor. The second two week session is closed to new registrations while two later one week camps near capacity. a final two week session is planned.
Nine year old Donald Fesenden was shot in the head and rode his bicycle home before a neighbor drove him to the hospital. Police said he and a friend were playing with a gun. his condition was reported as perfectly satisfactory.
Texas Business and Professional Women will designate Edna Hoffman of Houston as state president during the federation convention opening in Amarillo. Hoffman, a Houston drug wholesale department head, was chosen last year and will be installed next July, replacing Austin’s Myrtle Tanner. The Victory Convention runs three days at the Herring Hotel with an executive committee meeting at 6 p.m. and a state board buffet at 7 p.m. An informal reception for national president Margaret Hickey and honorary president Minnie Maffett follows at 9:15 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Amarillo club with participants from Dimmitt and Hereford.
Postwar fashion in Amarillo centers on the Homing Pigeon or Ruptured Duck discharge button while most veterans disregard their decoration pins. The lapel pins issued with medals like Good Conduct and Distinguished Service Cross go unworn, as veterans prefer the heroism button over ribbons and rosettes.
In Rio de Janeiro a crowd gathered to celebrate the Communist party’s first year of legality. Mounted police fired into the crowd, causing one death and at least 23 injuries among several thousand protesters at Largo Carioca Plaza.
A pale blue ribbon with white stars marks the Medal of Honor but most medals remain in boxes and unworn. Veterans Administration workers report few Honorable Discharge emblems seen as many veterans wear emblems of the American Legion or other groups. Cork from Douglas fir bark helps fill cork shortages.
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