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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1945
Page
23
Amarillo last year processed 160 million dollars in wholesale business. The city has become a distributing center with influx of wholesale houses for electric supplies and heavy high pressure pipes and gauges. Expansion of Southwestern Public Utility interests, addition of the Excell helium plant, and large developments in gasoline and oil refineries mark key growth.
A street scene shows four new wholesale warehouses and a club building. Westinghouse Electric Supply at First and Taylor features a 60 by 120 foot remodeled store with full basement. General Electric Supply at Fifth and Johnson rises as a 120 by 140 foot one story brick building. Graybar Electric Supply at Third and Johnson matches the size. Moorlane Company foundation at Second and Pierce measures 60 by 180 feet with space for loading and storage. it specializes in high pressure pipe fittings valves and other industrial equipment. Maverick Club building appears in the background.
Burmans are neither pro Japanese nor pro British but loyal to Burma. Observers note Burmese leaders say the local Burma forces trained under the Japanese were infiltrated from within by anti Fascist recruits under Japanese sponsorship, eventually shifting the force against the Japanese. Officials acknowledge Burmese have aided the Allies in the war.
In Memphis Tennessee Pfe Gene Bowers of Cold Springs Alabama. A three campaign Pacific veteran with the Seventh Infantry Division was chosen by patients as the typical infantryman at Kennedy General Hospital.
Ordinance 1667 bars the sale of beer and all alcoholic beverages within Amarillo limits from 1:00 A.M. on Sundays to 7:00 A.M. on Mondays. Violators face up to a $200 fine with daily separate offenses, and the ordinance preserves its validity if any part is found unconstitutional. Introduced October 16, 1945 and passed October 30, 1945.
James E. Scholefield of Hartford Conn will address members of the Amarillo Life Underwriters Association at noon Saturday at the Capitol Hotel. He heads the Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau and edits Managers Magazine since 1944. Accompanied by W O Childress from Dallas he visits Amarillo for the first time and will fly back to Hartford after the meeting.
The first civilian radio off the Templeton Manufacturing Co. line in New London Connecticut was packed by Governor Raymond E Baldwin and sent to Governor Coke R Stevens on in Texas for delivery to Texas Governor Stevenson.
The Texas 108th District Court in Amarillo issues a writ for Arline Nagle and Homer A. Nagle to appear by 10 a.m. on the first Monday after October 31, 1945 to answer The First National Bank of Amarillo’s petition filed April 23, 1945 seeking a personal judgment for 779.71 with 6 percent interest from November 18, 1943 plus costs. The notice is issued by Clerk Ben Smith.
The United States Army said it would transfer back some of 30,000 German POWs recently allotted to Belgium and replace them with 3,000 capable of heavy mining work. Belgians reported 9,000 of the original allotment were unfit for general labor.
The listings announce films at Paramount Dangerous Partners Capitol Rialto Pantex Leon and more with a mix of romance crime and adventure titles. Night clubs Aviatrix Nat Rainbow Gardens Mexican Inn and Mayfair provide ongoing music acts with different orchestras and bands nightly.
Scientists estimate uranium is widely present in the earth’s crust at about one part in 250,000. The finding highlights uranium’s natural distribution and potential implications for geology and resource assessment.
Boston based news item notes Frank P. Sherman has one son who saw the German surrender and another who witnessed the Japanese surrender, highlighting the family’s World War II milestones.
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