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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1946
Page
4
Amid postwar caution in Amarillo, building permits fell from a March peak of 1.1 million to 329 thousand in October 1946, with CPA controls slowing commercial and housing expansion and a spike in outside city prefab housing. Largest October permit was a 40 thousand dollar warehouse.
In Hackensack New Jersey Justus Leroy Barker told jailers he could not say no to four wives at once. The 36 year old mechanic described how his fourth spouse Margaret Ersham reported him missing from their Dumont home after receiving an October 15 letter postmarked Sparta New Jersey. Police traced the letter and began inquiries.
Madisonville Kentucky reports farmer Thomas H Mitchell praising a 112 year old cherry tree on an old Indian burial mound. The tree stands 50 feet tall with a 34 foot limb spread and yields a large crop each season, with 4000 gallons sold in one year.
In San Jose 80 World War II veterans form Valley Homes Inc to build a large subdivision on 32 acres west of the city. Homes cost about 8000 dollars with lots around 80 by 160 feet, and each member pays 650 to 700 dollars. The project includes a two acre playground and on site utilities with contractor work progressing amid labor and material shortages.
FBI agents have arrested and returned several draft evaders at border customs posts along the Rio Grande. In the year and a half since World War II ended, hundreds have been taken into custody in the southern Texas district. Most detainees are 18 to 25, single drifters whose birth certificates show origins from Michigan, California, Idaho, Kansas, Texas and elsewhere.
Acers says arrests of draft dodgers will continue as officials know many violators remain abroad and will drift back to the United States when they return.
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