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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1945
Page
9
In 1870 the United States had about 70 thousand high school pupils. Today the figure stands around 7 million, reflecting a hundredfold rise in secondary education participation and a major shift in schooling accessibility.
Martha E. Simmons AV2 receives discharge from Navy ending two years eight months service. Daughter of Mrs. Bertha McGee and niece of Mrs. A F Hutcherson of Amarillo, she trained at Hunter College and served at Memphis Kingsville and Oahu before discharge at Balboa Park San Francisco. Her brother Will McGee serves in the Army Air Forces in Oklahoma City with recent India assignment.
In Salisbury Maryland the Farmers and Merchants Bank purchased a narrow land strip from the Arcade Theater for ten dollars. The parcel measures 68 feet in length and one and a quarter inches in width.
Major Charles C. Underwood and his wife Jimmie Sullivan arrived in Amarillo for a short visit. The former Globe News editor and advertiser was on the Bataan death march and was a Japanese prisoner until his liberation on September 7.
Two youths are held in the county jail after being arrested by sheriff's officers in connection with the theft of cowboy boots and other items from the Rialto Theater office.
T. J. Clausen of the Clausen Investment Co has purchased the lots and buildings occupied by the Keith Motor Co at 300 East Tenth from Frank Wolflin. The consideration was not given. Also noted is the Army Dental Corps age and rank history.
Ten tentative plans to centralize all medical training at Fort Sam Houston Texas face strong opposition from Pennsylvanians. Representative Kilday of Texas said in War Department talks that moving training units from Carlisle to Texas provoked protests from Pennsylvania officials delaying final law approval.
In Helsinki on November 16 the Soviet and Finnish governments began negotiations over Finland’s request for a two year extension of a 300 million dollar war reparations payment to the Soviet Union.
The ship feeds about 2000 crew daily costing roughly $1000 a day with several cafeterias aboard. Crew members consume over seven tons of food each day and more than 70000 candy bars are sold to the men each month.
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