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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1946
Page
20
Texarkana mayor W. N. Harkness resigned at a special city council meeting citing limited effectiveness for the city. The resignation takes effect at 10 A M. this marks the second resignation in four months after a July charge of bribes against three councilmen, who were later cleared.
One defendant was acquitted while the charges against the other two were withdrawn after their Paris Texas trial was moved on a change of venue.
Twin brothers Clifton and Clyde Carle and 17 year old Jo Ann Polansk y of San Antonio died when their car plunged into Salotrillo Creek thirteen miles east of the city Tuesday. Sheriff Kilday said a statewide search followed their failure to return after a Gonzales dance. The car went off the highway clipped a concrete bridge and sank in twelve feet of water.
Mrs. Katherine Deck, executive housekeeper at the Capitol Hotel for six months, attends a regional convention in Tulsa late next week. A native of Big Spring and president of the West Texas Hotel Greeters Auxiliary Charter No. 56, she spoke in Philadelphia last June at an international convention featured in The Texas Hotel Review October issue.
Greek guards on the Albanian frontier were alerted after reports of attacks on two posts at Vourbiani near the border. General Spilotopoulos, en route to London with General Rawlins, will seek British help to strengthen Greece's armed forces for external and internal security.
Amarillo firms have purchased 57.50 tickets for the South Plains and Pecos Valley goodwill tour December 3 to 6, bringing total buyers to 88. Bob Howle notes the progress as chair of the ticket sales subcommittee. Henry Rietman of the chamber says plans are taking shape with Bill Lansing visiting 20 towns on the itinerary. Special committee chairmen include Mason King and Stanton Thatcher for parade and entertainment, with Harold Gallar rounding out the group.
Advertises Pep and Vim vitamins with a introductory 35e size offered at 20e. Mentions availability for husbands and wives at drug stores including Amarillo locations Walgreen's and Cretney Drug.
The Santa Fe special will depart Amarillo at 8 30 Tuesday morning and return Friday at 6 30. The 40 piece West Texas State College band will accompany the trade trip delegation. The 15 new ticket purchasers include Southwestern Appliance Co L G Frazier Maddox Western Leather Craft George Pulley Motor Supply Carl King Texas Sand and Gravel Co B M Holland Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co Earl Witt Crowe Guide Cement Co C T Crowe United Sash and Door Co H M Delozier Dodson Chemical Co Fred Dodson Crowe and Cowan Lone Star Package Car Co Herman Meyer Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home Howard Boxwell Amarillo Metal Products Co L S Sheppherd Merit Mills Joe S Morris Royal Food Co Henry Ligon Furr Food Lee Sparks. The word greenhorn originally applied to a deer or other animal with newly grown horns.
The Duke of Gloucester will depart Canberra by air for Britain on January 16 after relinquishing his office as Governor General of Australia. He will serve as senior councillor of state while King George VI travels to South Africa.
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