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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1948
Page
19
Memorial Chapel service at 2 50 PM Wednesday for Mr and Mrs EJ Stoops and Mrs Kaeackiey and Mr Rackley. Burial at Liano. Irene Jackson 81 of 926 Crockett, Gied, Tuesday. Mother of Mrs Yule Swinson and Annie Burleson. Homer and Mark Benith services pending.
Obituaries for Decurery Sons LAO ad PorHam Jobe Hop Francis W. died Friday at Kins Hospital survived by wife Gertrude and daughter Mn Elmer Blair. services 2 PM Tuesday. Hugh Blair, 92, Claude Texas, father of Mrs RL Davis and John C Finley, grandfather of Viewer Davis and Robert L Davis, died Sunday. Services pending.
Army officials say Amarillo Induction Center will induct its first regional draftees next Monday. Capt John Tilton says Sgt James W Jewell and Sgt Walton Moore will be assigned there on return Friday to study procedures used in Lubbock. The number of men to be drafted initially is not yet known. A separate Wichita incident has a school bus driver spotting a skunk with its head in a fruit jar in dim dawn light.
Allied counterblockade prompts Soviet Eastern Germany to organize scrap metal drives led by trade unions and farmers aid groups in Saxony and Thuringia. The aim is to harvest loose metal for farm machinery repair parts as Ruhr coal shortages bite industry and transport. Sparks from locomotives ignite farm fires amid power curtailments.
A fragment from a Texas Tech scene notes Captain Jessie Williams inspecting ROTC training alongside college bound siblings Ruby and Dean Ruby of McCook Nebraska. Both Rubys, students from Danbury Nebraska, are set for college aided by scholarships and a ROTC survey team contributes to their path.
Mrs. Maggie Earnest, 63, of 1007 West Seventh, will be buried in Llano Cemetery after funeral services at 4 p.m. tomorrow in Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel. Dr. E. B. Fincher will officiate. she died after a long illness at her Amaria home following 35 years in Amarillo. The article notes George W. Kendall as the first war correspondent for the New Orleans Picayune covering the Mexican War.
Communist propaganda in eastern Berlin uses a woman known as Yours, Lilo, to persuade housewives in western Berlin to register with Soviet offices and buy fuel and food rations in the Soviet sector. She claims the easy path avoids airlift limits but pressures residents to demand negotiations with the Russian zone. The piece notes the ongoing coal blockade from Ruhr and its impact.
Dr Kenji Kiyono proposes that many dragon bones in temples are actually elephant skeletons. He notes elephants once inhabited Japan in prehistoric times, supporting the view with bone findings from temple sites.
The document explains meteorological terms including stationary, occluded fronts, isobars, low and high pressure centers and associated wind directions. It notes Texas farm marketings earning about 1,942 million dollars in 1947, 74 percent above 1945’s 1,115 million for crops and livestock.
The State Association of Credit Men meets for its annual dinner at 7 pm at the Amarillo Country Club. Henry Heimann of New York City, executive manager of the National Association of Credit Men, is the guest speaker. Bob Lewis of Southwestern Appliance Co. will preside. Out-of-town guests include J. L. Vace of El Paso, head of the general office of the Tri-State Credit Association.
Tonight at 8 o clock the Messiah rehearsal will be held in the Amarillo College Auditorium. Emil F. Myers urges old-timers to attend, and the chorus plans a Sunday evening performance. He praises the chorus as the best ever and notes plans to travel to Hereford for the presentation.
Classified autos for sale including 1947 Oldsmobile 4 door sedan 1940 Olds 2 door sedan 1946 Nash Ambassador 4 door sedan 1937 Ford 2 door sedan plus Lincoln and Pontiac models. Advertised features include radios heaters new motors tires and beater condition with contact numbers for Emarillo Motor Co at 807 Lincoln and Harrison streets.
Classified listing from Good Will Used Cars promoting 68 autos for sale next week at 309 Fillmore and 701 S Fillmore with models including Chevrolet, Olds, Ford, Pontiac, Cadillac, Mercury, and Plymouth. Contacts Booth Fuller Motor Co and Harvey Southworth with phone numbers 2 730 and 2 2877 respectively. Includes notes on condition, pricing and availability of trucks and sedans.
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co workers in five states vote on a strike as wage talks pause. Sam Sledge of the CWA says Texas ballots will reach Ray Hackney in Dallas by Dec 4. the accounting firm will count ballots and forward results to CWA headquarters in St. Louis.
US Marine Corps private first class William R Horrigan Jr son of Mrs Jessie May He 1023 Bellaire recently completed ten weeks of training in San Diego California as he prepares for overseas duty The notice also lists an application for a Retail Liquor Permit from the Texas Liquor Control Board for 619 Polk Street Amarillo Texas filed by W H Martin owner of Commonwealth Trailer Sales and Day Avenue.
In person applications requested for girls and boys at Luby's Cafeteria. Listings mention clothing sizes 12 to 14, affordable coats, new and handmade comforts, quilts and other items. A small furnished garage space is offered with accepting baby assistance noted.
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