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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1947
Page
3
Frank Gratz, 62, a Milwaukee carpenter, used a two week vacation to buy an 80 by 125 foot lot and with help from his wife and son built a four room, one story home. In Havana Cuba plans luxury buses limiting passengers to seating capacity.
City engineer reports September permits at 835,500 with 545,390 for new homes. About 20 percent funded homes costing 10,000 dollars or more. September permits fall 34,430 short of August, which issued 869,930. Yearly total reaches 6,135,446. Also notes Japan sewing machine production and a Dundee auction sale of bath towels at 13 dollars.
The 30th annual Southwest Warehouse and Transfer Men's Association meeting will convene in Amarillo with over 200 attendees from five states. J Avery Rush leads arrangements for a three day event featuring a barbecue at the Dewey Ashcroft ranch and sessions at the Herring Hotel Crystal Ballroom focusing on warehousing, insurance, accounting, and rate structures. Delegates include executives from Corpus Christi Dallas San Antonio and other firms.
In Michigan City Indiana police searched for hours for a garage robbery suspect. A nearby resident testified he saw the thief try a rear door then reenter with a flashlight and drive away a car with twelve tires in the backseat. He did not call the police because he had no telephone and the station was two blocks away.
Second session of the Girl Scout training course will be held at 9:45 Thursday morning. The group meets at St An drew's Episcopal Church and proceeds to Camp Kiwanis for briefing on activities, returning to the church at 3 p.m. The third session is scheduled for next Tuesday at the Episcopal parish house. Nearly a score of leaders attended the first session held yesterday. Attendees include Mrs. W. Pavillard and many others. Instructors are Mrs. I L Peffley Mrs. O M Oliver and Miss Ruth Minton.
Milwaukee reporters describe a Washington Park zoo Alaska brown bear cub that initially refused fish. Officials added a water tank and the cub retrieved fish by paw, revealing the animal’s instinct to catch its own prey.
A St Louis garage posts a warning door sign saying if anyone blocks this driveway the air will be let from his tires. A neighbor notes this practice is also done by others.
Argentine authorities remain on alert for a circulating apparel smuggling ring active in the market. Police units coordinate with customs to track shipments and intercept suspected consignments. Investigations focus on counterfeit labels and cross border routes.
New York City detectives Sullivan and Langert foiled a robbery after an armed man approached their parked car. Langert knocked the assailant down and recovered a pistol. The suspect, 36, Mike Gill, was charged with felonious assault and illegal possession of a pistol.
Four Mexican youths entered a Atlanta haberdashery and ordered shirts in the $3 range. The clerk piled all shirts on the counter. The group paid $885 and departed with their haul en route to Mexico, as reported by Globe News Want Ads Get Results.
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