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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1946
Page
4
In Pottsville Morris Shangold, 88, killed himself by turning on all gas jets. A milkman found a brief window note reading Call po lice-deead, left as a stark instruction for the first call.
Pinkey Vineyard president of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce says the Amarillo Community Chest is a money-gathering body that funds 16 social and welfare agencies. He urges residents to inspect spending organizations linked to the Chest to see the good produced by the funded units. He advocates public scrutiny to appreciate the Chest’s impact.
A young beneficiary of the Amarillo Community Chest illustrates the program’s reach as four nurseries receive support. The effort reflects local citizens’ generosity aiding hundreds, with a busy life at Amarillo Nursery highlighted.
Total deposits across Amarillo's three national banks fell to 88,275,421.83 by September 30 from June 30, a decline of 448,839.93 while loans rose to 14,298,294.40 up 1,848,866.16. The drop in deposits is blamed on income tax withdrawals and government deposits tied to War Loan and Victory Loan drives from ten months ago. Deposits of customers rose in all three banks.
Fred Astaire performs his last screen dance in Irving Berlin's Blue Skies. He maintains a personal film library exceeding 35 000 feet of footage from his dance performances in various pictures.
Beautiful Joan Caulfield turned down three Broadway offers to co star with Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald in Welcome Stranger choosing the project for its film pairing rather than stage work.
Miss Jean Ingle of the national equipment service for the Girl Scouts urged more attractive window displays of merchandise. She met with Mrs. J. Richardson and Miss Ruth Minton to arrange for a Scout representative to manage equipment stocks and prevent shortages. Special displays of Christmas gifts were planned along with publicity for the 25th anniversary of Girl Scouts. The staff member toured the Panhandle meeting officials in Pampa, Lubbock and Amarillo before leaving Friday.
Alfred White reported a seven inch trout with two mouths caught in a Wyoming creek in the Big Horn mountains. The second mouth measured just under the main mouth.
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