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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1946
Page
24
The Salvation Army, founded in 1865 by William Booth, joins Amarillo’s Community Chest with a field of service and will receive a proportionate share of the $179 500 Chest budget for 1947. Public contributions run for 10 days starting Oct 15. Kapok seed hair from the Bombax tree is noted as well.
Missouris Sedalia theater owners shut two chain houses and one independent in protest of a 5 percent gross receipts tax. Mayor Julian H Bagby defends the levy saying property tax burden is too high. The closures end a run of local cinema since August 17 as a feud between the mayor and city council over the tax continues.
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