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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1947
Page
6
Houston welcomed a new Foley's seven story store with a capacity crowd. About six thousand of the city’s residents packed the first floor in the opening hours. Shoppers eyed a wide range from blue jeans to $600 evening dresses and sought refrigerators radios and sewing machines.
Improve denture comfort with FASTEETH powder sprinkled on upper and lower plates to hold them firmer. It is alkaline and leaves no pasty taste or denture odor. Available today at any drug store.
Ad for Cretn ey's Drug Store urging early dental care with LETO'S product and refund offer if the first bottle fails to satisfy. Mentions Druggists at 600 Polk and a money back guarantee.
Dr. R. D. Gist, with an office in the Fisk Building, was admitted to St. Anthony’s Hospital yesterday for stomach trouble. He is expected to return to work within a week.
Harlingen reports a special seven foot six inch bed prepared for Governor James Folsom during his Air Day in Texas visit. The local store arranged a custom bed after the tallest governor in state history planned to attend the event.
The Santa Fe System reported 30 640 carloadings for the week ending Saturday, up from 27 464 in the same week of 1946. Connections brought in 12 643 cars versus 11 646 last year, totaling 43 293 compared with 41 110. The prior week saw 43 478 cars handled.
The Southwestern Investment Co plans a 6:30 p.m. dinner tonight in Room 202 at the Herring Hotel to honor Nash Motor Co officials from the local and regional area.
Cowboy star Bob Crosby known as the King of the Cowboys dies at 50 after a Jeep plunges 30 feet into the Pecos River bed near Roswell New Mexico. He survived countless rodeo injuries and peaked with near-record matches against Carl Arnold of Buckeye Arizona. Survivors include his widow, a son and a daughter.
Potter County courthouse moves include the Child Welfare Board shifting from Room 309 A to Room 502. Old Age Assistance Commission relocates to the former Red Cross office. Red Cross moves to the old library building on the courthouse lawn. Probation officer Mrs. O W Moore relocates from the third floor storage room to the Child Welfare Board space.
Franklin Hoyt county tax assessor reports 652 poll tax receipts in the first 17 days of the month, up from 256 in the same period last October, with about 150 exemption certificates issued. He warns that 1947 receipts do not grant voting rights in 1947 elections without a 1946 receipt and notes a possible December local option prohibition election. He also expects roughly $150 in refunds to taxpayers who overpaid county property tax without deducting 3 percent.
Discounts for this month on taxes are remitted in stamps if under 60 cents. larger amounts are paid by check. A separate note mentions a mammal fact that a whale can stay underwater for over an hour.
Mrs. C. S. Clark reported house prowlers entered her rear Harrison Street home at 712, finding a green suede purse with lipstick and trinkets missing. She was away visiting a neighbor. theft reported at 8:45 p.m.
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