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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1948
Page
2
The column mixes weather notes with reader letters on Coke Stevenson and Lyndon Johnson, noting rain chances and mores, plus editorials on stagecoaches, a miniature auction item, and political organization talk. It includes sports and crime anecdotes, weather comparisons, and various local curiosities.
More than 2,000 service personnel left Griffiss Air Base for Europe today but one man was missing when the roll was called. Military police stopped a car at the depot and opened its trunk, discovering the missing enlisted man hidden inside with the woman driving. An air base officer did not identify the man but said he joined his unit and was to depart on the journey.
Marion Ray, fostered by Phippeny family in Colorado, reunites with twin sister Mrs. Reeves and sister Mrs. Johnson after a long search triggered by a Globe-News story. He recounts wartime service, Alaska work, and current job at Simplot Fertilizing Co. He plans to move to Amarillo to be near his newly found family.
Benes who had served as premier and president faced Hitler’s Munich crisis which helped lead to World War II. He returned to Czechoslovakia in 1945 after wartime exile in the United States Britain and briefly Russia where he signed a 20 year mutual assistance pact with the Soviet Union in 1943.
New York reports on television and co axial cable transforming homes nationwide. The piece humorously notes static from visual patterns and the cable’s growing reach, describing bartenders as among the biggest fans of televisual calm while exaggerating the cultural impact with playful anecdotes.
Seventy Wheeler County men registered at the Wheelers post office under the 1948 Selective Service Act during the first three days of draft activity. In Hammond Indiana a fiery crash killed two teenagers and an adult when a car collided with a gasoline transport. The transport burst into flames as occupants were sprayed with burning fuel. Australian protests focus on tax comparisons.
A sprawling OCR draft lists firms, brands, and numbers across markets. It mentions Murray Corp Nash Kelvinte autos, Safeway stores, Republic Airlines, Rexall Drugs, and Glidden Co among many entities, with scattered percentages and prices embedded in a dense, fragmentary stock-like roundup. The jumble references multiple cities, sectors, and commodities, suggesting a broad market snapshot or ad-like compilation rather than a single cohesive event.
The district attorney moved to day for county grand jury inquiry into the marijuana arrest involving Robert Mitchum and actress Lila Leeds and two others. If the jury takes up the case Mitchum Leeds and the two others will be invited to testify. the four arrested faced $1000 bond each. Dorothy Mitchum urged restraint as Schary noted industry fears over narcotics use amid the case. She spoke from Las Vegas as the couple’s family prepared to join them in Hollywood.
The Great Lakes case led to a finding that union hiring halls discriminate against non members and similar practices echo across Atlantic Gulf and Pacific coasts. A Pacific Coast strike paralyzed ports with 120 ships in port and 12 000 dock workers out while 16 000 seafarers remained shore bound. President Truman said federal power is limited to negotiation and cooling off injunctions lapsed as talks faltered.
In discussing low discard patterns Jacoby notes that any five or lower is a low card but contrasts the ace and five. An ace early discard signals caution while a five often advertising, potentially double or triple. He warns players to watch for an opponent who dumps a five first and may counter with lower or four spots to gain the knock. Among those arrested in Calcutta police news mentions a man who claimed to be Robin Hood.
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