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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1945
Page
4
Local boy Bobby Harbin reports tiny ants about a eighth of an inch long leaping as high as ten inches, far surpassing a jumping frog. He notes coaches might envy the ants vitamins, describing the creature as about the size of a pea.
Dallas announces the 1946 Texas State Fair will be staged in Dallas. The board approves a new exhibit building to replace the burned structure on the old site, with costs not disclosed though the prior building was insured for about 200000 dollars.
In Harbin a family reports common sugar ants similar in color but different in behavior. The ants, described as playful and harmless, hop around without harming food or furnishings. Bobby notes the ants may lack a home and have no shelter to store for winter.
First Lt. Hattilu White, commanding officer of a WAC detachment at Fort Smiley Virginia, attends a two and a half week personnel administration course at Purdue University Lafayette Indiana. She enlisted in August 1943 from Amarillo and previously managed General Mills grain department.
Amarillo boy Denney Plumlee is invited to reprise his role as cover model for Home Movies magazine after starring on the July issue. He has drawn national mail inquiries for reproductions, with many from amateur film clubs. Plumlee, on vacation from the Pasadena Playhouse, recently spoke with Louella O Parsons in Hollywood.
The Chief Menteur inlet near New Orleans, named from French meaning Chief Liar, may reflect a tale of water flowing in two directions. Two Fayetteville Arkansas women, the Freyschlag Sisters, walked to California during the Gold Rush of 1849.
An unsolicited reader letter touts Kellogg's All Bran as a gentle bulk laxative alternative. The testimonial by H. M. Riley from Chicago claims long relief after daily All Bran with water. ads promise a money back guarantee if not satisfied and urge purchasing via grocers.
Wind driven fires raged across northwestern Montana and eastern Idaho as hundreds of soldiers and local crews battled to stop rapid destruction of timberland. The daybreak struggle aimed to contain extensive fires threatening valuable forest lands and nearby communities.
Thousands suffer from dyspepsia and acid indigestion. Drink slowly after meals half a glass of real hot water with a spoonful of Neutracid to neutralize excess acid and aid digestion. Cretney Drug Store Bush Drug Store Pool Drug Store advertise this remedy.
Report from Iwo Jima describes soldiers digging a hole, placing a C ration can inside, and after about a quarter hour enjoying hot roast beef and gravy. The inventive method turns surplus sulphur beds into makeshift cooking pits used by Yankee troops.
The article notes that the first enslaved Africans arrived in New Orleans in 1719 showing the early colonial trade and settlement patterns.
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