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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1946
Page
7
A lone gunman robbed City National Bank of 38462 dollars during rush hour and fled on foot. About 100 bystanders joined to pursue, and Lou Shields was captured four blocks from the bank when H. J. Cobb of Edmond felled him with a rock.
Private Albert Littlejohn of Amarillo drowned near Heidelberg Germany after entering service in May 1946 He fell from a rowboat on the Neckar River His wife Mrs Venita Williams Littlejohn 218 North Taylor and infant daughter Barbara Lee survive He also leaves his parents Mr and Mrs Dave Littlejohn three brothers Charles D Perry G W Littlejohn and two sisters Roberta and Rosalie all of Amarillo
Mrs. Carl A. Bassett announces two Amarillo Child Evangelism Fellowship meetings with special speakers A2 Mak er and Mrs. John A. Witmer of Dallas. Witmer will discuss the fellowship and present flannel graph lessons. a Friday address is Child Evangelism in Its Relation to the Church.
SEATTLE four county treasurer Carroll Carter frets about scars on his family airplane after a Florida flight home. His daughters Mary and Sue recount a chain of incidents from Wyoming gas pump damage to a forced Idaho landing and a Florida bull encounter. The note recalls Great Salt Lake salinity.
Mountain Lake residents crowded scenes as firemen protested to the village council about onlookers interfering with firefighting. The council ordered spectators to stay at least one block away or face fines.
In Houston Missouri on September 10 Pat Tuttle a 50 year old Texas County farmer was arrested for violating an old stagecoach law by driving a horse drawn wagon while intoxicated. Sheriff Fazel and Trooper Barclay detained him after observing his difficulty handling the team. His trial was scheduled for Thursday.
Judith Ann Henderson aged 3 in Borger is recovering after a .22 rifle discharged at dusk while her father hunted a coyote. The child played near the house and was wounded in the chest. the father believed she was indoors.
A provocative 1950s style weight loss pitch urges readers to buy four ounces of Barcentrate from a druggist and mix with grapefruit juice to drink twice daily. It claims rapid disappearance of fat from neck to ankles, with a money back guarantee and renewed vitality, urging readers to try the easy plan endorsed by others.
Carl E. Cawood 29 of Harlan Kentucky recounts a nine story plunge from a Farragut Hotel room in Knoxville Tennessee. He survived with no broken bones though the steel mesh skylight left a meshed imprint on his back. He walked away after landing in space seven floors down.
Two weeks remain for men to file civil service applications to join the Amarillo Police Department. September 23 is the deadline. Exams are Sept 26 at 1 PM at Amarillo Center, 2101 Harrison. Applications and requirements are at the city personnel office near city hall.
Hugo Loewenstern of Khiva Temple welcomed 150 Shriners and wives touring Mexico from Reynosa to Monterrey. The group rode a special Burlington Lines train from Amarillo, attended a luncheon at the Azteca club, and enjoyed dances in Harlingen and Houston before touring Monterrey, with a note on a scientific claim about human age.
A. & M. College Extension Service advises Italian rye grass to keep lawns green through winter in Amarillo. Plant in September over Bermuda, after close mowing, sow about one pound per 1000 square feet and water to sprout. Grass stays green all winter then dies as spring begins.
Lt Gen Kurt Maeltzer commander of German forces in Rome faces trial before an American military commission on a charge tied to a 1944 incident in Florence involving American prisoners. The proceedings occur in Florence with details of the alleged parade dated February 1944.
Report describes WWI tanks entering actions in pairs with one bearing light field guns while the other carried machine guns. The tactic paired a lead tank with its mate for the encounter.
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