This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1946
Page
18
In August the Amarillo police handled 1678 calls resulting in 599 criminal arrests. Drunkenness led with 418 ordinance violations. other offenses included gaming 42 and health holds 5. Total fines reached 7524 dollars with 4760 of those from 306 criminal cases and 2764 from 586 traffic cases.
Houston deputies hunted a black panther loose in the Clover Leaf area after reports were dismissed. A spotlight sighting led to the capture, with Deputy Buck Vincent lamenting the lack of cat dogs to aid the chase.
The term rhinestone traces to early cut glass stones produced along the Rhine River. Early makers named the clear glass imitations after the river’s fame and sparkling stones.
The front of 400 Taylor was torn out to remodel revealing a historic footprint. The structure housed First State Bank around 1912 with James F. Sadler Jr. as president. The tile vestibule bore a prominent word BANK.
Miss Cresens a 1945 Amarillo High School honor graduate and West Texas State College sophomore, writes in the Texas Outlook about teaching as a career. She cites salary as a key factor in the teacher shortage, notes comparisons with garbage collectors, and urges civic action to fund better pay.
A kissing club formed in Oklahoma City by Rev. William E. Webb receives pledges from married men to kiss their wives daily, compliment them on meals, and declare their love. Separately, the piece notes annual penicillin production consumes about 6 million pounds of milk sugar and 12 million pounds of corn steep liquor.
The Mayor's Emergency Housing Committee hosts a 7:30 PM session at Capitol Hotel to explain HH priority rules for scarce building materials. Ed Timmons notes dealers must honor HH ratings, and orders must be in writing with delivery dates.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.