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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1947
Page
4
Eleanor Roosevelt urges mercy and fair UN action on Jewish displaced persons. She condemns propaganda and calls for weighing Arab and Jewish claims on Palestine while stressing humanitarian duties and ethical governance. A separate note describes a furniture store fire causing substantial losses and insurance coverage.
Houston authorities estimated damage at more than 250000 after a three alarm fire gutted a two story furniture store on South Main Street last night. The blaze damaged the Samuel Hart Galleries before firemen arrived and 22 pieces of firefighting equipment were sent to prevent spread to neighboring properties. Fire Chief Roy R Whittlesey commented on the incident.
Air reservists from Amarillo continued flight time today with about 15 members qualifying. They began checkout yesterday in three ATG aircraft flown from Inker Field near Oklahoma City and the flights will end this evening.
Dallas police prepared a warning letter to San Quentin officials after learning Leonard J. Curly Williams, a Black escape artist who has broken out of Dallas jails four times and Salt Lake City Jail, is slated to serve a 10 year term at San Quentin. The department aims to alert California corrections authorities to prevent further escapes.
Mrs Mabel E Dunn of 1223 Polk will have her poem Everyday is Mother's Day published in The Pageant of Poetry, a collection by contemporary American authors. News-Globe Want Ads Get Results. Fenton Farwell, son of Mr and Mrs H J Farwell of 2418 Washington, leaves Sept 22 to enter the University of Texas after graduating Amarillo College.
Perry L. Beyer of 3405 Ong, a former aviation radioman with Torpedo Squadron Six aboard USS Hancock, earned the Navy Air Medal for meritorious aerial flight against Japanese forces near Tokyo Hokkaido and Honshu from July 10 to August 13, 1945. The citation commends his courage under anti aircraft fire and valuable aid to his pilot while inflicting damage on ships airfields and installations.
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