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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1945
Page
7
Lafayette Louisiana schools push a bond sale for 817 251 429 in Series FE F and G bonds to cover the 1944 45 session. The district reports an average of 20 92 dollars per pupil funded by the issue.
Memphis sergeant Technical Set Jimmy Holbrook, 23, is the first to be discharged from Amarillo Army Air Field separation center. He received 100 dollars muster out pay and earned an ETO ribbon with four battle stars, Good Conduct ribbon, and notes of building airdromes in Russia and England. He recalled Russian women laboring on ditches and pipes at the airfield sites. He plans to study embalming after civilian clothes are worn.
Amarillo and the surrounding territory have collected 190 651 pounds of used fats since 1945. FB C Munro urged residents to salvage fats and deliver to collection points to reach the 1 556 719 pound territorial goal. The national target for 1945 is 250 000 000 pounds. Dallas reports 750 new businesses including water well drillers and frozen food lockers established so far this year.
Mrs. Alline Cole of Paris whose badly decomposed body was found in a shallow grave near Kineman the previous week is a sister of Mrs. lp W Bell. She and her husband W B Cole and a brother Ted Patterson were last seen with the Bells en route from Paris to California. Authorities from Potter and Arizona are jointing in the investigation as the missing pair and Patterson are sought. The 1941 DeSoto club coupe abandoned west of Kineman is linked to the case.
Two stolen cars were recovered by Amarillo traffic officers last night. A Buick sedan stolen from Oklahoma City was found abandoned in the Fillmore underpass with no gas. Another Buick from a local Amarillo hotel was found abandoned at Sixth and Harrison.
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