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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1952
Page
1
Readers chase farthest daily drive to Amarillo work sites. Sam R. Ratcliff reports a 118 mile round trip from Hereford to Amarillo Air Base. A second prize offers ten dollars for the next greatest distance. Deadline is next Saturday midnight.
The excerpt cites Walt Whitman writing in Democratic Vistas about widespread corruption in 1870 America. It condemns government and judiciary rot, business depravity, and a hollow democracy while warning of a moral and spiritual deficit beneath rapid material progress.
A column cites that Americans spend more on newspapers than books and magazines combined and notes 54 million readers daily. It mentions a trip to Abilene to greet General Eisenhower, town sizes, a large crowd, and reader comments about street holes and bright lights. It ends with quips from WES IZZARD.
In Lamb County Texas O L Shannon a Sudan grain dealer faced a 47 count indictment for conversion of government stored grain to his own use. A government witness testified a massive shortage of sorghums and wheat existed on June 15 1951 with seven witnesses heard as trial continued. Shannon plans to testify in his defense as defense objections filled the session.
The June 2 order from the National Production Authority stops shipments of warehouse steel to civilian manufacturers to conserve supplies for defense during the CIO United Steelworkers strike. Exports remain allowed. aim is to prevent a run on warehouses by producers who source steel from mills.
Government officials said that despite a strike a month earlier certain industries including oil and gas drillers and machine tool makers can keep drawing steel from warehouses. Warehouses handle about a fifth of total steel. mills on strike account for about five percent. Even with full production some military projects may delay due to interruptions in the mill to fabricator flow.
New York June 2 The steel industry moves to resume bargaining with the CIO United Steelworkers after the Supreme Court voided President Truman's seizure of the mills. About 650000 workers walked off in the second strike of the year as industry and union clash over wages and benefits. John A. Stephens US Steel vice president said companies will sit down with the union to reach a fair settlement. The union demands 17.5 cents an hour raise tied to Wage Stabilization Board recommendations. industry cites price pressures and government limits.
Partly cloudy with little temperature change on Tuesday and Wednesday. Extremes expected from 62 to 90 in Amarillo area with scattered thundershowers. West Texas and New Mexico show similar trends, highs near 90, storms Tuesday night, and temperatures largely steady.
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower asked to retire from the army and waive his $19 541 retirement pay so he could participate in the Republican pre convention campaign. He sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lovett noting his home is involved in the national political effort and stating he would feel free to meet delegates without government or Army implications.
Scores from multiple games across the West Texas–New Mexico League and American League show Amarillo, Borrego, and Pampa in action with wins and losses noted. Notable pitchers include Venable, Walker, and Mulcahy with various line scores and ten-run innings.
Campaign leaders for the Maverick Boys Club Kids Inc race to raise 200 000 for a new building at Twenty First and Lincoln. Bob Cochran warns that without rapid action the project could lose about 15 000 in materials already on site. Directors met to plan and said work cannot start until enough funds and materials are on hand to finish the building.
Kenney Robbins six and Frank Renfro four rode away from home after supper in Pleasant Valley. Parents searched for nearly three hours as the boys rode six miles through traffic toward Kenney’s aunt’s house on Bonita Street. A kind woman found them near Thompson Park and drove them to the Linley residence.
British military police at dawn sealed Radio Berlin, the Russian operated station, with barbed wire around the red brick building in the British sector. Guards barred passage as Berlin remains divided, following a protest over evacuations near the Allied lines.
The Amarillo school board approved cost-of-living pay increases for janitors and maintenance workers. Amounts are $100 yearly for 12-month staff and $75 for nine-month staff, with a new payroll budget of $162,147, up $49,723 to cover more workers for new and expanded buildings. The board deferred a school physician position, raised the maximum janitor age from 50 to 55, authorized hiring 10 teachers, and approved $11,165 for athletic equipment and $10,012.73 for cafeteria furnishings at three schools.
Colorado Jaycees push a four mule replica Conestoga wagon toward Dallas for the national convention. The group halted near Range Riders club to rest after 371 miles at 4 mph since May 20, carrying Rocky Mountain Spring Water and Cripple Creek Express.
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