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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 2000
Page
17
Historic page reprint features obituaries, comic strip content, and classified listings from the June 19 1947 Amarillo Daily News. Provides era shaped notices and ads reflecting postwar life in Amarillo with names, occupations, and prices typical of the period.
In Paris Britain and France told Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov to join a unified European recovery plan within a week or risk Europe rebuilding without the USSR. Bevin and Bidault proposed a meeting during the week of June 23 to discuss the American aid plan pushed by Marshall, signaling a push to sideline Soviet participation.
The Texas Press Association gathers in Amarillo with invocations by the Rev R C Snod fans and meetings in the Crystal Ballroom. President Walter Hussman presides as discussions cover newsprint, coverage, and publishing challenges. Delegates from weeklies and small dailies attend with greetings at the Herring Hotel and a Panhandle barbecue at Palo Duro Canyon.
The Navy announced a gasoline shortage will limit some air operations. British and French representatives said Moscow would not refuse the Marshall Plan, while reliable sources noted Britain and France aimed to push joint support despite Soviet concerns.
Detective Sgt. John L. Deas described Russell as the killer of 6-year-old Johnny Christo and 11-year-old Peggy Wolfe. He claimed the man blamed a “no good” wife and meddling neighbors and tried to die by suicide after the double murder at a home. The suspect was jailed as investigations of the late incident continued.
Panhandle residents raised 65 dollars to aid Joaquin Carranza a 13 year old legless boy living across the Nogales border. The funds aim to buy him a hand cranked motor scooter costing 235 dollars with Miss Elaine Hale at The News Globe coordinating.
Cecil L. O'Brien of Amarillo was elected president of the Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Association, succeeding Jake Phillips of Borger, with Tommy Thompson and Jack Oates among officers. A luncheon opened the session as H L Porter of Houston urged opposition to the Anglo American oil treaty, warning against regimentation from Washington.
Partly cloudy Thursday and Friday. Scattered thunderstorms in Del Rio Eagle Pass area not as warm Pecos Valley northeastward. New Mexico partly cloudy Thursday high 85 to 95. Little change in humidity. North to northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. Low around 69.
Panhandle wheat yields run extremely heavy with 25 to 50 bushels per acre in parts of the vast belt from Portales New Mexico to Pon es City Oklahoma. Private reports predict more than 10 million bushels from Ochiltree County alone as early cuts begin with a peak near July 2 reaching up to 25 million bushels daily.
Hansford County farmers confident in early harvest plans as wheat moves, elevators strain to handle first cut. Storms across the South Plains bring rain and hail, with multiple counties reporting varying totals and wind impact. Waddy Week festival in Amarillo draws controversy over its name before six rodeos and $2750 in purses. Dickie Frazer, eight, wins with the proposed title and receives boots and prize money.
The United States will virtually take over Greece’s economic management under a 300 million dollar aid program aimed at countering Communism. An exchange of notes in Washington and Athens outlines reforms across taxes administration trade finance industry and agriculture. Americans would supervise spending and help shape revenue and expenditure policies while supporting political reforms and amnesty for some political crimes.
A pasture near Warne Road farm reported a blaze from a combine exhaust Tuesday afternoon that swept across three wheat fields, destroying about 2 000 bushels. Fifty acres on Floyd Coleman, 25 on Durwood Copeland, and less than an acre on Boyd were burned before containment. Wheat yields on the farms were over 25 bushels per acre.
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