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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1944
Page
8
Ernie Dowell shot 1104 four under par over 54 holes to win the $25 War Bond in the Sunset Open. H. L. Bradley and Jack Phillips tied for second with 105 while Dowell Brown and Art Querry posted 106s.
Fourteen year old Carolyn Kelly, daughter of Mr and Mrs Sim Kelly, captured the Junior Division Putting Championship at Amarillo Country Club after a 36 hole 72 even par tied Scotty Mills and John Evans. She won the playoff by one under par as Pro George Ausbach praised her smooth stroke. In other flights Mrs R J Moore won the Women’s Bracket with 71 while men J S Evans and Dr E W Cain led with 69 and Wade Holman and Jack Allen followed with 70.
Llano Estacado Council hosts a major Cub Scout gathering at Ellwood Park with 500 to 600 youths from 13 towns participating in a day of activities and events.
Saturday programming on KGNC and KFDA features a mix of news, music, and talk. Highlights include The Sky Pilot at 6 15, Farm Roundup, Sunrise segments, morning weather, and organist Billy Miss KFDA. News updates and assorted variety shows round out the day with NBC and CBS affiliations.
The Amarillo Country Club stages the annual championship with semi finals through Sunday and includes best ball foursome matches at Amarillo CC and a 54 hole handicap medal at Ross Rogers Course on July 24. Also listed are Dutch Dinner team matches and various KGNC KFDA NBC radio programs and schedules.
Al Warner and Sim Kelly reach the 36 hole final of the Amarillo Country Club Golf Championship with Warner defending champion. The match starts at 2 o'clock after semi finals this week and other flights proceed toward July 2 finals.
Washington defeated Boston 7 to 1 in the first of a four game series. Early Wynn allowed five hits as the Senators scored four in the third inning aided by a Doerr error.
Sheppard Field soldiers were authorized to unload wheat cars in Wichita Falls to prevent spoilage and meet war obligations. Over 100 railroad cars, vital for the 1944 crop, were idle at Wichita Mill and Elevator Company due to a labor shortage, prompting an appeal to authorities.
Valentin Cortez a Santa Fe boiler maker bought a third $500 War Bond since June 21 expressing desire to hurry the war home. Amarillo bond officials note his effort could meet the quota if others followed his example. The piece also notes officials will install new officers of Amarillo Lodge No. 731 and Amarillo Chapter No. 196 at 8 pm in Khiva Temple.
Chicago report describes Babe Didriksen Zaharias and Dorothy Germain reaching the final day of the Western Open after semifinal wins. Zaharias defeats Haemerle 2 up in a tense match to set up a 36 hole championship with Germain who beat Jeanne Cline 4 and 3.
Ben Hogan, stationed at Fort Worth Army Air Field, will take a 15 day leave to enter the Victory National Tournament in Chicago starting Wednesday. The former money leader in golf and three time Vardon Trophy winner has not played a tourney in eight months and plans to practice in advance, saying he does not know what score he will shoot. He has earned an estimated $97,000 since 1937 and recently bid $15,000 at a Dallas war bond show for a bottle of Scotch, though he did not win.
President Roosevelt will consult administration advisers before acting on the wage and price stabilization bill as passed. He stated at a news conference that the measure has not yet reached the White House.
Ike Williams of Trenton New Jersey defeats Cleo Shans of Los Angeles by technical knockout in 26 seconds of the 10th round in the main event at Madison Square Garden. Williams weighs 136 pounds Shans 135 before a sparse crowd.
William Ziegler Jr. Bounding Home, surprise Belmont winner over Pensive, leads a field of 10 three year olds named for the $50,000 Dwyer Stakes at Aqueduct scheduled for tomorrow.
The War Food Administration extended an order allowing bakers in Texas to use lard without limits in commercial bread through September. Regional Distribution Director L. J. Cappleman said lard supplies remain good, extending the May 15 relaxation.
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