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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1946
Page
2
The column discusses spring weather trends in the Panhandle with shifting winds and surprise showers. It includes reader mail about wheat prices and the OPA, a catfish report from Pantex Lake, igloo housing ideas for Pantex, and a River Road school board election with two women candidates.
The Buick agency in Amarillo changes hands from Bill Frost to Arthur Truitt, with Frost planning fishing trips. Truitt, founder of Royal Crown Bottling in Amarillo, arrives in 1930 and now owns the agency on the Rule Building site after a farewell party. The piece weaves in a humorous aside about a 14 ounce hen egg controversy and local egg contests.
Five persons received hospital treatment after six cars of a westbound Chicago and Great Western passenger train derailed two miles northeast of Manning Indiana at 6 08 this morning. The train was traveling from Minneapolis to Omaha.
In Tokyo April 2 Rev Kiyoshi Hirai general secretary of the Japan Bible Society said 100000 New Testaments have arrived from the American Bible Society and are not nearly enough for 300000 Christians in Japan with numbers rising rapidly.
United Mine Workers face rejection from soft coal operators who call the union demands irreducible minimum. Lewis reports ongoing negotiations after a deadlocked conference in Washington amid a nationwide 400000 miner strike and extensive idleness across the industry. Transit strikes in Akron and Detroit complicate efforts as GM counts 105000 returning to work.
The 72 day strike of 30,000 International Harvester employees in 10 plants is to see resumed negotiations in Washington. CIO packinghouse workers threaten renewed action over layoffs tied to livestock purchase resistance. CIO President Murrray and Westinghouse’s Price failed to break a 78 day United Electrical strike. Akron Transport Workers strike demands 32 cent raise. Detroit transit dispute leaves city services stalled. Kansas City cash cattle and hog market reports follow with varied price ranges and volumes.
Joachim von Ribbentrop told the international tribunal that he unbraided Mussolini due to Italian mercy to Jews in southern occupied France. He said the German foreign office sought to soften Nazi anti Semitic measures in Europe and acknowledged captured records show him as a special anti Semitic envoy to foreign governments.
About 3,300 Eighth Army enlisted men with 29 months of service by June are ordered to report to replacement depots Saturday for shipment to the United States. Col. A. E. Shanze, Eighth Army adjutant general, announced from Yokohama.
Amarillo police warn of Vernon Hill who escaped from Tahoka jail. He is about 31, 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs around 150 pounds. Authorities describe him as from Tahoka fleeing authorities.
Courthouse records list multiple warranty deeds transferring lots in Morningside Ridgemere University Heights and Plemons areas. District Court shows several divorces including Kerr, Glenn, Reed, Tate, Irby, Jordan, Blair, Morris and marriage licenses issued to Hess Crow Latham Manley Parish Hinson Arden Trijillo.
Merrill Lynch figures show the Dow Jones Industrial Average at 199.61, up 36 at 1 P M with 700,000 shares traded. Rail stocks and utilities fluctuated. several major industriales and utilities listed with fractional gains and losses, reflecting broader market movement.
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