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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1946
Page
2
Forecaster Ane Texay predicts moisture within a week or by the third week of the month with winds easing after mid spring. A fruit crop is forecast though uncertainty remains. Bones Hooks plans a monument for pioneer mothers while word spread of Pantex Lake contamination and armed soldiers patrolling to block fishing.
Merrill Lynch quotes show Dow Jones Industrial average at 201.78 up 1.92 as 30 Industrials gain 1.76 and 65 stocks rise 0.74. Closing prices list Am Radiator to Studebaker with numerous industrials and grains trading in Chicago with May July Sep December quotations.
Load beef steers offered in good to choice grades range up to about 17.25 per cwt with several lots midweights and heavies around 17.10 to 17.25. Hogs 1500 to 1600 head at ceiling. Sheep 5000 head slow with killing classes about steady and spring lambs to ship at about 16.15. Major packers show inquiry but small share of runs.
A reader letters page from the Mexico Evening Ledger discusses postwar marriage tensions, gender roles, and reconversion. It cites a female school board member from Potter County in the 1920s and shares a wife’s frank views on husbands returning from overseas and household habits.
John Young-Hunter from Taos New Mexico displays a group of paintings at Amarillo Center West Texas State College 2101 Harrison. The exhibit runs from Sunday through April 13 and is free to the public hosted by the Amarillo Connoisseur Society. Renowned for portraiture he has shown since 1900 at the Royal Galleries London and in major US cities. Dr Roy Boger Amarillo Center director provides the venue.
A reader column recounts visiting a stylish home with decorative ash trays and towels, noting awkward seating and a call for practical manners. It praises Bennie Kerr at the Ross Hotel and Jack Redmond the showman golfer, plus remarks on Amon Carter and Sid Richardson buying the Texas Hotel and Redmond’s Amarillo visit and radio potential.
Elton E. Bolar of Exell, 54, killed in an automobile crash at the Dumas road and Exell Helium Plant road. Funeral arrangements by Boxwell Brothers likely tomorrow in Dumas. Dickinson of Lubbock injured. J M Crawford hospitalized. Bolar survived by wife, three daughters, five grandchildren, two siblings, mother, and several relatives. He had lived in Exell 16 years and was a section foreman.
Amarillo drug store operator Thurman Gholston of the Post Office Drug Store was elected to the executive committee of the Texas Pharmaceutical Association. J E Seibert of San Antonio announced the appointment. Gholston has led West Texas affairs and helped organize the recent Amarillo convention. The state group plans a June San Antonio convention.
More than 10 000 visitors welcomed the U S ships California and Tennessee as they arrived at Table Bay with six destroyers escort. Cape Town swarmed with American sailors buying souvenirs including diamond rings with one man paying 3200 dollars for a gem.
USDA notes Kansas City sale totals with 3500 salable cattle, 4500 total, 500 calves salable, 800 total calves. Active slaughter trade across cattle and calves. Prices generally firm versus yesterday. Good and low choice steers and yearlings 10 to 15 cents higher. Light stocker feeder supply steady to weaker on cows.
Chicago markets April 3 show hogs 9 500 head active and steady with good and choice barrows and gilts at 14 85 and sows at 14 10. Cattle 10 000 with calves 800 active and steady. best grades around 17 00 to 18 00 for 1300 lb averages. heifers 15 75 16 75. beef cows 10 50 to 13 00. heavy beef bulls 14 75. Vealers steady at 16 50. Sheep 6 000. fed clipped lambs No 2 pelts 14 75. scattered wooled native and shorn ewes 8 50 and 6 50 respectively.
A series of warranty deeds recorded in the courthouse transfers ownership across several neighborhoods. H. C. Pederson et ux convey to Patrick H. Cain two parcels in Forest Hill. Henry Neal et ux transfer W 50 by 90 feet of lot 5 and south 14 of lot 4 in Plemons Addn. E G Woodyard et ux sell to J O Hitt a lot 4 and SW 20 of lot 3 in Mary Gould Acres. Multiple other transfers include parcels in Wolflin Annex, Bonifa Heights, West Side River Road Gardens, and additional minor lots in CCT and S J Hts. Several buyers appear by surname Adams, Otey, Sides, O’Brien, Hill, Yarborough, Faubion, Daniels, and Dolater.
Bermuda grass available in large quantity offered to readers free of charge. Readers are invited to visit the location to collect grass as details continue on page 8.
District Court actions include Dona Mae Richards versus Will A Richards divorce Hughes versus Minnie Joyce Hughes divorce Virginia Hawkins versus William A Hawkins divorce.
In Changchun the Communist and Nationalist forces ignore four Chinese American peace teams amid fear such missions could disrupt military operations. Soviet troops are set to depart within a week as clashes between factions continue. U S officials call the Sino Soviet Chinese relations situation tense and "too ticklish" for direct dispatches via State Department radio.
An advertisement touts Black and White Ointment as a simple home remedy for eczema acne pimples ringworm tetter salt rheum and other skin issues. It claims immediate action antiseptic healing and provides 10c 25c and 50c sizes with a refund if unsatisfied.
Clubb warned that dispatches critical of the Communists Nationalists or Russians transmitted via State Department facilities could be seen as official policy, raising concerns about tone and interpretation in official communications.
Police recovered a 1934 Ford Sedan stolen Monday from Frank Wood at 1701 North Grand. The car was found in running condition in the alley between Polk and Tyler in the 500 block.
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