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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1945
Page
7
Mrs Lula Saunders aged 75 died from third degree burns suffered at her apartment on Tuesday afternoon. She had been sitting by a stove when her gown touched the flame and burst into fire. Tenants extinguished the blaze with a blanket. Funeral arrangements are pending at Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home.
Six voting boxes will be open Saturday to elect two Amarillo School Board members. Incumbents Dr. R. P. Parcells and Beaumont Stinnett face no opposition. turnout was only 99 last year. Precincts and box locations span Courthouse, Sixteenth Street Fire Station, Wolflin, San Jacinto, Horace Mann, and Sanborn schools with boundaries listed for Potter and Randall counties.
Funeral services for Grace Hacket sister of Mrs Emma Hicks owner and manager of Old English Courts will be held in Norwich Kan this afternoon. She died in a Dalhart hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile accident near Dalhart Saturday when a wheel came off the car Mrs Hicks was driving the car rolled over but she was not seriously injured.
Funeral services for James Richard Goff two months old son of Seaman and Mrs J R Goff of 614 North East Fifth will be held at 3 tomorrow afternoon at Boxwell Brothers Chapel with Rev E R Foster officiating. Burial will follow at Llano Cemetery.
Frank Joseph Daulong of Ruston was indicted by the Federal Grand Jury in Monroe for threatening the life of President Roosevelt. He allegedly stated last Oct 16 that if Roosevelt is not killed, he might do it himself, and later that someone should get him tonight. He is in custody on a 2500 dollar bond. no trial date set.
Washington April 4 Soft coal miners were seen returning to the pits in growing numbers as indications sharpen that their wage contract dispute will be referred to the War Labor Board for settlement.
The element tungsten is employed in armor piercing projectiles for its hardness and density and in gun liners to resist erosion in high temperature environments, enhancing performance in contemporary combat weapons.
Earl Wilson Swanner, 37, pharmacist's mate first class, died aboard the USS New Bedford one week after visiting Amarillo on leave. Funeral arrangements are pending in Amarillo with Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home handling, as relatives in Apopka and Orlando, Florida, and a widow Mrs Maybell Swanner await body arrival. Swanner, a Tennessee native and 1940s graduate, served on convoy duty between the United States and North Africa after Coast Guard enlistment in 1942.
After three days of heavy combat, the 80th Division pressured German pockets in Kassel. The city lay in American hands as Yenks cleared remaining Nazis with grenades and bayonets. Reynolds Packard reported Kassel blasted to rubble with crossfire and extensive casualties.
Mr Gordon owner of the Arcade Cafe in the Amarillo Building posts prices high and strict with a CPA order. Customers are free to question but must consult the ceiling for the price rule in this local business scene.
The fifteenth annual stockholders meeting of the Consumers Cooperative Association opens at 1 pm tomorrow and runs through Friday. Kenneth Poss will open with a postwar cooperation analysis, with speakers from Otto Nurkkala to Clay Wagner listed. Exhibits include a farm tractor and postwar farm machinery. President R B Gist will chair Friday sessions. Leonard F Cowden will report business progress. W J McAnelly will give an address. Panhandle area now has 120 local associations and 29 new locals joined last year.
Herman Street is opened from Thirteenth to Fifteenth Avenue after the city purchased two 25 foot lots facing South Fifteenth between Parker and Travis streets. The new street lies 14 blocks west of Polk Street. Globe News Want Ads Get Results.
One person died and two were hospitalized after a two car collision two miles west of Goodnight on Highway 287. Mrs. D. T. Wilson of Chillicothe was killed, her husband injured, and Joe H. Miller of Goodnight suffered a dislocated left hip. Miller and Wilson were in separate vehicles when a car struck the Wilson car as it rolled onto the highway. Mrs. Wilson’s body lies in state as funeral plans are arranged.
Mr Howell reports lilac buds wilted by a recent freeze revived after a two stage bath. They were first in lukewarm water ten minutes then cold water an hour and opened with color intact. He suggests a three hour tap water spray for fruit trees and plans park plant treatment once above freezing.
London report says a wage and incentive bonus strike by about 10 000 employees continued to tie up production at three northwest England aircraft factories, disrupting output and signaling escalating labor action.
New officers and board governors of the Optimist Club will be installed at a 7:30 p.m. banquet at the Amarillo Country Club. Leo Miller becomes incoming president with Budgy Hayden as first vice president and Frank Crews as second vice president. Dick Bivins will install the officers. Ray Moore serves as toastmaster and Wes Izzard as principal speaker. Colby Davies leads arrangements. Chansonettes provide music. board members include Dave B. Brown Tex Muncy Johnny Hines Eric Jordan R. A. Wood Palmer Black. The 1944 officers were Edwin Snook president Leo Miller first vice president Budgy Hayden secretary-treasurer Rev. R. A. Foster chaplain with a 1944 board of governors Tex Muney Frank Crews Elmer McGahon Palmer Black and J F E Proper.
Amarillo city records announce purchase of a two block park bounded by South Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, Roberts and Houston. City manager A P Hancock notes it lies east of the Dwight Morrow school site. mayor Joe Jenkins presented a war bond to a Mexican youth for naming the park. Land sold by W H Fuqua for 2100 dollars.
Washington April 4 The President approved legislation increasing the public debt limit from 260 million to 300 billion dollars. The White House said Roosevelt signed the measure yesterday.
Mrs M C Pittman faced a tire repair delay as seven garages refused to send a worker. She offered a carton of cigarettes and found a man from Lubbock who could inflate the tire, solving the problem amid her groceries for Mead's Grocery.
A historical note states that before the invention of spectacles around five centuries ago, knowledge about light remained scarce and rudimentary.
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