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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1947
Page
2
Chicago market notes show bulk cattle and calf pricing with beef values andFeed trends. Courthouse records list numerous property transfers, names, and marriage licenses across Amarillo and adjacent areas.
A relative of Amarillo residents was injured in a car truck wreck near Wichita Falls. Dr L F Gragg of Olney and Mrs Haze Mitchell of Olney, plus Mrs H C Sullivan of Newcastle, suffered injuries. Mrs Sullivan’s sister Mrs F Gui of 1707 Eнглин was also involved. The truck driver H W Crawford of Wichita Falls was uninjured.
Hollywood April 26 An effort to stage a benefit show for Texas City explosion victims faces a possible ban on Frank Sinatra’s radio appearance in New Orleans. Petrillo invoked wartime policy after band transport concerns and near crashes en route to USO shows. Sinatra's relief appearances in Galveston and Houston proceed, with bands potentially remaining overseas.
Perm superintendent Miles urged organizers planning large picnics in city parks to notify the department several days in advance. He said Ellwood Park serves as the park office location between Eleventh and Thirteenth streets and Jackson and Washington.
Parents of Scout Troop 5 attended a meeting at San Jacinto Methodist Church featuring a ceremony and program by the Scouts. Senior patrol leader Jack Hon led the program with Rev. T. Edsor Neal giving the invocation. George Lokey earned his Tenderfoot badge, presented by his mother.
City workers contributed 37 to the Globe News Tornado Relief Fund this morning. Another 87 was raised from the sale of discarded items deemed unfit for use by tornado victims. They cleaned Municipal Auditorium to sort donated clothes and sold old garments instead of burning them.
The appeal concerns an application for a beer license for an establishment near North East Eighth. The case was appealed after the county court denied the original application.
In district court today Dariel Royal faces charges of stealing $10 from H. D. Myrick. Myrick testified to officers and was to discuss the case with the Potter County grand jury today. Also notes a Want Ad deadline of noon Saturday.
A cowboy square dance set led by manager Hap Setridge will be a featured attraction at the final night session of the Old Fiddlers contest next Wednesday at Municipal Auditorium. Ou Harris says Setridge W E Clark Bill Boney and Orval May will select partners in an informal dance tonight. Ten top fiddlers named at April 14 eliminations will compete for 555 cash prizes during the final night.
Fred DeCorcer of Amarillo Community Chest heads to Austin for a Texas Social Welfare Association directors meeting. They will set dates for the next state convention, with Amarillo as host. The previous convention in San Antonio drew over 1,200 welfare workers from across the state.
Scout leaders roundtable scheduled Monday night at the First Christian Church parlors. W J Hiatt, local Scout executive, says the meeting in Milwood Park will be led by 5S G Stockton, cub committee chair. The session aims to plan the Cub Calava athletic meet and set a date for the annual event.
Rev Martin A Meeker will preach Sunday at 11 am on stewardship at Pleasant Valley Christian Church. Raymond Blegers and Scoby will sing a duet. The Lord’s Supper closes the morning service. Church school for all ages meets. CYF group led by Miss Lois Harvey at 7 pm with a sing song afterward.
Rescue crews at the Malartic mine in Moranda Que report 11 gold miners trapped more than 1000 feet underground after a fire. Gas masks equipped rescuers at the pit top say there has been no signal from the men as dense smoke hinders efforts.
The 1947 act creating a state board of plumbing examiners was signed by Gov. Beauford Jester. It abolishes municipal licensing boards and was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Grady Hazlewood. The measure passed the Senate six weeks earlier and the House as an emergency measure last week.
Potter County morning report lists 48 prisoners including six federal and 37 county inmates. Ruffed grouse behavior, burying in snowdrift then spending night beneath snow shield, can trap the bird after a rain and sudden temperature drop.
New York April 25 The New York World Telegram reports President Larry MacPhail of Yonkers has been summoned to appear before Commissioner A B Chandler in Cincinnati on Tuesday. He must answer charges of insubordination and effort to stir strife in the majors. The matter concerns Chandler’s fencing order banning Dodgers manager Leo Durocher for one year and prohibits any open discussion of the decision.
West Texas State College hosts high school students from Amarillo for a speech festival in Canyon with 21 AHS participants. Events include radio speech, extempore speaking, book review, poetry reading, humorous and dramatic readings, original oratory, and an oratorical declamation. A Junior Town Meeting of the Air features Amarillo students debating who shall pay the doctor bill, broadcast from 2 to 4:30 PM Saturday.
Potter County faces a deadly toll from cancer with 21 deaths per hour and 184000 yearly in the state. I M Gunderson warns the drive toward a 56168.08 goal lags, with only 1900 raised and some reports missing. Louis J Neff will visit Amarillo May 15 to arrange a cancer clinic and a six member committee will work with him. contributions can be mailed to the American Cancer Society in Amarillo.
State Highway Patrol sought an unidentified woman armed with a .45 pistol in an armed robbery. She fled Fort Worth in a stolen green 1947 Cadillac, possibly with an unknown man. Fort Worth police broadcast for aid in the search. The robbery location was not disclosed.
Visiting now at the home of Judge and Mrs. C. B. Reeder of 1300 Jackson are their Corpus Christi relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Reeder and daughter Sugenna, along with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reeder, arrived this morning and plan to stay several days.
Mrs Grace Clayton 41 years old died at 3 20 this morning in St Anthony’s Hospital Amarillo resident five years wife of BH G Clayton. Funeral 2 o clock Monday Brnck burm Shaw Memorial Chapel Rev Roy B Flippo officiating Survivors include husband son Gerald Clayton and step daughter Tera Lee Wessels all of Amarillo three brothers George W Blissard Thermopolis James Blissard Santa Rosa and Samuel Blissard Broken Bow mother Annie Blissard Broken Bow and three sisters Ruby Lee Orr Button Willow Opal Rossfeld Bakersfield and Agnes Gaddie Broken Bow.
Damages totaling 15000 were awarded to Mrs. Elizabeth M. Porter of Chicago in a suit against Magnolia Petroleum Company. The case stems from the death of her husband Gilbert Porter after an automobile collision near Advian on January 1. The award will be divided between Mrs. Porter and her two minor children.
Italian papers report an unknown person threatened the life of tenor Benjamín Gigli in Rome today. Police and press cautioned readers as authorities began investigations into the alleged threats and security concerns surrounding the opera star.
Rev. George Hurper of Nashville Tenn voices the stewardship lecture at a 7 30 oclock youth rally at Polk Street Methodist Church. As secretary of the national Methodist Youth Fellowship he heads a Northwest Texas tour with six rallies. The address theme is Christ Above All, with further programs in Abilene Lubbock Plainview Perryton and Vernon.
Mayor elect Lawrence Hagy travels from Washington to Amarillo to press purchase rights for Pantex Ordnance Plant water properties. He met War Assets Administration officials and was advised negotiations are best conducted locally. Deep water wells and pumping equipment would add about five million gallons daily, valued around one million dollars.
Police found a Dodge sedan reported stolen earlier this month in Ohio. The car, a 3946 model, had wiring cut but otherwise was in poor condition, and authorities said a large debt cancellation was described as not cash but an aid from Frida PRL 7 Kerr Architecta through Mr. Fairey.
More than 400 attended the San Jacinto Youth Center Adult Night with proceeds aiding daily activities for boys and girls. Mail gifts totaling 70.25 pushed the project total to 5,075.93 though some amounts and notes remain unclear.
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