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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 28, 1947

Page

2

Kansas City Livestock Market Reports April 28

Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets show steady to slightly lower prices. Cattle and calves feat mixed loads of beef cattle with varied sales. hogs, sheep, and lambs also posted mostly steady to lower quotes amid light early trading and later activity. Preisings include hogs around 21 to 23, calves near 24, beef cows mid teens, and light yearlings in the 18 to 20 range.

Kansas City City Usda Chicago Livestock Chicago Hosgs Merrill and Pierce, Fenner & Puteoteants Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane Am Smelt & Ref Am Tel & Tel Armour & Cordette Wees AT & SF +eee Burroughs Motors Curtiss Wright General Electric General Motors Gillette Razor Goodyear Interlake Iron Thee Harvester Ese Jones Laughlin Kennecott Coppers Glenn L Martin Peckara Eewes Pan Amer Airways Penn RR Penney JC Phelps Dodge Eee Phillips Stand Oil NJ Studebaker Texas Guilt Western Union White Motors Ac Overland Wilson & Coll Woolworth Grain Table

False Alarm Fine Repaid Aids Welfare

Seattle grandmother Mrs William F Jensen of Seattle paid a 50 dollar fine for turning in a false alarm to protect her husband from footpads The mayor William O Dwyer intervened prompting a special hearing At the end the chief magistrate dismissed the case and returned the 50 dollars to the Jensens for welfare.

New York William O'Dwyer Seattle William F. Jensen Wash Joseph Levine O'Dwyer O’dwyer Chinatown

Train wreck injures 46 near Ontario California

A Southern Pacific Argonaut passenger train derailed near Guasti three miles east of Ontario California injuring 46 people. Rail damage spilled cars off the track while no fatalities were reported. In Warsaw Indiana a separate Pennsylvania Railroad derailment after a broken rail injured one passenger and disrupted two blocks of track.

Ontario Cal Southern Pacific Here Guasti trans-Pacific Warsaw Ind Pennsylvania Railroad

Texas Charters 233 Corporations Gain March Boost

Domestic corporations chartered in Texas in March climbed to 233, nearly double February’s 114. Capitalization rose to 6 359 000 from 3 241 000, yet remained below March 1946’s 349 charters. Merchandising charters led with 57, then manufacturing 31, real estate 25, construction 16, and oil 10.

Texas Texas Bureau of Business Research

Warranty Deeds And Court Notices Collated In Patchy List

A series of warranty deeds records several transfers including Dewer A Hicks to Fred Alexander Lot 10 Block 13 Bivins Addition and various others across North Highlands Denver Heights Belmont Park and Ridgemere areas. The district court docket lists divorces with Damico Miller Watson and related actions among multiple cases. Public license items note couples and buyers including Moore Hurd Mitchell and others.

Dewer Hicks Fred Alexander Bivins Hardin F. Hutcherson North Highlands Gecar J. Schell Hugo H Loewenstern Bakie Buco H Loewenstern Jesse L Shusgert Eakie Frank Gilvin T. FE Hobbs Gés Defrance Wolffin Place D. Allison O F. Russell Biock Gas District Court Giacys Louise Damico Albert N Damico EH Miller Elberta Miller Billie Jean Thompson John K Peon Chritia Watson Menry Watson, Jr Force Abiecer Eva Jane Hurd Willem Charlies Mitchell Nina Mar

Youthful Fugitives Face Federal Dyer Act Charge

Two 16 year old boys who escaped the Colorado Industrial School at Golden were charged in federal court with transporting a stolen motor vehicle in interstate commerce. They were arrested by city officers early yesterday while asleep in the car. Bond was set at $750 each at arraignment before Deputy US Commissioner Mary K. Harty.

Colorado Golden Mary K. Harty

Educational campaign for motorists urged by Amarillo letter

Mrs. Robert S. Burnett proposes a city wide driving education drive to reduce accidents citing 1947 figures from the city and Texas Highway Department. She suggests a moving picture on local accident causes be shown to all driving license applicants before issuance to improve future drivers.

Robert S. Burnett Madison Burnett Globe Platform Platform Bir Texas Highway Department State Highway Department Robert B. Burnett Madison Street

Akron Bus Strike Halts Service For 350,000 In Area

Akron area faced a broad transit stoppage as 142 bus and trolley mechanics, members of the International Association of Machinists AFL, went on strike after rejecting a 7 cent hourly raise by the Akron Transportation Company. The walkout disrupts service for more than 350,000 riders.

Akron CIO AFL International Association of Machinists Akron Transportation Company

Counsel Analyzes Pending Auto Legislation in Texas

Cleo Clayton Jr of Amarillo legal counsel for the Texas Used Car Dealers Association issued an analysis of eight pending bills affecting automotive business. Bill Freeman, vice president of the association, announced the briefing this morning to members.

Cleo Clayton, Jr Amarillo Texas Used Car Dealers’ Association House Senate Bill Freeman Freeman

Oakland Numeralogist Seeks Name Change to Wrandvaufgilmarkets

Miswald Cenda Wrandvakist of Oakland asks the court to change his name to Linkols Diselgrowels Wrandvaufgilmarkets citing beliefs about luck. The filing appears in a local court record dated April 28.

Oakland Cal Miswald Cenda Wrandvakist Linkols Diselgrowels Wrandvaufgilmarkets

Texas Senate Calls for Reform School Investigation

The Texas Senate approved a resolution to create a seven member Texas Training School Code Commission to study revision of laws governing the State School for Boys at Gatesville and the State School for Girls at Gainesville. The commission, to exist through 1950, must report within 60 days of organization.

Austin U.P Texas Senate State School For Gatesville State School Gainesville House Texas Training School Code Commission

Missing Paula Welden Believed Seen in Dallas

Bennington College reports a full description of 18 year old Paula Welden has been sent to a Dallas resident who claimed to have seen her. Welden, daughter of a Stamford Connecticut engineer, has been missing since December 1. An assistant provided the information while President Jones was in New York.

Bennington Lewis W. Jones Bennington College Paula Welden Dallas Jones New York Miss Welden Stamford Conn

New Sign Erected for OK Cleaners on West Sixth

Tri-State Advertising installs an 8 by 3 foot metal sign for OK Cleaners at 1205 A West Sixth. The temporary outdoor marker marks the business location and hours remain unchanged.

Tri-State Advertising The OK Cleaners West Sixth

Bus Rolls Injuring 20 Near Hillsboro

Sheriff reports the Dallas bound Southwest Greyhound bus lost headlights on a rainswept US Highway 177 near Hillsboro. Driver L O Clayton said lights blinked out before the vehicle swerved and overturned twice. Twenty people injured, none in serious condition. fractures and cuts reported.

Hillsboro U.P Ralph Allen Greyhound L. O. Clayton Dallas

To Try Phillips For Robbery Here

Glen Phillips 26 was brought to Amarillo to face trial for the November 27 robbery of the Amarillo Western Union office. He was returned from Huntsville where he was serving a robbery sentence for a Dallas Western Union robbery. The bandit waited inside the office and demanded cash after customers left. He had been recently convicted in Dallas of a similar offense.

Glen Phillips Amarillo Dallas

Election Returns To Be canvassed By City Commission

The city commission will canvass last Tuesday's special election results tomorrow night. Bud Curtis and Ira Stephenson are the elected commissioners, with Lawrence Hagg elected mayor in the April 1 general election. The panel will also open bids for three sand traps and 16 000 gallons of gasoline at 7 30. The new board takes office next Monday morning and meets next Tuesday night.

Bud Curtis Ira Stephenson Lawrence Hagg

Court Rules Against Holiday Evictions

The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 that landlords cannot evict tenants when eviction papers were approved during the price control holiday. Justice Reed announced the decision with dissent by Justice Frankfurter. Fort Worth landlords J. W. Hughes Frankie Mae Page and Sophia Chandler sought evictions. the case centered on OPA revival and eviction actions begun during the holiday.

Washington Jw.p Supreme Court Today Stanley FP. Reed Felix Frankfurter Fort Worth Tex Congress OPA J. W. Hughes Frankie Mae Page Sophia Chandler Chandler

Miss Virginia Irwin Crowned May Queen At Prom

Amarillo High School senior Virginia Irwin was crowned May Queen at the junior senior prom held Saturday night. Attendants included Kathryn Hill and Claire Windsor. Election results announced by Jimmy Hall as escorts Jimmy Hall Dick Coon and John Maynard accompanied the ceremony.

Virginia Irwin Amarillo High School Miss Irwin W. R. Irwin Harrison Kathryn Hill Deila Hill Madison Claire Windsor R. G. Windsor Hughes Jimmy Hall Dick Coon John Maynard

McMillen to Open Gas Equipment Co in Denver

Bill McMillen former purchasing agent of Superior Manufacturing Co resigns to start Gas Equipment Co in Denver Colorado. The firm will supply liquified petroleum gas fittings and related products as exclusive supplier for L. C. Roney Inc Inglewood California serving seven states. McMillen was an original Superior employee and returned after five years naval service.

Bill McMillen Superior Manufacturing Co Denver Colo The Gas Equipment Co L. C. Roney, Inc Inglewood Cal McMillen

Garvin Given Term On Mann Act Charge

Leonard Garvin a 22 year old of Amarillo was sentenced to two years in a federal prison on Mann Act charges. He pleaded guilty to transporting a woman from Amarillo to Arizona for immoral purposes. The case shifted to Fort Worth for trial after his arrest in Little Rock Arkansas and return.

Leonard Garvin Amarillo Federa Fort Worth Garvin Arizona Little, Rock, Ark

Amarillo Permits Help Push April Total Over Seven Hundred Thousand

Amarillo building permits for April surpassed seven hundred thousand dollars signaling a nationwide revival in construction. The weekly Texas Contractor reported that the year 1947 total reached 190,176,943 dollars with Amarillo contributing over two million dollars to that tally.

Amarillo Texas Contractor

Inner-Aid Promises Fast Gas and Bloat Relief

A testimonial lauds Inner-Aid as a new herbal formula that cleanses bowels clears gas from the stomach and acts on the liver and kidneys. The speaker claims dramatic waist reduction and renewed appetite after meals and urges readers to buy at drug stores.

Amarillo Symphonic Chorus Meets Tonight at Parish Hall

The Amarillo Symphonic Chorus will gather at 8 15 tonight in the Parish Hall of St Andrew s Episcopal Church. Plans for the spring concert will be announced during the rehearsal and members are urged to attend. Singers from Hereford are expected, followed by a social hour after the meeting.

Amarillo St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Hereford

City Expenditures Near Budget Despite Year-Long Review

City manager A P Hancock said expenditures so far this year run within a fraction of 1 percent of the budget. City auditor J C Lilly and Hancock have been reconciling accounts to close the books before the new city commission takes office next Monday night. The complete check has not been finalized.

A. P. Hancock

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