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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1948
Page
2
A fragmented Texan column quotes The Orlow paper mocking censors while detailing weather forecasts for the weekend and an extended tongue in cheek discussion by Paul Nemechek about canned vegetables. The piece includes banter with L. B. Nemechek and Gus Roberts on diet, vitamins, and the value of canned produce versus fresh.
Markets show varied activity with stock quotes around 1400 to 1500, futures near 15.80, and Merrill Lynch led closing stock averages. Livestock details mention steers and heifers with steady demand, wooled lambs trading above 25.00, and ewes around 13.00. multiple industries and named firms feature in the market roundup.
Rear Admiral Ralph Smith Riggs led major surface ships in the Pacific theater during World War II, most notably commanding the battleship South Dakota. He steered through fierce battles as Guam air raids pressed in June, with a 500‑pound bomb hitting near the first super-structure deck and causing casualties aboard the veteran ship.
Sandie Sensations goes on air at 10 tomorrow on KVAI with host George Bob Vick as GM and Dick Collins as first assistant. The Crystal Ballroom hosts the pilot from Herring Hotel, featuring Amarillo youth talent and an original contest I Know a Song with local merchant prizes.
Navy records honor Admiral Riggs for destroying a Japanese force at Komandorski Island in 1943 while commanding Destroyer Division 12. The action, aboard a battlewagon, involved 23 men wounded 47 with four later dying, and the ship fought at peak efficiency despite damage to quarters and the wardroom. Benny Files and Harry Pointer, Amarillo veterans, recall the crew’s taut, happy ship and Riggs visiting the mess to check chow before battles.
In Boston on April 30, the Methodist Commission Peace urged strengthening the United Nations to prevent a third world war. Delegates at the Methodist general conference heard that American Soviet tensions threaten future peace and only a strengthened UN can ensure peace making for the generation. The report said, The hour is at hand to convert swords into UN control.
MOSCOW April 30 Stalin will view a huge May Day parade atop Lenin's tomb with Prime Minister in attendance US Ambassador W Bedell Smith plans to attend with military naval and air attaches of the US embassy. Tear Gas Restores Order in Texas Prison Sitdown Strike at Darrington Prison Farm backed by 13 convicts turmoil ends after work return.
Seven 3-year-olds entered for the 74th Kentucky Derby, the smallest field since 1914. A single doubtful horse, Galedo owned by Charles ONeil, could skip if the track is muddy. Calumet Farm’s Citation and Coaltown lead a list including Billings, Escadra, My Request, and Grandpere amid forecast cloudy, warm, with possible showers.
James C. Petrillo head of the American Federation of Musicians AFL agreed to a 25 percent pay cut for APM members appearing on television to help the industry grow. The pact runs May 1 to Oct 1 and was signed with National Broadcasting Company American Broadcasting Company Columbia Broadcasting System and Dumont Television Networks.
Harold E. Stassen dismissed a reporter question about facing Tad, asserting that Truman is the man to beat. He, campaigning for the Republican nomination, predicted Truman would be the Democratic nominee and declined to estimate his own odds in the Ohio primary, wanting to confer with Ohio campaign managers first.
Police identified Durso and five other youths connected to a plan at Fort Hamilton High School. A 16 year old substitute took a mathematics test and confessed under questioning. Detectives, ages, and a police uncle figure in the case as authorities probe thefts of rifles and school equipment two weeks earlier.
Nations meet in London to form a western union with a common general staff and supreme commander as part of postwar military planning. Officials said major American support would follow, with close security surrounding the gathering in the official residence of Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin. Royal Marine Guards in dress uniform inspected credentials of high ranking officials.
Pleasant Valley Christian Church founded this morning by Rev. Martin A. Meeker to add several Sunday school rooms. With a tight budget, ten volunteers are asked to meet at 8 tomorrow morning to assist. A luncheon will be provided at noon by the church's women's classes.
Police seek a man believed to have absconded with 395 dollars from Monarch Bar at 404-B Polk. Ed Leonard, co owner, reported the theft late last night. Charles Wells is the other proprietor.
Gen Hoyt S. Vandenberg took over as chief of staff of the Air Force at a ceremony attended by his uncle Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg and top military officials. Chief Justice Vinson swore him in and the event marked a formal transition in the postwar leadership of the air service. The new chief, 49, pledged to uphold duties and strengthen operations across the Air Force.
From the Eighth Naval District officers plan to arrive tonight at the Sanquet. The Naval Air Station Dallas will be here early tomorrow morning. The New Orleans group is led by Capt. Thomas J. Ryan who will speak at tomorrow night’s banquet, with Captain M A Nation of the Marine air detachment sharing top duties.
Robert Louis Barron will conduct the Amarillo Philharmonic Tuesday in a landmark program. Violinist Isaac Stern, one of the era’s top three, will perform Concerto No. 2 in D minor with Alexander Zakin as accompanist. Barron, a longtime civic contributor, leads a varied program including Niblock’s Pastoral Overture and works by Wolf-Ferrari Haydn Mozart and Szymanowski.
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