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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1948
Page
2
The West Yellowstone note surveys overbuilt tourist camps creating vacancy signs as visitors flood the area. A hotel owner predicts a shrinking gambling trade with four houses failing. locals discuss pie shops by Lila Slaughter and seasonal food habits.
The government fish hatchery at Ennis, run by Harry Baker of the United States Wildlife Service, released 10 000 trout last year along the Madison River. Baker aims for 20 000 next year as ponds fed by a spring produce fingerlings to one pounders for planting. Local sportsmen fund feed, and analysts see potential for Texas and other states to raise millions of legal-sized fish with modest license-fee increases, paid by fishermen.
The writer critics Congress for neglecting fishermen and the Wild Life Service. He praises Laythe and regional director support for cooperation with sportsmen. He calls for a federal fishing license of at least one dollar to fund raising large fish and better public fishing, lamenting Congress for insufficient funds and political cowardice.
The writer mocks fishermen and local politicians, noting anglers spend on gear yet produce little results. He argues politicians prey on sportsmen while promising action but failing to deliver, reflecting voter manipulation. Bill Moore is reported sighted in West Yellowstone after 52 years in Ardendale.
We prepare to depart tomorrow and feel relief at returning home to Texas. The heat of Montana sun has worn us down and we long for familiar Texas warmth and the companionship of Texas friends.
A complaint filed in corporation court charges creation and maintenance of a public nuisance and a place dangerous to public health at Union Bus Center 405 Fillmore. J E Webb city health inspector filed the charge in Judge J A Kirkman’s court naming terminal manager G E Haynes. Hearing date not yet set by Judge Kirkman.
In Moscow observers noted a concise exchange with 35 minutes of talk and long translations. Be dell Smith showed cautious optimism as envoys pressed for direct answers, with Roberts Chastaigneau and two translators present.
Potter County court docket was called Tuesday with 16 cases set for hearing. Three juries are to report for the August term on Tuesday, Aug. 17. Trials include 12 liquor violation cases, three driving while intoxicated, and one passing a worthless check.
Closing New York stock quotations list many names including Air Reduction Kennecott Aluminum Allied Stores Lockheed Martin and General Electric with various percentage changes. Agricultural and livestock prices from Kansas City and Chicago show mixed cattle hogs and sheep trends with top beef and veal values noted.
Frank D. Daniels 26, convicted in the armed shotgun robbery of the Blackstone Coffee Shop, was returned to Potter County jail on parole violation after a five year sentence. He was placed on parole by Judge Henry S. Bishop and arrested at the Angelus Hotel where he was employed.
O T McDaniel, about 65, a former Curry County commissioner, was found dead in a car on the Muleshoe Farwell highway about 7 30 am Tuesday. A .22 caliber bullet fired into his left temple appears to be the cause. County attorney Sam Aldridge and Sheriff Earl Booth opened a hearing, recessed it, and planned continuation with Justice of the Peace Jess Newton.
Six people were injured in a Tuesday morning car crash one mile north of Borger near Highway 117. Teresa Ann Miller and Otis Ray Tyler were the most seriously hurt, with multiple injuries, while others suffered fractures and cuts. Sid Sanders was treated and released. Deputies said the car sheared a guard rail, jumped a hill and landed on four wheels before stopping near a ravine. Injured were taken to North Plains Hospital.
Police sought vandals responsible for breaking out 102 panes of glass at a house under construction at 2601 Parker Street. The property is listed as belonging to Sam Marma duke.
City officials plan legal research into fining juveniles for breaches of the peace and disturbances. City Manager N V Moss said Tuesday the move aims to curb vandalism and hoodlumism by enforcing fines for youth disorderly conduct.
Petitions charging five Amarillo boys with juvenile delinquency were filed after the Friday night beating of Bobby Vaughn 14 son of Mr and Mrs P H Vaughn The attack also involved Hugh Knight son of Mr and Mrs H E Knight 4250 West Fifteenth The condition of Vaughn was much better Tuesday at Northwest Texas Hospital None of the charged youths had been taken into custody by Tuesday
McKINNEY Texas Aug 3 Unique report that an aviation instructor Johnny Wagner from North Texas Aviation Co. at Denton municipal airport sustained a fractured back while a student Paul E Young Jr 22 was only slightly injured in a light trainer plane crash during a simulated forced landing in a pasture in southeast Denton County. Wagner was listed as somewhat improved at Veterans hospital.
The tax office cites public convenience equality of assessments economy of assessing and collecting and the goal of obtaining competent expert officers to place all taxable property on the rolls. City limits and school district boundaries are nearly the same and assessments typically align.
Whittaker Chambers testifies about a seven cell Communist network in Washington formed by Harold Ware and led early by Witt with John Abt and Donald Hiss among others. He links espionage aims to infiltration of the U.S. government and notes meetings at Henry Collins’ apartment and Ware’s violin studio in Dupont Circle.
A regional discussion with Oklahoma New Mexico and Texas officials focused on a basin wide dam on the Canadian River. Advocates push for irrigation flood control and recreation benefits with New Mexico’s Arch Hurley promising full cooperation and emphasis on surface water from the South Canadian.
Thomas T. Waggoner a 73 year old publisher of The Claude News was fined 50 dollars and given a 10 day jail term suspended after pleading guilty to negligent homicide in a Claude county court. He was the driver in the July 20 collision that killed Mrs J R Wilkins of Center ville. Waggoner was making a U turn between Claude and Clar endon when his car was struck by a motorcycle after passing a truck stopped on the highway.
Miss Frances Irvin 19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Irvin, elected Labor Queen of Amarillo’s 58 unions for Labor Day 1946. She will be crowned Sept 6 and ride the throne in the parade then carry the scepter to Thompson Park for the barbecue. Irvin, featured vocalist with Dick Morton’s Orchestra at Old Tascosa, is applying for Radio-Screen Actors’ Guild membership and is a 1947 Amarillo High School graduate.
Civil service examinations are announced to fill meteorologist and patent draftsman roles. Starting salary for meteorologists is 2974 dollars annually, patent draftsmen earn 2498 to 3351 dollars. Applications and info available from H. M. Timmons, civil service secretary, Room 21, post office building.
J Lewis Neff Texas director of the American Cancer Society arrives in Amarillo late Tuesday for Potter County Medical Society events. He will be honored at a Wednesday luncheon, speak on KFDA, and meet local ACS personnel before flying to Port Smith Arkansas for a district ACS meeting.
The executive director of the American Cancer Society, then two years ago named executive director of the Texas division Linoleum Repairs, Carl Fowler, 9464.
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