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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1948
Page
19
Perpetual care notes show reserved ground at Llano Cemetery and Mausoleum. Ground reserved for over a century, ensuring ongoing maintenance and upkeep for future burials.
Robert De La Rosa of the Mexican Government told Kansas State College graduates that films misrepresent Mexicans as violent or unhealthy. He contrasted Mexican life as home-centered with American lifestyles, noting marriages, births, and deaths occur at home and condemning villainous stereotypes in cinema.
AUSTIN Aug. 10 Governor Coke Stevenson voiced no surprise at reports that four operating railroad unions would back Lyndon Johnson in Texas Democratic Second Primary Aug. 28. Stevenson, backed by the State Federation of Labor, challenged Johnson to address Eastern labor leaders’ pledge to support the Democratic platform and taft-Hartley repeal. Johnson welcomed labor votes and planned a West Texas tour. Stevenson planned a swing through East Texas.
Berlin officials say they will plant greenery on rubble to conceal destruction from Allied bombing. With limited manpower and machines, full clearance could take 20 to 40 years. More rubble is created by demolition crews as shelters and fortifications are removed under demilitarization rules. In Corsicana, Jack Follis, 49, dies from injuries after a jeep and freight train crash at a grade crossing south of town.
Gladys Nikkel and other teens share views on how boys behave on dates. They discuss courtesy, punctuality, dress, independence, and control over plans, noting changes since their teens and the rise of car culture and confident suitors, with personal stakes in choosing partners.
Rubber boots were worn by Amarillo policemen as the city jail and police station flooded. The plumbing backed up again, covering floors in the jail, the hallway to the jail, and in front of the sergeant's desk. No plumber could be reached as the situation worsened, mirroring a similar incident six months earlier after the present plumbing was installed with the city hall.
Mrs. Dame B. Green reports an Easter lily that bloomed twice, growing four blooms after being planted in the ground following an Easter gift. The plant has since produced ten blooms. Address 1008 West Nineteenth.
Edger Draper of Boswell Oklahoma told police he was robbed in his hotel room. He said $39 was taken from his clothing while he slept, reporting the incident occurred about 11 o clock.
Western Allied sources report 38 members of a German resistance group operating in uranium mines near the Czech border were arrested by Soviet secret police. The group allegedly ran an underground railway to smuggle slave laborers to western Germany and sabotaged mining machinery. The Free Germany leadership, linked to Marshall Friedrich von Paulus, was said to be behind the operation amid broader postwar Soviet zone unrest and party purges in factories like Dresden and Chemnitz.
City and county leaders meet to discuss a by pass around northwest Amarillo along Highway 66. Mayor Lawrence Hagg says the city approves a plan to build the by pass while keeping the existing route as a business artery. Federal funds would cover half the construction with local costs for right of way.
Ira William Scott aged 78 a Randall County rancher died at 11 30 p m Monday in Neblett Hospital Canyon funeral services planned for 2 30 p m Wednesday at Canyon First Christian Church Griggs Warren Funeral Home Canyon in charge Scott lived in Randall County 50 years born August 2 1876 in Missouri survivor list includes wife three daughters a son a brother and a sister and five grandchildren
Texas Rangers examine possible link between two Dalhart burglaries and two Lamesa cases. Suspects admit to thefts in Dalhart Canyon Texarkana and Lamesa, with a stolen car recovered in Canyon. A Dalhart grocery store safe yielded several hundred dollars in cash and checks.
Water seepage knocked out 406 ATST circuits in midtown Manhattan early today and forced grounding of cables. Fifteen circuits serve brokerage houses and financial firms. company says water penetrated the outer sheath, separating and grounding the lines. US researchers have sent rockets into the ionosphere.
Dewitt MacKenzie discusses a possible plebiscite in Romania to join the Soviet Union and the strategic implications if the country aligns with Moscow, noting Russian troop movements and satellite state tensions as part of a broader cold war scenario.
Funeral services were held today for Sheriff Sidney Franklin Edge 57 of Kembult County who died after a heart attack Saturday. Edge had served as sheriff for 12 years.
Attorney General Joe Daniel warns counties are not liable for injuries from defective bridges and cannot settle out of court to pay claims they legally do not owe. The opinion was requested by Bosque County Attorney CG. 8, of Meridian.
Sealed bids for Vega Texas water facilities due August 17 1943 at 2 69 PM. Proposals for 159 000 gallon concrete reservoir 36 by 28 ft pumphouse and 2000 gpm booster pumps plus 2400 ft of 6 inch cement asbestos pipe to be city furnished. Plans available from George W Thompson with deposit 15 00 receipts refundable with return of plans. Bid security 5 percent required. City reserves right to reject any or all bids.
An old advertisement offers Alice Brooks needlework patterns with easy stitches. It promotes a pattern book featuring 97 illustrations of designs, plus a free crocheted square, and lists a 20 cent or 15 cent price offer via Amarillo Globe Household Arts Dept. Brooklyn NY for mail orders.
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