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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1948
Page
2
Column notes a public notice and city items from Amarillo with weather, park praise, and remarks about past events. It recalls Ernest Thompson’s push for Thompson Park trees, Eleanor Roosevelt visits, and a quirky letter from a stranger seeking a travel partner plus local social updates.
A writer extols cucumbers and predicts a harsh winter citing Mr Tack and Cole as sources. Farmers urged to plant row crops, noting bumper quail and dove numbers on the caprock and a looming land value rise. A Maverick Club keg disappearance is noted after a Kids Inc finals game between Forest Hill Holleys and Sanborn Blue Bonnets.
Chambers says Hiss was a top man in a Red apparatus before 1937 and served as courier. Hiss denies the charges and claims never to have seen Chambers. Rep Mundt says one of them lies and perjury grounds may be cited to Attorney General Tom C Clark if proven.
Two Amarillo carpenters were fined $70 each in justice court for game law violations. Robert K. Dennis and B. D. Burgess were charged with killing a dove out of season, harming a protected non game bird, and shooting from an automobile and a public road. Ivy Wilkinson assessed the fines.
Voters in Potter County had 218 absentee ballots counted for the August 28 run-off primary at the County Clerk Loren Jones office on Monday morning.
Walter H. Ogden of Pleasant Valley told Amarillo police five men beat him on the Dumas highway north of Amarillo between 11:30 Saturday night and 12:30 Sunday morning. They took his billfold containing $60 while a stranger in his car was unharmed.
More than a hundred gas engineers gathered at the Amarillo Hotel for a Bureau of Mines conference on removing nitrogen from natural gas. Paul Mullins presented a paper on nitrogen removal methods, emphasizing liquefaction and fractionation at low temperatures, with open discussion to follow through today and Tuesday.
Funeral services for Burley Blaine Kent aged 63 will be held at First Christian Church Perryton at 3 PM Tuesday. Dr Roy Snodgrass of Amarillo will officiate with burial at Ochiltree Cemetery under Boxwell Brothers direction. He died Sunday in Northwest Texas Hospital after living in Amarillo since 1944. He had moved from Gray Oklahoma to Perryton in 1919 and later to Lubbock in 1941. He helped found Plainview Hardware and Furniture Company in Gray in 1913. Survivors include his wife a daughter and two sons.
The Pampa First Baptist Church recently dedicated an organ presented by Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rose, marking a notable addition to the church facilities and honoring the donors.
The market report lists closing averages from Merrill Lynch with gains in Industrials and Utilities while Railroads slip. A long roster of stocks trades across sectors including Am Airlines, Allied Stores, General Electric, Chrysler, and Union Pacific among many others with price changes noted and figures provided by the Amarillo Merrill Lynch office.
Dreher a 32 year old Naval lieutenant and former assistant naval attache in Moscow is accused of obtaining unauthorized information from an official code named E. The State Department says Dreher was arrested briefly then released after meeting E at his office. The Moscow radio asserted evidence against him was strong.
Beta Ray the Albuquerque singer writes and performs her own piano comedy routine at Club Victoria in Amarillo delivering a solo act with strong showmanship. She built a career from Detroit to Phoenix and Hollywood clubs, composing Bert the Jerk from Albuquerque which gained radio airplay and juke box attention.
Esther H. Linderholm of Sterling Colorado died Sunday after a lengthy illness. Her daughter Miss Clara C. Linderholm of Amarillo is a teacher at Amarillo College. Funeral services will be held Tuesday in Sterling. Survivors include two daughters Mrs. Robert M. Jackson of Sterling and Mrs. H. A. Ninemires of Greeley Colorado.
The corporation court dismissed the complaint against R. L. Bynum identified as manager of the Amarillo Hotel at 300 Polk. City sanitation inspector Carl Lewis filed the charge Friday morning last week alleging trash accumulation in the alley behind the hotel.
The gambling injunction suit against the Sportsman's Bar is set for hearing in the 47th District Court on August 23. The case seeks a $5,000 bond for the bar and operators, to be surrendered if gambling arrests occur on the premises. Representing the bar are George McCarthy. building owners are represented by E K A Simpson.
Suitmotion is stricken and taken to a Laredo hospital after calling on 26 Webb County Democratic Executive Committee members. The court rejected the instrument which sought permission to file a mandamus petition. Phelps and Salinas argued time constraints prevented district court injunctions before the run-off and sought speedy action.
Rains last week brought bearable heat and forecasts from English Field predict mild temperatures for today and Tuesday. Ben Williams of the US Weather Bureau projects a Monday afternoon high near 90, a Monday night low of 67, and a Tuesday high around 92. Sunday saw a high of 86 and a low of 63.
Mr. Saunders announces a $50,000 labor value donated by building trades and suppliers. With about $140,000 cash in the building fund, organizers hope to add four or five cottages instead of the originally planned three.
W H Combs of Pantex Village reported his car broken into near Aviatrix Night Club on North East Eighth. A 410 shotgun a .22 rifle both new along with a woman's purse gloves and nylon hose were taken. Hays O Neal has been named commander of the Floydada American Legion Post.
A well known man reports relief from gas, bloating, and constipation after taking INNER-AID. He says he now eats freely, bowels are regular for the first time in years, and the medicine contains 12 herbs. Sold by all drug stores.
Engineers in Pisa Italy warn the leaning tower may collapse within the next 400 years citing structural concerns and geological stress. They emphasize monitoring and preservation efforts to prevent a sudden failure of the landmark.
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