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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1946
Page
2
The attorney general's office and the state game and fish department state prairie chickens have no open season this year. The five-year closed period expired, but laws require an open season by statute, so prairie chickens are unprotected until the legislature sets take dates.
At Chicago the cattle and hog markets show broad declines. Hogs 270 pounds and lighter bring around 22.00 to 22.50 with top loads at 22.50. heavier hogs scarcer. Cattle and calves post mixed gains up to 50 cents, steers to 27.90, yearlings to 27.75, while sheep and lambs move about 2 dollars lower as packers stay cautious.
A long note laments erratic predictions and drought in the Panhandle while praising the weather bureau and urging steadier forecasts. A second, flowing letter criticizes shirtless men in Amarillo, arguing for modest dress and decorum, with reflective musings on beauty and culture.
A woman reports losing a billfold containing $13 and seeks its return. The owner promises a liberal reward and notes a photograph of a man and a woman is inside. Call 2-9235 to identify and recover the item.
Veterans me eting in Alamo Tennessee named James Buttram temporary chairman of a new statewide political group aimed at challenging Ed Crump machine politics. John Paul Butler urged other states to follow, while Brig. Gen. Evans Carlson warned against forming a national third party.
Army and police crews moved through Calcutta easing terror after four days of Hindu Muslim fighting left about 3000 dead. City residents faced hunger and disease as troops patrolled streets and searched for food. Fresh stalls in New Market were damaged during the disorder.
Florence Bailey Farrington, 50, killed herself in San Marino California after 24 years of fruitless waiting for a beau. A Sealyham dog whined as friends found her in a bathing suit with a pistol and a suicide note addressed to Keith. The note lamented the groom’s upcoming wedding and her loneliness.
A J Cunningham president of Standard Oil Company of Texas died today in an El Paso hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage. A Wisconsin native, he joined the company in 1923 and moved to Texas twenty years ago. He became president in 1941 after the company was reorganized.
Vice Admiral Blandy returned from the Bikini tests and urged that the atomic bomb be outlawed as a means of waging war. He spoke to reporters after arriving at National Airport aboard a Navy transport plane from Oakland California.
Phumiphon Aduldet age 19 King of Siam travels with his mother two male cousins and three ladies in waiting from Colombia to Karachi India by air en route to Switzerland.
USDA cattle run includes 6200 head calves 1100 slaughter steers up to 50 cents. Cows and heifers hold steady to strong while bulls vealers and feeders stay steady. Hogs slow and typically down 25 cents. sheep open 25 cents higher with native Spring lambs steady to firm. Top values near 19.50 for lambs and 16.75 to 17.75 for feeder steers.
Warranty deeds show transfers to Kilgore Calcaby Seale Moore and others in Ridgemere Forest Hill Terrace and Gas districts. District Court records list four divorces including Beat Green Walker. marriages include Landers Bynum Smith Osborne Morris and Tinsley Trapp.
Amarillo school board meets tonight at the Amarillo Country Club to consider routine affairs. W. B. Gunn and W. W. Gibson host a fish dinner for members and officials before the business session. The agenda may include resignations and hires for teachers, secretary George M. Warddill said.
Amarillo hosts four Will Rogers Range Riders rodeos August 31 to September 2 in a world championship event with top national riders. A $1,920 purse, cowgirl sponsor contest worth prizes, and crafted trophies from Maddox Western Leather anchor the program. A downtown parade at 4 PM precedes the grand entry, with showtimes 7:30 PM August 31 and September 2, and 2:30 PM September 1 and 2.
Funeral services for Jesse E Blake a Santa Fe conductor who died Saturday in Albuquerque will be held tomorrow at 2 PM at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel Rev Lester Hill will officiate Pallbearers are J D Clark A H Cheshire C V Cable C E Knight C E Matthews and G A Smith He is survived by wife Mabel Blake two stepsons Clarence Guyette and Earl Guyette his mother Mrs Anna Blake a brother Donald Blake and sister Mrs Ethel Restine Burial will be in Llano Cemetery
Des Moines report notes Luis Carrizales aged 87 and his 22 year old wife expecting another baby in October. The couple already have Sandra Kay age 10 months and this would be Carrizales ninth child. He says he will not have more children and cites his strength from chopping wood and chin ups.
Buffalo Lake was stocked with about 15000 largemouth black bass as stocking begins. L V Alexander supervised seining operations and recommended the plan. First fingerlings came from the U S Hatch Santa Rosa New Mexico with more bluegill fingerlings expected.
Eddy Bryan Witt seaman first class, son of Mr and Mrs C B Witt of 715 North Aldredge, has returned home after a 15 month Navy career including nearly a year overseas in the Pacific and Asiatic theaters. He is Amarillo High School graduate and former A Cappella Choir member.
In Chicago on August 20 representatives of Standard Oil Company of Indiana and the National Maritime Union halted direct negotiations without a settlement, the company announced.
Mr and Mrs W B Bush of Houston spent two days visiting his mother Mrs James Bush at 1218 West Tenth before returning home. They had spent two weeks touring New Mexico and Colorado.
The Amarillo Junior League begins an instructor training course led by Mrs James Rittenberry at Potter County Library. Twenty five members will learn puppet making and theater basics with plans to open the Children's Puppet Playhouse in mid September and host three Tatterman Marionette performances by William Ireland Duncan at the high school auditorium for 25 cents.
Installation for Voiture No. 689 Forty at Fight officers set for 8 o clock Thursday night in the Legion Home. Dr. T. M. Montgomery will install. Frank Wood becomes chef de gare for the coming year, with James R. Moore and others elected to senior posts. Delegates to the national convention in San Francisco August 31 to September 4 will also be chosen.
Funeral rites for Linda Lou Irving three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Forrest Irving at 10 30 tomorrow at Black Rev Ray Rozell of First Baptist Church will officiate. Burial in Liano Cemetery. Survivors include parents three sisters Janice Doris Bernice Dixie Lee and two brothers Phillip and Joe Curtis Irving.
Frank Washburn son of Mr and Mrs C A Washburn 1714 Monroe has returned home after discharge from the Navy in San Diego last week He served nearly 16 months and was stationed on the Pacific Coast A Amarillo High School graduate
Miss Laura Hamner announced a Writers Club meeting tonight at 7 30 on the Her ring Hotel mezzanine floor. All interested in writing are invited to attend.
Old cowboys light a campfire at the fairgrounds marking the start of the Western Cow Boy Association reunion. Mel Armstrong predicts moisture after a long drought and vows to endure cold weather. The event runs through Thursday with a supper dance Wednesday night and a steak noon Thursday followed by meetings and memorial services. About 400 members expected.
The Amarillo chapter of the Reserve Officers Association elected Dudley Hill as president Gene Jordan as vice president Mark Miles as secretary treasurer and Lt Col Morris A Lively as chaplain The meeting featured Col Floyd E Lindley national vice commander as speaker and discussed training and affiliation with the national organization.
H P Roberson manager of KFDA will depart Wednesday morning for Lexington Kentucky to attend a management committee meeting of the Nunn stations. Attending will be Allmore Nunn J Lindsay Nunn owners and John G Ballard national representative formerly of Amarillo.
Leading Amarillo physician warns hospitals focus on surgical and medical cases leaving children with contagious illnesses like polio measles scarlet fever and diphtheria without suitable wards. He proposes using the Northwest Texas Hospital former tuberculosis ward or the Pantex hospital as dedicated contagious disease wards. The doctor notes community-wide agreement on need and cites recent transfer issues for polio patients.
Amarillo prepares to open bids tonight for two elevated storage tanks each with a capacity of one million gallons. One tank nears North East Fifth and Osage, another at Twenty Seventh and Pierce, with a third planned in San Jacinto. A milk code reading and routine business are on tonight’s agenda.
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