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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1947
Page
2
Rains expected over the weekend with heavy amounts in Adrian and Pampa while lighter elsewhere on the High Plains. The column weaves in local memories, songs, a Salem Massachusetts visitor planning Amarillo events next June, and humorous musings on social life, domestic roles, and a poker players’ pact to play only low-stakes games for persistent losers.
A writer argues poker perdition harms families and communities. He notes men lose large sums, wives and children suffer, and urges moderation. He extols marriage as social protection for men, while warning women’s gains from marriage can be exploited by men.
House Labor Committee chairman Hartley said the Taft Hartley Act does not provide real protection against nationwide strikes. He plans to seek remedies next year and argues the act’s mechanism to stop strikes only stalls them for 85 days, with doubtful extensions.
Britain withdrew 150 million dollars from the Anglo American loan as advisers finalize terms from the dollar famine conference. The latest draw reduces the fund to 700 million and will drop to about 400 million after two more August withdrawals.
A train fire in Berlin killed 27 and injured over 45 as an overcrowded coach burned. Officials say a film operator was arrested today on charges of violating transport regulations for film materials.
Bids for an addition to Forest Hill School will be received tonight by the school board in a meeting starting at 7 30 at the high school.
Governor Beaufort H. Jester returns to the Texas State Capitol after a ten day trip to Guatemala City and Mexico City.
Markets close with Merrill Lynch averages in Industrials at 177.58 down 2.16 and Railroads. Kansas City livestock report notes cattle and calves slaughter steady to weak with slow hog trade and sheep bids falling, prices mixed across feeders and fat cattle.
Chicago Aug 25 USDA report shows hog sales slow and uneven with a general decline of up to 25 cents from Friday. Top quotes reach 28.50 for light buyers, with 190-260 lb hogs at 27.50 to 28.25 and heavier hogs 220-330 lb at 26.00 to 27.50. Sows under 250 lb mostly 24.00 to 25.50, and 350-400 lb range noted.
President Truman and Robert E. Hannegan will meet within 48 hours to pick a successor as Democratic National Committee chairman. Gael Sullivan and Clinton P. Anderson are the leading candidates with Sullivan favored by Hannegan and White House circles. Hannegan plans to resign for health reasons after returning from a Hawaii vacation.
Detroit August 25 UPI A UAW picket clash with police injures a union official and hospitalizes Peter Upper vice president of Striking UAW Local 212. Five pickets including Emil Mazey are arrested as Louis Huck and Lester Wilson attempt to enter the plant amid a police response.
Jury for Charley Shadel charged with murder was expected to be completed early afternoon Assistant District Attorney Branch T Arthur Jr said. Shadel an railroad worker is accused in the death of Clarence H Stuart of Galesburg Illinois who died from knife wounds after a late night fight in an extra gang car near Amarillo. Evidence from the examining trial is expected to be admitted. Shadel is defended by Bob Underwood Jr and Hugh Humphreys Jr.
Amarillo veterans of Spanish-American War World War I and World War II travel to Kansas City for the national Spanish-American War Veterans convention. Registration began Saturday and runs through Tuesday. Others head to the American Legion convention in New York with Sol Levine Roy Beard George Broome and the Blackburn Shawm quartet.
Twenty thousand displaced Estonians in Germany and Austria petition President Truman for U S resettlement. Market notes: cattle numbers around 9,000 with steers and heifers mixed value shifts. top steer price $34.00 for 1,312 pounds. Vealers and heavy bulls also show movements. sheep and lamb activity described with prices around $22.50 to $23.00 for slaughter lambs.
Nine people were injured near Amarillo in a weekend crash on Highway 66. Five remain hospitalized, including 6 year old Allen McDuffee with a broken leg and chest injury. his parents died in the crash.
Texas voters approved the state constitutional college building amendment in a Saturday special election amid rival races. Ken Regan and Clark W. Thompson were named as new congressmen, with Regan securing a narrow lead in the 16th District and Thompson leading in the Ninth District race as results from 211 counties were tallied.
The Liberal Party led by Themistokles Sophoulis, 86, refused to join a new government under Constantin Tsaldaris. Sophocles Venizelos announced the decision after a two hour party conference. The Liberals had been asked to participate as the United States pledged 300 million dollars in Truman Plan aid against totalitarianism.
Thousands of sufferers praise Norito for quick relief from rheumatic pains including sciatica lumbago neuralgia and neuritis. The ad promises rapid results with a money back guarantee if the first three doses fail to relieve pain. See your druggist today for Norito under the guarantee.
Workmen of the City Sign Co began preparations to raise a 38 foot vertical sign over Interstate's Esquire Theater at Eighteenth and Washington. The sign uses 20 transformers 1500 feet of neon tubing and weighs 2500 pounds built for Interstate by McMath Axisrod Corp Dallas. City Sign Co will install and raise it in about a week.
The Amarillo school program review covers teacher degree programs and services for students with special needs. Leaders outline remedial guidance, reading, arithmetic, speech correction and mental health support. A new "visiting teacher service" will place instructors to address maladjusted students.
The Amarillo couple Joe McIlroy and Ricky Noel paused at English Field noon en route to Hollywood to marry on the Bride and Groom program. They met at the University of Texas Austin and may live in Roswell NM. Joe plans to finish school next summer. Ricky wore a baby orchid corsage and expressed delight.
The visor of elementary education and the supervisor of secondary education and curriculum described the year old evaluation program in Amarillo schools. After general meetings today, teachers supervisors and principals prepare for the opening of schools next week with sessions planned throughout the week.
St. Marys Hospital treated seven injured by flying debris as the Coast Guard continued a search for the 46-foot fishing boat Linda K missing since Friday with a three man crew. The Houston weather bureau reported the storm inland reaching Temple, about 200 miles from the coast, and mid between Houston and Austin. The last advisory noted winds in the Houston area would gradually weaken.
The advisory reports the storm's movement west-northwest at about eight mph and predicts 50 to 60 mph winds over a 75 mile area northwest and west-northwest of Houston. In Galveston Texas City and Houston damage is limited to broken windows unroofed small homes damaged power lines shattered signs and uprooted trees.
Dr. Wassell praises drivers and declares they will drive to Los Angeles then ship the car to the island. He says they are offering services to the hospital which pays for transport there and back. Dr. Wassell will spend a month in Little Rock and Mrs. Wassell will work a month at Englewood NJ Hospital.
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