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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1950
Page
2
A wide range of industrial and consumer stocks appear in the Amarillo market listing, including Mack Trucks, Maytag, Bethlehem Steel, General Motors, United Airlines, and DuPont. The compilation shows varied quotations from Allegheny Ludlum to Woolworth, with percentages indicating current price or change. The document reflects a busy session across sectors, from autos and chemicals to railroads and utilities, underscoring broad market activity.
The page lists various commodity names with mixed pricing figures for grains and fuels, followed by Kansas City livestock market data. Cattle and calf counts are given for Kansas City with price ranges for slaughter steers, heifers, cows, bulls, stockers, and feeders, noting firmness in several categories. Prices show wide ranges and firming trends for select cuts and weights.
Grace L Whiteley aged 34 of 312 W 9th died Saturday mother of Doyle Woodfin sister of Mrs Jack Peak daughter of W L Lokey. Service 4 Tuesday Memorial Chapel Burial details with Blackburn Shaw not fully shown. Also listed are Ethel Crawford 64 and Woody Spencer 53 with pending services and multiple survivors.
Multiple brief obituaries from Panhandle Texas and surrounding area. Names include Pauline Stephen 51 mother of Robert Richard Albert Henry sister of Amanda Flynt and other relatives with services noted at 2 PM Monday Boxwell Brothers Ivy Chapel and or burial at Liano Forest Coard 71 and Edwin COAR Then Raymond White and William R Wilson with times 4 PM Monday and later service respectively.
Died Monday in Nara Visa New Mexico. Survived by wife Net tie. Relatives and service later with N S Griggs & Sons. Service pending with N S Griggs and Sons ex Smith Cox. 74. 1632 Cleveland.
Reports say uneasiness spreads in Japan over potential Chinese air raids while Tokyo asserts a complete air defense system. The UN withdrawal from Pyongyang continues, grim but orderly, as U S forces pull back along the flank toward Seoul. Troops ask when they will leave Korea, with rear guards nearing Pyongyang. United Press correspondent Peter.
Funeral services for Mrs Essie Stephen 51 of Panhandle were held at 2 PM in Boxwell Brothers Ivy Chapel. Rev John Price and Rev George York officiated. Pallbearers included Jack Griffith Vern Wisdom and others. Burial in Liano Cemetery. Survived by Amanda Flynt mother three sons four sisters two brothers and two grandchildren.
National Highway 66 Association director meeting set for January 22 in Albuquerque. National president Ansley announced after a Clinton Oklahoma weekend with Lyle Overman Frank Smith and Jack Cutberth. The 1951 program will be discussed and approved at the gathering.
Odia Gardner of 1616 West Sixth was described as just fine by Northwest Texas Hospital attendants after suffering cuts and bruises when a section of the Ted Neely grain elevator at Bushland collapsed yesterday noon. Contractor L C Durham of Vega said the roof fell about 14 feet while Gardner worked atop the poured roof at the truck dump, but Gardner escaped serious injury.
Kalischer left Pyongyang on one of the final scheduled planes as dense smoke rose from the city. Allied demolition squads detonated ammunition stores water works and power stations. Civil affairs officials feared a bloodbath as Communists closed in while 1,400 Koreans fled by truck. Orphans begged for Seoul as Americans departed.
Members of the Amarillo Hod Carriers and Common Labor Union Local 688 struck for higher wages. The spokesman cited a 25 cent hourly rise for common laborers from 1.20 to 1.45 and a raise from 1.45 to 1.75 for semi skilled workers. Negotiations continue with Associated General Contractors as several construction jobs, including the Northwest Texas Hospital addition, faced pickets.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Crawford 64 of Pantex Village will be at 2 pm Tuesday in Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel with Dr. E B Fincher officiating. Burial in Llano Cemetery. Survivors include husband R W Crawford four sons four daughters two sisters and two brothers and 17 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. She died yesterday in Northwest Texas Hospital.
A Canadian cold front is expected to reach Amarillo between 5 and 6 am tomorrow bringing frigid air from northern Wyoming at about 25 mph. Highs may stay near 33 degrees with the low around 20s. Yesterday’s high reached 60 and the low 43 as warmer conditions end.
The article notes ongoing work by many people over more than three years on enlarging the hospital. The new addition will connect to the west end of the current building, expanding capacity and facilities.
Government officials from the Southwest gathered at the Capitol Hotel to open the Southwestern Field Committee of the Department of Interior for a two day session. The meeting marks the 21st monthly session focusing on coordination of river basin survey work across Arkansas White and Red basins with attendees from multiple bureaus and services.
Feeder steers bring 30.50 with medium and good at 25.50 to 30.00 for 850 pounds and up. Choice stock steer calves range 31.00 to 35.50. 2,500 head traded, volumes up 25 to 40 cents higher. Food and choice weighed 170 to 300 pounds fetch 18.25 to 60, sows 16.00 to 17.25. Sheep market : 6,000 head, slaughter lambs and high wheat pasture lambs holding above 29.50.
Chicago livestock prices firmed across hogs cattle and sheep with hogs up to 18.60 top for 170 230 lb stockers and cattle steady to higher led by good and choice steers at 32.00 to 36.00 while calves and bulls also showed gains cattle and sheep volumes noted with prices for various weights and grades. An asset value of 2.1897 with an offering price appeared under financial notes in the same column.
Big Four British officials accompany Prime Minister Attlee as his Cathay airliner lands at National Airport. Attlee and President Truman greet each other and discuss aligning policies amid a volatile world. Attlee accuses the Communist bloc of trying to wedge between the United States and Britain.
Johnson, Texas junior senator, said in Amarillo he must get information on compact provisions by December 10 or in a week. He warned the dam bill can only reach the Senate calendar for this lame duck session with the data. If the Canadian proposal fails this Congress, the legislation must pass both houses.
The House approved the bill last summer. Colonel Spence, Gov. Allan Shivers’ representative, leads Texas talking and voting for the Canadian River Water Users Association. Texas Panhandle-South Plains cities hear from Meredith chairing the pact committee with members from Plainview Clovis NM O Donnell Wedgeworth Pampa Preston Smith Lubbock Hagg and mayors Whiteside Finger Huff Klein Chesher and Chesher in Santa Fe.
Two young men were arraigned before Justice of the Peace C. W. Carder on worthless check charges. Richard Walton of Amarillo, 20, forged a $38.36 check in Clarence M. Conley’s name. William A. Weickelt, Jr., 28, a transient, swindled by a $50.45 check to Cobb & Reddock clothing store. Bonds set at $1,500 each.
Potter County Commissioners authorize County Agent Art Bralley to delay bindweed treatment on county road rights of way until next spring due to unusual conditions and potential waste of materials. The county had purchased Borascu for infestations. Also vote to abandon part of a little used road east of Amarillo with a drainage easement granted by landowner J L Lipscomb. Detton reports arena rent around 800 dollars monthly. Transfer of 3500 dollars from officers salary to courthouse and jail funds approved.
Officers from Sheriff Paul Gaither's office announce arrests on narcotics peddling charges. The cases stem from buys over four months, with purchases ranging from five cigarettes to 500 grains.
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