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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1947
Page
16
The Co-Ed Club sponsored by YMCA-YWCA will host an intermission entertainment at 8:30 tomorrow night. Bobby Hendrix will perform trombone solos and Donald Kenney will give piano pieces. Jimmy Bidwell arranged the program and Bob Kamp, the president, leads the event.
A 1942 Chevrolet parked at 1417 Harrison had its radio removed by unknown prowlers last night. A briefcase was also taken from the vehicle. In a separate incident Delbert Reed reported $40 missing from his billfold at a hotel. Anna Brooks said a thief entered her home on North Jefferson and took $49.
In Cisco, a car collided with a moving freight train in a heavy rainstorm. Dean Harms, 22, died after reaching Graham Hospital. Injured are Robert Harrold, 22, and Billy Driscoll, 23, oil field workers from May, Texas, hospitalized. The car was carried 300 feet along the tracks.
Wayne F. E. Trout, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Trout of Canyon, has returned to the United States aboard the cruiser USS Juneau. An electricians mate, he spent seven months aboard the carrier in the Mediterranean visiting ports in Italy France and Greece.
Washington reports the census bureau states American ships carried 50.1 percent of the nation's foreign trade by weight in August, down from 51.1 percent in July and below the 1946 monthly average of 60.3 percent.
The Sigma Delta Chi fraternity for men in journalism reports more than 12 000 members, reflecting broad growth in the professional group.
A jury acquitted 52 year old Charles O Wynn of murder in the July 29 death of 30 year old Ray L Chandler after two hours deliberation. Wynn claimed self defense and his wife Doris testified Chandler was with him outside a local grocery store in Denton.
Germany was admitted to the League of Nations by unanimous vote at the Geneva Conference on September 8, 1926. The decision marked a milestone in postwar diplomacy and formalized Germany’s engagement with the League.
In Florida Paso on December 5 reports say a international agreement regulating Mexican agricultural workers for US jobs is ready for submission to the United States and Mexico for final approval. Delegations completed their joint conference but did not share details. Unofficially the pact may include an anti discrimination clause. Since September Mexico has barred Mexican nationals from Texas work on discrimination grounds.
Dr Holman Taylor 73 executive secretary of the Texas Medical Association died of a heart attack Thursday night as guests praised him at a banquet in Fort Worth. He collapsed while chatting with Dr R Cromwell Rogers after the tributes.
A concise note compares Purgatory Alaska and Hell Nor Way noting both lie far north with cold climates and lie at similar latitudes. It highlights their uncanny proximity in latitude and the shared frigid conditions.
The US Coal Operating Committee banned the export of lump and double screened coal the commonly used in American homes effective immediately. Officials say the embargo will free about 500000 tons monthly for domestic use with negligible impact on total foreign shipments.
The Empire State Building in New York has finished installing a three foot steel barrier around the 86th floor observatory to deter would be jumpers. Spiked throwbacks crown the barrier, part of a long history of crisis reports linked to the building.
Applicants for drivers licenses who make false statements on their applications face fines from 1 to 200 dollars Ivy Wilkinson justice of the peace stated yesterday. More than a dozen cases have been filed in justice court here but none has gone to trial.
Two public hearings before the planning and zoning commission tonight in city hall at 7:30. One hearing seeks to rezone 2401 11 West Seventh from B residential to C retail. The other concerns Block 103 Lots 1 6 Old Town Addition. City planners include Jimmie James chairman and members Harold Walsh Charles Wolflin Wood Jackson James F. Rittenberry John Armstrong and Bob Wilson.
Claude B. Bell, 64, was struck by a car while crossing a Fort Worth street last night. He died, marking the 60th traffic fatality in Tarrant County this year.
Rabbi Arthur Bluhm will deliver a Friday evening sermon on Fear at Temple B'nai Israel. The sabbath service begins at eight o'clock and is open to the public.
Approximately 190 leaders of the Congregational Christian Churches of America rejected a proposal for union with the Evangelical and Reformed Church of America. The report stated the decision was announced in Chicago on December 5.
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