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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1945
Page
2
The writer reports a dry, mild winter with potential for a White Christmas and a weather shift around the new year. He praises J. T. for a coliseum project and public service work, and notes cheap electricity post Pearl Harbor. Nearby Cana dian becomes an oil hub with big town growth and many wells planned, while Charley Lowndes returns from service and locals recall dining mischief and Roosevelt haters with playful pranks.
Winston Churchill attacked the Labour government as pursuing confidence-killing policies and urged a coalition for postwar unity if he had won reelection. Clement Attlee defended demobilization and blasted Churchill’s charge as political brinkmanship during the Commons debate.
J Elmer Holsomback and son Elmer Bruce Holsomback were released on bonds of 3500 and 2000 after being charged with murder in the shooting of 45 year old Charlie Lucas as he watched a theater film in Cushing Texas. Lucas had recently faced trial in Nacogdoches district court for the hammer slaying of Green Holsomback, the father and grandfather of the defendants, in a trial ending with a hung jury after more than 12 hours of deliberation.
A Reuters Cairo dispatch reports a bomb was hurled today at Nahas Pasha head of the Wafd Party and former Egyptian premier, but he escaped injury.
Navy attache in Germany for two years recalls how a single department expanded into a dominant military force over the civilian government. He says he has fought that form of government for four years.
Kansas City livestock figures show cattle salable 1,700 of 2,700 total with slaughter classes steady, hogs steady at ceiling levels, and sheep opening sales steady to higher. Chicago livestock reports list hogs 190-240 pounds at 14.75 to 14.85, cattle 15 to 17.75, and lambs 14.50 to 14.75, with stock cattle slow but steady. Financial markets note liquidating funds at 2.45 to 2.69.
A parade of transfers lists O W Harrison to Cheser Mead. J L Nunn to A J Wyatt. J C Godsey to Venita Godsey. Miles Realty Co to Earl L Laursen. Begnice Wisdom to I L Herbert. Albert Pertelson to H M Bainer. Harry L Faulkner to K W Kerbow. Underwood to Bob Taylor. S L Kanouse to Bob Taylor. T Ware to Walter Turner. Ware to Ural Hughes. Edwin L Hart to F J Townsend. L C Nesbitt to Jewell Barton. Carl Movers to Leonard McGee. Ware to Guy McDaniel. Ireland to H W Hartman. John Malcom Shelton to R B Junell. J N Rockey to W D Monroe. Miles Realty Co to L A Prince. Clarence Davault to William Kennedy. Leila Kennedy to Hugo Loewenstern. P H Inman to W P Inman.
A batch of property deeds from J. Hts and Amarillo area districts lists transfers to multiple buyers including F B Martin Clifford McMurtry and J Whit tington. The District Court shows a string of divorces and a set of marriage licenses between numerous local individuals.
In Denton on December 6 three war veterans Hal and Brent Jackson and Don Hall plus partner Denny Vinson bought Curtis Drug Store, a 45 year old local landmark. The men served in Navy, Army Intelligence and Merchant Fleet and recall childhood visits to the shop before the war. Hal notes satisfaction in serving customers with chocolate ice cream.
Hopes rose for a General Motors strike settlement as GM and the CIO United Auto Workers prepared for wage talks following a 16 day walkout that idled about 213000 workers. Talks in Detroit followed Pittsburgh talks with CIO President Murray present and a union official saying all disputed points would be considered.
Amarillo Traffic Club discusses boosting attendance with focus on increasing shipper and carrier members. Art Jordan chairs in Brundage’s absence. Guests include Howard Hudgins Vernon inspector, J Redus and Sneed Twaddell, Bu ford Cowan Abilene and Ted Lewis Electra. Next meeting set for December 19.
The board approves a gift with no strings and plans an election for the city to transfer surplus land to Tech. If acquired, a school of aeronautical engineering would be built, and Tech could grow into the nation’s largest agricultural and engineering program at the old ordnance plant. 300 veterans lack housing, and Tech would need funds only after clear title is secured. M. L. Wilson donated 10 000 dollars to a state institution, his first gift to such.
L er Corporation locals voted in Detroit last night to continue work for three months if necessary despite a breakdown in contract negotiations. Strike prevention legislation that has caused a rift between the Truman administration and organized labor began its journey through Congress today, introduced in the House by Chairman Norton of New Jersey and sent to the labor committee which scheduled a meeting for tomorrow.
Kansas City report says sign painters William Goodnight and Charles E Broad fell from a scaffold twelve feet after an automobile bumper hooked a rope. Paint and painters tumbled down but no one was injured.
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