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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1946
Page
2
USDA reports from Kansas City and Chicago show cattle and hog prices unsettled with steady to lower bids. Feeder steers and yearlings command mixed values while beef cows and vealers edge lower. hogs off modestly with top quotes around 23.75. Financial fund notes liquidating at 1.91 to 2.10.
A batch of warranty deeds transfers of lots and blocks in Amarillo and nearby additions plus two district court divorces. Notable transfers include Sears to Lawdon Lot 23 Block 3 Alamo, Broadworth for 5200 on Lot 3 Block 40, and Bayles Lot 18 and West of 17 Block 22 East Amarillo. Divorce actions: Ina Lews Symonds vs Val A Symonds and Theresa Belle Patton vs Hansel H Patton.
Lt. Frances E. Scott of the Army Nurses Corps stopped in Amarillo to visit her sister Mrs. J. C. Redus at 2031 Parker before heading to Fitzsimons General Hospital in Denver. She has six years in the Army and three years in the South Pacific, recently at Brooke General Hospital Fort Sam Houston. A dinner and reception at Brooke Army Medical Center Officers Club honored her before departure with guests including Col. Paul Streit Lt. Col. Maidie E. Tilley Lt. Col. Kathleen Blatz and Col. Campbell H. Glascock.
Amarillo born Jorja Cartright will star as the female lead in Heaven Only Knows from Nero Films with Brian Donlevy and Robert Cummings. Stuart Erwin has a featured role. Donlevy plays a lost soul helped by an angel. Cartright rose from Amarillo and Whistle Stop to Hollywood.
In Crawfordsville Indiana Glenn Wilson Democrat won the township trustee race after a coin flip with Republican Virgil Darey both receiving 418 votes. After a recount showed a tie the two candidates flipped a coin to determine the result.
Egypt joins France in UN debate proposing gradual withdrawal of troops and demobilization. Sir Hartley Shawcross urges writing a UN international police force needs into the disarmament text as nations seek clarity on troop levels and security. A separate item notes 23 tombstones overturned in Fairview cemetery at night in Altoona.
Funeral rites for Dr. F W Dodson Amarillo senior dentist will be at 3 p m tomorrow at First Christian Church with Dr R C Snodgrass officiating Burial will be in Llano Cemetery Pallbearers include Dr R L Rogers Dr W B Stevenson Dr W I Dinan Dr George Ingham Judge W N Stokes and Jack Farwell Dodson died Sunday morning after a long illness at age 70 He practiced in Amarillo since 1901 first moving from Coleman He helped launch early research into brown stain and mottled teeth He was first president of the Panhandle Dental Society and later headed the West Texas Dental Society Survivors include his wife Mrs Willie Ida Dodson three sons a daughter two brothers two sisters and six grandchildren Funeral arrangements are by Blackburn Shaw The body lies in state at the family home 1909 Van Buren
Juan Chavez, 17, faces two burglary counts after city police arrested him for the Walker Smith Grocery Co. break in at 501 Grant and the Amarillo Leather Co. break in at 408 East Fifth on Nov 29. Bond set at 3000, no items reported stolen, another youth was not charged. Chavez previously was shot by police and confined to Gatesville state school.
Police, sheriff's officers, and other lawmen from Amarillo and the Panhandle met at 2 PM in Municipal Auditorium for the semi annual FBI Conference. Percy Wylye, Dallas FBI agent in charge, conducted the meeting with agents H E Plaxico Davy O'Brien and L E Kingman present.
The article notes the end of a nationwide coal strike easing fuel shortages while the Solid Fuels Administration maintains some control over shipments. Senator Butler commends Lewis for action but urges new labor laws. Lewis ordered miners back under the government contract he had voided five days before the strike began.
Bradford rejects major 12 month downturn forecasts and predicts the new Congress will cut personal and corporate taxes. He recalls Wilson Wyatt as a reformer who resigned due to over-ambitious aims and broad plans.
Mrs. Laura Russell long time Panhandle resident died Saturday at her daughter's home in Panhandle after a brief illness. The body goes to Clarendon for funeral services. Survived by two daughters a son a sister three brothers and seven grandchildren.
Theodore H. Smith nephew of A. F. Smith and cousin of Russell Bowles of 2202-A Fillmore was killed in a private plane crash near San Antonio. His family plans to attend a funeral expected Wednesday in Temple, as another man also died in the crash.
A jury to hear a compensation suit in 47th District Court was being selected today from a panel that reported this morning. The panel reported to 108th District Court was dismissed when it was learned a suit scheduled for hearing had been settled out of court. Criminal cases are scheduled for trial Thursday morning in 47th District Court.
Mr Bradford, former Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce manager, faced friction with multiple government agencies during his tenure in Washington. The dispute centered on interagency coordination and policy priorities.
Spring activities for the Amarillo High School Sandie Band will be discussed at a 7 30 PM meeting of the Amarillo Sandie Band Parents Association at the high school. Spokesmen announced the gathering.
Charges of swindling by worthless checks against Beatrice Martin were dismissed and she was released from county jail. The action followed her husband Guy W. Martins guilty plea before Judge Henry S. Bishop in the 47th District Court, with I uin receiving a three year penitentiary sentence on two counts to run concurrently.
Amarillo Chess Club members will meet tomorrow night at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church to discuss continuing activities. Ed Pittman, the president, says the group may disband if further interest is not shown. If retained, nominations for new officers will be held.
Great Britain first laid claim to the West Indian island of Barbados in 1605 when an English ship landed there, marking the start of European involvement on the island.
Twenty three Nazi medical experts go on trial in Nuremberg for crimes against humanity and war crimes. The defendants face charges over sterilization abortions freezing and pressure chamber experiments on concentration camp inmates. United States prosecutors allege the victims were treated worse than animals in a systematized program.
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