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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1947
Page
2
The note urges stricter liquor laws and enforcement in Amarillo and Potter County. It argues for sober highways, jail for drunken driving, more officers, and an end to underage serving. It notes a rising dry sentiment and calls for lawful, pragmatic action to curb alcohol abuse.
The speaker urges a large, earnest citizenry to support law enforcement for a safer, cleaner Amarillo. He declares the issue moral and insists both wet and dry camps can improve conditions, urging action to address widespread shame and improve living standards.
The ordinance divides the city into designated areas for liquor licenses and sets fees for various license types. It prohibits liquor establishments within 300 feet of churches or schools and imposes fines up to 200 dollars with daily penalties. Wholesalers outside the city wholesale area are unaffected. The county judge retains broad powers over county licenses.
Choice steers sold at a new all-time record price for the regular market at $39 a hundred pounds. The lot averaged about 1,150 pounds with prime grade material. The prior record was $38.50 set a week earlier and last year on this date the top was $34.
Merrill Lynch indexes show gains in Industrials and Utilities while Railroads dip. Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets open steady to higher with cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep showing modest advances and varied demand. Bulls and steers edge up, cows mixed, hogs firm near top weights.
Sporadic clashes rise in the Holy Land as a 10 day Palestine death toll reaches 105. Molotov bombs hit four police armored cars in Tel Aviv Jaffa, likely by dissident Jewish groups possibly the Stern gang. UN Security Council to receive notify of General Assembly decision to partition Palestine with Arab requests for non voting participation.
Gould and Hubbell coordinated a scheme involving a drug store, a bank stop for cash, and a list of serial numbers. Hubbell arrested Dreessen as Gould paid him, finding $410 on Dreessen matching the numbers. Dreessen released on bond. $1,000 cash bond posted by a chamber of commerce staffer and a $1,400 property bond by Mildred Engle heart.
The escort of three destroyers entered the US aircraft carrier Midway and moored at Naples harbor at noon. Markets mixed with cattle and sheep prices varying. top steers 36.00, top heifers 31.50, cows 19.00, lambs 24.00, yearlings 20.50, six bodies traded. fund liquidation at 1.95.
Three zoning appeals were scheduled for the city adjustment board this afternoon at 5. Two seek building on lots under 50 feet wide at 1108 North Hughes and 7190 North Hayes. The third requests converting a garage on an alley at 401 North Hayes to a dwelling. Board members are Bob Ricks, chairman, Walter Wirtz, Arthur Truitt, Sim Kelly and Fred Fyfe. The board meets in city hall.
The death of 36 year old William M Meggs of Fort Towson Oklahoma was ruled a death by blunt force trauma after an autopsy. His body was found in a roadside ditch ten miles south of Amarillo near the Hollywood Service Station. An Amarillo man who said he fought Meggs Wednesday is questioned along with two farm workers who picked him up. no arrests reported.
Early this morning two men were seen at the G. W. Keeling Service Station at Line and Georgia after a glass door was broken. Officers followed a fresh snow trail to two suspects, who were arrested and booked on suspicion. investigation ongoing with no charges filed yet.
M W Graves, current superintendent of Stinnett schools, was named county superintendent of Hutchinson County. He succeeds J W Dillard who resigned to become dean of Frank Phillips College under construction in Borger. Dillard had been elected January 1, 1947.
Trans-World Airlines purchases 12 new Constellations for overseas routes. Glen Hall, TWA district manager, notes the fleet will reach 132 aircraft with 34 Constellations and 15 DC-4s among others. Constellations now abroad will return to US service. Amarillo has no current stops. Cost is listed at 15 million dollars.
A fatal collision west of Bushland ends in the death of Stone a longtime Borger resident. Injured survivors include C P Perez Doc Hall George Lamber Pansy Carter and Mrs Russell Edgley. All transported to Northwest Texas Hospital with Lamber and Edgley seriously hurt.
Highway patrol described a crash on an icy section of the highway when a 1940 coach driven by Mrs. Carter struck the ice and spun into a sedan driven by Gusta B. Sundberg. Sundberg, 28, escaped injury as both cars were damaged. A second collision on Highway 66 near English Field involved Frank Metcalf and family, Coast Guardsman Jones, and Marines Holloway, with multiple injuries and hospitalizations.
Republican floor leader Bean Wherry told reporters there has been no constructive or detailed anti-inflation legislation outlined by administration officials. He doubts the GOP Congress will act on anti-inflation measures during the special session.
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