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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1945
Page
2
The column envisions milder days ahead for South Texans yet warns Amarillo may rise or fall on a proposed large coliseum. It credits young progressives while critiquing older property owners, urging decisive action to spur growth amid taxes and civic planning.
The speaker lauds Jay Taylor as a natural leader with common sense and drive. They warn the community that without his ecoli seum project Amarillo's future is imperiled and Lub bock could outgrow Amarillo in five years.
Residents question whether now is a good time to buy in Amarillo as property values hinge on the success of a proposed coliseum. The town’s leadership and the balance between seasoned figures and younger businesspeople could determine the market direction.
Five years after urging Amarillo real estate, investors weigh inflation and the dollar’s strength. Canadian, Texas, emerges as the best bet with two business lots likely to reach near par if oil hits the Northeast Panhandle, while Amarillo prices loom risky.
A veteran speaker appeals to older residents to let younger generations take the reins. He urges backing Mr. Tack and Mr. Taylor to build a downtown coliseum, praising the drive of the youth to lead the town into a stronger future.
Journalists arriving by Braniff at 6 tonight join 50 Amarillo factory owners for a 7:30 banquet at the Capitol Hotel. John K. Boyce speaks on Amarillo’s economic and industrial background. John McCarty of The Amarillo Globe News also participates. The National Association of Manufacturers funds the tour to study reconversion of Southwestern industries four months after the war.
Mrs Birdie Watkins survives as widow. Children include William R. Jr and C. R. Watkins. Daughters Polly Martha Kay and Mrs. Margaret Stout. Siblings Jim Watkins of Amarillo, Clayton Watkins of Canyon Road, Floyd Watkins of Long Beach. Sister Mrs J A Barnes of Abilene. Other relatives in New York City and Portland.
Miss Osmena, touring American cities, describes Cebu as a center of heavy fighting and notes homes of her grandmother and brothers were burned. She recounts cold in Amarillo and travel fatigue, plans five more lectures then a return to New York for Christmas with husband Milne Charnley. She is an accomplished singer, not a professional, and served as hostess in the Capitol for her father during wartime.
Market notes show Merrill Lynch Dow levels with minor gains in rails utilities and grains. Livestock prices move unevenly with cattle and hogs steady to higher, while sheep trade weak. Grain table lists December wheat and oats quotes, plus a small financial fund note at the end.
USDA data show cattle salable 21 000 of 22 500 with calves 2 500 of 2 800. Trade slower and cattle generally steady with steers weak to 25 cents under last week and 50 cents below last Monday. Beef steers mostly 16 50 to 16 90 with various classes selling from 13 75 to 17 00 and mixed heifers and yearlings around 15 00 to 16 00.
Mrs Jeck Melson and Wayne Carroll were injured when their car overturned on a farm to market road two miles north of the Helium Plant. Melson and Carroll were exposed for more than two hours before ambulance service arrived after directions misled the driver. Melson had a broken leg and cuts while Carroll suffered a possible broken collar bone and other injuries. Both men were hospitalized at Northwest Texas Hospital in serious but improving condition. Melson left hospital after treatment.
The notice records transfers of parcels including lot 2 bike 2 Mullen and others to Stephens, Beverley to Paulk, Flynn to Garter, Harrison to Baker, McMahan to Cameron, Seale to Gibson, Ford to Raymond Ford, Reynolds to Laura Wilson, Broom to King, and a set of marriage licenses for Warton and Frankie Lee Applin Tomes, Winner and Whitman, Awritt and Lunsford.
Word arrives of the death this morning of Mrs. Lawrence Crist 6005 Hillcrest Dallas former Ellen Bailey Dixon daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Dixon now of San.
Worth Rockett Woolsey, 42, identified by police as a Fort Worth cattleman, leaped 30 feet from a bridge over the San Gabriel River near Monte to end his life yesterday. The report notes Antonio and Amarillo residents among those associated with the case and hints at employment ads in the same column.
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