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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1946
Page
2
Stocks show modest declines with the Dow slipping 1.99 points as volumes reach 810 000. Chicago grain futures rise on mills buying amid export hedges with Wheat up 1 to 2 cents and January at 2.14. Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets report slower trading across cattle hogs and sheep with steady to lower prices and varied demand.
Financial Industrial Fund liquidates at 2.18 per share. Courthouse records show warranty deeds transferring multiple Amarillo parcels: Fred M. Seale to Seale Homes across Blocks 19 30 35 44 in East Amarillo. Chas N Baker to M G Lacy Lot 3 Block 50 East Amarillo. R O Phillips to Floyd C Phillips Lot 12 Block 88 San Jacinto Heights. M F Wirtz et al to RR Penning.
Manila war area drive directed by Col Ernest A Kinderwater aims to corral an estimated 300 to 900 AWOL personnel over 24 hours. Civil authorities join in roadblocks and identity checks to curb crime waves including black market activity and robberies in the city.
Socialist Leon Blum, 74, elected president premier of France's interim government. National assembly tallies show about 575 votes, well above the 310 needed for a majority. He must now seek party agreement on a program and whether rightist parties join the cabinet.
Washington telephone operators walked off the job prompting a recorded message for callers. The announcement advised using local fire and police numbers from the directory for urgent needs and noted operators could not handle calls today.
A veteran notes he is married and seeks to rent a good farm within about 200 miles. He farmed most of his life until entering the service in 1942 and had a promised place, but is now searching locally.
George W. Davis of Route 3 Shamrock appeals for land to farm after landowner farms out. He has funds to buy a tractor, tools, and stock but needs a place to operate, preferably 200 acres or more, and asks readers to publish his appeal.
A tan and white Pekingese named Bomber with license tag No 1196 is lost and a $10 reward is offered for his return. Call 9158 or 20294 to recover the dog.
Black coin purse left in front of the old post office building at Seventh and Taylor containing a ten dollar bill three ones and small change. Reward offered. Call 2-2761.
Mrs T A Chatman asks the finder of a black box purse to return it. Contact 616 Fast Eleventh to arrange pickup or handoff.
A small female light red Cocker Spaniel answers to Daisy is missing. Reward offered. Contact numbers 8042 or 6214 for identification and pickup. Please help reunite with her owner.
Margaret Hainze reports a missing bracelet from a small white box. The item is about four inches long with Wagner's branding and the name Ceola. Please call 4728.
Dawna Clawson Francis won a divorce from Guy E. Francis after testimony that the husband shared a bed with two young women due to housing shortage. Miss Bettylou McClain denied the accusation and Francis’ attorney called it a frameup. Dawna’s father testified detectives found Francis in Miss McClain’s room wearing only a 45 caliber revolver and his birthday suit. The court awarded Dawna a portion of her husband’s interest in the Hollywood nightclub.
R. V. Fletcher was elected president of the Association of American Railroads by the directors today. He has served as acting president since J. J. Pelley’s death a month ago and was previously vice president for research. Ralph Budd, head of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy, declined to be nominated.
Teague and veterans call for the immediate suspension of Henson the business manager as a campus dispute grows. Dr Hill notes a concerted student move and says the issue centers on personal conflict with Henson while Henson cites long hours and budget duties. Henson offers retroactive housing rent relief with a veteran advisory committee.
Baltimore judge rules in a landlord eviction case after viewing a four page history of the pranks of Edwin L Hastry Jr described from infancy to childhood. The article notes his later mischief extended over a city block.
Reverend Attycus Webb, 77, longtime Texas opponent of liquor traffic and anti saloon league leader, died in Dallas after a long illness. Native of Moscow Kentucky, he taught in rural schools, led anti saloon drives, presided at Granbury College, edited Home and State, and directed anti saloon work in multiple states.
Highland Indiana report says Nick Schoon Jr received a thank you note from relatives in Holland about a clothing bundle. The message said a grandfather appreciated the clothes but wondered why pants meant for a child were sent to him.
A note explains that OPA price labels on trousers use a Dutch term meaning old grandfather and links the phrase to a biblical figure describing a day’s journey as about twenty three and a fifth miles.
Tips by New York City taxi drivers averaged 17 percent of fares during World War II and declined to about 10 percent a year after the war, reflecting postwar economic adjustments in tipping practices.
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