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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1947

Page

2

Granddaughter Gale Kritzer featured amid town chatter

A public notice blends weather quips and local lore with a portrait of 14 year old Gale Kritzer. The piece notes her troubles at home and school while teasing possible trades and local real estate hopes across Perryton Canadian Higgins Hereford and Muleshoe. It also muses on a Panhandle presidential scenario and future oil prospects in Hemphill Ochiltree Lipscomb counties.

Hemphill County Ochiltree County Lipscomb County Perryton Canadian Higgins

Burglars Target Cafes and Homes in Local Break-ins

Burglars entered Quick Lunch Cafe at 519 West Sixth by removing air conditioner blades to gain entry and stole $2 in pennies and Spectacles. At 610 Taylor the Post Office Barber Shop back door was forced open but nothing appears missing. Burglars also ransacked the home of Mrs. H. A. Lewis at 1703 Fest Thirteenth with no items reported missing.

West Sixth Taylor H. A. Lewis

Pauley Refuses Single Out on Market Deals in Committee

Pauley defends his grain dealings before a committee saying he is not singled out and will turn over his books. Chairman Bridges asks about similar transactions by officials and warns more witnesses will be called. Pauley insists his sales relieved misery and notes overall profit amid probing questions about buying and selling grain. Tea plants are evergreen but need hot moist climates.

Sagan Pauley Perguson Clark Boston Ferguson

Funeral services for Frank E. Wood at First Christian Church

Final rites for Frank E. Wood, 55, longtime Southwestern Public Service line superintendent in Amarillo, will be held at 2 PM tomorrow at First Christian Church. Dr. Roy C. Snodgrass will officiate. Burial follows at Vega cemetery under N. S. Griggs & Sons. Wood died Wednesday night of a heart attack. he was reared near Vega. Surviving are his widow, stepson, two stepdaughters, a brother and a sister.

Frank E. Wood Southwestern Public Service Company First Christian Church Roy C. Snodgrass Woods Amarillo Vega Cemetery N. S. Griggs & Sons Wood Vega

Amarillo Hit by Dallas Cold Wave

A cold front from Dallas brought chilly air to Amarillo with a 26 degree low reported. Partly cloudy conditions were forecast for today and tomorrow as temperatures are expected to rise to the lower 50s tomorrow afternoon.

Amarillo Dallas Texas Panhandle

Ballerina Danilova Leads Ballet Russe Arrival in Town

Alexandra Danilova and the Ballet Russe troupe arrive at 11 25 AM with heavy Russian accent evident as they check into the Herring Hotel. Tonight at Municipal Auditorium the company presents Night Shadow Les Madrones and Les Sylphides under Danilova with an ensemble including Fredric Franklin Nathalie Krassovska Leon Danielian Ruthanna Boris and Mary Ellen Moylan and an in house orchestra led by Ivan Boutnikoff.

Ballet de Monte Carlo Rock Island Alexandra Danilova Herring Hotel Danilova Municipal Auditorium Ballet

War Heroes Receive $500 Awards From Mr Tack

Verne Gordon of Amarillo Jimmie Dyer of Hereford and Neal Hynson of San Angelo win $500 Old Tack Awards as first Panhandle servicemen to reach enemy homeland. Checks mailed after Old Tack Commission vetted 30+ claims. 22,000,000 homes in U S wired for electricity.

Verne Gordon East Panhandle Germany Amarillo Gordon Phillips Petroleum Company C. A. Gordon Harrison Amarillo High Amarillo College Phillips Company 400Th Armored Field Artillery 5Th Armored Division Elizabeth Hales H. B. Hales Hales Randall County Jimmie F. Dyer Japan Dimmitt Hereford Dyer Yokosuka Naval Base Press Dyer Marines Neal K. Hynson San Angelo 4007 Hughes Italy Texas 36Th Division Salerno Old Tack Awards Commission Hynson Cactus Hotel Magnolia Petroleum Company Mra. L. Padgett Blue Bennett Sayes Hynson Mr. Tack American Legion Old Tack Claims Commission The Legion Walter Rummerfield Amario Sterling Kinney Wayne DeGrassi

Market Summary and Stock Prices in Mixed Trading

Furnished by Merrill Lynch list shows American Radiator American Smelt and Ref American Tel and Tel among many issues with varied quotes. Grain table at Chicago Board of Trade reports open high low and close figures for Dec May July and Sep futures along with Kansas City livestock notes noting cattle and calves and hog activity.

American American Smelt & Ref American Tel & Tel Anaconda Copper Armour & Co Chrysler Corporation Continental Motors Nash Kelvinator National Biscuit National Gypsum National Can Texas Corporation Texas Gulf Sylph Union Carbide Ges Blaw-Knox Steel Borden Foods Corscess Braniff Airways Briges Mfg Suaetne Bee Burroughs Onene Continental Oil Co Curtian Wright General Electric Geeral Motors Ceesee Tip Gillette Razor Gulf Petroleum Illinois Central Ry Interlake Iron International Harvester Ee ‘International Paper Ay International Te Jones-Laughlin Steel Kennecott Copeos ne-Beil Lumber Jenn L. Martin Mid Continent Petroleum Montgomery Ward NY Central Ry Sa Northern Pacific Ry Ohio Shestahab Packard Motors Pan American Airways Paramount Pictures Pennsylvania RR Penney J. C Pheps-Dodge Awe Phillips Petroleum Radio Corporation Radio Keith Republic Steel Sears Roebuck Shamrock Oil and Gas Shell Union Ote Sinclair Studebaker United Aircraft Eves Peepepvate Coos St Menon Warner Brothers Western Union Envedes White Motors Willys-Overland Daskrooseys Chicago Aehicago Board of Trade

Chicago Livestock Market Report Dec 12

Hogs generally steady to 25 cents lower with mostly steady activity. sow prices down 25 to 50 cents. Cattle steady to 50 cents higher on killing classes. choice steers at 29 dollars, other cattle weaker. Sheep slaughter down 25 to 50 cents. good and choice native lambs around 23 to 24 dollars amid 4,300 head.

Kansas City Livestock Kansas City USDA Chicago

Decision on Amarillo Field Disposition Expected Soon

Civil Aeronautics Administration officials anticipate a disposition decision for Amarillo Army Air Field within 30 days. CAA representative Cr L Burr from Big Spring visited Amarillo for an inspection with City Manager Moss and city engineer Stanton Field. Burr and fellow CAA staff from Fort Worth conferred with city officials yesterday.

Amarillo Field Civil Aeronautics Administration Amarillo Army Air Field Cr. L. Burr CAA Big Spring Amarillo N. V. Moss Stanton

Clif Harris Found Dead at His Amarillo Home

Amarillo violin maker Clif Harris was discovered dead at his home on Van Buren Street. Justice of Peace Ivy Wilkinson planned to rule the death as natural causes after finding the body had likely been dead 8 to 10 hours. The body lies at Blackburn Shaw awaiting relatives’ notification.

Cliff Harris Amarillo van Buren Justice of Peace Ivy Wilkinson Blackburn Shaw

Will Charter Rainbow Girls Official Charter Presented Tonight

The Lone Star Assembly of the Order of Rainbow for Girls will receive its official charter in a ceremony in the east room of Khiva Temple at 8 o'clock tonight. Mrs Martha Marie Whitfield of Dallas will present the charter. Miss Mary Ann Putman is the assembly’s worthy adviser and hosts a 6:30 to 7:30 tea. All Masons Eastern Stars and Rainbow Girls are invited to attend.

Lone Star Assembly Khiva Temple Martha Marie Whitfield Dallas Texas Mary Ann Putman Milam Whitfield Masons Eastern Stars Rainbow Girls

Kidnaped Fish Recovered After Burglary at Local Office

Goldfish and bowl recovered after burglary at Klock Construction, 1300 West Fifth. Burnice L. Alexander, 21, cab driver, charged with burglary and bond set at 1500 dollars. Also charged are Walter Fant Jr and Charles William Stroud. another cab driver Erskon Junion Sides faces burglary charges. Victim Mary Helen Heath reports fish unharmed.

Klock Construction Company 1300 West Fifth Burnice L. Alexander Alexander North East Eighth Walter Fant, Jr North Taylor Charles William Stroud Colorado Mary Helen Heath Sides

Memphis Air Crash Kills 20 to 21 aboard Army C-47

An Army C-47 crashed near Memphis last night killing at least 20 occupants, possibly 21. The plane, based at Aberdeen Maryland, had last stopped in El Paso and was returning from the West Coast when it plunged into a hillside and wooded area near the Memphis Municipal Airport. Names of the dead were withheld pending relatives’ notification.

Memphis Tenn Here Fargo Aberdeen el Paso Tex West

Child Struck by Car Injures Youth. Driver Named

Little Joan Grant six, of 312 North West Twelfth, is recovering from minor injuries after a noon collision with a car driven by G. E. Elliott thirty nine of 103 North Florida. Police say Elliott was traveling east in the 300 block North East Eighth and took the girl to a doctor after the incident.

Joan Grant North West Twelfth G. E. Elliott North Florida Elliot North East Eighth Elliott

Harold Mullins Held in Burglary Case at Service Station

Harold Mullins aged 18 is jailed in Potter County on burglary charges. He is accused in the break in at Bob Simmons' Service Station on East Tenth Avenue. Ralph Blake, city print shop foreman, had an emergency appendectomy at Northwest Texas Hospital this morning.

Harold Mullins North Grant Potter County Bob Simmons East Tenth Avenue Blake Ralph Blake Northwest Texas Hospital

Rabbi Bluhm to Speak on Militant Religion at Temple

Rabbi Arthur Bluhm will address Temple B'nai Israel on Militant Religion during the 8 p m Friday Sabbath service open to the public. A Sunday Chanukah party at 3 30 p m features Ricky Meyer, 12, performing magic.

Arthur Bluhm Temple B'nai Israel Ricky Meyer

Also Mentioned on This Page

Ciobe-News Board of Censors Towit Wes Izzard Paul Allingham N. D. Bartlett Bob Babb Grady Camp Sarah Winter J. P. Black Lewis Norarke Charley Underwood Tack Gale Kritzer Annabelle Kritzer Shelby Kritzer Gale Sete the Panhandle Robert Young Real Esate Perryton Real Estate van Stewart Vince Lockhart Gale Kritsek Frank Wood News-Globe Scribe Bette Thompson United States Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Beane Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane Financial Industrial Fund Jack B. DeShong Jack B. DeShonge Berlin May Davies North Arthur Jack 57Th Signal Service Company Davis Canada Turkey Amarillo Gun Club Thompson Park Municipal Golf Course Amarillo 20-30 Club Clif Harris Schick Shaver Clinic Schick Factory Will Charter Blackburn-Shall Preac Zale Thomas Mantel Presstt Lady's Expansion Serica Baylor Polk Aluminum Holmes and Edwards Emerson Radio C. Co. D Zales Zale’s
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