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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1944
Page
2
A light column item mix notes mild weather, a wallet recovery story, a casino poker anecdote, and snippets from gossip and jokes. It mentions Charley McAfee golfing, George Holcomb losing a wallet found by Dwight Newby, a WAAC joke, and references to courtship quotes and wartime optimism.
Kansas City bids show cattle steady to 25 cents lower with many declines while hogs run uneven and pigs mostly down. 1325 lb steers around 16.00 and heifers around 12.50. stockers steady. cows scarce. Chicago hogs 25-40 cents lower. cattle glutted with most steers 13.00 to 15.50 and best heifers 13.00 to 15.00. cows and vealers scarce. lambs and sheep slow but best fed lots hold above 14.50.
Jack King reports the Paramount Theater phone service was disrupted by backstage radio experiments conducted by his son Jackie and a group of radio experts. They built a crystal radio setup that interfered with long distance lines, but technicians traced the source and normal service is restored.
Canadian troops crossed the Lamone River establishing two bridgeheads northeast of Faenza and pushed the line nine miles from the town in stiff fighting. The northern flank followed the Ravenna Bologna Railway northwest of Russi with the route now astride it for a distance. Over 300 prisoners taken and several armored vehicles knocked out as the Lamone flood hindered German counterattacks. Fifth Army fronts saw renewed German pressure south of Bologna but repelled. Additionally Italian-based bombers attacked Germany and Yugoslavia targets.
A column records daily business visitors in Amarillo including J King Cook Austex Chili H Dormer Soncony Vacuum Oil H E Roth Bunda Co R G Pratt Fort Worth and Denver R R Shelton Shelton Typewriter and Barton Wright Hastings Mfg Company Guests also include C D Hall Texas Co H G Benedict Colgate F J Kesmodel Illinois Central Roy Kerr State Life G F Riordan Jenkins Wholesale E L Jones Motors Insurance Charles S White Huckins Hotel H E Broughton Phillips Co R O Sherwood Barton Salt Co Leeman Ramey Conley Lott Nichols Dallas Frank Garard DeSoto Motor Co. Dallas.
Potter County servicemen nomination closes at 6 PM with the first prize a lot in Bivins Addition. Interstate Theaters manager Jack King notes over four million votes have been cast and 14 leaders are listed including Kyle Savage and Edgar L. Waldrop from Mississippi.
A 1944 Amarillo Globe column reflects on marriage norms and optimism after fifteen years of marriage. It cites a breakfast waiter’s philosophy and humor about love and longevity. It also questions the claim that 75 percent of women accept the first marriage proposal.
A collection of scattered street addresses and names including Tolleson 1706 Van Buren Gale Neal 3307 Van Buren Lloyd Gordon Waddill 2113 Jackson Raymond Thornton 1404 Madison BE Fenton Farwell 2418 Washington Jack A Herrmann 1931 Harrison W M Curl Jr 1112 B Hayden Maurice C Finley 2111 Fillmore.
Mrs. J M Carter 50 an Amarillo resident for 15 years died at 4 AM at her mother Mrs 8 8 Johnsons Corsicana funeral in Corsicana tomorrow burial there. Her husband died here a year ago she did Red Cross work as supervisor and belonged to the Presbyterian Travel One Club and Twentieth Century Club survivors include her mother and daughter Blanche Carter of Corsicana.
Byron Singleton, a janitor by his own claim, saved a late print order at the Blackburn Building when he grabbed a broom and swept the Superior Letter Service offices to finish thousands of copies on time. The workers had warned of delays unless the task was completed promptly.
Khiva Temple will hold its stated monthly meeting the last of the year at 7 30 tonight. A supper at 6 00 precedes the business session and a short form ceremonial will follow, with several candidates to be initiated.
Fred Galle announced that the Amarillo Lodge 731 meeting planned for tonight is cancelled due to a conflict with a Khiva Temple gathering. The notice cites the scheduling clash as the reason for the cancellation.
Deputy Sheriff J L Pounds left for Tucumcari New Mexico to return a youth wanted in connection with a car theft in Amarillo. The youth’s name and the car owner were not released. The youth was arrested in possession of a stolen car and has waived extradition.
A closed gas vent at 1416 Hughes caused the Q. J. Daniel family to suffer headaches. Mrs. Daniel endured a severe headache all day, and Mr. Daniel also had a strong headache. Their 15 year old son Wayne Daniel was overcome by fumes in the bathroom.
Elmer Lee Saint, held for a month in Potter County jail on a federal charge, was released today on a $500 bond. He faces a Dyer Act violation charge for transporting a stolen automobile across state lines.
H. A. Burk posted a $250 bond in federal court after being charged with violating OPA regulations. The complaint states he possessed automobile tires bought without proper OPA certificates and the bond was set by the U. S. Commissioner.
Fall shorn pelts listed at $14.25 with scattered bids to $14.50 for native lambs. Good and choice fed wooled westerns held above $14.75, while good yearling wethers brought $13.00. Yearling ewes at $12.00 and good native ewes from $6.25 to $4.16.50. Financial Industrial Fund Liquidating at $1.88 offering $2.07.
New York December 13 trading in wool top futures up to May 1945 was suspended by the wool associates of the New York Cotton Exchange. Bernard J. Conlin president said only the July and later contracts are halted while trading in wool grease futures continues and the rest of the market remains as usual due to War Production Board actions.
Dorothy Thompson has resigned as president of Freedom House. George Field, executive secretary of the organization dedicated to world freedom, announced the resignation today.
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