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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1946
Page
2
In Kansas City on December 13 livestock trade showed mixed results with lambs and sheep off market, cattle and calves salable totals around 1 000 head, hogs slow with prices down 25 cents, top at 22.50 for lighter weights and 21.50 for heavier loads.
Chicago livestock shows hogs at 11 000 head with firmness for under 260 pounds and sows up 25 cents while cattle and calves ease slightly. Beef prices range with cows $9.50 to 15.50, vealers $23.00 down. lambs higher to $23.50. grains edge lower as profit taking hits wheat and corn. oats firm on short covering. December oats up modestly. Financial markets show pand liquidation with bonds at $2.17.
Warranty deeds record transfers forScale Homes Inc to Lester Wynn and others for parcels in East Amarillo plus several additional property transfers. District Court shows multiple divorces filed including Cook, Kincade, Hardin, Lokey cases. Marriage licenses issued to Burgan and Hatfield and to Shelton and Huckabee.
Burglars entered the Bill Mc Clanahan Service Station at 809 Tyler and stole about $4 in pennies and a suit of men’s clothing after breaking a window. Police investigated an alarm from the Amarillo Auto Clinic at 815 West Sixth. they found a window open but no entry. Honolulu is 2090 nautical miles west of San Francisco and 3394 miles east of Yokohama.
Texas Rangers highway patrolmen and local deputies hunted two negro men after a 19 year old Glidden cafe waitress was assaulted at an isolated spot five miles from Glidden. A cafe worker was robbed of his car and the pair later abducted the waitress, later escaping. The sheriff's office traced them through Schulenburg with one possibly near Weimar and the other near San Antonio.
Alvin Schroeder 20 of Spearman died when the car overturned on Higgins road three miles north of Canadian. Shirley Sprague of Canadian was hurt but not seriously. The couple had left a dance for a short drive in Schroeder’s new 1946 Ford. witnesses said Sprague was driving. Schroeder’s body lay in state at Stickley Funeral Home.
J. R. Brown was elected the new president of the American Business Club at a noon meeting held today at the Capitol Hotel. New officers include Clayton Heare as first vice president Bud Bussard as second vice president Floyd Cooper as secretary J. C. Lilly as treasurer Ray Rozell as chaplain and Guy Cox as sergeant at arms.
Red Jackson was named by city manager A. P. Hancock to lead the typhus control department, succeeding Lefty Fowler. The appointment takes effect December 16 and supports the rat proofing and rodent control program. Fowler moved to transportation earlier this month. Jackson has worked in the department since its founding.
A local division of the Credit Women's Breakfast Club was organized in the Crystal Ballroom Her ring Hotel by Amarillo credit women. The group will affiliate with Lone Star Council of Breakfast Clubs and holds monthly breakfast meetings to discuss credit problems. Elected officers include Mrs. Norene Lane president and Neila Boyington vice president. Formal installation is set for Jan 16 with Lois Huey from Austin attending along with state officers from Fort Worth Dallas and Houston. The Amarillo Credit Association and Amarillo Credit Managers Association sponsor the new club.
Funeral services for Jack Quinton Cochran Amarillo bus driver will be held at 4 o clock tomorrow afternoon in the Boxwell Brothers Chapel Dr R C Snodgrass First Christian Church pastor will officiate Cochran a resident of Amarillo for 20 years died in Northwest Texas Hospital early last night He was 40 his home at 2512 East Third Survivors include his widow Blanche Cochran a daughter Doris Lazelle Detroit Mich his parents Mr and Mrs M M Cochran Dumas and three brothers Ray Cochran Amarillo Marvin Cochran San Angelo and Curtis Cochran Borger
The official canvass confirms the local option election in Commissioners Precinct 3 approved dry status by a 24 vote margin. Some residents have threatened a contest but no district court petition has been filed yet. Globe News Want Ads for Results.
Panhandle Pen Women will honor Miss Loula Grace Erdman with an appreciation banquet at the Herring Hotel next Friday December 20 at 7 PM. Erdman recently won the Dodd Mead Redbook award for her novel The Year of the Locust. Reservations may be made by telephoning Mrs Florence Watkins or Mrs B F Harper.
Captain Kerr announced that the Naval Reserve armory in Amarillo will begin soon after January 1 with a projected cost exceeding 500000 dollars. He outlined a larger building plan, noted material delays for veterans housing, and said Navy construction should proceed once materials are released.
Vir gil Patterson, president of First National Bank, becomes president of the Better Business Bureau in Amarillo. He succeeds Clay Thornton, who led since 1942. Patterson aims to expand membership, educate the public on postwar frauds, and maintain excellent finances.
Rex Baxter says definite plans for a building program to revive the Tri-State Fair in 1947 will be set within two weeks. Directors met at Amarillo Hotel and elected Jay Taylor president to succeed Bill Beechler. Baxter reelected manager Miles Bivins fills vacancy from C W Farr's death. last fair was held in 1941 and 1942 plans were canceled at the request of the Office of Defense Transportation.
The Elizabeth Nixson Junior High School Choir under Madelyn Robinson performed a Christmas musical for the Business and Professional Women's Club. Mrs. Mabel Ray led the program on International Relations. A K Baracat spoke on women's role in world peace. The club plans a charity ball January 1 at the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel. BPW will meet again January 14.
Honor grads announced for Amarillo High School mid year class. Margaret Bergman leads with 93 average, Wilma Beeman close at 92.84 and both plan to study business administration at Amarillo College. Other 90+ honorees include Norma Hoyt Jimmy Hale Joyce Lee Everitt.
A petit jury panel has been called to report in 47th District Court Tuesday morning to hear criminal cases. District attorney staff say a heavy docket awaits the court. Judge Henry S. Bishop will hear testimony in a non jury civil suit on Monday morning.
Mrs Eliza Jane Cook 67 a longtime Amarillo resident died at 2109 Cleveland at 755 this morning She was a Primitive Baptist Church member Survived by five sons three daughters and one sister Funeral set for 2 pm Saturday at the Primitive Baptist Church Elder W H Fox and Elder S J Ellis to officiate Burial in Dreamland Cemetery Canyon Funeral arrangements by Blackburn Shaw
In Borger a 35 year old man, Orville Watson, died after a rifle shot during a poker game. J B Cook, 33, admitted the shooting claiming it was accidental after planning a mock raid. Cook is jailed on murder charges with a $5,000 bond.
Sheriff Lane said there were no arguments during the poker game and that none of the players had lost heavily, though a crash shattered a window and someone fled.
Wilma Immel, daughter of Mr and Mrs G M Immel of 3106 Tyler, arrived in Amarillo last night for a short visit with her parents. She formerly worked at the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce and has recently been employed in Denver.
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