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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1948
Page
2
A dense list of stock table figures and market quotes from New York and Chicago exchanges. Highlights include numerous corporations, railroad and utility names, commodity prices, and over the counter prices. The report blends grain, livestock, and financial instrument listings with closing figures and daily variations.
A five nation commission leaves Washington today to probe charges that Costa Rica has been invaded from Nicaragua. The State Department provides a plane for the trip. Investigators including a U.S. representative will visit San Jose and then Managua, under a council authorization from the Organization of American States. Costa Rica appealed to the OAS under the Rio mutual defense pact.
Investigators searched the Terrible aircraft carrier in Devonport as it neared transfer to Australia. Five stray bolts were found in the engine gearbox pilpit, and engines had been turned by hand averted full operation. The admiralty reported only slight damage.
Stanford physicist Dr. Paul H. Kirkpatrick has unveiled an X ray microscope aimed at studying living cells. He says it could image objects smaller than a millionth of an inch by using metal coated concave mirrors to focus X rays both vertically and horizontally. The device promises higher resolving power than optical microscopes but can examine living tissues unlike electron microscopes.
Vittorio Sassetti, 38, in his small barber shop in Pisa, receives a letter after the postman delivers him news his late father’s guitar from 1941, purchased for 30 lire, is an authentic Stradivari worth about $100,000. He closes the shop and nails a sign reading For Sale.
An Elliott South Africa orchestra organized a fundraiser with a gross take of 24 and expenses totaling 36, resulting in a net deficit for the event. The effort aimed to support the ensemble and its activities in the community.
Mrs. Brinkley recounts that on Aug 30 she and her son Orla worked all afternoon at Ruffin's grocery, processing vegetables and stocking displays. She describes finding the baby injured after a fall from a cellar door, and details the family's efforts and the baby's fragile health, including prior discipline.
Elliott Roosevelt defends selling spruce Christmas trees at Hyde Park prices arguing they last as long as balsams. Nursery owners like Lux and Vale urge balsam fir as tradition while critics cite needles shedding and odor. Roosevelt cites 30,000 spruces sold last year and plans 60,000 locally. a Bronx botanist backs balsams as better.
Beijing reports from the defense ministry say the 12th Army Group broke through Communist lines and joined Nationalist forces northwest of Pengpu, while a Communist broadcast claims remnants were destroyed after 22 days trapped. The army had been trapped near Suhsien, about 145 miles from Nanking, with initial losses estimated at about 50,000 men.
In Amarillo court, defense and prosecution debated child abuse allegations as Mrs. Brinkley described the baby’s words and spankings. Medical expert Dr. Wrather testified that extreme belt punishment could cause fatal injuries while cross examination explored when babies begin talking.
Detroit December 16 Automobile News reports U S weekly car production will reach 119 025 units, a postwar high surpassing the 118 630 produced the prior week ending December 4, signaling a record period for motor vehicle output.
A congressional panel disclosed documents allegedly copied by Alger Hiss linking US officials to secret talks with Germany and hints of a pre election timing strategy. Papers show warnings from diplomats in Paris about Nazi plans to seize Czechoslovakia and notes on France fearing US entry against Japan.
Bituminous coal planned for next year would form 700 piles, each containing enough coal to fill the Empire State Building, highlighting the large scale of anticipated mining output and storage plans.
Contributions totaling 13410.50 poured in yesterday for the Amarillo Children’s Home building fund as the Day aimed to raise an additional 50000. The plan calls for cottages an administration and recreation building a garage and a cottage for the superintendent to complete a 300000 facility at an estimated 200000 cost. Notable donors include A F Arnold Louise Jensen Santa Claus Freeman's Flowers Division Club Ruth G Bush Mrs R L Saunders Hoyt Boles Mary and Guy Carlander and many others along with gifts in memory of Allen Early and Dr Thomson.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen the Order of Railway Conductors the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Railroad Train Men form a historic accord outlining cooperation among four major railway labor unions.
Union leaders say strikehour for all hours worked in the year may prompt action. They expect President Truman to name an emergency board to review the case. The last union meeting on December 10 followed a Labor Board mediator inquiry as unions across Archer City to Dublin urge a resolution.
Recruit Paul G Curreri of Brooklyn has organized his 23rd Infantry unit for a multi city holiday hop. 72nd’s planes will fly to New York New England points within 24 hours and stop at Chicago Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. 50 percent furloughs and round trip tickets funded by cash draw many volunteers. Carlson's Travel Service and Gray's Travel Agency in Seattle supply most charters at 140 to 165 dollars per round trip including tax.
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