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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1947
Page
2
Representative Landis of Indiana introduces a bill to repeal the 20 percent retail tax on toilet goods, luggage, and women's purses. The proposal would not affect the 10 percent manufacturers tax on luggage.
Merrill Lynch stock averages shown with small gains led by utilities and others. Kansas City livestock reports note limited calves and steady hog and sheep demand with top hog prices near 27 dollars, while Chicago hogs rise and beef cattle show mixed, limited offerings. Financial fund Liquidatine at 1.8605 with offer at 2.04.
Mr. McDonald parleyed windmill insight into water wells starting at Hereford and later helped Borger and Phillips Petroleum. A 1921 shift brought purebred cattle to a Bushland ranch with a 1937 dispersal noted as a Panhandle classic. Surviving family includes widow Anna K. McDonald and three sons in Amarillo and Hereford.
James Moore celebrated his 100th birthday at Goff Falls confirming a family long life. He matched his grandfather’s longevity record, a notable milestone in the community.
First weekly report on New Mexico ski conditions received by the Weather Bureau in Amarillo. Reports compiled in Albuquerque cover Aqua Piedra Carson National Forest and other areas with details on snow depth crust and road access. Skiing described as good to excellent with varying road conditions.
Mitchell, a stocky Crete-born man from the Mediterranean, said two men knocked at a Line Avenue store and later assaulted him after he exited a Panhandle-bound bus. He fought back, felling one assailant, while a second fled. He walked home to alert police. A night watchman reported a collapsed man later taken to hospital. Police say the injured man identified the assailant Mitchell had repulsed.
The article explains how the Marshall Plan would fund European recovery with cash payments for scarce materials. It notes prices have risen since Paris, Congress considers trimming the plan to lower U.S. prices, and estimates range from about 15.1 to 17.8 billion dollars plus 822 million for Western Germany.
The Y Club hosts a Christmas formal in the YMCA ballroom at 8:30 tomorrow night. Sonny Cooper and his orchestra provide music with an intermission program directed by James Bidwell. Quartet singers include Bill Jackson Floy Webb Alfred McLaughlin and W C Stallings Jr. Refreshments follow. Mrs E M Frost Jr chairs hostesses. Bob Kemp serves as master of ceremonies.
London reports Food Minister John Strachey announced a new contract in Parliament for Australia to deliver 80 million bushels of wheat at 17 Australian shillings per bushel. Most of the supply will go to colonies and other areas, with only a small portion for the United Kingdom this crop year.
The Airlines Pilots Association urged federal officials to ground all DC-6 aircraft until improved fire prevention and added flight engineers are in place. ALPA would not permit interim return of the Douglas airliners. Proposals include portable extinguishers alcohol deicers and fire warning tests. A DC-6 crash in Bryce Canyon killed 52 on Oct. 24 linked to fuel findings in tail sections.
Los Angeles officials order a strict policy for floor naming in city hall after reports of operators calling floors with nicknames. Ralph Hoffman, the building superintendent, says the practice included terms like war department for the divorce court floor and morgue for probate courts, prompting the new rule.
President Truman signed a bill authorizing a two million dollar appropriation for the immediate relief of the Navajo and Hopi Indians in Arizona Utah and New Mexico. The measure directs the Interior Secretary to take immediate action using direct and work relief. Congress plans further cash in an appropriation bill approved today.
In Washington on a recent afternoon, President Truman and a Secret Service agent walked the crowded business district. They observed holiday shoppers while avoiding stores to keep from disrupting the crowd and noted a general tendency of people buying themselves gifts rather than others.
Nevada City California dispatch reports Lois Hunt Hardy 22 convicted of first degree murder in the slaying of J. W. McLain an elevator operator near Truckee. The death penalty was mandatory if the sanity trial verdict is adverse, with Hardy to face a second trial. Also reported is a Jerusalem attack near Khisas in Galilee in which ten Arabs including five children were killed or injured by bombs and gunfire amid claims of Hagana involvement.
Harrell V Tanner, a Veterans' Hospital patient from Southland, will receive a Southland High School diploma in the hospital theater at 6:45 PM. The diploma is for completing the educational re training program of the medical rehabilitation course after three months of study, tutored privately by Woodie Beene.
In Honolulu on December 19, favorable weather aided three Pacific ships in distress. The Liberty ship Simon Benson with 38 aboard reported improving conditions and safe handling, sending thanks to the hospital ship Comfort which is en route to Honolulu. The Comfort and the S S Henry Austin have resumed their voyages after heavy seas.
Rome December 19 A nationwide strike of about 300000 food industry workers appeared certain to start tomorrow. The walkout was ordered yesterday by the Communist led federation of food industry employees. Officials see economic causes like severance pay but government sources view it as part of Communist agitation against Premier Alcide de Gasperi's cabinet.
In Paris on December 19 the anti-Communist minority of CGT voted 156 to 0 with abstentions to break away. About 1.25 million of CGT's 6 million adherents leave to form a new confederation under Workers' Force to free the labor movement from political control and call for a national congress.
Alf M. Landon, 1936 Republican presidential nominee, urged President Truman to fire Edwin W. Pauley, special assistant to the Army secretary, saying he was surprised by Pauley's appointment and by administration indifference after Pauley testified about grain dealings.
A historical practice described involved a Y-shaped pipe whose two horns were inserted into the nostrils to inhale smoke directly through the nose. The method reflects early tobacco use and ritual smoking in certain cultures.
In Prairie du Chien Wisconsin Father Cosmas Meyer, a polio victim unable to lift his hands, was permitted by Pope Pius XII to celebrate his first mass without raising his hands. The dispensation was granted to accommodate his disability during the ceremony.
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