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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1948
Page
3
A wartime advisory council report urged a new union industry summit to set nonbinding fair wage standards tied to price structures. It suggested a second conference including public and farm representatives, aiming to guide collective bargaining and sustain high production and employment without heavy controls.
Washington December 27 Rep Hugh D Scott Jr may have won his fight to remain Republican national chairman without publicly firing a shot. The push to unseat him seems to fade amid multiple prospective opponents and a national committee meeting set for Omaha January 25 and 26. Dewey’s allies may back rivals if signs point to Taft Stassen or Dirksen considering bids.
Veterans Administration estimates about 108000 war veterans are in hospitals this holiday season with roughly 50000 long term patients. The agency urges visitors when possible to lift spirits of those veterans able to receive guests.
Dr. Richard Godfrey Parsons bishop of Hereford died after a yearlong illness following an accident. He was 66. Known as London's most-bombed bishop during the war after four near his home were destroyed by bombs while he led Southwark Cathedral and the South London diocese.
Vacancies in four classifications at Amarillo Veterans Hospital will be filled from Civil Service Commission examinations announced today. Openings include hospital attendant, storekeeper, storekeeper general, and motion picture projectionist with varied pay scales. Applications due January 25, 1949. veterans' preference applies for hospital attendant. one year experience needed for projectionist.
Report notes Frau Koch, widow of a Buchenwald commander, faced charges for killings beatings tortures starvation and abuses. The committee said she could be tried for crimes against Germans and cited her alleged orders for lamp shades from tattooed skins of inmates.
Police in San Antonio search for three escaped teens from the Bexar County Training School after overpowering guard M. Thompson. The youths, two aged 16 and one 17, seized keys and cut the guard's hand during the breakout.
Orange Texas December 27 7 Justice of the Peace Will Fountain reported George M Hunt 42 missing since Tuesday after a fishing trip on Little Cypress Bayou. The body of the Orange man was found floating in the bayou yesterday confirming a drownings incident.
An old ad block touts Pinex cough medicine and bright transfer patterns. It promises easy embroidery with pattern 7395 and thirty cent pattern booklets from Amarillo Globe. includes mailing details and payment in coins.
The President carried a half bushel basket of apples as he left the back door of his home for the drive to Grandview. Nan, his sister, and Vivian's children and grandchildren were noted in the scene as familiar company during the departure.
President Truman works on his state of the union message in Kansas City with secretaries Ross and Connelly reopening the White House headquarters at the Hotel Muehlebach. He will drive to Washington mid‑morning to review documents, with a final draft after returning Wednesday. The message will urge labor reform, civil rights laws, housing, inflation, social security expansion, health care, and other proposals from his 31,500 miles of campaigning. He had two Christmas dinners with family and in‑laws, including Mrs. Truman, Margaret, the Wallaces, and brother J Vivian Truman in Grandview.
In Houston on December 27 a dispute over fireworks led to a shooting. Cressie Smith, 50, died from a shotgun blast as Ophelia Gooden, 51, confessed she fired the weapon. Gooden was charged with murder after saying the neighbor spoke harshly to her grandchildren during the display.
Houston woman Selena Stephens, 29, was charged with murder in the holiday stabbing of her friend since childhood, 41-year-old Lloyd Carter. Stephens signed a statement saying Carter came to her.
A man allegedly argued with a woman on Saturday night, knocked her down four times, then used a Sutcher knife after moving outside. The woman died in a hospital about thirty minutes later. Authorities continue to investigate the incident and await further reports.
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