Weather and town talk from Amarillo column notes
A long column blends weather chatter with local gossip. It praises Mr Winburn’s weather crew yet mocks forecasts, recalls a lick log cattle salt trough, lauds Dick Bivins and the school board’s stadium plans, and hints at an election and stadium site debate in North, West Amarillo or the Tri State Fair grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Winburn
Southwest
C. Bascom Slemp
Dick Bivins
Amarillo
Iter Stanley Mauldin
Chicago
Plains
North
West
Tri-State Fairgrounds
Price noted for close in property sale
Mr Tack presents a skeptical note on a near downtown property asking $37,500, deeming the price not hay. The remark implies the price may be high for the location.
Old Tack Would Shine On All Paid Trip, Reader Says
A reader praises Old Tack as a top writer in Amarillo columns. The letter cites long-time devotion, compares him to his father’s paper, asks for Old Tack to be sent on a trip, and mentions local gossip about stadium sites, upcoming weddings, and community details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Izzard
Old Tack
Amarillo
Atchison Globe
Tack
L. Baskin
Hereford
Texas
Santa Fe
Tom
Iportant
Alon
Jimmy Wise
Gooch
Denison
Pinky
Hasan
Louis Xtv
France
Ant
Jimmy
Nordyke
It's a Boy for The Henry Fords
Detroit December 28 Mrs Henry Ford announced the birth of a baby boy at Henry Ford Hospital weighing seven pounds three ounces. The Ford family already has daughters Charlotte seven and Ann five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Henry Ford
Ye Ford
Charlotte
Ann
Markets and closing grain and livestock report
Market data shows futures and spot prices across grains and livestock. Sections list cattle hogs and grain movements with bids, sales, and notable price ranges from Chicago and Kansas City markets. Market summaries reference breaking action, steady to lower bids, and supply conditions as reported by grain companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ordep Co
Barbie
Ees Phelps
Slo
Namie
South Pac
Wl & Hudson
DCo_ Sectors
Corpig
Brande Semieriseres
Saoptdine Airer
Soe Berm Airlin
Studedexer Electric
Texas Co
United Airlin
Usfineg
US Lines
Sreshound Cp
Grumman Air 17
Bick
Warkworth
Weutherman
Younes
Kennecott
Rambert
New York
Amer Lykt
Arwad Gash
Pelineas
Altus Burwood
Ruder
Istah Corp
Sentral
Arete Suban
Superior Tap
Humble
Ural Idaho
Kaisers Fraser
Wentworth
Kingston
Hart
Seagate
Chicago
Umimann Grain Co
Kansas City
Jonas Fed
Fed Iasrics
Deere Rigments
Financial Industrial Fund
Sheriff’s Housecleaning Reveals Old Vault Contents
A local sheriff clears the office vault, revealing a shelf of vintage evidence from Prohibition era bottles to a wooden Jimmy, race-horse slot machines, carnival wheels, tires, railroad iron, burglar tools, and war era rifles. Sheriff-elect Paul Gaither will inherit this trove of odds and ends after the sweep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Department
Potter County
Adams
William
Badger Apartments
Jimmy
Report Checks Urges Senders To Notify Store Manager
W G Kirk manager of Ney Drug Store No 2 Eighteenth and Washington asks customers who gave checks in the last two days to call 31718 to stop payment on those checks. Many checks were in a deposit made after hours at American National Bank when burglars pried the night depository.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sssons
Cretney Drug Store
Eighteenth
Washington
W. G. Kirk
American National Bank
Kirk
Amarillo Stadium Site Debates Split Residents Views
Citizens favor either the Wolflin area or the Tri-State Fair Grounds for a new stadium. Supporters cite traffic access, central location and future growth, while opponents warn of bottlenecks and cost. Preferences vary among local officials, businessmen, and residents across Wolflin, fairgrounds, and southwest town routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Schomburg
Braniff Airways
Wolflin
A. R. Granberg
Springfield
Fair Park
Henry Blackburn
Sporting Toods
Fair Grounds
Red Galle
Khiva Temple
Martin J. Hartenberger
Trinity Lutheran
Amarillo
Howard Boxwell
Boxwell Brothers Puneral
Tri-State
West Thirtyfourth
Guy Saunders
Hayden
Thad Ansley
West Pitteenth
J.C. Arden
Monroe
Momer Jacob
Polar Lockers
Fairgrounds
Carl Miller
Harrison
Fair Ground
Leonard Gunderson
Hughes
Dock — Coffey
Rudy Bauman
Bowie
E. B. Harris
Rail Hail Insurance Bureau
East Tenth
Amos Walker
Potter County
AAA
Eighth
Borger
Pampa
Tenth Avenue
Beulah Pingle
Nina Jones
Rair
Charles Whitfield
J. B. Sudbury
West Sixteenth
Bill Bearden
Bob Siler
Tradewinds Airport
Gordon Dreamer
Clover Drive
Wolflin Lake
Wolflin Beause
Anyon Highway
Bank Burglary Loot At American National Bank
Loot valued at about 16000 dollars from a Christmas night burglary at the American National Bank. Vice president W J Bynum says the haul was split between cash and checks, packed in 11 bags by 11 entities after hours Christmas Eve. No arrests or recoveries reported as federal and local officers investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oruo
American National Bank
W. J. Bynum
Mrs. Rhoderick Dies at Silverton in Texas Ranch Tale
Saran Frances Bozeman Rhoderick, 19, Amarillo native from 1922 to 1946, dies at Silverton Clinic. She lived with daughter in Quitaque and earlier resided in Clarendon and Old Mobeetie. Survived by son James C. Rhoderick, daughter, two brothers, 6 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren. Funeral in Clarendon. Pawtucket call about sending a boy to Boys Ranch prompts juvenile judge’s approval. Drowning incident in Pawtucket reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ays. Saran
Frances Maogerick
Amarillo
Silverton Clinic
Silverton
J. W. Lyons
Quitaque
Rhoderick
Panhandle
Fillmore
Pawtucket
Willie Spivey
Farley
Even Thugs Tie Gift Ties Up Wilmington Man
Gordon Biddle reports that five youths broke into his Wilmington home on December 28 and bound him with neckties as they ransacked the house for about thirty minutes, taking goods valued at 425 dollars. Britain now prints 30,000,000 postage stamps daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Cal
Gordon Biddle
Disturbance Trial Of Two Officials Set In Fort Worth
Two public officials face trial in Fort Worth on charges of disturbing the peace and violating the liquor curfew law. Assistant District Attorney Jack Love of Fort Worth and Texas Liquor Control Board member G. H. Little of Amarillo must post bonds of 20 and 30 dollars, or forfeit them, after an incident at the Rocket Club on December 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owens & Brumley Funeral Home
Wichita Falls
Estes
San Antonio
Hill County
Wichita County
Burkburnett
North Texas Building and Loan Association
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Presbyterian Church
Shrine Temple
The
Elks Club
Electra Chuckwagon
Carol Estes
8. C. Estes
J.K
Wichita Pals
H. D
Douglas
Texas City
Mary Estes White
Beaumont
DRT
Worcitt
Fort Worth
Corporation Court
Asst. Dist
Jack Love
G. H. Little
Texas Liquor Control Board
Amarillo
Love
Little
Rocket Club
Three Men Sent To Penitentiary From Potter County Jail
Three men left Potter County Jail this morning for term at the state penitentiary at Huntsville. Joe Kennedy and David Zook were convicted of robbery yesterday and James Coleman was convicted of forgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Huntsile
Joe Kennedy
David Zook
James Coleman
Rescue on the Greenland Ice Cap Beats Navy Saipan
Beaudry and Blackwell conducted a rescue of trapped comrades amid 100 mph winds on the Greenland plateau. Col. Bernt Balchen and a specialist team aided from Greenland while the carrier Saipan with five helicopters sped from Norfolk to reach the scene, but the rescue was completed 72 hours earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenland
Air Force
Navy
Cap
North Atlantic
Saipan
Norfolk
Beaudry
Manchester
Blackwell
San Antonio
Col
Bernt Balchen
Arctic
Alaskan Command
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News-Crove Poara
Wes Inrard
Grady
Caren Winter
Black Lewis
Weather Trust
Tennessee
Lick
Hagg
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Tack
Butch
W. Allen
Deuce
Field Inter
Mr. Wise
Randall Caldwell
Dallas
R. B
Sera Gans
Toma
Soul Sie
Burrus Elevator
J. R. Lawrence
Othing
Mage
Mia
Jeanne Kay Rush
Ralph Rush
Lorrance
Clyde Higgins
Jesse Rush
Canyon
Izzard, Nordyke
Priday
Wong
Amazilo
A.C
A. C. Estes
First Presbyterian Church
Karl Wetstone
Roger C. Martini
L. A. Pitt
American Legion
Hanson Post
Rhode Island
Manco i
Britain
Tanent
Howard C. Reid
M. D
I Am Fisk
Deason
Blackburn
Shaw Funeral Directors
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