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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1946
Page
2
Kansas City stockyards show cattle salable 15 000 to 15 300 calves. Slaughter steers and yearlings steady to 25 lower. cows and bulls mostly steady. heifers and calves mixed. Stocker and feeder cattle lighter. steers mostly steady. best loads and grain fed types up to 25.00 market. Sows and sheep with moderate gains and slow opening lamb sales. native lambs above 23.50.
Chicago bodies report hogs at 16 500 head with gains around one dollar across weights and sows. Cattle numbers reach 23 000 with calves 1 000 as fed steers and yearlings slip slightly. Beef cows and canners hold steady while sheep offer few slaughter lambs, around twenty four dollars for best mutton and ewe wool.
Warranty deeds show transfers from Kenneth M Travis to J L Williams and others for properties in East Amarillo and Glenwood areas. District Court records list divorces for Sledge Lawson and Sherer couples. Marriage licenses issued include Crafton Harcroft Manning Smith Johnson and Grimes Broom pairs.
A Panhandle women’s bowling event is scheduled for January 16 39 and January 25 26. The listing notes dates and venue details for the Panhandle Women’s Open Bowling Tournament.
Hale County oil field update shows Stano lind Oil and Gas Co probing the No. 1 Fisher in section 5 block CL ELRBR northwest of Petersburg. Core samples recover 5 feet of porous gray lime and 3 feet of slightly porous lime bearing oil. test yields 6 feet of mud and 80 feet of oil and gas cut mud. The Fisher is near the No. 1 Byrd dry hole and east of the Irish pool. formation not yet determined.
The Veterans Administration will handle reenrollment for veterans from West Texas State College in Canyon after its closure following a student strike. Non veterans return to work or class as if nothing happened, with possible individual disciplinary action only. An official investigation of student grievances will begin soon led by regents Awton Harrell Walter Woodul S A Kerr and William L Kerr.
Potter County Sheriff Bill Adams uncovered a real charcoal foot warmer while cleaning the vault. The relic, likely forgotten for years, resembles a hand push vacuum base with a movable shutter and a tray for a charcoal brick.
Representatives from towns along U S Highway 66 will meet in Amarillo to organize a Texas unit of the Highway 66 Association. A luncheon at the Amarillo Hotel sets preliminary plans and aims to announce officers by January 27 as Arizona and New Mexico delegates visit. Virgil Patterson leads arrangements for Shamrock McLean Alanreed Conway Groom Wildorado Vega and Adrian invitees.
Mary Churchill, 24, will marry Capt. Christopher Soames of the Coldstream Guards at St. Margaret's Church in Westminster on February 11. The engagement was announced today, with Churchill noting the couple's focus on marriage and family.
In Washington a municipal court dismissed the eviction action against Rep. Albert Thomas of Texas after the new house owner failed to appear. Thomas had been ordered to vacate on December 3 due to a sale of the rental property.
Tass quotes Budapest radio reporting Tasnadi Nagy former Hungarian parliament president had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment due to his advanced age. The dispatch notes Nagy’s war crimes warranted capital punishment despite the commute.
The Missouri Supreme Court fined 122 large stock fire insurance companies a total of 2,090,000 for attempting a fraudulent settlement in a rate case tied to bribery allegations involving the late Tom Pendergast. Fines ranged from 10,000 upward, with the largest 132,000 levied against the Home Insurance Company.
Robert Louis Barron announced that the Philharmonic Orchestra will resume rehearsals January 7 after cancellation of the January 2 session. Junior Symphony rehearsals will restart January 6. A concert-date change will be announced later. For Quick Sale Use the Want Ads.
Mrs. W. N. Barrick chair of Potter County Red Cross home service announces the appointment of Mrs. Virgil Davis of 1013 West Eleventh to the staff. She previously worked with Traveler's Aid Society and succeeds Mrs. Aubrey Jackson who recently resigned. Davis will begin duties after the New Year.
Two men were taken into custody after a wreck yesterday afternoon involving a stolen 1941 Ford convertible. The chase started when a Automotive Supply Company employee spotted the car and, with William Fitzpatrick and R. L. Sanders, pursued in a 1940 Ford. The convertible overturned at North Hughes and North West Third during a 75 mph dash. one suspect, Talmadge A. Murphy of Amarillo, was hospitalized in stable condition, and Bernard J. Newton of California was also detained.
Yuletide holidays slow city engineer office with permits at a prewar pace. Last week issued 28400 dollars in building permits. December total 366043 dollars marks the low month for construction commitments. October 329281 dollars is the low month for 1946.
The Senate Republican steering committee made no determination on whether to bar or oust Senator Bilbo of Mississippi. Chairman Taft said the issue would be deferred to the new steering committee elected that afternoon by a caucus of all Senate Republicans.
Robert Russell, a black man, was charged in Potter County court with aggravated assault and carrying a concealed weapon after a sheriff's department arrest following a disturbance in the negro section. He was to be arraigned before Judge E. O. Northcutt this afternoon.
Four year old Dee Dee Wong, orphaned by the Christmas night airplane crash that killed his mother, father and sister, was claimed today by his widowed aunt who flew from Chungking after recognizing the child in a newspaper. The child was unhurt.
Dodge City police arrested Ray Crouse on information from Potter County officers. He is wanted on a $128.80 check passing charge involving Walter Irvin Co. Crouse will waive extradition per a telegram from Sheriff Bill Adams.
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