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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1948
Page
2
A aboard ship narrative details meals and a lively deck scene with Miles and Ted racing, colorful passengers like Hap and Eddie Johnson, and a huge Swastika branded on a young man. The chef notes the abundance of foods from breakfast to dinner, while passenger tales include a Texan cowboy from the Valley and a colorful banter about brands, languages, and travel hardships.
Mr Tack shares a shipboard dining diary from the Matsonia detailing menus with cheeses and fruit desserts plus a banquet style supper. He recalls anchovies papaya nectar roast spring lamb broccoli soup galantine of turkey and Coupe Sara Bernhardt. He ends longing for home and mentions Bingo and ship life contrasts.
A Lubbock salesman and three Canyon residents were injured in a head on collision eight miles north of Tulsa on the Amarillo Lubbock highway about 9 30 this morning. Charles A Eichelberger of Lubbock suffered head and chest injuries and was taken to St. Anthony s Hospital. Mrs Knighton and Jack N Jennings of Canyon sustained cuts and bruises with Mr Knighton also having superficial injuries. Mr Knighton was driving the southbound 1946 Plymouth while Eichelberger drove the northbound 1947 Chevrolet two door. Mrs Knighton and Jennings were to be dismissed later today.
Water from burst proxen pipes flooded the Alemite Stewart-Warner Company warehouse at 713 Van Buren. Branch manager J. B. Igoe said he discovered the break about 1 PM yesterday and summoned the city water department. He cannot estimate the damage until the water is cleared, expecting a week to dry out. About two and a half inches of water covered the warehouse and office floors. Alemite lubrication equipment and Stewart-Warner appliances are stored there.
The Council of Social Agencies will elect officers at 7:30 tonight in the YWCA. Mrs Margaret Jenkins secretary notes the council includes church groups and service clubs. After the election a panel discussion and social hour follow. Last Monday’s meeting was postponed by bad weather.
Federal District Judge Alexander Holtzoff refused to dismiss indictments charging Maj. Gen. Bennett Meyers with perjury and influencing others to testify falsely. Meyers, a retired Air Force officer, was indicted December 16 from testimony before a Senate War investigation subcommittee. Trial set for February 16.
In Bush Army Air Field Virginia two Liberator bombers without bomb sights were flown away by American pilots. They were allegedly headed for Venezuelan revolutionaries and were sold to an American last summer who advertised them and sold to parties tied to the plot. President Betancourt in Caracas charged the planes might have been intended to bomb the capital.
W D Westbay, retired Amarillo railroad worker, is reported improving by relatives in Corpus Christi where he and his wife have spent part of each winter since mid November. Their son Wave Westbay, 1216 West Tenth, flew to his father’s bedside Friday.
Engleton Archer of 1500 Van Buren remained hospitalized after injuries from a traffic crash early Sunday. He was a passenger in a car driven by Alvin A. Preice of Handley when the accident at Tenth and Tyler involved a car driven by Glenn Quinn of 500 North Louisiana Itzerland.
A crowded markets note covers stock averages, several company names, and a range of livestock prices. It lists firms such as Continental Motors Continental's, General Electric and General Motors, plus American Airlines and Union Oil. Cattle and hog figures show price ranges and weight categories, with notes on bidding activity and market strength. It also mentions new license plates and Potter County plate series, with payment requirements and title proof for vehicle owners.
City commissioners will meet at 7 30 in city hall to open bids for about 13000 feet of cast iron water pipe and fittings and a quantity of grass seed for Memorial Park. Lefty Fowler, transportation director, to discuss parking meters in Ami Fillo, and McLean move note. Mr and Mrs W J Hanner Jr relocate to McLean purchasing boarding house and dining room from McDonald couple.
Kenneth Kohler of the San Jacinto Businessmen's Association told Potter County commissioners the group opposes any plan that would reduce traffic on West Sixth Avenue. The state highway department seeks a 200 foot right of way along the south side of the Rock Island Railroad to widen US 66 to four lanes from southwest of the Veterans Hospital to the Bushland underpass, with a tangent to connect to West Tenth Avenue. The association supports maintaining the present route on the north side of the railroad.
A flock of bluebirds and robins rests across English Field and nearby areas. Residents Mrs. C. Hatchett and Mrs. T. A. Mask report feeding and marvel at the spectacle. Naturalist C. W. Almy notes it may be the first mass bluebird presence here, while others question the timing and cause of the unusual gathering.
Mrs A E Wilkinson 44 died at 3 40 this morning in St Anthony’s Hospital after a brief illness. Wife of A E Wilkinson owner of Wagon Wheel Cafe, 611 Jefferson. Family moved to Amarillo from Canyon five years ago. Funeral 2 30 Thursday at Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel with Rev E R Foster. Burial in Liano Cemetery. Survived by husband two sons William H Wilkins and another son, two daughters Eva Haraughty and Pauline Harvey, three brothers Homer Roy Bryant and Young Bryant, three sisters Bessie Keeley Myrtle Dodd, and three grandchildren.
Clara Brooks 19 died at 10 30 this morning in Northwest Texas Hospital. She lived at 804 Prospect and was a member of Central Church of Christ. Widow of W P Brooks. Survived by two daughters Mrs B W Stout of Roswell NM and Mrs J T Cagle of Elmhurst TL. two sons W R San Antonio and H R Brooks of Amarillo. 13 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild. N B Griggs & Sons in charge of arrangements.
City auditor J C Lilly reports 74.15 percent of the 1947 levy collected by January 31, with total payments of 839793.00 of 1132513.20. The figure trails recent years though clerks will finalize pricing mail payments today.
Harrison, a county engineer, faces ribbing after a fall on his porch left his face scratched. He explains he slipped on ice and landed in a rose bush, saying he did not talk back to Mrs Harrison.
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