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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1947
Page
2
The first building permit of the month was issued to Mr and Mrs E E Cooper for a brick veneer apartment house at 1016 West Tenth costing 20000. The four three room apartments will form the structure. This is the second apartment house permit in the past year.
Sixty people were in the Amarillo city jail yesterday morning. At 5 o clock Saturday night 41 were confined and this morning the number stood at 27. Officials attributed the large jail count to the first of the month and Saturday both occurring on the same day.
In Little Neck Bay a 45 year old Edward Henning sacrificed himself to save his 14 year old son after their kayak overturned in choppy waves. He released the craft and drowned while his son was rescued by Patrolman Stanley Bukunt who waded through heavy surf. The father’s body was recovered later by a police launch.
A House Judiciary subcommittee heard advocates push constitutional amendments to cap Presidential tenure. Proposals vary from two four year terms to a single six year term with no reelection. Action was unlikely before this week's House vote. Representative Buck warned repeated elections of one man risk dictatorship.
Two Coast Guard cutters raced northward through a 40 mile gale to rescue 199 passengers and crew aboard the Alaska after she ran aground five miles south of Cordova and holed her hull. Captain Roy Selig reported pumps could not stem water as the ship crept into Cordova’s anchorage.
Rome Feb 3 A new Italian cabinet emerged under Premier Alcide de Gasperi after two weeks of bickering. The lineup includes seven Christian Democrats three Communists three Socialists and two Independents. Christian Democrats retain the premiership and key ministries.
Judith Ann Grisham infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Darrell K Grisham 406 East Sixteenth died at 545 this morning in Northwest Texas Hospital Graveside rites were to be held at 4 this afternoon at Liano Cemetery Rev Roy Filippo pastor Bethel Baptist Church to officiate Survivors include parents two sisters Sandra Kay and Linda Gay Grisham and four grandparents Mr and Mrs W S Moore and Mr and Mrs D R Grisham all of Ama
M D Page father of Sam Page died early today in Quanah at age 90. He moved to Quanah in 1880 and ranching occupied most of his life. Retired for years, funeral services set for 2:30 tomorrow afternoon in Quanah with Sam Page and wife attending.
Mountain View Cemetery increases opening and closing graves charges effective February 1. Adults now pay 20 dollars and children 10 dollars, up from 12 and 8 dollars due to higher labor costs cited by council members.
A well informed source says the supreme council of Vice Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk's Polish Peasant Party voted not to boycott Parliament when sessions begin tomorrow.
Merrill Lynch report at 1 PM Amarillo time shows mixed trades with the Industrials posting a small gain to 181.61, Railroads up 0.34 and Utilities up 0.11 while Peace closes at 65.87. The market summary notes gains across key sectors amid cautious investor sentiment.
Chicago hogs, cattle, and sheep trade summaries show mixed results with uneven hogs and sows up to 25 cents higher in spots. Cattle and calves mostly steady to weak with high quality western fed steers up to 26.50. lambs and sheep active, good to choice lambs above 22.50, total receipts large across hogs cattle and sheep.
Kansas City cattle and calves totaled 13 500 and 1 300 respectively with slaughter steers offered and traded steadily. Heifers and mixed yearlings showed strong to 25 cents higher with some odd lots 50 cents higher. cows up to 50 cents. bulls up to 25 cents higher. Prices ranged from about 11.00 to 24.90 per hundredweight with upper grades around 19.50 to 23.00 for steer meat and 24.00 for top combined lots.
Warranty deeds record transfers among Maguire Reyn olds Berry Wheeler Kenyon Thorn ton Crate Redfearn and others with amounts listed for some parcels. District Court shows divorces for Griffin Quinn Zanchettin Hunt Pieper and a marriage license for Vernon Ausdell and Marilyn Cornelius.
Amarillo Center of West Texas State College urges more enrollments for two new classes. Dr Roy G Boger says home mechanics class How To Fix It will finish tonight and interior decorating class enrollments open tomorrow night. Both meet 7 to 940 PM with at least ten pupils needed. The Spanish class will meet Mondays this second semester. Spring enrollment already exceeds Fall peak with 269 first semester students and 39 classes taught by 29 professors.
Amarillo College will begin night classes at 7 in the school library. President Dr. A M Meyer announced courses will be organized by subject and require $10 per course paid in advance.
Mrs. Fred C. Reeder and Mrs. Ray Reeder with daughter Susan of Corpus Christi visit Judge and Mrs. C. B. Reeder at 1300 Jackson. They expect to remain a week.
Texas A and M College President Gibb Gilchrist announced that about half of the 176 cadet corps officers who resigned would be reappointed. He said 57 officers were reappointed and that Col. G E Meloy Jr leads the corps reorganization. Meloy seeks 30 to 35 more commissioned officers as the corps restructures after mass resignations.
Oklahoma City memorial notes Mare Mitscher as a key Pacific theatre naval commander. Born to O A Mitscher, he rose from Washington grade school to Annapolis, earning promotion to admiral in 1944 and leading carrier air forces that helped defeat Japan. Funeral details awaited from Norfolk.
The event ran from April 5 to May 12 featuring a series of ragtime doubles championship rounds organized by Jaycee volunteers. Participants included local clubs and regional players competing for titles and prizes.
Adj. Gen. Arthur B. Knickerbocker announced appointments for Warrant Officer Harold W. Beardsley Capt. Samuel H. Scott and Capt. Wayne E. Taylor to the 142nd Infantry 36th Division. Beardsley will head motor transfer operations Scott will handle education and information for recruits and Taylor serves as commanding officer of Company F.
Georgia Democrat Senator George proposes a four billion dollar reduction in administration budgets. He says the plan would require firing about 500000 federal employees and reshape federal spending.
The Panhandle Concert Bureau box office opens for the All-Girl Orchestra concert led by Phil Spitalny at Municipal Auditorium. Ticket prices include tax with box seats $3.60, balcony $3, and student prices $2.40 $1.80 and $1.20.
Highway patrolmen arrested a man in the Panhandle for stealing Lloyd E. Plaster’s 1941 Ford coach and recovered it. Police seek five more stolen cars in Amarillo over the weekend including a 1924 Chevrolet coupe, a 1940 Chevrolet station wagon, a 1937 Chevrolet coach, a 1946 Chevrolet coupe, and a 1939 International panel truck belonging to local residents.
An old advertisement touts Buckleys Canadian Mixture as a fast remedy for coughs from colds. It claims triple action to loosen phlegm soothe throat membranes and ease hard coughing with a potent, pungent effect. Available at U S drug stores and local outlets.
The records describe Dr. Percy Treite, a 36 year old gynecologist and orthopedic specialist, accused of murdering women with injections and subjected to testimony by victims who were kept away from women during his alleged experiments.
The Girl Scout National Training Course opened at 2 PM in the Herring Hotel. National staffers Miss Allyce Nelson and Miss Ursula Little arrived to conduct the session, announced by local training chairman Mrs. J. G. Eckel.
Training program aims to equip volunteers to assist professionals in leadership development. Classes continue through Saturday with several out-of-town scout volunteers expected to attend, according to Mrs. Eckel.
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