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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1948
Page
2
The writer reports a brutal storm across the Panhandle and Honolulu, detailing hurricane gusts, downed power, and disrupted hotel services. They describe littered grounds, fallen trees, and nervous clerks while recounting conversations with hotel staff and observations of locals, tourists, and visiting figures.
Icing was reported across Plainview Shamrock Pampa and surrounding areas with half an inch to an inch totals. Train service remained open though delayed. flights halted or severely limited. roads deemed dangerous yet passable with caution. Officials warned the Panhandle could face record ice while updates noted varying conditions and system disruptions.
Two months after initial bids by the War Assets Administration the county again received a bid from Timmons Construction Co for hangar buildings. Negotiations have continued since Greenburg outbid a Potter County representative at the auction in November.
The ten day old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Donald Farnsworth of Bremerhaven Germany arrived in Amarillo at 6 30 this morning by Trans World Airlines. The infant will be taken to Gage Oklahoma by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home for burial in Gage Cemetery. The father served in the European theater during the war and is a Perryton native. The couple plans to return to Perryton soon.
Disabled American Veterans officials from national and state levels will be honored guests of J. E. Pietesch Chapter 26 at 7 30 this evening in Herring Hotel Amarillo director Otto E Landis will preside as guest speaker Kira Catherine Barivicescorms mander of the southern division of the DAV Auxiliary and Pat Smith national service officer will also speak Reading of the year s reports on DAV activities will be made at the banquet.
Rex B Baxter, executive five-president of the chamber of commerce, announced that a new Amarillo to Mangum Oklahoma bus line will start soon. Alfred Crager of Continental Trailways said the company has sub leased the franchise to the Pampa to Childress line. The route will go via Hedley and Mangum with two daily schedules once operational.
Car owners report theft of two suits from a parked vehicle near St Anthony's Hospital. Officers found both doors locked when the thieves departed, suggesting the assailants secured the vehicle before leaving.
At Kansas City market on February 8, beet bulls traded around 10, 2300 head consigned with steadier demand for venters and calves. Hogs moved slowly with uneven results and a typical 15-128 low practical top around 28 dollars. Bran and feedstuffs noted prices near 170 to 240, with several lots in the 24 to 79 range.
Analysts debate a deflationary trend amid abundant world wheat supplies and steady U.S. demand. Secretary Anderson warns prices may fall from high levels while Treasury aims for cautious money supply. Factors include June carryover, farm stocks, winter crop prospects, Marshall Plan exports, and favorable European conditions.
A chaotically garbled postwar market note sits alongside a report on inflation and grain policy. Congressional consideration of grain allotment to distillers, self rationing ideas, and a broad push to curb meat use frame the evolving food economy. Separate planning for livestock fair buildings and local firehorns also appear.
At a morning meeting in Estaire Theater Amarillo directors John Hammonds Rane Yall Gaston Wells and Ed Jacobson were elected for the coming year The association now is wholly owned by local district members and reported a 280 stockholders from Armstrong Carson Dallam Deaf Smith Hansford and other counties Attendance was about 125 with a luncheon at Fellowship Hall First Presbyterian Church Directors Byron Gist Hall Medord Emil Knutton Felix Phillips and C Walden will attend the National Education Association convention and join two committees on safety education and honor society affairs.
The Amarillo School Board will send three representatives to the National Convention of the American Association of School Administrators from February 22 to 26 in Atlantic City New Jersey. The delegates include Chas M Rogers and two others.
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