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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1947
Page
2
A long, opinionated weather and social column discusses fluctuating winds across the Plains, Lubbock water shortages, and shrewd social observations. It notes growing Lubbock, the green glass anomaly linked to atomic blasts, and broad reflections on education, parenting, and manners amid a climate of anxiety about future warfare.
Former Japanese Col. Shoichi Kadomatsu was sentenced by a U S Army war crimes tribunal to be hanged for ordering the beheading of two American fliers in the Celebes in 1944.
The notice asks for the return of a lost size 12 sports coat lost Sunday afternoon between Twenty first and the Blackstone Hotel. It is a dark blue back with a blue and white checked front. The owner requests reward.
A humorous piece reflecting on dachshunds, their German origins, and jokes about their length and height. The narrator muses on names for the breed, hunter skills, and oddities, including comparisons to historical objects and a stray ASPCA aside.
A federal grand jury indicted Kenneth Romney former sergeant at arms of the House on three counts of defrauding the U.S. in connection with a House bank shortage once totaling $143,963. He allegedly falsified cash on hand and concealed the shortage dating back two decades. If convicted he faces up to 30 years in prison and a $30,000 fine.
Harvey Morris Jr of 802 Johnson is charged in county court with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He is jailed in the city lockup after a Saturday arrest at a local bar. The 14-year-old girl, a runaway sought by her family, was with him at the time. The mother of the girl filed the complaint with Assistant County Attorney John Peterson this morning. Morris had not been arraigned by early afternoon.
Former Oklahoma governor Robert S. Kerr is among stockholders in a new Tulsa FM station with tentative FCC authority granted.
The Jewish Agency and the Jewish National Council rejected a British demand to join in suppressing the Palestine underground. Golda Meirson said action would be ineffective and harmful, while the Vaad Leumi said the community could not concede amid its rights fight. Officials warned rejection could lead to martial law.
The Civil Aeronautics Administration lists 13 Texas airports in a nationwide air safety aids program. C. E. Wright told Congress the effort should finish in two years. Amarillo and English Field will install localizers and glide slope beams, markers, and approach lights as part of the instrument landing system. Compass locators, planned by Oct 15, assist direction to fields. Ground control radar approaches are not planned for Amarillo. The plan aims to improve navigation and landing safety nationwide amid rising air travel.
Hedgers and traders note hogs at 1,350 head with lighter weights down to 25 cents under Friday. cattle shows 13,000 head plus calves 1,000 with steers and yearlings up 50 to 75 cents. vealers steady at 28, top 27 for steers. sheep 4,000 with lambs active and steady around 23.60 for wool lambs, 23.00 for deck 82 lb. lambs. financial fund Liquidating at 2.0826, offering 2.28.
Courthouse records show multiple warranty deeds transferring land values from various grantors to listed buyers in Amarillo districts, including Ridgemere, Country Club Terrace, and San Ja cinto Heights. District Court entries include several divorces and marriages licenses, with names and parties. Stalin gets majority in Russia with over 98 percent turnout per early returns.
State Department undersecretary Dean Acheson testified that no atomic developments information has been shared with any country including allies. The hearing touched on criticisms of the Acheson Lilienthal report and suspensions of The Record and Camden Post and Courier amid guild tensions.
The Texas House unanimously approves a Senate bill granting a 300 bonus to rural aid school teachers payable as four $75 installments, with 75 included in February paychecks. Gov. Jester to sign after Senate concurrence on related measures.
An arrest report continues as police review a theft Friday night from a car owned by Mr and Mrs Hugh Leiper in Austin. The crime occurred near the Mexican Inn between 8 30 and 9 30 p m. Items stolen include clothing bags portfolios and household furnishings valued at 1517 dollars.
Weather expert Mr. Winburn described unstable returning air along a narrow belt to explain the precipitation. He called for upper air observatories at short intervals to determine causes. A brief spell of freak precipitation slicked sidewalks and streets in Amarillo while ground transport and English Field operations continued normally.
Police search for the driver of a Randall County license automobile that overturned on Thirty sixth near Hayden inside the city limits early today. No injuries were reported.
It is estimated that American communities have ordered 40 million dollars worth of fire trucks which manufacturers cannot deliver for several years.
Itching and skin irritation from eczema rash tetter ringworm pimples scabies and toe itch are promised relief after one application of Blue Star Ointment. Money back if the first treatment fails to satisfy. Use as needed as healing begins.
The American Legion Auxiliary announces a national essay contest on Americas Contribution for a Permanent Peace. Open to junior and senior high students with local prizes 25 15 and 7 50. State prize an 18 volume World Book set and national prize 100. Local judges include Mrs M E Neely Mrs C E Lenington and Eugene Jordan with Mrs J C Lilly as local chair. Essays due by midnight March 15 and will be routed through high schools.
The 47th Judicial District lacks a confirmed district attorney. Lloyd King says no official action can be taken until confirmation. Prepared complaints exist and were filed in Justice of the Peace courts today, but the district attorney's office cannot accept new complaints at this time.
Kyodo News Agency reports 497 Japanese repatriates from Korea perished when the 100 ton Ebisu Maru sank ten miles off Chinnampo Korea on Oct 29 1946.
An Electra woman allergic to primroses swelled to twice her normal face after picking up a bouquet to admire the flowers. Friends collected funds for flowers, but the florist sent primroses.
Beverly Hills composer James F. McHugh recipient of the presidential certificate of merit for his song Coming In on a Wing and a Prayer. The award honors his contributions to American music and patriotic works.
The second day morning session features Fred R. Olmstead of the National Retail Hardware Association in Indianapolis and Joe Tucker of Massey-Harris Co. in Racine. Afternoon speakers include R. P. Lehr of the Oliver Corporation in Dallas and Ralph W. Carney of the Coleman Company in Wichita. The convention closes with a banquet and dance in the Crystal Ballroom of the Herring Hotel tomorrow night, with Wes Izzard as toastmaster.
The article notes Italy to receive Trieste and Venezia Giulia in a postwar settlement while Yugoslavia protests a pact. The Italian treaty opens in the French foreign ministry clock room as the Big Four prepare to individually ratify separate treaties after war-end agreements with Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Finland.
The United States Senate must ratify by two thirds. The losers sign without protest as pacts strip armed forces and impose territorial losses and heavy economic burdens. Italy would reduce army to 200000, air force to 300 planes, fleet to 50 units, surrender fortifications, cede Tenda Briga valleys and frontier areas to France, Istria Zara Lagosta and Pelagosa to Yugoslavia, Dodecanese to Greece, Trieste would be free under international control, colonies to be decided next year, and Italy to pay 2335 million dollars in reparations to Russia Yugoslavia Greece and Albania.
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