19 Feb 1947
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1947
Page
1
San Jacinto Kiwanis Club says funds delay construction of gym and pool at the Amarillo youth center, but the completed auditorium will be opened soon for a temporary basketball program. vandalism damages noted nightly, with basements doors broken and walls and roof damaged.
President Truman asked Congress to repeal most emergency statutes and extend only a limited set. He urged ending the wartime controls as reconversion progresses, with many acts expiring or rolling off by mid-1948 if extended. Markets will close Saturday for Washington's Birthday observance.
Preliminary hearings in four portal to portal pay suits will be held Monday in Federal Court here. The cases involve Shamrock Oil and Gas Company Columbian Carbon Company Continental Carbon Company and the American Zinc Company. The suits claim pay for wash up time checking tools making reports and other required activities as part of work. Lawyers John Merchant and Gene Jordan Amarillo represent the employees. Judge Wilson will hear criminal cases Friday in Amarillo and set other matters for hearing.
Brownwood authorities restored basic phone service after a ditch digging machine cut into two 400 pair cables, knocking out 800 lines and forcing emergency lines to support police and fire departments and KBWD. Officials predicted 36 hours to splice the cables.
A Lawton Oklahoma woman, Mrs. Howard Pamplin, remained near death at Noblett Hospital after a 11 15 AM collision between a car and a bus near Canyon. Her husband had minor injuries. Eyewitness Mrs. Ratliff said the car pulled into the bus’s path as both vehicles met at the underpass near the city limits. The bus did not stop until clear of the underpass. no bus occupants were reported injured.
A U S conciliation service commissioner said about 20 000 CIO oil workers in five western states will delay their previously scheduled strike for another 24 hours. The move follows a failed wage dispute settlement with seven major oil companies and a final meeting planned with Standard Oil in El Segundo near Los Angeles.
President Truman will lay a wreath on George Washington's tomb at Mount Vernon on February 22 but will not give a Washington's Birthday speech, the White House announced.
The Amarillo Little Theater presents Here Today for a second performance at 8 15 tonight in Municipal Auditorium. Tickets go on sale at Southwestern Public Service and Panhandle Concert Bureau until 5 pm and the box office opens at 7 pm. Admission is 1 30 for adults and 60 cents for students, tax included.
The War Assets Administration announced that five more acres and eight buildings at the Pantex Ordnance Plant east of Amarillo have been leased to Texas Tech and Texas A. and M. College for seven years at 3139 dollars yearly. The two colleges will cooperate on experiments to combat winter wheat poisoning and grass tetany affecting grazing livestock, joining the previously leased 8500 acres of the 15000-acre plant area.
A reader argues Amarillo faces worsening traffic amid rapid growth. He cites Polk Street delays, parking bans in other cities, and unsafe intersections. The piece urges modernized traffic management and stronger enforcement to prevent degeneration into a congested, small town system.
UNRRA officials in Shanghai say 45 percent of UNRRA supplies for China remain in warehouses. Food medicine and cloth rot or sell while destitute Chinese wait. observers withdrawn. China cannot absorb agricultural and industrial implements, prompting program cancellations and relabeling of supplies as political tools.
Partly cloudy and not quite so cold this afternoon and tonight. Warmer Thursday with high around 47 and low near 28. Maximum 24 hour temp in Amarillo 38 and noon 34. West Texas partly cloudy to cloudy with light snow mixed with rain. Panhandle and South Plains warmer Thursday with lows 28 to 32. New Mexico fair this afternoon and tonight, partly Thursday.
Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance offers advance skating classes Thursday night at Roller Palace, located at 6th and Jefferson. Notice mentions asphalt shingles and a large stock home. See John Maynard Lumber at 800 W Suir B. A. Regal Insurance Real Estate.
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