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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1947
Page
2
A two way market emerged in wheat with old crop declines on profit taking and new crop gains on short covering. March wheat fell about 3 cents while September rose nearly 4 cents as deferred deliveries pushed July and September to fresh seasonal highs.
Cattle 4.50 calves 500 slaughter steers up to 25 cents higher, top $20.00 to $23.25. heifers and yearlings steady to strong. Hogs 1,700 head, futures higher, top $26.75. sows $23 to $25. Sheep 9,000 head, lambs steady with good and choice at 103 pounds.
Chicago market update shows hogs at 12 900 head with active trading and gains 25 to 75 cents higher, prices 180 to 260 pounds at 2640 4727.00. Cattle and calves steady to higher with steers and yearlings up 25 to 50 cents, cows firm to 25 cents higher, bulls up about 2 cents. Slaughter lambs steady to active with wool lambs at 22.50 to 27.75 and native ewes around 8.50.
Courthouse notices include warranty deeds for multiple parcels in Amarillo and surrounding areas with names such as Lawson Burt Gatson Brand Hutchins Ware. property descriptions list blocks and additions. Court actions list divorces between O Neals Allreds Folkners Edwards and Edwards, plus a marriage license for William H. Perkins and Juanita L Prescott.
Washington reports a Treasury note about 76 years old shows one million dollars in unknown denomination marked as unknown destroyed. The department suspects Chicago fire of 1871 destroyed the note supply but cannot confirm the loss, so the amount remains on the books.
Rep Charles A Murphy introduces a bill to establish a Texas State University for Negroes with an interim law school at Austin funded by 100000 emergency aid. In Washington CIO President Murray urges Congress to summon William Green to forge a labor market settlement amid jurisdictional strike debates.
Pioneer Airlines today began expanded routes serving 19 Texas cities with direct Amarillo connections to South East and West Texas. Two daily DC-3 flights operate from Amarillo via Lubbock and Abilene with a five minute Abilene layover. Morning service links Fort Worth Dallas and Houston plus West Texas towns. afternoon service covers South and West Texas destinations.
The City Machine & Welding Works received a 10000 permit for a 125 by 125 foot machine shop and tank works at 1400 North East Third. Growth in non-residential building shows healthy expansion postwar, with Star Machine and Foundry previously issued a 14000 permit for an addition at 1207 Lincoln. Southern Oxygen Co Jewell Food Distributors and Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. also expanded since January 1.
Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced that electricity would be restored next Monday to Britain's industrial Midlands, ending the fuel crisis caused paralysis. Domestic use remains banned for Midlands with a five hour dimout nationwide, and no dates given for other regions.
Nettie Earp a Panhandle resident since 1906 died in a Pampa hospital at age 74. She was a First Baptist Church White Deer member and is survived by two sons I J Earp Miami and A J Earp White Deer. three daughters Grace Sharrock Longview Bessie Banes Sawyer Okla Eunice Rapstein White Deer. ten grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral services Sunday at 2 PM at First Baptist Church White Deer with Rev. Douglas Carver and DeWitt Mathews among pallbearers. Burial in McLean Cemetery under Blackburn Shaw Brown Borger direction.
The Mr District Attorney radio program tonight features juvenile delinquency. It centers on a New York case where a judge jailed the parents of a juvenile delinquent under an old statute. NBC air time is 8:30 PM on KGNC.
Judge James G. Lumpkin administered the oath as C. Lloyd King became district attorney of the 47th Judicial District. King, appointed by Gov. Beauford Jester to fill the vacancy, was confirmed by the Senate and has served as assistant district attorney since May 1944. The 47th District includes Potter Randall and Armstrong counties.
Montgomery Ward & Co at 708 Polk opens a new mezzanine fashion floor with a 33 percent larger showroom, four private dressing rooms, an alteration department, storage and lay-away area, and moved cashiers to the second floor. Manager Page Stalcup notes almost doubling women’s ready-to-wear stock.
The newborn princess Maria Christina will be the fourth daughter of Princess Juliana. The announcement notes the birth occurred yesterday with the name specified for the new royal child in Amsterdam.
Amarillo restaurant owners will hear George L. Wenzel of Baltimore present two lecture demonstrations at the Amarillo Hotel at 2 30 and 7 30. The program is sponsored by the Amarillo Restaurant Association the state association and UT distributive education division. Wenzel is a restaurant consultant and author of Menu Maker who has lectured in several large cities.
Post No 54 American Legion last night elected F. H. Mc Gregor Amarillo attorney as commander to succeed Otto Landis who resigned. New officers include Selden Simpson first vice commander Sterling E Kinney judge advocate with installation by James R. Moore district commander. Other officers are Johnny Goodman second vice commander J D Hankens adjutant and General Alsbrook chaplain.
Coast Guard said an Air France Constellation en route from New York to Casablanca sent an SOS southwest of Lisbon. The aircraft reported jettisoning cargo and circling a ship likely the Robert Fulton or Estrella. One engine failed but two others ran. six passengers and 11 crew aboard.
Polk Street Methodist Church begins Lent with a communion service at 8 pm led by Pastor Dr. Neal D. Cannon. The weekly family night precedes it with supper at 6 pm and classes and activity groups at 7 pm.
Past presidents of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce met at the Amarillo Hotel at noon to organize the chamber celebration week set for April 14 to 19. Attendees included Roy Cullum Ed Hardin John Boyce H O Starks Dr Jason Robberson Miles Bivins J E Cunningham Guy Saunders and E A Simpson with Pinkey Vineyard as current president. Two former presidents Walter Barlow and Jim Florey are deceased.
A fragment discusses erasers in writing from pencils to typewriters and a mock battle between X People and Eraser Tycoons over erasing versus x-ing out. The piece shifts to a closing obituary noting a Christian Church veteran of the Spanish American War with survivors listed and funeral plans handled by N. S. Griggs & Sons.
Alfred Axton a World War II Navy veteran fainted on the Fort Worth & Denver station platform this morning. He fell striking his cheek, was taken by Griggs ambulance to Northwest Texas Hospital for emergency treatment en route to Denver. home address not learned.
London reports General Mark W. Clark told Big Four deputies that the United States never recognized and never would recognize many Russian seizures of property in Austria, saying they violated Potsdam terms. The remarks came ahead of the Moscow conference next month and reflect official U S stance on seized Austrian assets.
An old advertisement urges taking Dr Edwards Olive Tablets to stimulate bile flow and aid digestion after constipation headaches and mental dullness. Claims gentle yet thorough bowel movements and better digestion of fatty foods with prices 15¢ and 30¢.
Daniel O. Graham 76, retired building contractor, died Tuesday in a Los Angeles hospital. He lived at 900 Adams and was a longtime member of the local building trade.
The birthplace of Webster remains a two room cabin built around a central chimney, still standing near the area and noted for its historic architecture.
Paris reports the Viet-Nam quarter in central Hanoi has fallen to French Indochina forces after a weeks long siege. Nationalist troops reportedly retreated through an underground tunnel with French entry completed without gunfire.
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