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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1948
Page
2
A sailing crew near Kona recounts lava flows, island fisheries, and a dramatic marlin pursuit. Tales cover the volcanic ridge, a church monument buried by lava, local life at the Royal Hawaiian, and market fish trade with Chinese buyers.
The report describes Communist authorities tightening control in Czechoslovakia with radio and press centers in Slovakia surrounded by armed police. It notes the presence of Russian officials in Prague, arrests of National Socialist Party members, and ongoing party strife as ministers claim immunity. The ministry of interior acts under Communist oversight while investigations reveal past explosives linked to a September mailing.
Senator Millikin of Colorado signals preference for a tax cut smaller than the House measure worth 6.8 billion dollars as Senate Finance Committee plans hearings with Secretary of the Treasury as first witness. He aims for a conservative bill to win broad support and possible veto override.
The text notes proposals for public housing revival and vigorous antitrust enforcement. It cites President Truman urging renewed housing activity and the involvement of HHFA and PHA loans. It mentions bankers and officials critiquing liberal housing credit under government guarantees and the need for a formula to balance credit with construction incentives.
Mr. Truman proposes housing project efforts to yield insurance while rationing power for housing materials remains under debate. Allan Sproul and Beardsley Rumson are cited as positive thinking national figures, with Rumson noted as influential in money flows.
President Truman left St Thomas aboard the Williamsburg on a two day Caribbean tour. He will visit St Croix and Guantanamo Bay before returning around noon Wednesday. The sunburn from Puerto Rico prompted a joking remark about the presidential beautician.
British European Airways aircraft arriving from London reported being struck by a ball of fire in mid air near Lisbon. Crew described a flaming sphere that bounced off the nose and perforated the rudder, shaking the plane as passengers felt a bump during the storm.
Francis Marion Hooper faces a federal grand jury in Waco for the December bank robbery of 12,500 at Bremond First State Bank. Hooper was arrested in Los Angeles on January 21, his brother John Bernard Hooper was killed by Robertson County Sheriff Bob Reeves as they fled. In other news, markets were closed for Washington's Birthday sales day, while probate court reveals an estate worth 2,196,480 with details disclosed today.
Bowen Cox, county purchasing agent and campaign director, hailed an owling victory and claimed dire predictions failed. He described the owls’ possession of the field and said cleanup remains. In the same dispatch, a note on “Baby Betty” Horrell died in New Orleans Hospital at 30, with home listed as Tampa Florida.
Winds of 30 to 80 miles an hour battered Southern California from the north with Newhall reporting a peak 80 mph. Weather warnings issued for small craft from Point Conception to San Diego as the storm swept the coast.
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