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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1947
Page
2
Merrill Lynch price data shows Dow-40 and grain futures with mixed moves as Wheat, Oats, and livestock futures reflect modest shifts. Kansas City livestock report notes cattle and hogs steady to higher on demand with varied pricing across cattle, calves, and sheep categories.
A compilation of warranty deeds with numerous lot and block details from Madden Adda to Wolflin Place plus several divorce and marriage license notices. Court listings include Thurmond vs Thurmond and Bowen vs Bowen, with a closing historical note on ancient cosmology mentioning Hecataeus and a disk-shaped Earth.
A humor piece of short observations and inventions about bananas. The narrator jokes about banana physics, crossbreeding with cactus, banana farms in Haiti, and banana slicing ideas, ending with praise for keeping bananas in a warm refrigerator.
President Truman sent to Congress a draft plan to unify Army Navy and Air Forces under a single cabinet secretary of national defense. The move aims to cut costs and boost security, with Senate consideration of a large budget cut as debate on government spending continues. House Republicans and Democrats clash over back pay suits and wage-hour law implications.
Buffalo students sympathizing with the strike walked out at Lafayette High School forcing an early dismissal. The city’s two remaining open high schools faced absenteeism as 2,400 teachers walked out in the nation’s largest strike to date.
Gov. Beaufort H. Jester asked the senate to confirm four appointments to the University of Texas Board of Regents and the A and M college board of directors. James W. Rockwell and William Edward Darden join UT board. Margaret Batts Tobin named to fill D F Strickland’s term. A and M picks Tyree Bell and C C Krueger. Terms expire 1953 and 1949 for UT, 1953 for A and M.
Funeral services for Andrew J. Hartsell veteran Amarillo railroad employee will be held at 2 o clock tomorrow afternoon in N 8 Griggs and Sons Chapel Rev A E Wilson pastor of Buchanan Street Baptist Church will officiate He died yesterday in a Liberal Kansas hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage Sunday afternoon following his train return to Amarillo He was a Rock Island Lines trainman and had lived here 20 years He belonged to the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen The family home was 908 Buchanan Survivors include his widow a daughter a brother and a sister Burial will be in Liano Cemetery
Amarillo hobbyists interested in forming a model railroad club met last night in the Santa Fe Building to view a film of a model railway in operation. About 20 potential members attended the film. the group agreed to meet the first Friday night in March to officially organize a club. H. C. McSwain reported the turnout.
In 19th century homes a peculiar glass ball called a witchball hung in windows to deter illness. The object functioned as a protective charm and was common in domestic practice of the era.
Seventy two new members will be inducted into Ken Klub at Amarillo High in a morning assembly. Dick Robinett presides, with Lynn Whitten handling melodies and Virginia Rogers giving the invocation. Truett Fields will sing with Merita Brummett, Jeannine Voelm explains the emblem, and Ray Wahue speaks on academic clubs versus activity clubs. Initiates include numerous students led by Kathryn, with Horton Russell delivering the initiation response.
West Amarillo Christian Church members plan to attend the New Mexico West Texas Evangelistic Association convention at First Christian Church today through Friday. Dr John W Darby and Mrs Darby, plus the Payne sisters, will sing at both services next Sunday. Other members also plan to attend the Tucumcari meeting.
Am arillo Iron Works strike talks remain stalemated as district representative Ben Fisher of International Boiler Makers Union Local 531 reports the picket line is active since last Friday. Union spokesmen met with Judge H. H. Cooper for a preliminary move toward reopening agreement discussions.
U S Ambassador McNutt arrived from Tokyo and planned a quick departure to Nanking to meet Chiang Kai-shek amid rumors of efforts to ease delays in the Sino-Philippine treaty of friendship and commerce.
State Farm Bureau leader Joe Hatton moves from Spearman to Amarillo, buying a farm near the Amarillo Helium Plant. Former swine division official at the Amarillo Fat Stock Show steps back from the stock show duties after moving, and he, his wife, and three sons Joey Tommy and Jimmy settle in. Hatton is a 1934 Texas A M College graduate and recently attended a 13 state delegates meeting in Omaha on wheat raising.
Green defended union power to refuse to deliver spoiled food, arguing it protects workers and other employers, while asserting such cases are isolated. Meanwhile at the Capitol the Senate Labor Committee heard Rev. Jerome L. Toner oppose a Minnesota bill to outlaw the closed shop, calling it democracy in action under majority rule despite hardships for minority views.
Dean White president of White and Kirk is home at 2207 Hughes after a period of hospitalization and is able to be up again.
Hanson Post American Legion presents the Gay Nineties Revue with a campfire scene, covered wagon, hillbilly band and square dancers to open in Municipal Auditorium. Two large albums titled Yesterday and Today will be opened by Joyce Marlene Hess and Clare Robertson. Album scenes include period outfits, a wedding tabloid, and a transition from old to new fashion. Doris Landers Hess is director. Nib Nobles’ orchestra with Rodney Dooling at piano provides music. proceeds go to the American Legion fund, with 20 percent of Senior High School A Cappella Choir ticket sales supporting their trip plans.
The United States remains the world’s top poultry producer with China second, reflecting the dominant roles of these nations in global meat supply and farming capacity. The note underscores the scale of poultry output across major producers and its implications for markets and trade.
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