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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1948
Page
2
The report details numerous injury cases from a incident line up. Names and addresses include Mrs Gladys Francy Capitol Hotel with possible back injuries and a broken left hip for Mrs Gladys Wilson, among others.
A major winter storm slams Kansas and Missouri with freezing rain snow and high winds. Towns report multiple fatalities and widespread damage as windows collapse lines drop and trees split. flights canceled and rail lines iced over.
Amarillo expands cab zones adding north east and south sectors to Zone 2 with 50 cent rates. Downtown remains 35 cents. Cab company owners urge fare increases to cover rising costs, but the city has not approved changes or rezoning to align rates.
A mother Mrs Francis McLaughlin aged 29 and her two sons Michael 6 and Patrick 4 died in a three family house fire in Syracuse. Two other children escaped to safety as the blaze swept through the building.
Amarillo eyes extending city limits to include fringe industrial and residential areas to improve the statewide building picture. Past three years saw penalties of 2 to 3 million dollars yearly for outside- city permits, including Lone Star Elevator in North East Amarillo and two heavy machinery buildings on North East Eighth. 1947 building activity topped prior booms, with 1926 and 1927 permit totals exceeded, and the story shifts to a family obituary and local memorials rather than urban development.
The narrative follows Mr. Immel, a farmer who traded with Indians, married Clara Willis, and settled in multiple towns before retiring near Kress, Texas. In 1914 he moved to the Panhandle, living in Amarillo, then River Road, sharing meals at Mrs. Sims' house while aging and maintaining a daily routine.
Tornadoes strike Seton and Dvykesville Louisiana before reaching Haynesville, demolishing many homes. Mayor Sam Coyle estimates about 600 people homeless and up to 200 injured in Cotton Valley alone, with at least 170 storm injuries treated in area hospitals.
Captain Polk Ivy of the Texas highway patrol updates the Panhandle district fatality map. 1947 toll stands at 106 with one critical, marking the second highest in district history after 1941. The Amarillo district covers 25 counties and reports 582 injuries, with July showing the worst month for fatalities.
A devastating tornado destroyed or damaged over 30 buildings in Cotton Valley including garages warehouse news stand and lumber yard injuring at least 60. One third of Cotton Valley was flattened with ten bodies recovered amid rain and darkness as guards and Red Cross aid scrambled. Another tornado struck northeast of Memphis four family members reported missing and Marianna Arkansas suffered multiple damages. Local residents described the sudden strike with high winds and no warning.
In Colorado, a lone wolf escapee from the state penitentiary remains at large after 12 convicts broke out. National Guardsmen and posses killed two escapees, wounded five, and captured four. James B. Sherbondy, 29, is believed hiding in the snowbound hills near the town with temperatures dropping to 20 degrees below zero after the breakout.
Tariff reductions on hundreds of products took effect in the United States and eight other countries under a Geneva agreement. Scotch whiskey from Britain sugar and tobacco from Cuba and wine from France are among the items affected as part of reciprocal concessions.
York County Sheriff said 16 year old Tommy Lee Phillips admitted killing his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Phillips, at their home near Winston-Salem. Details will be released after deputies finish questioning later today.
Jam Jar Club members will view movie shorts at the YWCA meeting place at 8 oclock tomorrow night. The YMCA YWCA sponsored teenage group also plans a dance and a games session.
Mrs Olive K Dixon of 912 Buchanan received notice of a great grandchild born in Corsicana on December 31. The baby is the son of Harold G McKee and his wife. Grandparents are G W McKee and wife, formerly of Amarillo, now Sapulpa. Mrs Walter R Irwin of 3006 Harrison is a great aunt.
A threatened tugboat workers strike involving 3,500 crews in New York Harbor was averted when operators and AFL union representatives reached a contract agreement. The deal includes a 10 cent per hour wage increase. Japan's forestry bureau is building 1,200 miles of forest roads.
The Greek war ministry announced Konitsa was freed from a siege by five thousand Communist guerrillas. Relief elements entered the city last night and evacuated the 1000 man garrison as rebels retreated toward the Grammos mountains, with some forces possibly fleeing to Albania.
Mrs Mildred Gilliam reports losing a billfold at Kline's Department Store containing her social security card club and Eastern Star membership cards and about $30. She asks the finder to return the papers.
A mother Persian cat and a male Persian kitten are offered free to a loving home. Contact Mrs T. M. Strown at 610 Monroe 8th.
A reader asks for help to find children to take care of in a home setting and provides contact information. The note expresses gratitude and invites responses.
A brown suede purse with a red billfold containing $39 was lost on Arthur Street. The finder may keep the money if the purse and contents are returned. Contact Sondy Matthews at 600 N. Grant, phone 2 6629.
A READER at 704 N Harrison offers sewing services for various types at reasonable rates. contact for project details and quotes.
A note from Mrs Dorothy Stevens offers hourly or daily child care at Cabin No 2, Sneed Court, or at the children's home, along with two quilt tops for sale and ironing services. Contact 24365. A separate appeal seeks the return of Rusty a red Cocker Spaniel missing since Sunday Dec 28 1947 from 2504 Harrison, likely following someone.
A blue gabardine belt was lost in Amarillo's business district on December 29. Call 26951 with information. The finder is M. L. J.
PoliceTraffic Captain Carlie Price announced Amarillo may rank among Texas safest cities in 1947. In 1947 the city logged about 1200 traffic accidents and three fatalities all involving children: a 2 year old in March, a 3 year old in July, and a 4 year old girl in August, all struck by vehicles.
The British Labor government completed a major phase of socializing industry by taking control of the four main railway lines and 54 auxiliary lines, employing about 600,000 workers. The British Transport Commission will operate these for the government and also assumes 70 railway hotels and 176 miles of inland waterways. No public ceremony was held unlike the coal mine transfer last New Year.
Texhoma resident James Walker twenty one was hit by a car on North Taylor near Third in Amarillo during snow. He suffered multiple injuries and was hospitalized at St Anthony's after being found buried in snow by the driver Claudie Goldsmith. Walker’s family traveled from Texhoma to the hospital.
Underhill Vermont's U John J Gagnon celebrates five decades of driving since 1897. He has never had an accident or faced traffic-law violations. A Seoul trading firm plans to market straw house slip pers and pear-inlaid lacquer furniture in the United States.
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