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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1950
Page
10
The 1949 stock market rebound restored its status as a barometer, rising to near 1949 highs after a midyear low. Analysts cite inflation fears, dividend surges, and stronger profits as key props, with General Motors leading year-end gains amid strikes and renewed investor optimism.
Services in tribute to Boss Johnson 73 were held at 3 p.m. in the Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel with Rev. M A Walker officiating. Johnson, of 1014 A West Eighteenth, died Saturday night after a stroke at Northwest Texas Hospital. Survived by wife Mrs Lee Johnson son Dr R N Johnson Amarillo brother H H Johnson Wichita Falls two nieces Mrs J C Christopher Amarillo Mrs G A Williams Shreveport and two grandchildren Dell Ray and Bobby Johnson. Pallbearers were Dutch Crow W M Hale J L Womack A H Mileur Joe T Salem FE E F Cudd honorary pallbearers Joe Covington G W Matson C W Broome FE W Baccus John Dean J M Christopher. Burial planned in Llano Cemetery.
Obituaries report diverse deaths and funeral plans from Warm Springs Montana to Amarillo and Claude. Entries list Lowe Lawrence 44. Roach Dee 74. Brown Charley Shamrock. Mollie Fullbright 78. Anna Ruth Morris 49. Ronnie Simonds 56. Boss Johnson 73. Walter Caldwell Sr.. John C Eubanks 79 with kin, services pending or scheduled, memory rites at Llano and First Presbyterian venues.
Dora L Grounds 77 of 706 Carolina died Friday mother of J J H H H L W M and several daughters Services set for 2 PM Monday at Boxwell Brothers Chapel with burial at Liano Fred Baird 58 of 312 East 22nd died Sunday husband of Leta father of Loren Tommy Roy son of Mrs Almeida Baird brother of Carl and several sisters Services pending
Leonard Tate aged 42 of Albuquerque died Friday. He is survived by his wife Johnnie, daughters Dixie Lee and Shirley, mother Mrs J J Moran, and sister Mrs W P Stewart. Body arrives Tuesday morning and lies in state until 4 30 PM Tuesday. Funeral service and cemetery arrangements follow.
Amarillo High School chose Nita Kelley as orchestra queen. She will represent Amarillo at the Highland Park musical festival in Dallas on April 1 and will compete in the festival pageant. Kelley has played viola for three years and was with Horace Mann orchestra five years. She serves as business manager of the AHS orchestra, assistant secretary of the Texas Association of Student Councils, and holds offices in multiple clubs and scholastic societies.
Mexico aims to raise annual coffee exports to 2,000,000 sacks from the current 500,000, signaling plans to expand production and regional trade. The initiative focuses on expanding harvests, increasing processing capacity, and improving marketing to reach new buyers.
Britain’s Patent Office sees only about one in a hundred ideas filed by women and these are largely confined to domestic fields. the London report notes the gender gap in inventors and the concentration of women in certain sectors.
Rites for Mrs Anna Ruth Morris 49 were set for 5 30 pm at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel with Rev H B Coggin officiating. Burial in Llano Cemetery. Mrs Morris of 309 North Van Buren died last Wednesday in Wichita Falls. Survived by husband H V Morris two sons J D Morris and Harvey Morris Jr Amarillo a daughter Mrs Imogene Stewart Amarillo a brother Ernest Ledbetter Wichita Kane and one grandchild.
In San Antonio a theft compromised an exhibit of Adolf Hitler's private automobile after the bright red truck tractor used to haul his car away was taken from a downtown parking lot. In Brakpan South Africa a monthly birth tally showed 39 males and 38 females registered.
The Dundee branch of the National Farmers Union urges production of green colored gasoline free of tax for agricultural use, arguing it would aid farming operations while supporting environmental aims.
The Hague Holland reports a new plant to produce an all Dutch truck. The notice appears as an advertisement.
Mr Caldwell notes royalties paid on UMW welfare and pension as a walkout unfolds. No clear strike across 480,000 dues payers. Illinois miners in 16,000-strong action seen as displeasure at operators’ refusal to sign a contract. UMW officials call strike unauthorized. Illinois leader Hugh White orders men back to work today.
Dr. Potter argued that morality must guide law or respect for law fades, speaking at a Ford Hall forum. Catholic priest Rev. Michael J. Ahern of Weston Mass College is slated to speak against euthanasia next Sunday on the same platform.
The report notes temperatures dipping to eight below zero in parts of the West and Albany New York at minus one, while South Carolina’s Columbia fell to 27 degrees. Minnesota and North Dakota saw pockets of extreme cold including Jamestown eleven below and Bismarck eight below, with Duluth at plus fifteen.
And Mrs. C. R. Paden of Brownfield Mr. and Mrs Harold Paden of Lubbock Wyndal Hudson of Seagraves Mr and Mrs Gordon Linscott Dallas Mr and Mrs K D Pittman Corpus Christi Mr and Mrs Jack McPherson Nocona and Mr and Mrs William Hatcher of Detroit Mich are listed in a partial obituary segment.
Wildman reports 38 bodies recovered with two more in ruins and one non patient killed. Anna Neal 55 of Davenport died rescuing inmates, Ruth Finnerty of Ottumwa rescued in wreckage. 24 saved, one in critical condition. Fire officials debate sprinkler systems and state fire laws as inquest postponed pending investigation.
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