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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1950
Page
4
Do your false teeth slip wobble or embarrass you while you eat or talk This ad explains FASTEETH powder as an alkaline non acid spray that keeps plates firmly in place with no gummy taste It claims to mask plate odor and denture breath and promotes purchase at drug stores.
The Amarillo Merrill Lynch office reports 30 Industrials at 200.04 up 1.26 and 50 Railroads at 9.08 UD 35, with utilities at 41.46 up 3.3. A broad list of equities follows from Air Reduction to Zonite Products and many major firms, plus New York curb prices and Chicago grain at 1 o'clock quotations. The compilation covers numerous named companies, markets, and numeric values, highlighting late 20th century price movements and governance of trading venues.
Kansas City livestock report shows cattle 3,000 head with calves 400 and hogs 2,000. Cattle steady to mixed with good fed steers 28.00 to 50.00, cows 15.25 to 16.25, vealers steady to strong. Lambs higher, good woolled lambs around 23.00 for 95 pound offerings and wheat pasture lambs 22.25 to 22.50 for lighter ranges.
Hogs 17,000 head with under 220 pounds weaker to 25 cents lower. over 220 pounds and sows steady. Top 16.50, 180-230 pounds 15.75-16.25, 230-250 pounds 15.00-15.75, heavier 14.50-15.00, 300-350 pounds 14.00-14.50, sows under 450 12.25-13.25, 875-8600 pounds 10.50-12.00. Cattle and calves: steers and heifers steady to 50 cents higher. vealers $1 higher. Steers 950-1100 pounds 36.00. high to low choice 30.25-33.00. bulk 22.50-30.00. Heifers 22.00-28.00. cows 12.25-18.00. vealers 28.00-33.00. Sheep 1,500 head. no slaughter lambs sold. ewes 9.50-12.00.
A financial notice notes liquidation of the Financial Industrial Fund with a value quoted as 1.9115 and an offering price of 2.09. The text ambitiously adds a speculative aside about televising the whole earth via a man made satellite rocket.
John W. Morris seeks re election as Potter County commissioner in Precinct 4. The precinct now includes Pleasant Valley River Road and areas north to the Moore County line with expanded boundaries after recent redistricting. Maps and sample ballots will be published before the Democratic primary to aid voters in locating their precinct.
Funeral services for Miss Maude Mae Margaret Wakefield 56 of Chicago sister of Mrs Bob Crudgington are planned for Thursday at Stratford First Baptist Church. Burial in Stratford Cemetery under N S Griggs & Sons Amarillo direction. She died yesterday in a Chicago hospital after long illness. Survivors include another sister Mrs Edwin Andrews Fort Worth and brother W T Wakefield Sr Griggs Okla.
The Amarillo Civil Service Commission advised that civil service rules must be followed under the Firemen and Policemen Civil Service Act. Mayor Klein said compliance is required, and the city must observe the civil service procedures. The commission has not yet received its formal recommendation, delaying plans to name an assistant police chief as candidates filed. Kirkman, longtime corporation court judge, has acted as chief during Chief Harper's absences and previously worked as desk sergeant.
Chase from other districts closed in on a fleeing Buick when a tire blew at an intersection. An elderly passenger suffered a lip cut and was treated at Northwest Texas Hospital. He was later held at the city jail on an intoxication charge. Higgs said he bought the car in Santa Fe and drove it home for parental approval in Bowie near Wichita Falls.
Amarillo led a Texas group in December retail activity per Dun and Bradstreet, with a 12 percent rise over last year and 40 percent over November. In the nation only Kansas City and Tacoma posted larger year over year gains. The report lists seven Texas cities including Amarillo and notes Lubbock's absence.
Five employees were bound gagged as masked robbers looted a company vault. The crew used laundry bags and two or more cars to escape, leaving a scene of uniforms and sawed off shotguns. Police hailed the job as expertly planned by Boston crime circles, with an insurance claim and locked security concerns noted.
The body of Edward Burda, 25, an independent miner, was recovered at 11:30 after five days entombed 115 feet underground in an anthracite mine at Mahanoy. Rescuers found his canvas gloves at the scene before lifting the remains to the surface.
A report notes glass fiber being drawn from a large wine hall event at BiaoD vm. The detail highlights industrial material work surrounding the venue and the scale of the operation.
A weather note says a cold spell should end tomorrow with partly cloudy skies today tonight and Thursday. Daytime highs hover near 37 after dawn 14 at Panhandle sites while Dalhart reported a 61 degree spread after 24 hours and 74 degrees yesterday with a 13 degree low. In Soap Lake Washington the chamber promotes goodwill by paying postage on an un stamped letter with a compliment stamp.
In a July vote plan discussion county officials project Precinct 1 will cast about 6 035 ballots, Precinct 2 about 2 10 percent, Precinct 3 around 5 115 and Precinct 4 about 478 after redistricting. Only Precinct 4 remains fully rural as John Morris and John Halley push the measure with Ray Daniel voting in favor amid Swann’s dissent.
In a August 8, 1949 court session Halley and Daniel moved a precinct realignment approved with Morris voting in favor and Swann opposing. Swann warned the new lines keep Precinct 4 undercounted, while officials defended the changes as aligning representation with growth. The minutes detail the four precinct boundaries and Swann questioned district clarity. Separately, the FBI director urged media headlines on crimes and Texas lawmakers studied stronger sex crime laws amid rising rape and sex offense arrests.
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