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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1946
Page
5
Police report a burglary at Zale Jewelry Company 727 Polk last night. Ten watches stolen from window display. seven valued over 800 dollars, three remaining values undetermined. Front south window broken. no other jewelry reported missing.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow in Dowagiac Michigan for Mrs Jane A Robertson mother of H V Robertson of this city Wife of the late J Scott Robertson she died yesterday at the home of her daughter Mrs Herbert Slingo in Dowagiac She was 84 born in Dublin Ireland and lived in Amarillo in 1903 and 1904
Don E. Schomburg a former Braniff Airways district manager in Amarillo is back home from long Army service. He spent 30 months overseas mainly in New Caledonia and Luzon and was in Manila where he met no old Amarillo friends. His wife Mrs. Schomburg accompanies him.
John K. Boyce of 106 Crestway was slated to be master of ceremonies for the presentation of awards to Selective Service personnel. The ceremony at the Amarillo Hotel on February 8 will honor men who served without pay on local boards for about two years, with a representative of Governor Coke Stevenson presenting the awards.
County Attorney Tom Seay remains confined to his home due to illness limiting official duties and public appearances.
Amarillo milkmen meet with OPA officials in Dallas to decide if milk flow to Amarillo will stop Feb 1. A committee from Amarillo and Lubbock presented their case as producers seek a 34 cent per hundred rise. a prior 26 cent increase was granted.
Sidney L. Sherman age 22, Northwestern University student, was found in Toledo and agreed to return to Chicago to face questioning in the Suzanne Degnan kidnapping and slaying. Police tie a handkerchief found near a cesspool to him as part of the case.
James E. Smith, 18, pleaded guilty in 47th District Court to theft tied to a typewriter taken from W. C. Murrell. The charge reduced to a misdemeanor after the state said it could not prove the typewriter’s value at $50 or more. Jury panel summoned. last week a special venire failed to meet the required number.
Police search for the truck driver involved in a hit and run at Alamo Courts on West Sixth. The vehicle struck a car owned by Sam W. Brice of Apartment 7, causing substantial damage. Three other Amarillo crashes reported yesterday had minor damage.
J P Smith assigned to the Amarillo district Texas Highway Patrol Capt Polk Ivy announced. The patrolman joined in 1937 and served at Corpus Christi Alice Victoria and Lufkin before entering the Marine Corps. He is the sixth patrolman to return from service.
Mayor William O'Dwyer averted a city wide transit strike by agreeing to a union demand that three subway powerhouses not be sold without a public referendum. The action removes a threat to virtually all transportation facilities in New York.
Lumberman P. J. Wooldridge of Amarillo travels to Gainesville to attend the funeral of his brother Richard Wooldridge found dead in bed. Richard is survived by two daughters a son and a sister. Bert Wooldridge of Claude serves as bank president.
While much of Texas digs out from yesterday’s snow, Amarillo remains dry with clear skies and no moisture expected for today or tomorrow. San Angelo reports the year’s largest snowfall as snow from Dallas to El Paso melts. Wink Pyote records six degrees and Amarillo drops to twenty.
President Truman formed a four member board to develop and coordinate the nation's foreign intelligence activities to ensure the most effective national security outcome. The move aims to improve coordination across agencies and strengthen overall intelligence capabilities.
London dispatch reports Argentina ready to join UNRRA and already contributing one percent of national income in foodstuffs and goods for relief of war ravaged countries. Argentina is among five United Nations not in UNRRA.
Gerald Peterson arrives in Amarillo on leave from the Navy traveling from Tokyo to Pearl Harbor and then by ship to the Pacific Coast, son of Mrs. Frank Peterson.
Edwin J. Dingle asserts human mind power equals thousand minds and can match universal energy. He cites Tibet training, claims vast latent faculties, and offers a free 9,000 word treatise via the Institute of Mentalphysics in Los Angeles, urging prompt postcard requests.
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