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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1948
Page
2
A notice announces the Santa Fe Grand Canyon Limited diesel train moving west from Amarillo with Los Angeles and Honolulu as destinations. Conductor Sam Carter of Amarillo, born in Texas, hosts stories about his origins in Hempstead in Waller County.
A narrator recalls learning Texans’ roots in Potter County and Hempstead’s rough past. He details diesel locomotive debates, new Santa Fe engines, and a trip from Clovis to Belen aboard a 70 mph train with Kiener and other railroad staff. The piece contrasts railroading with aviation careers.
A traveling account describes a Santa Fe Grand Canyon Limited journey from Amarillo to Los Angeles. It praises railroad discipline and crew, notes dispatch controls, recalls past railroad passes for journalists, and compares Texas to California in hospitality and pride.
A historical stock table lists 100 equities with prices and changes from Merrill Lynch. Notable names include American Radiator, American Tel & Tel, Anaconda Copper, General Electric, General Motors, Gillette Razor, Gulf Petroleum, Packard Motors, Pan American Airways, Philips Petroleum, Radio Corporation, Sears Roebuck, Standard Oil NJ, Studebaker, Texas Corporation, Union Carbide, United Aircraft, US Steel, Woolworth, Western Union, Warner Brothers, Bethlehem Steel, Blaw-Knox Steel, and many others with varied percentage movements.
County commissioners heard two architects present remodel plans for the Tri-State Fair Park stock barns at an estimated 68 000 dollars to create fireproof, window level walls and ventilators. The designs avoid enlarging the auction ring and focus on improved room and safety, with bidding set soon.
Chicago livestock prices eased on most weights with hogs down around 50 cents and cattle and calves mixed. Top hog price reached 27.50 with various weight classes bidding near 27.25 to 27.50. beef cattle and calves showed firmer tones while sheep bids rose modestly and lambs remained scarce. Financial Industrial Fund liquidating 1.7843 at 1.96.
President Truman formally nominated Gen. Omar Bradley to succeed Gen. Dwight Eisenhower as Army Chief of Staff. The Senate must approve the nomination. No exact transfer date was given, with reports suggesting mid February as a possibility.
In Chicago high school teachers staged a sit-down strike over pay in a budget dispute. Mayor Kennelly offered mediation as the city council's finance committee weighed the budget that would raise wages, after teachers missed their payday since December 19. A walkout risk loomed pending committee decision.
London reports Bridge Birch a Friesian cow from Moortown Farm Ringwood on a stout diet yielded 41 952 pounds of milk from 229 days ending last night. Owner R A Pierson claims the 365 day mark record would be 41 943 held by an American Holstein Friesian.
Raymond Williams 19 of Dalhart was charged with rape on a 17 year old Borger girl. Doug Stevens 22 of Borger was charged as an accessory. They are held without bond in Stinnett jail. The alleged assault occurred near dawn on the Pampa highway seven miles east of Borger. Police Chief DeWeese arrested them and turned them over to county authorities.
Officials estimate a demonstration plant in Louisiana Missouri will produce aviation gasoline at about 14 cents a gallon using coal conversion similar to German wartime plants. Another plant may test a second coal to oil process aiming for 500 barrels daily, far above current German output.
A brief science note contrasts legless lizards with snakes, noting that lizards possess movable eyelids and external ear openings. The snippet appears as a small advertisement line for News-Globe Want Ads.
Lloyd C. Warren an insulator for Schell Munday Co died in Dalhart after suffering a heart attack while on a company project. A native of Amarillo 46, he leaves a widow Georgia Warren a son Raymond and daughter Evelyn plus five sisters and two brothers. Funeral arrangements by Blackburn Shaw pending.
Officials reported three injured when two mines blasted an Arab bus near Bethlehem on January 26. Jewish sources claimed 12 Arabs were injured and one killed when Jews fired on the bus, which was overturned by the blasts.
Impassable streets and numerous accidents plague Dallas and surrounding areas. Salt and sand used to keep streetcars running while early shifts were shortened to ease crashes. Eight deaths blamed on weather since Thursday, including a truck train collision near Houston. Fog and freezing rain affect Fort Worth Dallas corridor and several cities report snow and varied temperatures from 17 to 42 degrees.
A letter from a concerned Amarillo reader argues minors obtain liquor from warehouses and stores, urging parents and citizens to stop underage drinking. The writer advocates student involvement at Amarillo High School to channel recreation away from alcohol and reduce the teen drinking problem.
Weather across the region brought freezing drizzle turning to snow and ice coating roads and vehicles. Officials reported icing from Tucumcari to El Reno with transport disruptions as Amarillo endures sub zero temperatures and two thirds of Texas faced ice closures and canceled schedules.
Editorial notes that few teenagers are truly bad and suggests that early reform can turn them into useful citizens of tomorrow. Emphasizes mercy and rehabilitation over punishment for youth with drinking issues.
A Book of Remembrance was dedicated at today’s meeting recording gifts to the Edward A Temple Memorial Foundation. The bishop stressed the fund’s importance for North Texas to become a Diocese less dependent on missionary giving. Rev E Dargan Butt to speak at the Crystal Room banquet at 6 30 in the Herring Hotel.
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