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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1949
Page
1
The Veterans Hospital investigation into the alleged refusal of admittance for Billy Gene Smith proceeds with Allied and local officials pledging fair, unbiased review. Officials report Smith died after a brain hemorrhage seven days after hospital admission and call for public, accurate findings by February 5.
Two Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home drivers sworn affidavits claim a US Veterans Hospital doctor said Billy Gene Smith was not an emergency patient. The drivers took Smith to Northwest Texas Hospital after family permission and waited about 15 minutes for admission.
Warmer conditions are expected this afternoon tonight and Thursday with occasional snow this afternoon and tonight across the Panhandle and South Plains. Snow or mixed precip is noted in New Mexico with clearing in the west on Thursday and colder readings tonight. Highs reached 18 degrees with a 0.25 inch precipitation total in the 24 hour period ended 6:30 AM.
A small tractor with four four foot snow scoops cleared the Potter County Courthouse walk in a single pass. The operator quipped that homes might rent the device, suggesting a dip in teenagers pocket money from scooper jobs this winter.
In New York on January 26 a couple chose blindness over death for their two children. Surgeons at Presbyterian Hospital removed both eyes of 11 month old Michael Goldstein and one eye from his 27 year old sister Karen. Both children were reported doing very nicely. Michael had a cancerous retinoblastoma in one eye and doctors hope X Ray therapy will prevent spread to Karen's other eye. The father Abe Goldstein, 30, served in the Pacific and lost an eye as a child.
The Texas Farm Union held its annual state convention electing J. J. Berg to a third term as president. Officers are to be completed on the business schedule, with Berg returning as president in 1949. Directors named include Andrew Peterson, E. W. Hawkins, Fred Haiduk, Bill Pinkner, and Bill Stubbs. The meeting ends at noon per state Secretary Harry C. Murray.
In New York on January 26 a diamond merchant 24 year old Jacker carried 3000 dollars in jewels to a hotel room for display and possible sale. Three men grabbed him one held a gun while others took the gems. Detectives outside shouted to surrender and the bandits were cuffed. Jacker proved not a dope.
Amarillo Day Nursery reports 3560 in gifts toward a building addition. Preliminary estimates predict a total several times higher. Notable donors include Beaumont Stinnett 25 and Dr T M Montgomery 10. Mary Miles Batson leads the drive from 1522 Rusk. nursery serves preschool children of working mothers at 401 Van Buren.
A New York man William J. Ahearn a 52 year old bachelor admitted taking about two hundred thousand dollars from his employer over twenty years. He earned thirty three dollars weekly for eight jobs including bookkeeper cashier accountant and manager and he used the money for liquor and horse racing bets.
Amarillo reports rising temperatures with a thaw expected as a Weather Bureau observer predicts temperatures above freezing tomorrow after a day of 28. Occasional light snow, freezing rain, and sleet alter roads, while hospitals report no emergencies and police note few accidents amid icy intersections.
In West Hartford Connecticut a raffle for a $1500 automobile drew a crowd of about 5000 people as tickets jammed the area and Blansky was given the car prize in a chaotic scene.
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