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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1949
Page
2
The report notes February first and days growing longer with spring near. It cites a good outlook yet cautions that conditions remain uncertain after three weeks of heavy snowfall and low temperatures, suggesting the winter cycle may be ending.
After the uproar the official announcement is made. Mr. Tack will travel to Chile. The remarks reflect male sensitivity to appearance, likening it to women, as the discussion digs into gender norms.
A jumble of names and political notices appears with reference to Neal Griggs and Lyndon Johnson era seat status. It blends political chatter, wagers on snow in Amarillo, and a blunt weather forecast noting January moisture and confusing bureau predict11ons.
Jack L. Taylor 27 of 410 B West was found guilty on similar charges in 1946 and now faces a driving while intoxicated case in 47th District Court. Attorneys indicate Taylor will be questioned as part of the press coverage and a possible meeting with Premier Stalin was referenced in Washington. The report notes the weather section and atmospheric details while framed around the ongoing case and newspaper inquiries.
Ploya Johnson, 19, of Dalhart, was critically injured in a head on crash 15 miles west of Dumas on the Dalhart highway. He was taken to Memorial Hospital by a Boxwell Brothers ambulance with serious head and internal injuries. Chester Gunter of Dalhart drove the truck and was not injured.
Capt John Anderson commands a 12 man daylight force and a 12 man night squad to patrol streets. The chief says the new system will hardly affect law-abiding drivers but will hit habitual violators hard as violators face stiffer consequences.
A federal appeals court refused Stevenson's challenge to the legitimacy of Johnson's Texas Senate election. Stevenson sought to substitute his name for Johnson in the Democratic ballot after claims of fraud in three Texas counties. The Supreme Court ultimately vacated an injunction and ruled federal courts cannot referee state election contests.
Funeral services for Norman Williamson 19 of Childress are pending after a fatal car truck crash near Washburn. Williamson died at Northwest Texas Hospital. his body sent to Childress by Blackburn Shaw. Fort Worth resident Weldon Basinger died at the scene and Patsy Nell Hudson of Childress died later in Canyon hospital. Williamson Basinger and Hudson were West Texas State College students. Calvin Seward of Dumas faced negligent homicide charges. Williamson survived by parents Mr and Mrs Tommy Williamson and two sisters Kathleen Williamson and Mrs George Roy Spear. Newberry Funeral Home of Childress tohandle arrangements.
A Patt Powell feature naming the ten most beautiful women sparks calls for fairness and out-of-town judges. Local readers, including E. M. Blackburn Jr and others, debate age limits and favoritism while praising several named figures as exemplars of beauty.
Loren Jones, who handles with holding tax accounts for 498 Potter County employees, spent three days tracking down small amounts totaling about 50 000 in the series of accounts. He says the last decimal was set yesterday and the forms are now in the mail to internal revenue in Dallas.
Nanking January 31 The Nationalist government rejected a Communist demand to detain Kuomintang war criminals named in a list led by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. Communist broadcasts said peace talks depended on arrests, noting leaders had sought to escape and Chiang fled Nanking.
State patrolman E M Hale said the frozen body of 13 year old Ernest Young, employed by an electrical supply company of Overton, was found near his wrecked automobile after a highway crash. Indications showed the car skidded on ice and Young was thrown from the vehicle.
Hazlewood of Amarillo introduced a bill to fix minimum and maximum salaries for district clerks judges tax assessors collectors attorneys sheriff county clerks and deputies. The measure was referred to a Senate committee for study as both houses met briefly and adjourned. The House lacked a 100 member quorum while the Senate had one. Many members were ice-blocked at home across the state.
Carl Sullivan, 24, of Amarillo, pleaded guilty in General Sessions Court to an assault charge tied to the December 31 Bowery bar and grill holdup. He was sentenced February 15 by Judge John J. Sullivan after admitting a fake pistol gesture and demanding money, escaping with $30.
North Korean People's Army troops reportedly crossed into South Korean territory near Chungdan village, about 65 miles east of Seoul, triggering heavy fighting. An official in the national emergency Diet in American-occupied Southern Korea also said a revolt had broken out in a division of the South Korean army.
An 8 year old girl, Bobbie Glenn Hollingsworth, died in a butane gas explosion near Smith Field in Fort Worth. Her parents Edward G. Hollingsworth 32 and Laura Hollingsworth 24 and sister Ina Mary Hollingsworth 5 suffered third degree burns and were hospitalized.
Belgium's 1300 electricity workers walked out today in a full strike over pay, sharply hampering industrial activity and signaling broader labor unrest in the sector.
Market summaries show cattle and hogs trading with mixed demand and price shifts. Reports cover Chicago bids, California and Texas feeds, and a Cotton fire in Houston causing 400000 dollars in damage to Ship Channel Compress Company facilities.
Mrs. Lee Herndon 93 who lived in Amarillo for 20 years died yesterday. Her funeral was held in Blackburn-Shaw Chapel with Rev. E. R. Foster officiating. Burial was at Llano Cemetery. The county general fund budget showed expenditures totaling 222,613 in 1949 with a projected 245,988 in revenues, leaving a 23,375 balance.
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