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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1947
Page
2
Fragmented OCR notes discuss Mr Tack forecasts and weather. letters from readers ask about tree borers and a city reception. Mentions Life Magazine, Life story, a producer Mead Sehaetter, and references to Tack no-wreck week. Mentions Mayor Harry and Jim Campsey with a mole-like rodent sighting.
Traders faced a volatile finish with Merrill Lynch led closing quotes. Market movers included steel and motor shares with cattle and grain sections noting notable price shifts.
Mr Tack presents a chaotic catalog of livestock offerings with mixed quotes. Cattle calves heifers cows and sheep appear in fluctuating prices ranging from $17.50 to $59 per head. Some items show weight and grade notes though overall market tone remains steady with buyers active. A final stray line references a man being pulled as a closing remark.
The Amarillo Kiwanis Club held its annual All Kiwanis Night at the Nat with a western chicken dinner and dance. Over 290 Kiwanians and their ladies attended. Gus Roberts delivered a Kiwanis International message read by Aubrey Jack, while Judge W. N. Scokes read the president's message. Russ Rhopeers and his orchestra provided music as modern and traditional dancing alternated, including a Nosegey Set square dance exhibition directed by Grady Wilson. Prizes were awarded for square dancing, the waltz, and put your little foot dances. Mr. and Mrs El Broome won the prize for the little-foot dance, and Mr. and Mrs C I Kanitz won the waltz.
Kenneth Rowler promotes golf gear and book matches at his San Jacinto store across from the post office. He invites customers to San Jacinta Park for a Kiwanis picnic and John Snider Barbecue with a 2,000meal plan, tickets at 1.98 each, and early arrivals urged for the barbecue amid shop offerings and local event updates.
W Seeton Cameron physician faced a two year term for assault to murder Dr Roy C Hunt of Littlefield. Trial at Tulsa, third trial. Hunt shot May 21 1942. his wife beaten and killed Oct 26 1943. Defense by Camp Camp Cameron and B T Miller Amarillo.
Haskell Beaver known as Rock Island brake man spent several days in St. Anthony's Hospital for a checkup after a derailment east of town. He was riding the Rocket when the train left the track. he sustained no serious injuries and was kept for observation. Beaver chairs Frosty Hamrick Lodge No. 608 Public Information Committee of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and writes a weekly column for The News-Globe.
Routine city business includes a plan for an overhead street light on West Thirty-sixth in the Washington Lipscomb area. The city commission meets tonight as Vi Moss acts mayor and may discuss state franchise laws and a parking ban on Fillmore Street from Sixth to Second Avenue.
Connally, mayor of Clarendon and operator of two Moore County elevators, was injured Saturday when a door fell on him. He suffered a fractured right shoulder a fractured right hip and severe facial wounds. He is at St. Anthony's Hospital.
A student panel voices varied opinions on Hawaii joining the United States and where to position the new star. Replies consider middle, upper corner, or back of flag, with some suggesting strategic implications or political symbolism.
About 60 Amarillo Bureau of Reclamation employees were fired in a Washington ordered economy move. The local payroll had 220 workers. 73 more from field service were released in Texas Oklahoma New Mexico portions of Colorado and Kansas. The action targets the bureau's appropriation for the new fiscal year pending congressional action.
Maj and Mrs David Roberts will remain in Panama City for another 18 months. Major Roberts serves with the Air Force in Panama while Mrs Roberts formerly taught dancing at the Musical Arts Conservatory.
Judge E H Foster reports eight mounted groups confirming participation in the July 4 parade as Waddy Week enters its daytime activities. Participating units include Borger Wranglers Tucumcari posse Clovis Mounted Patrol Hereford Rotary Mount Pampa Roping Dalhart XIT Rangers Amarillo Roping Will Rogers Range Riders.
Weather continues to affect farming with mid morning delays and harvesting stalled. Memphis reports cloudy skies and a risk of rain as a cooling north wind develops. Yesterday’s high reached 82 degrees and the overnight low was 51. Today’s high is forecast near 80 with tomorrow around 88.
Walter S Campbell spoke on character traits and tags in fiction during the Writers Roundup at Senior High School nortum. He described four traits to form a fully developed character, plus four kinds of tags to make them real, and eight methods of presentation. Campbell, author of Dinbe Walls and Kit Carson, noted upcoming lectures on markets for non fiction and fiction.
Paris dispatch reports foreign ministers from the Big Three meet in a lengthy session to resolve differences over aid for European economic recovery. Georges Bidault submits a new French plan for a three-way meaning of the Marshall program while Molotov seeks further examination, delaying an expected breakdown of negotiations.
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