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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1947
Page
2
A travel diary from Amarillo records a daytime departure at 11 oclock for Pueblo arriving 6 30 pm with hotel tips and highway notes. The writer and companions chat about Houston Caldwell grandfathers fatigue traffic Polk Street parking and watermelon scenes. He repeats anecdotes about Texan life and local tastes while mentioning war era research figures and flying saucer rumors.
A veteran airman suggests flying saucers over Europe could be radio controlled crystal balls used by Nazis to feed data to radar. He recalls sightings from 1944 near German cities and Austria while noting objects stayed about 300 feet from formations.
The president argues quotas are inadequate and urges Congress to pass emergency legislation to aid displaced persons in eastern Europe. He calls for action to resettle DPs and criticizes indefinite containment in European camps while preserving autonomy of participating nations.
USDA livestock trade reports show cattle and calves steady to higher in Chicago and Kansas City with top prices around 28.40 for cattle and vealers near 24.50. Sheep and lamb offerings remained active with spring lambs around 23, calves near 5.50 to 7.75. Prices reflect mixed loads and weekly shifts in demand and supply.
The union leader testifies before a subcommittee that commercial recordings and chain broadcasts threaten jobs. He argues musicians are displaced and vows no more recordings unless allowed control. Petrillo notes dissatisfaction with the recording business and cites personal expense claims. Amarillo hotel meeting details follow.
County engineer J L Adams announced start of a joint city county paving project on seven blocks of Hillcrest Street from Ninth to Sixteenth Avenues and two additional blocks east to Hillcrest and Fifteenth. Cost shared by City of Amarillo and county with property owners paying curbs and gutters.
Charles Warren Robards 22 fled to Amarillo from a Botina area farm and was arraigned in Potter County on an attempted rape charge. He faces a $3500 bond after police arrested him Saturday night for an alleged Saturday morning attack on an Amarillo woman.
Byron J. Peasley a longtime Southwest railroad man and Republican leader died at his home after months of illness. He was a former Cotton Belt Railroad superintendent of motive power and 1944 Texas gubernatorial nominee. Survived by wife and daughter Nell Grigsby Monroe North Dakota.
A youth survey records varied tastes in films from 14 to 19 year olds. Respondents name favorites spanning mysteries Westerns biographical psychological dramas and sports films with titles like The Jolson Story Spellbound The Beast with Five Fingers A Stolen Life Home in Indiana and Johnny O’Clock.
The House Rules Committee sent the income tax reduction bill to the House floor for two hours of debate with expected passage tomorrow. The bill would cut income taxes 19.5 to 30 percent starting January 1 and mirrors a vetoed Truman bill except for the date. Only Ways and Means sponsored amendments will be considered as the measure moves toward possible Senate action this week.
The Continental Trailways Safety School for drivers, led by J.T. Willett of Chicago, features nine psycho physical testing devices to gauge vision, depth perception, distance judgment, and hand steadiness. Examinations run today and tomorrow at the Amr Tilo Hotel from morning to early afternoon and again after lunch.
A garbled OCR text describes various dubious cures and remedies including moist heat, poultices, and multiple invented names for antiflogistic agents aimed at relieving sore throat cough and muscular pain. The passage mixes nonsensical terms with possible druglike references and random product mentions.
An Amarillo attorney filed a $45.00 executor bond for the estate of Frances C. McLoughlin. The will, probated June 30 by County Judge Ernest O. Northcutt, provides about 5000 to the Children's Home and to Amarillo College, with other gifts to Preventorium and residuary provisions. Appraisers Hugo Loewenstern, W. F. Varn Shaw, and Royce Gant assess value. inventory not yet filed.
July 1 1647 report notes Lafry Fowler city transportation director outlines proposed taxi charges. The city would levy a flat 125 per tax or a 2 percent share of gross receipts on cab firms, following Texas Legislature action allowing municipal charges on taxicab companies.
City commissioners agreed to postpone a scheduled 11 o clock hearing with taxicab operators to discuss the levy of a franchise tax. The postponement was due to the detention of Lewis Blackwell father of Punchy Blackwell who runs the Safeway Cab Company and is imprisoned and not expected to return soon.
Prague July 7 Czechoslovakia decided to attend the Paris conference on European economic recovery becoming the first Eastern European nation to join the talks. The move ensures Eastern Europe and allied nations will have a voice in the key conference convened by Britain and France amid Soviet opposition.
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