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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1947
Page
2
A narrator recounts a Wyoming and Colorado road trip with stops in Pueblo and Ft. Collins. They describe roll bale hay in Harris County, a diner scene with Admiration coffee, rising tourist traffic, and weather contrasts from cold Wyoming to May rains, plus humorous word lists and quirky local sights.
Merrill Lynch closing stock averages list gains in several sectors while Kansas City cattle and hog figures show steady to higher prices. The report notes cattle, calves, cows, bulls, stockers, and feeders with varied ranges for good and medium quality offerings.
A travel note explains early departures by tourists, road travel by 6 AM or earlier, and nightly lodging searches at camps with warnings of delays after 2 PM. It advises contacting Mrs. Amacker for reservations when visiting particular destinations and cautions against night travel with family. The piece notes a booming tourist boom each year.
Sam Goldstein aged 65, a former Amarillo merchant, died suddenly in a Los Angeles hospital. The body will be sent to Amarillo by air for a 2 p.m. funeral at Boxwell Brothers with Rabbi Arthur Bluhm officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Surviving are his wife three daughters and one son, a Navy doctor stationed in Kentucky.
A feature surveys local youths on preferred pets with varied answers. Otto Praeger favors a mixed breed dog named Mickey while Peggy Crutchfield desires many alley cats and Gerald Shroff prefers dogs. Edsel Buchanan wants a fox squirrel as a pet and Virginia Irwin would choose a small black cocker spaniel if possible.
Members of the 142nd Infantry Texas National Guard will meet at 7 30 oclock tomorrow night at Army Air Field Lt Col Selden Simpson urges all members to attend as plans for summer encampment will be discussed at that time.
Miss Zoe Allen visits Odessa and Seminole during a five week vacation. Chicago livestock report shows steady to higher hogs and cattle with top hog prices around 25.50 and cattle yearlings up to 28.00. sheep and lambs rise to 24.50.
Paris reports a diplomatic tug of war over the Marshall plan conference. Romania denies boycotting the July 12 Paris meeting though Moscow claimed otherwise. Yugoslavia and Poland reportedly refused to attend. Czechoslovakia accepts amid Soviet opposition. Hungary poised to decide by Thursday as Premier Dinnyes is away.
Amarillo officials will showcase a mechanical DDT sprayer that disinfects both sides of an alley as it moves. City chemist Jack Wyatt said a San Antonio company representative will arrive shortly after flood delays. The device will be used to sanitize all Amarillo alleys.
Mr and Mrs J R Brown depart by plane to Dayton Ohio to represent the American Business Club and Auxiliary at the national convention Thursday through Saturday. Brown is president of the Amarillo Club which backs Paul D Fossett of Enid Oklahoma for national president succeeding George W Hansen of Muskegon Michigan.
Firemen answered two alarms to extinguish small fires. The first at a cafe on North Palk around 2 55. An electric motor was hot and smoking. The second at a residence on Pierce around 6 20. Trash and grass were burning unattended.
Amarillo Model Railroad Society members will gather at 7 30 tonight in the club rooms at Santa Fe station. Publicity chairman Mrs C H Runyon said all interested are invited to attend. meetings are held Tuesday and Friday evenings at 7 30.
Union head James Petrillo warned he might not renew contracts ending this year and may enter the recording business. Radio network contracts expire Feb 1 1948 and stations could hire their own bands. small stations might gain an exception. Subcommittee Chair Kearns, an AFM member, noted no law requires continued recordings or chain broadcasts and urged potential new legislation.
A historical letter criticizes a New York Times editorial on HR 1 tax cuts, arguing against upper-bracket relief and defending broader aid. It references figures for $2,500, $50,000, and $500,000 incomes, contrasts take-home pay, and comments on demagoguery and fairness amid wartime tax policy.
Jack Coffee and Southwestern Public Service engineers inspect Sixth and Georgia traffic light facilities today in preparation for a new three signal system. The four way light remains, a three way replaces a flasher, and a two way is added. Materials and equipment are on hand with installation hoped by month end.
Frances Miller of San Diego is visiting friends and relatives here. Frances formerly lived in Amarillo. Bows and arrows were used as instruments of warfare in China as late as 1911.
A letter urges Ray Whittington to visit Kenneth's Emporium in San Jacinto for fishing gear and boots. It notes rain gear for the foothills and mountains and promotes shop visits. The writer reports West Amarillo Christian Church donated 25000 to the San Jacinto Youth Center and appeals for further donations from local firms.
The Chronicle notes a rumored United States military secret disk with Army Air Forces markings in Spokane and reports a second flying disk found near Hillsboro by farmer Bob Scott. Scott feared being thought delusional and told only his family before Sunday. The army would not confirm or deny the missile’s existence.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Brown and family of St. Louis and Dr. and Mrs A. J. Black of Coleman have left Amarillo to return home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bellett of 2117 Lipscomb. Mrs Brown Mrs Black and Mrs Bellett are sisters.
Double funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Minter, Amarillo pioneers, will be held at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow in N. S. Griggs & Sons Chapel with Dr. E. B. Fincher officiating. He was 84 and she 83, dying within 10 hours of each other after long Amario residence since 1905. The Minter family includes many descendants.
City commission scheduled to open bids at 8 PM for paving contracts on North Buchanan and North Pierce sections between 14th and 15th streets San Jacinto from Prospect to Fairmont Johnson from Third to Fourth 15th from Van Buren to Jackson Moore Street north of St Anthony's Hospital and other streets plus bids on 16000 gallons of gasoline A lease renewal for 209 acre agricultural property near English Field also to be discussed
Funeral services for Robert Lee Campbell of Canyon will be held at 2 30 tomorrow afternoon at Canyon Methodist Church with Rev. Hubert Thomson officiating. Campbell, 74, died yesterday at Neblett Hospital. He leaves a widow and eight children along with many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Griggs Warren Funeral Home directs arrangements.
Final rites for Mrs. Virginia A Lipe 80 of Canyon after 37 years residence will be held at 4 30 p m tomorrow. She is survived by husband James W Lipe three sons A A Lipe Peneville Mo B Lipe Denver and Earl Lipe Canyon and one daughter Mrs W D Allen Amarillo. Griggs Warren Funeral Home Canyon is directing arrangements.
A red jeep hit the rear of a car driven by Ray Hayes at the Third and Fillmore intersection while Hayes waited at a stop signal. Police stated the jeep driver was unidentified. no injuries were reported.
Mr and Mrs W O Esbig of Pitts field Massachusetts visit their daughter and son in law Mrs Lee M Dowlen and Mr Dowlen at 717 North Tyler for a two week stay in Tyler.
Mrs Luther Fields of Dallas visited her sister Mrs Edward Watson at 1402 Washington before continuing to Denver.
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