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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1947
Page
2
A humorous town column recounts Mr Tack apologizing to Kleenex manufacturers for wartime hostility to the brand. The piece threads fishing yarns with dry flies on the Henry branch of the Snake River, noting Kleenex helps dry flies and a cook, Ed Walker, plans to write home.
Merrill Lynch closing averages and diverse market notes mix with Kansas City cattle calves vealers hogs and sheep prices. Chicago quotes show steer heifers and cows with bids across grades and fat contents. Belgians seek an American ventilation system for Brussels Junction Tunnel project.
HAL Buz argues that secrecy in war is imperfect and public. He notes many soldiers learn of plans, cites Sicilian and Salerno operations, and recalls Patton’s view that secrets rarely win battles. The piece stresses timely, in-place resources over guarded whispers.
Jack Spencer, 16, of Clarendon, suffered a crushed right leg with five fractures and internal injuries after a fall beneath a moving combine on a Clarendon area farm. He was hospitalized at Northwest Texas Hospital. He previously lost his left leg in a farm accident and is the son of Woody Spencer, a Bell Braden Construction Co. employee.
The column details a group led by H Coons fishing on the Henrys Fork and Snake River in Idaho, with Ted Houghton as top angler. It recalls large rainbow trout, long wade-and-wade efforts, and humorous notes on gear, locals, and a frost in West Yellowstone.
A crowded store scene centers on a softball found near a counter and a curious exchange with Mrs Barnes. Ted scans for purchases while discussions touch on rental living quarters and a mystery couple to care for a few months.
A court presentation outlines hospital remodeling and a 130 by 48 foot new wing with a large solar ward for polio cases. An intern force and student physicians quarters are proposed at several sites, with total remodeling and construction cost estimated at 780000 dollars and potential further refinements if federal aid becomes available.
Step by step guidelines from the Texas Department of Public Safety Drivers Handbook. Includes stop and render aid, assist the injured, call police, exchange licenses and registration, and file a report within 48 hours if death injury or property damage exceeds fifty four dollars. Also notes where to obtain an accident report form.
Mexico City July 11 government decree cuts off imports of automobiles foodstuffs refrigerators radios and other non essential foreign products to protect dollar reserves a special commission will enforce the embargo and may set future quotas on eligible goods Distributors of American products hope quotas will be established but no dates or methods are given in the official Gazette entry
In Philadelphia, pilot Martin Garson of Wilmington Delaware died at Temple University Hospital after a brain operation. The privately owned plane struck a telephone pole during an emergency landing, killing industrialist Howard A. Perkins instantly and injuring two other passengers.
Gov Beauford H Jester stated clemency for any convict on State Board pardon recommendations requires approval from the county judge district or county attorney and the sheriff of the trial county. The governor will seek these local officials’ consent before signing the clemency order.
Col. C. H Corpening of the Army Corps of Engineers announced a second power plant costing about seven million dollars will be added to Denison Dam on Red River near Denison Texas. The unit is already on order and operation is expected by early 1949, boosting total flood control project investments to nearly seven million dollars. Installation will take about three months.
Cleveland researchers test radio active food fed to a robot at the Mid-America Exposition exhibit. Scientists, including Dr Hymer Friedell of Western Reserve University, say injecting radioactive atoms into food could aid medicine and vaccine development. A beer brewery also showcases electronic time pattern control and 2000 gallon batches.
Senator Taft of Ohio dismisses Kansas City Star report that he would open a Washington presidential campaign headquarters under Senator Bricker. He initially offers no comment and then says the notion is news to him.
Scientists reveal the long standing beard on a Rembrandt self portrait grew from sponge growth rather than facial hair. The Zurich exhibit and Austrian Arctic climate factors were noted as contributing to the illusion. Experts say the painting was protected by salt mine storage during wartime bombings.
Texas Longhorns sold out general public tickets for the Thanksgiving Day game against Texas A&M after an early rush. Officials said about 3 008 seats were allocated beyond capacity for regular buyers, with ex-students and season-ticket holders pushing total demand past 8 800. First-day sales exceeded week-one figures from 1946.
Prague reports the expulsion of Franz Van Der Bil, a London Daily Mail correspondent, who sent a London story last month. He left by plane after being warned by the interior military security police that he would face arrest if he stayed beyond Friday of the week.
Automobile trading hit a brisk space in Amarillo on Wednesday as 117 cars and trucks were sold. Potter County Tax Collector Frank Hoyt said sales tax was paid on a total value of 88800 dollars due to the transfers.
President Truman will deliver a special midyear report to Congress within ten days on the economic outlook. The document will assess possible effects of coal wage pressures on living costs and address price trends, as noted by Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross after a cabinet meeting.
After four days of mild heat Amarlia faces a heat spike. Estimated high 95 degrees per H C Winburn. noon reading 91. Earlier in the week highs stayed near 84 degrees. He notes shower activity fading and dry weather ahead. Rain reports came in from Dimmitt 0.25 inches Miami 0.03 and Mule Creek Wy 0.
M. Glen Miller owner of a small advertising agency in OnSURGO announces a plan giving every employee a full year off with full pay after six years of service. The year is for self improvement such as travel schooling or research. Eleven employees are eligible and current first recipient Nelly Mason plans to travel. Miller hopes to extend the policy across American employment and offers a bonus upon departure, funded by saving incentives.
Shoreham Vermont reports Flossie a 23 year old Cocker Spaniel owned by Mrs Guy Treadway remains in excellent health. The famed dog can walk sneeze bark and even "talk" via a throat phone and has learned to drive cows and catch woodchucks. A sister died last year at 21.
Condiue of David Biunacl a four year old boy injured yesterday when struck by a car improved today attendants at Northwest Texas Hospital said. The child son of E L Blungelt 500 Madison suffered bruises and possible internal injuries around midday when struck by a car at Sixth and Madison police said. Girl A Rodgers fourteen at 5112 West Fifth was driver of the vehicle which struck David pincers said.
John Dverchak, 65, pulled his teeth with pliers to avoid a dentist’s bill in Westfield Massachusetts. He already pulled one and plans two more after attending a Knights of Columbus steak roast.
Czechoslovakia says participation would be seen as an act against its friendship with the Soviet Union and allies. Austria Denmark Italy Greece and several other nations were pledged to attend while Albania Romania Hungary Poland and others refused.
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