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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1948
Page
2
Louis Conley, Amarillo man described by Brockton probate official as a top Southern wife beater, faces a hearing July 19 to determine return to Massachusetts for trial. He was arrested June 11 on federal flight charges and is free on a $2,500 bond. a $10,000 bond was recommended.
An $8000 permit to Walter Irvin Inc boosts July remodeling and adds to a 335360 total in building commitments at noon Monday. The month includes 35 new homes, several school and institutional jobs, and a planned $250000 to $300000 four story addition to St Anthony Hospital.
Delegates debate a states rights plank and civil rights proposals as Southerners push for elector qualifications segregation and penalties while liberals push a strong civil rights program. The draft hints at Taft Hartley corrections and echoes New Deal philosophy as a floor fight looms.
M. C. Sheppard, jailed in Potter County after being sent from Miami Oklahoma by Deputy Sheriff Pounds, is charged with passing a 73 cent worthless check to T. J. Clauson of the Ross Hotel for an automobile.
Chicago buyers paid a record $30.50 for a load of hogs with top lightweight lots scarce. The price matched a prior peak set last September and the market opened near prior levels before tightening receipts for hogs over 230 pounds.
Funeral services for Olive Ann Hunter aged 63 of Claude were set for 4 p m Tuesday at the First Baptist Church in Claude with Rev Ford Ellis and Rev J B Hunter officiating. Burial followed in Claude Cemetery. Funeral arrangements were handled by N S Griggs and Sons Funeral Home of Amarillo. Mrs Hunter died at Northwest Texas Hospital after a long illness. She was born in McKinney on May 21 1885 and had lived in Armstrong County since 1918. She leaves her husband R M Hunter and two brothers Don Cantrell and T F E Cantrell. She was a member of the First Christian Church of Claude.
Leslar reports a shooting after two men with rifles approached within ten feet of his car on Cliffside road near Fort Worth Denver crossing. Koenig says shots had previously hit his pasture and house. Officers Brooks and Ellyson investigated as Leslar notified county authorities.
Delegates debate vice presidential candidates with Barkley singled out as a possible choice while Roosevelt and Truman weigh options. Barkley, O Mahoney, or Gov. Preston Lane are named as potential nominees as Barkley prepares tonight’s keynote speech at Convention Hall amid a busy opening session chaired by J. Howard McGrath.
Market Show officials and Mr Gattis estimate an attendance near 2000 with buyers reporting solid business. An exhibitor sold a $3600 opening order. Most registrants came from Borger Pampa area with additional travel from Dumas Stratford Dal Spearman Perryton and beyond. Oklahoma led out of state with 20 buyers followed by 10 from New Mexico and small contingents from Kansas Colorado and Florida.
Baby Ruth Allen held in Potter County jail on $1500 bond after being charged with assault with intent to murder. She allegedly stabbed A R Mitchell a Negro man in the servant's quarters at 1500 Jackson. Mitchell was stabbed Saturday night and is in not serious condition.
Following a restful night the condition of J Sid O'Keefe Panhandle resident of 46 years is reported as fair by his physician He was taken to Northwest Texas Hospital last week after a stomach hemorrhage at home
Nora Brown a 61 year old resident of Denton Texas was seriously injured in Florence Italy when she climbed onto a skylight to retrieve a dropped ring. The glass skylight broke sending her through four skylights into the Baglioni Hotel courtyard.
The Ramie town fell after unconditional capitulation by the Arab forces, enabling Jewish mobile units to push toward Latrun and seal the Jerusalem Tel Aviv highway blockade. Nahas and Alexander Chernovitz signed the surrender note as Haifa reports over 2000 Arabs trapped south of the port amid encirclement.
New York and Midwest market notes show assorted company stocks and grain figures. Major firms listed include Allied Stores, Allis Chalmers, Boeing, Union Pacific, and Westinghouse with varied percentages. grain prices for wheat and corn move in Chicago, while Kansas City cattle and hogs trade with higher or steady quotes and aging feedlot values.
Chicago July 12 hogs about 12 500 weights under 240 pounds scarce and active rising 25 to 50 cents. Heavier weights slow but steady to 25 cents up. sows unevenly strong to 50 cents higher. Cattle 15 000 calves fed steers and yearlings steady to lower. good to choice steers 37 to 39.50. ten to 40. best heifers 37.50. cows 26 to 48.50. lambs 31 to 32 with top 32. ewes 12.40.
The News Globe wants ads show a liquidation listing with a 62.0185 value and cafering note.
The Business and Professional Women's Club will host more than 15 candidates for governor Congress and local offices at 7 30 Tuesday evening in the Herring Hotel. Miss Bonnie Schenck said an open session will let the public attend and hear brief statements of qualifications and planned services. Iris Graham Fox, club president, will preside and representatives will speak for absent candidates. The public is urged to attend.
Catholic nuns in North Dakota may wear respectable secular dress next fall to comply with the anti garb law in public schools. Bishops Ryan and Dworschak said the church has no objection and some sisters may wear head coverings or none if hair grows out, with about 75 sisters teaching in state public schools.
A delegation and Amarillo County commissioners discussed relocating a proposed juvenile detention ward to a wartime hospital building. The current site lacks facilities and expertise to house juveniles away from adults, raising concerns about safety and legality. The county farm north of town emerged as an alternative location, with utilities issues noted for the field. Delegation members included Mrs. G. W. Gress, Mrs. A. R. Granburg, Mrs. Harvey Bragg, and Mrs. Merchant.
Firemen avoided displaying ladder skills by using an elevator to tackle an awning fire on the seventh floor this morning. The blaze was extinguished, with no injuries reported.
Regional meet officials recorded results for 45 contestants with the goal of sending winners to the International contest in Detroit August 18 to 25. William Massey of Pampa led with a 119 mph open speed record in Class D while John Snyder of Pampa topped Senior Class speed events.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported July 12 that the University of Pennsylvania seeks former Minnesota Governor Harold E. Stassen as the university president.
J C Prewit acting director of the Texas A&M Extension Service was principal speaker at a Monday gathering of county agricultural agents in Amarillo. Attendees from 18 Panhandle counties discussed closer ties with the state soil conservation board and plans for the upcoming 4 H Club Camp set for August 2 4 at Lake McClellan.
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