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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1946
Page
2
President Truman signed a 3.75 billion dollar British loan agreement described as a major step to revive and expand international trade. He stated the loan serves immediate and long term US interests by restoring world trade and enabling Britain to cooperate in mutually beneficial economic relations.
Col. Hardin C. Sweeney of Omaha said he may file court martial charges against Maj. Joseph S. Robinson, prosecution chief at the Lichfield brutality trial. Robinson accused Sweeney of bias and denied prejudicing witnesses. the court rejected a motion to challenge. Sweeney planned a decision by week’s end on whether to sign charges.
New York markets saw record highs for cotton futures above 35 cents a pound and hogs at 18.75 per hundredweight in Chicago Union stockyards, with strictly choice steers at 25 a hundredweight. Butter and poultry fell as receipts rose and offerings proved plentiful, pulling dairy futures down on the Chicago exchange.
The 442nd Infantry Regiment, composed of Japanese Americans, will march to the White House for a Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation presentation. A full dress parade precedes the ceremony with 500 Nisei forming on Constitution Avenue and being reviewed by President Truman, War Secretary Patterson, delegate Farrington, and Gen. Devers. Four wounded veterans will sit behind the President.
In Istanbul on July 1s, up to ten million voters are forecast for Turkey’s first contested 460 seat national election. The opposition challenges Ismet Inonu's government with Celal Bayar’s Young Democratic Party claiming over 100 seats amid reports of campaign violence by police.
In Norman, a cocker spaniel claimed a booth in an air conditioned drugstore every morning at 8:30. Police escorted the dog from the cooler hideout after the store manager complained it refused to share the space with paying customers.
Ninety percent of pedestrians killed in Wisconsin accidents had never operated a motor vehicle. This finding comes from R C Salisbury, director of safety for the state motor vehicle department.
Dow Jones indicators show losses led by industrials and rail equities while cattle and calves at Kansas City rise with high quality yearlings reaching new peaks. Chicago hogs and cattle trade mixed with strong demand for slaughter-ready stock and steady to higher beef prices observed across key markets.
Suffering from backache fatigue and urinary distress readers are told about Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root a blend of 16 herbs roots and vegetables claimed to ease excess acidity and urinary frequency. The copy asserts it is gentle and widely sold by druggists.
The snippet reports sheep trade with 4000 head and lambs opening slowly, prices steady to 25 cents higher on early slaughter. financial fund liquidates at 2.4806 with offering 2.72. a long list of warranty deeds records multiple lot transfers across various subdivisions. district court divorces and marriages listed among notices.
Jim Maggard a 28 year old fence worker in Houston confessed to police that he married two women one in London Kentucky in 1937 and another in Hamilton Ohio in 1945. He said he wants to rid himself of both wives after drinking a beer.
The ad promotes pattern 9099 for a no seam wraparound windover top in teen sizes 10 12 14 16. Size 12 needs 2% yards of 35 inch fabric and costs 20 cents with pattern dept mailing details. A Marian Martin Spring Pattern Book add on costs 15 cents more with a free belt bag pattern.
In Harlan Kentucky three men from rival families were killed in a mountain road gun battle following a poker game dispute. Victims Lloyd Lee 64 Arthur Muncy 64 and Angus Muncy 24 were shot multiple times. Investigations by Harlan and Leslie County deputies target location near Hyden.
Beverly Hills July 15 U P reports little change in Howard Hughes condition after 36 hours of reported improvement from airplane crash injuries. A bulletin by Dr Verne Mason says Hughes condition has changed very little in the past 12 hours and remains critical.
In Luxembourg on July 15 Churchill called for a world centered collective armed force to deter aggressors. He expressed hope Germany rejoin Europe as separate states to prevent any one power from threatening peace. He also paid tribute to U S soldiers of the Battle of the Bulge by wreathing Gen. Patton’s grave.
Top OPA officials say sugar rationing should continue through spring 1948 even if price control ends. Deputy Administrator Geoffrey Baker and sugar rationing chief George Alice note high demand from both consumers and industry. They estimate current rationing lasts through March 31 and warn a revival of OPA would shape future policy.
Rudolf Dix for Schacht argued the former Reichsbank president was a prisoner of the Gestapo and that only political errors were punishable. He said Schacht was an intelligent economist who was received by Hitler and survived the war. Ernst Kaltenbrunner sits with him in the same dock.
A mock Boston tea party planned for tomorrow will dump inflated goods at Boston harbor to protest rising meat and other prices across six New England states. The Consumers Guild Organization of America will start surveys on living costs, with talks to follow next month.
President Truman told a National Youth Conference on food in the White House that the United States may need to help prevent famine in war torn areas for another one to three years. He cited 417 million bushels provided to date versus 225 million promised previously and urged that aid is not praise but necessity. The piece notes the first paved highway between Philadelphia and Lancaster.
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