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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1945
Page
2
A Washington news column notes heavy rains and floods east of the region while a letter from F. M. Simpson warns of persistent rain. It discusses postwar auto sales, American soldiers marriages to British and German partners, and hopes for rapid end to the war with strong American prosperity versus Russia and England.
A reward of ten dollars each is offered for two missing dogs from George Elliott of Kress Texas. A solid silver male pointer, three years old, named Dan, has white toes on the back feet. The second dog, liver and white, seven months old, also named Dan. Telephone contact is 35 in Kress.
Amarillo officials will hold a two day school for restaurant owners at the courthouse to explain ration point bank accounts and methods to clear and reopen frozen accounts. District ration officials from Lubbock will conduct sessions on Wednesday and Thursday at 2 30 p m.
District Judge Henry Bishop ruled that Police Chief Harper file an inventory of all articles taken from the Ralph H. Campbell home on October 6, 1943. Campbell was convicted of felony theft and sentenced to seven years. extra terms from Dallas and Wellington run concurrently. Attorneys contested the inventory and warrant issue.
Arthur Dinan age 87 former mechanical superintendent of Santa Fe Railways in Amarillo died yesterday in a Mulvane Kansas hospital after a long illness. He retired in 1922 after seven years in Amarillo and had moved to Wellington Kansas in 1917. Surviving wife Polly Dinan of Wellington son Dr W I Dinan Amarillo dentist daughter Mrs Clarence M Eakle of Amarillo and three grandchildren Patsy Dinan Jimmie Jenkins and Mrs Ned Weills. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home after body arrival from Kansas.
Funeral services for 68 year old Mrs. Amanda Halsey of Childress will be held at 11 tomorrow morning at Boxwell Brothers Chapel. Rev. E B Fincher of Ellwood Presbyterian Church will officiate. Burial is at Llano Cemetery. Survivors include four sons Clyde Hubert Roy Fred and two sisters Ed Plumley and Mrs Virgil Ramsey.
Panhandle oil man S D Mcllroy, a Panhandle pioneer who lived in Amarillo before moving to San Antonio, is seriously ill in a city hospital after a heart attack.
The J. E. Pietzch Chapter of Disabled American Veterans will hold its regular monthly meeting at 8 o'clock tomorrow night at 607 Taylor.
Congressman Gene Worley and Col. Ernest O Thompson visit Amarillo to back Panhandle gas producers seeking 3% cents per 1000 cubic feet at the well mouth. Proponents cite neighboring states selling as high as 5 cents and note Panhandle gas earns about 1.2 cents at the well. OPA previously rejected higher pricing.
Potter County Red Cross announces new water safety courses led by Buck Beringer. Intermediate classes start tomorrow at Gem Lake at 2 PM, with a beginners class possible if enrollment grows. A safety film screens at 8:30 PM in the courthouse grand jury room, and Thursday 7 PM certifies Country Club graduates who will demonstrate skills at the pool. Gem Lake sessions run Tuesday night next week, with instructors seeking at least 25 students per class.
The Associated Press reports American units arriving in the United States from Europe include at New York a list of armored and engineering battalions and ordnance detachments from the 13th Armored Division. In Hampton Roads Virginia elements from field artillery, armor, tank battalions, medical units, ordnance detachments, and the 13th Armored Division Combat Command are scheduled to arrive.
The U S Weather Bureau reports a hundred plus degree day with forecasts predicting 101 in the Panhandle tomorrow. No relief is seen as heat continues.
A discharged World War II veteran with a long overseas record, Charles A. Raef, was appointed as a truck driver in Precinct Two by Potter County Commissioners in regular session. Commissioner Jack Swann placed Raef's name before the board.
Kenneth Fiero of the Fort Worth regional Soil Conservation Service office departed after a two day visit to Amarillo Experiment Station. He inspected pastures at the conservation farm and discussed a range plan with local directors.
A chicken house at 322 River Drive Pleasant Valley was destroyed by fire at 9 this morning. The blaze consumed hay and chicken feed damaged a fence and a walnut tree and killed two rabbits.
Palo Duro Chapter of the National Secretaries Association will meet tomorrow night for its monthly social gathering. President Mrs Sybil May said the meeting begins at 7 30 at the home of Miss Louise Smith 1704 Madison.
Market figures from Merrill Lynch show Industrials at 161.98, Utilities up 32.82, and Stocks at 62.10 with mixed moves. Kansas City livestock reports list cattle, hogs, and sheep with slaughter slow and prices mostly steady to slightly lower across grades and classes.
Hog prices and cattle figures show steady to strong demand in Chicago with hogs at 14.75 per 140 lb and cattle top steers at 17.85 while calves and yearlings rise modestly. Courthouse records list numerous warranty deeds and property transfers across multiple blocks and lots in local townships.
Mortgage and deed transfers cover multiple lots in S J His, Ridgemere, Roberts and Mullen sub divisions plus executor deeds and interlinked transfers. A block of marriage licenses follows with couples including Fox Martin Hogan Berryhill and Nussbaum McCormick and Harrison Brown among others.
The U S Civil Service commission reports 16 051 June placements in federal jobs. Of these 12 068 are veterans, 539 spouses of disabled veterans or widows, plus 3 342 veterans and 102 spouses from World War I or other service. This year total exceed 95 000 with 374 090 in 2 1/2 years ending June 30.
British tank formations with air and artillery support attacked Japanese concentrations in southern Burma while a renewed American drive in the Philippines reported by General MacArthur. He said Japanese losses were 302 to 1 in favor of the Allies last week, with 3,629 Japanese killed and 403 captured this week.
The U.S. 6th Division pushed eight miles along Highway Four in Northern Luzon, facing heavy Japanese losses and earning the nickname skeleton row. They seized a mountain fortress and neared a guerrilla junction that could split Nipponese forces. Rumors place Lt. Gen. Yamashita hiding with remnants of a 500000-strong Philippine force.
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