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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1947
Page
3
A humorous riff on the thumb as a finger and a symbol. The author muses on dictionary definitions and the thumb's roles from ancient rulers to modern gestures. He notes uses from signaling to stop a car, and imagines a thumb shaped hat called a thumb-brero.
Mrs. A H Douglas of Carlsbad New Mexico is spending a week with Miss Katherine Douglas at 413 B West Twelfth Street.
Mrs. Doris White of 2900 Ridgemere attends the Borger wedding of Bessie Jo Rakes and Leslie Raley. The note adds Wagner's operatic success stemmed from Bulwer Lytton Rienz.
Defense for Dr Lloyd I Ross charged with four murders in an ambush May 25 plans to plead insanity when the trial resumes September 9 in 22nd District Court Judge J R Fuchs granted a postponement to obtain statements and witnesses Ross a 42 year old San Antonio physician killed Willard York his wife Gertrude their son John and Yorks mother Mary York all former patients and friends with financial tensions cited Harvard training and personal history.
The American Banker lists Amarillo as one of 18 U S cities posting all time highs in June check debits with a 24 percent gain since 1946. Fort Worth shows 39 3 percent and Wichita Falls 249 percent gains. Amarillo’s six month check payments total 418 463 000.
A Ohio native, now a Texas resident for 12 years, charged in March that York owed him more than $80,000 in stocks, securities and bonds. York later filed for bankruptcy after a Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry found irregularities in his operations.
Local shop Bill Elliott offers light machines and gear for fishing and hunting at 110 East 10th. Call 9268 for inventory details and services.
About 75 patients at the VA Hospital received a watermelon feast on the hospital lawn hosted by the Elks Club and the Potter County American Red Cross Chapter. Carlton Carr supervised the event as hospital recreational director while Mrs. J. B. McClure led the canteen corps in serving 25 melons.
Artemus Ward was the alias of Charles Parrat Browne a Maine born humorous writer known for his wit and storytelling. Browne used the pen name in his literary career attracting readers nationwide.
Miss Sara Morris, Mrs. Ann Gaines and Mrs. Beulah Sheridan attended a community recreation event where music was amplified by the recreation department.
US barley production last year reached about 263.35 million bushels, down 12 percent from the 10-year average of 289.60 million bushels for 1935-44. The decline reflects lower yields across major growing states amid market pressures.
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