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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1946
Page
2
Lewis W. Newton, 37, was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary after pleading guilty to burglary in 47th District Court. He admitted memory gaps from alcohol use as authorities recovered $37, a Rider family billfold, and jewelry. a rifle was used by Mrs. Rider in defense during the break in.
The note asks for the return of two sheets three face-towels and white monogrammed pillow cases and offers C O D contact at 1300 North East Eight to retrieve them. It also requests lawn mowing work and provides contact details. Additionally a lost lapel watch is offered with a reward to Mrs Roy Motch at 300 North Virginia.
A reader seeks a person to wash and iron personal laundry for two adults. You can bring the items and return after completing them. Interested callers should dial 5118 after 7 PM.
A colored reader offers to work in a private home providing best possible service and references. Interested parties should call 2-6448.
A small gray and white kitten seeks a caring home. Call 20461 or visit 1008 Buchanan to inquire and arrange adoption.
I have lumber and kindling to give away for anyone who will haul it away. Location 804 South Buchanan. Available after 5 P M. Also offering two new unused hedge shears with 10 inch blades for sale.
Eyewitnesses report 300 Chinese fighters in bluish green uniforms ambushed a 100‑truck Marine convoy southeast of Peiping. At least four Marines were killed and 19 wounded in a four hour battle. some Marines remained missing as attackers were repelled. Major Frees and Sgt West described the initial onslaught and swift Marine response.
New automatic flight controller enables Douglas C 54 Skymasters to take off land and fly to a destination with no pilot input beyond pushing a single button. The system manages altitude glider range gear throttle brakes and stops at runway touch down. Army specifications require precision anti friction bearings to 11 millionths of an inch.
Hogs 10,000 head good and choice 180-230 lb active up 25-50 cents with sows higher. Cattle 8,000 and calves 1,000 mixed gains and highs for bullocks and yearlings. Sheep 2,000 with spring lambs up 25 cents and natives steady on slaughter ewes.
Lt Gen Roman Rudenko the Russian chief prosecutor urged death sentences for 22 Nazi leaders on trial for war crimes after declaring the charges fully proven. He asked the tribunal to impose the supreme penalty, saying such a verdict would be welcomed by progressive mankind. The report also notes equatorial African natives using two foot long iron coins modeled after a throwing knife.
A message from Mike McKee invites interested people to 501 Kentucky after 6 PM or before 8 30 AM. Sue Haynie reports losing a red billfold on the fourth floor of White and Kirk's containing about $1 50 with no ID and asks the finder to return it to 2218 Hughes or call 9670.
Cattle 19 500, calves 3 000 with record two day July crop grass cattle. Vealers good to choice steady, slaughter steers 24.00–24.50, weighty heifers 26.00, vealers 17.00–18.00, pastured replacement steers 12.00. Hogs 1 800, 25–50c higher, top 22.75, 180–250 lb 22.25–22.75, 260–325 lb 22.00–22.50, sows 20.75–21.25. Sheep 4 200, little sold, native spring lambs above 20.50.
Deeds filed show Chas R Prido to Oscar E Honig lot 18 19 block 42 Old Town and Henry Knighton to Fannie Carter lot 7 block 110 G&S among others. District Court lists divorces for Cecile Woodring Burl Dendy Woodring W L Pond Viescia Pond and Viola Malloy F H Malloy. Marriage licenses issued to several couples including P S McTee and Grace Bond Mack Winter and Irene Piekramenos Winford Kitchens and Juanita Pendleton and W N Yell Marilyn Miller Norma Hill.
President William Green of the AFL said the federation would pursue intensive political activity at all levels in the current year. He noted national AFL bodies state federations and local unions would be involved and that the campaign would be the sharpest since the first World War, with party distinctions deemphasized.
Jurors in the 47th District Court freed Murphy Crane a 53 year old Negro man after a murder trial. Crane claimed self defense in the shooting of Marvin Cooper who was also involved in a street battle at 311 West Second on April 26.
Mrs. J. M. Clark of Muncie recalls a nighttime incident in which two cars blinded each other with headlights as a child wandered into a street. An unattended car rolled from a driveway and blocked the oncoming vehicle, allowing the child to be rescued.
County officials warn a federal agency may take needed rooms and demand private spaces for staff. Deed records, records in the clerk’s foyer, and cramped ably staffed areas prompt discussions with the Price Control Board offering rent while awaiting OPA vacate. Court to rule by 5 pm.
Washington notes the Office of Price Administration announced an 11 percent hike in ceiling prices for all men s shirts shorts and pajamas yesterday. The move affects consumer costs and retail listings nationwide as the policy takes effect.
Byrnes says the Big Four will not reject conference recommendations arbitrarily. Attlee pushes for full consideration of input from 17 smaller powers. He warns militant nationalism is a danger and calls for removing fear of war. Molotov is absent, Vishinsky present. Soviet embassy offers no explanation.
British troops placed Tel Aviv’s 200000 residents under virtual house arrest at dawn. A 22-hour curfew bans leaving home except a two hour shopping window as a roundup seeks those behind the King David Hotel bombing in Jerusalem last week.
In Norwalk California a rubbish dump used as a playground collapsed burying three children Dorothy Lee Shelby age five Gary Lee Shelby ten and Joy Anne Carlton eleven. Their bodies were recovered by grandparents W J Shelby and wife. Two cousins 4 year old John Ray Shelby and Don W Hamling were saved from the dirt after revival.
In Elizabeth New Jersey July 30 fists flew as strikers and non union workers clashed at the Phelps Dodge Corp plant. About 40 pickets in three boats on the waterfront battled dockside workers injuring at least seven, with one report of a rifle shot.
Princeton July report says Dr Albert Einstein, famed physicist, stated he has received an invitation to join the German scientific academy. The brief note notes the honorary membership and continues with limited details.
Dr. Einstein weighs an invitation to join the German Academy of Science, noting no plan to move to Germany while he was barred as non Aryan under the Nazi regime. The report also mentions ancient Egyptians playing a checkers like game as early as 1600 B C.
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