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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1947
Page
13
Amarillo students such as Timmye Evelyn Berg Jean Hiatt Leslie R Hinds Kathryn Jane Kirkpatrick Ann Moreland and several others received their degrees from the University of Colorado Boulder.
In Rush County Indiana a 14 year old girl Sarah Beth Watson was shot in a truck by her 51 year old uncle Otto Christe Watson who then killed himself. Police said no inquest would be held due to multiple witnesses.
Cadet Carole Cherb after Salvation Army training in Atlanta is posted to Corpus Christi as probationary lieutenant. She is the daughter of Maj. Fred Cherb who leads the Salvation Army in Amarillo.
A lively review of Spike Jones and his City Slickers at the Municipal Auditorium features a harp-playing vocalist, a new band member joked about as a prisoner exchange with Tommy Dorsey, and Bill King the sensational comedy juggler. The piece highlights The Slicker ettes twins and lists numerous attendees and guests.
J. E. Meacham age 94 a pioneer Texas druggist and father of Joe Meacham died in Colorado Springs at 4 yesterday after living in Chicago nearly six decades He established a drug store in 1887 at Timms City near Higgins He ran a Cherokee Strip route and long owned a drug store at Kingfisher Oklahoma
Charles Francis Elkins, 79, a Tulia pioneer wheat farmer and stockman, died Monday in St. Anthony's Hospital. Funeral services scheduled for 2 pm tomorrow at Tulia Baptist Church. body in state at Wallace Funeral Home, Tulia. Survivors include four daughters two sisters and two nephews. Blackburn-Shaw handled Amarillo arrangements.
Captain John R. Hughes, 92, renowned Texas Ranger chief praised by the State Senate, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot in his garage. Justice of the Peace ruled death by own action. The Border Boss, famed for campaigns against fence wire cutters and large-scale cattle thieves, had Haiti headquarters in El Paso and later chaired a bank board.
An orphan coyote pup soaked by a recent storm was found in a Roy Billington home yard in Houston. Billington plans to keep it but would return the animal if an owner is claimed, per an adult witness.
Frank Sinatra and columnist Lee Mortimer resolved their dispute today. Mortimer dropped his battery charge and $25,000 damage suit in exchange for $9,000 and a public apology.
During cold weather equipment tests in Alaska ice formed on inner tubes in subzero conditions creating flat spots on tires and uneasy rides. Engineers then inflated tires with air from which moisture had been extracted to prevent freezing.
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