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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1947
Page
2
The weather forecast describes heat arriving overnight with very hot conditions tonight and tomorrow including Sunday. Harvesting in a wheat field near 3 PM is noted as especially scorching, with the area described as one of the hottest places on earth.
A regional voice promotes weekend trips from Amarillo to Canadian Lake Marvin Higgins and Stratford to view blooming yucca and wildflowers. The piece mocks weather forecasts by Tack, notes strong buying mood for fall on the High Plains, and urges readying property for sale as buyers prepare for a bull market with cattle and land activity.
A lively column blends weather guessing with daily life notes from Amarillo. The writer urges outdoor sensory inquiry for weather sense, mentions a local promotion for a young business leader, and paints vivid scenes of neighborhood flora and fauna around Amarillo rooftops and yards.
C. C. Harlin of Borger told police he was robbed of about 100 dollars at a party last night at 415 East Fourth.
Merrill Lynch gives closing stock averages with 30 industrials up 0.86 and 20 others up 0.17. The report shows price changes and totals at 1:00 PM Amarillo time, reflecting overall market movement.
Kansas City stockyards report June 6 shows cattle receipts 2100 with calves 400. Slaughter steers yearlings and cows steady with several price ranges for good to common cows and vealers. Hogs 2000 slow and uneven, top around 24.75 with various weights 24.25 to 23.25. Sheep 5500 scattered in truck division, killing classes steady, native spring lambs around 25.50.
Hogs 9 500 slow with weights under 250 lb 25 to 50 cents lower. over 250 lb and sows 50 to 75 cents lower. Top hog price 24 50. Cattle and calves firm with good and choice steers and yearlings up to 27 00, beef cows 14 50 to 19 00. Sheep insufficient to test market.
An obscure notice describes the Financial Industrial Fund liquidating at 1.8037 with an offering price of 1.98. A practical tip notes using adhesive tape on curtain rod ends to ease rod passage through hems and reduce tearing.
Cherbourg correspondent Robert Eunson recalls the third D-Day anniversary with rows of white crosses under apple trees in Normandy. He notes about 90 thousand Americans paid with blood securing Cherbourg and five to one toll against German gunners behind hedgerows. Maj. Robert Crisson cites hedgerows breaks and shell bursts as key factors in the high casualties.
Miriam Collier named to replace Evelyn Flaherty as executive secretary of the Amarillo Travelers Aid Service effective June 1. Collier, a former Lubbock social worker, comes from Nashville School of Social Work with Red Cross service in Mississippi Georgia and Florida. Flaherty, veteran long-time director, plans a Colorado vacation before returning to Amarillo. her husband is John Flaherty Schenley distributor for West Texas.
E A Williams 21 of Kansas City is in serious condition but expected to survive after a six story fall from a collapsed scaffold in downtown Dallas. H B Campbell 42, North Texas superintendent for Southern Waterproofing Co., was killed. They were working at the Lone Star Gas Co. building when the scaffold gave way.
Asbury Park officials report the Hotel Columbia will close its bar for six days while conventions proceed including a gathering of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
The Amarillo VFW posts John B. Golding No. 1475 and Amarillo No. 1907 merged to form Golding-Meadows Post No. 1475. A new $21,000 VFW home at Eighth and Parker is planned. Officers include Jack Isaacs as commander, Cleo Clayton Jr. as senior vice commander, Benny Lusk as junior vice commander, and others. Durwood Meadows, Pearl Harbor casualty, honored in the consolidated post name.
The article reports Taft arguing that rising prices stem from government actions and wartime financing. He accuses the President of opposing Congress on expenses and taxes, resisting labor-cost controls, and relying on large international loans that raise material costs for all. He contends businessmen have little control over costs or pricing.
Legislature preserves a general fund surplus and rejects new tax measures in step with Governor Beauford H. Jes. This move signals fiscal restraint while maintaining state services and budget stability.
An old advertisement promises relief from fatigue and poor digestion with Adlerika, a tone up laxative described as a gentle stimulant for sluggish intestines. It urges readers to order a bottle from a druggist and to follow directions.
Rep. George Nokes of Corsicana pushes a bill to replace the state veterans service office with a five member commission urged by Jester. Rep. George Parkhouse of Dallas carries a parole system measure not tied to pardons. The session ends with the demise of the oil unitization proposal and a plan to allow pay raises for future lawmakers.
A fragmented excerpt discusses Hungary and proclaims continued protection of political independence for smaller nations. It mentions a continuation of a joint American effort and protection strategy amid postwar diplomacy.
The report notes a joint Soviet British inquiry into Hungary and warns that if satisfaction is not provided, the United States may bring the case to the United Nations starting with a reply from the Soviet Union.
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