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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1947
Page
18
A windy dry spell settles over the Panhandle with few chances of rain. Mr Tack’s weather reports draw offers over $100 a week, pending medical consent. Farmers urged to plant row crops as big harvests loom while Amarillo eyes a western art museum dream and Fort Worth figures in, with local hotel chatter and firemen conventions adding color.
Willie James Shoe and Robert Dixon May received five years in a federal prison for transporting a stolen vehicle in interstate commerce. Judge James C. Wilson ordered Leavenworth with a possible transfer to Alcatraz for May who pleaded guilty. Shoe, 23, is from Louisa Kentucky. May, 32, from Concord North Carolina.
Novices from Khiva Temple’s jurisdiction will attend a Mystic Shrine ceremony here tomorrow. The Panhandle Plains region covers over 40 counties. Registration starts at 1 pm with a supper at 6, second section at 9, and a stag party at 10.
Mrs. Julia O'Brien Turner widow of A L Turner pioneer rancher near Channing died at 10 50 this morning in St Anthony s Hospital at age 82. A Jefferson City Missouri native reared in California she moved to the Panhandle in 1909 and married Turner in 1910. Survived by two stepdaughters and three stepsons and a niece, with funeral arrangements pending Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home directs.
The Dwight Morrow School permit for a 50 by 128 foot brick building at 1200 East Sixteenth was issued for 102800 dollars. Walter E. Wirtz is the contractor. The project includes 11 classrooms and a basement.
Two British policemen who were kidnapped from a Tel Aviv suburb swimming pool were found unharmed in Kiriat Shaul. They said they escaped on their own, while an Irgun Zvai Leumi spokesman claimed they were released after assurances that five Irgunists on trial would not face death.
Mr and Mrs Chas M Rogers and daughters Ruth and Virginia returned Saturday from Gulfport Mississippi where Ruth Rogers graduated from Gulf Park College on May 28 They visited relatives in Mount Olive and Terrell on the return trip
W B Morgan of Denison, former House member, was named State Labor Commissioner for a two year term in Austin. He succeeds Maureen Moore and belongs to the Order of Railway Telegraphers and the Order of Railway Clerks, both AFL affiliates.
The continuation lists numerous names with street addresses and box numbers for individuals including J. O. Howard and Dixie Davis among others. Locations span multiple streets and towns, showing a community notice of residents and contact points.
W T Combs of Pampa was severely injured when a large frame building being torn down collapsed in Higgins. Fourteen other workers escaped injury and Combs was taken to a Shattuck Oklahoma hospital. The condemned structure had been damaged in a May wind and was owned by Charley Goettsche the Higgins Chevrolet dealer who was injured in the April tornado but directing the dismantling.
Private class of Robert Louis Barron presents a recital at 8 30 tonight in the Musical Arts Conservatory 1710 Tyler. Featured student Richard Skoog formerly of Amarillo College also serves as concertmaster and Amarillo Philharmonic member. violin pieces include Reverie Debussy and Czardas Monti. Other performers include Clemmons Cheim Ellis Robertson Taylor Royce Copeland Cummings Parker Wadsworth Welch Whitten.
More than a thousand members of the Firemen's and Fire Marshal's Association of Texas opened their convention in Kerrville with sessions in Municipal Auditorium. Addresses included welcomes from mayors and officials, plus remarks on city management changes and prevention, ending with a program led by J C Felger and Elinor Gammage. The gathering featured a Texas City disaster talk by Hugh V Keepers and continued in the afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Merrill Lynch closes stocks with gains while Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets show mixed, mostly higher cattle prices and softer hogs. Cattle gains center on beef demand. hogs retreat, sows down, lambs mixed as buyers weigh supply and weather impacts across major U.S. markets.
Construction bogs this week on Roy Burke and Co building a 40 by 80-foot office and warehouse at 413 17 Jefferson. News Globe Want Ads promote results.
Residents of East Amarillo and Industrial City gather at 7:30 p m in Forest Hill Church auditorium. C C Walden of Forest Hill School announces topics on home beautification street improvements and sewage disposal with Rev J Dewey Horton presiding. Sponsored by Forest Hill School and PTA.
The afternoon program mixed fun and business as delegates wrap up a session this evening. Another session will begin at 9 15 tomorrow morning and the convention is scheduled to close Thursday morning.
Hancock stated the decision followed months of discussion and the firm will incorporate around October 1. The same date in 1941 marks his official start as Amarillo city manager succeeding H. R. Smith. Perry Burks had acted as city manager prior, with Joe Jenkins as mayor and commissioners Oscar Hargett and Bob Epperson.
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