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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1946
Page
9
Delbert Hall 14 and his brother from Ropesville Texas died when a 32 caliber pistol discharged at their grandparents home near Texola. Officers said they were playing with the weapon. The father Robert Hall works as a guard at a federal prison in El Paso. Funeral services will be held in Lubbock.
Horace Anderson Collins, 30, a local bus driver, had bond set at 15000 on a charge of taking 1500 under threat from a Continental National Bank teller. He waived a 24 hour delay and was arraigned before U S Commissioner R F Milam. The note used in the robbery was identified and Collins named bank staff who helped capture him.
War Department announces new discharge criteria for Medical Corps officers effective July 1. Most officers will be eligible for separation with 60 service points or 24 months of service, and those over 45 may also be discharged. Dental Corps officers may be discharged with 60 points or 36 months of service or at age 45.
The city engineer's office authorized $50,000 in permits this morning. Six permits were issued to Wedding and Cochran for six five room units in the 1100 and 1000 blocks on Alabama at $6,000 each. An additional permit went to E. C. Gray for a five room frame dwelling at 1117 Avondale, priced at $6,000.
President Truman vetoed legislation that would promote former prisoners of war in the Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard stating the measure is neither necessary nor in the national interest. The veto followed a June 14 message to Congress.
Miss Peggy Anderson of Minneapolis arrived Saturday to visit Miss Patsy Dinan at 1400 Harrison. She will stay until June 20.
The Board of Insurance Commissioners of Texas certifies that Transcontinental Insurance Company of New York has met state requirements and is authorized to do business in Texas for the year ending May 31, 1947. Signed by George B. Butler, Chairman, Austin.
Master Sgt Glen W Parrott veteran of the 91st Infantry and former first lieutenant has been assigned to the Amarillo U S Army Recruiting Station. He was transferred from the Clovis Recruiting Station and recently reenlisted as a master sergeant. His home is in Sudan.
Funeral services for Mrs Zona Kathren Bonner will be held tomorrow at 4 p.m. from Boxwell Brothers Chapel with Rev. George H Quaterman officiating. Pallbearers include Robert R Russell Vance Hall Bill Tarwater Winston McGee Johnny Robertson and Ernest Clendennen. Mrs Bonner 49 died Wednesday at 807 Lincoln Amarillo a 20 year resident. Survived by husband W Frank Bonner son Whitnall Franz Bonner and father J C Stanhope all of Amarillo. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.
C. M. Coursey, 66, formerly of Amarillo, died early today in a Wichita Falls hospital. He ran a restaurant there and was a Baptist. Survivors include his wife Alma, two sons W. V. Coursey and A. C. Coursey, and sister Daisy Mae Coursey, all of Amarillo. Body to arrive in Amarillo and lie in state at Blackburn-Shaw Chapel. Funeral plans incomplete.
A defense motion to acquit Fred Roser a Communist member of the Canadian Parliament on conspiracy charges was overruled by Chief Justice Winfrid Lazure last night. The prosecution had argued it had made a case for trial.
Washington reports from June 14 indicate the Office of Price Administration will likely announce a cane sugar price increase of about 10 cents per hundred pounds. Trade sources say the rise will affect both mainland refinery and consumer prices and is expected tomorrow or Monday.
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