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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1946
Page
2
Chicago June 24 The grain market stayed at celling prices with only January corn and deferred oats deliveries traded as activity returns after over two weeks. Prices for all grains were unchanged amid listless trading tones.
Market notes show cattle salable 7 000 and calves 1 900. steers and heifers steady to strong with top steers 17.25 to 17.65. mixed yearlings 17.65. cows firm. stockers and feeders about 60 percent of run. Chicago letters report active demand with hogs and cattle steady to higher and lambs from 16.00 to 17.75 per hundredweight.
A patchwork of deeds and licenses listed in court records includes L. W. Forbes to L. F. Forbes for 10 dollars with Lot 2B 238, Mary Holland to R. V. Bareer for Ridgemere lots, Mary Beard to Truman Henderson for Ridgemere lots 300 dollars, Pettis Childs to Melvin Dupree for Lot 2 Bik 2, Raymond Ford to S. K. Broyles for 350 dollars in Raymond Sab out Sec 159, and Louis F. Cooper to Odie Allen for 5800 dollars and additional parcels. Licenses touching Charlies D. Mallendee and Marcille Orrison, Thomas J. Gent Jr. and Martha Moore, and William D. Hamlin and Leota Glen are also noted.
Bond set at 1000 dollars by Justice of the Peace Charlie Carder for Mrs. L. A. Bennett 40 after arrest at 1204 North Taylor on assault with intent to kill charges. Complaint by T. M. alleges Bennett attempted to assault Mrs. Annie Gootman 1200 North Fillmore.
The Khiva drum corps rode in style to the XIT Reunion at Dalhart aboard Continental Trailways newest 40 passenger air conditioned bus. The trip was on the house with bus departure from Amarillo at 1 15 o clock arranged by M E Moore and A G Bachman.
NEW YORK June 24. A government of India complaint alleges 250,000 Indians in South Africa are being seriously mistreated. The issue was slated for airing in the United Nations General Assembly meeting on September 3. Sir Ramaswami Mudaliar urged UN intervention in a quarrel within the British empire.
Amarillo Legionnaires plan to attend the Fifth Division and the Nineteenth District conventions in Lubbock. Commander A C Jackson of Lubbock will preside Saturday evening, and Commander Henry Teubel of Tulsa will convene Sunday morning. Delegates will elect officers and select representatives to the national convention in San Francisco. Jackson oversees 24 counties in the 19th District, boosting 1946 membership to 6,984 from 2,590 last year. Teubel’s Fifth Division includes five districts. 1946 membership totals reach 33,027 versus 14,633 in 1945. Lubbock post 148 leads the state with 1,319 members in 1946, up from 319 in 1945.
United Press reports the nation faces a meat shortage as beef production plunges to 10 percent of normal. Coal miners in western Pennsylvania eastern Kentucky and southern Illinois threaten to strike for fuller dinner pails.
VIENNA June 24 An intensified search for three Russian soldiers who shot two American military policemen received full cooperation from Soviet authorities, a U S spokesman said. Pfc Charles Hilliard of Elkheart Ind and Pfc Jack Ferris of Omro Wis were shot in the face with Ferris also hit in the back. They were identified today and are recovering. The two MPs were attacked after recognizing a stolen U S jeep. Russians fled the scene as shots were fired. Military police later shot and wounded a Russian soldier and arrested another.
President Georges Bidault forms a three party cabinet in Paris after securing Communist backing with a 15 percent wage rise pledge. Socialists demand an election by October 15, limiting the cabinet’s life to about four months.
General James H. Doolittle said conventional aircraft will reach speeds around 1,000 miles per hour in the near future. He noted current designs aim for speeds faster than sound and predicted future air weapons will be radio controlled and radar directed.
Funeral services for Olin E Broome credit manager for Russell Stationery Company who died yesterday afternoon will be held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock in First Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery under the direction of N S Griggs & Sons. He had been a resident of Amarillo since 1906. He served as chief clerk to Potter County Selective Service Board No 2 during the war. He previously worked with the Santa Fe Railroad H V Robertson Company and the Home Owners Loan Corporation. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church Masonic Lodge and Khiva Shrine. He is survived by his wife Elzie Broome and two brothers C W Broome Memphis and S A Broome Dentonville Ark.
The New York Stock Exchange reports consolidated net earnings for 475 listed companies fell 37.5 percent in Q1 1946 versus Q1 1945. Of those, 365 posted profits after tax while 110 showed losses. 231 companies earned more than in 1945. Five of 22 industrial groups posted profits across all companies.
An advertisement states that one application of Blue Tar Ointment relieves intense itching from eczema rash tetter ringworm pimples and scabies. Reapply as needed until healing. money back if the first tar does not satisfy.
Harvey Gaddis plans a rifle bullet catch at the San Jacinto Kiwanis Independence Day celebration in San Jacinto Park with a marksman chosen by the local police chief. The stunt is risky. four men have died attempting it, and the International Brotherhood of Magicians leader advises against it. Proceeds from carnival attractions fund the Kiwanis Youth Center. four Amarillo magicians attended the St. Louis convention.
The ambulatory surgery clinic at Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital will run through Wednesday. Dr. E. H. Mann and Dr. J. Francis Brown lead the program along with attending osteopathic physicians including Drs. Robert Jay Fallion Nev H B Kerr Joplin Clyde W. Corrigan William La Mance Benjamin W. Riles Keith Lowell and E E Ludwig.
Fred M. Vinson of Kentucky took the oath as the thirteenth chief justice in a grand White House ceremony on the south portico. President Truman said Vinson would raise the high tribunal’s national standing as crowds lined the open gates for the inaugural like event.
Sheriff deputies arrested Marvin Parnell age 25 at 3507 North East Eighth last night on charges of child desertion.
Buddy Ratcliff received his commission during the University of New Mexico commencement in Albuquerque. He plans to attend Officers Supply School in Bayonne New Jersey. Son of Mr and Mrs Jerry Ratcliff he graduated Amarillo High School in January 1944 and joined the Navy soon after.
The forecaster promises fair and warmer conditions tonight and tomorrow. Early morning low near 63, high near 94, with yesterday reaching 74 and a noon reading of 90. Rainfall yesterday totaled 0.56 inches, bringing June to 1.83 inches for 23 days, 0.21 below normal. Since January 1, total precipitation is 5.24 inches, 3.35 below normal.
London dispatch says the all-India Congress working committee notified Viceroy Viscount Wavell it has rejected his interim government proposal. Radio New Delhi reported the decision.
The Amarillo YMCA seeks more solicitors for its membership and finance drive. Begun a week ago with 25 committeemen, the effort targets $25,000. A report at 8 PM will state progress, with last report showing ten percent of the goal. Dick Robinette will speak on What YMCA Will Mean to Amarillo Boys. Arthur Truitt and D. S. Watkins lead the campaign. G. G. Ordway heads the Amarillo YMCA.
Houston police pursued a car with a struggling passenger in connection with the disappearance of Angelica Macchiavelo, a 48 year old Mexican immigration official who vanished after visiting a Houston store. A party of four had arrived from Mexico City and she spoke no English, carrying about 300 dollars.
A Amarillo luncheon demonstration by the Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce showcased automatic voting machines. The piece contrasts the machine’s efficiency and secrecy with the lost pleasure of scratching a ballot and the traditional political theater. It notes two machine types, party lever options, and criticizes the depersonalization of voting.
British security police detained Earl Browder former head of the Communist party in the United States incommunicado in London pending his departure for New York after a visit to Moscow. The home office offered no immediate comment.
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