Amarillo Weather and Market Roundup Highlights
Amarillo reports its coolest day since early June with a high of 76 degrees and forecasts for warmer conditions ahead. The piece also includes a broad stock market quotation list and Kansas City and Chicago livestock figures for June 24, noting shifts in cattle, hogs, and sheep prices and volumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Walter Watts
Weather Bureau
Watts
Pampa
Trace
Elk City
Oklo
Shamrock
Chil Green
Childress
Merrill Lynch
Pier Penner
Beane
Air Reduction
Libby McNa
la Alaska
Juneau
Lockheed Aire
Alleghney Crp
Loews Inc
Alleghney
Plymouth Ou
Pure
Pullman
Radio Corp Radio K Orph Reo Motors
Republic
Av’ Republic Steel Rexal
Druk
Reynold Toe Ricafield
St. Regis Paor Satewsy
St. ‘Josepha
Schenney Dist
Sears Roebuck
Selberiing Ab
Servel Ine Shamrk
O&g Continent Oil Crane Co
Crucible Steel
Cuban AmSug
Curtis
Owe Boum
Warne
Laura
Woolworth
Fe Bouthern
Weandotte
Beanecott
Youneenaa
Eadege
Younssin SD
Tambere
Coabel Zonite
Ryan Consort
Solar Aircraft
South Royalty
Brerling
Superior T&d
Utah Taaho
Wentworth
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Falcon Arrives With Three Lovely Girls in His Plane
John Calvert known as The Falcon lands here in his own aircraft and is escorted by three striking women. The arrival draws attention from locals and fans eager for a glimpse of the famed flyer and his entourage.
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John ‘Falcon’ Calvert
John Calvert
Falcon
Calvert Brings Falcon Show to State Theater Screenings
John Calvert, the Falcon of radio and screen fame, tours Texas with four shows daily at Tradewind and Wichita Falls, promoting Devil's Cargo. He recalls early work in psychology lectures, magic tricks, and a stint teaching Clark Gable, now producing Falcon films with a touring company before returning to Hollywood for another Falcon picture.
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John Calvert
State Theater
Calvert
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Ryan Navion
Tradewind
Maxine Conrad
Bobbie Faeee
Falcon
Rochelle Hudson
Roscoe Kearns
Lyle Talbot
Falon
Calvert and Company
Asbury College
Wilmore
Publix
Hawaiian Islands
Australia
Los Angeles
M-G-M
Clark Gable
Ohio
Falcon Productions
Texas
Hollywood
Car Crash Near Borger Kills J H Anderson at 43
J H Anderson aged 43 of 4232 West Fourteenth died about 3 after a head on collision 25 miles north of Borger on the Borger Spearman highway. Ear Moon 98 from Gould Oklahoma was thrown and pinned when the truck overturned. Survived by Lula Anderson wife, Jack son, Barbara daughter, and relatives in Hannibal Missouri and Fort Dodge Iowa. Funeral arrangements pending at Boxwell Brothers.
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Borger
J. H. Anderson
West Fourteenth
North Plains Hospital
Ear Moon
Gould
Okla
Moon
Borger - Spearman
Anderson
Amarillo
Lula Anderson
Jack
Barbara
Hannibal, Mo
Dorothy Henderson
Nell Bonnell
Fort Dodgelows
Steve Hudson
Ong
Jim ‘Hudson
Sunset
Mart ‘Hudson
Platform Echoes Inconsistencies Of Republican 1948 Platform
The article critiques the 1948 Republican platform as cautiously worded on social issues. It notes ambiguity on federal aid to education and on abolishing the poll tax, contrasting with earlier platforms that made firmer promises. It suggests the wording aims to appease Southern voters while signaling minimal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Employment Practice Commission
PEPC
Site Sought For Airport in Hutchinson County
A condemnation suit seeks 161 acres of the Whittenburg Estate north of Borger for Hutchinson County Airport. Filed with County Judge Norman Coffee in Stinnett, the case represents J. O. Ward of Borger and W. J. Bill Smith of Pampa for the Hutchinson County Commissioners Court. The remaining acreage is secured, and a previous suit was withdrawn after a settlement.
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Borgen
Whittenburg
Borger
Hutchinson County
Norman Coffee
Stinnett
J. O. Ward
W. J
Bill” Smith
Pampa
Hutchinson County Commissioners’ Court
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Father of Leukemia Victim May Work at Texas City Plant
Galveston reporter notes James Hill, Lockney farmer, may take a job at a Texas City chemical plant to support his four year old son Kenneth undergoing leukemia treatment at John Sealy Hospital Galveston. Hill plans to work while Kenneth receives experimental drug therapy under Dr Levin and University of Texas researchers. Contributions from Panhandle residents have aided the family with mounting medical costs, stabilized by relatives in Lockney.
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Jonn Moore
Galveston Tribune
Galveston
Lockney
Texas City
John Sealy Hospital
James Hill
Kenneth
Hill
Mickey
Sweetwater
Tack
Ack
Hills
Amarillo
Plainview
Pampa
Borger
James P. Hill
Texas
Magazine Coverage For Housing Project
Better Homes and Gardens correspondents arrive to cover a $5.1 million Oak Forest housing project ribbon cutting. E T Meredith Jr John Normile Gardner Soule Jack Bar lass George Baker Edwin Sullivan attend ceremonies. Harold Nash named president of the Wheeler Chamber of Commerce.
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Muldinn
Better Homes and Gardens
E. T. Meredith, Jr
John Normile
Gardner Soule
Houston
Jack Barlass
George Baker
Edwin Sullivan
Oles Meneee
Oak Forest
Corn Crop Promises Strong Harvest After Record Rain
Farmers report corn knee high by Fourth of July across Midwest regions due to heavy rains in the past 48 hours. Experts warn timely rains in July and August are needed to sustain the potential bumper harvest amid high grocery prices driven by last year’s drought. H. J. Gramlich notes Iowa shows rapid progress with a big acreage and favorable start. The agriculture department earlier estimated 86,131,000 acres to corn, similar to last year.
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Midwest
Cra
H. J. Gramlich
Chicago and Northwesterns
Todey
Iowa
Gramlich
Agriculture Department
City Office Move Delay to September 1
City offices relocation from the present city hall to the Municipal Auditorium has been postponed from August 1 to September 1. City manager N V Moss cites need to contract brick and concrete work for the auditorium, delaying completion. Moss will seek an extension from Potts Ingerton to vacate offices in the Ingerton building across the street.
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Municipal Auditoriuum
N.V. Moss
Moss
Potts Ingerton
Ingerton
Convention dispatch from Philadelphia trip notes
A reader recounts minimal convention crowd, restless hall scenes, and a loud speaker issue. He meets Mr and Mrs Will Hays, observes hotel chaos and praise for Clare Luce while criticizing Roosevelt and Democrats, then ponders Republican future goals.
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Dennis Cardinal Daugherty
Philadelphia
Charm
Will Hays
Convention Hall
New York
Senator Taft
Taft
Desk Factory Seeks Industrial Plan Aid for Housing
A desk factory report outlines a plan to act as a clearing house for industrial aid applications. The county backs the scheme with 60 000 in subscriptions and foresees housing shortages hindering 75 workers from moving to Amarillo. A housing constructor plans a unit for factory employees next month.
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Hancock
Amarillo
Saccharine Heist Targets Drug Store In wartime
In Houston a thief broke into a drug store and stole 14,000 saccharine tablets, a sought after substitute during sugar rationing. The crime highlights wartime shortages as authorities recount the case and its unusual scale. The item was reported amid other dispatches noting Secretary Snyder’s Fort Worth visit for a federation convention.
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Houston
Snyder
Fort Worth Fort Worth
Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Snyder
Fort Worth
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Beauford Jester Proposes State Care for Neglected Children
Governor Beauford H. Jester revisits welfare plans during his re election campaign urging state provision for neglected and dependent children and for emergency care for migratory workers. He notes Texas lacks foster care beyond state homes and training schools and argues counties avoid care for migrant workers not citizens.
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Austin
Beauford H. Jester
Texas
Jester
Buses Reserved for Humans on Outer Hebrides Isle
Traffic officials grant four new livestock transport licenses after complaints about sharing rides with pigs. The move reserves buses for human passengers on Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. The Mobeetie American began sponsoring amateur programs every Saturday night.
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Lewis
Outer Hebrides
The
Mobeetie American
Reich Division Poses P Problem
Omar Bradley warned in El Paso that a Soviet move to divide Germany into Eastern and Western states would end hopes for a united Germany and hit European economic recovery. He argued such a split could escalate Cold War tensions and weaken democratic recovery efforts.
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DewIrr Macnenorm
Elenite
Germany
America
Britain
France
Russia
Warsaw
Moscow
Lo Hes
Europe
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo, Texas
Armstrong A. Markets
BO Industries
God and Choice
Sicago Livestock
Chicago
Iba
Persous
Linda Sue Morrow
Mr. and
Marlow
Republican Party
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Walter
Hallowan
West Virginia
Dewey
Hallanan
Stattenstall
Massachusetts
Stassen
Kentucky
Washington
Utah
Robert R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Halleck
McCormick
Dele
Insana
Green
Robert A. Taft
Kansas
Vandenberg
Martin
Ted Gamble
J. Russell Sprague
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Vandenberg-Stassen
Harold Nash
Wheeler Chamber of Commerce
Todd
Harry Machnie
al Bennett
Atchison
Dwight Gi
Tlnois
Clare Luce
Connecti
Governor Green
Roosevelt
Hoover
Reich
Omar Bradley
EL Paso
Pearl Harbor
Omar Badley
Fort Bliss
Manutec
Blackburn
Shaw
Pierce
Spartus
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