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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1950
Page
11
The Amarillo Planning and Zoning Commission holds a regular meeting at 7 30 PM in the city commission room of the municipal auditorium. Public hearings will cover two rezoning applications with five new rezoning requests to be considered. Plats for two proposed additions to the city are also expected.
Amarillo morning visit by Congressional candidate LeRoy Pete LaMaster of Perryton, running on his own without group ties. He aims to represent all people, not as a politician, and has not named a campaign manager, seeking service to the country and district 18.
Final rites for Henley H. Jones aged 63 will be held at 10 30 Saturday at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel. Rev T Edgar Neal of San Jacinto Methodist Church will officiate with pallbearers R B Russell E Rollins Paul Middleton N E Thurman M W Andrews W T Cooke. Burial is Memorial Park Cemetery. He died yesterday morning after years of ill health. a painter, he came to Amarillo from Wellington in 1923. Born at Vernon he grew up in Wellington and was a member of San Jacinto Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife three sons a daughter his mother three brothers five sisters and eight grandchildren.
Hollywood reports Ann Harding, once a leading star, appeared in public and announced her first movie role in four years. She is signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to play Jane Powell's mother in an upcoming production.
A report indicates that ten percent of children in New Zealand miss school each day. Officials warn absenteeism affects learning outcomes and social development, calling for targeted interventions to support families and improve attendance.
Amarillo health and accident insurance leaders warned of mounting government interference at a meeting of the Amarillo Association of Life Underwriters. Dean, manager of the American Hospital and Life Insurance Co., argued the welfare state would dominate health funding but threaten freedom unless medical groups outperform politicians. Norris Ewing presided.
Corporation Court will operate almost normally during Judge Harris E. Lofthus absence for the first three days of next week. The judge and Chief Sid Harper will attend the eighth annual Texas Safety Conference in Dallas. Only pleas of guilty will be accepted and any demands for trials postponed until Thursday.
Final rites for Judson Taylor Quinn a 16 year old Amarillo High School junior were held at First Baptist Church with Dr J W Marshall and Rev Frank Swanner officiating. Burial is planned at Morgan Hill. Survivors include his parents two brothers a sister and paternal grandparents.
Mrs. Altavene Clark flies to Amarillo to campaign for Congress, aiming to replace Rep. Eugene Worley who Truman nominated to a federal judgeship. Worley is expected to resign once Senate confirms the nomination. Clark leaves her post as executive officer of the House Agriculture Committee for the race, arriving tonight at 8:35 on Braniff.
Mrs. Lilly Hays on behalf of minor Jack Hays sues Felix Williams doing business as Dependable Cab Company in 108th District Court for 6000 dollars claiming severe bodily injuries from a collision involving a Dependable Cab taxi on August 21, 1948.
L E Maloney of 617 Dallas faces robbery by assault charges in 47th District Court over the Dec 14 1949 Rialto Theater theft. Witness Virginia Condron 18 identified him as the man who demanded the receipts threatening to shoot. Maloney was arrested near the theater. Reynold Gardner represents him and Branch Archer Jr prosecutes. testimony to resume after noon.
Dwight Hoskins faces charges of aiding a jailbreak connected to the Nov 23 1949 escape from Potter County jail. District Attorney Lloyd King says a jury is not yet summoned and Hoskins, already facing 35 years for murder, may plead guilty. Hoskins is represented by George McCarthy.
Kilgore March, a governor candidate, calls the new cigarette tax and omnibus tax increases a sales tax. He spoke to the Oil Workers International Union local, insisting the sole issue in the 1950 race is a gas gathering tax, which he supports, vs a sales tax.
Malcolm Clack Jr. a 15 year old of 2204 Ong was described as fairly good by nurses at Northwest Texas Hospital after a motorcycle accident at Sixteenth and Monroe that fractured his left ankle yesterday.
An unknown but lethal sea wasp like fish, whose sting can be fatal, appeared briefly along the Australian coast in a rare and alarming sighting. Expert divers warned swimmers to avoid contact as authorities investigate its source and movement.
John Roy Turner of 319 East Twentieth pled guilty in Potter County court to driving with a suspended license. He was fined 25 dollars and costs after highway patrolmen charged him. Turner’s license was suspended automatically for six months following a prior drunken driving conviction in January.
Police seized a potheen still at Derryhaw near Portadown in Northern Ireland. The illegal spirit is produced from corn yeast and sugar, a traditional illicit distilling operation.
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