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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1950
Page
4
NES Mrs. Florence Jones aged 87 of 1819 Polk died Wednesday. She was mother of Mrs. O. B. Kelly and Thomas F. Jones. Body to be sent to Oklahoma City for service and burial. Odom W. C. Odom died in Washington DC. Family and arrangements later.
Peggy Erwin twelve year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Leonard Erwin of Vera died Wednesday. Services set for 2 PM Friday at Griges Chapel with burial in Dimmitt Texas. Ample parking space adjoining chapel. Nalley fifty one of Hobbs New Mexico died Thursday. Husband of Mary L service pending.
Amarillo police jailed Charley A. Bogle and Lloyd D. Bogle on burglary charges for breaking into the Hospital Cafe at 718 North Polk yesterday. Bail set at 1500 each. Lloyd Bogle on parole from Oregon for burglary.
The downtown Veterans Administration office will drop two training division staff next month reducing the Amarillo office to seven. Alvin Boney said he learned of the cut from regional manager Robert W. Sisson. Separately Amarillo VA Hospital will drop ten workers on April 9.
Former Mayor Lawrence Hagy visited city offices at the Municipal Auditorium and retrieved a box of cigars left under the Christmas tree for him. He had been slated to play Santa Claus at the party but could not attend. He noted the cigars were likely dry enough to burn well.
The father of Diana Johnson, charged with murder alongside her husband Ewald, was expected to arrive in Amarillo today. Robert Heaney, a Los Angeles area post office employee from Lynnwood, California, has been in contact with locals about the case as Diana awaits representation before arraignment.
Amarillo Industrial Plan directors will meet at 10 in the conference room tomorrow. On Monday the highway committee meets at 9 30 in the conference room. The aviation committee meets Tuesday at 11 and the membership committee meets Wednesday at 10 30, both in the conference room.
Cattlemen press stern enforcement to protect Texas beef. Montague notes horse meat is coarser and stringy, with handlers spotting the difference except in hamburgers and filets. He advises housewives to buy bone cuts like T bone sirloin and club steaks for safety.
Educators gather for a one day conference led by M J Teen with Dr Neal D Cannon and Chas M Rogers assisting. Dozens of section meetings unfold at schools and churches around Amarillo with a finale at Municipal Auditorium featuring the Pampa High School choir and two key addresses by A R Dick Bivins and Dr Henry Otto.
The blue spruce is Utah's state tree the Sego lily its flower the sea gull its bird.
Billy Rose, famed showman and Broadway figure, identified a gang member in the Rose mansion jewel theft case and arranged legal defense support. Vitulano, driver for the gang, surrendered after Rose's intervention, while two other suspects were already in custody. one remained at large.
LOS ANGELES March 10 Police arrested two men who claim to be the last of seven convicts who escaped from Huntsville Texas jail on December 26. Cullen Monroe Mershon 35 and Walter Charles Thorpe 30. Thorpe led liquor store holdups netting 155 dollars and they claim a cross country tour with 18 holdups totaling over 1200 dollars. Thorpe served 13 years of a 26 years to life sentence for armed robbery and Mershon faces a habitual criminal sentence of about 700 years from 17 years ago.
Cooler weather is forecast for Amarillo and vicinity with a five day trend 3 to 5 degrees below seasonal normals. Slightly warmer conditions are expected Monday and Tuesday followed by colder weather Wednesday. Rainfall should be light with scattered showers Monday or Tuesday. Today’s high 79, tonight’s low 34. Yesterday high 75, low 41.
Elwood Goolsby, 24, of 1100 East Fourth, was described as better this morning after a flash explosion in a Green Acres Addition apartment Tuesday. He suffered first degree burns over most of his body and a severe cut on the upper right arm, leaped through a window to escape, lost substantial blood.
Birds that survive fowl cholera can spread the disease via their droppings, potentially infecting other birds. The transmission risk persists after recovery, highlighting the need for careful management of poultry populations and sanitation to prevent outbreaks.
The 12:30 quotation list from Merrill Lynch Amarillo shows numerous equities with varied moves. Names include Air Reduction Libby McN L Alaska Juneau Lockheed Airc Allegheny Crp Loews Amer Airlines Mack Trucks American Car and Fdy Glen L Martin and many others with prices ranging from single digits to over two dollars. Also listed are rail, chemical, and oil stocks, plus heavyweights like General Motors, General Electric, DuPont and Pennsylvanian RR.
The sale saw the reserve champion pig sold for 1.30 per pound to the grandson Lee T. Bivins, with entries by Perry Walker of Big Spring. Proceeds benefited the Preventorium for resale later in the afternoon. A record 400 pigs were sold as the swine sale drew loyal support from Pinkney Packing Co. Sears Roebuck White Auto Stores Woolworth Zero Lockers Furr Food Stores Amarillo Packing Co. and others.
Tyler reports a Northeast Texas rabies outbreak spanning 27 counties with over 100 people receiving preventive treatment. Dr. Kenneth Young warns of spread to 50 counties, cites high activity in Kaufman Houston Angelina Henderson and Wood counties, and notes livestock losses valued at $250,000 last year. community meetings in Quitman and Tyler plan vaccination campaigns and fox control efforts.
The Texas Supreme Court refused a writ of error to C. R. Burrows and others in a suit against I. Clyde Davis the Hammond couple and the City of Canyon. They sought to force rectification of alleged property line errors in Buffalo Motel Courts at Canyon after the city sold street portions north and west of the courts. The 47th District Court ruling in favor of Davis was affirmed by the Seventh Court of Civil Appeals.
Polio, contracted in childhood, was listed as the cause of death for a 45 year old San Antonio man. It was recorded as the first polio death of the year.
City park superintendent Mark Miles announced plans for three additional lighted softball fields before the season. Locations include Tri-State Fair Park, Northwest Seventeenth and Hayden in the Negro residential area, and a southwest site yet to be determined. Lighting will come from Amarillo Army Air Field, bringing total lighted fields to five along with Thompson Park and Veterans Hospital.
Karl Burns a 55 year old Fort Worth and Denver Railway brakeman died of a heart attack in a Childress hotel room. He arrived on a passenger train today and had lived at 1518 Tenth Street in Wichita Falls.
Testimony in Guthrie Oklahoma reveals claims that Dalton was the real Jesse James while Davis described Charlie as a frequent robber who claimed the Jesse James persona. John Tramble, a 111 year old former James gang cook, asserted Dalton’s true identity.
The doctor, arraigned in January and barred from practice by state order, asked for aid from friends who formed a fund for him. They provided $2,000 to cover current expenses including food and milk for his wife and three daughters as his case went before the jury.
The Candia jury found Dr. Sander not guilty after a historic trial over air injections into Mrs. Abbie C. Borreto. Crowds erupted outside the courthouse with cheers as the doctor and his wife returned home to Candia, where neighbors celebrated despite the cold.
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