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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1947
Page
2
March brings rough weather with more snow possible and a colder Saturday followed by a warmer Sunday. The writer discusses baby sitting origins, mentions Sig West from Alamogordo and albino wildlife sightings, and critiques Congress actions on foot and mouth disease. It also touches on India and cow politics, a mustard bath remedy, doctors’ jokes, and ice cream varieties.
A dense Chicago news page lists stock quotes for many firms including Armour, General Electric, Lockheed, and Texaco alongside rail and utility tickers. It also covers Chicago and Kansas City livestock markets with cattle, calves, and sheep prices, noting uneven but moderately active trading, with selective price highs and steady to rising tone in sales.
Courthouse records show transfers of dozens of parcels in Amarillo and East Amarillo, including Seale Homes and others, plus district court filings for divorces and marriages such as Marie H Stephens and Rote Stephens, Theodore Gallers, and Roy Finer with Flora Belle Shiew.
A couple with a six year old daughter seeks a house urgently. The plea appears in a letter page with continuation indicated on page three. Further details are not shown in the excerpt.
The House Labor Committee unanimously ordered an investigation to determine if perjury occurred by Harold Christoffel and Robert Buse leaders of Local 248 CIO United Auto Workers at Milwaukee. The unit, on strike against Allis-Chalmers, faced questions about Communist ties while denying them. Members noted the probe may target broader labor corruption.
Cleveland report on magician Hart Blackstone failing to reveal his midair tricks with stroboscopic photography. Photos captured shawls, card waterfall, bouquet from coat, and a ducky tumble, but not how a girl is saved. Photographer Lou Moore admitted defeat once the camera faced the performer.
Reports from BUENOS ATRES dated March 14 say the Key Chaco garrison in Paraguay joined an uprising against President Morinigo’s government. Observers note frontier reports favor the rebels and predict the regime’s days are numbered.
The Greek press office said guerrillas fired on a United Nations investigation commission team moving through western Macedonia. Army units purged the guerrillas from mountain heights overlooking the road toward Hirastoria, dispersing them with no reported casualties.
Margaret Truman will perform three songs on her radio debut over the ABG network from Detroit next Sunday. Conductor Karl Krueger of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra announced the program features Ceita Lindo, Charmart Oiseau, and The Last Rose of Summer.
The Amazillo Chamber of Commerce directors met at noon in Amarillo for luncheon to discuss a bindweed control meeting sponsored March 27 by the chamber's livestock and agricultural committee. They planned the director election judges and a meeting of West Texas chamber managers in Borger starting April 1. Roy Smith of Tucumcari addressed the group bringing goodwill from Tucumcari.
The candidate outlines a continuous program to fund parks, playgrounds, and youth centers, stressing cultural and recreational needs and revenue-based maintenance. He envisions Amarillo growing to a population of 150000 and urges honest, progressive city leadership without pet projects.
A speaker expresses a desire to give Amarillo the official leadership required to advance the rightful purposes of government, conveying optimism for governance and community progress.
White House secretary Eben Ayers said about 7100 telegrams criticizing the program have arrived since Wednesday, with about 200 last night, calling the messages propaganda. He declined to name inspirations behind the protests as the President rested at Key West, Fla, seemingly encouraged by the response so far.
An urban Texas crowd fills a Dallas venue for a tag team bout featuring four large wrestlers led by a monstrous 260 pound opponent Higginbottom. A preening manager waves a fist gun while fans boo the heel crew. The night ends with four female wrestlers dominating a violent, unsettling match drawing mixed reactions from the audience.
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