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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1948
Page
6
M A Palmateer of 411 Madison is reported improving slowly after a collision with a butane truck on US Highway 60 near English Field yesterday. Attendants at Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital say he suffered a fractured hip bones and is receiving care.
Amarillo witnesses concluded testimony at noon with the jury resuming at 1 pm to hear from those opposing the Bush estate. City manager W. Moss stated the policy is to minimize damage factors along rights of way while A D Foreman testified to water line damage on farm land in Canyon.
Two armed men robbed the Cheyenne theater cashier during the opening of the film Good News. The heist yielded $416 as patrons watched the marquee and the incident followed a string of bad news.
In 15 percent of Minnesota's 1947 vehicle accidents one or more drivers involved had been drinking. This note highlights alcohol's role in state traffic incidents during that year.
Good crowds attend the revival led by Dr. C W Lipsey with sermons planned tonight on Two Men Buried in One Grave Tomorrow on Tears in Hell and Friday on Youthful Lusts. Congregational singing is led by Richard Key of Tulsa and Mrs Clair McCollum is pianist Services are at 7 30 each evening.
Mrs Elizabeth Josephine Morgan 50 of Adrian died en route to a Vega physician’s office. She was pronounced dead on arrival. Surviving husband Gerald Morgan son Hertchel Boss Amarillo three sisters May Brooks Francis Bivins and Harry Boss Amarillo mother Anna Gray Amarillo brother John Mellenger Amarillo. Funeral services pending under N S Griggs & Sons.
Washington dispatch reports the House vote 251 to 132 for a home rule rent control bill amid Senate opposition. The measure would give local boards full power to set rents and controls through April 1, 1949, while the Senate favors federal review and extends controls to May 1, 1949. Senator Cain calls for talks to prevent transferring full powers.
Robert P. Freeman, 35, a forger, faced sentencing on February 13 but objected due to Friday the 13th. The following Monday he received a ten year term, though a prior conviction could have triggered a twenty year automatic sentence.
Mr and Mrs Charles F Smith of 1215 Rusk have come back home after a five day vacation trip to Arizona May note their return.
The House Appropriations Committee recommends 51500 for the Nacogdoches Texas forest experiment station for the coming year. Representative Pickett says the increase funds research and management investigations, with focus on restoring overcut pine forests expanding pine stand management and hardwood timber use in that Texas region.
Amarillo labor committee will sponsor a dance at the Aviatrix Club Friday night to back up labor legislation. H. S. Beaver and committee members announced today. Tickets cost 75 cents. The committee represents all union labor in Amarillo.
J. R. Sanderson Amarillo Social Security Administration office manager returned this morning from a nation wide conference for Social Security managers in Baltimore He made a two day inspection visit of Kansas City regional offices to study methods employed there.
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