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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1947
Page
2
Cool tonight warmer tomorrow with possible moisture. March weather hints and no 48 hour forecasts. A letter recalls a 1937 Paramount wedding and tenth anniversary. Readers urged to support San Jacinto Youth Center with donations while reflecting on juvenile delinquency and parental roles.
Mr Tack notes that go-getters in the Southwest value mind over dress and that judging by clothes is misleading. A dog is missing and believed to be cared for by Mrs. Fred Brien at 2707 Van Buren, phone 4404. Market notes report weight feeders at 27.50,600 and sheep with fat lamb trade unsettled with prices around 23 dollars, steady for good wool.
Chicago rates show hogs at 8500 head with steady demand except top weights slow. prices range 25.75 to 27.75 for various weight classes. Cattle and calves heavily traded with steady to strong tone. cows and bulls steady to 28.75 for loads. Sheep active with lambs higher by up to 15 cents. top woolly lambs at 23.75, other good to choice about 23.25 to 23.75 and lighter fed lambs around 22.50.
The Financial Industrial Fund announces a liquidating offer at 2.09 dollars per share subject to confirmation. The notice indicates a principal amount of 1.9008 and frames the action as a liquidation or disposal of assets under review.
Mrs. Nannie Ingle aged 83 died at 10 40 this morning in the home of her niece Mrs Kitty B Lovelady 804 Van Buren She had lived with her niece for 20 years She was widow of Charles E Engle who died in 1923 and was a member of the Methodist Church Survivors include three nieces Mrs Lovelady Mrs E C Boyd Amarillo and Mrs Carl McGowen Anton and two nephews C M Boyd Amarillo and Walter Boyd Plainview Funeral arrangements are pending with N S Griggs Sons.
The Supreme Court rules Norris LaGuardia acts do not bar government actions as an employer. The decision ends Lewis's five month dispute and paves way for negotiations to draft a new coal contract before June 30. Trial date for the contract issue remains undecided.
Early estimates show this year’s police ball raised less money than last year. Finance chairman Ed Moore said a full tabulation should be ready by today or tomorrow. Tickets were sold by team this year and several teams have not yet reported. Last year’s event yielded about $6,400 used to buy new uniforms for officers.
In Hickory North Carolina Aunt Cindy Carpenter an ex slave celebrated her birthday with a large cake that carried 103 candles. The event drew community attention as a symbol of longevity and resilience.
W A Askew argues city and school bonds total 14.288 million in Amarillo and urges broader asset taxation. He notes hospital revenues do not reduce bonded indebtedness and claims 90 million on bank deposits are untaxed. He estimates a future addition of 10 to 15 million to real property owners if Globe-News program is adopted.
Representatives of International Boiler Makers Union Local 531 and Amarillo Iron Works plan to resume talks tomorrow morning after a strike over hiring policies. The dispute prompted workers to quit, then return following a partial agreement. Delegates protested a $30 900 to $40 000 shelter house expense tied to a fountain while Memorial Park plans were outlined by Mayor Jenkins.
Press dispatches report 400 insurgents attacked Daphne 45 miles northeast of Salonika, burned the police station and town hall, routed police, and abducted 40 women and children.
Mayor Jenkins recalls public input on a proposed project to transform city property between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-eighth streets and Washington and Jackson into a baseball park. He notes mixed reactions as a businessman favors a board fence while others criticize the plan.
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