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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1947
Page
2
A column argues Amarillo should fuse older leaders with energetic younger businessmen to avoid stagnation. It cites housing strains in Hollywood and chinless stereotype debates, urging tolerance and a coalition across generations to drive progress at Amarillo’s crossroads.
A special grand jury for the District of Columbia returned two indictments charging Henry M. Garsson and Joseph F. Freeman with perjury. Garsson formerly led Batavia Metal Products Inc and was VP of Erie Basin Metal Products Inc. Freeman acted as a Washington representative for the Garsson munitions organization.
Chicago market notes show hogs 8 000 head with under 280 lb weights active and firm to higher, 280 lb plus steady to lower. sows mixed. Cattle and calves 6 000 and 800 respectively with slaughter steers and heifers mostly 25-50 cents lower. Illinois fed steers top at 29.90. stock cattle weak. Sheep activity not established with slaughter lamb bids around 23.00 for good woolled lambs.
Market chatter centers on 332 listings with buyers asking around 15 for top values. Traders weigh steady interest against potential moves as prices hover near current bids.
A list of warranty deeds transferring property across multiple blocks and neighborhoods in Amarillo plus district court cases and marriages. Transactions include Helen A Omier to J H Dunn and Seale Homes Inc transfers in East Amarillo, West Side River Road Gardens, Glenwood, and Bivins. Court actions show several divorce filings. Marriages recorded include A W Frost with Erma Kerr and J C Godsey with Irene Wheeler among others.
The Texas House suspended its rules to consider House Bill 44 a natural gas pipeline tax. Speaker Reed ruled the bill properly introduced after a dispute over copy wording. Rep. C S McLellan authored the bill, with Rep. Fly challenging the filing as not identical before clerk. The committee amended the levy to 1.85 cents per thousand cubic feet.
El Paso report notes Ugo Carusi of the U S immigration service says about 119 000 Mexican farm workers now in the United States illegally must be sent to Mexico for re entry under the new U S Mexico migratory labor agreement. He spoke at an El Paso County Cotton Association meeting clarifying that status cannot be legalized without this return.
Secretary Snyder announced the treasury aims to net at least 2.5 billion dollars in a drive against income tax evaders in the coming fiscal year starting July 1. He said additional assessments will total about two billion dollars by July 1.
The Annual Red Cross Fund Drive is expected to reach 18000 by tonight led by Franklin D. Davis. Jim Hudson reports 16023.65 from final gifts, not counting pledges. Booths at banks and post offices add 777.86. Extensions sought for illness affected women's division.
Knutson, a Minnesota Republican, said House Ways and Means Republicans are near agreement on a revised 20 percent tax cut bill. The plan would add 386 million dollars in relief for small taxpayers and aim for a 26 percent cut for individuals with net taxable income up to 1000 dollars. Knutson expected full committee approval that day.
About 40 prisoners escaped from a civilian internment enclosure near Salzburg last night under fire. Ten seized an American truck and breached a wire barricade while 30 others slipped past Austrian police guards through a gap in the wire, U S Army HQ reported.
Twenty Germans former Gestapo agents and SS Elite Guardsmen were convicted by an American War Crimes Court in Dachau on wartime mass murder and atrocities against United States fliers. One defendant was acquitted. Sentences expected tomorrow.
Senator Jimmy Phillips of Angleton ended a five hour filibuster in the Texas senate over an oil lease extension bill. He sought a competitive bidding amendment which was tabled 17 to 9 as the senate set to vote after a hearing on teacher pay bills.
Conciliation Director Edgar L. Warren said the government's mediation service is mobilized to head off a potential nationwide telephone strike set for April 7. Twenty nine conciliators have aided negotiations in 30 cities since February between telephone companies and the NFTW. The independent union represents about 200000 workers seeking a 12 dollar weekly pay increase.
Recreation leaders outline a detailed plan for a citywide program under Junior League sponsorship. The goal is to launch a summer program that seeds a network of community centers and builds toward a modern recreation system for youth and adults in the Southwest. A planning meeting is set for 8 p.m. tomorrow on the courthouse fourth floor.
Contractors say Amarillo's building labor supply is cut by dispute while other workers start new jobs this week and some seek work in nearby towns. Union men are involved in the contention over hiring and employment in the region.
AGC members and the Texas Panhandle Home Builders' Association criticized unions over non union labor. They cited workers traveling to Borger and other towns to work alongside non union crews under the same conditions as before. A former superintendent moved to an industrial firm employing non union labor, fueling the dispute.
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