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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1946
Page
2
Fair warm weather precedes a wind shift that may bring rain, with April May expectations of heavy rain. The page also includes letters and anecdotes about quotes, an egg contest, and social notes from Texas/Ozarks humor to house and couple observations.
Three traffic crashes within two hours near Groom Oklahoma and Amarillo Texas left only minor injuries. Lt. Junior Childers and wife Ethel Childers were treated after a 1940 Pontiac hit a dimmed truck 13 miles west of Groom. Ethel was released after hospital care. A second wreck involved a towed auto slipping into mud and striking a 1940 Ford coach driven by Pvt. Richard Abbott. A third collision at Grand and North East Eighth involved Louis Oster in a 1936 Plymouth colliding with a trailer towed by Sgt. William Barnett.
Trading results list closing stock averages for many industrial and utilities shares. Prices move with minor gains and losses across multiple firms including General Electric, General Motors, Boeing, Dow Jones components, and utility stocks as investors reassess market directions.
Kansas City market shows cattle salable 1405 with steady to strong demand for light supply. Steers and heifers range from 14 to 16.50 with high good and choice at 16.50. cows mostly 8.50 to 11.50. Hogs 800 at ceiling. sheep 1400 active with killing classes steady. Chicago hogs 13000 active at 14.85 ceiling for barrows and gilts.
Mrs. Celia Pierce Hitchcock of Amarillo, 84, widow of Charles Hitchcock, died at 10 this morning in North West Texas Hospital. A resident since 1893, she was active in the First Christian Church and United Daughters of the Confederacy. Survived by five daughters, two grandsons, three great granddaughters, and brother L. A. Pierce. Funeral plans pending at Griggs & Sons.
Live cattle sales show 5 000 cattle and 800 calves with active trade. Top steers reach 17.75, bulk 15.25 to 17.25, best heifers 17.00, bulk 14.00 to 16.25. Cows and bulls scarce, vealers around 16.50, weighty fed bulls to 14.50. Sheep slow at 6,000 head, lambs steady, Illinois fed lambs 15.75 with loads around 16.00.
Price College will hold a public reading of pupils reports to begin the fourth quarter of the 1945 46 session. Brother Lawrence college director will read the reports in assembly Monday after the third quarterly examination and mailing of report cards to parents.
A former Marine corporal, living with Mr and Mrs E Fenwick at 810 Georgia, intends to enter high school this fall. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Hodgin of Canon City Colorado and has chosen Amarillo as his home.
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