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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1951
Page
14
Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Evans of 1102 N Lake died Tuesday. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Evans and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Harris. Service tentatively set for Wednesday afternoon. Margaret Mary Davis of 1609 Pierce died Tuesday. Mother of Dale and Jerry, sister of Lena Dickerson Christine Beaton Mrs. Rosaline Gottshall Cecil Johnny Fonti. Service pending with Blackburn-Shaw.
Clayton Jowers 60 of Clovis NM died Tuesday. Stepfather of Mrs Claude Harper and Mrs Roy Harper Nelson and Elmer Hurst. Body taken to Clovis NM for service and burial. Bobby Don Weems 21 of Tucumcari died Monday. Husband of Phillis Jean, father of Billy Bob, son of Mr and Mrs Troy Weems, brother of RK. Service 2 30 PM Wednesday at First Christian Church.
In Amarillo today to attend funeral services for Bob Weems, killed Monday night in an automobile accident near Tucumcari, are his grandmother Mrs. Mollie Turner of Lubbock and uncles and aunts including Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Threadgill of Lubbock, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hunt of Monahans, Mr. and Mrs. John Turner and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Turner of Borger, Mrs. R. B. Jones of Odessa, and Mrs. F. C. Henderson of Electra.
In Austin on March 28 Texas lawmakers prepared for a major dry rally in the state house. WCTU leader Mrs Claude De Vann Watts promised the largest anti repeal showing yet as prohibition advocates converged by plane train and car from Houston Beaumont Port Arthur Dallas and other cities. A House committee planned a formal hearing on a proposed state constitutional amendment with Byron Townsend UT football star listed as a featured witness as organizers hoped to fill the galleries.
Five prisoners escaped the old Scurry County jail in Snyder after a 16 inch hole was knocked in a second story wall. Sheriff Lloyd Merritt named Duwell Turner Horace Lyday Virgil Muse Charles Gardner and Fred Paul Moore as the escapees, with the break occurring between 3 and 7 am. An earlier failed attempt a year ago prompted talks of condemning the building.
Joe Wing Chung, 46, a shooting victim at the Joe Wing Lee Cafe on West Sixth, was described as fine this morning at Northwest Texas Hospital. Ernest Kimble, 1005 Bryan, held without bond in Potter County jail, faces an assault with intent to murder charge. Chung was shot three times. cafe to remain closed until next Monday.
The Potter County grand jury convened for its regular session this morning with no indictments returned by noon.
Davis is moved to Raton for immoral purposes. Culwell yesterday afternoon hotly denied he asked the witnesses to lie, saying from the stand that he personally believed the pair's denial of their night together was the truth. Clyde Hood, Dallas attorney and former assistant US district attorney, testified to that effect. Britt had implicated Hood, who was associated with Culwell in the case last year.
Wofford described losing his right arm in a 1942 Texarkana defense plant accident. He testified he guarded at Amarillo Army Air Field from 1944 to 1948. Police reported four of 31 arrested were detained, with two charged with intoxication and two with vagrancy.
Across Perryton and nearby towns the storm delivered varying moisture with Perryton recording .87 inch of rain and about an inch of snow by midmorning while Gruver and Dumas logged rain then heavy wet snow. Winds 35 mph in Hereford and strong gusts elsewhere, with moisture aiding scarce wheat and helping control pests as fields begin to recover.
New York stocks listed by Merrill Lynch show mixed moves with Air Reduction, Allied Chemic, and Motorola among notable names trading. Major industrials and energy firms such as American Tobacco, Texaco, and Gulf Oil appear, while many rail and consumer goods stocks display varied fractions in the latest market quotations.
Chicago markets report hogs at 9000 head with gains up to 15 cents for butcher hogs under 300 pounds while sows rise. Cattle and calves traded steady to lower with prime steers near 41.50 and bulls 28 to 32. Sheep limited with lamb prices around 41.50 for high quality woolly breeds and ewes lower. Financial fund asset value listed at 2.4324 with an offering price.
Amarillo census deadline set for Saturday as officials aim to enumerate every child up to 17. Census director W H Gordon urges newcomers and uncontacted residents to call the school census office. Enrolment as of September 1951 stood at 12 652, with parochial pupils, drop outs, and graduates under 18 included.
Graveside services for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Evans of 1102 North Lake were held this afternoon at 4 o clock at Llano Cemetery. H L Gipson of the West Amarillo Church of Christ officiated. The baby died yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock in St Anthony's Hospital. Survivors include the parents and grandparents J B Evans of Dodson and Herbert Harris of Roswell NM. Burial was under Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home supervision.
TEMPLE CITY CAL March 28 Danny Ellis kissed his mother goodbye and boarded a school bus. Hours later a frantic search began as police neighbors and bus drivers looked for him. A Santa Fe Trailways driver found the boy at Ludlow 175 miles away after a flat tire. The driver planned to send him back on the next bus.
Five people were injured when a Cotton Belt freight rammed the rear of another in Omaha Texas. The boiler exploded, a depot end burned, and volunteers with rain aid fought the blaze. Injured include Willie Hewitt and J W Wilcox of Tyler, R L Vickers, L E Williams, and J M Falls of Omaha. Both trains traveled north from Omaha toward Texarkana, about 45 miles away.
Eleven Boy Scouts and their leader were trapped in pup tents by a blinding snowstorm near Evergreen Colorado. Snowplows and highway crews reached the camp delivering the group to safety while ten other scouts fled to safety the previous night. Two returnees reported help was on the way and were later brought back as the storm worsened. The storm struck unexpectedly yesterday.
The Texas and Pacific Railroad announced a popular air chime whistle on a Diesel freight locomotive leads to 16 more Diesels fitted with chime signals and 23 new Diesels on order to receive the same. The horns come in several models with from one to five trumpets all blowing together, claimed to carry farther due to a broader tone range.
Vicksburg Mississippi reports an all time rainfall record of 9.74 inches in a 24 hour period. The Weather Bureau released the data noting the exceptional downpour and potential local impact.
Swiss steelmakers report orders booked ahead for six to twelve months, signaling a tight supply cycle and extended production planning amid steady demand. Major firms anticipate shipment schedules extending into next year, reflecting cautious optimism in European steel markets.
Gambler known as The Cat reveals a second assassination attempt on his life near Grapevine Texas. A nitroglycerine charge was found in the engine of his private Beechcraft after a bomb exploded last Thursday, damaging the aircraft. Noble moved the wrecked engine to Dallas for overhaul and repair while CAA investigator J W Mathias probes both this case and a prior attempt.
War reports indicate Reds may stand south of the 38th parallel as heavy fighting rages along highways toward Pyongyang. Patrols reach Sinyu and exchange fire with Reds on high ground while staff officers discuss Marshall's policy on crossing the parallel. Muccio flies to the front to confer with Ridgway, a secret session of UN field commanders noted, and Washington notes MacArthur may push beyond the line if security requires.
President Vincent Auriol of France arrived in New York for the first U S visit by a French chief executive. Crowds cheered as the Ile de France entered New York Harbor with a 21 gun salute from Governor's Island. He then traveled by train to Washington to meet President Truman at Blair House.
Procter and Gamble operated a shell loading plant at Memphis during World War II and will move in as the operating contractor after AEC construction work. About 1,000 people may be employed. Details on operations and contract terms remain undisclosed for national security reasons.
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