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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1947
Page
18
Washington dispatch notes the draft ends by midnight with the selective service system to be dissolved. It cites 10,020,637 inductees and 37 million examined, the 44 million registrants, and the transfer of records to a new Office of Selective Service Records tasked with liquidation and archiving.
Eight couples compete for jit terbug honors and top prizes at The Nat during the Amarillo Lions Club April Fool Frolic to raise funds for the Scout Camp Don D Harrington main building project. Prizes include two $50 wrist watches, two $25 bonds, and two $10 theater ticket books.
The Civil Aeronautics Board approved a 10 percent fare hike on 14 of 20 ATA airlines, effective tomorrow. Rates per mile rise from 4.5 to 4.95 cents. Amarillo routes to Kansas City, Dallas, Houston see notable jumps. Some quoted fares: Amarillo to Kansas City from 26.05 to 28.70 dollars, Dallas from 16.86 to 18.69, Houston from 29.96 to 33 dollars. All include a 15 percent ticket tax.
Elizabeth Nixon Junior High School Dramatics Club presents three one act plays tomorrow night at 7 30 in the school auditorium. Admission is 15 cents for students and 30 cents for adults. Plays include Pearls At the Stroke of Midnight and Be Home by Midnight.
Pot ter County tax collector’s office remains open late today to serve last minute buyers of 1947 license plates, as 1946 plates expire at midnight and cars operating tomorrow must display 1947 plates.
Markets report shows stock averages from Merrill Lynch with varied gains and losses across Industrials Railroads and many listed companies. Kansas City livestock totals include cattle 21,500 calves 1,800 with steady to higher hogs and mixed sheep demand, plus Chicago and other regional updates on prices and demand.
Governor Thomas J. Mabry of New Mexico will keynote the Amarillo chamber of commerce banquet in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel. He formerly served on the New Mexico Supreme Court and once passed through Amarillo forty years ago. Rex Baxter notes Mabry nearly settled here. Tickets cost $2 per plate. delegations from Pampa Borger Tulsa Shamrock Spearman Dalhart Plainview Childress Clovis Canyon and Claude will attend.
Buster Burnside, 22, of Amarillo, is jailed in Potter County on a $2,500 bond after an arraignment before Justice of the Peace C. W. Carder. He faces charges of passing forged instruments by using forged checks for three Amarillo residents.
A brief item notes around five cars including four Colorados averaging 90 to 95 pounds with no early action on other classes. Three or a slaughter ewes were held around a target, with details sparse and unclear from the fragment.
Warranty deeds list transfers for A D Grayson Roy Jeoffrey to John Fullingim treasurer to W A Meyers and others city parcels in Belmont Park Old Town Country Club and Morningside areas. District Court shows divorces nullment and several marriage licenses along with party pairs and locations in Oscola Haynes and surrounding jurisdictions. Local want ads pledge quick action.
In Austin on March 31 the Texas House re routed two bills from unfriendly committees. Rep. Davis Clifton moved a gasoline tax bill from revenue and taxation to highways and roads, seeking 25 million dollars yearly to fund farm to market roads by raising the tax from four to six cents. Rep. Pat Wise man redirected a gas pricing bill from oil gas and mining to appropriations, on request. A soldier bonus transfer failed. The House approved 720 thousand dollars for continued state hot lunch programs and faced pending suspension bills ahead of debate on the natural gas tax measure.
Memorial Park electric fountain restart sparks protest as residents prepare a petition to the city commission. R E Ireland of 2906 Taylor cites 170 signatures from across the city. City commission last Tuesday approved continuing current Memorial Park development between Jackson Washington and twenty fourth twenty eighth.
City engineer's office reports March permits totaling 403 863 dollars, above February's 392 640. The Park Plaza Motel draw led at 54 400 dollars, excluding sign work courtyard paving or furnishings. Sixty two new residences issued. March 1946 permits were 1 106 507 dollars before CPA restrictions.
Amarillo enacts a revised sanitary milk code making the sale of any quality milk not grade A for human consumption illegal starting tomorrow. The amendment follows a 1943 relaxation during a milk shortage and comes as city chemist Jack Wyatt notes Amarillo has ample top quality milk, defined as grade A pasteurized milk certified raw milk or certified pasteurized milk.
Jack C. Thomas, painting contractor, was hired by Potter County commissioners to redecorate the fourth floor and finish painting the third floor of the courthouse. His bid totaled 1,087 dollars, with one other bid submitted. A separate contract to repair and repaint 287 Venetian blinds was awarded to the Acme Venetian Blind Company at 30 cents per square foot for a total area exceeding six thousand square feet, with three other bids received.
District Judge Henry B Bishop and Lloyd King Randall County district attorney are in Canyon for regular sessions of the Randall County grand jury today.
Leonard M. Gunderson of Potter County is named chairman for the Texas Division American Cancer Society fund drive. Potter County goal is 6168.06 dollars. Texas total 432340 dollars. Oldham County goal 113.55 dollars. Former Gov Coke Stevenson named honorary chairman. Cancer deaths reach 21 hourly and 184000 yearly.
Congressional debate centers on aid for Greece and Turkey with calls to de militarize the program. Fish argues for relief and arms funds only if not tied to military intervention, proposing cap on missions and strict separation from combat. Crawford warns war could follow if Russia resists, but says the U S could disarm the world by starting with Russia. Action on Truman’s request lingers weeks.
Weather summary notes March entered with 37 high and 17 low, then forecasts rise to 71 or 75 with 40 low tomorrow. First above normal moisture of the year recorded, total to 1.16 inches versus 1.93 inches quarter average. Precipitation lag behind normal by .77 inches, with little temperature shift expected. Weather forecaster H C Winburn predicts continued mildness and partly cloudy skies.
Police report a series of weekend burglaries in Amarillo totaling near 1000 dollars. Two valued horses from Western Stock Yards, a $350 black four year old and a $100 paint three year old, head the haul. Spicer's Jewelry Store on Polk saw a window burglary with three wrist watches stolen and more watches missing. A radio at Amarillo Tailors and cash from Thomas Bakery are also under investigation. Police pursued a car that fled the jewelry scene, and detectives estimate watch values at about 50 dollars each.
A&M corps changes limit hazing and other rules trigger turmoil. Senior cadets marched on the home of President Gibb Gilchrist. The Ambassadors club in Dalhart seeks to sell individually the 250 buildings at the Air Field.
Rex Baxter announces the Tri-State Fair opener will feature a rubber menagerie parade in Amarillo during the last week of September. Baxter arranged with Jean Gros, Inc. in Lubbock to supply the rubber animals for the parade which will end with a display at the fair grounds forming part of the midway exhibition for a week. Floats bands and other features are planned around the comic animal facsimiles.
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