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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1948
Page
2
Individuals were arrested near Dumas by Sheriff Fuqua Younger, with details indicating law enforcement action and jurisdiction surrounding the event.
Public notice recalls a controversial plan to display justice signs in Amarillo while avoiding state property issues. The column riffes on lawyers, local editors, and a weather forecast for rain over the weekend, with broader remarks on civic pride and regional figures.
Washington details show ERP Director Paul Hoffman informing the Senate appropriations committee that the United States will cut economic aid to any European nation shipping war machinery to Russia. He pledged aid only for goods that can be spared and urged completion of the remaining 4.245 billion dollars needed to finish the European Recovery Program.
The speaker notes new oil field prospects northeast of Pampa and reports extraordinary Royalty sales of $100 to $125 an acre for land with no oil production. Juillard says a Pampa man sold royalty on distant farm land, signaling a booming wildcat frontier in the Southwest.
George Young, KGNC newscaster, has resigned and will depart with Mrs Young for Pittsburgh. In three years in Amarillo he built a large audience and many friends. His emphatic voice became a plains neighbor and he will be missed.
President Truman said he would veto any legislation forcing disclosure of confidential White House or Cabinet records and doubted Congress could override. He argued courts protect executive confidentiality and that the Mundt Bill to register subversives should not trigger outlawing the Communist party.
The city will receive bids for 10 090 feet of cast iron water pipe to upgrade the water system. City manager N V Moss announced the bidding date as June 1 and said the commission authorized the action after noting a dwindling stockpile.
A motorized bicycle stolen last Tuesday was found yesterday in Ellwood Park with its motor missing. The bike had been parked by Lee Austin Cloud at 1400 block Park. A 1940 Dodge sedan reported stolen by M. W. Fox at 306 North Taylor was recovered by the owner last evening.
The chamber of deputies in Santiago voted 93 to 20 with one abstention to approve a government measure outlawing the Communist party in Chile.
George Mancusa reported a theft from his car in Rochester New York. A thief broke in and stole Mancusa's false teeth valued at 90 dollars.
Request to return papers removed from a desk at home containing three unsigned checks with stopped payments. Cautionary note indicates continued details on page 5.
Stocks edged higher on utilities and rails while industrials led gains and grain prices fluctuated. Merrill Lynch quotations show Air Reduction and Lockheed among leaders, with notable moves across Anaconda, Bethlehem Steel, and Goodyear, amid a broad market session and steady cattle and hog futures at Kansas City.
The CIO United Auto Workers raise an eight million dollar kitty to aid Chrysler strikers as 75,000 production workers walk out for 17 cents more per hour. Briggs Manufacturing lays off 11,000 as the long strike potential grows and the union plans a 50 cent weekly dues rise in June and a dollar in July to fund the drive.
Early trade slow then steady, later market active with gains across weights over 240 pounds. Top cattle and hogs rise. record prices paid for light cattle and high lamb values. Cattle and calves buoyed by strong demand, hogs and sows firm to higher, feeders steady. Financial fund notes liquidating at $1.9470 and offering at $2.13.
President Truman said he hopes to send a farm program message to Congress tomorrow. He avoided naming a new Secretary of Agriculture after Clinton Anderson resigned to run for Senate. Senate committee earlier proposed a long-range plan with a revised price support program.
The trial of John J. Berger, charged with strangling his wife, is postponed to May 26 because the state's chief witness, his 17 year old son Robert, contracts measles.
Emissaries were sent to Pakistan for funds and recruits as British control in Jerusalem winds down. British High Commissioner Sir Alan Cunningham remains with a small garrison but will depart on a cruiser at Haifa after midnight signaling the end of British rule begun in 1917 under Gen. Sir Edmund Allenby after victory over the Turks.
Richard Mansfield a 67 year old night guard at the Washington Monument claims he could be a candidate for the walking man. He runs the 898 iron stairs at least five nights a week and completes the descent in 10 minutes. He avoids the elevator citing the 1929 Vermont woman incident and vows not to rest once he starts downward.
Haganah forces totaling about 70 000 with 25 000 frontline fighters ready for a possible Arab invasion after the UN partition plan. At Lake Success the Jewish Agency rejected a US high commissioner proposal, arguing it would worsen conflict. The plan follows talks in Washington between Truman and Marshall as Britain nears end of mandate rule.
Moran states the union will strike if no settlement occurs after the company rejected the conciliation service recommendation. The union, having accepted the service, demands wage hikes, a shorter 35 hour work week, and improved pensions, which the company refuses to bargain on.
Federal authorities hold two Portsmouth men Melvin Lee Prince and Alvin Lee Gibson on charges of driving a stolen auto in interstate commerce. They allegedly stole a car in Portsmouth and drove it to Dumas.
An advertising blurb touts a topical treatment for athlete’s foot that allegedly relieves itching within an hour. It states the product, Teol, is a 90 percent alcohol formula and promotes rapid penetration to reach germs. The ad mentions Maxor Drus as the selling point.
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