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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1948
Page
2
Kansas cattle and sheep prices show mixed activity with fed steers and yearlings steady to higher, some quality grades reaching top bids. Sheep and lambs trade around 75 higher on spring lambs, with no.2 skins around 28, and various lots of ewes and lambs noted as steady to firm.
A weathered public notice and reader letter piece discuss social behavior, finance, and accountability. The column questions why some men fear women, laments unpaid debts, and compares burdens on grocers, doctors, and lawyers while urging fair judgment of individuals.
Fragmentary letters show readers seeking help on dogs to give away BB gun for boy and selling a phone to a grocer. Other pieces reflect community concerns about debt, grocery accounts, and a Denver operation invitation, all written to Tack.
A reader Mrs Dow Nix expresses admiration for Mr Tack travel pieces and wishes to see Mexico City. She asks the paper to organize a reader response effort with Grady Camp as treasurer of The News Globe Amarillo to gauge interest from at least 50 readers. The letter notes other readers and mentions Walter Winchell and Poke Bonnett.
Traders watched industrials and rail shares slip while various manufacturers and utilities listed by Merrill Lynch figures moved. The Cairo dispatch noted gunfire near central districts but provided no immediate casualties or follow up.
Gov Beauford H. Jester outlines a busy weekend with events in Tyler Corsicana San Antonio and Brownwood. He will attend the Fast Texas Water Conference a traffic safety conference and a Texas Bankers Association address before the state Democratic convention in Brownwood. He plans a Tuesday session with the County Chairmen and a convention appearance.
Students from the Panhandle high school will present a program this evening at 8 o'clock in Legion Hall 615 West Seventh at a joint meeting of Han san Post American Legion and the Santtary Auxiliary. Carl Edwards will discuss the Freedom Train as a feature, per Rhea Smith Legion publicity director. Meanwhile deputies investigated a burglary at a farm house northeast of Amarillo found ransacked with nothing of value taken. The family returned to discover the break in after about two hours away.
Alfred Walter Moody and Manford Amberry were fined $50 each after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated in Potters County Court. Moody lives east of Amarillo and Amberry is listed as Kimberly, 1223 West Ninth, following minor traffic accidents.
Reports from SEARNY New Jersey describe rescuers pulling ten victims from a chemical plant wrecked by an explosion and a related death in a hospital. Pro Communist suspicions arise as authorities question several people.
Davis Williams West must serve 99 years in the penitentiary for the August 30 1947 assault with intent to rape a Potter County farm girl in the penthouse of Northwest Texas Hospital. Orders entered today in 47th District Court recognize the conviction's recent affirmation by the Court of Criminal Appeals. Deadline has passed for filing a motion for rehearing of the appeal.
An Army sergeant connected to the Moscow embassy declares intent to stay in Russia as a protest against anti Soviet capitalism. The State Department says he was seduced and exploited by a Soviet agent while missing from his post.
Entering bids in Crangington for 20 surplus county buildings authorized yesterday by county commissioners. Buildings to be used for storage warehouses and maintenance for county road crews and related needs in Potter County and Amarillo Army Air.
Construction begins on a brick veneer four family apartment by contractor J M Bass with a $15000 permit. Each unit will have three rooms and a bath. Gov Earl K Long names William C Feazel as Louisiana's United States Senator to replace the late John H Overton.
Grain dealers continued the discussion from the page amid claims by Mr Bowden that activity in the area began around the time a plane flew over the city.
K E Soder, director of the Texas- Oklahoma Wheat Improvement Association, notes progress in Panhandle wheat variety use and analysis. Rail road representatives from three Panhandle lines pledge more grain cars for this year, expecting better movement amid a shorter crop. The annual convention opened with many grain dealers registered for the meetings.
Mundt explains a section titled Certain Prohibited Acts makes it unlawful to conspire to overthrow the government for a totalitarian dictatorship, while stating the bill does not outlaw the Communist Party but targets activities the party engages in.
The public statement links Wallace's call for U S Russia cooperation on atomic energy and armaments to the broader Cold War stalemate. It notes Russia's minority status on major issues and mirrors the U S position relayed by Ambassador Smith and White House press secretary Ross.
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