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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1946
Page
2
Radioed forecasts promise wind clouds and rain for the High Plains this week. The piece shifts to local life with notes on red bean pie, neighbors, a Texas focus in Country Gentleman, rose fences in Amarillo, job ads, and discussions of politics and Fourth of July safety.
Closing stock averages show mixed results with Industrials up, Rails up, Utilities up. Kansas City livestock market reports cattle and calves sold, with steer and heifer lots steady to weak as shippers hold back amid rail delays.
The report shows cows sold early steady but general trade weaker for beef cattle. Bulls and veal steady to weak. slaughter steers mixed with good to choice at $16.00 to $17.50. Heifers and yearlings around $15.75. cows $11.00 to $13.50. bulls $12.50 to $13.50. Hogs active and steady with 170 lb hogs at $14.55 and sows $12.80. Sheep 10,000 head active with Spring lambs up to 25¢, best native lambs $16.50 to $17.25, clipped lambs $16.00, ewes $8.50 to $8.65.
Hogs seen 11 000 head active and steady with good and choice barrows and gilts around 14 85 per cwt. Cattle 9 000 with calves 500. fed steers and yearlings steady to 15 cents higher as buyers show strength. Cows and bulls firmer. steers at 18 00 for 1 304 to 1 474 lb. heifers at 18 00. cows to 15 00s. Sheep 1 500. spring lambs steady with No 1 to No 2 skins 16 50 to 16 65. pelts 16 25. Market dull for some varieties. fat liquidating fund at 2 5951 Offering 82 84.
A long list of LA Coffey and others transferring lots in South Heights and Pleasant Valley Unit 1 plus several marriages listed for divorce in District Court including Cameron Elmore Parker Murphree Carnutt Sams Ehresman Martin Bell and Bagot with accompanying spouse details and several charity mentions.
Washington May 22 The Office of Price Administration plans a roughly ten percent rise in standard type low priced shoes for men women and children. The increase mainly benefits manufacturers as no dealer absorption will occur and the full rise will be passed to consumers.
Felt is a compact fabric formed from wool hair fur or other fibrous materials matted together without spinning or weaving. It describes a nonwoven textile produced by matting pressing and felting fibers to create a dense material used in crafts and industrial applications.
Dear Tack I would like very much to get in touch with a girl who did work at the Amarillo Laundry Her name is Ruth DeTulleo Please call 2-1509 after six P M or before nine A M A READER GIVING DOGS AWAY Dear Tack I have a pair of Spranger Spaniel dogs I would like to give to someone that would give them a good home They are brown and white about a year old 600 Lake Street
A reader seeks kindling donations for pickup at 701 Forrest and a daytime caregiver job. A middle aged widow asks for a practical nurse or companion role caring for an elderly woman or one or two children, with nights at home. Contact 6101.
May have a load of kindling to give to someone who will take it away. Also offers lumber, chicken pens and coops for sale at cheap prices. Phone 2-5992 or visit 1209 West Eighteenth. A READER seeks tourist court management or nursing work and housekeeper position Box 1784 Amarillo. GIVING AWAY RABBITS and a guinea pig. seeks one day per week house cleaning after 6 PM. Telephone 9523. MRS. COMPTON.
Claris Adams, president of the American Life Convention, notes that two thirds of world life insurance is owned by U S citizens. He cites end of 1945 figures showing 71,000,000 Americans own policies, with life in force up $40 billion during the war and an average family coverage near $4,500.
In Schenectady New York Halsey B Knapp director of the New York State Institute of Agriculture notes cucumbers stay cooler than surroundings by about 20 degrees. He cites Nebraska data where air 96 ground 98 and cucumber interior 78 degrees suggesting a natural cooling process.
The first state Knights of Columbus convention in the Panhandle wraps with a 9 o clock session at Cathedral Hall and a final day including two business meetings, a tea, a mass for departed members, a banquet at the Herring Hotel, and speeches by Amarillo leaders and Bishop FitzSimon praising Catholic heritage and Panhandle laity.
Modern day Jack Spratts avoid fat due to stomach distress and ulcer pains. Indigestion gas Palins heartburn burning sensation and bloat from excess acid prompt Udaga tablet use. Get a 25 cent box from your druggist. First dose must convince or return box for double money back.
A sub-committee of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce Civic Affairs Committee was delegated to plan a city wide cleanup. The group will meet tomorrow night at 7:30 in chamber offices, chaired by H S McCray. Parent committee met earlier today at 10:30. Meetings also held by membership and tourist development committees.
In Intercourse Lancaster County four Amish teens were arraigned for disorderly conduct after wild horse and buggy races beer parties and impromptu strip dances. elders vow to enforce devorum and call police again to preserve village life.
Loren Jones 707-A Prospect seeks the Potter County clerk job. Aged 34, he has lifelong ties to Potter County and a background in abstract and title work with his father. He is an Army veteran, Filipino War service, member of American Legion and VFW, married with a son aged seven. He asserts familiarity with the county’s needs.
A county clerk candidate emphasizes broad background in abstract and title work. He states he can perform the duties and is willing to commit to the position.
Lloyd Robert Mundell infant son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd R Mundell 1712 Van Buren died early this morning at Northwest Texas Hospital. Survived by parents only. Graveyard services planned this afternoon at 4 at Llano Cemetery with Dr A D Foreman Jr pastor First Baptist officiating Burial under Blackburn Shaw direction.
Ernst Luge, a 51 year old business manager of the Liberal Democratic Party in Greater Hesse, was sentenced to five years by an American Military Government court for hostile remarks about the Soviet Union. He allegedly stated Russian soldiers raped German women and warned of a new war between America and Russia with Germany on the Western side.
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