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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1950
Page
4
A dense list of securities and company names appears in a quotation section from Amarillo Merrill Lynch offices. The sheet includes numerous stock symbols and percentages for companies across industries, alongside Kansas City livestock prices and cattle, calf, and sheep quotes from November 1.
Chicago on November 1 reports hogs at 25 cents higher with top at 19.40, 186-280 lb butchers mostly 19.25 to 19.35, sows under 400 lb 18.18 to 19.00, 400-600 lb 16.50 to 18.25. Cattle yard: calves 400 price range, slaughter steers and heifers up 25 cents, cows up 25-50 cents, vealers firm. Good to choice slaughter steers 29.50-33.00, medium to low good steers 26-29, heifers 0-32.50 to 31.50, cows 20-22, vealers 34 and down. Sheep yard: slaughter lambs steady top 29.25, good to choice native wooled lambs 28.25-29.25, slaughter ewes 13.00-15.00.
A financial industrial fund reports asset value at 2.1708 with an offering price for investors. The notice highlights the computed asset valuation and the corresponding price to purchase shares, signaling the fund's pricing posture.
In Dallas on November 1 a 17 year old, Bill Little, became stranded up a tree. Firefighters used a ladder truck to reach him and also rescued a cat found in the tree. The rescues concluded without injury or further incident.
Eleanor Roosevelt urges calm in patriotic groups over displaying the United Nations flag alongside the U S flag. She notes the UN flag honors allied efforts in Korea and promotes global cooperation. The column also recommends teaching youth about the UN and mentions a gift: Winston’s Land of the Free teen books celebrating immigrant contributions to America.
The FBI has moved 10,000 employees to a six day workweek, ending the postwar 40 hour schedule. Officials cite accumulated work in intelligence, preparedness, and defense as driving the change, with overtime paid. Headquarters and field offices nationwide implement the mandatory six day week this week.
The 600 Aleut residents of the Pribilof Islands will celebrate Christmas after all. After the Penguin burned in Seattle last June the North Pacific link failed. A hastily drafted Army Transportation Corps replacement will deliver the annual cargo of washing machines outboard motors bicycles and Christmas trees funded by the natives summer earnings in the fur-seal industry.
In New York City on November 14, the temperature rose five degrees in 50 minutes, reaching T1 degrees by noon and breaking a 68 year old November 1 record. The prior high for the date was 74 degrees set in 1882.
Britain begins a program to enhance grass and marginal land through fertilizer use. The initiative targets boosting agricultural yields by applying nutrients to less productive areas, aiming to expand usable pasture and support farming stability.
Halloween pranks in Amarillo caused widespread property damage as windshields, car and house windows, and street lights were broken or shot out. Fire hydrants were turned on and fences pulled to trap drivers, but no major injuries or serious incidents were reported. police and fire crews handled hundreds of calls.
San Antonio police sought next of kin for William H. Knotts about 50, killed in a downtown traffic crash. Papers on his body showed he came from Gilmer, Texas, or Kansas City, Missouri, but listed no street address. The pedestrian was struck at a downtown intersection.
From Padova Maria Teresa Wial writes to the Austin Statesman seeking a Texas husband. She praises the state, vows to study English, offers to cook and keep house, and asks for a good and clever Texas boy to marry. She notes she is 24, in love with Texas, unable to travel, and wants to understand American life.
In Wallingford Pennsylvania a private school briefly turned chaotic when a student brought two skunks inside. The animals were released and caused panic among students until staff deodorized the rooms with an air purifier after about ninety minutes.
A note from historical industry records states that around 500 tons of deer antlers were once processed each year in Sheffield England to produce handles for forks and knives, reflecting a once extensive supply chain and craft demand.
Funeral services for Lee Burks 78 retired train porter who died Saturday at Northwest Texas Hospital will be held Thursday at 2 30 PM at Mt Zion Baptist Church. Rev F N Washburn to officiate. Burial in Llano Cemetery. Burks longtime Amarillo resident resided at 1806 Tyler. Survived by wife Lola Burks. Pallbearers named with honorary pallbearers listed.
Adm Richard L Conolly handed over command of US Naval forces in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean and urged officers to stay alert for war. He will head the Naval War College at Newport RI and his successor is Adm Robert B Carney formerly commander of the US Second Fleet in the Atlantic.
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