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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1946
Page
2
The piece notes a brief cool period on the High Plains and longs for a true Indian Summer. It includes a reader letter praising Amarillo and wind shaped legs, political gossip on Truman’s renomination, and anecdotes from magazines and a saloon tale.
A reader muses on blackbirds near the courthouse and their imagined punishment of jail inmates. The letter then shifts to a satirical take on pregnancy, claiming it is natural and safe with low risk, mocking women's birth advocacy and predicting ample births if men produced them.
Cedar Puckett resists hearing about other people’s children especially babies. He requests not to be shown or spoken to about any child in his presence as a personal idiosyncrasy.
A family asks readers to be patient as they await publication of a newborn granddaughter’s photo still being prepared for print. The infant, nine days old, is said to resemble actors Edward G. Robinson and Spencer Tracy as she cures. A letter of lost dog concerns Soapy, a white Spitz, missing from 1600 block Van Buren, with hope he will return.
An oasis for disabled women veterans at the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration home is the Women's Cottage built in 1940. The four story 54 room residence houses about 60 residents including Miss Bessie Howland a 76 year old WWI nurse. The facility includes a kitchen dining room dietetic staff recreation lounges galariums a dispensary sewing rooms and a beauty shop.
In Sandusky Ohio thieves broke into the rural home of James Ludwig and stole 350 feet of electric wiring a water pump an air conditioner motor 10 wall light fixtures the heating system thermostat and the kitchen sink.
City commissioners meet at 7 30 to open bids on street paving blocks and hear the second reading of the taxicab ordinance. They plan resolutions for reappointing C S Lambie Roy Boger and Emil F Broderlin to the personnel board for two years and to lease the United States government from all claims related to a sewer line on Amarillo Army Air Field property. Deluge of routine matters expected as no meeting last week. Status of English Field may also be discussed.
Below freezing weather disrupts retail on Polk Street with merchants noting slower sales while filling stations report brisk antifreeze sales. Drug stores push vitamins cold remedies and nose drops as retailers anticipate winter buying habits.
Phillips Petroleum Co. products sold by Phillips dealers are on display in the Manufacturer of the Week window at Southwestern Public Service Co. The exhibit includes batteries spark plugs auto wax and a dry cleaner among about forty products with two new automatic gasoline pumps shown in the background.
Graveside funeral services for Cynthia Ann Lovan infant daughter of Mr and Mrs William J Lovan will be held tomorrow at 10 30 am in Llano Cemetery Rev Frank Peevy associate pastor of Polk Street Methodist Church will conduct the services Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors in charge of arrangements.
In San Pedro, Clinton A. Moore was hospitalized after a scuffle with his wife Ennabelle Moore over ten white mice. She testified in court that Moore dropped a mouse down her neck, dragged her by the hair, and struck her in the face breaking her nose. A neighbor intervened, striking Moore with a chair and breaking his elbow.
In Vancouver British Columbia prospectors are applying a radar based instrument to locate ore bodies. The British Columbia Chamber of Mines reports preliminary results as encouraging.
More than two dozen airlines have been set up in the United States exclusively for cargo carrying, signaling a shift in the aviation market as freight demand grows and carriers seek specialized services.
Markets from Kansas City show cattle 7 200 head with calves 1 700. weaners and feeders mixed with $11.50-17.50 for various classes. Hogs 3 200 head 25-35 cents below Monday’s average with top at 23.50 and 180 lb hogs 23.00-23.35. Sheep 5 000 head steady for killing classes with lambs to shippers at 22.50 and packers at 21.75-22.50.
Hogs 31,000 sold with slower trade and late activity. 180-300 lb hogs 22.75 to 23.25, top 23.25, sows 21.50 to 22.50, good clearance. Cattle 4,500 with calves 700. steers 18.25 to 23.50, top 31 for average-choice mixed. heifers 29 to 26, cows up to 16.50, heavy bulls to 16.50. venal ers steady at 21. Sheep 8,000 with native lambs 22.50, mixed grades 19.50 to 20.50, feeding lambs 16.50.
Courthouse records list numerous warranty deeds transferring parcels in S J Hts, Denver Hts, Mirror, Belmont Park Annex, and other Amarillo blocks between individuals and firms including Tankersley, Baker, Moore, Wines, Tree Associates, and Rabon. District Court shows several divorces and marriage licenses. Columbus contest seeks snow date with prize over shoes.
Foreign diplomats at the United Nations and the Council of Foreign Ministers monitor U.S. congressional elections with cautious relief at bipartisan policy. Speculation grows over post election diplomacy, especially regarding relations with Russia and Yugoslavia as tensions and weather disrupt travel and transport across the Panhandle.
J P Alexander a Panhandle resident for 45 years died last night at 11 20 in McLean aged 84 He moved from Hedley in 1901 and lived in McLean for 10 years He is survived by his wife four daughters and four sons Funeral services set for 10 tomorrow at First Presbyterian Church McLean Rev Floyd Grady to officiate Body to Hedley for burial in Rowe Cemetery Womack Funeral Home of McLean in charge
Gale Harrison daughter of Mr and Mrs L C Harrison Apt 147 Pantex Village is under quarantine at home with scarlet fever Attending physicians say the disease is not virulent and the child is in good condition She is a first grader at Wilson School There have been 36 other scarlet fever cases in Amarillo this year.
Snow disruption spans routes from Tucumcari to Santa Rosa with U S highways 66 and 287 affected. Amarillo air service halted by fog and low ceilings though Braniff attempted limited flights. Denver reported clear. Pueblo airports receive plow assistance while travel south remains cautious.
The piece notes Republicans aim to gain Senate control by ten seats and House by twenty six, with Democrats potentially losing seven Senate seats and seventeen House seats. A divided Congress is discussed along with possible lame duck session implications and leadership shifts including Robert E. Hannegan’s status.
Texans in generally light numbers sloshed their way to voting. The Associated Press notes low turnout as voters queued and cast ballots across the state, with sparse crowds at several precincts.
Precincts opened for the general election but rain and flooding reduced turnout statewide. Early voting in many areas fell below 25 percent while Houston saw a crowded mayoral race despite weather. Dallas reported about 30 percent voting compared with Democratic primaries.
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