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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1946
Page
9
H. V. Halliburton, longtime observer for the U S Weather Bureau here, is being transferred to the Lubbock station for similar duties after a year in this area.
An old time drugstore ad urges buying Buckley’s Canadian Mixture for coughs from colds. It promotes quick throat and chest relief, encourages a teaspoonful dose, and lists U S drugstores and retailers selling the product.
C. W. Wangro will replace H. Halliburton at the U S Weather Bureau in Lubbock. Halliburton, an aerographers mate, discharged last year after serving in the Navy weather forecasting system. He grew up in Booker and earlier lived in Lubbock, where he attended Texas Technological College before the war. Halliburton will take up duties in Lubbock on November 18.
Dyris Ingleby fiancée of R. P. Wilson is due to land tonight at 11 35 from England. The Englishwoman hails from Cheshire near Liverpool. Wilson resides at 810 North Buchanan.
Tom Tierney of Indianapolis was killed after running to catch a bus and colliding with a traffic signal post. His wife witnessed him collapse on the sidewalk in front of the stop sign, while pedestrians and emergency responders attended the scene.
Ralph Pellew elected president of the Panhandle Restaurant Association at Amarillo Hotel dinner. Arch Rogers becomes vice president Fay Duke is secretary treasurer. Gene Mullican retires as president and Ed Thomas retires as secretary with records to be handed to the new officers at the December 2 meeting.
Amarillo manufacturers opened the window at Southwestern Public Service Co for the Amarillo school during American Education Week. Woodwork textiles and metal work by local juniors were showcased, highlighting the push to teach trades in junior and high schools to prepare students for post school employment.
Probate genealogist Walter C. Cox of Chicago seeks Velda Fisher, 46, for a $50,000 Texas estate. Born about 1900 and believed married to W. C. Stevens in Texas after World War I, the search aims to locate her husband or any surviving children.
The article notes missing specifics about where in Texas she married Stevens, where the couple settled, or their current residence, leaving the marital and residence details unresolved.
Everett resident E E Kimmons found a strange object in his yard and, after reporting it, kept watch until a naval demolitions officer arrived. The item was a 2.25 rocket motor with an intact warhead filled with explosive eight times more powerful than dynamite.
Clifford Davis city personnel director announced an inauguration of a safety certificate program with cooperation from Maryland Casualty Company. The city partially insures with that firm and will issue certificates to department operators who drive for a set period without an accident.
An 1811 quake formed Reelfoot Lake in the southwestern Kentucky region. The event reshaped local geography and became a notable historical landmark in the area.
The central livestock market system in the United States runs 65 plus central markets where cattle hogs calves and lambs are greeted registered and assigned to pens. Buyers bid against each other as 88 million head move through these private markets each year in a highly competitive system not owned by Swift & Company.
The column urges practical farming effort to succeed and warns that lofty dreams require down to earth work first. It frames farming success as digging in and steady labor leading toward tangible goals rather than vague castles in the air.
The piece thanks ranchers and farmers for sustaining the food supply through war and shortages, noting Americans are eating well despite limited meat and ongoing efforts by farm families to keep supplies steady, calling for gratitude this Thanksgiving month.
A rural tale recounts a city cousin who overindulged in apples, leading to illness and a cautionary note about excess. The speaker wryly labels the once healthy city kin as a sickly relative after the fruit feast.
A study shows calf crops decline from 40 to 70 percent with an average of 63 percent. For every 100 cows ranchers presently expect about 63 calves. The study offers recommendations to boost future production.
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