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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1947
Page
2
The piece blends weather notes with reader correspondence andOpinion on boyhood, war and discipline. It cites moisture shortages, a cold front, and potential snow while publishing reader letters from local residents including a boy seeking a dog. The column names several local figures and describes weather trends and social concerns in Amarillo.
The hearing hears Meyers and Lamarre recount loans and a planned false defense to Senate witnesses. Lamarre denies owing loans to Meyers, and both men discuss immunity, compensation claims, and a $10,000 decorating bill for Meyers' Washington apartment.
Mrs Ollie Childers describes a bizarre incident where a big game rifle explosion on a hunting trip left her with gray hair tinted light purple. She insists the event was not an accident but a fashion statement gone awry, a lighthearted note amid danger.
Gene Rice recalls coyote trapping in Oregon and comments on local views of juvenile drinking in Amarillo. He notes the clash of expectations between parents and police and ponders why an Oregonian is in Texas, contrasting the two states' climates and landscapes.
George Larson, a Iowa migrant, praises Panhandle farming for lower hours and tougher stamina. He says Panhandle work requires patience and backbone, preferring his eight section farm over Iowa bottom land. Oklahoma season opens today. Panhandle opening is December first amid Community Chest dispute talk.
The second Girl Scout troop for fifth grade girls at Margaret Wills School was started with a candlelight ceremony in the school auditorium. Mrs. Ben J. Pate leads the troop with Mrs. M. M Crouch as co leader and Mrs. EF. F. Duniven as secretary. Members include Mary Amato Jeanette Ramsey Davie Ann Bechtel Patricia Duniven Patricia Jacob Ann Rowe Ledia Ann Crouch Betty Perkins Betty Cheatham Winnie Rae Forbes Yvonne Morgan Lorena Beavers Barbara Sanders Montrella Oswald Dorthy Schroll Ruthy Kendall Kay Puller Kay Loyd and Sharlene McDonald.
Used baby bed and mattress for sale with contact number 2 9525 and address 509 North Polk. An elderly lady offers shared home care at 1336 Fe Sixth for a little care and bedroom and kitchen privileges. Mrs Darrough contacts at phone 6005.
An active elderly man offers to work as a part time companion for a senior, describing himself as agreeable and intelligent. Contact details reference Care Tack.
Barbara Caldwell offers a used piano priced reasonably. Call 7318 or visit at 513 North Polk to inspect and discuss buying details.
Mrs Jim T Davis of 901 N Madison offers in home care for a baby by week day or night. Phone 2-240.
A brief classified note offers a free item described as yellow and one lighted product. Contact via phone 7407 or visit 2202 Lipscomb for pickup, as indicated by a reader notice in the page text.
Lost Tuesday in downtown area a nurse's watch with a second hand. Reward offered. Please call Pinder at 8019.
Lost blue plastic rim glasses reported by a resident. finder should contact local desk and reference continuation on page 24 for details.
Mattie Lee Wright testified she saw Crawford shoot Bostick who yelled he would kill him. Crawford wept as witnesses described Bertha Lee Bostick found on the floor and Crawford claiming uncertainty over how she was shot.
Absentee voting surged as the Potter County local option election neared the deadline with 75 ballots cast and many requests for transfers and precinct lists. County officials anticipate a record turnout and outline strict ballot accounting under Texas statute. Veterans and military personnel vote under affidavits of service.
Salt in Utah s Great Salt Lake amounts to nearly 25 percent of total weight of its contents about 6 000 000 000 tons.
Wheat stands 3 to 4 inches high in Booker Perryton Spearman, with timely rains last summer and early this week easing worries. North Plains farmers and merchants remain hopeful about the 1948 crop despite distant pessimism in Amarillo.
Across France special security guards were posted in Paris and other tense cities to head off violence. Communist led strikes tied up coal mines auto factories and Mediterranean ports. A millers strike raised fears of broader shortages as 72 De Gaullist deputies oppose a Blum government in the 619 member assembly.
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