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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1938
Page
3
U S D A market data from Kansas City lists hogs at top 7.40 with loads to 7.45, sows 7.00 to 7.25. Cattle 3,500 with good fed steers 8.25 to 10.25 and top loads 10.50 to 11.00, heifers 9.50, butcher cows 5.25 to 6.25, welter 10.00. Sheep 4,000 with native lambs to 9.50 and fed lambs 9.25, yearlings 7.75 to 8.00. Grain quotations provided by Fenner and Beane.
Amarillo Chamber directors heard a proposal from Wes Izzard to back the Symphony Orchestra Association with receipts to retire advances. He argued it would boost civic morale, attract regional attention, and serve as an educational asset through a junior symphony. A reporting committee will be named.
The University of Chicago may end intercollegiate football after another poor season. Athletic Director T Nelson Metcalf says Chicago is lightening its schedule to ease the program, with talks of abolishing intercollegiate games if public relations suffer. Chicago has one Big Ten win in three seasons and last won a Western Conference title in 1924.
Tennessee coach Major Neyland warned of a tough game as Kentucky brings its famed double trouble to Knoxville. The Volunteers, seeking an undisputed conference crown, aim to slow George Cafego and the powerful Tennessee offense on Thanksgiving Day.
Kingsville reports Leroy Fry of Texas College of Arts and Industries scored 40 points as the Javelinas beat the University of Mexico 53 to 7 in Harlingen. Fry now has 133 points, 36 ahead of Gaylon Smith of Southwestern Tennessee, with 20 touchdowns and 13 points after touchdowns.
Fire Marshal Ed Spann investigated an arson case in The Flats Amarillo and studied a city directory. He noted residents are known by nicknames such as Pig Meat Kansas City and Pork Chops and questioned their listing in official records.
A long standing medical prescription for alcohol addiction is now marketed to the public as Alcoban. The product claims to curb liquor cravings and can be taken with or without the user's knowledge in various liquids or foods. It is sold by City Drug Stores Fox Drug Stores and other druggists with a money back guarantee.
The Texas Longhorns face the Texas A&M Aggies in a Thanksgiving Day showdown that also impacts the Southwest Conference title race. Baylor’s Milt Merka returns at fullback for a Rice game, while injuries affect Arkansas Tulsa prep.
The Texas Bible plan freshmen who beat the UT varsity 13 to 12 last week meet the A and M frosh in Austin as a lead in to the annual Texas versus A and M game tomorrow. Jack Gray's Yearlings are reported improved since a prior Rice freshman defeat in mid October.
In the article it states the earth's temperature increases by about one degree Fahrenheit for every 60 feet of depth.
Fred E. Vibbard died at 10 o clock this morning after a brief illness in a local hospital. The 77 year old resident, longtime Amarillo dweller, lived with his son at 2436 North West Tenth Street. Survived by four sons Earcn Dennis Vibbard Amarillo Walter Wibbard Clovis and Clarence Wibbard Marshalltown Ia. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
The 1908 Siberian meteor would have caused far greater destruction if it had fallen six hours later as Earth’s rotation moved the impact area into a densely populated Norway or Sweden.
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