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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1948
Page
2
The report lists varied prices across foods, fuels, and livestock with multiple brands and companies. It notes activity in futures and spot markets, including quotes from Beepenes, North, and United brands, plus livestock figures from Kansas City and Chicago markets.
In Pleasant Valley Rose Drive a black heifer calf slipped fences and is missing. Readers are asked to help locate the animal. Also appears are pleas from Sylvia Lee Dale seeking part time maid work, Mrs Doyle offering puppies for adoption, and various notes about pets, jobs, and lost items. Includes a piano plea and a missing glove report, plus a boy seeking ranch or service station work and a dog owner’s appeal for a lost rat terrier named Zero.
The Rev. Dr. Stanley J Stuber of the Baptist World Alliance condemns the Catholic bishops' critique of the Supreme Court decision on religious instruction in public schools as propaganda. He says the bishops' document undermines secular education and promotes a parochial school agenda while denying official church stance.
Mrs Christ Cord of Indianapolis visited 46 year old photographer Cozad in the Macon County jail. Cozad says he killed his first wife by pushing a gasoline-soaked pail into a stove fire. He was arrested in Jacksonville after admitting responsibility. Augusta Welge of Decatur reportedly signed the murder warrant.
The New Zealand White rabbit show at the Tri-State Fair rounds draws 77 breeders from 24 states with 350 entries. Pre junior winners include Amarillo's O D ell and Russell and Hill rabbitry. junior judging continues with experts Rice Wells and Owen assessing saddle shoulders and fur. Amarillo participants include King Rabbitry and Don Donathan with multiple entries.
Secretary of State George C Marshall gave President Truman's cabinet a full review of the international situation at a White House meeting. Postmaster Jesse M Donaldson said Marshall did most of the talking and brought the group up to date, while Truman sketched the situation. cabinet members would not disclose any details of the report.
The National Negro Council charges two million Negroes were deprived of voting rights in five Southern states this year. Edgar G. Brown, the council director, filed petitions with the Senate Elections Subcommittee for investigation. Hearings are urged in Birmingham, Jackson, New Orleans, Atlanta, and Columbia.
Actor George Jessel presented a new song titled Lets Get Behind the President to President Truman at the White House. He announced it will be used at a Democratic dinner in Los Angeles on December 6.
Gov Beauford Jester announced the resignation of H W Fillmore of Wichita Falls as judge of the 30th Judicial District and named Frank Tkard, an Veterans Affairs Commission member, to succeed him after resigning from that post. Tkard will take oath after leaving the VA panel. Deluge drowns Baton Rouge streets as 4.23 inches of rain floods the city.
Dr Bettylee Hampil told the Texas Branch of the American Bacteriology Society that ultraviolet irradiation of blood plasma can prevent jaundice from viral contamination in transfusions. The work, with Sharp and Dohme and Philadelphia researchers, involved a machine for large scale irradiation and tests on volunteers showing reduced hepatitis signs after irradiated plasma.
Dr Rex H Wilson medical director for B F Goodrich Co warns of hidden ionizing radiation exposure. He urges routine medical exams and the use of pocket ionization chambers or film badges to alert workers and record daily exposure levels.
A 19 year old youth from 601 Philadelphia was injured in a traffic crash about 1 PM. He rode a motorcycle that collided with the rear of a car at the Tenth Street Underpass and was taken to Northwest Texas Hospital for head injuries.
Joseph Walker, 31, is charged by the district attorney with raping and bludgeoning to death Theresa Foster, 18, a Colorado coed. Walker says he is an emotionally sensitive man and admits dumping the body in a creek bed but claims a blond, chubby man killed her. Trial not expected before after January 1.
Santa Fe Railroad reports net income for the first ten months of 1948 at 52.7 million, up from 37.9 million in 1947. October net stood at 6.98 million, more than double October 1946 and over two million above October 1947.
Dispatches from Hong Kong quote refugees arriving from Manchuria saying Communists are not molesting foreigners. They are tolerated but must work productively to get along under the Reds. Refugees note constant watching and lectures while no danger is reported. R. F. Blackstock named department manager at Gueto Motor and Implement Co. in Levelland.
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