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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1945
Page
9
Washington reports that tire rationing could end in 1946 if production meets government goals. Strikes and plant bottlenecks have reduced new car output, shifting tire availability toward older cars. Government plans call for rising tire production across 1946 with millions more tires backing the release.
AUSTIN Nov 28 Henry Bell Fort Worth secretary manager of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association announced approval by the state highway department to reduce fire guard bands to about 10 feet inside fence lines to prevent grass fires. Bell met with Maintenance Engineer G B Finley and canceled a scheduled commissioners conference. Fire complaints center on careless motorists who discard lit cigars and cigarettes on rights of way and staff shortages hinder mowing. The band will be cut where owners consent and a blader can be used.
Governor Coke R. Stevenson proclaimed the week of December 2 as Victory Loan Week in Texas. Nathan Adams, state chairman, noted Texas has bought 319 percent or 28,719,792.50 of its 90 million dollar E bond quota as of November 27, lagging behind the national pace. He warned Texans remain in 48th place in E bond purchases. The note adds Helen Gould endowed the Hall of Fame in 1900.
At overseas replacement depot Pvt. Larry N. Hawkins 19 of Brooklyn re-enlists to gain a New York furlough and visit his girlfriend Marie Gloria Musolino 18. He shows editor 30 photos and explains he sent others home and keeps many more.
Livestock prices and market activity notes from Kansas City on November 28. Cattle supply 6 800 head with various grading ranges, slaughter steers steady to firm, heifers and yearlings active, cows and calves mixed. Hogs listing 3 800 head with slow demand, 180 to 300 lb lots around 14.45 to 14.55. Sheep figures show moderate activity with lamb bids steady near 14.75 and nearby ewes around 6.25.
Chicago November 28 hogs 223000 head traded slowly with prices generally 10 to 25 cents lower and close nearly flat about 25 cents under prior levels for good and choice pigs.
Gen. George C. Marshall is to be called before the Pearl Harbor investigating committee before departing for China as President Truman's diplomatic representative in Chungking. The panel may question him about prewar communications between Washington and Hawaii on the danger of war with Japan.
Travis County Young Democrats postpone adoption of a program under unit rule until next week. An executive committee including Morris Akin secretary of the Texas State Industrial Council CIO will draft proposed instructions for a vote at the state Young Democrats meeting in Fort Worth set for December.
190 to 320 pound barrows and gilts largely 25 to 50 cents lower with scarce offerings. sows 25 cents lower. stags 25 to 50 cents lower. Good to choice 190-320 lb barrows and gilts $14.60 to $14.75. most sows about $13.85. stags about $13.50 to $14.75. Cattle: 12,500. calves 9,800. Choice steers and heifers steady. best steers and yearlings $17.50 to $18.00, other grades 25 cents lower. Slaughter steers bulk $15.00 to $18.00. top fed heifers $17.75 to $18.00. Cows steady to weak. best cows about $14.50. grass cows $9.50 to $12.50. Bulls steady. Sheep 3,500. active, steady to 25 cents higher. natives light activity. high quality sales lead with yearlings $13.25 and aged slaughter prices around $7.90.
Rusk County Sheriff William Whitehead seeks 159000 in damages in district court against Informer Publishing Company of Houston over a Nov 5 1945 headline quoting Ida FE McCoy Lee who claimed cruelty and forced relocation. The record notes prior justice court fines connected to a Henderson disturbance at a white family's home.
Child prodigy Thomas Young born in the 18th century amazed with biblical literacy before age four and fluency in several foreign languages by age eight. He earned renown as a physician and scientist.
Dr. R H Montgomery, UT economics professor and former chief of bombing objectives for the wartime U S foreign economic administration, told Texas Power Reserve Electric Cooperative in Austin that postwar bombs are far more powerful than the Japanese atomic bombs.
In Louis XIV era France etiquette dictated tipping hats at meals. Noblemen wore hats during dining and doffed them politely when passing meat or spearing bread.
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