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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1948
Page
2
The report lists Chicago grain and livestock bids with wheat and corn prices, cattle and hog ranges, and a note that the city commission will meet at 7 30 in the municipal auditorium chamber. It records top quotes and market activity across multiple firms and commodity lines.
Adeleine Lewandowski wins court order banning Frank Lewandowski from attempting suicide and directs weekly support of 30 dollars. She testifies he has tried to kill himself 30 times in nine years, including hangings, stabbings, gas exposure, and poison. The judge also notes her nervous state and keeps a separate maintenance suit ongoing.
In St Louis a letter purporting a romance between a young mother and 25 year old man who confessed killing her baby has been released. Police say the writing resembles that of Mrs Betty Jean Nichols whose two year old son Joseph was beaten to death in a hotel room. Pollard, a former mental patient, was arrested in Chicago November 23 and confessed the crime when the child cried. The letter addressed to Dear Mother Pollard references deep love and plans for a future wife and stepchildren. Nichols said she left her baby with Pollard in Huntington, West Virginia on November 11 while visiting her husband in Ohio.
Jewish and Arab military commanders signed a pact in Jerusalem for a complete cease fire in the Holy City. The agreement takes effect tomorrow and ends a year of bloody fighting around the site sacred to Christians Jews and Mohammedans.
A Texas attorney general announced that two suits have been filed in Dallas and Houston against eleven loan companies for violations of state loan laws. The actions resemble a prior San Antonio case alleging borrowers were required to obtain insurance at excessive rates to obtain illegal interest.
Walter Reed Hospital reports Warren Austin United Nations delegate underwent an operation there. The procedure was uneventful with no complications and Austin is recovering satisfactorily. The nature of the surgery was not disclosed and his general condition is described as good.
Dr Frantisek Uhlir, Socialist member of the Czechoslovak Parliament and retired General Rudolf Smetanka fled Czechoslovakia to the United States or Germany, per The Free Czech Information Bureau in London. Uhlir, the first Czech MP to escape since the Communist takeover last February, escaped from a Prague prison where he had been jailed since last spring.
Fulton Superior Court Judge Ralph McClelland ruled the mule was merely hard headed in a fraud case. 4 T Vaughn charged John Fowler with selling him a deaf mule for 35 dollars. Vaughn testified the mule wouldn’t stop until Fowler flagged it down and the judge ordered restitution. Fowler said he had already sold the mule again for 35 dollars.
The National Association of County Agricultural Agents closed its 33rd annual meeting with announcements of committee chairmen for next year. Information committee chaired by Sherman Hoar, Livestock by Art Bralley, Youth by Ira Hollar.
Elvin E. McLain, 39, of Pasadena, crushed beneath an 800 pound steel plate after a loose steel strip tore from a tank at Stone Oil Company. Fellow worker J H Fisher, 25, of Texas City, was hurled 320 feet and injured with a broken arm and fractured pelvis.
Eighteen elderly patients were pulled from the second floor as fire gutted a convalescent home in San Antonio. Most escaped in night clothes. One woman, 76, suffered a broken leg, another, 75, had minor burns. A nurse raised the alarm. blind resident Jack Lambert reported to the fire department.
Secretary of State Marshall is in Walter Reed Hospital for tests and observations after returning from the Paris UN meeting. State Department press officer Michael J. McDermott said Marshall is in the hospital but could not confirm any serious ailment.
General Douglas MacArthur granted a stay of execution to seven Japanese war lords including former premier Hideki Tojo after two-man appeals to the U S Supreme Court. The stay suspends executions at least until after the court meets on December 6. If the court rejects the appeals, executions could occur on Harbor Day, December 8, Orient time, or December 7 in U S time.
Texas Democratic Inaugural Committee plans an official special train to Washington for the Truman Barkley inauguration. State Chairman John C. Calhoun of Corsicana and Burris Jackson of Hillsboro will travel next month to organize entertainment for the Texas delegation. A broad invitation was issued to all Texans, with committee members including Mrs Currie McCutcheon Dallas Creekmore Fath Austin John D Mitchell Odessa and others. An advance meeting chaired by Calhoun outlined plans for 100 rooms to house 200 attendees in Washington.
In New York on November 17 officers of the US Army 176th and 177th Staff and Administration groups received instruction from Lt Gen Cornelius W Wickersham. A special order from headquarters announced the disappearance of General Wickersham's overcoat, a covert cloth coat without belt, light in color. The lecture touched on fourth martials in military government.
In Belfast Nov, Frisk a bull terrier joined the Ulster food office staff to sniff out black market deals at the docks. Authorities suspect many birds are shipped illegally to England labeled as auto parts. Frisk will work an eight hour day sniffing parcels awaiting shipment with any that interest Prisk opened.
A morning blaze damaged interiors of two cabins at Cow Waddy Courts, 3711 East Seventeenth. Firemen received the alarm at 7:02, responded to 3711 location, and found fire likely started near the ceiling. A mistaken second alarm was that to 3718 West Tenth with no fire found.
Andrew Vishinsky of Russia told the UN political committee that the United Nations veto, invoked 28 times by the Soviets, was conceived and proposed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. He warned the UN would not exist a day without the veto, signaling Moscow’s linkage of continued participation to veto power.
Capt. H. C. Crosby of Brookfield’s police force complains that films depict officers as slow wits and comic elements. He notes heroes are shown as reporters, private detectives, district attorneys, or agents, never policemen, and urges more publicity to counteract this image.
Bishop of Trieste Monsignor Santin appeals from San Giusto cathedral over increasing religious persecution in Yugoslav Zone B. He cites barriers to enter Zone B, threats against priests, seminary destruction at Capodistria, killings and imprisonments, and atheistic teaching practices hindering Catholic instruction.
Carter, a New Guinea veteran and Red Cross official, was named campaign director and urged broad participation. Board plans mobile radio and canteen unit for Panhandle emergencies. Attending were Mrs. Izzard, Mrs. McClure, Mrs. McGregor, Dr. Patton, Solnick, Reville, Hammock, Cloninger, Wagner, Glenn, and Mrs. Smith.
On September 20 the Haggerton case moved to the grand jury after several boys admitted involvement in a car theft ring that stole more than a dozen automobiles. The Haggerton brothers are sons of Mr and Mrs Charles Haggerton of 1311 East Sixth. Calhoun seeks a continuance due to the absence of defense witness Fonzie Roberts, with a physician’s certificate noting Roberts’s inability to attend the trial.
In Houston area search planes覆盖 6000 square miles between Houston and Waco for a missing plane with Allentown residents aboard. No trace found. operation head Capt James Nelson says search will continue toward New Orleans. Reports surface of sighting near Gatesville on Nov 18. Passengers include Mr and Mrs W W York and Pilot Joel Ritter bound for Houston and New Orleans from Mineral Wells.
Robert A. McGowan partner at Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Beane will visit Amarillo today arriving this afternoon by plane. Robert Coleman manager of the Amarillo office said McGowan directs part of the firm s planning and promotion division.
Humble Tex November 30 Pioneer rancher and oilman Sterling D Tooke 91 died at home Sunday His Humble career included ranch and oil developments He attended Texas A&M College as one of the early third class students Survivors include two sons both of Humble
David B. Brown and Ben Solnick announce Christmas hour changes in Amarillo. The Store Closing Committee, with 16 retail groups, agrees to 9 AM to 8 PM hours on the designated days including Saturdays and every day of Christmas week except Christmas Eve when closing is 5:30 PM.
London reports taxes totaling 40 822 59 paid as Churchill turns 74. Winston Sullivan notes many pay full amount rather than split payments. Churchill plans a quiet family party with byways on fringe Hyde Park. Doctors urge rest as he remains a dynamic figure and writes memoirs while handling parliamentary matters.
In Tonkawa Oklahoma on November 30 a missing letters case was solved. A trio of two unopened letters found on the streets after being delivered twice. Postmaster Harry J. Barclay and assistant Paul Walker traced the letters to a crew that pulled letters from a mailbox and flew away.
Madame Chiang Kai-shek is due in Washington for about two weeks seeking greater aid for China. She travels from Honolulu to Moffett Field California aboard an American Navy plane “The Sacred Cow” with Brig. Gen. Peter T. K. Pee meeting her on arrival.
Three men confronted a fleeing Black suspect after a station robbery. The man allegedly tossed $15 in currency, muttered a denial, and fled east but was captured within about two blocks. Police recovered $20 from the register and a $5 bill on the suspect’s person.
John Peterson will be sworn in in brief ceremonies tomorrow morning in the office of county clerk Loren Jones. He was appointed yesterday by the Potter County commissioners court to succeed Roy Snodgrass Jr., the outgoing county attorney who resigned.
Emma Irene Jackson 81 of Amarillo died at 8:30 this morning in St. Anthony's Hospital after a ten day stay. Funeral services are set for 2 PM Thursday at Wayside Church with burial in Wayside Cemetery under Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home direction. Born Oak Grove La, she moved to Texas in 1870 and was widow of Monroe Baker Jackson. Survived by daughters Yula Johnson and Annie Burleson both of Amarillo and brothers Homer Smith of Fort Smith Ark and Mark Smith of Lawton Okla. She was a Presbyterian.
New Mexico Military Institute alumni plan a 7:30 pm meeting at the VFW Hall 1401 West Iera Cal. Police report two prowlers broke ventilator windows and stole radios from cars in the 500 block on Pierce and from C A Gilbert’s vehicle at Ross Hotel. Witness Maj Ted Hunt of Roswell, executive secretary of the alumni association will attend.
Welty McCullough of 3614 Fountain reported to police last night that his 1934 black Chevrolet coupe was stolen from its usual parking place.
Persistent fog in Western Europe disrupted travel for a fourth day, grounding planes and delaying trains and the Queen Elizabeth’s Southampton to New York voyage by 13 days. Ambassadors and officials missed appointments as the fog stretched from the Baltic to Portugal, with little relief expected in 24 to 48 hours.
Members of the SPEBSQSA will meet at 8 o'clock tomorrow night in the Herring Hotel for the first gathering since officer and committee appointments. Officers include Townsend president and Young vice president. committees cover publicity house and membership with named members and chairs listed. All members urged to attend this session tomorrow night.
The Bus Drivers Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Operators of America AFL, with Oklahoma City vice president Mr Aber, organized about a year ago and certified as bargaining agent after a National Labor Relations Board election last August. Local officers Bil Ecker and C W Welch lead the drivers while George Nussbaum and family own the bus company. Nussbaum expects negotiations to last several days.
Water wrecked contents on two lower floors and damaged General offices of Spears Warren Stores and Winn Stores of San Antonio, all owned by Perry Brothers. John Redditt, Texas Highway Commission chair, also chairs Perry Brothers board. No serious injuries. blast shattered show windows and sent a scale across the street.
Bill Hanley was dismissed from St. Anthony's Hospital after treatment for facial lacerations from a traffic accident in the 200 block of North Polk. He was a passenger in a coupe driven by James O. Weabley, 19, of 1006 Mississippi, whose car struck a parked vehicle owned by A. J. Forrester Jr., at 4101 Cline Road.
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