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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1945
Page
2
The writer comments on a torn breuth and lingering clouds at Amarillo Field while discussing Lt. Jess Willard, Detroit World Series bets, cigarette as currency in Europe, and wartime rail and air transport shifts. He urges railroads to improve service, criticizes Congress salaries, and ponders wages, inflation, and wartime economic policy.
Betty Grable returned to New York seeking a quiet visit with her husband and asked newsmen not to bother her. Reporters left her alone, but she reportedly cried and feared a nervous breakdown after two days in the city. The piece notes many people seek newspaper attention by asking to be left unnamed.
Markets show Dow Jones industrials at 183.46 down 39.20 and rails at 59.19 down 0.3. Kansas City livestock prices include cattle with loads of yearling steers at 17.65 and calves around 16.00 to 18.75, hogs at ceiling prices, and sheep with native lambs 13.00 to 13.50 and Colorado lambs 13.75, reflecting steady trade in slaughter classes and light activity outside bulls and heifers.
Chicago hogs traded mostly steady with good and choice at 140 to 147.5 dollars per hundredweight. Cattle saw steady to higher demand with top prices for choice steers and yearlings around 18 dollars. slaughter cows and calves mixed. Sheep and lambs remained active with good and choice slaughter lambs near 14 to 14.5 dollars.
Courthouse records list warranty deeds transferring parcels in Amarillo and surrounding subdivisions from multiple grantors to new owners including Charles T Ware to Dewey A Hicks and Laura V Nelson to Theodore R Callaway. Also recorded are transfers by Amarillo Improvement Co and others, plus two marriage licenses for Caiger with Audrey Mark and Rowan with Margaret Stotts.
Fred Hayden, motor machinist's mate first class, was discharged August 31 at Camp Peary Virginia. Enlisted February 22, 1942, he earned four battle stars a letter of commendation and was mentioned for the Presidential Unit Citation. He took part in seven landings including Normandy and Salerno and recalled the Salerno evacuation night. Hayden is the son of Mrs. Cora Green and nephew of Mrs. Albert Bivins, 712 Fillmore.
Sheriff investigators link the deaths of William Bryant Cole and his wife to a pair of graves found near Ludlow California and Kingman Arizona. The man’s body was identified by clothing. the car was found nearby and no murder weapon has been located. A suspect is being sought as cash near seven thousand dollars vanished.
The postwar Herring Hotel at 317 East Third unveils a complete remodel from brick glass front to roof. Gleaming chromium like improvements promise ready conditions to meet modern hotel customers.
The Herring Hotel announces major upgrades including kitchen, coffee shop, dining room, and barbershop improvements. Guest rooms gain new furniture and air conditioning while three new elevators replace old ones. A 24 hour drug store, beauty shop, sample rooms for salesmen, and a revived Old Tascosa club are added. L W Slack named manager.
The hotel manager Mr Slack says the salesman, normally, is the backbone of the hotel business as he looks ahead to the time for special displays shows and sales conventions.
Mrs. Leland Abbott hosted the Twentieth Century Culture Club session at 1702 Monroe. Members discussed furnishings and decorations, and R G Atkinson led the business meeting with Byron Ellis resigning as reporter and R H Owens elected to replace.
The Weather Bureau reports light rain is on the way with only .02 inch from last night. Moisture today will be limited to sprinkles. Noon temperature was 56. Sun may brighten briefly. Partly cloudy tomorrow with little temperature change.
The Herring hotel employs 280 people to operate a 600 room property built in 1926 and opened in January next year. It features Italian marble lobby walls and a $35,000 painting titled The Blacksmith. The center lobby fountain chandelier remains off until the war ends and 93 former staff are now in the armed forces.
Yvonne DeVieming H Montgomery and Mildred Wili son Billie J Rodgers with Elsie Midah Kyle Fordyce and Leah Helen Bennett appear in brief public notices.
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