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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1946
Page
2
Weather notes reiterate a wetter trend with bets placed on rainfall before year end and a slight warm-up predicted tomorrow. The piece recalls local business activity in stockyards and prices, polio and diphtheria concerns, plus reflections on leadership figures and a World Series betting turn against expectations.
The piece contrasts business leaders who admit errors with government department heads who defend past actions. It argues officials resist change, citing that their personal finances aren’t affected and stubbornness becomes a luxury they can afford.
The speaker commends the OPA for good work and acknowledges both strong and weak efforts. Paul Porter is highlighted as a very courageous public figure, with others also viewed as brave and patriotic.
Porter agrees to run the Office of Price Administration as the Truman administration faces strong opposition in Congress and public outrage. He accepts despite knowing the political risks, displaying patriotism and courage while supporters fear for his career.
A brief reflection argues substitutes who imitate leaders seldom succeed, noting that mere ability does not guarantee achievement when following in the footsteps of powerful predecessors.
A group of Amarillo singers met at Amarillo College auditorium to organize and elect officers next Tuesday. The goal is 100 members with participation invited from Amarillo and nearby towns. The Messiah, once presented for 16 years before the war, is planned for December 15 at the Municipal Auditorium, directed again by Emil F. Myers.
Funeral plans for Albert Cecil Littlejohn who died September 2 in Heidelberg Germany are expected to be announced tomorrow by Blackburn Shaw. The Amarillo native son, son of Mr and Mrs Dave Littlejohn of 2004 North Arthur, will have a body arriving tomorrow at noon. Surviving relatives include the widow Venita Littlejohn a daughter Barbara Lee three brothers Charles D Perry and G W all of Amarillo two sisters Roberta Rosalie grandfather Perry L Littlejohn Camargo Oklahoma and grandmother Mrs G W Qualls of Amarillo.
Ray Dawson, 23, of Pampa, was found by a Potter County jury to be of unsound mind. The jury ruled he cannot aid his attorneys in his defense in the capital criminal assault case. A recommendation to place him in an insane institution, likely the home for returned veterans in Waco, was made.
Owen Perry Waltesberger aged 51 died suddenly this morning in Panhandle where he managed the Panhandle Inn. The body lies at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home in Amarillo awaiting funeral arrangements. The notice ends with an advertising line for Globe News Want Ads.
The stock market opened with a rally following the meat de control ruling, with fractional gains around a point. American Woolen led early with a 15 point jump in preferred and 5 point in common, as Santa Fe, General Motors, U S Steel and others rose near mid day while bonds stayed steady and cotton slipped.
Kansas City cattle receipts 10 500 calves 3 000 with steers and heifers up to 2.50 higher cows bulls vealers and calves also higher. Hogs 6 000 steady to 2.50 lower with good and choice weights around 26. Prices for feeders and stockers mixed as market activity remains uneven. Sheep 6 750 active and uneven with good lambs and yearlings trading above 20 dollars and natives around 25 dollars for bulk goods.
Hogs 16 500 mostly steady with top hogs at 27.50 and late sales weaker with 25 to 26. Cattle 9 500 calves 600 firmer with top steers and yearlings to 35.25 and best h eifers at 31.25. Sheep 5 500 slaughter lambs bid up around 1 50 with good slaughter lambs above 26 50 and ewes steady to higher. Financial industrial fund liquidating at 1.9707 with offers at 2.16.
Notice from Tim Sage requesting the return of a No 2 Brownie Cadet camera left on a bus near North Fillmore or South Polk and Tyler. A small reward is offered. contact the Capitol Hotel Coffee Shop cashier between 6 30 A M and 2 30 P M.
The article notes that about 650000 fires occur annually across the United States, highlighting the scale of residential and commercial fire incidents and implying broad safety implications.
Outgoing missionary nurse Ruth Duncan of Lubbock will address the church at 7 45 tonight in the Church of the Open Bible at Fifteenth and One. Born in Amarillo and educated in Lubbock, Hardin Simmons, Moody Bible Institute, and Lubbock Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, she sails from San Francisco on November 10 to join the China Inland Mission.
Mrs. Herbert E. Bozeman longtime Amarillo resident died at 10 last night at her Corpus Christi home 330 Camellia Drive where she had lived since 1944 Funeral services set for 4 pm Thursday in Corpus Christi Burial also there Mrs Bozeman born Louise Larson a Minnesota graduate and charter AAUW member later president 1942 43 active in Polk Street Methodist Church Lived 22 years in Amarillo at 2012 Van Buren Mr Bozeman owned a printing and multigraphing business in the Blackburn Building They were active in the American Legion Survived by husband and two sons Herbert Cecil and David Otis of Corpus Christi
Funeral services for William J. Arnn who died in a Buffalo Lake drowning will be held tomorrow at 4 PM at the Assembly of God Church conducted by Rev. E R Foster. Burial follows at Llano Cemetery. Arnn lived at 309 North West Sixth Street and was fishing with H A Pickering when their boat capsized. Pickering was rescued and Arnn's body was recovered by Central Fire Station firefighters. The body rests at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
Roy L. Harris of 826 North Woodland sustained a bruised knee and scrapes when his 1941 De Soto collided with Garfield E Turner?s car on North East Eighth. Turner backed from Monroe onto the street. the crash occurred about 7:50 p.m. Harris was taken home by taxi after the collision.
Dun and Bradstreet records one Texas business failure for August not in the Panhandle. The failed firm carried liabilities of 89 000 dollars. This increases Texas totals for the first eight months of the year to five failures.
Mrs Poke Bennett shares impressions from New York visiting reporters, taxi drivers, a Detroit stenographer and a hotel maid. She notes New Yorkers appear cool and crowded, with the state department occupying hotel floors and a city full of diverse sights. A street preacher laments politics as locals glance by.
Heavy cattle gains lifted top prices by about 75 cents with a 1 050 pound heifer selling for 210 dollars. Terry Thompson Jr consigned the top animal as pens at Amarillo Livestock Auction Co and Western Stock Yards eased from prior overcrowding amid car shortages.
Last night a rail line delayed shipment of several carloads of livestock. Eddie Johnson, co-owner of two livestock firms, estimated 1500 to 2000 head would be sold today with most on an individual head sale basis. The market moves to the Panhandle Live stock Commission Co. tomorrow and returns to the Amarillo company Friday.
Burglars broke into B. & M. Auto Sales at 621 Fillmore last night and stole a set of keys used to take a 1941 Ford coach bearing Arkansas license 196-082. Police investigation is underway.
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