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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1945
Page
2
The piece blends light weather notes with local chatter about driving speeds and traffic, plus humorous asides on letters from readers. It references Pampa Plainview and Tucumcari, touches on paw paw fruit discussions, and ends with a reader poem from John D. Harvey.
A collage of lines from a poem with autumn imagery and notes on a Pan tex plant idea. It mentions Amarillo, New York gossip, a potential presidential race, a plastic typewriter, a cowboy star, Stalin Zhukov speculation, Sonja Henie’s dating, and Alex Reese’s misfortune.
At 1 P M the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 186.09 up. The market showed gains across 60.02 and 35.85 points for Wood and 65 stocks. Total sales reached 760000. Fenner Beane Merrill Lynch provided the figures.
USDA cattle market shows salable 21 000 of 24 500 total with active slaughter classes steady to higher. Stockers and feeders firm 25 cents higher. best fed steers reach 16 25 to 17 65, good heifers 14 75 to 16 10, grass cattle down to 11 00, calves 11 00 to 12 50, vealers 13 00 to 12 50. Hogs salable 800, total 1 000, unchanged at ceiling. Sheep 6 000 salable, bids weak early with lambs and natives holding value around 13 75 to 14 25.
Hogs 6,500 active and steady with barrows at 140 lbs and up at 14.85, sows at 14.10. Cattle and calves 17,500 with slaughter steers and yearlings steady to strong. good and choice grades very active. About 65 head topped at 16.00.
The ceiling for cattle remained steady to strong with scarce stock cattle and cows in increased supply. Beef bulls reached up to 13.50 with vealers steady. Sheep activity was fair with 7,000 head. slaughter lambs ranged 14.75 to 15.00, lighter sorts 11.00 to 12.00, native slaughter 5.00 to 6.50.
A compendium of court filings and property transfers lists numerous warranty deeds from G. O. Saunders to W. A. Brand and others across Amarillo parcels, plus records of divorces in G S District Court including Hamilton, Bettis, and Stinson cases. Marriage licenses feature multiple couples including Marvin L. Brown with Mae Vaughn and Robert Copelin with Evelyn Barker.
A legend claims early American cards were made by Columbus era sailors who painted on leaves after discarding orthodox ecards. The tale links maritime voyages to early American card making, but details and origins remain unverified.
Tokyo reports Prince Konoye announcing a forthcoming Japanese charter that would curb the emperor's authority, transferring real power to parliament. Government moves align with General MacArthur's orders to liquidate major industrial trusts including Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Sumitomo and Yasuda as part of postwar reforms.
The Amarillo Chrysanthemum Show by the Garden Club will proceed at the Federated Club Room Civic Auditorium as scheduled despite a killing frost. Women protected blooms by placing them in water tubs and prepared tubs ready for display, said Mrs. H. S. Farrell, show committee chair.
Amarillo civic clubs begin programs to aid the National War Fund drive. Sim Kelley spoke at the Kiwanis luncheon directing funds appeals. Kelley heads a group of Minute Men aiding clubs in fundraising. Judge Boyce, Potter County drive treasurer, cited over $2000 collected through Saturday. War Fund Sunday results remain untabulated from many Amarillo churches.
County auditor John Crudgington will travel to Austin on Wednesday to discuss county bond matters with state officials. The trip was authorized by the county commissioners who also approved buying scales for the health nurse and hiring a new clerk in the county clerk's office.
Carl Bauman aged 41, younger brother of Rudy Bauman of Amarillo, died Saturday in a Wichita Kansas hospital after a heart attack. Funeral services were expected to be held today.
A short ad touts St. Joseph Aspirin as faster and stronger with 100 tablets priced at 35c. The copy urges readers to demand the product and implies it offers better value than competitors.
Local recruiters announced new Navy enlistment periods of two three four and six years replacing the prior four year term. Enlistees gain trade school training and GI Bill benefits with aims to fill ranks by spring for returns home by next summer. Draft age men may enlist before final induction and apply at room 302 post office building.
County Clerk Hubert Cole announces free pamphlets detailing the 1945 46 Texas fish and game laws. The Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission distributes them, and anyone may call at the clerk’s office to obtain one. The pamphlets include changes and the full old laws.
A son born Friday at St. Anthony's Hospital to Mr and Mrs Robert S Ely 312 East Fifteenth has been named Robert S Ely Jr He is the grandson of James C Fly assistant postmaster Mrs Ely is the former Betty Mashburn and the father is a discharged Navy veteran now employed by TWA.
A boiler explosion tore through a Santa Fe roundhouse injuring workmen and destroying a 1901 switch engine. James Gwyn and Valentin Cortez were reported as last in the locomotive when the blast occurred. Initial damage estimates reach $5,000 plus locomotive loss, with inspectors citing low water as a common cause. Charles Grossman of the ICC will investigate the incident in Amarillo.
Madrid October 22 Generalissimo Francisco Franco issued a degree granting Spaniards freedom of assembly and association. The decree permits expression not against state fundamentals and prohibits illegal home entry except in exceptional cases. The order allows government to suspend rights if state security is threatened.
U. S. marshal Bill Lampe departed for Englewood Colorado to escort four juvenile defendants convicted of interstate automobile theft in federal court last week. The youths Roger Lee Reid Daniel Richard Kelly Willard Ross Kent and Milton Guy Runhneis will be committed to the federal training school for boys. Lampe was joined by Jimmie Allison of 2112 Van Buren.
The Greek theater established three core features that defined later stages: the auditorium, the orchestra, and the scene. These elements shaped theater architecture for centuries and influenced performance spaces across cultures.
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