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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1946
Page
2
A long reader letter mix from Amarillo comments on Perryton's progress, maps, and business sense. It laments dull clerks, praises Perryton as progressive, and urges better knowledge of nearby towns. The writer mentions Duke Moseley, Fred Miller, and a critique of a national Mothers article.
Editor invites grandparents to send pictures of their granddaughters for a featured page. Images should show girls aged roughly 6 months to 5 years, not too small or large, continuing a long running display of family portraits.
The speaker argues against publishing baby photos early in life. He notes newborns lack personality and looks, comparing a granddaughter to Edward G. Robinson and suggesting babies improve after crawling and several months. He favors delaying baby pictures until they are older and drool-free.
The speaker praises women for their unwavering devotion to motherhood and babies, claiming they never backtalk about infants and even exalt babies that resemble sausage. He coins the behavior as supreme bull, suggesting women may have come to believe their own rhetoric.
A humorous column riffs on men’s discomfort with babies and women’s fervent praise. It suggests mothers should be sheltered from husbands for months, extols babies as a civic balm, and bizarrely proposes policies to delay baby visibility until two months old and to favor granddaughters in photo features.
A stalled truck loaded with 60,000 pounds of dynamite blocked both sides of the East Tenth Avenue underpass in an early morning incident. Police said the heavy load caused the vehicle to stall while climbing the incline on its route from Lubbock to Oklahoma, prompting cautious motorists to avoid the other side.
Merrill Lynch figures show declines across major indices midday trading with 30 Industrials down 3.11 to 161.10 and 20 rail and utility groups lower. Trading volume reaches 1,320,000 at 1 PM CST.
Kansas City cattle buyers showed erratic trade with 9 000 cattle and 2 400 calves. Slaughter steers and heifers and dairy cows moved lower while good stockers held near prior levels. vealers dipped. Hogs 3 500 with activity decent, prices around 24 50. Sheep 8 000 slowed with minimal demand.
Elderly lady seeks furnished room with utilities in exchange for companionship. Contact Mrs Ruth Stchler at 2402 Garfield or call 5134 for details.
Early bids on slaughter lambs dropped sharply with buyers easing on bids though good and choice native lambs remained above 23 dollars.
Chicago livestock recap shows hogs at 19 500 head with slower open and moderate late trade, mostly 75 cents lower than Tuesday, top $24 for heavy hogs. cattle 9 000 head with fed steers and yearlings strong to $36 top, heifers around $30, cows weak to $15.50, feeders steady. sheep 10 000 head with lambs 25 to 50 cents lower, native and fed wool lambs around $23.75.
Scale Homes Inc transfers Lot 22 and 23 Block 31 East Amarillo to Arthur E Nizzi. G B Chandler and others transfer Lot 8 Block 27 Roberts Place to Jess William Proctor. Harry E Davis and others transfer Lots 10 and 11 Block 47 East Amarillo to J O Goggler. Mrs B A Vaitsa transfers Lot 9 Block 229 Plemons to B Garner Sorge. J C Winn and others transfer Lot 18 Block 3 John Dees to Robert P Acker. Andrew Acker and wife to Robert P Acker Lot 13 Block 2 T&K. J B McMillen and wife to Comfort McMillen Glass part Lot 2 Block 1 Sanborn and Holland subdivision of Block 180 Plemons.
A search for 14 year old Rex Montague from Plainview in the Amarillo area is ongoing with no results. Rex left home for school Monday morning and is described as 5 feet 2 inches tall, 113 pounds, dark complexion with brown hair and blue eyes. He wore a plain khaki suit and no hat.
A man armed with a gun forced Parker to strip, shot once without hitting him, then abducted a girl and drove off. She was later released near a farmhouse an hour later after resisting assault.
Donald Dubbert a second grader son of Mrs Ruby Dubbert of 2413 Buchanan was struck by a car noon today as he started across Fillmore Street behind Alice Landergin School to return home after talking with an uncle. He was not believed to be seriously hurt and was taken to a doctor for examination. The car driver stopped and gave aid.
A thermometer disappeared from the U S Weather Bureau observation station at English Field last night between 7 30 and 8 30 p m A stand by thermometer was brought to the mounting of the missing instrument No charges yet but locals speculate a party in town dislikes the readings The loss did not affect records and officials want the thermometer returned.
A pair of gold-rimmed glasses in a bent case were lost around Monday. If found, contact J. Frank Triplett at the Producers Grain Co located in the Fisk Building.
A resident reports a missing billfold at the Paramount Theater containing twelve dollars and personal photos including a brother who is overseas. The finder is asked to return it and a reward will be paid. Call 6532 and ask for Lucille.
A brief sports item notes a player conceding a lost green in a Tuesday night round with details continuing on page six.
Congressman Gene Worley telegraphs War Assets Administration Fort Worth urging immediate checks on rumors of outsiders bidding on surplus property at McLean POW camp. He asks that surplus lands be kept for Panhandle veterans and notes ongoing veteran sales at Pantex.
Citizenship school for foreign-born residents, run by A. K. Baracat and J. C. Lilly, meets at 7:30 in the courthouse third floor courts. Sponsored by Hanson Post American Legion, with many war brides expected.
The association secretary announced a carnival at the school building on 1600 Cleveland starting at 7 o clock. The evening will feature a program by school children and conclude with the crowning of a school queen. The event will include a crazy activities segment.
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