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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1948
Page
20
H C Winburn of the US Weather Bureau at English Field reports no change in the weather this week. Expect 94 degree highs and 61 degree nights with scattered clouds Wednesday and Thursday in Amarillo and vicinity. Tulsa reached 94 degrees with a 62 degree low Tuesday night.
Executive secretary Garland Smith of the Texas Federation of Labor. international roofer representative. Dr Leon Hill pastor of San Jacinto Baptist Church. Clarence Aber third international VP of the Amalgamated Association. M. E. Winberg of Amarillo in charge of arrangements. Wes Izzard editor of The Globe News to be master of ceremonies at Thompson Park.
Narcotics officers raid Miss Leeds home as Mitchum and Ford are taken into custody after a pre-dawn entry. Police say they found marijuana cigarettes and that the investigation spanned eight months into Movieland’s elite social circles. The incident follows Mitchum’s rise from cowboy hero to film star.
A group of high school juniors discuss marriage ideals and household duties. Barbara Juett, Shirley Gant, and others express thoughts on independence, partner traits, and traditional domestic expectations in a candid survey.
Proposed Amarillo Independent School District budget details show a total around 638 000 with receipts from state aid miscellaneous and refunds and a 105 900 000 valuation. Figures include tuition rent and administration expenses with listed transfers and net totals.
The suspects, not present at today's raid, were booked at Los Angeles Central Jail with bail set at $1,000 each. Barr said upon identification Miss Leeds offered more information and pulled three cigarettes from her robe, admitting two years of use and buying 12 sticks for $10, having smoked three so far.
The article notes potential gaps between unofficial and official returns in a senatorial contest. A thousand-vote swing could alter the outcome, prompting Stevenson and Johnson to stay close. The state Democratic committee will certify county results on Sept. 13, but missing county reports could still change final standings.
Principal R B Norman described Sara Wescoat as one of the most outstanding girls to attend Amarillo High School. He noted she was active in the Ken Club treasurer and Tri-Hi-Y president, participated in dramatic and speech events, led the Girl Reserve, and belonged to the National Honor Society and Ken Scholarship Society.
Students at Randall County Vocational School host wheat producers and handlers in a Canyon High School auditorium meeting. Topics include milling quality wheat varieties and poor milling types. Principal speaker is Frederic Dines of Tex-O-Kan Flour Mills with Harold E Shahan present as Randall County agricultural agent. The session begins at 8 o'clock.
Former Marines elected Robert N. Dowell Jr temporary commandant of the Marine Corps League Amarillo detachment at a meeting in Saratoga Cafe Tuesday night. Twenty seven ex-Marines from across the Panhandle attended the organizational meeting led by Orville W. Snyder Albuquerque a national officer for the Military Order of Devil Doss. Members aim to have their charter ready to join the Armistice Day Parade and urge interested parties to contact Dowell before month’s end.
Mayor Lawrence Hagg announced approval to invite War Assets Administration officials for a formal deed transfer to Amarillo city. Col. Carl Wallace of Grand Prairie leads the regional WAA. a date will be set for presenting deeds to the city, covering hangars warehouses and other buildings at Amarillo Field.
US Highway 54 Association executive committee will meet in Dalhart with chamber officials to plan the annual convention. Tentative dates are Oct 15 16. Dalhart leaders include Harold Long president and Harlan Remberg secretary treasurer both from El Dorado Kansas.
Memorial Park officials will replace 28 dead evergreen trees next spring using the same nursery firm. City park superintendent Mark Miles said the delay awaits the park’s new sprinter system installation. Memorial Park lies between Jackson and Washington from Twenty-fourth to Twenty-eighth.
City traffic department repainted school crossing signs in front of public and parochial schools. Police Captain Carl ie Price notes speed limit in school zones is 12 mph from sunrise to sunset as signs warn drivers to slow.
The record lists fixed charges for insurance telephones and telegrams tax refunds auxiliary agencies library books and supplies visual aid capital outlay alterations and improvements new equipment sidewalks and paving new delivery truck landscaping miscellaneous activities medical rent Patton Annex Southern Association evaluation exigency totaling 450.00.
Four teen boys ages 18, 15, and two are held after a 15-year-old was caught in a stolen car. They allegedly stole 10 cars in 10 days for joy rides using copper wire to ignition. In New Haven Charles A. Beard, 73, historian and author, dies at Grace Memorial Hospital after two weeks as patient. Shoeshine boys in Mexico form a union.
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