Chicago’s crime a talk of stock market and politics
The column surveys Chicago crime under Capone influence, a volatile stock market, rail travel changes, and political maneuvering at a Texas convention with Jester supporters shaping the event. It notes public mood, unemployment bonuses, psychiatrists, and ambitions for a coast to coast Santa Fe train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tom Gallaher
Santa Fe
Amarillo
Panhandle
Raton
New York Central
Century
New Century
New York
Jo Jo the Pup Invades Bath Time and Door Cracking
A young girl’s dog Jo Jo crashes into a bath, nips a visitor, and points to the faucet. He escapes the tub, shakes outside away from carpets, and learns to open unhooked doors. The Yellow Cab driver named Frosty is Patsy Sue’s father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo-Jo
Mrs. Hershinger
Patsy Sue
Yellow Cab Company
Frosty
Hershingers
Northcutt to St Louis as Patsy enrolls in college
County Judge E. O. Northcutt and Mrs. Northcutt are away for several days. They traveled to St. Louis Missouri where Patsy Northcutt plans to enroll at St. Charles College.
Ronald Colman Improves After Illness in Santa Monica
Ronald Colman, seriously ill with a head and scalp infection for three days, showed improvement today according to his physician Dr. Robert J. Kositchek in Santa Monica California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Colman
Santa Monica
Cal
Robert J. Kositchek
British announce coal shortage for German winter
Herford Germany September 9 1947 British authorities in the zone inform Germans they will have no coal for heating this winter and mandate a stringent woodcutting program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herford
Germany
Kansas City Livestock Prices Sluggish in Midweek Trade
Kansas City stock market reports cattle and hog sales with totals for salable and overall runs. Slaughter classes steady to strong with higher prices on select shortfed steers and heifers. Feeder and calf prices show firming trends while hogs remain near ceiling with little change. Sheep demand slow with Texas ewes steady and Colorado feeding lambs listed.
Chicago Livestock Prices Move Steady to Higher at Market
Chicago stockyards report Sept 9 with hogs at 16.25 ceiling and 1,200 head, cattle and calves steady to 50 cents higher, steers up to 20.25 ceiling and 16.00 to 20.00 bulk, beef cows 11.00 to 15.50, bulls 13.50, sheep active with lambs around 20.00 top and ewes 9.00 down to 7.00, 75 lb new crop lambs 16.50.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
USDA
Financial Industrial Fund Liquidating Offering Prices
Court records show liquidating offer details for Financial Industrial Fund with price of 2.33 while a $2.1282 figure appears. Deeds list Hugo H Loewenstein and spouse to E R Lewis for lots 9 and 10 in block 31 at Amarillo Heights. Leo Grady and spouse to Patrick Leo Greey for lot 5 in block 35 at Amarillo Heights. R Ramsey transfers to D M Floyd for a lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Financial Industrial Fund
Hugo H. Loewenstein
E. R Lewis
G&s
Leo Grady
Patric Leo Greey
Amarillo
R. Ramsey
D. M. Floyd
Property Transfers and Local Court Notices
A stream of real estate filings lists numerous lot transfers in Forest Hill, Plemons, Amarillo Co. Club and other subdivisions, followed by district court entries including multiple divorces. Marriage licenses are issued to several couples including Thomas B. McCann and Bertha Mae Robrahn and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delm
Co. McCarley
Ola
Dasher
Morningside
Holland
Wood
J. M. Thrasher
Forest Hill Ter
Sears Gentry
R. D. Reilly
Forest Hill Park
Jessie Lee Brannen
Booker T. Henry
G&s
William E. Osborne
Dewey Area
University Ts. R
Rosenbaum
P. H. Wrye
A. R. Hunsucker
Schultz Construction Co
Paul K. Lefforge
Denver
Robert E. Condon
Nick di Paolo
Academy Court
Flora B. Porterfield
G. C. Beale
G&s. District Court
Dorothy Hagan
J. W. Hagan
Walter E. Jones
Reba Jones
Lyle Elliott
Carl Elliott
Onedia Whitaker
Clyde Whitaker
Henrie Mae Collins
Charles E. Collins
Grace York
Bryan York
Thomas B. McCann
Bertha Mae Robrahn
Lee Berry
Thelma Gillene
Wilfred Evans Rush
Bette Erle Vaughn
Thomas Hazzard Thompson
Helen Florine Burgess
H. J. Krueger
Ruby Nickens
Bill B. Shrewsbury
Betty Maud Morrie
James A. Medley
Frances Goettee
James W. Hadley
Isabell Finnegan
Johnny 8. Brown
Jessie Lee Trimble
Maid in Kansas City case ends with child found safe
A maid hired after a roadside hitchhike abducted a 3 year old named Toby. The child was found unharmed in a farmhouse near Terre Haute. The parents plan to reunite after flying from Kansas City to Indiana. FBI took charge of the case and the family vows stricter hiring checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Will Industries
Clora Moore
Vance
Irving
Bailey
Kansas City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Terre Haute
Philip Tobias
Ind
Toby
Tobias
Tody
Bay City Marshal Seeks Julius Bailey on Felony Warrant
Teletype from Bay City Police Headquarters reports city marshal holding a felony warrant for Julius B Bailey 40 tall 5 8 weight 150 pounds dark hair blue eyes last seen driving a black buggy with yellow wheels pulled by a bay horse marked with the letter C en route toward Marble Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey
Bay City
Marble Falls
36th Division veterans nominate leaders at Fort Worth reunion
Fort Worth September 9 Col Carl L Phinney of Dallas named to head the 36th Division Association to succeed Brig Gen H Miller Ainsworth as president with Maj Gen Preston Weatherred named honorary president The election to be held later today will choose a new board including Col Andrew Price Fort Worth and Col John Garner Corsicana Other nominees include Arthur Hartman Brig Gen Nat Perrins Richard Bass Lester Chumley and Harry Kelton secretary treasurer The meeting also considers a resolution condemning mistreatment of citizen soldiers in wars and backs legislation for universal military training The reunion featured Gen Jonathan M Wainwright urging a strong peacetime defense and the women’s auxiliary of the 36th Division electing a new Fort Worth president Mrs E E Guthrie The 36th Division veterans also review a Texas constitutional amendment proposal creating a veterans land board and fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Carl L. Phinney
Dallas
Rapido
Italy
H. Miller Ainsworth
Luling
36Th Division Association
Preston A. Weatherred
Ainsworth
Andrew F. Price
Arthur C. Hartman
Brooks General
Salerno
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Bataan
War Department
National Guard
West Point Protective Association
Mrs Frances Pierce Dies at Spearman Hospital
Frances Scott Pierce 43 of Spearman died in a local hospital at noon. She was wife of L D Pierce a water well driller. Boxwell Brothers to return the body. Funeral plans pending. Survived by husband two sons Bobbie Jack and J L Pierce a daughter Peggy June five sisters and one brother. Member of the Full Gospel Church at Spearman.
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Frances Scott Pierce
Spearman
Stocks Break To New Lows Amid Broad Selloff
New York September 9 stocks slumped across all sectors with major leaders breaking to multi‑month lows. Heavy dumping followed an active open as the tape lagged floor trades, and losses ranged from one to five points. Analysts cited labor disputes and last week’s bear-market fears as fueling the selling, with casualties including U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler General Motors and American Telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hiram Walker
Schenley
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet
Chrysler
General Motors
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chesapeake & Ohio
U. S. Rubber
Goodrich
American Telephone
Company Names in a Vacuum
Electric Power and Light Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck J L Case Anaconda Kennecott Standard Oil NJ American Can Du Pont Celanese Union Carbide Eastman Kodak and U S Gypsum appear as a list of corporations.
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Teil & Tel Aennee Eee
Anaconda
Armour & Co. Coeesees
Gillette Razor
Goodrich
Goodyear Tee
Oil N Ee
Studebaker
See
Tegacess Ees
Texas Corp
Tex Gulf
Western Union
White Motors
Willys-Overland Ee
Wilson & Co. Ee
Woolworth Ee
Electric Power & Light
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
J. L Case
Kennecott
Standard Oil (Nj
American Can
du Pont
Celanese
Union Carbide
Eastman Kodak
U. S. Gypsum
Britain withdraws 11 billion dollar claim against Italy
Britain waives all reparations claims against Italy except the right to seize Italian property on British territory. The move, aimed at aiding the peace conference and the economic commission, counters Balkan claims including Yugoslavia's 1.3 billion and Greece's 2 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Great Britain
Italy
Peace Conference
Balkan
Yugoslavia
Greece
Italian Economic Commission
Commission
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Congress
Old Tascosa
John McCarty
Capone
Ragan
FBI
Mac
Romania
Michigan Avenue
Arillo
Cunningham
Credentials Committee
R. L. Holliday
el Paso
Jester
Harlingen
Price Daniel
Allan Shivers
Elmer Lincoln
Texarkana
Lincoln
Marie Thompson
Goliad
Albert Sidney Johnson
Bascom Gist
Tyler
Lewis Nordyke
Amarilo
Oveta Culp Hobby
Houston
Coke Stevenson
L. Brann
Hamilton
Brann
W. Lee O'Daniel
Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
U.P
Texas
Colorado
Courthouse Records
J. E. Hewett
Optometrist
East 5Th St
Isimma
Aac Rei Lemmelen El.ga
Nting CO
Emma Eae
Business Men’s Assurance CO
F. B
Abe
Martin
Oliver Eakle Bidg
Frances Pierce
Globe-News
Bruce Air Conditioning CO
E. 4Th
Charley Duncum
Amarillo Automobile Owners
Duncum
Harley Stone Service
Harley Stone
St. Phillips
Telephone
L.N. Pittman
Risle
Blackburn-Shaur
Pier
Amarillo Cement & Builders Supply CO
Troy’s
Cash & C
Laundry & Dry Cleaners
Harrison
Georgia
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