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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1947
Page
7
Fifteen people were killed in traffic accidents across the Panhandle during August. The State Highway Patrol notes a drop of eight from July. August saw 73 accidents, 11 fatal and 62 nonfatal, with 98 cars, 70 trucks and seven other vehicles involved.
Frank Hoyt Potter County tax collector returned from a fishing trip to northern Colorado with four inches of hail and only one fish a sucker caught in Colorado. He did, however, bring back several nice trout from a lake near Clayton New Mexico where the trip ended.
A humorous essay mocks the Empire State Building claims, noting it is not the tallest forever and recounting a fanciful phantom theft rumor. The piece jokes about the building’s height, basements, and glass facades, ending with a light generalization about its size and a dig at the “longest” brick line. A separate news brief announces highway bids in Austin on September 23 and 24 totaling about 9.92 million dollars for farm roads and expressways.
Gov Beauford H Jester announced the Good Neighbor Commission with R E Smith as acting chairman and reappointed members from the prior panel Lloyd Benson and H H Coffield. New six year terms for Karl Hoblitzelle Hugh Halff and Gen Jonathan M Wainwright. four year terms for Bishop C E Byrne Guy B Warren and Dofiance of El Paso. Consultants named include Chris Fox Arthur Gonzales Chas Hackett Manuel Raymond Mrs Alice Renfro and Andreas Rivera. Jester urged compulsory Spanish in Texas schools and bilingual continental harmony.
Governor Beauford H. Jester announced that Texas school lunch program supervision will shift to federal control this year after a $73,000 shortfall on the Legislature's $27,000 appropriation. The federal government will contribute $2,980,000 to Texas this year, plus $550,000 in commodities from the Agriculture Department.
John J. Slaughter, field supervisor of the Department of Agriculture food distribution branch, emphasizes the need for federal supervision of the program to ensure proper administration and consistency across regions.
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