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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1947
Page
2
A columnist praises Lawrence Hagy for fiscal restraint while lampooning the Taxpayers League's attacks. The piece warns that charter changes could trigger chaos, reduced services, and higher crime if taxes rise fails. A second note recounts Dr Tack discussing dream meanings and a snake dream advisory. Sport notes praise West Texans at Tulsa.
Mr Tack presents a team nearing major league standards with Kimbrough a top figure and Ed Thomas of Longchamp's noting chefs in Amarillo and the Panhandle kill lobsters before cooking. He contrasts this with New England residents who prefer boiling live lobsters for taste, a cruel tradition.
A biting letter column recounts Mr. Tack’s prejudice against New England lobsters and shore dinners. The piece mocks diners, recalls a Connecticut shore dinner, and questions animal sympathy. It also notes Mr. Tack’s World Series tickets in Brooklyn and a dawn cold-weather wakeup as fall arrives.
During World War I British troops contracted anthrax from shaving brushes imported from Japan. The note contrasts the sun’s apparent position with northern sunlight and then reports the anthrax outbreak linked to grooming supplies.
Merrill Lynch shows a down slide with industrial averages off 1.96 and 0.71 in other sectors. Kansas City cattle and hog markets reflect slow to steady demand with notable movements in grass cattle, calves, and slaughter sheep, as prices range across several classes.
Bernard Gault Faulkner, a former Amarillo taxi driver, heads to the Texas penitentiary to begin a 35 year term for murdering his wife Edith Norrid Honeycutt Faulkner. He is among nine Amarillo Canyon and Dalhart inmates moved from Potter County jail in a chain drag to serve various sentences.
A head on collision 12 miles south of Borger on the Panhandle Highway injured three people. Lorene Termin, 14, Borger, suffered lacerations and shock. Joyce Hazzard, 16, Borger, and Charles Goers, Panhandle, had minor injuries. The Powers party returned from the Tri State Fair. Goers was en route to Panhandle. Joyce Hazzard expected to be released today.
Police ordered curtailment of private parking lot operators who block pavements and wave flags to resemble official signals for fair traffic directing. Carlie Price, traffic captain, said operators will be forbidden to stand in the road.
The traffic signal at Tenth and Arthur is on manual control to ease movement toward fair park this week. Police Traffic Captain Carlie Price says the light will stay green for East Tenth traffic except when cross traffic on Arthur requires a pause.
Louisville dean J. J. Oppenheimer recounts parents calling about failing students. He notes a shift from irate fathers to tearful wives and fears veterans' wives may soon join with pleas about bad reports. The dean says he has been lucky thus far.
Eldridge C. Davis 37 of Borger died from injuries after a car plunged over a 50 foot precipice on the Stinnett road. Ruby Wren of Pampa was critically injured. Jack Seawright 28 of Pampa, driver, held on charges of driving while intoxicated. The 1939 Plymouth sedan was demolished.
Quail coveys are reported in the city with sightings at Trinity Lutheran Hall on Harrison and quail heard near homes on Taylor and Polk streets. Mrs. H W Duke reported a quail calling at sunup and nest sites observed by neighbors, indicating multiple nesting sites around 1800 Harrison and 1519 Taylor.
Potter County tax valuations are expected to total between 45 and 47 million dollars this year. Tax collector Frank Hoyt announced the recapitulation of the roll should be completed today. Increases in railroad and utility renditions pushed the total above earlier expectations by more than a million dollars.
New Mexico and Kansas men were arrested yesterday for transporting liquor in a wet area without a permit. Nolen Ware, 38, Portales, was held in Potter County jail after remarking liquor is cheaper here. D. H. Smart, 26, Pratt Kansas, was released after pleading guilty and paying a $100 fine plus costs in county court.
Researchers report finding a seven leaf clover in a plant sample. The discovery highlights natural variation and interest for genetics in plant development.
Amarillo scouts from cub and senior units demonstrate skills in the Merchants Building during fair week with afternoon and evening sessions. Troop 24 showcases pioneer work, Troop 13 fire by friction, and various packs and posts present handicraft, seamanship, knot typing, rope making, and safety demonstrations.
Traffic in Amarillo last night ran about 25 percent above normal with no accidents reported to police. An official attributed the safe conditions to motorists' unusual caution.
Senator Connally said he would raise with naval officials the report that the Corpus Christi Naval Air Base in Texas would close on December 15. He noted assurances from before his Rio de Janeiro trip that no early status change was planned and that a 3,500 strong force could drop to about 2,200.
The region now known as Iowa transitioned from a 1763 Spanish ceded territory to French control in 1801 and finally became part of the Louisiana Purchase and the United States in 1803. The sequence marks Iowa’s early international transfers before statehood.
A report on the Tri-State Fair fine arts exhibit notes a typographical error changing Estella Billington of 826 Lipscomb to Estella Gillington. The item calls attention to the misprint without detailing awards or other entries.
Chicago stockyards report on September 23 shows hogs 12 000 mostly 25 to 50 cents lower with various weight ranges. cattle 7 300 and calves 800 with slaughter steers and heifers steady to weak. beef cows steady. bulls steady to strong. sheep 3 300 slow with lamb bids steady and native spring lambs holding above $10.00.
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