29 Apr 1950
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1950
Page
1
A Burlingame California high school student council promotes neat dress and soap and water to curb teen delinquency. After three days of the campaign, most male students attend school in dress-up clothing, signaling pride and self respect through cleanliness.
The column reviews Bill Boye’s Capital Comment critiquing Truman’s veto of the Kerr Natural Gas Bill while joking about traffic tickets in Amarillo, Congressional junketing, TWA Constellation service, an Albuquerque airfield incident, Budapest customs, Phoenician culture jest, and closes with a Dallas murder verdict for Harold Christman.
Labor groups filed a suit in Amarillo seeking higher wages for overpass project workers. The city set a scale from 75 cents to 1 65 an hour, lower than existing union rates. Defendants include Mayor Gene Klein and two city commissioners. A hearing was set for Monday with requests for temporary and permanent injunctions and a declaratory judgment voiding the city’s wage rates.
Savage tornadoes ripped across Oklahoma and Texas on Friday killing at least nine people and possibly twelve. At Holdenville Oklahoma five died and about one hundred were injured according to Red Cross counts though reporters logged fewer fatalities. Homes and buildings were destroyed or damaged across at least six locations with hail and lightning accompanying the twisters.
Ten US congressmen arrive in Amarillo to study oil and gas in the Panhandle with a congressional committee, clerks, and an economist. They will tour fields by car and plane, attend chuck wagon luncheon at Chandler Weymouth Ranch, cocktails at the Herring Hotel, and a dinner hosted by Gen. Ernest Thompson before a plane trip over Panhandle and Hugoton fields.
Coleman April 28 Fort Worth consulting engineer charged today the US Bureau of Reclamation seeks to control Texas water supplies Marvin C Nichols said both the bureau and the West Texas Chamber of Commerce hinder water development He cited alleged misstatements about the Canadian River project and costs while H E Robbins denied any plan to retain project titles and use funds for control
Fort Worth salesman Jack B. Corn proposes a 10 day cloud seeding experiment over the Tri State region to induce rain using silver iodide. He cites recent showers near Waxahachie Corsicana and hints Cloud formations could extend to Lubbock Albuquerque if skies cooperate.
Two grass fires near Dalhart on April 28 burned about 18 sections. One fire, near the A. H. Patterson Ranch 15 miles north, started from a tractor and caused minor damage to 12 acres. The second blaze, 15 miles southwest along the Rock Island line, spread from Bob Meeks Ranch toward and beyond multiple properties.
The House Ways and Means Committee approved further excise tax cuts including nights club, travel ticket, phone bill, telegraph, and baby bottle warmer purchases. The move adds 9.7 million dollars in annual savings, pushing total cuts above 312 million dollars beyond President Truman's proposal. The bill still faces votes in both chambers.
Morris Ervin Deen, 18, killed in an automobile crash on a country road near Canyon. The car, driven by 16 year old John N. Freeman of Tahoka, went out of control after hitting gravel and rolled several times. Deen was thrown from the vehicle and died en route to Neblett Hospital. Freeman had minor injuries and was treated at the scene. Deen worked for Lindsey Sand & Gravel Co. and had lived in Canyon about three years.
A packed day in Amarillo features the Southwest District AF Grain Millers convention at Herring Hotel in Room 204, plus diverse activities at Washington Avenue Christian Church, Amarillo College, and local venues. Highlights include auditions for National Guild piano certificates, a Panhandle superintendents luncheon, Gideons and postmasters gatherings, and a Price College Round-up at 8 15 PM.
Amarillo Safety Council members set up three divisions at a meeting in Amarillo High School Auditorium led by master of ceremonies C. J. Humphrey. J. T. Smith was elected education division chairman with Franklin Davis as vice chair and Vivian Christian as secretary. Engineering division chairman Irvin Peffley with Herman Sloss as vice chair and secretaries Mrs. Co. J. Humphrey and Mrs. W. F. Maxey. Enforcement division chairman W. L. Sloan, first vice chairman E. PF. Leachman, and secretary Mrs. M. E. Jordan named. The education division will meet next Friday night at an announced location.
The Department of Commerce reports Amarillo retailers raised March sales 21 percent above the 1949 mark. First quarter sales were 23 percent higher than a year earlier, signaling 1950 could be the best business year in Amarillo history.
West Texas county superintendents announced entrants for the National Spelling Bee. Hemphill County’s CLAYTA BETTIS 14, eighth grade, Canadian schools. Dalhart’s JANICE LUCAS 14, eighth grade. BORGER Junior High’s EDWIN OLIVER 14, son of M. E. Oliver. runner-up BETTY BANKS of Bonavista School, Borger. WHEELER County’s TOMMYE WHITE a girl from Mobeetie. Childress County’s JIMME LIGHTFOOT 12, seventh grade, daughter of F. Lightfoot. Six Childress schools entered. runner-up Dan Davis. junior winner Carolyn McFarland.
Sirius Mars Orion Venus Jupiter appear in western sky as the day ends in Amarillo. Taurus actors listed include Grant Browning Wellington Gibbon Hearst Truman Hitler Hirohito Cripps Morgenthau Shakespeare Wagner Brahms Bing Smith Como. Model railroad hobbyists in the US number about 100000 with track spanning New York to San Antonio. Wise wit notes wounds with no recovery.
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