Fable of the Boy With the Marbles and U N Korea stance
An illustrated fable compares appeasement to handing over marbles under bully pressure. It argues the United States should resist concessions in Korea and avoid surrendering national honor, citing Clement Attlee and the risk of World War III. Oilman George Pratt notes a Chamberlain comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement Attlee
Europe
England
China
George Pratt
Amarillo
Chamberlain
Attlee
Escalator talk and pancake queen tease in north plains column
Vernon to get a motor stairway in the new Waggoner Building joins Lubbock and Berger in the trend. Liberal plans a Miss Pancake Day of 1951 contest with a pancake making event as a novelty. The column riffs on inflation, social issues, and children’s literature with local quips and quotes from readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fd Biggs
Vernon
Otis Elevator
Waggoner
North Plains
Kansas
Liberal
Roger Babson
Amarillo Clubs Meet Across City Venues Today
Community groups gather in Amarillo with Kiwanis at Saratoga Cafe, Downtown Lions at Herring Hotel, and real estate board at VFW Hall. City Commission convenes at Municipal Auditorium. 20 30 Club at Saratosa Cafe. Panhandle Independent G aragemen at County Courthouse. Toastmasters on West Tenth. amateur fight card at San Jacinto Youth Center. Amarillo Motoromets at 905 Ont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
San Jacinto Youth Center
Amarillo Motorescie
Truman Attlee Begin War Crisis Talks At White House
President Truman and British Prime Minister Attlee opened discussions at the White House on the Far East crisis and Korea with a plan for ongoing talks. Bradley and Harriman briefed on Korea as Attlee arrived with a seven man delegation. They reviewed global duties and pledged firm collaboration with UN partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Attlee
Far East
Omar Bradley
W. Averell Harriman
White House
Sttlee
Sir Oliver
Three Western Powers Seek GA Action on Korea Crisis
Britain France United States Norway Cuba and Ecuador sent a telegram to UN Secretary-General Trygve Lie urging the General Assembly to sit in judgment on Red China's intervention in Korea. The request comes from six nations plus three Western powers and three other Security Council members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Security Council
United Nations General Assembly
Red
China
Korea
Trygve Lie
Britain
France
United States
Norway
Cuba
Ecuador
Assembly action delayed awaiting Washington guidance
Warren Austin says the next move is postponed for instructions from Washington as Truman and Attlee confer. A memorandum from the six nations will be submitted once backed globally to justify assembly action. The six nations will push the question onto the assembly program after the steering committee considers it. Russia vetoed a Security Council resolution on Red China. Also noted are India’s Rau and Wu Hsiu chuan talks and a Lie dinner invitation. Bowie County votes on beer sales this Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Austin
Washington
Truman
Attlee
Assembly
Russia
Security Council
Red
Richard Thompson Wins State Voice of Democracy Honors
Amarillo High School student Richard Thompson won the state championship in the Voice of Democracy contest at Odessa, after winning the local elimination contest sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. A recording was submitted since in-person attendance was not required, and Thompson will advance to the national competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Thompson
Amarillo
Odessa
Thompson
Price Controls Are Predicted by Treasury Chief Snyder
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder predicted general wage and price controls may be needed to fight inflation. Alan Valentine of the wage-price agency avoided timing details while Senate debates extending federal rent control and Alaska Hawaii statehood lameduck issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Alan Valentine
Federal
Valentine
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Alaska-Hawaii
Navy Plans Reserve Call for 15000 Enlisted Reservists
The Navy announced 15000 trained Naval Reserve enlisted men will be called to active duty in April, May and June. About half have at least six months prior service as seamen hospital men and stewardsmen. Remainder are reservists with ratings in 34 specialties and will receive four months warning when possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Naval Reserve
Rain Arrives in Amarillo With .35 Inch Rainfall
Downtown Amarillo recorded about .35 inches of rain by midnight, measured atop the Globe News Building at Ninth and Harrison. Far north in Dalhart a cold front sent temperatures down amid snow and strong winds as the forecast predicted a change from rain to snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Globe News
Ninth and Harrison
Dalhart
Installation ceremonies at Bonavista Cafe by API
In Borger at 7 00 PM the American Petroleum Institute holds installation ceremonies at Bonavista Cafe Teria. In Canyon at 7 30 PM a Christmas banquet for classroom teachers is held in the High School Cafeteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borger
American Petroleum Institute
Bonavista
Canyon
Weather Almanac and Light Reading from Amarillo Area
Cloudy and much colder Tuesday with strong northerly winds and occasional light snow. High near 20, low around 10. Wednesday clears with little temperature change. West Texas cold wave brings rain turning to snow, Panhandle to Pecos Valley with 10 to 35 degree ranges and strong winds. Also notes on moonrise Vega Spica and humorous scraps about counting and deer crop damage. Supermarket construction activity nationwide cited at $230 million in 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
Spees
Vega
Spica
Adam
Illinois
Amarillo National Guard Armory Inspectors Praise Progress
Brig. Gen. Carl L. Phinney inspected two Amarillo guard units of the 142nd Infantry and lauded their progress as Texas National Guard leaders announced new armory buildings to cost about 100000 dollars will be built south of the Tri-State Fair Grounds. The visit included Col. A J. McNab Lt. Col. Thomas S. Bishop Capt. Audie L Murphy and Lt. Col. Vincent M. Lockhart. General Thompson noted plans for a third large armory around a quarter million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
National Guard
Carl L. Phinney
Service
142Nd Infantry
Amarillo Army Airfield
Phinney
A. J. McNab
36Th
Thomas S. Bishop
Audie L. Murphy
36Th Division
Vincent M. Lockhart
General Phinney
Captain Murphy
Murphy
Ernest ©. Thompson
Texas National Guard
Panhandle
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Kiwanis Club
Lockhart
Amarillo Guard
Three-State Compact Commission Convenes
The Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Canadian River Compact Commission held a night session to review an engineer report delaying talks on a water use agreement for the Canadian River Dam project near Sanford Texas. Leaders from Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma sought a streamlined compact to ease congressional action on the 85 million dollar dam plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland Smith
Daily News
Santa FE
Compact Commission
Sanford
Tex
Borger
Congress
House
BE. C. Spence
Austin
Texas
John Bliss
New Mexico
Clarence Burch
Oklahoma Resources Planning Board
Federal Building
Spence
Burch
Douglas Pruett
Fred E. Wilson
New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission
Albuquerque
Col
Nel Spence
Pruett
Pyongyang Fall Feared as UN Forces Withdraw South
Allied withdrawal from Pyongyang accelerates as Chinese Red Army spearheads threaten to encircle the former Korean capital. Pyongyang airfield abandoned. refugees flood toward Taedong River as engineers destroy a key bridge. General Walker plans defensive options amid heavy fighting on the northeastern front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyongyang
U. S. Eighth Army
Taedong River
Taedong
Pyong Yang
Eighth Army
United Nations
Walton H. Walker
Leif Erickson
Seoul
Republic of Korea
Inchon
Don Whitehead
Korea
Whitehead
Walker
J. Lawton Collins
US Army
MacArthur
Tokyo
Edward M. Almona
19Th Corps
Wall Street Slumps on UN Korea Retreat
In New York on December 4, United Nations forces’ withdrawal in Korea triggered a broad stock market selloff. Shares fell by one to three dollars with US Steel General Motors Chrysler and Southern Pacific off more than one. Texas Company Atlantic Refining Goodrich and American Smelting down over two. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad down more than three. Rubber hit four cent daily limit. cotton plunged up to forty five cents a bale before rebounding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Nations
Korea
Wall Street
US Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
Southern Farific
Texas Company
Atlantic Refining
Goodrich
American Smelting
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Messiah Tickets At Furr Stores In Amarillo
Tickets for the annual Messiah presentation by the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra and the Messiah chorus are free and available daily at Furr Food Stores across the city as a public service. Sen Dennis Chavez of New Mexico opposed the measure on the Senate unanimous consent calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furr Food
Amarillo
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Senate
Program Introduced For Civilian Defense
Washington report on a $3,100,000 civil defense program proposing federal matching funds for city and state bomb shelter construction. James J. Wadsworth and W. Stuart Symington warn shelters must be practical, urges citizen participation, and rejects reliance on untrained volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
James J. Wadsworth
Truman
Civil Defense Administration
Wadsworth
Senate House Atomic Committee
W. Stuart Symington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Izzard
The
Formosa
Reds
Lubbock
Berger
L. H. Bradford
Tom Sawyer
Wes Izzard
United Kingdom
Lowed
Mr. Attlee
Mr. Truman
Defense
Marshall
State Acheson
Air Korea
India
Sir Benegal N. Rau
Wu Hsiu -Chuan
Lie
Rau
Texarkana
Bowie County
Daily News Index
McLemore
Asia
Alaska
Mechanical Heart
Carol
Nation
Siggea Stee
Whee Enee
Navy Plans Reserve Call
High Plains
Daily News Almanac
Houston
Pyongyang National Guard
Garland Smith Pinones
A. A. Meredith
E. O. Wedgeworth
Pampa Chamber of Commerce
Joe Cooley
Borger Chamber of Commerce
Three-State Compact Commission
Geological Survey
Furr Food Stores
Symington
Curtis Kitchen
Gunn Bros .Thrift
Olver & Wiggins Lor Co
West Sixth Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!