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Amarillo Daily News

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1950

Page

3

Eschew Means Avoidance in Strict Terms

The passage defines eschew as to avoid a thing completely and treat it as out of bounds. It explains eschewing as a deliberate act of steering clear and side stepping the item in question.

Auto Club elects new directors at annual meeting

New directors of the Panhandle Auto Club will be elected today during the annual meeting at the Herring Hotel. The meeting is set for 3 oclock with nominees including Roy Cullum Arch Lidia J H Berry Morris Higley T B O Brien Roy H Smith George H Hammock R C Jordan Guy Lawrence and J B Evans.

The Panhandle Auto Club Herring Hotel Roy Cullum Arch Lidia J. H. Berry Morris Higley T. B. O Brien Roy H. Smith George H. Hammock R. C. Jordan Guy Lawrence J. 8. Evans

Tidelands Fuss In State Erupts

Texas Attorney General Price Daniel and Land Commissioner Bascom Giles split over the tidelands ruling. Daniel sent a telegram challenging the decision as final while Giles fired back with an open letter accusing Daniel of hampering efforts for federal action recognizing state tideland ownership. Both men are seen as potential future office seekers.

Austin Texas Atty Price Daniel Bascom Giles Supreme Court Texas Tidelands Giles Daniel Tidelands

City Opens 1950 Summer Playground Program Tonight

The city recreation department launches the 1950 summer playground program with an open air event at Sam Houston Park tonight at 7 30. The program features dancing school novelties tumbling and trampoline acts by Maverick Club TT teams and a Mack's Mix program act over KLYN with Bill Mack as emcee. An hour and a half of recreational movies follows the broadcast. All city playgrounds open tomorrow at 1 pm and school children may swim free at Thompson Park Pool 11 to 12 tomorrow and starting June 26 for free swimming instruction.

Maverick Club Mack KLYN Bill Mack Thompson Park Pool

Plains Names Ghost Post Office Fraud Fraudulent Mail Route Discontinued

The article notes Senator S. W. Dorsey of New Mexico claimed a daily mail from Binita to Las Vegas NM 725 miles, naming nonexistent towns. Lone adobe huts were described as towns of 300. A Wheeler County post office was opened Sept 4 1879 on Star Route 3274. The route was exposed as a fraud and discontinued.

Oklahoma Airplane Crash Kills Two

Two newspaper carriers died in a light plane crash near Shawnee Oklahoma. Frank Carter and Ted Wheeler were delivering The Shawnee News Star editions to farm subscribers when the wing struck an oil derrick and the aircraft burned. Both men were burned beyond recognition.

Shawnee Okla Frank Carter Ted Wheeler Shawnee News- Star

Mock Spam Recipe Featured In British Paper

A British newspaper publishes a recipe for Mock Spam, offering a playful take on meat substitute preparation. In a separate note, Chile bans air advertisements described as strident in tone and volume.

Chile

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