West Texas State College Mounts Summer Drama Season
West Texas State College opens the second summer theater session with George Washington Slept Here in the Education Auditorium at 6 15 p m on Wednesday. The cast includes Newton Fuller Jerry McDonough Annabelle Fuller Mary Frances Colwell and Barbara Woodson with Wendell Cain as technical director. Admission is 75 cents for adults 25 cents for under 12 and season tickets are $2 50 at the box office.
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Margaret Echols Moore
West Texas
William A. Moore
Newton Fuller
Jerry McDonough
Ian
Benito
Mary Frances Colwell
Eunice
Annabelle Fuller
Newton
Barbara Woodson
Amarillo
Fuller
Madge
Wendell Cain
Darrell Proctor
Clarendon
Wayne Rankin
Plainview
Ramona Hightower
White Deer
Carl Mitchell
Canyon
Odell Wilkes
Happy
Gilbert Dickens
Roberta Corder
Jim Livingston
Equilla Roberts
Hollis
Okla
Pat
Gus the goose hatches hope at Friendship Gardens
In Michigan City Indiana on June 17 attendants at the International Friendship Gardens tried to place two goslings under Gus a six year old gander who has incubated eggs for two weeks. Gus refuses to eat until the eyes hatch and attendants worry he may starve unless the plan succeeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Ind
International Friendship Gardens
Gus
Clara
Dora
Xuus
Rites Scheduled for Victory Methodist Church Cornerstone
Guymon Oklahoma prepares for the cornerstone unveiling of the Victory Methodist Church at 3 p.m. Sunday. Dist Supt M L Sims will speak, joined by Col Orlando Sweet and church leaders. The Gothic auditorium will seat 750, cost over 250000, with plans for a May 25 to 1951 conference event.
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Guymon
H. G. Butler
New Victory Methodist Church
Dist
M. L. Sims
Woodward
Orlando Sweet
Armed Forces
A. P. Atkins
Larry Tyron
Howard Nash
VFW
American Legion
Anne Lee Williamson
W. L. Fisher
Western Oklahoma
The
Methodist Church
Oklahoma
Ambassador Kirk Begins Trans Siberian Trip to Lake Baikal
United States Ambassador Alan G. Kirk leaves Moscow with son Roger and Embassy Secretary Richard Service for a 5,000 mile round trip to the Lake Baikal region aboard the Trans Siberian Express. The party plans to return on June 26.
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Moscow
Alan G. Kirk
Trans-Siberian Express
Lake Baikal
Roger
Richard Service
Army Team Set To Control Well
Army units arrived to help battle the Pan American Holley No 1 oil well near Big Spring Texas after a blowout. An air test fired from a bazooka was conducted to gauge potential casing cutting to enable rotor table removal and flame axis control. The team led by Maj Alexander B Welcher included Sgt Fred McCrutcheon Sgt Albert J Gonsaulin and Corp S C Nicholson. A geologist was killed in the early blaze.
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Big Spring
Tex
Pan American Holley
Here
Army
Fort Hood
Texas
Alexander B. Welcher
Oklahoma City
Second Armored Division
Fred McCrutcheon
Albert J. Gonsaulin
Answers to Questions By HASKIN
A reader can get the answer to any question of fact by writing The Amarillo Globe News Information Bureau 1200 Eye Street N.W. Washington, DC. Please enclose three cents for return postage.
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Amarillo Globe News Information Bureau
Eye Street
Washington, DC
Mixed trivia Q and A from a late 19th century column
A series of quick questions and answers cover statistics on death by own action among whites and nonwhites, World Series participation records, the Pantheon dome, lightning protection guidelines, the term Meridian Day, Taj Mahal attribution, and bird egg incubation times. It lists figures and attributions for each item.
Speaking in Public Promotes Successful Speech Guide
An Amarillo Globe-News information bureau promotes a booklet titled Successful Public Speaking. It covers outlining a speech, delivery technique, and tips for various occasions, offered postpaid for 15 cents. Readers send coin to Washington DC with name address and city.
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Amarillo Globe-News, Information Bureau
Eye ST
N. W
Washington, DC
Find Possible Radiation Cure
New earth mold drug tetramycin may save mice from death by radioactive rays. Dr Carolyn W Hammond of the University of Chicago reported at the New York Academy of Sciences that terramycin helped ill animals after X ray exposure. The academy hosts a two day meeting focusing on terramycin and its potential for many diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Academy of Sciences
Carolyn W. Hammond
University of Chicago Institute of Radiobiology and Biophysics
Hammond
New York Academy
Curry Census Confirms Trend To City Living
Census data show Curry County population 23 174 up from 18 159 in 1940 but rural residents dropped from 8 994 to 5 006 as Clovis city limits captured growth. Clovis up 70 5 percent in a decade while county gain 27 4 percent.
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Marjorie Schmid
Roswell
Curry County
Clovis
Schmid
Chaves County
Washington Paving To Be Extended
Contract for extension of Washington Street paving in Randall County Precinct 4 will be let next month per Commissioner Charles Y. Johnson. State highway department approval as a farm to market road sets an estimated cost of 52500 dollars with a 100 foot right of way. Nine blocks lie within Amarillo city limits which must provide the required right of way from the junction of Washington and Thirty-Sixth. Pakistan's Province of Sind will have total prohibition from April.
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Canyon
Washington
Randall County
Charles Y. Johnson
State Highway Department
Amarillo
Father's Day Began From Girl's Tribute to Dad in Spokane
Spokane June 17. On Sunday the 40th anniversary of Father s Day is observed thanks to Mrs. John Bruce Dodd who promoted the idea after hearing a Mother's Day sermon in 1909. The Spokane founder recalls Billy Smart raised nine children after wife s death and never spoke of Father s Day. The movement spread nationwide with the help of ministers and the National Father s Day Committee.
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Jerry O'Brien
Spokane
Wash
John Bruce Dodd
Dodd
Aea
Big Bend
Washington
William Jackson Smart
Arkansas
Billy Smart
Sonora
M. E. Hay
John Mathieson
George Washington
Father
America
Fraternity of Fathers
Mak Universal Fraternity of Fathers
Advertiaes
Wall Street Journal Ad Promises Fast Business News For $6 Trial
An advertisement touts The Wall Street Journal as a daily, frank source of business and finance news. It highlights timely reports on financing, prices, taxes, markets, and world trade, urging a trial subscription for eight months at six dollars.
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Wall Street Journal
The
United States
Possessions
Southwest
Washington News
Southwest Edition
Wall Street Ieee
Young
Grain Buying Lifts Prices on Chicago Board of Trade
Buying pressure lifts wheat and soybeans with July soybeans leading gains. A No 1 white corn car enters demand and fetches $2.00 a bushel, while cash grain quotes shift across Fort Worth and Kansas City markets with mixed results for wheat, corn, oats, and rye.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Fort Worth
Coyotes Invading Eastern Panhandle
Six coyote pups were dug out of a den on Mrs. Allen I. Smith’s ranch in the northern county by Frank Dyer Polk Hooten and Frank Massey while tending cattle. Farmers report rapid coyote increases causing damage to young livestock and poultry.
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Wellington
Allen I. Smith
Frank Dyer
Polk Hooten
Frank Massey
Markets at a Glance Chicago Briefing
Chicago markets show firm cash grain with light marketings. Corn is firm with slight short covering. oats rise with corn. Hogs and cattle hold steady in a nominal trading day.
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Chicago
Cattle Market Finishes Strong Across several regions
June 17 reports from Kansas City Texas Oklahoma and Chicago show fed steers and heifers advancing 50 up, cows 50-75 higher, vealers up to 1.00, stockers softer. Oklahoma listings note 1500 head expected, with Good to choice stockers steady and replacement cattle active. Spring lambs and hog prices mixed, with several classes trading lower or near steady.
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Texhoma
Augustine Livestock Commission Company, Inc
Swinburne
Boise City
W. H. Heldenbrand
Oklahoma City
Augustine
Texas-Claoms
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Weekly livestock market highlights and price shifts
Barrows and gilts mostly 25¢ lower and sows 50 to 75¢ lower. week’s top $20.25 with bulk 180–250 lb hogs $19.50–$20.00, sows $15.00–$16.75, stock pigs $17.50–$18.00. Spring lambs $1.50–$2.00 lower with late top $26.50. medium and good ewes $23.00–$26.00, ewes $8.00–$10.00.
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Fort Worth
Kansas City
Tom Slaughter
Chicago
Dewey Declines GOP Run for Governor in 1950
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey announced he will not seek re election and will retire from public office after his current term. He said no to a gubernatorial bid, cited fatigue, and indicated future involvement in private law and national Cold War issues. Lt. Gov. Joe R. Hanley quickly entered the race to succeed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
White House
Dewey
Joe R. Hanley
Hanley
New Wheat Crop Insurance Program Introduced in Guymon
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation representatives and PMA officials explained a new wheat insurance program to Texas County farmers at the county courtroom in Guymon. The plan, developed over two years for the high plains, differs from any prior Texas County coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guymon
Texas
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Washington
PMA
Stillwater
High Plains
Texas County
Patrol of Shamrock Streets Discussion at City Meeting
Shamrock officials plus county commissioners and chamber of commerce leaders discussed night patrols for US 66 and 83 within city limits. Potential hire would be local, with attendees including Sheriff Jess Swink and County Judge George Hefley.
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Shamrock
County Commissioners Court
Shamrock Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Homer Moss
George Hefley
Jess Swink
Henry Sims
Charles Wells
Harold Walker
Frank Going
Jack Dekle
Highway Committee
O. J. Walker
Lonnie Burks
Warden Resigns to Become Angleton Police Chief
Bar rington Prison Farm Warden Joe Batse resigns to take post as Angleton chief of police. He leaves prison duties to assume leadership of the Angleton police department as city officials announce the appointment.
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Angleton
Lex
Joe Batse
Barrington
Here
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