12 Sep 1950
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1950
Page
1
A Sunday night storm at a Fillmore Street tent in Amarillo spared mass panic while 50 people were hospitalized after a hail damaged canopy. The column reflects on Hartford 1913 and Chicago Iroquois Theater fire deaths, urging trust in God amid disaster.
Readers comment on radio disc jockeys and shows while Amarillo seeks drainage fixes from 1899 to present. Officials rename a courthouse roof following leaks, and Boxwell Brothers unveil a new funeral home and Ivy Chapel on display. A holiday definition closes with a quip from Wes Izzard.
Senate debates two emergency security bills to curb subversives. McCarran proposes broad registration and controls. Kilgore seeks power to intern Communists during war or emergency. Veto risks loom as Truman position remains unclear. Humphrey brands McCarran a cream puff and warns of court backlog.
In Coshocton Ohio the death toll from a collision between a passenger train and troop train rises to 33 as cranes uncover three more bodies under the Spirit of St Louis locomotive. Most victims were National Guard members en route to Camp Atterbury Indiana.
In New York the foreign ministers of France Britain and the United States prepare for talks at the Waldorf Astoria on strengthening Western Europe's defense by July next year. Acheson Schuman Bevin plan to push the UN General Assembly agenda while Bevin arrives aboard the Queen Mary. Eleanor Roosevelt campaigns for her son Jimmy in California.
Gov. Allan Shivers backed harmonizing the Democratic factions winning a first round as the credentials sub committee recommended seating four conservative delegations from Dallas Harris Tarrant and Brazoria counties The liberal group pledged to press its case on the convention floor as the fight moves to the larger body.
In the Sunday night revival tent collapse near North Fillmore, about 7,000 attendees were affected. As of last night 16 remained hospitalized with most in good condition. Henry Graves, 68, of Dove Creek, was diagnosed with a broken back. nurses warn of possible permanent paralysis. Mrs. Tom Hathaway, 70, of Sunray, was reported greatly improved at Northwest Texas Hospital.
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company reported earnings for the seven-month period ending July 31 of 14 984 145 compared with 7 886 273 for the same period in 19. The data comes from Merrill Lynch in the local office.
A garbled note from Wellington mentions a Texac Farm event with a Bay on a Hall County live 1000 AM. Readable facts indicate a local gathering or match set at a farm site with unclear details.
Today in Amarillo a noon to evening schedule features an open house at Box Brothers Funeral Home at 815 Fillmore with 8:00 AM registration at Amarillo College. Numerous groups meet across venues including the Chamber of Commerce committees, Amarillo Real Estate Board, Downtown Lions, Herring Hotel, Saratoga Care, Capitol Hotel, and more.
Entry deadline is Thursday noon for the Queen of the Tri State Fair contest. Eligible contestants are women aged 18 to 25. The winner receives wardrobe credit of 150 at Amarillo stores and a five day all expenses paid trip to Kansas City in October with a chosen chaperon.
American forces near Taegu pushed against Communist positions on a hill 7 miles north of Taegu as US troops and planes blasted the area. UN forces held the front with a special ground task force led by a former West Point football star trying to trap 3,900 Reds near Pohang and Angang.
Portland skippers from the Cherokee and the Pyrone tell of nets and heavy cables snagged off Brier Island while at sea. They describe being towed for about an hour and a half by something they believe was a submarine, noting no American subs were reported in the area and Canada had none.
Partly cloudy conditions and scattered thunderstorms expected across Texas and the Midwest with warmer temperatures on Tuesday. Notable events include a daytime total solar eclipse reference near Mihiel and planets visible in the western sky after sunset. Virginia population and Richmond area data noted.
On the Masan front in Korea North Korean soldiers slipped into a U S perimeter at night. First Lt Lewis J Miller a 29 year old artillery forward observer from New Bedford Massachusetts fired one warning shot and threw grenades waking the perimeter. The two hour action left three Americans dead and two prisoners with many enemy bodies and equipment found next morning.
Witness statements say Communists walked atop each other toward a road, passing 36 American vehicles and moving past a tank roadblock. The tank crew halted, but the column did not stop and Americans did not fire, mistaking them for Allies.
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