Telephones on the High Plains A Closer Look
A. O. Thomas explains how Southwestern Bell and 60 other exchanges operate in the Amarillo district. The piece notes the mix of major and independent exchanges, a rare pole-switch for Dumas, and new bell devices in trial in St. Louis. Bill Moser discusses local phone etiquette and the shift from the formal hello to using just names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O. Thomas
Amarillo
High Plains
Panhandle
Southwestern Bell
Dumas Company
Thomas
St. Louis
Bill Moser
Globe News
Accidents cost the United States a minute budgeted
A humorous, fragmentary column collects odds and quotes from local notices and jokes. It mentions Bob Mills at a gas house organ, jokes about Indians and taxes, weather forecasts and rain worries, shrimpfurters, tuna-filled Franks, a Chicago post office sign, and nostalgia for old wages and prices as a closing jab by Wes Izzard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Bob Mills
John Boyce
Tri-State
Mr. Winburn
Mr. Boyce
John Vetesk
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Chicago
Water rationing begins in Brownsville amid 35 year drought
Brownsville will start water rationing tomorrow as the Lower Rio Grande Valley endures its worst drought in 35 years affecting citrus and vegetable areas. Rear Adm. Daniel V. Gallery, critical of unification, is transferred from sea duty to commander fleet air at Quonset Point Rhode Island.
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Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Washington
Daniel V. Gallery
Fleet Air
Quonset Point
Navy
Chavez Threatens Filibuster Over Canadian River Dam
Sen. Chavez of New Mexico vows to block the Canadian River dam authorization if it comes up this week in the Senate. The measure would fund a $100 million project to supply water to West Texas cities, while policy leaders plan an upcoming recess through November 27.
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Washington
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Senate
Chavez
Democratic Policy Committee
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Lucas
Policy Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Dan
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Kansas
West Texas
House of Representatives
Senate OKs Gen. Marshall as Defense Secretary
The Senate confirmed Gen. George C. Marshall 57 to 1 as the nation s Secretary of Defense succeeding Louis A. Johnson. Marshall 69, guided World War II victory and faces Korea era tensions and multiple defense challenges.
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Washington
Senate
George C. Marshall
Louis A. Johnson
Truman
Marshall
Korea
Senate approves Communist registration and internment bill
The Senate sent to the White House a bill for registration of Communists and internment powers for potential spies in wartime. The House passed it 312 to 20, Senate 51 to 7 hours later, leaving President Truman's fate uncertain.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Truman
House
Want Ads Offer for Sale and Jobs Available
Today’s Want Ads list a 1947 Ford and a 1948 Oldsmobile, a Luscombe airplane, furniture set, rugs, sterling silver, a Massey Harris combine, a service station and garage, a 30 cow dairy, a 4 chair barber shop, and a 300 dollar lot. Employment in beauty, collections, sales, market management, window trimming and sewing machine repair. Check THE WANT ADS Daily.
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Ford
Oldsmobile
Luscombe
Ford Massey-Harris
Death from bulbar polio in San Angelo
Mrs Carroll D Holt 24 wife of a Brownwood chiropractor died of bulbar type polio today in San Angelo local reports state her illness progressed rapidly with medical officials confirming the cause as bulbar polio.
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San Angelo
Carroll D. Holt
Brownwood
Japanese Scrap Trade Shifts to U S Amid War
War correspondent David Rasco reports from Tokyo on Japan turning scrap into steel for export to the United States. He notes Pacific Scrap Co exports and a cache of old bicycles among scrap, reflecting wartime supply shifts and logistics in 1940s context.
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David Rasco
The
News-Globe
Rasco
Korea
David Basco
Tokyo
Japan
Pacific Scrap Co
United States
States
Ota
Minnie Pearl and Mrs Cannon Meet in Grinders Switch Tale
The interview at Capitol Hotel reveals Minnie Pearl as Mrs Henry Cannon of Centerville Tennessee. Cannon, tall and striking, recalls her early WPA recreation project days and jokes about aging while Minnie Pearl charms bankers and radio fans.
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Capitol Hotel
Minnie Pearl
FE. M. Blackburn
Minnie Peart
Henry Cannon
Centerville
Tenn
Grinders
WEM
WPA
Mrs. Canton
East West Tensions Rise in Berlin Power Duel
In Berlin the East and West factions clashed as rival city governments began arresting policemen from the opposing side. The Soviet sector ordered all its electric power redirected to the American British and French sectors starting at midnight.
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Berlin
Amarillo Club and public meetings interleave with wartime maneuvers
The page lists local noon meetings of Amarillo groups including Rotary and Optimist clubs and a youth center story hour, followed by a joint Amarillo Navy Club gathering and a court of honor. It also notes two day military maneuvers by American British and French forces on the Havel river near Berlin, and border tensions as Soviet troops erect a barrier near the British sector before protests and discussions.
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Anmarillo
Eetate Board
Rotary Cluny Herring
Amarillo
Optiminte Club
Mente Amerio
Jasinta
Mieets
Amarillo Diatriet
Lieno Ketacado Fownell
ABA
Bivins Reno Audi- Corl
Taeele Poyal
Municipal
Havel
Berlin
Germany
West Berlin
Britikk
Puslan
Wg Three
New York
Delhe Bet
Marines push toward Seoul as Red columns attack from north and south
US Marines moved toward Seoul from the northwest and center, while Red forces advanced from Antung and the southern coast. Marine airfield gains, Seventh Division progress, and air power set the backdrop as South Korean Marines land on Korea’s east coast to threaten the Reds along Pohang.
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Tokyo
Seoul
Han River
Antung
Manchuria
Seventh Division
Texas
First Marine Division
Han
China Radio
Peiping
Korean Red
United Nations
Far East Air Force
Air Force
Kimpo
Largent
Korea
MacArthur
Inchon
Pohang
New Car for T. E. Evans in Tri-State Pair Ceremony
Tommy Evans of 2202 Pierce received a 1960 Ford during a Tri-State Pair ceremony attended by hundreds. Hob McWhorter, a former neighbor and salesman for the Standard Coffee Company, noted the Evans family did not own a car prior to the presentation by the Amarillo Automobile Dealers Association.
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Tommy" Evans
Pierce
Hob McWhorter
Ford
Hoare Ia
Standard Coffee Company
Evans
Amarillo
Agsa
Eration
Tri-State Exposition Sets New Records At Fair
The Tri-State Exposition wins more records as dairy and livestock judging draw crowds near 60,000. Gov Mabry and local officials attend an awards night with prizes including a 1950 porch and a Chevrolet. Dairy shows feature Brown Swiss and Guernsey cattle with leaders such as Howard Ferguson and Porter Fox guiding the exhibits.
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Texas Panhandle- Bouth Plains
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Plainview
Howard Ferguson
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Izzard
Southwest Associated Telephora Company
Dalhart
Memphis
White Deer
Littlefield
Hobbs
Dumas
Dimmitt-Hart-Nazareth
Vega-Adrian-Wildorado
Channing-Hartley
Hedley
Goodnight
Weather Bureau
Wes Izzard
Paramount Theater
Tex
Dorothy McGuire
John Ireland
Una Merkel
Pentagon
America
Lyndon Johnson
Daiby News
Old Settlers Association
Municipal Auditorium
C. B. Hunter
Claude
A. Witherspoon
Hereford
W. J. Flesher
Johnie B. Archer
W. M. McGeehee
Daily News Almanac
R Bureau
Thurso
Orion
Jupiter
Mars
Venus
UN General Assembly
David
Guadacanal
Sal
Heary Cannon
By Lewes Nordywee
Deliv News
Stilverton
Cht
Prerayton Clovis
Patelline
Jersey
Palr Park
Donovan
Grand Ole Opry
Dona van
Hames Carnival Clases
Rocmevel
Portales
Guymon County Fair
Bailey Couny
Lieven
Mookiey
Coun
T. E. Evans
Garland Smith
News Farm
Tri-State Empire
Pew
Moore
Riverton
Chilaress
Perryton
Channing
Phillips Miami
Booker
Higgins
Prieme
Dimmitt
Poxweed Farm
Kilburn
St Fudaly
Hvestrk
Universal Mills
Fort Worth
Pox
W. “Dick” Stumbo
Western Felt Man
Brown Swiss Breeders Association
Beloit
Wie
Roy Delashaw
Bovina
Canterfield Mercury
Martin Pulcher
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