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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1951
Page
2
Weather lingers with heavy rainfall across the Missouri and Mississippi River Valleys. The reporter notes a solid week away from home with persistent rains for over three weeks, swelling streams and muddy roads, leaving little sun and no thunder or lightning.
The narrator notes deer and beaver abundance along the Missouri River with deer nearing pest levels in Iowa and a doe killed in Des Moines. Deer migrate from Minnesota toward Kansas City as wild game increases while a 20 million dollar commercial plant planned in the Panhandle promises 150 technicians, not a defense project, with more details to follow in about a week.
Public reaction to General MacArthur's dismissal shocks many as Republicans relish a potential ticket split. Eisenhower emerges as a likely future president with Missouri voters predicting a Democratic bid. Close associates note his restraint and measured public remarks.
A western senator once decrying high food costs voted to raise farm parity prices, drawing congratulatory remarks from farm bloc members who joked he felt the heat rather than saw the light. The tale also notes Hadacol malted milk sales in Kansas City and embalmers briefly using Hadacol as embalming fluid before quitting as customers left.
A Kansas City paper recounts a Texas congressman who, urged by his wife who fears his mind is slipping, is taken to a psychiatrist. The doctor engages him on a couch and asks about his visions, and the patient confesses a sorrowful pride in coming from Texas.
Bob Hope credits President Truman with shaping history and predicts he will be remembered as a pivotal figure in American leadership. Hope emphasizes Truman's decisions and impact on national and global affairs during his administration.
A relic preserved piece by Syms titled Small Talk When Giving The New Baby A Name comments on family naming conversations. It riffs on lineage and tradition through a playful voice attributed to a father and son, reflecting playful dialect and cultural tone.
A column gathers social and political jests from Truman's presidency to the English viewpoint of Acheson, old cowboy adages, whiskey talk in Washington, and curious science gossip about professional mothers and hired motherhood. The note ends with a local ad offering to share a home and references, signed Mrs Forbes.
Mrs. Carl W. Smith Doll Hospital advertises missing item found notice. The caller asks to return a red leather zipper bill fold lost Saturday March 24 between Sixth and Seventh on Tyler, front of Mi-Lady Beauty Shop, containing about $7, photographs and important papers. Contact 37628 or visit 902 Western. Describes doll repair services and stock of wigs hats shoes. phone 198-W. Canyon, Texas.
Dear Tack offers to share a home with a working woman and care for her baby while she works. Contact phone 3-3208 between 9 AM and 5 PM.
A working mother relocating to Amarillo Air Force Base asks readers for help finding a room to lodge near San Antonio while awaiting housing. She notes time constraints and a 4 year old son, seeking safe, affordable accommodations soon.
A lone woman seeks a middle aged woman to share a home with room and board and small wages. Phone 2-3987. A Reader 411 A East Fifteenth.
Mrs. Glen Oliver offers a reward for a found brown leather purse lost Saturday March 24 containing two bill folds and a driver’s license. No questions asked. Call 3-6307 or Galloway Drug. 1800 Crockett.
Local want ad seeks yard work. Contact number is 3 8865 and calls are preferred between 3 30 and 6 30 PM for arranging tasks and pricing.
A little girl, partly deaf from meningitis, pleads for the return of her female red Chow mix puppy named Chubby. The dog was last seen Saturday night March 24 near a drug store at Fifth and North Fillmore. The family lives at 417 North Buchanan behind Pierce Street Baptist Church. Please return Chubby to Mrs W E Martin.
17 year old applicant available for honest labor. Has extensive ranch work background and is willing to take any driving or related job. Provides contact at 3 9840.
A 31 year old man introduces himself as single and new in town. He describes himself as good natured and jolly with a solid job and a car, and asks women to respond with letters expressing interest in marriage.
Experienced, non smoker and non drinker seeks live‑in position with room and board plus salary. Interested in Christian home. References available. Willing to exchange details for a suitable home and employer.
A reader reports a green chartreuse blouse size 38 in a wine and white striped sack from Mayfair lost Saturday March 24. It disappeared between Sixth and Eighth on Polk while in Skaggs Newberry Woolworths and Kress stores. If found call 2 5174.
A Wellington hosted meeting on high school youth issues with about 100 attendees from Stinnett, Childress, Wellington, Canyon, Amarillo, Dumas, Plainview and Clarendon. The session urged parents teachers and students to work together on study habits, family living, recreation and vocational planning under theme The High School What It Is Doing and What It Is Not Doing.
Braniff Airways hostess Annabel Schiesher is in Amarillo to discuss flight hostess careers with local women. She will speak at Amarillo College and the Braniff office in the Amarillo Hotel, inviting single women aged 21 to 26 with two years of college or equivalent and height 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 7 inches.
Five people died when a Missouri-Kansas-Texas Texas Special passenger train struck a car at a grade crossing near Lorena, Waco. Victims include Mrs. James Hay of Lorena, her 11 month old daughter Rita Alice, Mrs. Ethel McNeil of Waco, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Denning of Waco. Witness R A Yates described the car nearly cleared the tracks before impact, with Denning driving.
Young musicians join the All City Elementary Orchestra and String Classes at 3 PM Sunday in Amarillo High School auditorium. Norma Hudgins Billy Shuey Rosamunde Rawlings Harold Hedspeth Elizabeth Worley Kathy Howard and Robert Gillespie comprise the group with families listed at local addresses.
Sports fans can see the Amarillo Golden Sandie track team in action tomorrow at Buffalo Stadium Canyon. Finals start at 2 PM with no admission charged. Also tomorrow night Amarillo High School hosts the Junior-Senior Dance in the school gym.
The US Civil Service Commission announced examinations for office aviation and automobile mechanic posts. Jobs offer salaries from 2,200 to 3,825 dollars yearly at Lowry AFB Colorado or Washington DC. Applications via H M Timmons, civil service secretary, Room 22, Post Office Building.
London reports Jesse Roope, a music teacher, announced a neighbor saving device for apartment dwellers that silences pianos trumpets and violins unless listeners wear earphones, allowing quiet practice without disturbing others.
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