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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 1950

Page

6

Mary Moss 93 Dies. Service Pending

Mary A. Moss 93 of 302 Alabama died Wednesday. She was the mother of Mrs. H J Rice and R RC P Moss. Service pending.

Mary A. Moss Alabama

Babb's Sister Dies in Denton

Mrs. J. D. Bell aged about 94, sister of the late Dot Babb and aunt of R. A. Babb, died yesterday in Denton. She and brother Dot were captured by Comanches in 1866 and held almost two years before ransom. Funeral services were to be held today in Denton.

Dot Babb Llano Estacado Panhandle

Nearly 250 Students Vie in District 1-AA Meet

About 250 high school students from Berger Plainview Pampa and Amarillo will compete in the District 1-AA Interscholastic League Meet. Events include one act play at Amarillo High School and athletics at Ellwood Courts Amarillo Stadium and the AHS Armory. Officials list directors venues and schedules for declamation debate shorthand tennis track and field and volleyball with finals at 2 pm.

Berger Plainview Pampa Amarillo Amarillo High School Ellwood Courts Amarillo Stadium AHS R. B. Norman Lela Crossett Vada Hall Carmen Ulm Faye Dillingham E. T. Evans Lucyle Penn Adelle Shows Kate Wilson Laura Roberts Nelle Alexander Gladys Cox Corrah Brandt W. H. Gordon

Goodwill Trip Reservations Sought for South Plains Rouse

John Armstrong, chair of the ticket sales committee, urged 27 more reservations for the South Plains to Pecos Valley goodwill trip. Forty of seventy three have paid. Rail and Pullman fare on the Santa Fe costs 40 dollars. The train departs April 25 and returns April 28 with stops in Roswell New Mexico, Carlsbad and Lubbock.

South Plains Pecos Valley John Armstrong Roswell Carlsbad Lubbock

Trial Set for Morris Dunbar on Murder Charge

Morris Dunbar a 55 year old resident of 100 North Adams faces a murder charge for the January 22 slaying of Mattie Lee Gray an Amarillo Negro woman. Trial in 47th District Court is scheduled for 9 oclock Monday with a special venire of 150 men. Jury was dismissed after Paul Reneau was acquitted on a separate case.

Morris Dunbar North Adams 47Th District Court Dist Lloyd King Dunbar Mattie Lee Gray Amarillo Paul Reneau Howell Ark Reneau Reynold Gardner

Robbery report: man held after party incident

Police hold a man in connection with a reported robbery of Alfred Montaza at 2101 Garfield, valued at $80. Charges unlikely due to involvement of several friends at a party.

Alfred Montaza Garfield

Amarillo Radio Programs and Schedules Flashback

A fragmented listing details Amarillo radio programs for KKGNC KFDA and affiliates with varied 1930s to 1950s slots. It lists shows such as Light Up Time News of the Wart One Jay Ads We the People Lone Ranger Ozzie Harriet Jimmy Durante Life of Riley and many others across morning through evening, including sports, music, and public affairs segments.

Jay Ads Halls of Ivy We the People Jimmy Durante iLife Riley Billistein Chez Paris Orch Mindy Carson Dream Awhile Dream Everrence XIT Boys IXIT Trading Post Eddy Arnold Bernie Howell Platter Palace Old Corral Old Corra Jack Lisemore Fred Waring Fred Waring Ino Ranch Boys Theater of Today Zeke Brown Ama Col Crosby 'Tin Pan Alley Bob Wills Bii Man On Farm Rodger Dawn Stars On Parade War’n Hart Winstop Durfitt Holywa Hoedown Natl Farm Ole Opera Price College the Opera Ih Radio Singers the Opera Conservatory The Opera .c Prairie Suns Treasury Stim Srvant Stim Bryan West Albert Warner News R. Renner Lake Enner Dorsey West Texas State

New York Stock Quotations From Amarillo Merrill Lynch Office

The 1230 market list shows prices for Air Reduction to Westinghouse, with numerous industrials, airlines, oil firms, and railways priced in fractions and whole dollars. Notable entries include General Electric, General Motors, American Airlines, Bethlehem Steel, Boeing, Chrysler, IBM, Packard, PepsiCo, and United Aircraft, among many others, reflecting broad sector activity and varied gains and losses across NY curb quotes and over the counter.

New York Amer Locomo Amer Rad&ss Montem Ward Amer Chan&c Amer Roll Mil Murray Corp Amer Smel&r Nash Kelvintr Amer Amer Woolen Natl Dairy Pr Amer Zinc Natl Distillers Armour & Co Arch Topaso Newport Indy Avco NY Cent RR Baldwin Loco North Au Baltimore & O North NatGas Barnsdall Oil North Pac RR Bendix Aviata Ohio Oil Best Foods Oliver Corp Bethlehem Butler Bros Plymouth Oil Pure Oil Canada Dry Poor & Co Canadian Pac Pullman Carrier Corp Radio Corp Joil Case Co Radio K Orph Caterpillar Tr Reo Motors Celotex Corp Republic Avia Republic Steel Chesap Shamrk Solvy Sharon Steel Consol Edison Shell Consol Vultee Simmons Co Continent Bakin Sinclair Bocony Cacm Amer Gold Crane Co Porto Rico Crucible Steel South Pas Curtiss Wright Southern Co Southern Ry Deer & Co Sparks del &Hudson Spiegel Inc Distillers I Square D Hier Jarvis Dome Mines Gaspid Cal Studebaker Erie Railroad Sun General Motor Tex&Pac C&o General Tirer TexPac Landt Gillette Safety Tidewater Graham Paige Union Oil Car Great Nrrpid Union Pacific Great Wsugar United Aircrft Greyhound Cp United Airlin Grumman Air United Carbon United Corps United GasIm Emediake M Hershey Nouston Ouco US Rubber Howe Sound US Steel Hudson Motor United Wallop Hupp Corp Walworth Co Centralr Warner Bros Inspirata Warren Petro Flake Iron West Indies Feteraati Wemy Ae Western Una Internati Nak Westingh Airb Ternatl Ie Westingh Elite Ira Internat Rae West Va Papah Johns Manvil White Motors Jones& Laugh Willys Overind Laclede Gasl Wilson & Coms Kennecott Wood(Gar CURB Utal Idahos Humble Oil United Life Kaiser Frazer Wentworth Uhlmann Grain Co

Market roundup of livestock and cattle prices and trends

Agricultural markets show heavier weights down to 12.75 for around 600 pound averages. Cattle 1,000 calves 300 slaughter steers and heifers steady, cows steady. Vealers steady to 1 lower. beef grades and veal values range. Sheep 200 steady with top reflects 106 pound stock. Colorado prices mostly 13.50 down. Financial sector notes fund liquidation at 2.0609 and offering 2.26.

Debtor Freed After 4 Decades Under Old Vermont Law

Bernard J. Smith Jr., a 24 year old Army veteran from Fair Haven, was released by a three man jail commission after serving over a year under an 142 year old Vermont statute for failing to satisfy a civil judgment. He pledged to seek the promised job in 1948 in the electrical shop as he walked free. The judgment against him remains in force for eight years with attachment possible if his property exceeds twenty dollars.

Rutland Vermont Bernard J. Smith, Jr Fair Haven Smith Mary L. Mangan James Pearl M. Holland

Giant Toads Threaten Queensland Cane Fields

Giant toads brought from Hawaii to Australia in 1935 saved sugar cane crops but now swarm Queensland sugar areas. Nine inch monsters covered with warts and poison glands have multiplied millions, initially released to combat pests but now a pest in the cane districts.

Hawaii Australia Brisbane Queensland

Baseball game postponed by cold weather in Amarillo

The Amarillo Gold Sox game against Albuquerque was postponed this afternoon at 2 o clock due to cold weather.

Amarillo Gold Sox Albuquerque

United States weighs allied defense burden in NATO plans

General Bradley discussed NATO defense plans noting the alliance may require larger air and naval forces for collective security. He said the US balance or costs this year would not change, but future contributions should reflect what friends can provide rather than US paying the whole bill.

Bradley Pact United States Alliance

Chicago Livestock Market Report April 14 Prices

Hogs at Chicago for April 14 show 4 Hogs 6 500 steady to 15 cents higher. Sows up 15 to 25 cents with top at 16.25. Goods and choice cattle range 190 to 360 pounds with dollars 15 to 16.15. Sows under 450 pounds quoted around 14.25.

Kansas City Livestock Kansas City Chicago

Editors at Texas Press Association events in Amarillo

Wes Izzard discusses printer apprenticeship and US totals as the Texas Press Association meets at Keet Paper Company. The gathering features barbecues, welcomes from local officials, and sessions on newspaper operation and circulation worries with speakers including Cal Brumley, Evelyn Boyd, Karl Broadley, Herschel Combs, and Joe Belden.

ITU United States Wes Izzard Globe-News England Europe Texas Press Association Vernon Sanford Austin Keéett Paper Company John Snider Paper Company Johnson Bud Curtis Gene Klein Dr. R. Co. Snodgrass First Christian Church Amarillo Singers Cal Brumley The Tulsa Herald Evelyn Boyd Post Dispatch Karl Broadley Vega Herschel Combs Memphis Joe Belden Texas Poll Amarillo Club Ernest C. Thompson Texas Railroad Commission Globe News

Soviet claims on Privateer missing crew and airmen awards

Radio Moscow asserted the missing Privateer was shot at by Soviet fighters after they fired first on Saturday. Moscow announced the Red Banner awards to four Soviet airmen for service. American officials said most crewmen are likely dead as search areas of up to 60 000 square miles around the Baltic have been combed repeatedly without a clue.

Latvia Radio Moscow Order of the Red Banner Air Force Baltic Denmark

Restored sight for three Georgia girls born blind

In Savannah on April 14 three sisters Eloise 14 Elaine 10 and Page 7 of Acworth Ga born blind due to congenital cataracts regained partial vision after cataract removal at the Georgia Academy for the Blind in Macon. Temporary glasses let them see beds chairs trees and colors though details blur. Final results to be known in weeks. They returned to Macon with escorted adults.

Savannah Hall Sisters Acworth Eloise Elaine Page Georgia Academy For the Blind Macon

Endorsement Sparked by 85 Million Project Debate

A local proponent, anonymous, says the Washington decision hinges on whether Army Corps of Engineers or Bureau of Reclamation and the economist’s report for 11 Panhandle Plains cities will win. He notes an interagency rivalry colors the Army’s negative stance. The Corps report moves through the Bureau of Reclamation to Interior, then Budget before Congress, with Senate testimony unlikely Tuesday.

Washington Army Corps of Engineers Bureau of Reclamation Panhandle-Plains Corps of Engineers Army Department of Interior Congress Bureau of the Budget Senate

Palo Duro Park Set Spring Opening April 21

The spring and summer season at Palo Duro Park opens at 5 PM on April 21 with a square dance at El Coronado lodge. Amarillo Hereford and Canyon Chambers of Commerce join the program. concessionaire John McCarty notes a two day visit by the Queen for a Day is planned this season.

Palo Duro Park John McCarty el Coronado Lodge Amarillo Hereford and Canyon

North and South Plains reps head to hearing on Worley Bill

About a dozen representatives from the North and South Plains cities will leave between now and Sunday for the hearing. The Worley Bill authorizing the Canadian River Dam has already passed the House of Representatives by a unanimous vote. Those who have followed the pitfalls of other legislation doubt that the authorization legislation will be voted upon by the Senate without a comment from the Bureau of the Budget.

North South Plains Worley House of Representatives Senate Bureau of the Budget

Pursuit Ends With Suspect Held After Hotel Shootout

Police chase man with a gun through the streets to a hotel where Mullins and officers confront him. The youth fires at a detective, Mullins returns fire, the gun jams, and the suspect is detained as officers arrive. A mysterious note in the hotel room hints at a self described superior and unreadable intent.

Mullins Globe-News

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