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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1950
Page
19
A News-Globe reporter riding with a reckless driver refrains from publication fame, avoiding danger to finish the trip safely. The piece notes the journalist’s respect for safety and his aim to avoid tonight’s sensational headline. The column then lists local visitors, birthdays, and hospital notes from Amarillo and surrounding areas.
Nassau Bahama House of Assembly passes bill implementing US Britain treaty to jointly develop long range rockets. Telemetering stations to record missile passage, speeds, and courses on the islands extend US range about 5000 miles over the Atlantic from Cape Canaveral. Patrick Air Force Base renamed for Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick.
Artie Shaw with an 18 piece band will play at the Nat Dance Palace on September 20. Prices are not yet announced. The show is expected to draw a large local crowd. Amarillo Archery Range opens every evening at 6 at 3703 West Sixth.{"}
In August years from 1920 to 1949 Amarillo residents recall paths to college football joining Southwestern University, a boy’s goat milk tale, a shift to welding supply, hay fever first caught on an overnight lake trip, wartime housing duties, and a city water plant project reflecting daily life and local careers.
A shortpiece questions whether a person can be a drip or lively despite the Corn Department theme. It mentions Sharp Jack Hudgins Hugh Cox Mary Lou Parr Guy Smyth Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tadlock Jimmy Carter Jimmy Baker Buddy Oliphant in a rostered lineup.
Col. Charles Joseph Hubbard 48, famed Arctic explorer and former Harvard football star, died in a plane crash 500 miles from the North Pole while delivering parachute supplies to a weather station on Ellesmere Island. The Weather Bureau said eight Canadians also perished. Hubbard was chief of the bureau's Arctic section.
In New York on August 2 a mother Beatrice Polock aged 49 and her three sons were charged with robbing a luncheonette of 670 dollars. Police said she acted as lookout and spoke with a policeman while sons Joseph 20 and William 16 burglarized the shop. James 19 allegedly planned the job. The family was held in 5000 dollars bail.
Four National Guard divisions and two regimental combat teams were identified for active duty. The 28th from Pennsylvania will train at Camp Atterbury Indiana, the 40th from California at Camp Cook California, the 43rd from Connecticut Vermont and Rhode Island at Camp Pickett Virginia, and the 45th from Oklahoma at Camp Polk Louisiana. The 196th Combat Team from South Dakota goes to Camp Carson near Colorado Springs Colorado, the 278th from Tennessee to Fort Devens near Ayer Massachusetts.
A playful remark about warning a spouse not to imply flaws in attire, noting a humorous misperception about wrinkles in hose and the possibility she wears none. The line pivots on misread signs and domestic banter.
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