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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1951
Page
2
Temporary headquarters for the Research Hospital in Kansas City will be used only briefly, with doctors insisting on a small research focus before the move on Saturday.
Classified notices show social ads lost items and requests for companionship. Listings include a marriage minded appeal from a church member, lost red leather billfold with papers, small black purse with papers, pink shell rim glasses, in-town babysitting ad, a maid and yard man for hire, and an information request seeking a middle aged woman who rode a Salt Lake City bus arriving in Amarillo July 31, with contact details for Orville Davidson in Vancouver, Canada.
Authorities banned bathing on Cartagena beaches after sharks killed four people in a week and injured others. One victim lost a leg as sharks attacked in knee deep water. A $10 bounty led to bodies of several sharks displayed in public parks and police stations.
The Herman Hill family from 1903 Crockett are vacationing this week in Corpus Christi. They stopped in Dallas to visit relatives while en route to the Gulf Coast. The text notes the famous flamingoes at Hia leah Pla are fed a special diet of cooked rice dried shrimp and ground dog biscuit.
A letter from Mrs. Johnnie Warren of Amarillo Texas praises printed verse and urges candlelight solidarity against division. She recalls family service in Korea and World War II, warns against bribed guards and warns that strength comes from character. She cites biblical and historical references and pleads for collective responsibility for peace.
A London palace source stated Princess Margaret is not in love and has no plans to marry soon. As her 21st birthday nears on August 21 at Balmoral Castle, speculation swirls about a possible engagement despite the princess showing no hurry to wed.
A widow, 48, asks Potter County Sheriff Paul Gaither to help find a loving husband in Amarillo. She expresses desire for a tall cowboy, mentions oil men in Pampa, and asks correspondences via Tack, Globe-News.
U P reports that the ICC approved 548 million dollar annual freight rate boosts to take effect by early September. Rail carriers say the increases amount to only about half of what is needed to cover rising labor and supply costs. The rule sets 9 percent increases in the East, 6 percent elsewhere, with 6 percent for inter-territory traffic and grain exemptions.
Judy Markham, 3, improved at Highland General Hospital after a collision on the Laketon Miami Road. Her father Glen Markham suffered a broken kneecap and bruises. Harold Markham has a head injury and lacers. Winton Cox and Carl Dotson treated and released.
Miss Louise Orr, principal of Avondale Elementary, sails Friday to join the Texas Association for Improvement of Reading at Sul Ross State College Alpine. As vice-president she presides at Monday's 2 pm session. About 300 members from across Texas expected. theme targets reading improvement at all grades with focus on individual pupil needs. She will stop in Carlsbad, NM en route.
Romania now prohibits entry to the country of canned foods and all other goods in soldered tin cans. The ban covers tins and related products, reflecting a strict import rule for preserved foods and tinware.
Wellington Reader reports on a $100 reward offered by Gene Howe for finding a hummingbird in the Panhandle. The letter discusses the timing of sightings, noting May and early June as common months before hot southwest winds. A purple hummingbird sighting near Amarillo is recounted, with details of a brief hover and spray-drenched scene.
Washington report notes President Truman signed a bill prohibiting false fur advertising. Labels must reveal the exact animal that wore the coat first. The item cites aliases such as French chinchilla and Baltic lion and mentions a long-ago Egyptian castor oil claim.
Polio hit six of eight De Mars children, all hospitalized at Los Angeles General. Three-year-old Richard and his 10-year-old brother Donald are on respirators, with Davis 10 months, Shirley five, Audrey seven, and Patricia 12 also stricken. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis called it the hardest family hit since 1946.
Five children in Reno were struck by polio this year with Richard, a twin, among the first hospitalized nine days ago. The De Mars family, from Watertown South Dakota six months ago, received an offer from a foundation to cover full treatment costs. Robert, age three, and Carole, eleven, remain unaffected. twelve Los Angeles polio deaths are reported this year.
An 18-year-old arrested for drunkenness in Fairmont Minnesota was placed on one year probation requiring church attendance every Sunday and staying off the streets after 11 PM unless accompanied by parents. He must avoid any ungentlemanly conduct. A note mentions that one in ten people in Britain is over 65.
Frank Sinatra confirmed he will file for a Nevada divorce from Nancy. He arrived in Reno to fulfill a singing engagement at the Riverside Hotel and said he would consider marrying Ava Gardner, who vacationed with him in Mexico. He plans a 10 day lapse before a Las Vegas tour, noting Nevada requires six weeks in state before filing.
An eight month old girl in St Louis recovered after a surgeon removed a nail embedded in her right lung. Washington University threaded a rubber strip with a magnet through a neck incision to extract the three quarter inch nail. The child had picked up the nail from her home floor and swallowed it Friday. Doctors expect she will be home in a couple of days.
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