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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1950
Page
5
Lt. Leroy L. Lette, an F-80 pilot from Oklahoma City, led a strafing run in a mountain pass. He clipped a tree with a wing tip while pulling up from a low pass, tearing off wing tanks. His flight circled to cover his return as he nursed the wounded jet home, kept in the air by sheer grit.
Princess De Rethy wife of King Leopold III landed today in Belgium from Switzerland with Prince Alexander and Princess Josephine Charlotte. They traveled to the Royal Palace of Laeken amid secrecy as Leopold remains in residence. Leopold's marriage to the princess follows his 1941 surrender and public anti Leopold sentiment. Last week his rule was handed to Crown Prince Baudouin.
Burglars entered Strickland Transportation Company at 1507 East Third last night taking 45 dollars in cash a radio and a 1200 dollar check after entering through a window. Detectives also logged a break in at the Plumbers Union building at 1307 West Seventh with no cash or merchandise reported missing.
Washington reports farm land values rose an average 2 percent from March to July, continuing an upward trend since last November. Prices remain about 3 percent below the November 1948 peak, with increases varying by state such as Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma and Texas showing gains.
Opening quotations show numerous issues from Air Reduction to Westinghouse with diverse gains and losses. Major names include Allied Stores, Am Express, General Motors, United Aircraft, and Westinghouse among many others, reflecting broad activity across sectors.
Chicago livestock activity shows hogs at about steady to 24.00 top for 210-240 lb, 200-260 lb at 23.50 to 24.00, lighter weights down to 20.25, sows 20.00 to 21.50 under 360 lb, 360-400 lb 19.00 to 20.25, 400-500 lb 18.00 to 19.25, 500-600 lb 17.00 to 18.25. Cattle and calves: 15,000 cattle, 500 calves. steer yearlings 0.25-0.50 lower, mature steers 0.50 lower, heifers 0.25-0.30 lower, cows steady to 0.50 lower, bulls higher. good/choice steers 29.00-31.50, medium to low-good 25.50-28.75, good/choice heifers 28.00-30.00, cows 19.00-21.50, canners 16.00-18.75, sausage bulls 23.50-25.50.
Pure Oil Company seeks permission to shoot bar ditches in eastern and southeastern Potter County to map geology. Commissioners set next Monday for hearing amid objections that data could affect land values neighboring properties.
Claude Orville Williams 21 of Pleasant Valley was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Bonita Wilkinson on charges of stealing an automobile owned by Howard M. McLeland. He was held after being arrested in Angleton and the car recovered. The alleged theft occurred July 21 at 168 Fast Fifth. Bond set at 1500.
Washington August 14 The House reversed its stance and voted 248 to 8 1 to bring to a floor vote a bill canceling a Post Office order to reduce home deliveries to one per day and curb other services The measure could pass tomorrow and proceed to the Senate before President Truman's approval is needed It followed earlier cuts in postal funds and debate over potential yearly savings from the service curtailment
Construction starts on Bowman Biscuit Co. Texas home at Sixth and Johnson. A quarter block warehouse and office building will house company and Texas offices led by L. W. Bentley and Jesse A. Sanders with Robert Hucker supervising. Wal ter Wirtz is general contractor. Ground graded, shed moved, permit pending. Bowman Biscuit Co. formerly Merchants Biscuit Co. at 404 Grant.
Texarkana reports Mrs. W. D. Wood, mother of 22-year-old Lt. Robert H. Wood, was notified by the Defense Department that her son was killed in action in Korea on July 30, fifteen days after she dreamed he was injured.
The San Antonio area received 5.57 inches of rain, the heaviest in 13 years, easing drought for ranchers planning to move cattle. Temperatures statewide fell modestly with scattered thunderstorms forecast. Rain totals included Boerne 3.30, Pleasanton 2.00, Poteet 1.50, and Victoria 1.50 inches. Kerrville official notes ranchers benefited from the soaking.
Clovis Aug 14 two Sunday crashes left five people hurt. H H Red Frazier 64 Farwell unconscious after a head injury in a collision near Farwell. J Mapp 15 House NM suffers cuts but not serious. A pickup and car collision involved Mr and Mrs Mapp and a 3 year old. A second crash north of Clovis on Grady Highway injured Lee Jean Turner 6 unconscious, her mother and aunt slightly hurt.
Senator Brewster of Maine assailed administration foreign policy in Charleston arguing Secretary Acheson misled the public. He faulted the administration for inviting war in Korea and sending unprepared American troops against Communist forces, demanding Acheson’s removal.
United States and allied forces report limited progress as they aim to separate Eastern 3 000 enemy troops from 10 000 in the Western mountains. Pohang airport remains in American hands despite evacuation under fire. Marines seize high ground near Sachon and Chinju, recapture positions near Taechon ni, while Seoul radio is knocked offline and ships are damaged at Chinnampho. Navy air strikes target bridges and vessels with new rocket ordnance.
A B-50 bomber, Lucky Lady II, on a routine test flight crashed on the desert two miles southeast of Davis Monthan Field, Tucson. Eleven crew were aboard. only one, Capt. Warren E. Griffin of Bexar Ark, was injured as the power failed on approach.
Fifth Air Force fighters damaged eight enemy tanks 56 trucks two locomotives two supply dumps one warehouse three bridges and five gun emplacements. B 29s hit bridges and targeted remote Konan chemical plant portions. Rear Adm Hoskins said carrier planes had their biggest single day of the war, stopping 35 percent of North Korean supplies in a week. Pohang airfield evacuated on the east coast as Mustang crews pulled out due to harassing ground fire. MacArthur spokesman notes tiny Tim rockets 11.75 inches diameter carried under Corsair wings for potential ship targets.
In heavy rain at dawn the troops attacked the Naktong River bridgehead. Bennyhoff reported gains of up to 2000 yards in places, with high ground taken from Communist forces. First Division Sev enth Cavalry Regiment wiped out a new bridgehead 13 miles southwest of Taegu and killed about 1000 more Communists. Air strikes hit a North Korean ammunition dump 6 miles north of Waewan and 15 miles northwest of Taegu as reinforcements poured in.
The term muscle comes from the Latin musculus meaning a little mouse, as a muscle under the skin resembles a creeping animal. This origin explains why Latin speakers used the phrase for muscular tissue.
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