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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1950
Page
2
Public notice lists named individuals D Bartiers Gracy Camp Sarah Winter Bob Lewis Mor dyke Kat Hess and Charies Under wood. The fragment references an official notice but provides no date place or action details.
A ranch diary recounts the first northerns driving doves south and details Herbert the Playboy bull who lived lavishly, turned belligerent after worm infections, attacked a chute and a horse, was sold to packers, and is being processed into meat. Other bulls roam lush meadows while cows surround them in a scene of ranch abundance.
The passage argues that even in the best of people a latent urge to bully exists. It suggests most avoid overt aggression because it is suppressed or trained out. It asserts that learning comes from experience and that once a bull loses his top, he loses his hide.
The speaker argues that natural development for children is unlikely and that most people instinctively seek to grab what they can. He contends that many adults are driven by desire and are quick to pursue the best outcomes, implying skepticism toward idealistic theories of child development.
A Dallas reader recalls a trip with impressions from a hotel lobby and local fashion chatter. He notes many women taxi drivers, a single owner, and jokes about oversized garments, Mother Hubbard costumes, and the notion of an Amarillo fashion show to revive old time bathing suits and vintage attire.
Diana Johnson seeks a four member committee to collect the reward and donate all funds to charity. The letter argues the family is unselfish and asks the committee to choose the charity and ensure the full amount goes to it. The writer, Byron Singleton, asks if you will join and confirms legal steps to waive her rights to direct payments.
A reflection on fashion and undergarments across eras. The speaker recalls celluloid collars high button shoes hats and underwear noting drawers once seen as attractive due to women wearing them. A Gibson cartoon shows a boy admiring a wash line scene with drawers labeled Hers.
A proposal suggests spicing fashion shows with contrasting outfits. The plan envisions models in old Mother Hubbard dresses alongside modern lounging gowns to draw larger crowds and amuse spectators. The note invites merchant support in Amarillo.
A Joseph L. Myler article summarizes a government report on atomic blasts noting that flame burns caused about half of Hiroshima and Nagasaki deaths, while flash burns accounted for roughly a quarter. It explains heat radiation, fire spread, and protection gaps, stressing that in the U S civil defense, most casualties would be burn victims and that fires would magnify damage.
In ASHTABULA Ohio on August 21 a speeding car ignored police signals, escaping to General Hospital where Patrolmen Norman Hummer and Robert Dieffenbacker assisted in delivering a baby to Mrs Esther Brenneman. The husband Roger Brenneman said they could not stop earlier.
A state education official told East Texas State Teachers College graduates that the Gilmer Aikin school program could give Texas the nation’s best system. Associate Commissioner L P Sturgeon warned that progress depends on qualified teachers as 319 Bachelor of Arts and 434 Master of Arts degrees were awarded.
Houston University will spend ten million dollars on a long range building program to begin within five years. Acting president Dr. W W Kemmerer said the plan includes an engineering building a junior college a student union building and a field house with swimming pool.
A planned race in Verona Italy pits helicopters against motor ambulances to determine the faster method for rapid transport of wounded to hospitals.
The text outlines lessons from the atomic bombings, noting fires burned 44 square miles and firefighters were hindered by collapsed buildings in Hiroshima. Nagasaki suffered water pressure failures from broken mains. Advice to US cities includes bomb proof fire stations, two foot thick concrete walls, fireproofing, avoiding black combustibles, ensuring water supply, duplicate facilities, and firebreaks at least 1060 feet wide.
John Armstrong of Amarillo, president of a lumber group and member of the Retail Lumber Dealers Association, says defense production won’t halt private building. He notes most war facilities will be few and sites remain available, keeping civilian construction alive though mortgage tightenings may curb new homes. Officials hope no private permit system is needed, watching housing trends to align demand with material supply.
Texarkana Aug 21 LP Gov Allan Shivers was urged to probe why five Northeast Texas counties have not been quarantined for anthrax a highly contagious cattle disease. Red River Franklin Hopkins Titus and Wood counties report spread within a month while Oklahoma and Kansas embargo Texas cattle. Oklahoma officers patrol the Red River to enforce the embargo and blocked farmers attempting to swim cattle across the river.
Tom H. Mills 64 of Tyler died of a heart attack an hour before his daughter would receive a masters degree at East Texas State Teachers College in Commerce. Mills, a labor foreman for the Cotton Belt Railroad, was stricken while climbing stairs to Ferguson Auditorium yesterday.
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