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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1950
Page
17
South of Amarillo on acres good way. 3 er tpakien ten 1,900 P teleen ieee rope, ome, 25,000 ACRES NE New Mexico, 17,000 A. deeded, 15 A, 29% down. Well watered. Good winter protection. Improve. MRS. O. WISEMAN 7828 1607 Madison STOCK FARM WHITE & 411 W. 10th
A classified listing catalogues numerous late 1940s to early 1950s cars with radios heaters and options. Makes include Dodge Plymouth Chevrolet Hudson Ford DeSoto Pontiac and more, detailing door counts and occasional extras.
A dense classified page advertises used cars, trucks, and trailers with prices and contact numbers. It features many makes including Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge, Olds, Nash, Studebaker, and Buick, plus dealer offers, trade options, and BY OWNER notices across multiple locations and phone contacts.
A column prints reader questions on which famous person they'd like as a neighbor. Diana Lynn, Huey Long, Will Rogers, Bing Crosby, Bernard Baruch, and the U.S. president are among those named, with reasons ranging from kindness and humor to policy insight and music interest.
Ninety tons of Russian crab returned to Liverpool aboard the Cunard liner Parthia after a round trip from 1947 storage in Liverpool. It was sent to America three weeks ago to spur dollar sales, but New York dockers refused to unload fearing benefits to the world Communist movement. The crab is now stored again.
Lansing reports Olds death at 86 prompts two minute plant idle at Oldsmobile and Reo factories. Auto pioneer who built first practical low priced car and helped start mass production died after returning from Charlevoix. Funeral underway as plants pause briefly before resuming operations.
Navy salvage experts will decide whether to refloat or blast the sunken hospital ship Benevolence off San Francisco after a collision with the freighter Mary Luckenbach. Eighteen are dead or missing, 492 rescued as divers search for bodies from the fogbound wreck.
An informant says Gojjam province peasants have revolted against land taxes and Haile Selassie rule, killing two district governors. Government troops are en route to quell the unrest, which followed arrests and land seizures amid tax collection efforts. The region formerly ruled by its own kings has opposed central authority since its establishment. Haile Selassie on his 58th birthday pardoned unpaid taxes and ordered farm marketing aid, seen as attempt to quell dissent. A censorship is said to have muffled news of the revolt.
Florence residents fund and open a $13,500 hospital and clinic with doctor George Strickland joining from Graham. Secretary John Ben Shepperd calls the clinic a national answer to socialized medicine as the town dedicates the facility after years without a physician.
Britain presses Ceylon for payment of 100 million pounds in tea shipments amid wartime disruption. Officials say the claim covers recent exports under wartime agreements with Ceylon authorities. The dispute centers on pricing, delivery schedules, and blockading pressures affecting tea flows.
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