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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1950
Page
8
Describes a native wireless telegraph in Equatorial Africa using a six foot by three foot hollow log called gou dou goudou. Signals are spoken by drum beats with rubber tipped sticks and relayed between villages with remarkable speed.
John G. Murray, a pool attendant at a children's hospital, planned to burn his house and its piano after taking sleeping tablets. He tried to ignite kerosene on the roof but the fire department arrived quickly. Murray was booked on suspicion of attempted arson.
The Amarillo Globe presents responses from children in Big Spring and Perryton about their future careers. Jimmy Simmons wants to direct music and pilots fascinate Roy Brown. Martha Pollock dreams of ballet, JanaLee Bell aims to be a nurse, with notes on signatures and social custom.
A selection of reader questions on manners and wedding protocol. Topics include whether stacking used dishes is rude, whether to expect an engraved invitation, which side the bride walks on the aisle, and how to address gift cards with given names.
Some oyster growers expose oysters to air for short daily periods to enhance keeping qualities. Oysters do not eat during this time but snap their shells shut, yielding exceptional preservation of flavor over a long period.
Aaron Black, a 14 year old from Huntington West Virginia, went swimming at Four Pole Creek yesterday. After the search by authorities he returned home safe saying he spent the time they hunted for him looking for his clothes.
Sugar, used to lubricate ingot molds, forms a slippery caramel coating on the hot inner surface, speeding up steel production.
Dr Charles R Pierce a Santa Barbara dentist and part time botanist has developed a white burpless cucumber after eight years of work. The fruit is sweeter and milder than standard types and can be eaten skin and all like candy. It results from a cross between the lemon cucumber and other varieties with no gastric disturbances reported locally.
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