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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1950
Page
6
In Chester Pa a nursemaid named Mrs Pegey Rose, 24, was shot in the back by a pistol she had given to a 3 year old boy, after finding the weapon on a window sill at her employer Jackson Palmers home. She was taken to Chester hospital in serious condition. the gun was a .22 caliber war souvenir kept by Palmer.
Amarillo High School welcomes 62 new teachers boosting total faculty to 495. Ray Adams and Vernal V Kniseley join as coordinator of distributive education and assistant principal respectively as Texas supplies 44 newcomers to the district. Other new staff hail from Oklahoma Arkansas Utah and New Jersey with degrees ranging from bachelor to master.
Texas farm cash income for July totalled 113 million 448 thousand dollars. It rose over June but fell nine percent from July last year. The University of Texas bureau of business research reported the July index at 391 percent of the 1935-39 base.
The Tanaka Memorial, an alleged Japanese army plan for world domination attributed to Baron Giichi Tanaka who died in 1929, is described as a blueprint for conquest. The notice appears in a Globe-News want ads page.
The National Safety Council warned of a possible labor day toll of 435 highway deaths over an 78 hour period from Friday 6 PM to Monday midnight as 36 million cars are expected to fill streets and highways. It cited a dangerous minority of drivers showing hurry, inattention or confusion compared with last Labor Day when fatalities reached 410.
Austin August 31 Acting head of the states vocational education has been selected pending permanent filling. M. A. Browning, state supervisor of distributive education for ten years, will fill the vacancy created by W. E. Lowry's resignation, effective September 12. Browning previously taught at Amarillo for eight years before moving to Austin.
The remark notes that the advent of the automobile substantially reduced horse theft. It highlights a shift in crime patterns as motor vehicles replace horses in daily life and property risk. The statement reflects a historical view on technology changing urban crime.
Governor Allan Shivers predicts Democrat Walter Rogers will defeat Republican Ben Guill in November for the 18th congressional seat. Both candidates hail from Pampa and Shivers calls Rogers a very able man likely to win by a comfortable margin.
If paper shortages persist, production may shift back to leather for shoes. Officials warn higher costs and supply chain impacts could affect availability and pricing across manufacturers and retailers.
In Jacksonville an inquest returned a verdict of murder and suicide in the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Earn Pierce. The 52 year old farmer fatally shot his wife as she stood ironing yesterday and then killed himself. Justice of the Peace J E Simpson announced the finding.
Courthouse records show Hills, West Hills, and Olivia Woolley transferring lots 4, 5, 8 in Crestview Subdivision to Am Tex Dev Co. Other deeds include University Heights, Wolflin Park, Sunnyside, and East Amarillo areas. Domestic relations list two divorces. Marriage licenses issued for several couples.
Albert E. Aikman of 4015 Cline Road Amarillo is the first recipient of the $1500 Research Fellowship from the Southwestern Legal Foundation’s Oil and Gas division. A cum laude SMU graduate, he earned a Texas A&M B.S. in 1947 and is now a lawyer in Amarillo after stints with Phillips Petroleum’s legal department. The award supports advanced study in taxation.
Red radiance roses bloomed atop Washington Universitys syclotron building on the campus hill. The 200 planted roses are on a roof 6 feet thick, with radioactivity not expected to affect their growth as the plant contributed to plutonium production for the wartime atomic bomb program.
James Fenimore Cooper, later a key figure in Yale circles, was expelled from the institution, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. The statement notes his connection to Yale and his later prominence.
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