Old Timey Weather Jokes And Newspaper Talk
A column excerpt blends weather proverb humor and social notes. It mentions a Las Vegas visit to Boulder Dam, a 70 million gallon water hit, visits of John ny Linn and Paul Allinghams for Christmas, old minstrel show jokes, and observations on differing editorial policies between The Globe Times and The News.
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Richard Hayes
Las Vegas
Boulder Dam
Sam Levinson
Beaumont Stinnett
Globe- Times
The
News
Editorial Freedom And Columnists In Newspapers
The piece notes editors and columnists speak freely on personal responsibility while policy makers set editorial direction. It highlights editors T. E. Johnson Wes Izzard and Tack as examples and argues openness in opinion is healthy even when clashes arise.
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T. EF. Johnson
Wes Izzard
Tack
Wes Izzard Urges Bold Nuclear Option Against Korea War
The speaker warns of the war’s horrors and criticizes Truman and Acheson for Korea policy. He contends a temporary halt could come from atomic bombs but fears Soviet retaliation and World War III. He questions public support for a dangerous showdown with China and Russia.
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Wes Izzard
Truman
Acheson
Korea
Korea Crisis and 1952 Election Poll Spark Debate
The piece notes bleak Korea prospects with China’s role as Russia’s pawn, invites opinions, and discusses Taft, Truman, and Republican split. It cites Gallup polls: Eisenhower 54 Truman 36 with 10 undecided, Warren 43 Truman 40, Truman 48 Taft 35. A satirical aside targets Roosevelt and Truman.
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Taft
Truman
Gallup
Eisenhower
Warren
Russian situation fuels Izzard call for caution
The article notes Wes Izzard warned against speaking on air about a dangerous topic, noting heavy demand for his speeches with 800 copies printed. Tack reports a 20 pound loss in three months due to reduced fats sugars and dairy, while cigarettes remain plentiful. Izzard expresses views on the Russian situation and opposition to a drop policy.
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Wes Izzard
Tack
Trumanism and debt fears dominate political talk
The New York Mirror and other voices warn that four more years of Truman could threaten national sovereignty and fiscal health. They attack Truman and his treasury chief, predicting a debt surge beyond 275 billion as the government contemplates raising the debt ceiling. The piece mentions secret meetings, press censorship, and Communist influencing fears alongside skimped crime notes about youths stealing cars.
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New York Mirror
Truman
Harry Truman
John Snyder
the Treasury
Washington
When you and I were young Maggie chorus echoes old song
The speaker recalls aging and fading strength yet praises Maggie still as fair as in youth. Time as the pen letters the aging face while memories of youth cling to their love. The refrain aligns with a chorus about enduring affection through years.
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Maggie
Middle class defined as neither charity takers nor donors
Jack Carson argues today’s middle class comprises people not poor enough to take charity and not rich enough to give. He positions the group as stuck between dependence and philanthropy, implying limited social mobility and financial strain.
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Jack Carson
Hadacol Ad Campaigns Sparked Amarillo Spending
Hadacol drew heavy advertising in Amarillo, with nearly $50,000 spent in one year across local newspapers. The campaign boosted visibility for the tonic while prompting questions about its health claims and business impact in the region.
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Hadacol
Amarillo
Hadacol sales drop after ads end at busy drugstore
A drugstore proprietor reports no Hadacol sales for ten months and links the decline to the end of large ads. A reader letter from A HEART-BROKEN WIFE complains of a married woman's infidelity during her absence and urges an apology. The note closes with Christmas wishes and a sign-off from E.R.T.
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Tack
Old Time Coon Grease Biscuits and Sour Dough Talk
A. L. Morris of Amarillo recollects old time cow camp cooking, detailing sour dough biscuit making with coon grease and tallow. He recalls Paul Handy at 7-D Ranch White Lake, notes on baking soda and powder methods, and laments lost traditional bread skills among trappers and cowmen.
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Tack
Don Cook
Plainview
White Lake
Paul Handy
Paul
Handy Brothers
A. L. Morris
Amarillo
New Year Eve Dinner Bargain At Old Tascosa Spotlight
Reservations urged for New Year Eve at Old Tascosa as tables vanish. Price seven fifty per person includes cover, steak dinner, setups and favors. Manager Floyd Sykes notes brisk demand. Also covers Annual All-College Dance by Amarillo Club of Texas A&M tomorrow night at Club Runnymede and Monday night boxing cards with local participants.
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Old Tascosa
Floyd Sykes
Amarillo Club
Texas A&m
Club Runnymede
Tom Jones
FE. W. Cain
Clarence Willmering
Ralph Dykeman
Bus Duggar
Dewey Ashcroft
Glenn Newbold
Ted Moss
George Thornton
Death Claims Arthur Capper
Arthur Capper a Kansas Republican and three decade US Senate veteran died at 86 after a illness. He retired from politics in 1949 and built a newspaper and broadcasting portfolio including Topeka Daily Capital Kansan and two radio stations. Known as the Republican voice of the Midwest farmer he led farm legislation and supported youth via Copper Pig and Calf Clubs and a crippled children fund. Survived by Ulster Mrs A L Eustice of Evanston Ill funeral plans not announced.
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Topeka
Kan
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Capper
Kansas City
Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
Toneka
Senate
Ulster
A. L. Eustice
Evanston, Ill
Local Classified Fragments Include Orphans, Pets and Trades
Elderly widow seeks housemate to share expenses rent free but contribute. Lost items include a Richards Automatic wrist watch with dark suede band and a brown leather couch cushion. Dogs lost and found notices, free dog offers, lonely correspondences, a 1949 Texas University class ring found, and a Remington Rand portable typewriter for trade.
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Bertha Richardson
Raleigh
Plainview
Jean Knight
North East Eighth
Fillmore
West Central
Pleasant Valley
Tony
Ann Gaines
West Tenth
Texas University
Remington Rand
North Virginia
Mrs Johnston Rites Scheduled
Perryton funeral notice for Mrs S D Johnston 76 years old with services to be held Thursday at the Methodist Church led by Rev Lloyd Jones and Rev Bryan. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home handling arrangements. A longtime Oklahoma farm resident 13 miles north of Perryton she died Wednesday in a Perryton hospital after a long illness.
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Perryton
S. D. Johnston
Methodist Church
Lloyd Jones
We. Bryan
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Russia and UN Chief Feuding Over Social Events
Paris December 20. The cold cocktail party war continues between UN Secretary General Trygve Lie and the Russians. UN staff boycotted a party by Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky last night after Lie was not invited. Earlier Vishinsky invited Lie and family to a film showing but Lie declined due to a prior engagement. The Russians then ignored a Lie hosted reception with UN Assembly President Luis Padilla Nervo. Lie told staff to stay away from Russian parties unless invited as a bid to avoid Moscow’s social snubs.
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Paris
Trygve Lie
Andrei Vishinsky
Lie
Vishinsky
UN Assembly
Luis Padilla Nervo
Mexico
Men Own 75 Percent of U S Life Insurance
In New York findings men hold three fourths of U S life insurance. By end of 1950 total coverage was 173 billion dollars for men, with women policies totaling 44 billion and children 17 billion.
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New York
United States
Christmas Home Decoration Contest Draws 38 Entries
Amarillo Garden Club judges face strong competition with eight prizes totaling 200 dollars in the Christmas Home Decoration Contest sponsored by the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce. A list of 38 entrants includes Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Rhea, Mrs. A N Weisenman, Mr. and Mrs. M Taylor Norman, Mrs. J W Gowens, Ted Y Lokey, and many others. Winners will be announced in The Globe-Times once date is set.
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Amarillo
A. N. Weisenman
Polk
M. Taylor Norman
Crockett
J. W. Gowens
Monroe
Ted Y. Lokey
Duncan Drive
Alexander Apartments
Tyler
Howard Dees
John R. Armstrong
Ong
John H. Thompson
North Arthur
Vardaman Cook
Alabama
Helen C. Omler
Edward Green
North Hayes
James Willie
North West Twelfth
W. C. Schutts, Jr
Travis
Weldon O. Murphy
Alfred C. Kipp
West Fourteenth
W. G. Miller
Parker
Jim Reed
Rosemont
Helen Biggs
Edgar C. Spiller
North Grant
A. J. Forrester, Jr
Cline Road
D. D. Hurley
East Sixteenth
D. E. Maxwell
North
Palo Duro
W. H. Gray, Jr
H. A. Bain
Bryan
Eugene Anglin
Robert W. Handy
North Adams
Pearl Lawrence
Taylor
Ben Burkett
Hayden
B. A. Leonard
M. W. Clack
Ralph Carroll
Hughes
Noble Roberts
George Lokey
Sunset
A. W. Wansing
Harrison
Warren O. Lowry
J. W. Davis
South Jackson
William J. Vaughn
Milam
Globe-Times
Book by Amarillo Editor In Chief John Fischer at Library
Former Amarillo Globe-News staffer John Fischer, editor in chief of general books for Harper & Brothers, has Master Plan USA available at the Amarillo Public Library. The informal report on America’s foreign policy advocates voluntary world federation for lasting peace. Fischer’s career spans United Press, Associated Press and European correspondence.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Public Library
Alice Green
Master Plan USA
John Fischer
General Books
Harper & Brothers
New York
Fischer
America
Green
Amarillo Globe-News
Oklahoma
New Mexico
United Press
Associated Press
Tech Dean Honored For Farm Service
LUBBOCK December 20 Texas Tech Dean of Agriculture W L Stangel is named Man of the Year in Texas agriculture by Progressive Farmer Magazine. The January issue notes his nine years at Texas A&M and 26 years at Tech, plus his roles with the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show, and leadership at the State Fair of Texas since 1946 and the Texas Centennial Exposition livestock division.
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Lubbock
Texas
Texas Tech
W. L. Stangel
Progressive Farmer Magazine
Stangel
Texas A & M
Tech
Cardinal Spellman Flies to Korea for Christmas with Troops
Cardinal Francis Spellman departed by plane to spend Christmas with American troops in Korea, returning from New York on December 20. The journey underscores wartime morale support as allied forces face ongoing combat operations in Korea this holiday season.
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New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Korea
Exports Valued At Sixty Six Million In Six Months
Exports from the Dominican Republic for the first half of 1951 totaled 66 352 000 dollars. The report highlights value by sector and notes strong performances in sugar coffee and tobacco shipments through port facilities at Ciudad Trujillo.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Blind Toys See Toys at Big Party in Detroit
A downtown department store held an after hours party in its toyland for about 150 blind children and parents. The sightless youngsters rode a merry-go-round and toy plane, fired toy guns, and felt stuffed animals as they queued to tell Santa their Christmas wishes, sharing the fairyland with their families.
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Detroit
Santa Claus
Collision At Harwell Yields Atomic Decontamination Scene
A Harwell atomic center truck collided with another last night spilling radioactive water on the road. Farm workers were warned off by the driver who shouted it was dangerous. Police closed the road while Harwell men in treated gear sprayed decontaminating fluid and white powder. the road reopened three hours later.
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Harwell
Eng
British Atomic Experiment Center
Christmas Day wire to be cut in Bethlehem worship
The Jordan foreign ministry announced that barbed wire around Bethlehem will be opened on Christmas Day allowing about 2,000 Christians living in Israel to attend services in the Arab-occupied city, where Christ was born. Jordanian troops occupy Bethlehem.
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Bethlehem
No-Man’s-Land
Israel
Christ
Foreign Ministry
Jordan
Manners of War Echoes on a Pacific Island
During World War II an American lands on a Pacific island and learns native words for man and tree by gesture. A passing P-38 prompts the native to translate the unfamiliar sound, saying I think, sir, that it is a P-38. The anecdote highlights cross cultural quick learning and wartime encounter.
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Earl Wilson
Johnny Linn
Phoenix
Paul Allinghams
China
Russia
Roosevelt
Mr. Izzard
Havaleenah
Curly
Sabinas
Seleeven
Gauerkraut
DR. Essam
Ping
Daily Worker
Buzzin
Billy Bee
Cpl
Ray Franks
Don Sbarra
Emily Jo
Allied Youth
Spanish Club
Les Brown
Life
Denise Cole
Joe Sullivan
Lincoln
Hugh Cox
Ricardo Montalban
June Allyson
Linette Smith
Ted Freeman
Charles Carter
Dale Johnson
Bill Helen
Gwen Selecman
Sara Kelly
Corn Department
Dennis
Tack, News and Globe-Times
Mrs. Johnston
Kentucky
Boyce
Didi
Green Valley
Dorothy Day
Zale
Zale’s
Antes
Fisk Bldg
Amarillo, Texas
Old City
Jerusalem
Deason
Weie SP
Gerberich
Boy Scouts
Reptella
Mead
Clermont
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