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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1951
Page
2
The annual Christmas afternoon dance for the Billy Bee group will run from 2 to 5 tomorrow at Club Runnymede. It is not sponsored by Nu Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Admission is one dollar per person and all members of the young social crowd are invited.
Amarillo district attorney Hermon Pipkin, in office since January, tried 101 cases in 1951 with six acquittals and secured landmark outcomes including the county’s first death penalty in 20 years. Key convictions included an electric chair case for Roy Hulen and Sam Galway for child rape, plus a life term for Sam Couch in a 1948 slaying. Pipkin notes stern penalties deter crime and cites two traffic-murder convictions as highlights. He and assistants Dunlap and Montgomery also won a life term for Couch’s partner’s murder.
A reader urges Amarillo to adopt one way streets in 1952 to ease traffic. He cites local wish and anticipates traffic relief. The letter also notes Tack’s weather forecasts and discusses executive salaries at General Aniline & Film Corporation, highlighting changes in pay and profits over time.
Stanton Thatcher contemplates a rebranding of the McDonald Auto Supply Company, begun in 1911. The firm is described as a large and important enterprise, with Thatcher considering a new name as part of a possible corporate evolution.
A collage of light anecdotes and social quips about candy gifts, travel woes, wartime headlines, celebrity quips, and small town observations. It touches on Mrs Griffith of Perryton, Mayo Clinic, Ava Gardner, Eve Peron, Barbara Hutton, theater heat complaints, and a joke about posture.
A reader laments porch light thefts during the holidays, arguing not all residents fit the city’s harsh reputation. Notes that miscreants exist in every community and cites Midland’s booming economy as a contrast to Amarillo. A joke at a night spot adds to the period tone.
Monday to Tuesday morning a cache of items was reported missing or found near Santa Fe station and local streets in Amarillo. Listings include keys for C A Readus of Wellington Kansas and Mrs S S Hatcher. a man's quilted jacket. a small black coin purse. glasses with D D initials. a little girl’s purse. and multiple wants and trades. Also lonely ad from Velma seeks correspondence and care offers for a child.
A 26 year old Denver waitress, Evelyn Marshall, leaped from a fifth floor hotel room after an impulse. She struck a tin ventilator on the second floor, landed in a parking lot between two cars, and survived with minor injuries including a cut chin, face scratches, muscle aches, and a lost tooth. Doctors at the hospital pronounced her sound. She vowed not to jump out of an open window again.
A courthouse page records warranty deeds from Empire Invest Corp to Jack Cooke and other transfers, plus domestic relations matters including annulment and divorce cases. Marriage licenses list Bobby Joe Priest with Rita Stubblefield and others, with Woodrow Wilson Shain and Sally Mae noted.
A reader requests reprinting of a Christmas poem, “The Night Before Christmas in Texas.” The piece features rural Texas imagery with Buddy and Sue, boots at the foot of the bed, a buckboard driven by a red shirted driver, and Santa delivering boots full of gifts in a western locale. The note includes the writer’s name Hilda Thursting and address 305 North Taylor.
In Pikesville Maryland Thompson Trailer Corp writes friends to skip Christmas fruit baskets. Lawyers cite gifts to anyone connected with government contracts as forbidden. Robert Thompson notes most work is for government contracts and jokes that Eve had something besides an apple.
Mrs. Martha West, 20, in critical condition after an auto crash that killed airman companion Pvt. Phillip J. Bremenkamp, 19, at Vega. Bremenkamp's body taken to Colby for services by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home. Two other airmen escaped serious injury. Dora Garcia, 27, remains seriously injured after leg fracture surgery. passenger in car driven by Raymond Benegas, 18, who was treated and released later.
Secretary of State Dean Acheson mourned the loss of Culber M. Ainsworth, principal engineer for the US section of the International Boundary and Water Commission. He played a key role in finalizing the 1944 water treaty with Mexico and was praised as outstanding, competent, loyal, and conscientious.
The farmer typically receives slightly under half of the price paid by city consumers for farm products. The balance goes to middlemen including handlers, wholesalers, and retailers.
The Commodities Credit Corporation filed claims totaling 1 056 119 20 against C M Henderson Farwell mayor and elevator operator for failing to deliver over 200 000 bushels of CCC wheat and grain sorghums stored in his elevator A federal judge issued a restraining order preventing asset disposal and signaled a receivership to run Henderson Grain and Seed Company authorities said the action should let the business operate normally Henderson said he can meet the claim within a reasonable time under the conditions
W Tex Magazine, a quarterly for West Texas State College ex students, is set for its first issue. Milton Morris says the 12 page edition is at printers and will mail later this month. Ex students should contact Box 685 Canyon to ensure delivery.
Astronomers suggest billions of star systems exist in the universe, with some potentially larger than the Milky Way and its countless suns. The statement underscores the immense scale of cosmic structures beyond our galaxy and hints at the diversity of stellar assemblies in the cosmos.
The story follows Belinda Tommy and Poppy as Santa frees a prisoner and reveals his true identity. Santa proves his magic, escorts the children home, and the Lump household reunites with a new Christmas tree. Mr Lump vows change. Tommy and Belinda glimpse Santa over the city as bells ring.
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