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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1949

Page

2

Notice to the Public From The News-Globe Board of Censors

Notice to the public names Wes Izzard Paul Allingham N D O Bart lett Mrs Bob Babbardy Camp Mrs Sarah Winter J P Black Lewis Nordyke and Charley Underwood as subjects for publication by the board. The document lists censoring actions and related notices pending compliance and public display.

News-Globe Board of Censors Wes Izzard Paul Allingham DO Bartlett Bob Babbardy Camp Sarah Winter J P Black Lewis Nordyke Charley Underwood

Weather talk turns personal and bitter in town exchange

A heated local weather debate centers on Mason King who defends a light three days before Christmas snow as a boon to merchants. Critics say his stance is sham and the speaker accuses most weather prophets of fading relevance and seeking attention.

Mason King

Weather Clerk Tack predicts scarce moisture before Christmas

The report notes Tack’s 26-year view shows few White Christmases and a likely dry, clear Christmas Day. He cites a mild winter cycle, lack of moisture in coming days, and a cautious midwinter forecast, shared amid rancher and farmer interest in truthful conditions. Also mentions Mr and Mrs Dick Seay’s 42nd wedding anniversary.

Tack Plains Dick Seay

Juvenile Wail On Christmas Morning Over Missing TV

A juvenile wail heard in multiple homes on Christmas morning arises from children asking where their television set is. The sound suggests widespread holiday disappointment as families search for gifts. Police report no further incidents and encourage calm.

Childhood Santa Claus Stage Lessons in Growing Up

A reflection on parenting hints that indulging children through the Santa Claus phase should fade as they mature, with emphasis on teaching them broader truths and gradually reducing handed favors. The text underlines guiding growth with diminishing material indulgence.

Santa Claus

Children of Riches Blame Soft Upbringing on Decadence

A reflection laments how excessive protection and comforts granted to children corrode civilization. The author warns luxuries and ease foster weakness, arguing that hardships once faced build resilience and character in society.

Brown Christmas Tale Reflects on Yuletide Joy

An elderly story describes Brown as a symbol of Christmas cheer with a decorated porch and a singing crowd, contrasting warm humor with a return to harsher routines after the holidays. The piece notes that people feel kindly during Christmas week, yet business and politics resume their cutthroat pace on January 2.

Brown

Merry Christmas Amigos Verse Touches Spanish Flair

A playful verse sent to Ted Houghton and Tack blends English and Spanish Christmas imagery. It wishes a Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year with coded lines about Santa and family scenes set in a casa. The piece ends noting a national shrine for Roald Amundsen in Oslo, Norway.

Ted Houghton Tack St. Nicholas Roald Amundsen Oslo Norway

Indian Held In Slaying Near Tulsa Farm

Tulsa county deputies arrested 42 year old Rol lie Fleetwood six miles southeast of Bixby in connection with the Christmas night slaying of his father Sherman Fleetwood 65. The victim was found near a bullet ridden car, shot with a shotgun after a farm gate confrontation. Neighbors and investigators note a long running dispute tied to a cattle theft case and a history of crime for the son.

Tulsa Tulsa County Roy Rains Rollie Fleetwood Bixby Rains Fleetwood Sherman Fleetwood Brick Fowler Fowler

When Yuletide Was Unmerry

A compact historical survey of Christmases marked by conflict and upheaval across American history. It recalls Pilgrims at Plymouth in 1620, Trenton in 1776, Shay’s Rebellion in 1786, the Seminole War, Brazito in 1846, the 1851 Library of Congress fire, South Carolina’s 1860 secession, the 1887 railroad strike, Hong Kong’s 1941 surrender, Pearl Harbor’s aftermath, and the Bastogne siege in 1944, highlighting unmerry Christmas moments.

Associated Press Plymouth Washington Delaware Trenton New England Shay Zachary Taylor Florida Lake Okechobee Col Doniphan Brazito Library of Congress Capitol South Carolina Readine Railroad Hong Kong Pearl Harbor Bastogne

Three Hunters Still Missing in Galveston Bay

Coast Guardsmen awaited word as three hunters vanished after an ill fated trip to Pelican Spit. Albert Chimene Jr. Clifford Muehe and Elmer Dever left Galveston early Thursday in a small aluminum boat. A search was halted with no trace found, though Chimene’s father pledged a personal coast to coast hunt for his son.

Galveston Coast Albert S. Chimene, Jr Clifford Muehe Elmer Dever Texas City Pelican Spit US Coast Guard Coast Guard Civil Air Patrol Chimene

Rites at Chapel For John Olson

Funeral services for John Olson proprietor of the Owl Bar in Amarillo were held at Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel officiated by Rev T Edgar Neal of San Jacinto Methodist Church. The body will be sent to Ottawa Kansas for burial. Olson 66 died Saturday in Northwest Texas Hospital. He had lived in Amarillo 12 years. Survivors include a brother a niece and a nephew.

John Olson Pioneer Hotel Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel T. Edgar Neal San Jacinto Methodist Church Ottawa Kan Olson Northwest Texas Hospital Owl Bar Taylor Amarillo

Former Mayor McLean bowls 75 strings for birthday

In Rockland Maine former Mayor Albert C McLean celebrated his 75th birthday by bowling 75 strings of candle pins and selling 6 656 pins for an average of 88 per string.

Rockland U.P Albert C. McLean

Personal letter seeking a genteel correspondence

A reader writes Dear Mr. Tack seeking a female correspondent around 30 to 34 who does not drink and enjoys good clean fun. The writer promises to answer all letters and requests a reply to begin a polite, wholesome exchange.

Mr. Tack

Hoagy Carmichael Song Baffles Western PA Natives

Hoagy Carmichael’s new song The Three Rivers confuses listeners in Pittsburgh as it claims the Allegheny Monongahela and Susquehanna rivers meet in Pennsylvania. Carmichael and lyricist Francis Webster say poetic license and euphony drive the idea, noting the three rivers all flow through the state. Local bets seek atlas clarity while Carmichael explains the lyric is figurative.

Pittsburgh Hoagy Carmichael Golden Triangle Ohio River Carmichael Los Angeles Pennsylvania Hoagy Francis Webster Law School Allegheny Monongahela Ohio

River Names Declined for Euphony in Pennsylvania

A remark about avoiding the Mahoning or Kiskiminetas rivers in Pennsylvania notes that those names weren’t used due to insufficient euphony and cacophony. The exchange references the balance between sound and sense in naming waterways.

Mahoning Pennsylvania

Thomases Have Family Reunion

Mr and Mrs K R Thomas of Perryton hosted a Christmas reunion the first in 20 years with all children home. Attendees included J R Thomas family Peggy and Bill Thomas with Gary, A E Hutchinson and C J Hutchinson families from Baton Rouge. The Thomases will return to Perryton. Hutchinsons depart for Baton Rouge Thursday.

K. R. Thomas Tyler J. R. Thomas Peggy Bill Thomas Gary Perryton A. E. Hutchinson C. J. Hutchinson Charles

Studies Way To Fill Road Holes

Berkeley Calif United Press report on a University of California trench back fill study to solve highway pothole problems. The institute investigates soil types and filling methods to prevent future settlement. Researchers find water flooding a trench cheaper than tamping soil. Fred N Finn leads the project with a statewide soil sampling program.

Berkeley Calif U.P University of California State of California University Institute of Transportation and Traffic Engineering Fred N. Finn

To make a toothbrush more intriguing for youngsters

A suggestion to boost a child’s interest in brushing by placing a bright red nail polish name on the toothbrush. The note highlights ownership clarity and a playful, eye catching approach for kids.

Nemesis Cop Who Never Carried a Gun Retires

John Cordes, a slight built New York City detective famed for fists and wit, retires January 1 after 34 years. He twice won the police department's Medal of Honor, earned numerous commendations, and partnered with John Broderick as Cordes the Brain. He served from World War I era through bootlegger and gangster waves, never carrying a weapon. He preferred outsmarting criminals, often on plainclothes duty along Manhattan’s piers.

New York W John Cordes New York City Cordes Police Department New York John Broderick Broderick Civil Service Manhattan River Front Squad

Australian postal clerk uses bank notes to seek house

Sydney. Fred Solomons, a postal clerk, wrote appeals for a house on blank spaces of Australian bank notes he handled. He advertised his housing needs on 10 shilling and pound notes, saying he had tried every other route for four years. He stopped after learning it may be illegal to write on bank notes.

Sydney Australia Fred Solomons Solomons

New Koroseal Chintz Fabrics Debut in Stores

Upholstery update features Koroseal fabrics with chintz patterns that are waterproof and resistant to dust stain sun and mildew. Boudoir chairs with matching draperies and yard goods are now available in local stores.

O'Brien Tops Men in “Male Magnetism”

Hollywood reports actor Edmond O'Brien as the man with the nation’s largest endowment of male magnetism, cited by Shirley Connolly for 3,147 Young Women’s League members. Runners-up invited to a Feb 3 dinner include Mayor William O'Dwyer, Doak Walker, Ezio Pinza, and Dean Acheson.

Hollywood U.P Edmond O’brien Shirley Connolly Young Women’s League of America O’brien New York William O’dwyer Doak Walker Ezio Pinza Dean Acheson

Texas Rejection of Peace Offer After San Jacinto

The Republic of Texas offered five million dollars to settle all Mexican demands and a personal bribe of 200000 dollars but Santa Anna refused. Envoys faced capture or delay and no formal treaty followed. By 1845 Texas chose annexation into the United States over continued independence.

Republic of Texas Mexico Santa Anna San Jacinto Texas Barnard E. Bee New Republic Wharton Mexico City United States

100000 Shot Sheds Light On Pajama Sleepers

Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire cites a government survey costing 100000 dollars showing 53 percent of American men sleep in pajamas while 47 percent sleep in underwear nightgowns or in the raw.

Manchester W.P Styles Bridges New Hampshire

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