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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1949
Page
5
In our church talk this Sunday we are reminded Christmas blends sacred and secular. The writer notes the focus on St Nicholas distractions from the Christ child and urges calmer celebrations. She praises women’s wrapping skills, thanks readers for Christmas cards, and hopes for year round peace and goodwill.
Stop Look Start sewing with pattern 4614 for teenage waists 24 25 26 28. One yard 54 inch fabric, easy to sew with illustrated instructions. Send 25 cents to Anne Adams Amarillo Globe Pattern Dept New York NY plus 15 cents for fashion book. note head hugging helmet pattern included.
The text states that symptoms from anxiety about a nonexistent disease or overwork can be relieved quickly with reassurance, rest, or a vacation. If distress stems from a more complex external cause or major emotions, detailed treatment and psychotherapy may be needed.
Former colonel Robert Bishop now a lawyer asserts the Kremlin can out-produce the United States due to vast manpower and state control. He claims Russia aims for readiness, denies Catholic espionage impact, and criticizes Voice of America, noting poor foreign broadcasts and airline issues undermine U.S. propaganda efforts.
Memphis Tennessee won the National Fire Prevention Week contest for its community effort to cut fire losses. The city was chosen from 3,762 entries across American and Canadian municipalities. Atlantic Iowa placed second and Fort Collins Colorado third among cities with volunteer departments.
Two University of Arizona players, Ed Wolgast from Prescott and Roy Rivenburg from Globe, received honorable mention in the 1949 All Border Conference football selections.
Turkey production in 1948 nears exhaustion as the United States has purchased 4,678,000 pounds of filberts valued at about $1,035,000. The deal reflects strong demand from buyers seeking supply through the season.
President Truman and aides prep for congressional return January 3. He will present the State of the Union, an economic report, and a budget for 1950, signaling a busy year with debate over repealing Taft-Hartley, civil rights, and health insurance amid expected partisan sparring.
In Athens Georgia Miss Mirian Thurmond and University of Georgia journalism dean John E Drewry were wounded when Kath leen Drewry, the dean’s ex wife, shot them in the Thurmond home. Thurmond improved to day with pulse and respiration stable. Drewry’s condition remains good.
Victoria dispatch reports sheriff says murder charges will be filed after a gun battle left 28 year old oil field worker Bryan Wilson Messick dead from a stray bullet. Chester Cawthorn 26 and Roy Backelbury 41 were wounded with Backelbury in critical condition.
Indianapolis restaurant owner James R. Hightower hosted free chicken dinners for 400 customers at Rose City Cafe. A long line formed as volunteers served 10:30 to 2. By 2 pm all dinners were claimed and the cafe closed. Hightower said giving something during Christmas felt right.
Baptists from 22 states of the Southern Baptist Convention gathered in Dallas for a Sunday School conference the first since a decade. Dr. R. G. Lee of Memphis will open the session as speaker with topics on drawing more people to Sunday schools and raising teaching standards. Dr. Porter Routh of Nashville will review ten years of progress and Dr. W. O. Vaught of Little Rock will discuss unchurched communities and missions turning into full churches.
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, 68, left London for a Commonwealth foreign ministers meeting at Colombo, Ceylon, set to open January 9. He appeared pale and tired after a recent heart attack, though he said he felt fit. The delegation will travel by rail to Rome then Port Said, boarding Kenya for the voyage to Ceylon with ministers from Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Ceylon, South Africa and Canada.
The second day of a wildcat train stoppage stranded thousands of holiday travelers in London and the south of England. Fewer than 20 motormen reported for duty on the south region electric lines of the British Railway. The strike began yesterday over dissatisfaction with the holiday duty roster.
Dr. Dwight L. Wilbur of Stanford describes chronic tiredness and nervousness as the most common symptom in patients. He cites terms like chronic nervous exhaustion and neurasthenia and lists causes including emotional problems, overwork, and inadequate recovery from illness. He notes recovery duration lengthens when fatigue becomes chronic.
Dr Charles Wolfson announces new general medical practice with offices at 605 B Carolina in the Youth Center. Hours are 9 to 12 and 2 to 5 by appointment. telephone listed as 3 6912.
The article notes that diving beetles succumb to drowning more quickly than ants, which generally avoid water.
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