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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1951
Page
2
Amarillo readers praise and object to a proposed one way street plan as congestion grows. Letters flood in, with New Comer and Weary Motorist backing the proposal while a Pedestrian urges removing parking meters to improve flow.
Ed Hardin voices support for one way streets as Grover Hill arrives from Wichita Kansas and says Amarillo should adopt them. Wichita Falls joke circulates about residents leaving town. Judge Marvin Jones recalls a Texas man who jokes Boston is new to him.
A letter from a friend who attended an East meeting of prominent ornithologists quotes a joke about the man in the White House as the great American Regret. The note describes his raucous squawk when its young are trampled.
In a pointed remark, columnist Walter Winchell argues that Washington deems a sap as anyone who pays his taxes, framing the stance as a critique of political or bureaucratic attitudes. The comment highlights tensions over taxation and public perception of loyalty and duty in government policy.
Winchell reports Glenn McCarthy persuaded ten top Shamrock Hotel acts to take half salaries in oil stock in New Ulm fields. Today they could reap nearly 1000 percent profit if held. Jack Carson, who invested 15000 in the stock, could become a millionaire from it with time. Also mentions a 57th Street Thrift Shop sign selling a Hedy Lamarr worn chemise for 30 dollars and inflation anecdotes including lichee nuts price jumps.
Hollywood reports that actress Lynn Bari’s attorney will ask the superior court Thursday for a final decree of divorce from Sid Luft, the actor’s agent and Judy Garland’s current boyfriend.
The March of Dimes plans a polio fund drive in Texas from January 2 to 31. Governor Allan Shivers designated the effort and urged all citizens to contribute.
UN and Communist negotiators resume efforts to finish the Korean armistice after a failed 30 day cease fire attempt. Subcommittees meet again at 8 PM Texas time. The 39 day drive collapsed with no new cease line, but battles paused as talks continue.
Yonkers civil defense police oppose a proposed $10 uniform for five battalions. Four battalions would wear white helmets blue coveralls white belts and leggings, but the fifth group of about 150 businessmen and professionals protested, saying the outfits would make them look like circus clowns state troopers or space patrolmen. They favor simple badges and armbands instead.
The article describes Senator Connally as the architect of US foreign policy in the Senate, backing international policy while opposing Truman on civil rights and fiscal matters. Senator Daniel grows more caustic, calling for Acheson’s resignation and accusing the State Department of ceding China to the Communists, while criticizing domestic Democratic programs and bureaucracy.
Daniel, nurtured in the Roosevelt era, likely leans less conservative on domestic issues than Connally who matured three decades earlier. A race between them would colorfully center next summer's primaries, each a forceful stump speaker. The contest would pivot on issues as much as personalities.
A social worker sister recalls funny immigrant stories. One tale: Europeans proud of a new toilet place it in a corner of the dining room with no partition, using it as an extra chair when guests are present.
A Christmas-night shooting at Wilson’s liquor store in Etter left a man dead after being wounded twice. Elder Wilson, arrested at the hospital, faced a courthouse hearing as detectives sent gun and shells to the Austin crime lab. The injured man, a Marine veteran, died after transfusions and a stand of witnesses described the scene.
What They Be LACK LOST: lady in scarf picked up red billfold at Amarillo National Bank. Please keep money but return papers to Mrs Vera Carlson 1013 West Thirteenth or call 40501. FOUND: Rosary on North Fillmore Sunday afternoon. Owner may identify it at 312% North East Tenth. BABY SITTING: At night in my home for 50 cents an hour. References call 3048. DOGS LOST: Orange and white Brittany spaniel dog named Britt, collar and tags. Floyd V Studer 2602 Travis or call 6-8850 or 3-7484. Bird dog black and white with liver spots missing since Friday night. Collar reads Duke. Call 3-3405.
CIO President Philip Murray to urge top policy makers to call off the New Year strike by 650000 steel workers in defense vital industry. Policy board and wage committee meet. Atlantic City convention to ratify Jan 3. Murray backs Truman stabilization board hearings on wages and price relief. Major producers accept hearings.
Police to lift fingerprints from a battered safe found abandoned in sand hills ten miles southwest of Slaton. The safe, blown open and containing an estimated several hundred dollars in cash and checks, was linked to the Christmas burglary of Polk Street Methodist Church in Amarillo. A stolen pickup truck, used to haul the safe, was recovered. a gray coat found in the truck matched its owner, narrowing clues. Three Orion high school boys first discovered the safe during a hunting trip. Church records covering 28 years largely survived the break in.
The Associated Press reports a surge in Texas holiday deaths, pushing the total to 119 with 2,535 projected for 1951. Violence includes 24 shootings, eight fires, and multiple traffic wrecks. Notable fatalities include Grady Warren Truett, 21, Rosse, Joe Donald Rascoe, 24, Hearne, and Charles Lindy, 285, Mexia.
Pope Pius XII will address prisoners in jails worldwide on Sunday at 2 45 AM Texas time. The Vatican radio will carry the message on wavelengths 50 26 31 10 and 25 55 meters and the Italian Broadcasting System will also relay it.
In Detroit on December 27, Dr John F Franklin head of the juvenile court psychiatric clinic says his time is worth ten dollars an hour even for dishwashing. He testified that after his wife was injured in a car crash he washed and dried dishes for 26 hours totaling 2665 dollars of his 3000 dollar claim against Arthur A Crowell. Defense counsel asked about prior dishwashing.
Three Horace Mann School students from the Proffer family were involved when a family's Christmas gun misfired. Danny Proffer cleaned and reassembled the rifle, which discharged while Keith Proffer picked up puzzle pieces, bullet hitting the upper jaw and lodging on the right side. Keith was rushed to St Anthony's for emergency care. the rifle had been a new Christmas gift.
Pantexelectrician and a steelworker discuss the ongoing trouble at the Pantex AEC project. Broome says workers fear arbitration but are willing to accept a decision. Despite continued company work, pickets have slowed progress, threatening to halt the project and delay completion.
A Waterford company secured a contract to supply a large shipment of frozen beef to United States forces in West Germany, marking a significant export deal and military logistics arrangement.
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