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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1949
Page
6
New York film critics named All the King's Men best motion picture of 1949. Olivia de Havilland won Best Actress for The Heiress. Broderick Crawford won Best Actor for All the King's Men. Carol Reed earned Best Director for The Fallen Idol. The Bicycle Thief was cited as Best Foreign Language Picture.
Karachi dispatch reports Avra Milvan Warren was appointed United States ambassador to Pakistan by government announcement. The decision, dated December 28, designates Warren as Washington’s envoy to Pakistan amid ongoing diplomatic relations.
HAL BOYLE recalls a humorous Christmas tale about receiving many cards from readers including figures like Dorothy Lamour and Roy Rogers. He describes a failed attempt to fit a new couch through a doorway, blaming Santa Claus for mismeasurement and imagining visiting Santa at the North Pole.
The speaker notes that people respond differently to small pleasures like a new hat an old clarinet a chocolate soda or a temperate glass of sparkling beer or ale. The line emphasizes diverse tastes and shared civility in everyday choices.
Thomas P. Talle, 37, wealthy retired ranchman, is formally charged with murder in the death of his wife Margaret Lee Edwards Talle, 29, found shot at their Los Gatos home. Deputy Hutchings filed the complaint as investigators note two bullets likely caused the chest wound and a later entry. Talle remains silent.
New York dispatch reports Dr. E Vicari of Bar Harbor Maine described experiments at an AAAS meeting showing that continuous ringing of an electric bell causes mice to go into tailspins frantic running and convulsions. He noted finicky responses vary by age and strain and survivors still show shakes.
Rites for James Ralph Sallee, 40, will be held Friday at 10 in Boxwell Brothers chapel. Rev. Leon M. Hill will officiate. Post office employees will be honorary pallbearers. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Sallee, a letter carrier, died after a long illness. Survived by wife Ida Mae, son Jack, daughter Mrs. R. G. Field of Casper, grandson Gordon Field, two brothers L. G. Sallee and W. E. Sallee, and two sisters Rita Meeks and A L Scott. He lived in Amarillo since 1925, from Chandler, Oklahoma.
Summary of 12:30 New York quotations from Merrill Lynch listing gains across sectors. Industrials up 1.01 and Railroads ahead while utilities rise. large roster of companies including Air Reduction Loews Alaska Juneau Lone Star and many others show varied percentages. Over-the-counter values and public issues also noted with numerous price points and ticker entries.
Cattle ran 4,500 with calves 400 as steers and heifers moved slowly while cows stayed active and steady to strong. Medium and good fed steers mostly 21.00 to 26.00, good fed heifers 25.00 to 27.00, vealers 25.00 down, top bulls 18.50, Hogs 3,000 at steady to mostly 25c higher with good and choice 170 to 240 pounds at 15.75 to 16.00, sows 12.00 to 13.75. Sheep 4,000 with lambs steady to strong. 89 to 101 pound fed lambs 23.00, 93 clipped lambs 21.25 to 21.85, ewes steady.
Chicago livestock market report from December 28 shows 15000 hogs active with gains on butchers and sows. Cattle at 8000 head with steady to lower bids on steers and heifers, vealers $30 and down. Sheep at 4500 head generally steady with slaughter lambs 23.00 to 23.75 and yearlings around 19.00.
The Soviet Union announced that 1949 coal output exceeded the 1950 goal with a 12 percent rise over 1948, as Coal Minister A F Zasyadko reported. Oil Minister N K Basbkov said 1949 oil production rose 14 percent from 1948, reflecting stronger energy output.
In Luray Virginia volunteers rescued Bossie a prize Guernsey owned by Amos Dufflemeyer after she fell into a 20 foot abandoned silo. Cowboys lassoed her and kept her afloat until a canvas was placed underneath and she was pulled out safely.
Dwight Hoskins was sentenced by Judge Henry S. Bishop to 2 to 35 years in the penitentiary for the murder of Charles Lee Freeman during a robbery at the Wornie Kelley Service Station on Oct. 6. Hoskins, a former Amarillo football star, may seek parole after about one-fourth to one-third of the term, while the judge also ordered him held on a charge of aiding a felon to escape. Donald Gene Young’s trial, tied to the same hold-up, has not been set.
The New York Times reports Gov. Thomas E. Dewey may retire permanently after his current term as governor of New York ends in 1950. Political writer Warren Moscow notes he might skip 1950 and 1952 runs but could reemerge in 1956 or 1960, with Princeton lectures and a possible Supreme Court appointment as Breitel shaping an elder statesman role.
Honolulu welcomed Clark Gable and his bride Sylvia Hawkes Ashley Fairbanks as they arrived on the Lurline from San Francisco. About 10 000 well wishers filled the pier with leis and aloha music. The bride said she would be happy as Mrs Gable for the rest of her life.
A visitor at the A. C. O'Neal home on 500 Pittsburgh was confronted by a coon with a rope around its neck. The animal threatened Mrs. O'Neal and she called the city pound man to handle the situation.
The Agriculture Department reports the purchase of 42,354,524 pounds of lard for shipment to Germany under the Marshall Plan. It paid an average of 12.69 cents per pound delivered at ports.
Gov Forrest Smith said a conference of six state governors in St Louis tomorrow may settle the threatened Southwestern Bell Telephone strike. If not, they may establish an arbitration method. Attending are Illinois Gov Adlai Stevenson Arkansas Gov Sid McMath Oklahoma Gov Roy Turner Kansas Gov Frank Carlson, with Texas Gov Allan Shivers to send a representative.
An off duty department store Santa Claus in full regalia rides a Brooklyn bound subway train with the other riders and the city’s bustle leaves him unremarked as none of the passengers react beyond a casual glance or none remark.
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