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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1950
Page
19
Mrs. Claude Kenner reports crocuses in Amarillo blooming early this year likely due to warm weather. The item includes community notes with births, visits, illnesses, school achievements, and local notices from Feb. 10 to 12, mentioning residents and several addresses.
In Grenoble France twelve miners were killed when a massive avalanche buried a workers dormitory after a mountain slide. Rescue teams recovered the bodies as cold weather hampered search efforts.
Denmark reports its pig population rose to 3,029,000 animals, returning to the prewar level. The recovery marks a notable rebound for the agricultural sector and reflects renewed farming activity. Government data show steady gains across major farming regions.
The Central Junior High School music department presents The Gypsy Princess tonight directed by Pearl Miller and Esther Schriber with cast members Lee Rennick Madeline Wallace Sam Anderson Irma Jean Byrd Shirley Cole Oscar Schilling Vivian Robertson Billy McEachern Jim Griggs Stella Mae Daniels Bittie Callahan Flora Kathryn Westmoreland and Imogene Kincaid.
Charles Molony reports that the Truman administration seeks to equalize tax costs between gifts and estates, ending trust arrangements that shield large fortunes from taxation. The plan aims to raise roughly 400 million dollars in revenue by curbing gift and trust strategies, arguing current rules shift tax burdens to other taxpayers. The proposal notes estate taxes touch only about one in 100 deaths, while income taxes affect about four in ten adults, and cites changes in effective rates for heirs and spouses.
The administration backs a single tax on transfers of wealth affecting gifts and estates. It would set a $45,000 exemption with $15,000 for gifts, then tax rates from 10 percent to 77 percent, replacing current separate gift and estate rules. Opponents warn it could discourage saving and work to build fortunes for children.
Announcement outlines Coronado Theaters Inc as new group to own and operate a Panhandle chain of motion picture theaters. Carl F. Benefiel of Amarillo named president, with John O. Pitts H C Wilson and Frank Gulberson of Pampa as members. Victory Theater in Amarillo purchased and remodeling underway as first acquisition. Benefiel brings 30 years in show business and prior work at Station KLYN.
Wanda Hubbert a Horace Mann Junior High freshman aspires to be a missionary. The 15 year old brown haired blue eyed student is active as vice president treasurer of multiple groups and enjoys piano and poetry. Wakie Wakefield a Sam Houston ninth grader led a school queen coronation and is admired as popular with interests in football volleyball and reading. He is 15 and the son of Mr and Mrs E C Wakefield living at 1414 North West Eleventh.
British officials label West German push to fund keeping Rudolph Hess and six other Nuremberg Nazis in Spandau Prison as the most blatant impertinence yet amid electioneering debates over who should pay for their confinement.
Dick Yocum of Pekin Michigan a blind veteran enrolled at East Texas State College recalls a wartime dormitory blackout incident at the college where he led students to their rooms for a small fee. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II and is now a senior sociology student with a noted sense of humor.
A federal official testified before a Senate sub-committee that women are responsible for paving roads, saying women prefer paved surfaces to avoid dust. L Hughes, director from San Francisco, noted women dislike gravel roads and dust in headgear. The remarks followed comments on fox hunting revival by George Barker, Quorn huntsman.
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