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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1951
Page
6
Dev Franklin Moon aged 80 died Sunday morning. He was husband of Launa and father of Orville Woodrow T. and other family. Funeral service 2 PM Tuesday at Memorial Chapel with interment in Memorial Park.
Chinese and Korean Red offensives hit the central front just before midnight. Hoengsong and nearby hills faced heavy fighting as UN forces were driven back and South Korean troops retreated. American units near Chipyong were cut off while Seoul remained on the north bank of the Han River.
A 3 year old died in Palo Duro Canyon after a family car became stuck in mud near the park. Patton, his wife and three children were hospitalized as others in the party fell ill. Investigators named Dr T P Churchill and a team from Amarillo conducting autopsy and toxicology while the Pattons recalled a deadly sequence in the vehicle.
The Texas Senate opened the 52nd session’s redistricting debate with Lt. Gov. Ben Ramsey presiding. Sen. W. A. Shofner challenged the proceedings over releases of final census returns. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Rogers Kelly, faced immediate amendments including one to create a single county district for Jefferson County, which failed 23-7.
S. R. McManus, 74, reported missing Saturday night, returned home early yesterday sore but unharmed. He said a stranger offered him a ride, drove about five miles northwest of Amarillo, overpowered him, took a 21 jewel Illinois railroad watch with chain, and his billfold, then dumped him. He described the assailant as about six feet tall, 25, of slim build, weighing 150 to 166 pounds. McManus is a longtime Amarillo resident and former Santa Fe boiler maker.
Cattle and hog markets moved with activity across Kansas City and Chicago. cattle, calves and stockers showed varied gains with feeders and vealers noting strength, while hogs fluctuated with higher values for lighter weights and sows firm. Chicago reports limited slaughter lambs with ewes holding steady on the lower end.
Boston chemist Dr Myer Selby states canned water can remain sterile for years and could be the safest drink if a city is hit by an atomic blast. He says water supplies may be contaminated by plutonium and poisons, recommending buried stockpiles of canned water as solution.
Funeral notices list Bertha King of Amarillo and Mrs Una Conner of 305 Cleveland among the deceased connected to Northwest Texas Hospital. Autopsies pending determine final arrangements at N S Griggs & Sons Funeral Home with details incomplete.
Boxwell Brothers Ambulance of Dumas reports an accident injury case. Shelton, formerly of Skellytown, was employed by Brown and Rec Construction Company of Dumas. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. cv
More than 400 San Diego residents will have worked in Paramounts Submarine Command before the four week location in that city is completed.
Potter County commissioners authorized hiring an architect to draft juvenile detention home plans using about 17,000 from insurance and 5,000 from surplus for a start. Judge Gene Jordan urged action without waiting for location recommendations. The court also accepted a free eight heater donation from the Tri-State Fair Association for fair park use and instructed bids and supplier reviews for asphalt and medical supplies.
AUSTIN Feb 12 The Canadian River compact may be presented to the Texas House next week Rep Morris G Cobb Amarillo says the act has made progress The principal opposition to ratification is expected in the Senate with only minor opposition in the House The compact requires approval by New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas before further action on the Canadian River Dam project.
In remarks last December and again Friday night on NBC Meet the Press, Dewey argued the United States should focus on air and naval power and munitions rather than land armies. He did not name Hoover or Taft. He warned that defending the United States or a major portion of the world cannot rely on just two of three military branches.
In a discussion on whether to send troops, Dewey says it is a matter for experts not Congress. Senator Douglass cites Lincoln and 1861 to urge firm action against Communism while urging U S backing for Western Europe. Local burglaries include a Montgomery Ward safe theft in Amarillo and a Pig Hip Cafe heist, with investigations ongoing.
Christopher reports the roof top intrusion as thieves climbed to the northwest corner of the building. The air vent held a half pack of Camel cigarettes and matches with Amarillo Loan ad. The safe was battered and door torn from hinge after failed attempts. No arrests yet. investigators note this is the fourth Gosselin burglary in five months, with three stores robbed and the No 2 and No 3 locations identified.
Shortages will curtail civilian production by 40 percent by April. Amarillo’s 52 million dollar defense push misleads local businessmen about broader impacts. Fred R. Olmstead outlined contingency merchandising: wartime, mobilization, and postwar plans. Amarillo hosts two day Tri-State Hardware convention with speakers from National Retail Hardware Assn and Firestone.
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