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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1950
Page
19
A San Jacinto Street bound bus passenger reports a six year old girl smoking a cigarette aboard a San Jacinto bus. Bystanders recall the incident as the group headed toward California. The scene ends with curiosity about the child’s identity and the event.
A snapshot recalls Mrs. Wash George of 1301 Van Buren Street born in Wales, her son Ted and granddaughter Mary Jane, and the family lore shared in Amarillo since 1905. It notes Welsh pronunciation prowess, a Clarendon meeting, a honeymoon in Wales, and engravings on a baby cup. Also mentions Feb 14 1935 events with O Dale Smith, a Little Theater production of Little Women, and Rudy Vallee’s Amarillo song.
A Globe readers poll asks how veterans plan to use GI insurance payouts. SGT James Dougherty says he will save in the bank for a rainy day, Jack Ward expects a future purchase after saving briefly, and Joe Saunders plans to fund college expenses. Jack Coats appears as a fragment.
In a Borger interview conducted at the Ross Hotel several service members and citizens discuss how a forthcoming life insurance dividend could shape finances. Responses include saving for bills, paying on GI homes, and investing in personal plans or marriage.
Brief profiles of two Amarillo area youths. Jack Wilkinson an eighth grader at Sam Houston Junior High serves as homeroom president and Hi Y Club member. He enjoys tennis and basketball and aims to be a star player. Dubs Dan Gunn a Amarillo High sophomore plays football rides and hunts. He aspires to college good grades and someday owning a business.
Two amateur diggers uncovered 11 Hopewell skeletons about 1,000 years old in a mound near the Wabash River in Carmi Illinois. Arkell Fischer and Norbert Bingman reported the find to Southern Illinois University. Irvin Perthman of SIU cited its value to understanding Hopewell migration, noting similar remains were found in Ohio about six decades ago.
The nation's first mass testing ground for a new anti tuberculosis vaccine has been set up in a community of 190 thousand as guinea pigs. Muscogee County and Russell County Alabama pioneered in use of the vaccine in 1947 after an X ray TB survey. Residents will receive free X rays and BCG vaccinations if TB free, with treatment provided if infected. Dr Carroll E Palmer of the US Public Health Department says the mass survey offers a rare chance to assess the future role of BCG.
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