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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1951
Page
4
Mort McCormick Dies at Hereford
Mort McCormick 76 of Hereford died last night at Deaf Smith County Hospital Hereford after two years illness. He homesteaded at Shattuck in 1900, lived in Higgins since 1930, moved to Hereford last November. Survived by wife Rose. Funeral tomorrow 2:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church Shattuck with burial there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mort McCormick
Hereford
Z. J. Graham
North Taylor
Deaf Smith County Hospital
McCormick
Plains Country
Shattuck
Higgins
Rose McCormick
First Baptist
Suits Against Rock Island Railroad Trial Continues
Federal court today heard two lawsuits against the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway stemming from a May 9 1950 Grover auto train collision that killed three people and injured a fourth. Plaintiffs Bernie Sparks Gertie Sparks Clarence Kauffman and Martha Kaffman claim the railroad was negligent for leaving a coal car blocking a highway crossing. Hearing began yesterday and the trial is expected to continue for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island Railroad
Grover
Bernie Sparks
Gertie Sparks
Clarence Kauffman
Martha Kaffman
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Barbara Stanwyck Divorces Robert Taylor After 11 Years
Barbara Stanwyck, age 43, ends her 11 year marriage to Robert Taylor after he sought a divorce while abroad in Italy. The couple separated last December and, under court approval, Stanwyck will receive 15 percent of Taylor’s gross earnings until she remarries. She moved to Hollywood, sold a $100,000 West Los Angeles home, and described her life as nonromantic with no further romance in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Barbara Stanwyck
Robert Taylor
Italy
Thurmond Clarke
Taylor
Newsmen
Hollywood
Meter Reader Resigns Over Dog Bite Hazards
Jacksonville Fra February twenty second reports electric meter reader Hinton Miller Jr resigning from his city job. Auditor J E Pace says the resignation stems from four dog bites since October eighteenth and the mental hazard of the occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fra
Hinton Miller, Jr
J. E. Pace
RFC Loans Under Scrutiny as Senate Report Cites Influence
A Senate banking subcommittee scrutinizes RFC lending practices. Testimony shows a majority approval rule for loans and alleges director Rowe was linked to Willett. The panel says Willett and others were influenced by White House aides Dawson and Young. President Truman dismissed the report as asinine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RFC Board
Willett
Senate Banking Subcommittee
RFC
Senate
Rowe
Truman
Rowe's Arms Company
Donald Dawson
White House
Merl Young
Fulbright
Dawson
Young
Texas Ratifies Two Term Amendment in Senate Vote
Texas became the 33rd state to ratify the constitutional amendment limiting presidents to two terms. Senate approval was 25 to 4 and the House passed 119 to 23. Governor Allan Shivers is expected to sign, though not required. Commentary pieces referenced Washington's Birthday as fitting timing. Additional House action delayed on a fire and police working hours bill. Senate approved Gulf Menhaden fishing bill and sent it to the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Senate
House
Allan Shivers
Searcy Bracewell
Houston
Washington
Keith Kelly
Fort Worth
Bracewell
Taft
Jimmy Phillips
Angleton
Sen
R. A. Weinert
Seguin
Phillips
A. M. Aikin, Jr
Paris
Kilmer Corbin
Lamesa
Howard Carney
Atlanta
Doyle Willis
Gulf
Three Die in Drinking Bout
Sanford, Fla. February 22 Three men are dead after a three day drinking bout with shellac solvent A fourth death is feared Sheriff P A Mero says Russell Lundquist a 36 year old carpenter died in county jail after being picked up as a drunk The car was found on a woods road Lacey Webb about 55 operated a second hand furniture store William Hill a disabled war veteran about 30 lay in a citrus grove shack Officers found several shellac solvent cans used as the base for the drink The hunt for a fourth man continues
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford
Fila
P. A. Mero
Russell G. Lundquist
Lacey Webb
Citrus Grove
William Hill
Mero
UN official held in gold smuggling case
United Nations refugee agency officer Arthur Gershon was arrested by US Army agents in Bremen after attempting to collect gold hidden in cans labeled kosher meat. The 40 pounds of gold worth about 50 000 dollars on the black market arrived from the United States aboard air travel. Gershon, believed from California, was ordered held on heavy bail as authorities probe possible ties to a broader two million dollar gold and diamond smuggling network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremen
Germany
International Refugee Organization
New York
Arthur Gershon
United Nations Special Agency
Here
United States
George B. Buell
Camp Grohn
Bremen Army Post Office
Gershon
California
Lesser Weitman
US and Canada agree on joint civil defense plan
Ottawa reports American and Canadian officials reached a plan to combine civil defenses as if there were no border. Home defense chiefs said the agreement bases cooperation between Windsor and Detroit and Vancouver and Seattle, with exchange of information and officer exchanges for schools and staff jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Windsor
Detroit
Vancouver
Seattle
Eisenhower Tops Best-Dressed List In 23rd Clothiers Meet
New York, Feb 22 Gen Dwight D Eisenhower named best dressed man in America whether in uniform or not by 23rd annual National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furriers. Other honorees include Bob Hope, Thomas Murphy, Ed Herlihy, Phil Rizzutto, Alfred Vanderbilt, Dan Seymour, Gregory Peck, Edward Fields, Jan Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
National Association of Retail Clothiers
Fury
Phil Rizzutto
New York Baseball Yankees
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Dan Seymour
Gregory Peck
Edward Fields
Jan Murray
General Eisenhower
Bob Hope
Rizzutto
Peck
Nationalist Troops Considered for Korean War Effort
Tokyo sources report that Chinese Nationalist troops may be used in Korea, with MacArthur pressing to deploy them to their fullest extent. Struble visits Formosa as rumors of an invasion rise, while American injunctions on Nationalist offensives complicate the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Arthur D. Struble
Formosa
Struble
Seventh Fleet
MacArthur
Chiang Kaishek
Manchuria
Peiping
China
Washington
Plans Ready for Pantex Bidders
Plans and specifications for a 1.5 million dollar Pantex Ordnance Plant project at Amarillo will be available there tomorrow. The Atomic Energy Commission will take over part of the plant for its work and bids will be opened March 22. Joseph R. Turan, head of the AEC contracts division, will visit Amarillo to confer with contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Alamos
Amarillo
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Atomic Energy Commission
Pantex
AEC
Joseph R. Turan
AEC Contracts Division
Deaths after car stuck in mud hole with wine bottles found
At the scene officers found the mud hole where the car had been stuck. Two bottles of Muscatel wine were recovered, one unopened and one mostly emptied. The right rear window was missing, left front window cracked, and ventilator broken. Patton said he ran the engine briefly while the car was stuck and stopped it when it would not pull out. He and his wife were discharged from the hospital the next Monday. Noliner’s tox report was delayed due to a court trial. Sheriff Cantrell planned to confer with the district attorney before further statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cantrell
Patton
City Street Department
Jerry John Patton
Noliner
Seymour
Chinese Wounded Clan Hospitals In Manchuria Reported
Taipei Formosa February 22 The China Union Press says hospitals in Manchuria under Red China are jammed with 200000 Communist troops wounded in Korea The agency places Chinese casualties at 100000 The US Fifth Army reports more than 115600 Red casualties through ground action in its limited offensive from January 25 to February 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
China Union
Manchuria
China
Korea
Agen.cv
US Fiehth Army
National Exhibition of Farm Products in Yokohama
A National Exhibition of Farm Products is scheduled to be held regularly in Yokohama Japan highlighting agricultural goods and farming industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Japan
Couple faces police after drunken confrontation on street
Veronica observed a couple as an officer described recent robberies in the area. The man became combative, was taken to police headquarters, and found to be drunk. Betz admitted annoyance and noncooperation.
New England Fisheries Yield Over Fifty Years
Over the last fifty years the New England fisheries yield ranged between 400 million and 700 million pounds annually, reflecting significant fluctuations in harvests and industry output across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
Airline officials to discuss Amarillo landing contracts
Airline officials and city commissioners will meet Thursday March 1 to discuss renewal of landing contracts at Amarillo Air Terminal. Existing contracts expire April 1. The meeting is at the airlines' request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Amarillo Air Terminal
Battle north of Hoengsong tightens Korean frontline
An Eighth Army communique notes Ninth and Tenth Corps units from six nations in a drive toward Hoengsong. Red artillery in caves near Seoul clashes with US forces on the Han river’s south bank as Marine and Air Force planes bombard a strategic hill. Chinese troops retreat from the hill after American fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Han
Eighth Army
Hoengson
Hoengsong
Chechen
Kansas City and Chicago Livestock Markets Report
Kansas City market shows cattle and calves generally not enough to set values with good and choice slaughter steers and heifers $31.60 to $36.00, cows $23.00 to $26.00, hogs active and uneven at $22.00 to $25.00 for various weights, sows $19.50 to $20.50, lambs around $38.00 with skins $37.00. Chicago stage reports hogs $23.50 top, feeders and cows mixed, steers $36.00 to $40.00, beef prices varied with many classes steady to higher, woolskins around $38.65 to $38.75 and shearer quotes near $24.00 for certain cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Teenagers Attempt Airplane Theft from Trade Wind Airport
Teenagers admitted trying to steal an airplane from Trade Wind Airport after a hangar lock was broken. J. W. Clark, airport employee, reported a four place Stinson moved onto the runway and the youths took 14 cases of beer. The incident notes involve a failed theft and underage passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tradewind
J. W. Clark
Stinson
Clark
youths steal cars and abandon them across town
Three boys burgled a farmhouse then stole a 1950 DeSoto at Ninth and Tyler last Thursday afternoon. They abandoned the car with a broken axle near Canton, stole a 1950 Ford pickup, and left it on North Lincoln. One boy rode a stolen scooter when captured. others were taken to relatives or juvenile detention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Stinson
Ninth
Tyler
Frank Phariss
Polk
Canyon
North Lincoln
Amarillo
Ed Spann Not in Hurry To Retire
Amarillo fire marshal Ed Spann, who must retire December 31 under the Texas Municipal Retirement System, says he is not rushing to retire. He would consider a new job after December 31 if a good offer comes, and hopes to start January 1 in a different role. Spann has served as fire marshal for over 18 years and has 50 years in fire fighting and related work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Spann
Amarillo
Spann
Texas
French bishops plan loan to rebuild churches after war
French bishops propose a special loan to fund rebuilding about 5,640 churches and 2,500 other religious buildings damaged or destroyed in World War II. The plan aims to restore religious sites across the country.
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Deshart
Steve
Pamela
Blackburn-Shaw
Lees
NS. Elt Sons
Cher
Ruthker
Jefferson
Llano
Osgood Monument CO
Buchanan
Globe
W. D. Sides
Crockett
Westinghouse
Otis Williams
Center
Roy D. Baker
KGNC
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Ike
Russell Brines
Globe-News
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Betz
Cal
Mark Galloway Drug FE
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