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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1951
Page
5
A January start marks the 52nd Legislature facing crucial tasks and many conflicts. Lawmakers must set state spending, raise revenue, and handle redistricting, with potential war impacts and a broad agenda including education, highways, welfare, and law revisions.
Forty individuals described as drunks vagrants and fist fighters faced corporation court this morning. Judge Harry E. Loft stated the prisoners have been jailed since Saturday night.
The Amarillo Police Department joins a nationwide hunt for two men, Raymond Lee Jones and Jack Smith, accused of slugging and shooting Mississippi state highway patrolman E. J. Gresham on December 2 near Redwood. Jones, 35, and Smith, 24, reportedly from California, fled after the officer took suspects into custody in a car theft investigation and were later found unconscious beside his car. Chief J. L. King has not yet identified a likely suspect but will send a photo of a man with an Amarillo police record to the Mississippi Highway Patrol.
Mrs. Obera Joiner of Silverton, 78, died at Karnes City Hospital from injuries from a traffic accident earlier in the day. Her husband C. F. Joiner, 83, was critically injured, and their daughter-in-law Mrs. Paul Joiner sustained a fractured pelvis. The car driven by Paul Joiner went out of control on slippery pavement. The couple, longtime Silverton residents, had been visiting Corpus Christi and were returning home. Mrs. Joiner’s body was at Rhodes Funeral Home in Karnes City and will be brought to Silverton.
A Detroit gas station boasts a sign reading Experienced Tires over a stack of secondhand casings while a nearby station advertises Unemployed tires with a $2 price to put them to work, capturing a sharp jab at tire quality and job markets.
Glasgow business man Ephraim Connor offered a 1400 reward for information leading to the return of Britain's coronation stone stolen from Westminster Abbey. An anonymous letter warned traitors are shot and claimed the stone means more to Scots than money. Five Scottish university graduates are reportedly connected to the stone’s disappearance.
Maj. Gen. S. W. Kirby, former deputy chief of staff of the Allied Control Commission in Germany, told a conference of about 500 moral rearmament delegates that spiritual needs are as important as material aid for Europe. He urged Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to provide ideological weapons alongside military support.
Thompsonville reports at its 128th annual meeting that horse thefts are under control with President Edgar H. Parkman noting uncertainty about remaining horses in town. The field notes emphasize success in curbing thefts and maintaining order. A second terse item notes severe hunger among the Simono Bolivian Indian tribe.
Services honoring Mrs Annie Whitcomb of Houston were held at 2 pm in the Dimmitt Methodist Church. Whitcomb 64 died Saturday in Houston. Survived by husband Lacy Whitcomb brother Glenn Smith and three sisters Lucille Johnson Childress Florence Hughes Cleburn A E McCormick Wichita Falls. Burial in Dimmitt Cemetery under N S Griggs & Sons.
If you are underweight due to no organic cause you need two things a hearty appetite and better digestion. Thousands report amazing results from this doctor developed medicine which acts as a stomachic tonic making you want to eat and helping you get more nourishment from food turning it into added flesh. Try it recommended by druggists everywhere and cut out this ad for extra pounds.
Chief Sid Harper reported Goodman, a McLean native who is married with two children, was employed yesterday and went to work last night this morning.
Washington reports that the United States Britain and France planned joint talks to press for a Big Four review of East West issues. Moscow sent a five page reply urging a Germany centered conference and appeared willing to agree on terms at talks, though officials noted no clear details and optimism was limited.
Tommye Gray, a Negro truck driver for Panhandle Gravel Company, fractured his left leg when his tractor trailer skidded on ice and struck a power pole on Highway 287 in front of Pleasant Valley School around 7:50 AM. He was taken to St. Anthony's Hospital in a Boxwell ambulance and lives at 1804 North Washington.
In San Francisco on January 2, Erma Leach 25 year old flagpole sitter celebrated ending her 152 day ascent by dancing at a nightclub. She wore a fur coat and held champagne. A new Cadillac stood outside the club and a $7500 check awaited at home.
Funeral services for Harry Ernest Boss aged 63 will be at 2 pm tomorrow in Blackburn-Shaw Chapel. Boss died of a heart attack while working in his yard. He lived in Amarillo since 1918 and worked as a Yellow Cab driver. Survived by wife Pearl, two sons H A and Ernest, daughter Dormanee Boss, and three brothers Sam J Boss, J W Boss, and Edward Boss. Burial in Liano Cemetery.
Miss Evelyn O Connors reports a purse snatcher took one of two pocketbooks she carried. He escaped with 20 cents, while the other bag holding $300 in receipts from her workplace remained. Erie faces a tire shortage.
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