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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 11, 1950

Page

2

Walter Caldwell Remembered As True Friend And Neighbor

Walter Caldwell was brought home for burial, a man who lived in Oklahoma City Houston and Austin and spent time in California yet considered this place his home. He is described as a grand man with a big soul and heart, a comforting reminder that he remains a steadfast friend awaiting us as we complete our journeys.

Walter Caldwell Oklahoma City Houston Austin California

Lost white gym suit from Sam Houston Junior High

A person asks for the return of a white two piece gym suit lost December 16 on the way home from Sam Houston Junior High. It bears the owner’s name. Contact reader via Wanted column. Also seeks a home for a blue Persian female kitten eight months old and asks to call with offers.

Tack Sam Houston Junior High Somone

Missing General Electric Mixmaster Probed at Pierce Corner

Mrs. C appeals for the return of a General Electric Mixmaster taken from the corner of Fifteenth and Pierce on Monday night December 26. She previously received it as a Christmas gift from her husband and asks the thief to return it to 1422 Pierce or call 29888 with pickup instructions.

General Electric Fifteenth and Pierce

Selling Pre Owned Coffee Maker and 23 Piece Wear Ever Set

Person offers a near new coffee maker and a 23 piece Wear Ever aluminum set along with furniture and other items. Facing illness and financial need, they are selling to raise money to live on and cover living expenses due to inability to work.

Lost small terrier named Trixie found near 612 Jefferson

A small female rat terrier black and white with a brown and black face and two brown eye dots answers to Trixie. Contact Mrs Paul Printy at 612 Jefferson or call 2-3973.

Tack Trixie Paul Printy Jefferson

Will keep children in others' homes or at my house

Experienced caregiver offers daytime nanny services for children in other homes or at her own residence. Contact by phone 3-3478. A Reader.

Ladies riding boots offered for sale

Pair of ladies black English riding boots size 7 medium width. Suitable for riding a motorcycle or horses. Boots are very good. asking price four dollars. Call 2-8510.

Tack

Coats Missing Girl’s Orchid Coat Lost on Fifth Street

A little girl’s orchid coat size 3 disappeared about a month ago on Fifth Street between Van Buren and Polk. A small reward is offered for its return. Call 6201 extension 84 during business hours, 27622 other hours. Mrs G W Lott.

Ginl Fifth Street van Buren and Polk G. W. Lott

Practical nurse seeks daytime work in trim or drapery care

A 45 year old Mrs Gray of good character offers her services for automobile trim work or drapery making, and is available for practical nursing in homes or hospitals by day. She prefers to be at home at night and is willing to assist with cooking or light housework while caring for the sick, with a special affinity for mother and baby cases. Phone 2 3436.

Mrs. Gray

Reward for Billfold Found by Pauline Boyles

Pauline Boyles seeks a reward from the finder of a billfold left Friday December 16 calling after 6 pm at 3-1801. The owner requests contact and promises payment. Address is 110 Carolina.

Pauline Boyles Carolina

Found Chihuahua Seeks Owner And Possible Pet Swap

Local resident found a small Chihuahua in a cold street in front of the house after near collisions with three cars. The dog is lovable and cared for. owner may be missing a valuable pet. The finder seeks contact to reunite the dog or arrange a mate for a female dog. contact via phone 8224, ask for Jack.

Jack

Lost Rhinestone Bracelet in Town Center Area

Mrs Rex Reece of 805 South Lincoln reports a lost rhinestone bracelet with aqua center flowers, fallen Saturday December 31 between Mangel's and Kress Store or at Mangel's. She asks for return and offers contact at phone 27763.

Mangel’s Kress Rex Reece South Lincoln

Color TV Now Or Wait For The Growing Audience

A columnist argues over color television adoption contrasting immediate color options with wait-and-see. Proponents favor color now via affordable converters allowing non color sets to receive color broadcasts, avoiding costly rapid upgrades. Opponents warn research gaps and future price rises. converters could extend lifespan of current sets until permanent color receivers dominate.

United Features Syn

Jack Carsons Seek Divorce After Separation

HOLLYWOOD Jan 11 The Jack Carsons announce they are divorcing after three and a half years separated. Singer Kay St Ger main on the radio says every effort at reconciliation has failed. They have two children John eight and Germain four. They wed in 1940. she filed for divorce in 1946 but dropped it. The new suit will be filed in California once a property settlement is arranged.

Hollywood Jack Carsons

Presbyterians Hold Annual Meet Tonight

Plans for activities for the coming year and a review of 1949 achievements are on the agenda of the annual congregational meeting of the First Presbyterian Church tonight. Three members are to be elected to the board of elders and the annual budget will be approved. Reports of departments and committees will be heard. The meeting is at 7 15 in Fellowship Hall after a 6 30 covered dish supper. Those unable to attend the supper may join the business meeting.

First Presbyterian Church Board of Elders Fellowship Hall

Memorial for 20000 airmen to stand near Cooper's Hill

A memorial honoring 20 000 airmen who died over Britain with no known graves will be erected near Cooper's Hill overlooking Runnymede England.

Britain Cooper’s Hill Runnymede England

First Texas Hospital at Alamo Mission Cited

An 1806 order established hospital facilities at San Antonio de Valero, later known as the Alamo, likely the first hospital in Texas. Dr. Federico Zerban led care as Indians and soldiers suffered rattlesnake bites, with patients allotted two reases daily for cigarettes and soap. Earlier La Salle expedition surgeon amputated a rattlesnake bite victim's leg.

San Antonio de Valero Mission San Antonio Texas Federico Zerban The Alamo la Salle

City Plans New Fire Station

The Amarillo city commission received preliminary plans for a two stall fire station from architect W R Kaufman. Mayor Gene Klein said location is undecided while the panel considers one or more additional stations. The brick building would house two fire trucks dormitory kitchen dining and other facilities for crews funded from surplus bond issue funds. Approval awaits further study by the commission.

City Commission W. R. Kaufman Amarillo Gene Klein

Former Tech instructor Bonnie Dysart dies at 61

Funeral services planned in Lubbock for Bonnie K. Dysart former associate professor at Texas Technological College who died yesterday at age 61 burial set for Roswell New Mexico

TECH Lubbock Bonnie K. Dysart Texas Technological College Roswell

Palm Reading Claims Himmler’s Fate and Evil Markings

The piece asserts Heinrich Himmler as a soul of Nazi terror and describes palm markings said to signify evil. It recounts a 1927 reading predicting his self-inflicted death and the misery he would cause. The Mirror Enterprises Syn. Los Angeles source frames Himmler as the embodiment of evil.

Gestapo Heinrich Himmler Himler Secret Himmler the Mirror Enterprises Syn Los Angeles

Commissioners Study Bids on Street Signs

City commissioners conferred with street sign firms to review nine bids for six thousand signs, with prices from 12 000 to 76 000. Awards expected this week after bids and samples are studied. Also authorized water well development near Bushland, bus route adjustments for Industrial City, and traffic signal at Tenth and Lincoln.

Amarillo Bushland Amarillo Bus Company Forest Hill Leonard Nussbaum Nussbaum Cos Eighteenth Twenty-First Avenue

Peron Extends Rule to Music in Argentina

President Peron's government orders that at least 50 percent of music played in public places be written in Argentina. The decree will reduce United States swing, Cuban rumbas, Brazilian sambas, and European classics.

Buenos Aires Argentina Peron United States

More Arms Ticketed for China

Washington reports that 300 tanks and armored cars bound for the Chinese Nationalists on Formosa were loaded aboard a Turkish freight at Philadelphia. The arms stem from 1948 military aid funded by 125 million dollars approved by Congress, with dispatches already underway from Lima Army depot and earlier shipments via naval vessels. President Truman rejected new aid but urged speed on existing orders, which Nationalists have already claimed.

Washington Formosa Philadelphia Congress China Truman Army Ordnance Lima Ohio

Raps Absenteeism In the Churches

In Dallas five thousand Texas Baptist preachers and laymen closed their second evangelism conference. Dr. H. L. Fickett of Galveston urged that new church members must be more than statistics and condemn the unlisted absentee church member as the bane of congregations.

Dallas H. L. Fickett Galveston

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