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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1951
Page
2
Notice to the public that the following names passed for publication by the board of censors Tzzard Paul Allingham N D Itlett Grady Camp Mrs Sarah Wintz Mrs Bob Babb Lewis Nordyke Joe Hess and Alice Timmons.
A column collections of humorous phrases and dated lines about weather, time, and social life. It notes jokes about jelly bellies and wartime food guidance while lampooning slang and odd timing phrases. It also mentions the Duplicate Club fundraiser for the March of Dimes and local observations on diet and health.
A reader letter asks Amarillo city leaders to create adult dances for seniors ages 40 to 80. The writer notes Hot Springs New Mexico offers dances twice weekly at 30 cents, while stating elderly residents as old as 85 can still dance. He asks the big city to start a program as seniors fund their own activities from their budgets, mentioning a small trailer home and a desire for wholesome recreation.
A terse note accuses Eastern officials of attempting volunteer rationing and quickly conceding failure. The brief critiques government bungling and questions legitimacy of the plan, signaling public frustration with wartime measure debates.
A nationwide movement called Big Eaters Anonymous forms, with chapters planned in every city by summer. Members vow to cut intake to aid the war effort, while Emil F. Myers promises a plate of chicken livers to Tack at Myers Restaurant, as a sign of welcome.
The quail season closes next Tuesday as a small hunting party visits a southern ranch. Tack, the narrator, joins Ranch hosts and his dog Princess for a morning chase, then a noon feast before resuming. The ranch owner warns that his large pointer knows the covey routes, and Sport, Tack’s dog, is kept in the garage for safety.
The tale follows Princess eight years old in good health who points coveys and backs as ranchers watch a trained pointer work for the first time. Five of her 13 pups died from hookworms but the remaining pups seem healthy under owner Francis McQuiddy who has hunted over Princess this fall.
A reader mix of dog breeding notes and letters to the editor. Topics include a veteran pointer, a Canadian dog with gun shyness, a Welsh anecdote on rabbit hunting, a Betty Crocker cookbook quote, a Pardon request to President Truman about Korea and Europe, a Panhandle plant rumor to make rubber from maize, Marines in civilian shoes, a nostalgic fire engine image, and a note clarifying Fisenhower’s heritage.
Records at West Point list birthplace as Denison Texas for the early Eisenhower along with the family name Isenhaur. The first Eisenhower arrived in Pennsylvania in 1741 as part of a diverse ancestral mix spanning German Swiss Dutch English Scotch and Scandinavian origins.
The draft notes Ike after war defended soldiers behavior while condemning unsanctioned revelry in a French town. A mayor complained of Americans making Whoopee at night and Ike pledged to keep troops out of the town. Merchants objected but the outcome favored Ike and the soldiers. He recalled avoiding ornate London hotel decor as discomforting.
columnist Walter Winchell extols General Eisenhower noting humility, avoidance of show boating, and care for individuals during tours. He praises Ike for candor with reporters, tolerance for honest dissent, and enduring love of the farm despite war duties.
London January 12 The British Tailor and Cutter says President Truman has a public duty to dress well including the wax figure in Madame Tussaud's. The editor argues Truman dresses to please others, not himself, while noting the controversy over his loud tie and noting his reply that it is none of their business.
Pfe W. D. Nugent of Perrin Air Force Base Sherman Texas escaped with a sprained back in a crash landing of a C-47 transport near Albuquerque late Wednesday.
Greg Perry of the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce traffic depart ment is named to a seven member Southwestern Industrial Traffic League committee to confer with motor carriers on proposed rate increases in the Southwest. Rex B Baxter notes the appointment. An eight member Texas committee includes Perry and Houston Dallas Fort Worth and Waco representatives to meet in Dallas on January 16.
A French platoon led by a lieutenant with a red scarf charged from a ridge south of Wonju and dislodged North Korean forces. The assault drew American observers from foxholes as the French advanced to seize a snow covered crest and held the hill after five minutes. Twenty enemy dead, two French minor casualties.
A 17-year-old Civil Air Patrol recruit prompted a deadly crash during his first parachute jump near Birmingham on January 12. Charles Albright of Bessemer escaped the burning plane with minor injuries, while pilot Fred M. Sandlin, 22, died from burns. Honey Henderson and an unidentified white man risked their lives to pull Albright from the cockpit. Col. Bill Donovan noted the flight was not authorized.
Bryan witnesses report Jesse A. Rose of Bryan and Chester C. Hobson of Cameron killed when their light plane crashed and burned near the city late yesterday. authorities investigated the crash as local records noted the fatal aviation accident with both men aboard.
A Globe survey gathers local business opinions urging tougher penalties for bad checks. Independent dealer J R Pendell cites small checks as a problem. Wellman and Russell advocate stricter enforcement and funds verification. McBEE Mullin Blair urge harsher punishment to deter fraud. notes include comparisons to theft and traveler's checks and a final aside about Berkelium, element 97, with symbol Bk.
Hong Kong summons all British subjects over 17 to register by February 1 as tensions rise with Chinese border forces. Eurasians and Hong Kong born Chinese are included. Officials say emergency calls not expected yet but insist a national service plan may be enacted if needed for manpower and women as well.
The lesson sermon for Sunday January 14 focuses on Sacrament with the Golden Text "The bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven" from John 6 33. It includes Matthew 26 26 27 on the bread and cup and a passage from Science and Health page 34 by Mary Baker Eddy stating if all had really commemorated Jesus suffering they would have revolutionized the world.
About 9 million wooded acres lie in Kentucky with over 90 percent held by private landowners. The data highlights private stewardship and potential forest management implications for state policy and conservation planning.
The Amarillo Community Council invites all interested in health, welfare and recreation services to its annual meeting at 6:30 Monday evening January 22 in the Herring Hotel Crystal Ballroom. Dinner reservations are $1.50 via Miss Jane Keeney at the Community Service Center.
Jasper Alabama January 12 Pi Walker County three man draft board quit over a woman secretary. Board member Jim R Burton Jr said the resignations came after the state selective service hired a woman clerk when they transferred a man.
Two men from Lubbock, W. M. McDaniel and J. F. Gentry, were jailed on charges of driving while intoxicated after a dynamite-laden truck side swiped a car near Anson. Dorothy Dement, 34, suffered a broken back. her two sons were less seriously hurt. Mr and Mrs F H Dewey of El Paso were admitted to an Abilene hospital after their auto was hit.
Fragment discusses gender roles in management saying a man could handle men better than a woman, triggering questions about workplace equality and leadership norms. No further names or specifics are provided in readable text.
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