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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1950
Page
5
U S Senator Margaret Chase Smith argues that big business big labor and big government form the Big Three. She warns the middle class risks being absorbed or must unite to counter these powers or become the Big Four. Distributed by United Features Syndicate.
The Amarillo Council of Social Agencies will elect officers next Monday night at 8. The venue is Elizabeth Nixon Junior High School. Nominations come from a committee led by H. C. Vincent. other members are Mrs. George Hammock and George Ordway. L. E. Moyer Jr. will give the principal address. he is executive director of the Community Chest and Council of Social Agencies.
W C Brumley of Edinburg got his 2000 mink coat back after placing it on his car and driving away a mile. Isador Garza found the coat by the highway near San Antonio and, after hearing a local radio broadcast, returned it to Brumley who paid a 50 reward.
The Army Transport Gen. Stuart Heintzelman arrived in New York four days late from Bremerhaven after battling 45-foot waves and heavy gales. Captain Ernst Olson reported seasickness and cabins for passengers, with speed cut to three knots from 18. The displaced persons ship carried 1,303 passengers from 10 nationalities bound to 35 states and D.C. A Pole, Henry Heilman, 41, noted for his Polish accountant start in 1932 and Nazi camp liberation in 1945, will join cousin Kalman Fleisher in Boston after arriving Friday the 13th.
Grand Rapids reported that Helen Bishop cannot stop her divorced husband Victor from marrying her 15 year old daughter Jean Lorenski in South Bend Indiana. The Kent County prosecutor and the mother's attorney agree there is little chance of annulment and the marriage occurred 21 days after the divorce became final. The mother said Jean did not understand what she was doing.
Three court appointed psychiatrists report Fred Stroble is legally sane at the time of the alleged murder of six year old Linday Joyce Glacoft. They said his motive was fear she would tell what he had done and that he knew killing a child was wrong. The girl was killed on November 14.
Teheran reports Iran will change its name back to Persia due to mixups arising from neighboring Iraq. The name Persia derives from Persis in the ancient Persian Empire, later called Fars, while Iran comes from Ari ana meaning the Land of the Aryans.
The British Institute of Public Opinion shows Labour regaining some support after devaluation, while Churchill's Conservatives remain ahead in the drive to unseat Labour in the general election due within three months. Undecided voters and Liberal gains suggest a close race with Liberals possibly holding balance of power after the vote.
The Army confirmed it discharged reserve officer Leon Straus, a former second lieutenant and sponsor of a Paul Robeson concert linked to the Peekskill riot. The discharge occurred November 23, with officials declining to disclose reasons beyond suggesting it was not honorable.
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