Scholarships for Globe News Carrier Students
The Globe News Publishing Company offers Six $150 college scholarships and twelve $50 educational endowment awards totaling 1500 for carrier salesmen in Amarillo and the tri state area for the 1950 51 school year. Winners must be bona fide carriers intending to continue route work and high school seniors. awards may offset tuition and fees with cash if any excess.
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Globe
Cient
Amarillo
Route
Tri-State
Globe- News
News-Globe
Carrier
Re election of Judge W N Stokes as associate justice
Amarillo lawyers urge the re election of Judge W N Stokes to the Court of Civil Appeals at Amarillo Texas. The signers attest his integrity and experience and solicit votes. The list includes H L Adkins J L Adkins Jr H M Adkins A E Aikman Branch T Archer Jr Middleton L Askew W A Askew Hiram A Berry W L Birge and many more named lawyers from Amarillo and area.
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W. N. Stokes
Court OF Civil Appeals
Amarillo
Tex
Dorothy Ann Kinney Sterling E. Kinney
G. H
Jack” Little
Surplus Ships to be Readied for Action in Congress
Washington July 18 Rep Albert Thomas Texas said he asked Commerce Department officials to estimate costs to reactivate more than 2000 cargo ships mothballed since the last war. Cost estimates range from 25 to 175 million dollars as a starter. Rep John Shelley California Democrat introduced a 25 million dollar measure to ready the mothball fleet, aiming to place it in the appropriation process. After the last war the Maritime Commission and Navy began laying up surplus ships along US coasts, sealing them to prevent deterioration.
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Washington
House
Albert Thomas
Texas
Commerce Department
Thomas
John Shelley
California
Fake baby in basket turns out to be life like doll
Police received a call reporting a baby abandoned in a basket on North Broadway in Knoxville. Safety officials rushed to the scene and found the infant was actually a mechanical doll displayed in a florist window.
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Knoxville
Tenn. W
North Broadway
C. V. Christenberry
Raymond Siler
Blame Whites In Racial Row in Dallas Bombings
Police Chief Carl F. Hansson reported to the Dallas city council that white residents provided little cooperation in investigating a spate of six house bombings since February in overlapping white and Negro neighborhoods. No arrests have been made and several leads are being followed as authorities pursue a two week solve window amid accusations from Negro groups over police inaction.
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Dallas
Carl F. Hansson
Hansson
Wallace Savage
New Setup for Scott and White Temple Plans
Officials of Scott and White Hospital announced a reorganization from private corporation to a public service institution in Temple. A new physical plant costing eight to ten million dollars will be built on 350 acres on the southwestern edge of Temple. A nine member board will govern without interruption of force, with Dr. A C Scott Jr stating government approval was given and gifts to the hospital will be tax free. The move aims to create a democratic partnership between the medical profession and the public.
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Temple
Scott and White Hospital
A. C. Scott, Jr
Dallas Jailbreakers Nabbed in Arizona
Two Dallas jail escapees, Jack Truman Jones and John Franklin Goodwin both 18 to 22 from Wichita Falls, were captured in Tucson after a 90 mile per hour pursuit. They are charged with violating the Dyer Act and held on $2,000 bonds. They had been jailed for armed robbery and escaped last week.
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Tucson
Ariz
Dallas
FBT
Jack Truman Jones
John Franklin Goodwin
Wichita Falls
Bikini Atoll Land and Lagoon Areas Noted
The report states Bikini Atoll comprises a lagoon area of 280 square miles with a land area of 2.87 square miles, highlighting a vast water-to-land ratio for the atoll.
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Bikini Atoll
Cotton Dusting Threatens Valley Bees
HARLINGEN July 19 AP More than one million dollars worth of bees have been killed in the Rio Grande Valley by calcium arsenate cotton dusting. Only about 50 colonies remain. Patrick urges farmers to halt dusting, noting sulphur works and spares bees as pollinators of valley fruit and vegetables.
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Harlingen
Rio Grande Valley
R. E. Patrick
Lower
Rio Grande
Patrick
Russian astronomer claims new planet near Virgo in Crimea
A Russian astronomer based in Crimea claims the discovery of a new planet near the Virgo constellation. The report notes verification steps and potential implications for astronomy research.
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Virgo
Crimea
FASTEETH offers secure false teeth solution
An alkaline powder for denture wearers promises firmer dentures without gummy taste or sour aftertaste. It claims to reduce slipping while eating or talking and to control denture odor, with availability at drug stores.
Texaco Raises Gasoline Price Across Texas Markets
Fort Worth reports The Texas Company raises gasoline prices one half cent a gallon in all Texas marketing areas east of the Pecos effective tomorrow. Dallas marketing manager W. D. Fowlkes announced the boost to Dallas distributors as station managers respond to the change.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Pecos
W. D. Fowlkes
Dallas
Oil Prices Rise Again Impacting Consumers This Year
The article notes continued price increases for dependent operators with the option to absorb or pass costs to consumers. It marks the second rise of the year and mentions a tank wagon price advance of half a cent on May 3.
Dive Into River Fatal to Texan
Mickey Robinson a 42 year old cook drowned late yesterday after diving into shallow water in the San Jacinto River near Sheldon following a river swim with nine companions. Officers investigated the drowning details and scene.
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Houston
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Court of Civil Ap
Amarillo, Tex
Judge Stokes
H. L. Adkins
H. M. Adkins
Conally P. Lockhart
McCarthy F. H. McCregor
W. T. Meachern Wales H. Madden
John H. Merchant
Ben P. Monning
Ben P. Moning, JR
B. L. Morgan B. L. Morgan, JR
S. A. L. Morgan
Tom Morris
W. F. Nix
Frank T. O'Brien
Harold W. Ochsner
Erwin C. Ochsner
John Peterson
Jerome J. Pope Alton M. Reeder
C. B. Reeder
Ray Richards
Walter G
Maritime Commission
Navy
Scott & White
Arizona
Emerson-Electric
America
Parker
Emerson
Nunn Electric Supply Corp
Amarillo, Texas
Polk St
Texaco
Beatty, Sr
Cornersville
Tenn
Kellogg’s
Kellogg's
Battle Creek
Mich
Globe News
RAE
Raef Bros., Butane & Appliances
St. Francis and
Butaneed
Tez
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