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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1950
Page
5
Amarillo chamber of commerce mailed 114 questionnaires to potential defense order plants in the area. Data collected will go to Fort Worth defense offices described as a miniature Wright Field by Earl Allmand, chamber industrial manager. He urged prompt, complete plant descriptions, noting hundreds of contracts favor small, well equipped plants.
Democratic primary results thin field in Panhandle districts. LeRoy LaMaster refuses to concede in the congressional race as unofficial returns from 28 counties show him 847 votes behind Walter Rogers, Pampa attorney.
An old Kellogg's All Bran advertisement promises relief from constipation with daily use and a money back offer. The piece also reports early unofficial results from a Texas primary race with Mrs. Altavene Clark leading in Amarillo, followed by Rogers and LaMaster, plus a tight 47th district attorney contest margin and possible runoff implications.
In Amarillo and surrounding areas voters chose candidates for state and county offices. Morris G. Cobb led the 123rd district ticket. Kenneth Wheatley may face O H Dixon in a tight run off. Harold M. LaFont and Bill Craig won Democratic nominations for state representative races. Adams narrowly won Potter County commissioner Precinct 1, with other county races deciding runoffs and re-elections.
Tokyo reports US pilots spotting disguised North Korean tanks that mimic thatched huts. A Red crew tried to blend in by hitching two bullocks to a tank and lumbering along like farmers. An American airman identified the deception. The soybean origin note references ancient China.
Two men wearing silk stockings masked broke into a Roman Catholic parish house in Cleveland and robbed three priests of $13,000. One priest was slugged during the daytime burglary. Pope Pius XII, Eugenio Pacelli, was mentioned in the report.
Duval County reported large Democratic primary margins with Case March winning governor by 4,214 votes to Allan Shivers 63, and W O Reed tallying 4,218 for lieutenant governor. John White carried Wichita Falls for agriculture commissioner with 4,211, McDonald 35. Other races also favored Morrison, Dickson, Harvey, and Griffin with Griffin leading. Separate note: Greece exempts used fur coats for women travelers resident abroad over one year.
A parental letter recounts Jane Ellen, six, once paralyzed by spastic spinal disease, improving after chiropractic care. Once told she would never walk again, she now walks and runs, thriving with better health. Signed note from Mrs. Marvin De Hart praises W. J. Heater, D.C. for treatment.
An old advertisement touts BC as a rapid relief for headaches neuralgic pains and minor muscular aches. It stresses that the tablet and powder forms use the same proven blend of popular pain-relieving ingredients and claims long-standing reliability. Two BC Tablets equal one BC Powder with 10c and 25c sizes.
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