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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1951
Page
5
Washington reports a new 5 percent steel cut for car making starting Oct 1, reducing auto output in Oct-Dec to 60 percent of pre-Korean levels. Output targets 1,100,000 cars, with possible use of some foreign steel, while consumer goods stay near current cuts and civilian production remains near 1949 levels.
Four hundred invitations for the annual Primrose Party were mailed to residents aged 70 and older. The planning committee announced the Aug. 3 event at St. Andrews Parish House, sponsored by the Amarillo Council of Church Women. Prizes will honor the oldest attendee, the most grandchildren, the most children, and the farthest distance to Amarillo.
In a rush to report for induction, a 17 year old sped toward enlistment in Marietta Ohio. His car struck four rural mail boxes and a road sign, causing damage before he reached the induction site.
In Austin on July 27 AP two pardon board members split on whether Richard W McGee has exhausted all court routes to reverse his death sentence As McGee faces the electric chair next Thursday two doctors testified they considered him insane at earlier incidents including a 1948 slaying and prior injuries The board debated insanity standards and whether a commutation would set a precedent with contrasting medical opinions from Dr Paul White Dr David White and Dr C A Shaw
Mr and Mrs Guy Chelf of Amarillo enjoy a 10 day stay at Conchas Lake. They fish from the dock lake boat and then from a trailer house beach to beach if needed. Chelf is a Santa Fe train engineer and both pursue fishing with evident pleasure.
Mrs. James M. Clements of 1119 Polk suffered minor head bruises in a two car crash at Seventeenth and Polk yesterday afternoon. She was treated at St. Anthony's Hospital and dismissed. Investigators said the Clements car, traveling north on Polk, collided with a taxicab moving west on Seventeenth at the intersection.
Edward Bert Pemberton, of Gray County, files in 47th District Court against M. Loraine Marrs of McLennan County seeking 5900 total damages. He alleges negligence in a two car crash two miles west of Weaver last May, injuring himself, his wife, and daughter. Pemberton seeks 4400 for injuries to himself and wife and 1500 for injuries to his daughter.
Bobby Joe Wilde gave his address as Tascosa and was to be arraigned in 47th District Court this afternoon on a forgery charge. He is charged in connection with a $15 forged instrument passed in Amarillo on June 5.
Mr and Mrs Harold Duke relocated to Memphis Tennessee from Tupelo Mississippi and discovered a skunk had moved with them inhabiting a vanity drawer in their new home.
The text notes that women serving in the Air Force lack official titles and are commonly called sirmen, mirroring male personnel, with the informal shorthand WAFS used. It highlights gendered labeling in military roles and the absence of formal recognition.
Services for Ellen Endsley 68 will be held tomorrow at 4 pm in Ivy Chapel Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home with Dr Eugene Slater officiating Burial will follow in Llano Cemetery She died yesterday in Northwest Texas Hospital Mrs Endsley wife of Alex Endsley lived with daughter Bert Bailey 12 miles south of Amarillo Born October 30 1882 Water Valley Texas She belonged to Edinburg Methodist Church and Dumas Order of the Eastern Star Surviving are five sisters two brothers two grandchildren and six great grandchildren plus a daughter in law and other relatives
Evansville police received a report from a woman who said fireworks in her neighborhood frightened her dog so severely that the animal jumped a 10 foot backyard fence and ran away, leaving the area unknown.
Roy Elton Hawkins aged 23 of 215 North East Third was described in good condition at Northwest Texas Hospital after a three car collision on the 1900 block of West Sixth. He was taken by Blackburn-Shaw ambulance after his eastbound car struck a westbound auto while attempting a left turn into Myers Fried Chicken Restaurant. The crash also involved Lindley O. Gilbert and Paul E. Kibbe.
A thief, likely reaching through an open window, stole a wedding and engagement ring set valued at 375 dollars from the F. L. Hudson residence at 2007 North Spring while the family was away. Windows were raised and screens unlocked. rings lay on a dresser near a window. This marks a second similar theft this week.
Dedicatory ceremonies for Benton Park in East Amarillo begin at 7:30 PM at Sixteenth and Vernon. The park, Amarillo’s newest, has already seen many visitors. Mayor Gene Klein will give the dedicatory address and Arthur L. Golden of East Side Church of Christ will offer the invocation.
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