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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1951
Page
2
August will be cooler. An old word skunked describes a shutout or defeated person. Chief cook and bottle washer appears as a colorfully clued phrase. Sam Carter and a tomato figure in a garden tale. Cats in a basket on a train prompt a remark about a hotel of 100 rooms. The News-Globe building sits unused, Tack’s private shower unused. Ranchers report a huge quail crop and rising wild turkey along the Canadian River.
Government biologists push for a Sept 15 game opening while the state game commission argues the Aug 15 Panhandle start. Gov Allan Shivers, a noted sportsman, participates as officials debate feasibility of Sept 1 opening nationwide.
A current proposal in Washington would permit dove shooting only during afternoon hours. The rule aims to regulate hunting times and reduce morning disturbance, reflecting ongoing state wildlife policy discussions.
A legend of a son who murders his mother for love ends with a talking heart warning the son of danger. The piece contrasts this with a claim that the Maritime Commission is short two billion dollars and cannot account for the funds, with no action forthcoming.
The narrator spent two days at a ranch but insect swarms forced an early departure. Tiny pests crawled through screens, arriving at dusk and forcing residents indoors or to bed as lights came on, indicating a persistent nuisance.
A town resident reports insomnia from nightly reading in bed at home. Ranchers note an unusually bad bug year, with cattle slick and bugs thick, worsening conditions for those on the ranch.
The plains are warned that jack rabbits will return strongly in coming years with drives planned and ranchers expected to loudly protest the damage to grazing grass as numbers rebound.
Tack recalls buying his ranch about twelve years ago when jack rabbits were pests. People were urged to shoot them using automatic 22 caliber rifles. Travelers drove from Canadian to the ranch about 20 miles to kill up to fifty jack rabbits, participating in sport stunts that sent city visitors to shoot jacks in pastures and fields.
In one winter over 95 percent of rabbits perished from a disease. In spring quail suffered as predators that fed on rabbits turned to prey on them, causing further declines.
The passage notes jack rabbits are overrunning Utah and Nevada and warns that Texas may soon face a similar invasion causing widespread nuisance. The report emphasizes rapid spread and growing concern among residents.
Across Western newspapers during hard times, jack rabbits were claimed to be abundant and widely eaten as a minimal food source. The remark frames rabbit meat as a last resort for sustenance in harsh periods.
A letter from Edna E Myers to Tack discusses Wits End a Perryton Texas column. editors propose tutelage from seasoned staff and note the columnist is a gifted writer but lacks reporting experience. They urge self improvement, acknowledge his talent, and request an apology for a letters-way misnaming.
The speaker reflects on why women endure long marriages without love. Pride, social perception, and the presence of children keep some wives with husbands they no longer love. Time can transform feelings, but many remain unhappy yet stay for fear of judgment.
The text argues that marriage is a serious and grave responsibility not a dream, noting that couples who diverge from ideal romantic standards may face trouble. It underscores that married life demands commitment and that those who fail to meet it bring about difficulties.
Narrator notes severe chigger bites from hard labor under the broiling sun on a ranch. Describes large flocks of chiggers moving through country fields and the inability to read before sleep due to persistent bites.
A reader proposes starting a small dude ranch in the Panhandle as a test to keep tourists from leaving. The note recalls how the big western ranch boom began small and asks if such an experiment could persist through fetid summers and windy springs, with the News-Globe ready to invest.
The speaker extols summer and fall beauty and describes winters as great with sharp drops. They propose a trial experiment on several ranches with a few thousand dollars to test hosting guests, focusing on sustaining visitor stays rather than attracting initial guests. The note emphasizes the need to hold guests once attracted.
Mrs Ronnie W Adams sponsors and stars in La Boheme at Sam Houston Park, presenting opera as education for all ages. She backs her belief with means, brings East artists, and aims to elevate Amarillo culture through this personal effort and idealistic vision.
A letter from Lee Mc Murtry of Canyon invites a dependable farm couple. He notes his location as miles north and 242 miles west of Canyon and promises a good job.
A lonely widow in her sixties requests correspondence with other women and trades for apron patterns and plant slips. She offers green stamps for house plant slips or a collie pup, and asks for nice, non drinking, non rough men to reply. Also notes lost baseball glove and wants reward.
The page lists a long array of stock tickers and prices from Allegheny to Union Carbide with percentages and notes on over-the-counter quotes. It also includes closing quotations for Chicago grain and livestock markets with updated prices for wheat corn oats soybeans hogs cattle and sheep.
Mrs Frankie Lee Phillips age 23 faces two charges in Potter County Court after a head on collision on Highway 60 east of the city last night. She is charged with driving while intoxicated and aggravated assault with a motor vehicle. The Dosch family and Phillips were hospitalized with the Doschs in fair condition. Phillips was released after emergency care but could not attend arraignment.
A six year old Amarillo girl, Carolyn Cox, was hit by a car at McMasters and North West First. Doctors at Northwest Texas Hospital described her condition as fairly good. The vehicle was driven by John W. Sherwood, and witnesses say she darted from behind a parked car into his path. The driver stopped and assisted the injured child.
Bobbie Sanders a 24 year old resident of 210 North Pierce was fined 100 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 10 days in Potter County Jail after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated stemming from a June 24 collision a mile east of Amarillo involving a car and a truck driven by John Carter of Lincoln Arkansas. A truck passenger John Bucks was injured and Sanders had been hospitalized with two broken legs. An aggravated assault with a motor vehicle charge remains pending.
Chester C. Vandiver of Amarillo files a damage suit in 108th District Court seeking 165000 from Billy Joe Morris of Dallas County for injuries from a May 30, 1949 two car collision on Canyon Highway about 2½ miles south of Amarillo. Vandiver seeks 75000 for his injuries, 75000 for his wife, and 15000 for their daughter.
Mr and Mrs H J Van denberg took their son Master Sgt John Vandenberg back to Camp Gordon Augusta Georgia to spend time with him at furlough. En route they toured the Deep South including Tallahassee and Pensacola Florida away nearly two weeks.
Robert Lee Cole known as Ama rillo Negro faced a burglary charge in 47th District Court for the June 23 break in at Mack's Second Hand Store 510 West Sixth. Radios boots and clothing were reported stolen.
A South Fork trip yielded abundant catches for Forrest B. Dashier and Carl Culwell and their spouses. The Dashiers, at 1501 The Dashiers, and the Culwells, at 1118 Beverly, returned Sunday after two weeks of productive fishing in the area.
W Lee O Daniel, former Texas governor and senator, told radio listeners he would seek the Democratic presidential nomination. He touted selling life insurance policies and leasing space in his apartment houses, urged petitions, and claimed his first moves as president would be to reverse lending to England and cut cabinet payrolls by 50 percent. He noted his political rise and succession by Lyndon Johnson.
The Associated Press reports Texas recorded at least 20 weekend deaths across various causes. Among the victims were Dempsey Sessions and John Holley in a fixed-flat accident near San Antonio, and 21 month old Mary Chapman fatally run over in Houston.
Carl Unlaub a 13 year old boy is in good condition at St Anthony s Hospital after an accidental gunshot at home seven miles northwest of town. A .22 caliber bolt action rifle bullet penetrated his upper leg and lodged in the bedroom wall. He was taken to hospital by his mother Mrs Frances Unlaub.
A report notes that red deer and other wildlife threaten crops as hunters target feral roos in the New Zealand highlands. Local authorities stress control measures to protect livestock and ecosystems amid ongoing pest management efforts.
The US Weather Bureau forecasts a repeat of 100 degree temperatures in Amarillo today with no chance of moisture. Yesterday reached 100 in the afternoon with a 72 degree low last night. Tonight and tomorrow are expected to share similar conditions, with a low of 72 and a high near 98 tomorrow.
Washington July 30. Senator Ives and Representative Latham both Republicans introduced identical bills to pay a $500 bounty to any non law enforcement person providing information leading to the arrest and conviction of a dope peddler. They compare the effort to past bounties that removed wolves and other beasts from communities.
The article notes continued controls for consumers and industry, including a one third down payment rule for automobiles and a 15 percent initial payment for radios and televisions. It reports livestock slaughter quotas banned despite claims to curb black market meat. A Small Defense Plants Administration would assist small businesses in war contracts, while existing material priorities and import controls, now including dairy products, persist amid Congress rejecting broader presidential powers.
Planes attacked Pyongyang with 405 individual flights as weather forced many to turn back. Lt Gen Nam Il doubted an armistice while Kaesong reported continued hostilities. Clouds kept major targets out of reach and rainstorms shaped the day’s air operation. North Koreans fled hills near Yangegu as allied forces pressed to the hill crests.
Five and one half days of bitter fighting yield control of adjoining hills linked to the main mountain front. The hills dominate the eastern sector for miles as they fell on Sunday, altering the battlefield on the distant front.
Mr. Kaufholdly, a lumber firm salesman in Miami Florida, born August 29 1892 in Millheim Texas, died aged 52. He lived at 3504 Monroe, was married to Myrtle Marion, and served 28 months in World War I. He was a member of the American Legion Elks Club and the Traffic Club with three sons Ross Marion and Berkley Kaufhold and Marion Kaufhold. Funeral services will be announced by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
Paddle through Amarillo history as Floyd Studer and Eddie Johnson spotlight a Pleistocene mammoth unearthed in a caliche bed. The find links to mastodon discoveries by Tom Cotton and John McKnight during Santa Fe Building basement work, with Panhandle Plains Historical Society planning further study.
A 61 minute prepared statement by North Korea's chief negotiator Gen Nam Il warned troops and called for an armistice line along the pre war frontier. He urged a buffer zone of six miles on each side of the 38th parallel, outlining Allied implications.
Joy warned that retreat of 30 miles or more from deep North Korean fronts could allow a Communist invasion of South Korea and cost Allies about 2,125 square miles of North Korean territory. He argued for ending fighting in current positions andeluded discussing any withdrawal south of the parallel due to political questions.
McGee, convicted of killing R. L. Allston in Lubbock on July 7, 1948 during a dispute over Allston's daughter and the daughter's former suitor, seeks a recommendation from the board. Hearings before the pardons board have occurred. his mother Mrs. H. H. Stull of Pampa has organized petitions from hundreds urging commutation. McGee previously lived in several Panhandle Plains towns.
Continental engineers described aging rubber samples in three days to simulate ten years of wear. The Amarillo lab, 3,200 square feet, supports T C Garver from the New York Akron office and Mr Ericson in developing compounds for the rubber industry.
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