Weather and Local Tales From a Texas Panhandle Visit
An official forecast predicts cooler and wetter weather in August. The Panhandle visitor is Houston Harte, editor of The San Angelo Standard-Times, with holdings in Abilene Paris Sweetwater Big Spring Corpus Christi and more. Harte plans world travel stories when he is sixty. The piece notes a growing printer’s union opening nine papers, including Texarkana, to create jobs for journeymen. Also mentions Martha Hindman’s painted tin plates and a bygone china painting fad with kilns and young painters.
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Panhandle
Texas
Southwest
Houston Harte
San Angelo Standard-Times
Abilene
Paris
Sweetwater
Big Spring
Corpus Christi
Mrs. Harte
Vega
Jack Mansfield
Mr. Harte
The
Printer's Union
United States
Texarkana
Tex
Martha Hindman
Sixteenth and
Harrison
China
Godfrey joke about hitchhiker and wheels on legs
A letter recounts a morning joke about a driver offering a cigarette to a hitchhiker. The hitchhiker refuses and quips that if God intended smoking, a smoke stack would sit atop his head. The car owner ejects the hitchhiker, who asks why, and the reply notes that if God had meant riding, wheels would be on his legs.
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Arthur Godfrey
Interwoven notes on families and a teaching tale
The Brymers and the W C Boegl family share memories from Yale and Oregon. A Tack portrait from his youth circulates at tourist stands. A traditional tale recalls an older man stopping a fight by advising not to strike a downed opponent, prompting a child’s quip about punishment.
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Brymers
W. C. Boegl
Yale
Oregon
Plump Cook Recommendation For Tack Contest
A reader urges Mrs Billy Henry of Floydada to be the contestant for a thin and fat girl cooking contest. The letter highlights her age about 28, two children, 170 pounds, and superb cooking skill, asking Tack to give her a try-out.
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Tack
Billy Henry
Floydada
John Kimble
Tex
Jackson
Bob Collier
Leaflets Urge Surrender Amid War Propaganda
Mary Louise Broome reports U N leaflets dropped by Communist planes urge soldiers to surrender and quit the war. Pfc Harold Whitmar shares copies with family. notes include a safe conduct pass and taunts toward Truman and industry, plus letters from red prisoners and a lice joke.
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Mary Louise Broome
Korea
United Nations
Pfc
Harold A. Whitmar
William Wayne Whitmar
Bobbie Whitmar
Polk
William Wayne
Pusan
Dupont and
Morgan
Truman
Men favor sporty brighter dress despite age says clothiers
A panel of six clothiers and salesmen in Dallas discuss men's fashion. Opinions split: some say trends lean toward conservative, others toward sporty brighter colors and lighter fabrics. Several note single breasteds with two buttons and plaids or flesh tones gaining popularity, with lasting shifts expected for years.
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Chuck Smith
Men’s Clothiers
Parker
Harry Holland
Clothier
van Buren
John E. Robinson
G. T. Pierce
Forest
S. Friedlander
Polk
Dear Tack Teases Texan Cookoff Challenge in Perryton Letter
A reader from Perryton invites Tack for a home cooked tasting, promising lemon pie prune cake and a German recipe request. The letter mentions the Globe-News truck delivering to Perryton, asks for Tack’s name and address, and praises Jennie Rex Brown as a capable Panhandle cook.
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Tack
Yellowstone
Amarillo
Perryton
Globe-News
Chef Tack
Surrender Offer Promises Bug-Free Ranch Life From Kem-Air Device
H O James of Pampa promotes a Kem-Air insect control device, claim it's electrical and can annihilate bugs in summer ranch life. Co C Stevens says he knows how to keep ranches livable, pledging personal interest in solving bug troubles.
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Co. C. Stevens
Picture of Jennie Sought by Floydada Paper Readers
A plea to The News- Globe readers in Floydada asks for a photograph of Jennie and mentions her fondness for chocolate cake. The note expresses a friendly, hometown newspaper vibe seeking a likable image.
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Floydada
News- Globe
Jennie
Two More Letters About Jennie Found in Local Pages
Emily Potts submits a letter praising Jennie for her community work, while Mrs. Leonard Matsler writes a second correspondence offering thanks and reflecting on Jennie’s impact. Both letters reflect ongoing public interest in Jennie’s activities and character.
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Jennie
Emily Potts
Leonard Matsler
Haberdasher's War Declared by President Alone
The letter calls the Haberdasher's War the first conflict in U.S. history declared and fought by the President alone without Congress. It cites total Korean War casualties at 76,748 through June 22 and notes a ceasefire near the 38th parallel, returning to the starting point.
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Congress
Korea
38Th Parallel
Newcomer Socials Sought for Amarillo Readers
A daily reader urges the Amarillo paper to organize newcomer parties to help lonely residents meet people. The writer, living in Amarillo four years, notes many workdays limit social opportunities and suggests a community get-together for good clean people who rarely attend church or dances.
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Amarillo
Daily Reader
Celebrities and gossip fill Billy Rose’s New York manse
A woman slit her wrists in Billy Rose’s apartment prompting police and heavy publicity. Jack Lait notes Eleanor and Billy Rose exchange fraught “hon” and “dearie” asides while a fleeting remark hints at an outing. The column teases interviews and fashion quips, plus NBC deals and quirky notes on daily life.
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New York
Billy Rose
New York City
Canada
Billy
Jack Lait
Billy Rose Manse
Eleanor
Hon
Dearie
Gem Lake dispute provokes taxpayer letter to Amarillo
An irate taxpayer defends Gem Lake against city and county criticism, accusing officials of slander and misusing funds to boost Thompson Pool. The letter claims Gem Lake was unfairly blocked, cites a tested heating and chlorination record, and labels Amarillo the Friendly Grasping City.
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Gem Lake
Amarillo
Thompson Pool
Austin
Texas
Alter Rules on Merit Pay Hikes Alter Rules on Merit Pay Hikes
The Wage Stabilization Board tightened regulation to give employers using rate ranges more leeway. They may raise pay by the 1950 increases with top rates unchanged, or up to six percent for job improvement while keeping top rates, or apply pre freeze merit rate plans for this year.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Trash Worker Demands City Raise After Heavy Loads
A displaced reader letter from Amarillo trash workers complains that three men cannot lift full 55 gallon barrels of wet grass or rocks on several south side routes. The writer urges a $30 raise for all waste disposal staff and notes anonymity of truck numbers.
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Tack
Ce of
Amarillo
Babys and services listed in local notices
In home listings a variety of notices include care for babies under one year with contact numbers, a 13 year old seeking odd jobs, ironing by the piece, lost items such as a Baylor white gold wristwatch, keys with agency tag, a ball glove near a school, dog lost named Oscar, found tennis racquet, items for giveaway and trade, baby sitting offered at 50 cents an hour, and an address at 1623 North Cleveland.
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North West Third
Jerry
Baylor
Capitol Theater
Palo Duro Canyon
Panhandle Insurance Agency
Lavon Stone
Alice Landergin
Jackson
Larry
Boston Bulldog
Oscar
Rily Scott
Jefferson
Ellwood Park Courts
Gunn Bros
Jessie Chandler
North
Cleveland
Assures Yugoslavia of Armed UN Aid
United Nations United Nations chief Warren R. Austin told reporters on ABC that the UN would aid Yugoslavia if Russia attacked, under the peace through deeds resolution. He cautioned that an invasion was unlikely and urged a cease-fire in Korea while denouncing the Oatis imprisonment as a moral offense.
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Russia
Yugoslavia
Warren R. Austin
Austin
United
ABC
General Assembly
Vermont
Korea
Associated Press
William N. Oatis
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