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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1950
Page
2
In a suspenseful 1943 Woolrich installment, a desperate wife crafts a plan to stop blackmailer Carpenter who has used a cache of old love letters to force her. She confronts him at a locked flat, only to discover his body beneath a sofa after a deadly confrontation.
The Globe-News board of censors issues notice for publication listing Ivo wit Wes Izzard Paul Allingham N Bartlett Grady Camp Mrs Sarah inter Bob Babb Lewis Nor oo Joe Hess and Charley Underwood as involved parties with unspecified roles in the matter.
Weather chatter credits Tack’s forecast for a wet June with wide interest among farmers and cowists. The column notes weather records and census projections, mentions Amarillo population guesses, Mayor Klein’s parking fines, a strangulated hernia case, and a home tomato watering tip from a Plainview reader.
Thanks to Mrs Hefner the writer praises Amarillo as the most beautiful city and notes Mrs Sam Vaughn's rose garden at Fleventh and Tyler. They describe hundreds of varieties and a hedge of poppies as one of the prettiest sights in Texas.
Residents compliment Mrs. Hazel Michels front yard north of Ellwood Park on Eleventh and praise a new Episcopalian church. Across from Mrs. Myda Bivins gardens, neighbors laud beauty in flowers, lawns, and tasteful landscape.
A writer extols Amarillo as a city of beauty with lush gardens and unique homes. Highlighting Mrs. Hugo Loewenstern and her lavish yard, roses, and a lazy man’s checker board on a back porch, the piece praises Ellwood Park and Amarillo College area trees. Tomorrow the list of winners will be published.
A heated exchange unfolds as Jay Taylor warns of being run out of town while locals allege covert maneuvers to place friends and advertisers. He denies wrongdoing, pleads for trust, and predicts Tack will pick his own slate amid talk of an out of town woman critic. A letter questions Lawrence Hagy's involvement.
The narrator defends a local “beauty” contest selection, insisting judges sole opinion shaped the entrants. He lists friends who were left out, praises one advertiser, and explains the artist Finley studied photos two weeks. He urges readers to view tomorrow’s Globe for the results.
Condition of six people injured in a two car crash half a mile east of Alaneed yesterday afternoon was reported as improved this morning. One man Thurman Jones, a hitchhiker in a car driven by Tom Gillum Bakersfield Cal, had been dismissed from St. Anthony's Amarillo after X rays and emergency treatment. Gillum's condition remains unclear.
The Sunday crash near the highway injured several, with Mrs Ong most seriously hurt from a compound leg fracture and facial injuries. Mrs Dyke suffered a broken arm and cuts, while Mrs High and Gillum were in head-on collisions as patrolman Heard cited. Attendants at Groom hospital reported Mrs Ong and others improving modestly.
Rose Stone, 78, heads Paragon Park at Nantasket Beach in Boston area. The widow has steered the park for over three decades, maintaining its lively seaside venue similar to Coney Island.
The Dixie Dice School of Dancing presents 175 students in a revue titled Elmer at Amarillo High School Auditorium. Sponsored by Downtown Lions Club with proceeds to crippled children, cancer and heart funds. Tickets are $1 at Mark Galloway Drug Store or at the box office from 7:30 p.m. Elmer, named for a show horse, features dances set to tunes like Blue Tail Fly and Italian Street Song. Music by Nile Nobles orchestra. scenery by Cleve Jones and Durwood Brown. costumes by Gynn of Dazion's in New York.
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