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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1951
Page
13
Associated Press columnist DeWitt MacKenzie announces retirement after a long career. He reflects on veteran memories from World War One and describes plans for a new life with his wife Marjorie in a Connecticut valley home near friends.
A retiring AP columnist previews plans to write more books, fish for trout, and tour Canada, the USA, and Mexico with wife Marjorie. He notes readers, editors, and international well wishes, fond memories of his 41 years at AP, and a pledge to keep the faith and stay connected to readers as he begins a new chapter.
The ad promotes pattern V9377 for sizes 12 to 20 with a simple shoulder seam and a single skirt seam in stripes or plain fabric. It notes fabric needs for size 16 and features an illustrated Sew Chart. Send 25 cents to Marian Martin at Amarillo Globe News and request the Summer Pattern Book for 20 cents, plus a free ee pattern for misses.
FRANKFURT, Germany. June 5. Three more ships bearing American troop reinforcements arrived in Germany yesterday and today. The General Callan docked in Bremerhaven with 1,100 troops, the General Sturgis with 2,050 and the General Gibbons with 722 arrived. All are from the Fourth Infantry Division. More than 8,000 soldiers of the division have arrived within the last eight days. Three more divisions will follow the Fourth Division soon in the American program to triple its present effective fighting strength in Germany.
The Supreme Court upheld a city ban on door to door selling by book agents and magazine solicitors. The ruling supported Alexandria Louisiana’s ordinance requiring consent before sales calls and noted over 400 cities have similar rules. The appeal came from Jack H. Breard a Dallas based magazine salesman.
Armando Ramirez a 51 year old labor organizer was indicted by a Harris County grand jury on five counts of attempting to intimidate workers at the Houston Bag and Burlap Company. Bond was set at 25000 dollars.
SEWART AIR FORCE BASE Tenn June 5 The Air Force released names of seven airmen missing in action after two C 119 Packets were shot down while delivering supplies to UN forces on the eastern Korean front The Far East Air Forces in Tokyo said three men survived the tragic error The Texan missing is co pilot Lt John M Gilbert husband of Mrs Cathryn G Gilbert Iraan ex
Funeral services were held in San Antonio yesterday for Ed Friedrich 91 founder of the Friedrich Refrigeration Company who died Saturday. His legacy includes a long career in refrigeration and business leadership locally.
London June 5 Indian High Commissioner Krishna Menon stated at a news conference that India’s food shortage is not a famine and there is no danger of starvation. He rejected comparisons with the Bengal famine of 1943, noting a grain deficit around 5.5 million tons with 3.7 million procured abroad and about 2.5 million delivered.
Coffee is more than twice as popular today as it was 40 years ago with Americans now consuming about 18 pounds per person annually. By 1910 the average annual per capita intake was 7.6 pounds.
A second group of 71 Japanese from Brazil landed in Osaka after selling property and returning to live in Japan doubting the war loss. Earlier, 171 had arrived in Yokohama. 77 year old Yoiichiro Sato said he could not believe Japan lost, though he conceded die-hards may not want to accept it and some in Brazil had formed an attack corps to punish dissent.
A chess statistic notes the game tree after ten plies offers enormous branching, with roughly 169 quintillion million trillion possible sequences. It highlights the depth of opening theory and strategic complexity in early play.
New York dated June 5 reports Charles E. Wilson, defense mobilization chief, saying no nation would be stupid enough to challenge the United States in an all-out war. He expects mobilization to defer such a conflict and believes America’s atomic weaponry makes any war unlikely. He also says he is an optimist.
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