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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1951
Page
2
The Globe News switchboard received nearly 400 frightened calls about hail and possible tornadoes, with men most anxious. Annabelle Wells urges calm and practical tips, while Tack and Winburn are praised as qualified forecasters. The item also notes inquiries about mosquito fish, litter on highways, social remarks, and brief humor and business bulletins.
A wife repurposes a watch band by mounting several single earrings to it creating a new charm bracelet. Teenagers seek discarded bands and earrings as stories of public figures like Truman MacArthur and Roosevelt circulate town. Snowden doubts MacArthur's Presidential bid.
The piece notes many Republican leaders back Eisenhower, doubt Taft has a chance, and reject MacArthur as unmanageable. They fear a president who may not be swayed, while hoping Eisenhower will listen to reason. Amid hunger for rewards, they warn against installing a leader who won’t hand out favors.
A Lefors resident writes Tack about trapping a mink with a red bird head as bait and questions legality under federal and state law. The letter laments harming cardinal birds and asks if there is a more humane approach. It also notes Mrs. W. B. Amacker’s illness at Childress with hope for a quick recovery and return to work.
A 17-year-old writer laments prohibition campaigns and argues liquor and gambling harm society. He notes taxes support highways and schools but urges redirecting funds to worthy causes. The letter defends individual opinion and contrasts with religious voices while condemning ongoing drinking and gambling.
Formosa dispatch says Chinese Nationalists report Communist arsenals shifting from Manchuria fearing UN or U S air raids. Mukden arsenal machinery moved to mountains near Dairen as 500 Soviet technicians and over 7,000 Chinese workers produce grenades shells mortars for Korea.
A reader reports dropping eight ten dollar bills totaling 80 dollars on a gas office counter at Third and Taylor. The writer asks for the money’s return to The Globe News care of Tack, offering 25 dollars to the finder and 55 dollars to be returned, with no questions asked.
A reader offers a beautiful yellow female cat to anyone promising to provide a good home. Contact after 6 o clock via phone 2-2445.
A reader titled Lust My Husband's Wife and My Children's Mother scolds Tack for criticizing a preacher's sermons on drinking and smoking. She defends the preacher, praises his zeal, and cites Romans 14 21 to argue moderation and respect for others' beliefs.
A serviceman asked for directions to a church to pray while waiting in a car. The writer notes no unlocked churches except Catholic ones and suggests creating a non-denominational quiet room downtown for service members and others to pray.
Poem from soldiers of the 40th Division describing life near the 38th parallel in Korea. They lament isolation, low pay of 2.40 a day, harsh cold, and homesickness while defending their land. Names listed include Pfc Johnny Pierson and others.
A three car collision on the south end of the Galveston causeway killed Raymond E. Goode, 19, of Houston, and injured his mother Mrs. R. T. Maxwell, his sisters Peggy and Nancy Goode, and Philippe Baraidu of Galveston. Witnesses said the Baraidu car swerved into inbound traffic and struck the Goode car, which then hit a third car driven by Richard Pervin, 25, of Houston, who was unharmed.
CARE plans relief package distribution for Europe and Korea with orders placed by White and Kirk. The meeting at Polk Street Methodist Church parlor at 7:30 pm invites civic clubs schools women’s clubs and the Ministerial Alliance led by Allen Early Jr to discuss program promotion in Amarillo.
Vandals broke into a San Diego pet shop and released 30 Australian parakeets from their cages, causing confusion for visitors who could have wondered where they were.
A reader in Pampa responds to a letter by A Woman Texan of Higgins, criticizing bitterness and materialism, praising non drinking and gambling and warning about judgment. The writer dismisses the author as blind and hypocritical and contrasts values beyond money.
A reader from Plainview Texas shares advice on perfume use after bathing and on clean dresses, stressing that fragrance should follow cleanliness. She credits her mother and husband for family harmony and encourages mutual effort for happiness in marriage.
Mrs. Thelma Mayes leads about three dozen Carver High School students in summer homemaking classes. For the first time boys join the program, focusing on cooking as a career with yeast bread to follow after hotcakes and biscuits.
The Senate House Economic Committee staff urges scattering U S industrial plants to withstand potential atomic attacks. They warn current defense trends favor concentration in existing hubs and recommend amending the Defense Production Act, set to expire June 30, to reverse the trend where feasible.
The article notes that for about three quarters of Earth's history the continents remained devoid of human life. It discusses planetary development and the timing of landforms before significant biological activity appeared, highlighting the long span of uninhabited geology before human presence.
A reader named B N Richards suggests a bold plan to deter North Korea by placing atomic bombs on the Yalu River banks and threatening to detonate them if Red forces cross. He asks whether such a policy is smart or dumb and seeks opinions on using nuclear threats as a stalemate tool.
A Clarendon reader denounces federal aid projects and the Marshall Plan as ordinary business under honest bureaucrats in Washington. The letter expresses cynicism about investigations and party loyalty, stating there is nothing the writer can do and urging continued support amid alleged theft.
Mrs. Robert Richard reported a bedroom window shattering in Jackson Michigan. Officers found a bantam chicken under the bed after it allegedly flew through the window. The incident involved no injuries and appeared accidental.
The blue whale, also called the sulphur bottomed whale, is the largest living animal. It can exceed 100 feet in length and weigh about 150 tons, making it the ocean’s most massive creature.
Primitive peoples attribute the creation of the earth to an animal such as a crow raven or tortoise according to the Encyclopedia Zyitannica.
The Amarillo Young Republican Club will gather at 8 o clock tonight at R B Stevens 2293 Travis to decide a course of action on pending national legislation. At the June 11 meeting Sam Albright of the Amarillo Real Estate Board outlined House Bill 3871 and Senate Bill 1397, amendments to the Defense Production Act of 1950. Members then decided to hold the special session tonight.
A refinery blast at the Gulf Oil Refinery in Port Arthur last night injured three men. C. L. Maxwell suffered serious burns while C. W. Benson and Joseph Foret were knocked down. Officials report a pump failure blew out a pump on the still and sparked the fire.
Maj Samuel Nicholas, the first Continental Marine officer, instructed recruiting officers to admit no candidates to the Marine Corps unless they were of a dependable and religious nature combined with robust physical condition.
Five Amarillo Kiwanis members attend the 36th Kiwanis International convention in St Louis Missouri as delegates and alternates. They join about 10 000 Kiwanians and families to elect officers and participate in panel conferences on Kiwanis objectives. The program includes speeches by Don Murdock Herbert O Conor Arthur Compton and others with tours of the zoo gardens and museums and a president's reception and ball planned.
In North Queensland two Aboriginal men unearthed wolfram ore valued at 2800 pounds. Authorities investigated the find as a possible mining discovery and warned against illegal digging while noting the place and timing of the discovery.
A couple recounts losing $50 in a Amarillo cafe on May 24. Mr. Farris found the bills, turned them in to the waitress, and the couple praises his honesty and that of Amarillo residents. They express gratitude for a fishing trip funded by the recovered money and thank Mrs B F Davis of 3807 North East Twenty Second.
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