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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1951
Page
12
Derby professionals in the window cleaning trade rally against fire brigade members who are reportedly cleaning windows in their spare time, highlighting concerns over competition and standards.
In Los Angeles on June 19 the rising cost of living pushes juke boxes to a dime for a song. Portland San Diego and Fresno also raise prices. John Hawley of the National Association of Music Box Operators predicts most cities will follow within 90 days. Records rise from 18 to 91 cents. machines from 159 200 to 1000 1200 dollars. Needles jump from 7 to 35 cents.
American mills produced about 160 million pairs of hose last year, marking a new production record for the industry. The figure signals strong demand and indicates ongoing growth in textile output.
In a feature on the Australian Bridge Council thirty two prepared hands mark the federation's fiftieth anniversary. The sample hand shows South aiming for three no trump with West opening spades and East holding the heart ace. The noted line requires precise defense and declarer play, leading to a puzzle about the correct carding from dummy and East’s possible discards to avoid defeat.
The remark questions whether the claimed double dummy play actually occurred during the tournament, suggesting the event may have been hypothetical or misreported rather than executed in reality.
Courthouse records show multiple warranty deeds transferring lots and tracts within Westview, Forest Hill, Amarillo Heights, Browning, and other subdivisions among individuals and companies. Also listed are domestic divorces, and marriage licenses for couples including LeRoy Sheeks with Mildred Calvert and Jimmy Alexander with Pearline Clendennen.
Washington June 19 The Medal of Honor was awarded posthumously to Set George D Libby an Army combat engineer from Casco Maine for shielding comrades under enemy fire while evacuating wounded through a Communist cordon near Taejon Korea last July He loaded wounded soldiers onto a B 5 artillery tractor and stood between the driver and the enemy absorbing bullets until the tractor broke through Libby age 31 died heroically
Houston report says E. Davis, 43, held on murder charge after neighbor C. Reeves, 45, a stevedore foreman for Sykes Brothers Steamship Co, died at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital following a party line dispute. Davis says Reeves approached with a pistol. four shots fired. The weapon found at scene.
A reader shares relief from constipation after using Kellogg's All-Bran and urges others to try 1 ounce daily with water. The notice promises a double your money back if not satisfied after 10 days and directs returns to Kellogg's in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Reeves' stepson R. L. McRae, 17, told a deputy that his stepfather drove to Davis' home with hopes to settle a quarrel using a .22 automatic rifle. Separately, Harold Tait, 23, narrowly escaped a shark attack at Illovo Beach South Africa when a blue pointer shark rose five feet from him and struck his right thigh, leaving a deep bruise before diving away.
Mrs. Stanley Brown, longtime resident of Pierrepont Manor New York, rediscovered her missing engagement ring while walking in her flower garden. The diamond ring had been lost twenty three years ago and was found recently in sunlight.
Rehabilitated lands in Algeria rose to 32 500 acres in 1950, up from 5 000 acres in 1947, reflecting significant development progress over three years.
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