Elizabeth Boyce remembered by News-Globe staff at somber office
The News-Globe honors Elizabeth Boyce as a vital, beloved member of the staff whose warmth and intelligence touched many. Colleagues recall her helpful nature and the extensive calls and visits from friends and readers seeking news of her health. The office expresses shock and sorrow at her sudden passing. Weather notes and odd vignettes follow, referencing summer rain forecasts and eclectic anecdotes from the era.
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News-Globe
Elizabeth Boyce
Elizabeth
Wet Weather Stalls Car at Claude Garage
Uncle Zeb reports heavy rain around Claude. The Armstrongs’ car stuck in their own garage highlights widespread flooding and travel disruption in the area. The incident underscores the soggy conditions affecting residents and local activities.
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Zeb
Claude
C. L. Armstrongs
Remark on Rembrandt canvases and museum ties
The late Dr. Wilhelm Bode, director of Berlin's Kaiser Friedrich Museum, stated that Rembrandt in his lifetime painted 700 canvases and that 10,000 are in the United States, reflecting a major overstatement of works and U S collection size.
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Wilhelm Bode
Kaiser Frierich Museum
Berlin
Rembrandt
United States
Self-nominated European culturists mock Americans
The piece contrasts pretentious European self-styled culturales with genuine background, culture, and manners. It argues that true ladies and gentlemen do not ridicule or sneer at others, condemning the attitude of those who boast about culture yet demean outsiders.
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Europe
Da Vinci Flora Bust Declared Fake by Mercury Report
Mercury reveals Dr Bode praised a Flora bust attributed to Leonardo da Vinci as one of the world’s greatest sculptures, but recent findings label it a rank fake. The piece should have been detected easily as fraudulent.
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Bode
Flora
Leonardo da Vinci
Hadacol uses children as salesmen in mass promotion
Reader's Digest reports Hadacol runs a bold push enlisting nearly 2,000,000 kids with free Captain Hadacol comics and credit cards to buy and resell medicine. Boxtops earn prizes, including air rifles and shirts, turning kids into night and day Hadacol billboards as large nationwide tours and celebrity-backed campaigns press the drug. The piece also notes skeptical lakes questions and a natural stocking argument for any permanent lake.
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Reader's Digest
Hadacol
Captain Hadacol
Popeye
New England
Rocky Mountain States
New York
Amarillo prepares big reception for Governor Shivers
Capt Dude Moseley of Canadian stocked 68 pasture lakes with 17000 catfish while the U N Oivers will tour Yellowstone Park next week. Nearly everything we do is based on self interest but we will not make social progress or justice until mass interest develops. The big reception for Governor Shivers is planned for the Fourth in Amarillo.
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Shivers
Amarillo
An Old One Reprinted by Request for Children
A quip suggests a memory aid to reveal a person’s age via a math sequence. It invites readers to state their age, perform a set of arithmetic steps, and end with a result that implies a personal attribute hinted by the phrase “your.”
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Darling
Sportsmen Write To Lyndon Johnson Connally and Judge Jones
A compact note urges correspondence with Senator Lyndon B Johnson and Senator Tom Connally while suggesting a line or two to Judge Marvin Jones, chief justice of the United States Court of Claims, Washington DC, to express views or seek action.
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Tom Connally
Marvin Jones
United States Court of Claims
Washington, DC
Delegation to Washington Hinted by News-Globe Support
The News-Globe proposes sending a delegation of citizens to Washington to lobby on a current issue. It pledges to ante into any pot raised to cover expenses and suggests including a representative to accompany the group.
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News-Globe
Lake pride and rights clash in Pampa call to action
Pampa sportsmen urged government to maintain a lake built by the state, stressing public access and rights. The note pivots on community duty and a local humor vignette about aging, baldness, and a remembered slight, leading to a grudge and a quiet warning within a social gathering.
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Tack’s hardened resolve after past punishments and feuds
The speaker notes Tack has become immune and unsensitive, having endured punishment in youth. He candidly admits retaliating against punsters who harmed him, upsetting some without aiming for entertainment.
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Tack
Confession Reflects on Mistakes and Consequences
The speaker admits foolish actions from long ago and reflects on self-harm and revenge. He notes that talking over others hurts more than the target and warns against mocking anyone as poor business. The tone stresses remorse and moral restraint.
Witty taunts irk slicks and a bare scalp feels the sting
A sharp-edged remark from local wits unsettles slicks, for their pride mirrors a young man with little hair on top and the same sensitivity as one who bears a withered foot.
Eisenhower’s Health Worsens As He Seeks European Help
Eisenhower’s doctors grow concerned about his health as the president endures three months of urging European allies to share defensive duties. The effort seeks greater European protection while his condition weighs on him and his administration.
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Eisenhower
Taft Likely Nominated By Republicans In 1940 Convention
Reporters predict a Taft nomination by the Republican delegates while President Truman is seen as Democratic nominee. The outlook centers on party momentum and early convention chatter.
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Taft
Truman
Presidential race looming year from November
In the United States a year ahead of the next November election the national campaign intensifies as parties court voters and shape the race. Political focus sharpens on candidates, debates, fundraising, and pivotal battleground states as the nation awaits the ballot.
Egypt Expands Cotton Industry Growth Since 1938
Cairo reports Egypt's cotton manufacturing has surged over 12 years, cutting imports from Britain to 20 million yards in the first 10 months of 1950 compared with 50 million yards in 1938, signaling substantial domestic expansion.
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Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Canada’s Gallon is the Larger
OTTAWA The imperial gallon used in Canada is larger than the US gallon. Five imperial gallons equal six US gallons, and a 10 gallon purchase in Canada equals 12 US gallons.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
India restricts award of medals to foreign states
NEW DELHI The government of India bans Indian citizens from accepting decorations or medals from foreign states including British Commonwealth countries without prior government permission.
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India
New Delhi
Government of
Canadian Defense Orders Rise Threefold in 12 Months
Ottawa reports defense orders by the Canadian Government for the year ending March 31 totalled over 800 million dollars, more than triple the level of the 1949-50 fiscal year.
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Ottawa
Zook Wins Republican Nomination For Goshen City Council
Robert B. Zook won the Republican nomination for city councilman at large in Goshen Indiana. He filed an expense account showing a single campaign cost a $3 donation to the party organization.
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Goshen
Ind
Robert B. Zook
Zook
Open Church Welcomes Prayer at Buchanan Street Methodist
A Buchanan Street Methodist Church pastor writes that the North Seventh and Buchanan church is never locked and open for prayer day or night. He also notes the broader costs of beer and liquor traffic, arguing the expense exceeds government revenue.
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H. B. Coggin
Big Profits in Small Pooches
New York based Xavier Cugat plans a dog farming venture centered on the Chihuahua breed. He already owns the largest Chihuahua collection in America and estimates profits from the dogs as $200 to $1,000 each while his band earns substantial fees. He markets a lifestyle around Chihuahuas and raises the animals with minimal overhead.
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America
Poe
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Dumont TV
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Ban Sale of Wool to US
Kalimpong India reports a crisis in Tibetan wool trade as China’s takeover of Tibet threatens US access. With about 80 percent of the current season sold locally, the market stalls while a ban on exports looms. Tibetan wool prices climb from 11 rupees in 1911 to about 180 rupees per maund.
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Tibet
United States
Peiping
Red China
Kalimpong
Canada Auto Output Climbs in 1950 Record
Ottawa reports Canadian automobile plants produced 390,836 cars in 1950, up from 290,634 in 1949, a 34 percent increase and a new peak. The Bureau of Statistics notes the year set a clear record for output nationwide.
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Bureau of Statistics
Strictly honorary fire engineers honored in Clinton
Five fire engineers received 80 cents each for last year's service as Clinton town funds appropriated for the work totaled 4 dollars. The note marks their honorary status and the minimal payment.
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Clinton
Miss.l
Tibetan Wool Trade Through Kalimpong Described
Tibetan wool travels to India via Leh and Kalimpong with Kalimpong as the main artery. Dokpa shepherds tend flocks at eastern Tibet grazing centers. Shearing occurs each July and August. wool is cleaned, handpicked, and graded before being pressed into 280 pound export bales.
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India
Leh
Kashmir
Kalimpong
Tibet
Drunk Driving Law Tightened and Bill Signings
Gov. Allan Shivers signed multiple bills including tighter drunk driving penalties and criminal code procedure enhancements. The new statute raises penalties for repeated offenses, allows fines or jail terms, and becomes effective in 90 days. Additional measures include outlawing certain weapons, transferring Waco State Home control, expanding the game and fish commission, and funding judge salary increases.
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Game and Fish Commission
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Waco
State Department of Public Welfare
State Hospital and Special Schools Board
Court of Criminal Appeals
Supreme Court
Kentucky Rites For Watson Boy
The body of Tracy Earl Watson aged six the son of Mr and Mrs Thomas E Watson of 2605 Pierce will be sent to Campbellsville Kentucky tonight at 9 30 oclock by Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home for funeral services and burial He died yesterday afternoon at 2 25 oclock in Northwest Texas Hospital after a 10 day illness Survivors include his sister Sandra Kaye and grandparents Mr and Mrs Fred Thurman Borger and Mr and Mrs H E Watson Campbellsville
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Thomas E. Watson
Pierce
Campbellsville
Blackburn- Shaw Funeral Home
Northwest Texas Hospital
Sandra Kaye
Fred Thurman
Borger
H. E. Watson
Parachute blocks escape in B 29 crash near San Antonio
Three air crew members died when a B 25 bomber crash landed eight miles northeast of San Antonio after parachute cords tangled during bailout. Brig. Gen. Carl B. McDaniel said one sailor opened his chute too soon, trapping others inside. Five survivors were hospitalized for observation.
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Here
Carl B. McDaniel
Randolph Air Base
Letters Not for Sale Stir Public Confusion
A New York mother disputes a report that letters of her husband and son Elliott were placed with Rosenbach for sale. She says the papers were only sent to book dealers for cataloguing and insurance valuation. The piece then covers Bard College commencement notes and honors, mentioning several named individuals and a pleasant outdoor ceremony backdrop.
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Rosenbach Company
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Hyde Park
Roy Edward Larson
National Citizens Committee For the Public Schools
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