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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1950

Page

4

Crackdown on Beer Sales to Minors Gains Momentum

Juvenile Officer Jack Grant vows to close outlets selling beer to underage buyers with full support from liquor control agents. Two 18 year olds were charged in corporation court for purchasing beer at Head Quarters Drive In while the permit holder faces surrender for selling to minors. The state liquor control act enforces penalties on both sellers and buyers. Youths received $10 fines and probation with license suspension, while a license suspension action is recommended for the Jeeper Drive In for similar alleged sales.

Jack Grant Liquor Control Board North Fillmore Liquor Board T. O. Riley Corporation Court Harris E. Lofthus Grant Joe M. Sides Jeeper West Tenth O. R. Monk

Sympathy Machine for a Future World

HAL BOYLE envisions a heart powered electronic confidant named Euphoria not a cold calculating brain. He argues social consolation and companionship trump routine problem solving and imagines how such a machine would brighten home life, boost morale, and ease daily burdens for workers and families.

Hal Boyle New York Bureau of Standards Air Force Edward A. Condon

Cape Cod Man Kills Notorious Albino Woodchuck

Frank Hinckley of Cummnquid Massachusetts earned community gratitude after he shot a troublesome rare albino woodchuck with a .22 rifle from 75 yards. The pest had damaged gardens for two years, drawing local attention and a plea for the animal’s removal.

Mass Frank Hinckley Cape Cod Hinckley

Shelley Services To Be In Lubbock For Z W Shelley

Funeral services for Z W Shelley 83 of 1409 Buchanan will be held Saturday at 2 PM at McDonald Funeral Home Lubbock. He died last night at home born February 28 1867 in Georgia was Amarillo resident for two years and formerly of Lubbock. Survived by wife two sons E B Shelley and Sam P Shelley both of Amarillo a daughter Alma Bringle of Amarillo three grandsons Thomas Lesley Shelley Arnold Shelley John Shelley and a granddaughter Vergine Bringle all of Amarillo. Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home directed.

Z. W. Shelley Buchanan McDonald Funeral Home Lubbock Shelley Mr. Shelley Georgia Amarillo The Baptist Church E. 8. Shelley Sam P. Shelley Alma Bringle Thomas Lesley Shelley San Antonio Arnold Shelley Oklahoma City John Shelley West Point Vergine Bringle Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home

Death takes mother Mrs. Riley Strickland

News of the death of Mrs. L. D. Oden aged 82 in Longview reached this afternoon. She was the mother of Mrs. Riley Strickland of 3908 Cheyenne. The Stricklands, then in Los Angeles for the Shrine convention, are expected back soon. Mrs. Oden often visited in Longview and Mr. Strickland is an Amarillo attorney.

Longview L. D. Oden Riley Strickland Cheyenne

Burglar alarms stolen from salesman’s parked car

Paul Feinman a Buffalo NY salesman bought burglar alarms for his home. Before he could install them they were stolen from his parked automobile.

Buffalo Paul Feinman

Coast Guard weighs ship after passenger limits set

Coast Guard officials say student representatives were warned a ship pictured may fail passenger vessel requirements. Investigators will continue. the vessel may sail later with no more than 12 passengers once cleared.

Coast Guard

Chamber explores alternate donations for census calls

Chamber of Commerce censuses progress continues with volunteers noting the $1 pledge fails to motivate all callers. Business leaders report uncounted residents and suggest directing funds to crippled children’s work or other charities. Forms listing names ages and residences are being prepared for Rex Baxter after his return from a Laredo convention. Missing persons may join urban census totals if reported by October. Call volume remains steady with morning pace unchanged.

Chamber of Commerce Chamber Rex B. Baxter Laredo

Fire lit piles at 1673 Boston harbor light

Report notes that bales of pitch and oakum were burned to provide light for the lighthouse at the mouth of Boston Harbor in 1673, illuminating the entrance and guiding ships.

Boston Harbor

Market Quotes and Grain Table From New York and Chicago

The report compiles New York stock quotations from Merrill Lynch offices and features a long list of securities with varying percent changes, alongside a Chicago grain table for Wheat Corn Rye and Soybeans with bid prices in July contracts. Kansas City livestock data notes small cattle and calf numbers with hogs selling weakly and spots off for heavier weights.

Garland in a glass after losing Royal Wedding role

Alsop recounts Judy Garland during MGM night care after an apparent self harm attempt. A nurse stays with her while the family shields the public from the discovery, warning the shock could worsen her condition. Garland’s throat scratch heals though the inner hysteria keeps her in bed. Unemployment in Spain rose for the fifth straight month.

MGM Alsop Judy

Chicago live stock market mixed results on hogs cattle and sheep

Hogs 6 000 head active steady on lightweights while others slip up to 25 cents. Sows down to 50 cents. Good and choice 180-230 pounds 20.00-20.50, 240-260 19.35-20.00, 270-200 pounds 18.50-19.35. Sows 16.00-17.75 under 400 pounds, 14.75-16.25 400-500, 13.50-15.00 500-600. Cattle 1 000, calves 300. steers 28.50-29.75, vealers 25-30, cows 18.50-22.50, medium to low good 25-28, heifers 22.50-27.00. Sheep 300 natives 24.50 steady. slaughter ewes 6.00 heavies, light ewes 10.50, lambs 8.75-9.25. Financial Industrial Fund liquidating 2.1611, offering 2.37.

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Carpenter Heads Masonic Lodge Ama rillo Lodge No. 731 AF&AM

Nels J. Carpenter was elected worshipful master of Ama rillo Lodge No. 731 AF and AM. Rolia V. Cartwright became senior warden Vern L. Hickerson junior warden L. C. Taylor treasurer W. R. Pat Patterson secretary and Buford Avery tiler. The meeting drew over 100 Masons at Khiva Temple.

Nels J. Carpenter Amarillo Lodge Af&am W. V. Dell Rolia V. Cartwright Vern L. Hickerson L. C. Taylor W. R. “Pat” Patterson Buford Avery Khiva Temple

Morristown patrols quell violence after CIO strike

Police in Morristown detained about 100 workers after gunfire jolted a CIO Textile Workers Union strike at a plant reopening for production. Most were released overnight. authorities expect further charges. Rail unions threaten a wider walkout, with Great Northern among lines calling off operations. In Detroit, UAW ratified a pensioned contract at Motor Products Corp. Canton Ford plant faces a jurisdictional clash as lack of castings disrupts operations nationally.

Morristown Neal CIO Textile Workers Union AFL National (Railway) Mediation Board Chicago Great Western Denver and Rio Grande Western Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Western Pacific Great Northern Detroit CIO United Auto Workers Motor Products Corp Pittsburgh Forge Ford Motor Company Canton Ohio Ford

Obituary notices for Emma Meyer Virginia Hamblen and Edward Vessal

Emma Meyer died in Joplin Missouri wife of Harry and mother of Mrs Hampton Lisle services 2 PM Friday at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel with parking north of chapel. Virginia Hamblen 88 of 1018 West 12th died Wednesday mother of several listed with services 10 AM Friday at Blackburn Shaw Chapel and First Baptist Hedley interment Hedley. Edward L Vessal husband of Elizabeth rosary 8 PM Thursday at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel mass 10 AM Friday Sacred Heart Cathedral burial Memorial Park cemetery.

W. H Blackburn- Shaw Chapel First Baptist Church Hedley Vessal Edward L. Vessal Elizabeth Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel Sacred Heart Cathedral Burial Memorial Park Cemetery

Three Texas Residents Die. Obituaries Noted in Sunray and Nearby

Blanscet John Dewey Blanscet 52 of Sunray Texas husband of Veda and father of L L Dewey Carroll and Thyra Bain. brother of Son L Joe Herbert. Body taken overland to Sunray. LeRoy Simonson 26 of 1302 North Fillmore died Wednesday husband of Ruby father of Robert Lee Roger Dale Sharon Rose son of Mrs Rose Simonson. Service 2:30 PM Friday Boxwell Brothers Chapel burial Memorial Park Cemetery. Shelley Z W Shelley 83 of 1409 North Buchanan died Thursday Survived by wife father of E S Sam P Mrs Alma Bringle and four grandchildren Services pending.

Blanscet John Dewey Blanscet Sunray Texas Veda L. L Dewey Carroll Thyra Bain Joe Herbert Simonson LeRoy Simonson North Fillmore Ruby Robert Lee Roger Dale Sharon Rose Rose Simonson Boxwell Brothers Chapel Burial Memorial Park Cemetery Shelley Z. W. Shelley North Buchanan E. S Sam P Alma Bringle

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