Free Woman Cleared In Beauty Parlor License Case
A six member jury in C W Carder's justice court acquitted Amarillo woman Nell Rutherford of operating a beauty parlor without a license. The state had charged that hairdressers and cosmetologists must hold a license, with fines from 25 to 100 dollars for violations. Rutherford testified she fixed two women's hair on Sept 18, 1950 as a courtesy to neighbors and said the clients left two dollars on her table. State inspectors Nina Chapman and E M Hughes testified for the prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Carder
Justice of the Peace Court
Amarillo
Nell Rutherford
North East Fourteenth
Nina Chapman
Greenville
E. M. Hughes
Lubbock
Austin
State Board of Cosmetologoy
Weather forecast for Amarillo and nearby regions
The Weather Bureau reports increased cloudiness and much colder conditions this evening with windy conditions this afternoon. Amarillo area highs near 78 today and 55 tomorrow, with a 24 hour low around 41. West Texas will be partly cloudy and colder with subfreezing overnight lows and a chance of snow flurries later tonight and Wednesday. New Mexico forecasts generally fair weather with scattered flurries in the northwest and colder northeast conditions by Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
Upper Panhandle
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Cold Front Threatens Panhandle Shrubs
Weatherman H C Winburn warned of a cold front moving into the Texas Panhandle, reaching Amarillo this afternoon with temperatures dropping to 24 degrees. Budding flowers and shrubs may be damaged if unprotected as light snow flurries and possible showers loom. A warming trend starts late tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Winburn
Texas Panhandle
Amarillo
Winburn
Panhandle
Browning Named Assistant Commissioner for Vocational Education
AUSTIN March 6 1 M A Browning of Austin is appointed assistant commissioner for vocational education by Education Commissioner J W Edgar Browning has served 11 years with the State Department of Education and was among the first six vocational distributive education teachers in Texas public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
M. A. Browning
J. W. Edgar
Browning
State Department of Education
Texas
Marines Press Toward Hongchon Amid Snow in Korea
In central Korea amid fresh snow American Marines advance toward the Hongchon hub while Chinese Reds resist. MacArthur cites movement of the Third Field Army from northeast Korea to aid the Fourth. Ridgway says Reds have manpower for a counteroffensive but not imminent. Eighth Army primed to stop one. Snow slows ground action. planes grounded. clashes continue near Hoengsong Taemi Pangnim and Taemi front amid artillery and infantry exchanges.
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Tokyo
Korea
Hongchon
Hoengsong
Honchon
MacArthur
Farra
Ys Fey Ewes Swewn
Third Field Army
Fourth Field
United Nations
South Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Eighth Army
Bled
Taemi
Pangnim
Seoul
Ex-Coach Lynch Hired as Amarillo Assistant Principal
Lynch, after 21 seasons as Golden Sandies head coach, accepts a new post as assistant principal in Amarillo with a $5,300 salary. He notes happiness with staying in town, turned down other coaching offers, and steps into duties immediately replacing V. V. Kniseley as director of guidance. Solon Holt becomes Sandies line coach and takes Lynch’s history classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynch
Amarillo
Howard Lynch
Bill Defoe
Panola Junior College
V. V. Kniseley
Solon Holt
Sandie
Golden Sandies
Blair Cherry
Amarillo Bus Franchise Seeks Load Limit Policy
City commission plans include a load limit in the Amarillo Bus Company franchise. The limit would be 150 percent of seating capacity, restricting 27 seat buses to about 40 total passengers. The change aims to improve safety as the company seeks renewal during a period of fleet expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Fielden, Jr
Northwest Texas Hospital
Amarillo Civil Defense Organization
Lubbock
Midland
Odessa
Fort Worth
Charles Emmons
Wayne Muller
Sam Houston Junior High School
Sam Houston Band
Amarillo Bus Company
City Commission
Amarillo Bus Company Seeks Franchising Changes
The city considers limiting passengers to reduce crowding and driver obstruction. Amarillo Bus Company seeks a 20 year franchise but expect a 10 year grant. previously a 5 year term. The changes mainly involve load limits and franchise duration, with a 2 percent gross receipts franchise tax to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Bus Company
Amarillo
Unscheduled lecture disrupts Denver radio show
March 6 at radio station KMYR in Denver an off-air prank caused eight minutes of uncensored wiring talk during Frank White’s piano number. Two technicians tapped into transmission lines, accidentally broadcasting voices including a rude telephone wiring quip. Executives blamed pending transmitter work and feared grandmothers listening to the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
KMYR
Federal Communications Commission
Frank White
Telephone Company
White
Lineman Killed As Hot Wire Falls in Texas
Petty Texas reports Mack Wilburn Davidson age 26 was electrocuted when a live wire fell to the ground near Petty. Two fellow workers were slightly burned. Davidson worked for the Lamar County Cooperative Electric Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petty
Tex
Mack Wilburn Davidson
North
Texas
The
Lamar County Cooperative Electric Association
Thief Leaves Odd Note After Pen Theft in Cedar Rapids
Police hunt an anonymous thief who stole a pen from Rev. L. E. Carter at St. Andrew's Evangelical United Brethren Church in Cedar Rapids. A note left at the scene read I hate you The Devil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
L. E. Carter
St. Andrew’s
Band Leader Spikes Reports of Pressure
Band leader Clyde Rowe resigns his Sandie High School post to take a higher paying job with Rattan-White Music Company. The Sandie Band Parents Association protested possible pressure and sought a meeting with Rowe to discuss staying on until after the Canyon contest. Superintendent Chas. M. Rogers denied any pressure claims, noting Rowe sought the new opportunity. Rowe attributed the move to income prospects and expressed regret over the misunderstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Rowe
Sandie Band
Rattan-White Music Company
Sandie Band Parents Association
John Merchant
Rowe
Merchant
Chas. M. Rogers
Fred Rattan
Pete White
Bob Shewnack
Rattan White
Los Angeles
See Rowe
Hunter's shot wrecks fireworks plant in Pearl River
A hunter misfired at a crow in Pearl River New York and caused a chain reaction that destroyed a Barnabas Fireworks Co plant. The blast damaged nearby buildings, but no injuries were reported. Firefighters and air raid wardens responded from nearby towns as workers had left minutes earlier. The hunter, Frank Perkins Jr., fled to the river in fear as the explosion leveled five frame buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl River
New York
New Jersey
Frank Perkins, Jr
Perkins
Barnabas Fireworks Co
Death takes owner of explosives firm Jud Hamner Bishop dies at 65 in Amarillo
Jud Hamner Bishop a long time Panhandle businessman who ran Bishop Powder and Supply Company since 1935 died this morning. He would have turned 65 tomorrow and leaves a widow three daughters three grandchildren three brothers and a sister. Blackburn-Shaw to announce funeral arrangements. Bishop had lived in the Panhandle since 1893 and earlier mined coal, ran a warehouse and real estate businesses. He married Maggie McCuistion in 1914.
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Jud Hamner Bishop
Polk
Panhandle
Mr. Bishop
Amarillo
Bishop Powder and Supply Company
Frank Bishop
Claude
Albert L. Randall
Blackburn-Shaw
Bishop
Washburn
Jud Bishop
Judge Bishop
Wilds
Roaring Springs
Motley County
Colorado
High Explosives
Maggie McCuistion
Miami
Bishop Brother Is Described By Amarillo Judge
In Amarillo the late Bishop brother is portrayed by a judge as an active though unassuming man. He rarely joined groups, his principal affiliation being the First Presbyterian Church of Amarillo. The brother had suffered chronic weakness with a leg paralysis for years but had mostly recovered, with his limp barely noticeable. Remodeling loans advertised by Olver & Wiggins Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Bishop
First Presbyterian of
Defends Hand in RFC Deal Defends Hand in RFC Deal
Senator Murray of Montana defended his urging of a one million RFC loan to the Sorrento Hotel in Miami Beach. A banking subcommittee showed James Murray, his son, earned twenty one thousand dollars in related fees. Murray said his son is a lawyer doing proper work and he sought full disclosure of all Congress RFC contacts since inception. The panel also noted other loans and that several senators had received free Saxony Hotel accommodations, names to be kept secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Murray
Montana
RFC
Miami Beach
Fla
James Murray
Senate
Congress
Agency
Sorrento Hotel
Senate Banking Subcommittee
George Glassgold
New York
Miami
Glassgold
Saxony
Amarillo Man Sim Coker Shows Slight Improvement
Sim H. Coker of Amarillo, hospitalized at Quanah Memorial following a heart attack, was reported slightly improved this morning. An attache noted his pulse is normal and temperature down, and that he is resting well. Coker, manager of McKesson and Robbins, Inc., was stricken Saturday during a visit to his old home in Quanah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sim Coker
Sim H. Coker
Amarillo
Quanah Memorial Hospital
Coker
Lipscomb
McKesson and Robbins, Inc
Quanah
Truman and Wilson Meet to Tackle Mobilization Labor Rift
In Key West on March 6 President Truman and defense mobilizer Wilson conferred at the Little White House to address labor’s walkout from the mobilization program. Wilson, arriving from Fort Lauderdale, said they would discuss “things in general” as they seek a peace to bring labor back into the fold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
U.P
Truman
Defense
Amarillo Air Force Base to reach 35066 men
Rep Walter Rogers predicted the Amarillo Air Force Base will likely hold 35066 personnel as it officially reactivates on March 1. Construction will accelerate, with rehabilitating field buildings and two new hangars planned by Lambie Moss. Officials expect rapid growth and urge price restraint to prevent housing pressures.
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Walter Rogers
Amarillo Air Force Base
Globe
Air Force
John Soderbert
Corps of Engineers
Air Force Base
Air Base
Lambie &É& Moss
Scott Field, Sr
Air Force Training Command
Marines Return Home Under Rotation System
First Marine veterans arriving aboard the USS Breckenridge mark the first batch to be rotated back from the Changjin reservoir fighting. Wives and officials greet them as Maj. Gen. Graves Erskine and Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz offer praise. Soldiers recall brutal cold and improvised rations amid the Korean firefight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Bay
Changjin Reservoir
USS Breckenridge
G. L. Hogue
Oakland
Cal
Pfc
Clinton Hogue
Breckenridge
Harry
Graves B. Erskine
Marine Corps
Pacific
Leathernecks
Navy Fleet Adm
Chester Nimitz
Honest open range hospitality at unlocked store
Benton family left their Dallas Highway service station and grocery store unlocked while away in Lubbock. A customer signed a slip noting 12 cents in candy sold and 8 cents of gas. Other customers helped themselves, leaving purchases and an open cash drawer with the money intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Benton
Benton
Dallas Highway
Eighteenth Avenue
Lubbock
Don
Texas Tech
Bentons
Paul Wilson
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State Board of Cosmetology
US Weather Bureau
General MacArthur
Tom Stone
First Marine Division
Hill 336
Board
City Park Commission
Mark Miles
By Paul Timmons
Gity
Thief
By Jerry Malin
Wresees Agavn Rowe
West Texas State College
Death
Olver & Wiggins
RFC Deal
Wilson
Amarillo Base
Rogers
Real Estate Board
First Marine
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
Cpl
James Spross
Toledo
Ohio
Changjin
Louis Jordan, Jr
Tampa, Fla
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