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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1951
Page
23
Car lots advertise numerous 1940s and early 1950s models for sale or trade. Listings highlight 1947 1949 and 1950 Chevrolets Buicks Pontiacs Fords and Jeeps with features like heaters radios dynaflow hydramatic and white tires. Davis Investment Co at 715 Fillmore offers a 1942 Chevrolet and 1940 Ford with low prices.
Classified car notices list 1941 Chevrolet models with miles and contact numbers, a 1949 two-door Chevrolet with radio and heater at 27,500 miles, a blue 41 Chivie five passenger coupe at 475, a 1947 Special Deluxe Plymouth with radio and heater, a 1951 Henry J with overdrive, a 41 Desoto sedan with interior in good condition, and late 1947 four-door Plymouth R and H in slick condition. Contact numbers and addresses included.
in a bustling all capital ad sheet a dealer lists numerous pre owned vehicles from 1950 to 1943 including Oldsmobile, Mercury, Plymouth, Studebaker and Ford models with prices from 295 to 2195. the page highlights trucks pickups and tractors with model details like cab types and mileages, urging readers to visit "Hedgecoke Motor Co." for best buys.
Nine civic clubs representing over a thousand members pledge to curb cheating during wartime price controls. They vow not to engage in black marketing or hoarding and to obey price and wage regulations while supporting civil defense. An accompanying editorial urges education alongside enforcement to sustain the defense effort.
George Gallup, Princeton, reports Americans feel economically improved versus their parents despite war, taxes, and high prices. Two in five think they are worse off, with younger people most convinced life is better now, while over fifty express nostalgia for nickel trolley rides and fifty-cent meals.
Classifieds list several trailer homes for sale including 33 ft Schulz model at 4 385 and 33 ft Travelite at 1 295. An advertiser seeks a contractor willing to pay 20 percent on work to build. Other listings include a Fox Terrier pup, furnished trailer houses, a 2 bedroom frame house with garage, and a 2 room furnished house near Harrison Street with terms for immediate occupancy. Also a caregiver ad for an elderly man with no hard work.
In Tel Aviv a report details rising bride prices alongside living costs as families in Moslem and Oriental Jewish communities sell daughters to high bidding suitors. Prices climbed from 100-200 pounds to about 500 pounds, with buyers needing wealth assurances. Authorities clamp down on polygamy and underage marriages. A well incident and annulments highlight enforcement challenges.
Q and A cover manners for helping strangers after a drop, inviting school friends to a child’s party, wearing a gold anklet chain, hosting multiple bridal showers, and letter paper initials for a widow. Mrs. Post advises practical, context sensitive etiquette.
New York couple Maurice and Norma Wilk advocate musical duets at home as a way to ease marital tensions. They suggest varied instruments, note how neighbors misunderstood them, and recall a Carnegie Hall concert that won neighbors over.
Gas street light fixtures are in demand as Springfield residents seek to purchase the last 450 remaining standards replaced last year by electric lamps. Some want them for back yards, others for converting to driveway and walk lighting. Oakwood officials offered to buy 200 for immediate installation amid metal shortages.
Notice to interested parties of a planning and zoning public hearing at 5:30 PM Friday April 6 1951 in the Municipal Auditorium Council Chamber. The hearing covers changing described parcels Lots 15/20 Block 65 and 66 plus adjacent lots from RETAIL to COMMERCIAL area as per G & S Addition.
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