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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1950
Page
2
A column recalls anecdotes about people judging cars by owners and a country boy quipping he isn't lost. It recounts a prairie fire along Hemp Hill County caused when a spark from a moving truck ignited a feather stuffed pillow, creating a half mile blaze after a short delay.
Public notice listing names including Paul Aliingham Lewis Nordyke Joe Underwood Charlie Underwood and Sarah Win along with Mrs. Bobbb and Mr. Camp as part of a censorship publication group. The item appears as a formal notice to the public under the board of censors.
The reader recalls a March encounter with a tornado cloud traveling southeast from the northwest, with high hail and a weather sense that this could be a warning. Separately a large company reportedly studies West Texas water formations, aiming to enter profitable water supplying.
The item shares country humor from a San oil meeting, including a Heaven joke about eight men seven ministers and a taxi driver, plus a tale of a preacher who beat a man in a dice game. It mentions adoption and a Las Vegas couple, hitchhiking laws, and Reader's Digest statistics on hikers with criminal records.
A reflection on the joy and chaos of grandchildren. The speaker recalls a grandfatherly moment as a granddaughter climbs into his lap, but the scene quickly shifts to her lively movement and the challenge of keeping her still.
I spoke with practical country women who teased my lament about a grandchild and argued a child’s normalcy. They warned against adults who touch children, saying it indicates illness. They noted how easier it is for men to entice older women than a young child.
A stark warning that once the hydrogenic war begins, many towns will face hunger and scarce food as the conflict unfolds, urging residents to prepare.
The speaker reminisces about a long running Ford joke set in the hills of Arkansas. A man in a Ford travels the road where a wagon with horses appears ahead and a young boy leaps from it, sparking memory of old humor.
Amarillo Knife and Fork Club directors meet tomorrow with Elmer E. Schlotz to discuss the 1950 51 program of speakers and entertainers. Schlotz is executive field director of Associated Clubs. The club is an affiliate of the Associated Network, said to be the largest of its kind, serving about 100000 members. Frank Storm Jr is president and Roy Snodgrass vice president with Stuart W Browning as secretary. Directors include E M Blackburn Lawrence Hagg Wes Izzard Ted Lokey B Whittenburg Floyd Studer and the officers.
Norma Lee Cook a 13 year old seventh grader saved four children from a four room frame house fire in Oklahoma City. Fire destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tate causing $2,000 in damage. The girl described how 4 year old Leland Ray Tate started the blaze with matches while parents were away.
Fortunes are told across Calcutta as hard times drive all social levels from ministers to laborers to seek mystics. Many operate on crowded pavements with palmistry as a base, while some use astro decks mind reading and trained birds as part of their varied tricks.
Editor notes call for submissions. Weekly column covers Cub Pack 15 Den 4 Easter skit Den 1 Den 3 songs and Pack 26 Blue and Gold Dinner at Humphrey Highland School. Troops 21 7 9 12 50 44 77 report equipment camps awards and reorganizations across Amarillo area.
Willard Webb of the Library of Congress sought a source for a familiar quotation. After consulting assistants and staff, he found the line in Charles W. Eliot's Inscriptions on page 36, inscribed on the library dome panel visible from his desk.
A.P. B. P. Harper, a retired farmer, was killed when a large tree fell on him while clearing timber near the west shore of Lake Worth. W. E. Huffman, 52, who assisted Harper, was seriously injured in the incident near Fort Worth.
Hollywood radio host Ralph Edwards marks a decade of stunts on Truth or Consequences. From channel swims to pogo races and island confinement, the show has raised funds for charity, drawn million-dollar prizes, and kept contestants in spectacle despite occasional on-air gaffes. Edwards, a Merino Colorado native and UC alumnus, vows to persist as long as viewers relish the outrageous.
A secret report by Gen Georges Revers, written after a Indo China visit, surfaced in the possession of Communist student. Revers's friend Roger Peyre, a prewar French Fascist later allied with Vichy, was condemned as a collaborator then honored with the Legion d Honneur. Peyre is linked to three spy groups and is allegedly in Argentina.
Washington reports debunking of tales that buyers profit from surplus government potatoes by salvaging burlap bags. Officials say no single sale of 2,500,000 bushels exists, shipping costs erase bag profits, and most spuds go to livestock feed or bulk export.
Fort Worth residents surpassed the 1989 Red Cross drive with donations totaling 194651 dollars. The Tarrant County quota stood at 166048 dollars, and workers reported the overage yesterday.
Czechoslovakia offers Britain 200000 pounds of surplus Tokyo tobacco branded Tisky as aid.
March 30 Philadelphia reports 345 inmates at the county prison staged a sit down protest over the Wednesday creamed chicken lunch. Acting Superintendent Raymond J. Groller said police quashed the uprising without violence, citing dope addicts among about 700 prisoners and guard shortages. Police plans to keep 30 patrolmen and three sergeants on duty indefinitely.
A letter dated 1861 was delivered to Governor Sam Houston proposing dispatch of 50 Federal troops to Texas to support his stance against secession. Houston refused to swear allegiance to the Confederacy, Clark was sworn in, and Houston debated the proposal before destroying the letter and retreating with his family to Huntsville.
Hollywood March 30 News reports actress Ann Sothern is recovering from an emergency abdominal operation yesterday due to an ovarian hemorrhage. She recently had throat surgery and is expected to leave the hospital in a week.
Elizabeth Taylor arrives in Hollywood with fiancé Conrad Nick Hilton Jr after a trousseau buying trip in New York. Hilton, son of a hotel magnate, accompanies her as they plan wedding prep and future plans.
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