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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1950
Page
19
A middle aged Negro woman arrived to vote four minutes after closing time at Precinct 19 Ben's Garage 508 North Polk and was refused. An election official explained voting ends at 7 pm and no one may vote after the hour. The woman implored about starting her car but was again refused.
Amarillo area briefs cover Austin College senior class election winner Miss Kate Moore of Amarillo, recital notices for Mary Ellen Reynolds and Virginia Carter Koneval, multiple births at Northwest Texas Hospital, military postings of local servicemen, local opinion on sidewalk photography, hospital notes, a romantic Grand Palace Night Club tale, and multiple society and guild updates with names and addresses.
A mosaic of local ads and civic notes from Amarillo includes cut price food at Home Market and Grocery, porch dress sales, a twin baby buggy wanted, and a canvas business of the Amarillo Tent and Awning Company. It recalls May 1931 remarks by May Peterson at the Met Opera and May 1940 Red Cross knitting drives, plus war coverage headlines and a spring car salon.
A short appliance advertisement lists names and places before promoting FASTEETH denture powder as a solution to loose plates. It claims firmer feel, no gummy taste, and odor control, touting an alkaline formula and availability at drug stores.
The entry names individuals including Raymond Allen Dumas of 448 North West Eleventh and Michael Ingham of Texhoma Oklahoma alongside others such as Lawrence Tew, Borger and Richard Tew, Borger. Mrs Curtis Wescoat at 1408 Western.
Los Angeles, May 9. William S. Hart Jr lost his bid to overturn his father silent film star William S. Hart's will leaving most of $1.17 million to Los Angeles County for a park. A superior court jury upheld the will, rejecting claims of unsound mind and undue influence. The son, disinherited, received a $100,000 trust fund set up before his birth. After the verdict, he said he would seek a job, noting the case cost him.
Lancelot De Mole, who designed a military tank in 1912 after plans were pigeonholed by the British war office, died in Sydney on May 6 after a four year illness at age 70. He received no monetary reward for his invention. Later the war office recognized him as the inventor of the tank and he was made a Commander of the British Empire for his contribution.
H. G. Gregory Smith, Britain’s new resident commissioner for Honiara on Guadalcanal, promises to send London Zoo animals from the Solomons for the first time in its 121-year history. He notes the islands have limited mammals but rich bird life with many vividly colored species.
Dwight Edwin Ubben, 15, Horace Mann Junior High freshman, vice-president of his homeroom and 1948-49 Junior League all star, loves basketball and aims to coach or play pro. Gerald Brown, 11, Sam Houston Junior High seventh grader, homeroom president and band member, enjoys baseball and electricity experiments.
Parrots and cockatoos and hawks, as well as megapodes, or mound building birds, such as the brush turkey. Small crocodiles and geckos also are numerous. Cocoons of insects would be another possibility, as they travel particularly well by air.
Interested readers scan Globe News Want Ads daily hoping to spot a wanted item or service. Phone inquiries and listings drive exchanges as buyers and sellers connect through the local paper’s marketplace.
Detroit on May 9 Hubert B. Walberg aged 28 was held for investigation after Mrs. Richard Hem ming 31 accused him of molesting while she watched a film, saying he squirmed and stared at her legs during the show.
Ottawa reports that Canadian engineers at the national research council unveiled a two cylinder motorboat engine designed to be thrown overboard and used as an anchor, marking a novel approach to maritime device utility.
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