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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1950
Page
2
The weather note says busy days prevent forecast discussion. It warns that without soon general rains a major cycle will be admitted, though there is hope for a break. The text mentions an eight-month period as normal.
Tol Ware remains a determined figure while Johnny Linn dominates tales from Wolf Creek. The narrator recalls a rattlesnake encounter in an aunt’s kitchen, a story hinting at Wolf Creek dangers, and mentions a new oil field near Lubbock, warning of reef fields like Scurry County.
T H Holland recalls eight years in the Rio Grande Valley, warning retirees against citrus farming. He describes losses of over $600 per acre, selling land at loss, and the financial risks of relying on consignment sales. He notes the valley’s tourist appeal but stresses the need for ample funds to endure retirement plans.
People do good deeds to feel warmth and flattery from gratitude. Yet many who value appreciation express it least, revealing a quiet dynamic where appreciation is felt deeply but not spoken.
A local boy named Barry Blythe boasts of catching a 3.5 pound bass named Superman and a 2.5 pound crappie on a fly rod. He recalls the feats while walking the street with a string, a fish head at the end, and quotes his own playful pride in the “Big Chief of the Screwballs.”
T H Holland recalls a day at Conchas Lake or Elephant Butte in New Mexico catching 35 large crappie on a fly rod. He promises to share details on where to go. Meanwhile Buffalo Lake reports continue to roll in with an astonishing spring crappie tally.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer uses a simple parable to critique Harry Truman's fiscal policy. It imagines Truman as a neighbor seeking a loan while already owing seven times his take home pay, depicting expanding debt and national programs as excessive spending.
Mrs Shirley Losey sought a divorce and confronted her husband Glenn Losey in court to return her bowling ball altered with squared edges and lead filled holes. He produced the ball, denied knowledge of modifications, contempt charges were dropped, and the ball was returned to her.
Members of the Amarillo chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America last night re elected County Judge Gene Jordan as president for another year. Officers named were Harry Norwood first vice president O M Calhoun second vice president Bob Roseberry secretary and G D Gathright treasurer. The group met at Radio Station KGNC with a fiscal year starting July 1. They plan a trip to Palo Duro Canyon for a 3 PM concert at Coronado Lodge next Sunday, rides provided, and invited friends. The meeting night was moved to Tuesday at 8 PM. new members Walden Jackson and Bob Rogers were welcomed. Twenty members and guests attended.
Warranty deeds transferring parcels in blocks across Amarillo neighborhoods from Pugh to Way, Griffith to Bundy, Maguire to Bundy, and many others, plus district court divorces including Doris Blackburn v Blackburn and Anice Luttrall v Luttrall, Inez Taft Bowley v Bowley, and a marriage license for Robert Dewey Donley and Miss Bev.
In Prichard Alabama a seventeen year old girl Wauweece Wade was killed by a 38 caliber bullet while Louis M. Greenlee died of a self inflicted gunshot after shooting the girl. John Adams aged thirty was wounded in the arm and side as the man fired and then killed himself. Police said the deaths stem from an unrequited love affair. Coroner Walker confirmed the self inflicted gunshot and murder sequence.
Heiress Ann Cooper Hewitt Nicholson files for divorce from her fourth husband Frank Nicholson. They wed Sept 6 1947 in San Rafael California. She seeks court approval of a property settlement dated May 3. Nicholson, a former radio DJ, married the heiress the day after her prior wife died by suicide. Earlier, she accused sterilization to prevent heirs, and related charges against two physicians and her mother were dismissed.
Louise Williams, Richard Eli Martin Jr., Mary Lou Helm, William Albert Timmons Jr., and Leona Bell are named in the latest court docket. The brief notice identifies each party without further details.
Mae Murray staged a dancing comeback at a leading Hollywood nightclub, performing with Juan Reyes and Michel Panalieff. The former film queen delighted fans with sambas rhumbas and the Merry Widow Waltz, while Mack Sennett and a Keystone Kops inspired crowd cheered.
Lawrence Tierney, 31, is charged with drunkenness after an altercation with a beer vendor at a boxing arena in Santa Monica. He says he was merely frisky and pleaded guilty to friskiness, seeking a talk with his attorney while free on $10 bail and a continuance.
Pittsburgh May 11 Tiny Tim whose real name is Thomas Jones vows a strict diet to shed 200 pounds from his 540 pound frame. The 32 year old gasoline station owner says he will not cheat and must improve his health and mobility.
In Joliet Illinois last night Ivan Rasputin Chicago wrestling star known as The Terrible suffered a deep head wound requiring four stitches after a fan hurled a wrench at him. 59 year old Harry Westelius was arrested for disorderly conduct as Rasputin and Walter Palmer boxed at Catholic High School ringside and police recommended a later court appearance.
Charley Ford an Amarillo cattle man has filed suit in 108th District Court seeking 4042 dollars 70 cents against the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company. He claims losses from two cattle shipments mixed in a single pen at Childress stock yards by railway agents making it impossible to distinguish the two lots.
President Truman urged mayors to disperse vital municipal facilities away from city centers to reduce attack risk. In a letter at the United States Conference of Mayors, he called for strategic dispersions and coordinated civil defense planning with state and federal authorities, with a government guide plan to be released this year.
Budapest May 11. Hungary s supreme court refused to reduce the 15 year prison term for American businessman Robert A Vogeler convicted in February on spy charges. The court also rejected appeals by Edgar Sanders a Briton sentenced to 13 years and by five Hungarian co defendants.
Pulitzer Prize winning poet John Gould Fletcher, aged 64, drowned in a shallow pond near his country home in Little Rock, with coroner indicating death by his own action. He had been in ill health for five months, and his wife Charlie May Simon reported him gone after she awoke. His hat, coat, and watch were found nearby as searchers located his body in the water. Fletcher won the 1939 Pulitzer for poetry for Selected Poems.
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