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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1951
Page
4
Mrs. Bertha Hoffman marks 25 years as Globe-News proofreader. Now head of the department, she recalls early printing days, memory of persistent errors, and a prize tale of hiring a proofreader who read a galley proof upside down to spot a paradox.
Tulsa May 11 Gen Douglas MacArthur's Korea war policy drew caution from Republicans as Chicago emerged as the site for the 1952 nominating convention. The National Committee prepared to ratify a July 21-28 gathering in Chicago to choose a candidate amid talk that Truman will seek a second term. Taft supporters argued Chicago would signal a Taft nomination.
Col. Lewis W. Prentice of Dallas division engineer and E. G. Herb of Tulsa district engineer inspected work at Amarillo Air Force Base. They met Dell Webb Construction Company officers and Bell Braden Barker and Gilvin contractors and have returned to headquarters.
Curtis T. Baker has been hired by the city police department in Amarillo, arriving recently from Gould, Oklahoma. He began work on the third shift from midnight to 8 a.m. Dr. R Hodges has withdrawn his resignation and will remain with the department, while a May 21 resignation previously submitted by Hodges is no longer in effect.
Mild weather aided a slight week to week gain in retail sales, with national total dollar volume estimated from unchanged to four percent above last year. Regional figures varied, with the southwest up two to six percent, according to Dun and Bradstreet.
Two Navy Skyraider planes collided in the air. One pilot, Lt. W. A. Cody of New York City, is missing and believed lost with his plane after crashing in Laguna Madre. The other, Cadet M. L. Hoffman of Versailles Indiana, parachuted to safety.
Kilcoole villagers recall Jate Hilda Fox, a native who left a substantial sum on her death in Capetown, South Africa, with no evident heirs or traceable estate in the village.
Rex B Baxter manager announces changes to the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce office hours effective June 1. Weekdays will be 8 a m to 4 30 p m and Saturdays 8 a m to 12 p m. The summer schedule enters its tenth year and runs through Labor Day.
Washington May 11 A special pricing order from the Office of Price Stabilization requires barbershops beauty shops laundries parking lots and similar services to post ceiling prices. The measure affects billions in annual business and requires a price posting and a price list filing with OPS districts. It preserves base prices from the December 19 to January 25 period and takes effect May 16 with a 30 day posting window.
The document lists exemptions for metal related industries including carriers, defense services, hospital services and theater tickets. It also excludes jobbing shop operations in the fabrication or treatment of metals. The specifics indicate which sectors are not subject to the specified duties or controls.
The National Production Authority says more than half the nation's steel output for next July may be set aside for defense and defense supporting programs with a larger cut expected in August. This could reduce civilian supplies by 10 to 15 percent for goods such as automobiles and refrigerators.
The spruce budworm damages Douglas and alpine fir Engleman and blue spruce as well as lodgepole and Ponderosa pines, occurring mainly in the western regions.
More than 120 Panhandle school officials are slated to gather Saturday in Canyon for the Panhandle School Administrators Association dinner meeting. Two sessions run 5 to 6 30 for progress reports, and 7 30 features Dr John S Carroll head of education at Texas Technological College. Main business covers officer elections with music by the Badger Quartet Amarillo College and invocation by Dr J A Hill president emeritus of West Texas State College.
Public health note outlines four precise dosage guidelines for children's aspirin, emphasizing accuracy and not breaking tablets. It warns against adult-strength dosing and urges consulting a clinician for age and weight appropriate amounts.
Infant son of Mr and Mrs John Patton Army Tech Village died about 12 30 this morning in Northwest Texas Hospital. Born Wednesday the baby leaves a sister Gloria and brothers John Jr and Arthur, plus grandmother Mrs E J Patton Amarillo and grandfather Good Youngson in Iceland. Funeral arrangements are pending with Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
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