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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1951
Page
4
In Louisville, Kentucky, the 1950 burley tobacco crop sold at the highest general average price. Gross sales reached 26,147,454 pounds with an average of 48.82 per hundred. This beat last year by 3.73 and the 1947 high by 52 cents. A rainfall of one inch over one acre equals 27,143 gallons of water.
George A. Garrett resigns as US ambassador to Iceland for personal reasons. President Truman accepted the resignation, effective May 31. Garrett, a Lacrosse, Wisconsin native, previously banker and broker, served since 1947 after being named minister then ambassador. no successor is named yet.
J A Howard Lynn Rice and Joe Benham earned national recognition in Scholastic Magazines contests. Howard, a junior, won a certificate of merit for an etched railroad scene. Rice, an Elizabeth Nixon eighth grader, produced a striking abstract in brown and pink crayola. Benham, a Sandstorm writer and La Rioosa sports editor, gained honorable mention in joint Scholastic and Quill and Scroll contests. All three also earned regional honors in Fort Worth.
Saigon dispatch reports 50 French troops killed and about 130 wounded, 30 seriously, when an explosion wrecked the French navy LST Adour off Nhatrang while loading 900 troops for Viet Minh operations. Fire in the hold sparked ammunition detonation. saboteur theories dismissed by French army sources.
Senator Morse of Oregon on a broadcast said American superiority in atomic bombs and other weapons could defeat Russia in war within nine to twelve months. He warned a rapid arms buildup would create a tremendous difference in strength and bring Russia to its knees if fighting occurred sooner.
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