Amarillo base name change eyed to honor fallen air personnel
The article notes supporters want to rename Amarillo Air Base to memorialize distinguished Air Force personnel who died in service. City officials may officially request memorialization. Also included is a TV reception quip: Dallas viewers may hear New York studio sound faster than New York viewers if Dallas is nearer the screen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Air Base
United States Air Force
Air Force
Tom Kruser
Bill Torrey
KGNC
New York
Mr. Torrey
Dallas
Fiddler’s tale and a gift of rain gauges
A narrator recalls a tale of speed difference between electricity and sound, a sympathetic card from George Broome, and a plastic rain gauge gift. A man seeks property advice, offers money, and is politely refused. the narrator notes the advice had little value yet the man persists.
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Mr. Broome
Izzard Declines TV Dreams Amid Pork Cake Quip
In a coy remark Wes Izzard jokes he has no television ambitions while Eisenhower also shuns the Presidency. Readers flood in with eighty six submissions as presses regretfully cannot print all. The note hints pork cake is a butterless cake variant.
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Wes Izzard
Old Time Economy Fruit Cake Recipes Shared
Mildred Miner of 110 West Thirty sixth notes that her pork cake lasts a year and keeps moist with a small apple in the box. Mrs. Don Carter sends in a top recipe, while Mrs. A. 8. Peters of 721 North Aldredge recalls using raw or cooked pork and says she hasn’t baked one since 1913 but finds it excellent.
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Mildred Miner
West Thirtysixth
Don Carter
A. 8. Peters
North Aldredge
Whittlers Fade as Knives Grow Weaker in Clarendon
Walter Hughes of Clarendon recalls old time whittling men and boys who spent hours on benches with sharp knives. He attributes the decline to the loss of sturdy tools and the dulled steel of modern knives, noting how past-era blades held edge much longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Hughes
Clarendon
Mr. Hughes
Whittlers
Real estate license query sparks debate at Texas board
At a real estate board meeting a question arose about whether a married woman can obtain a Texas real estate dealers license without disability removal. Billy Hughes replied that he knows a married woman who secured a license without any surgery.
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Real Estate Board
Texas Real Estate Dealers
Billy Hughes
Truman sleeves pressed coats sparked White House appeal
When Truman first became President he had suits sleeves pressed sharply. Kansas City clothiers held a meeting and sent a representative to Washington to ask him to stop pressing sleeve hems, noting the practice as very bad for appearance.
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Truman
Kansas City Clothiers
Washington
Wes Izzard Demonstrates Proper Coat and Handkerchief Arrangements
Readable lines describe Wes Izzard arranging his coat and handkerchief with neat, practiced movements. The depiction emphasizes tidy appearance and careful technique, likely from a period newspaper style showcasing personal grooming.
Quail limit debate sparks reader opinions in The Globe News
Henry Mathews reports spotting a blue quail within city limits while bobwhite numbers rise this fall. Local gunners urge the Texas Game and Fish Commission to raise possession limits from 10 and 20 to 12 and 36, arguing birds are plentiful. Sportsmen are invited to send views to The Globe News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Mathews
Bobs
Texas Game and Fish Commission
The
Globe News
Pigeons Promiscuous P.P. Organized in Amarillo
A reader writes that a P.P. is being organized in Amarillo under the label Pigeons Promiscuous. The letter says it is high time to act and addresses Tack directly.
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P.P
Amarillo
Amarillo Cites Parks Stores and Newsprint Love
A longtime reader writes to celebrate Amarillo as the city that cherishes its parks, shops, and newspapers, arguing against the tag Friendly City and proposing a nickname like Movie Capital of Texas for Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Texas
Lewis Nordyke
Quail hunting limit debate gains supporters
Henry Blackburn backs raising the daily cap from 10 to 12 with Game Captain Jim Mageard backing the recommendation. Six weeks remain in the season. opponents say ten birds a day is ample and a 36 bird three day harvest is excessive, noting few states have such long seasons. The discussion weighs conservation aims against generous limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Blackburn
Jim Magegard
Tack
Experts to rule on bird study recommendation Friday
The game commission will decide Friday after experts in the department review the birds and local conditions. In response to an inquiry, soldiers stationed at Amarillo are mentioned in relation to the topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Game Commission
Amarillo
Residents seek resident licenses at Amarillo Air Base rename ballot
A large local committee urges The Globe to publish a ballot on the first page for residents to express views on renaming the Amarillo Base. They plan to appear before commissioners and seek broad public input on the issue.
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Amarillo
The
Globe
Old Sayings On Money and Scald Reflections
A pair of quips reel from memory praising bold actions and odd humor about money. One line notes a "scald" as a vivid effort while the other imagines walking barefoot through wealth, capturing quirky, rustic wit.
Look magazine pieces on learning, home life, and teens
Look magazine excerpt features Lt Gladys Cook of the Minneapolis police department arguing teen troubles start at home, not in bars. Cedric Adams, a Minneapolis columnist, echoes the sentiment. The note links perfume trends and reading levels among businessmen as a broader social snapshot.
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Uuder
Gladys Cook
Women’s Department
Minneapolis
Survey on Downtown Parking Duty of Women in Minneapolis
The speaker notes a Minneapolis survey finding that downtown parking lots show women with cars stay about five hours on average while men stay less, except all day parkers. He asks if a similar study in Amarillo would be interesting, questioning whether Amarillo women downtown stay five hours on average.
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Minneapolis
Mr. Post
Amarillo
Letter for Mrs Dewey W Britain Found at Amarillo Post Office
A prisoner of war has a letter addressed to Mrs Dewey W Britain in Borger. Residents should inquire at the general delivery window in Amarillo to collect the item.
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Dewey W. Britain
Amarillo
Borger
Christmas Package Deadline For Soldiers Abroad
If you send a Christmas package to soldiers overseas, note the deadline is November 15. Community notices urge timely mailing to ensure delivery before year end.
Former Publisher Taken by Death
Carl White age 60 longtime editor and publisher with posts in San Antonio El Paso Fort Worth Beaumont Port Neches and the Labor Journal died of a heart ailment. A native of Comanche he studied at Daniel Baker College and later served as an arbitrator for the US Labor Conciliation Service.
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Port Arthur
Carl White
Texas Editorial Association
White
San Antonio
el Paso
Fort Worth
Beaumont
Port Neches
Labor Journal
US Labor Conciliation Service
Comanche
Daniel Baker College
Corsicana Voters Reject $3 Million Water Bond
In Corsicana on November 7 voters defeated a three million dollar bond issue to fund a Trinity River water supply project. The measure failed amid local controversy over debt and regional needs.
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Corsicana
Trinity River
Gold Nugget Found at Carson Hill in 1854
A massive nugget measured 54 inches long and 5 inches thick, weighing 195 pounds, was unearthed at Carson Hill California in 1854, marking a historic find for the era.
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Carson Hill
Cal
Curley Says He's Through After Defeat in Boston
Former Boston mayor Michael Curley, a veteran and colorful political boss, announced retirement after losing to John B. Hynes who captured a 78,53 vote majority. Curley, 77, once mayor four times, ends a half century in public life amid past legal troubles and federal indictment.
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Boston
Michael Curley
John B. Hynes
City Hall
Curley
Lost items and trades in Amarillo help wanted ads
A reader offers lost leather gloves near the main post office and a pearl strand lost between Gordon's Style Shop and Fisk Building or Furr Food Store. Also requests trades and services including ironing, a Nesco Roaster trade, bookcase for a baby bed, a Girl Scout uniform, used lavatory trade, and various babysitting offers. Job seekers list quilting, ironing, cleaning, cooking, and farm or ranch work wanted around Amarillo with contact numbers.
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Gordon
Fisk Building
Furr Food Store
Twenty-fourth
Polk Street
van Buren
Harrison
North
Amarillo
North Roberts Street
North Jackson
Canyon Road
Elections At A Glance Highlights Off Year Races
Republicans swept four special House elections gaining a seat, while Democrats held both governorships in Kentucky and Mississippi. In Philadelphia Democrat Joseph S. Clark Jr. won mayor over Poling. New York City elected Rudolph Halley city council president. Ohio and New Jersey also saw GOP gains. Kentucky and Mississippi kept Democratic governors. Boston, Indianapolis, and Little Rock elected Republican or Democratic mayors, signaling shifting urban politics.
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Associated Press
House of Representatives
Kentucky
Mississippi
Philadelphia
Joseph S. Clark, Jr
Daniel A. Poling
New York City
Rudolph Halle
Boston
James M. Curley
John B. Hynes
Indianapolis
GOP
Frank E. McKinney
Alex M. Clark
Little Rock
Pratt Remmel
Two Killed as Car Rams Truck
Hemphill Tex Nov 7 Two teenagers were killed when their car hit the rear of a large truck near Bronson A third person was injured Dead were Bobby Lynette Jones 16 daughter of Mr and Mrs J J Jones Hemphill and Air Force Pvt Bobby T Simmons 17 Pineland Manuel Jordan 18 son of Mr and Mrs H A Jordan of Pineland suffered broken limbs head injuries and possible internal injuries
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Hemphill
Bronson
Tex
Bobby Lynette Jones
J. J. Jones
Air Force Pvt
Bobby T. Simmons
Pineland
Manuel Jordan
H. A. Jordan
Panhandle Schools to Receive Surplus Food Aid
Eleven carloads of Department of Agriculture surplus foods are being sent to Panhandle schools for the community school lunch program. Distribution covers 25 Panhandle counties under Mrs. Glen R. Scott of Amarillo. Foods include peaches cheese tomatoes beans milk orange juice and more to reduce lunch costs.
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Department of Agriculture
Panhandle
Glen R. Scott
Amarillo
Johnson
Rotary To See Movie on Jets
Amarillo Rotary Club will view a sound film on jet engines tomorrow at the Herring Hotel. Capt. Joseph Fulton of Amarillo Air Force Base will present the film during the regular meeting.
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Amarillo
Rotary Club
Herring Hotel
Joseph Fulton
Amarillo Air Force Base
Duff Opens Texas Tour Aimed At Eisenhower Run
Senator James Duff of Pennsylvania begins a Texas swing to sense local sentiment on Dwight D. Eisenhower as a presidential candidate. He meets GOP leaders in San Antonio and visits Fredericksburg Midland and McAllen while implying support though he defers questions on a formal run.
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Houston
James Duff
Pennsylvania
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Duff
San Antonio
Fredericksburg
Texas
Midland
McAllen
Rio Grande Valley
Special Music for Literary Circle Tonight
Piano numbers by Ronald Davis will be featured as entertainment at the Mexican Literary Circle meeting tonight. Marcela Delgadillo will speak on Problems of Mexico at 6 30 in the Nacio Cafe 516 North Fillmore.
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Ronald Davis
Marcela Delgadillo
Mexico
North
Fillmore
American Husband an Unsung Hero in Letters to the Editor
A Fort Worth reader praises the American husband as a steady provider who rarely gets recognition. The writer, anonymous for safety, thanks the GN staff and columnist Wes Izzard, lauding a long marriage and critiquing wife imposed duties while noting speeding demons near Harrison Street.
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Fort Worth
L. W
Wes Izzard
Harrison Street
Seeking a skating site near Amarillo this winter
A reader asks where to ice skate near Amarillo and how to judge ice safety. It notes safe ice should be about two inches thick after several days of hard freezing with no thawing. It mentions several lakes or dams in the area where skating may be allowed, with permission required.
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Amarillo
Five candy firms grant sweets for British school studies
Five candy companies fund research in British schools offering students sweets valued at 22,200 dollars as part of experimental studies. The program aims to explore consumer behavior and develop healthier incentives for participation.
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Cedric Adams
Taken
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Twink
Turner
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Tom Corbett
Venus
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lsYenekvall
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Spearman
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C.O.D
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FISK
Polk
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