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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1951
Page
9
Ely Culbertson, famed bridge analyst and leader of the Citizens Committee for United Nations Reform, speaks tonight in town. He will discuss "Plans for Peace Through forced Laws" and his world wide peace movement leadership.
Charles G. Sprague, 57, veteran Santa Fe conductor, died at Hemp Hill County Memorial Hospital Canadian after a heart attack on Friday night while returning from Waynoka Oklahoma. He served 38 years with Santa Fe. Survived by wife Blanche, a son Gerald of Harlingen, and four daughters Lloyd Ray Wright Wichita, Tommy Dean Amarillo, T. H. Yarnold, and Carol Sorague of Canadian. Arrangements directed by Stickley Funeral Home. Two ships have been acquired for service between continental Portu and Madeira.
At Amarillo Air Force Base personnel will view a preview of the three act comedy Mother Is a Freshman in Amarillo College auditorium. Curtain is 8 15. Jerry McDonough invited airmen to attend. Open to the public Tuesday and Wednesday nights with tickets 75 cents adults 35 cents children. Cast includes Judy Boozer Betty Wagner Winn Smith Beverly Jo Nance Jack Barnwell. Tickets at the door or from campus groups.
Potter County commissioners approved Jerry Kolander as assistant county attorney after his admission to the bar. He succeeds O M Calhoun who has resigned. The panel accepted the resignation of probation officer Nelle McClure. Action on Fuller Motor Company lease for storage at Tri-State Fair Park was deferred. Other business was routine.
Dr. James P. Cornette, president of West Texas State College, will be guest speaker Wednesday night at 7 30 for the Panhandle Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers. The meeting gathers in Phillips Parkmoor Cafe den at 620 West Sixteenth with reservations via J B Austin of Southwestern Public Service. Washington's Mount Rainier National Park hosts 500 flowering plants including grasses.
Chicago markets show hogs up to 50 cents higher with top at 18.50 for 180-215 lb. cattle strong with steers above 37, top 39.75. heifers up to 38.40. vealers 29-26. sheep slow, prime lambs at 3000 top. Financial Industrial Fund NAV 2.4913, offer 2.73.
In a grim opening to FAO’s guiding council, Director General Norris E. Dodd warned that rising hunger since World War II threatens unrest and war. He noted world food output up nine percent while population climbed twelve, leaving 2,260 calories per person versus 2,380 prewar. He urged faster progress to end mass hunger and poverty and avert another global conflict, as the council charts two years of program work for 66 member nations.
Randall County Sheriff M. E. Cantrell said no arrests have been reported in the robbery of Floydada resident N. R. Darby who was robbed of 76 dollars by two men about two miles south of Pullman Switch. Darby told authorities he met the two in a bar on North East Eighth, was driven into the country, assaulted, and relieved of his money before reaching a farm house to call officers.
Otto of Hapsburg, claimant to Austria Hungary throne, will address the Amarillo Knife and Fork Club at 7 pm tomorrow in the Amarillo Country Club. His talk titled Danger Spots in Europe notes his imperial lineage and anti communist stance. Tickets cost 2.75 dollars at Herbert and Maxor Drug Stores.
Judge F H McGregor of Potter County Court of Domestic Relations urged Texas lawmakers to authorize courts to compel child support payments without filing a divorce or criminal action. Speaking to the state bar association in Austin, he noted many non support cases lack divorce filings due to residence requirements and family wishes.
Ray Gazaway, 23, died this morning at 3 o clock at his Happy home after illness since May. Born February 27 1928 in Happy he was reared there and attended First Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 3 pm at the Happy Baptist Church with burial in Happy under Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home. He is survived by his father W A Gazaway of Happy mother Mrs Frank Rogers of Happy two sisters Mrs Gordon Foster of Wayside and Joyce Gazaway of Amarillo.
In a head on collision near Ropesville, Elmer H. Kite Jr. 32 was in critical condition after a crash that killed his wife Gertrude 30 and daughter Barbara Ann 8. Their son John 3 suffered a fractured arm and remains in a Lubbock hospital with his father. The family had moved from Baltimore three weeks earlier. another child Janice 10 stayed with their grandmother.
Clyde Frio told officers this morning his billfold containing $57 was stolen from his room at the Howard Hotel. Frio said the money was taken after he went to sleep with the door open.
Amarillo civic groups announce their weekly luncheons in school cafeterias as part of American Education Week. The Amarillo Kiwanis met at noon at Bivins School and the North Amarillo Kiwanis is set to meet at Robert E. Lee School, with Lions Club activity at Humphreys noted.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals creates 350000 children grouped for unspecified reasons. No further context about location or timeline is provided.
Indonesia will revise its criminal laws to create uniform standards nationwide, reducing legal entanglements. Current laws were adapted from Dutch codes to fit conditions in various territories including sultanates.
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