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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1950
Page
2
The piece surveys India, Pakistan, and Iran, noting their sizes, populations, economies, and strategic roles in the Cold War. It highlights India’s vast population and exports, Pakistan’s dual zones and irrigation wealth, and Iran’s oil wealth, limited water, and political shift under the shah as Western interests press for influence.
The text surveys Tibet as an isolated, theocratic realm led by a 16 year old Dalai Lama, with extreme climate, yak-based trade, high altitude trails, and growing military forces amid astrologers guiding policy. It also portrays Afghanistan as a vast, sparsely railled land with camel caravan trade, mainly Muslim populations, Pathan tribes, and exports of wool skins and copper lead iron deposits.
Follet E F Smith 67 retired Plainview merchant found dead in St Anthony's Hospital room in Tulsa Oklahoma. Funeral arrangements by Blackburn-Shaw with burial in Tulsa. Born December 1 1883 in Ohio. Survived by wife Ruth Smith Plainview son Leo Smith Plainview daughters Maxine Throckmorton Tulsa Nancy Kay Smith Plainview brothers Granville Smith Moore Oklahoma Thomas Smith Tulsa sister Frances Eby Tulsa.
A reader offers to trade a new Revere 8 magazine type movie camera for building materials such as cedar shingles asbestos siding or insulation. Call 3 3009.
Two women's coats size 18 and 20 advertised in gray gabardine and black with fur collar. Also one nearly new pair of shoes size 7. Mrs W J McClain lists 1701 Monroe as contact for reasonable prices.
Nice used garments for girls ages 10 to 15 including wool sweaters skirts suits coats and dresses available for barter for S H or Gunn Bros stamps or for crochet embroidery or hand work. Cash sale very cheap. Phone 2-2486. A Reader.
A Pittsburgh reader recalls a bad canasta play where a partner discarded to help opponents and another player wasted a deuce, yielding nearly three thousand points for others. The columnist weighs what makes a play the worst and highlights costly mistakes.
Deer and turkey hunting season in the Panhandle closes Sunday after opening November 17. Officials report several hundred deer and a smaller number of turkeys harvested, with restocking keeping Armstrong Randall and Briscoe counties closed. Deer averages exceed 100 pounds dressed weight.
A US Navy and University of California expedition reports a submerged mountain range in the mid Pacific from Wake Island to Necker Island. It measures about 1,000 miles long and 100 miles wide with peaks reaching 14,000 feet. Coral found at 6,000 feet depth suggests the tops were once above water.
An escape reading note observes Reading Jail inmates in England prefer detective stories and Wald West thrillers, suggesting reading tastes among prisoners lean toward crime and mystery fiction.
In Korea the war’s brutal demands can melt a GI’s ruthlessness when faced with a child. A reporter recalls quiet acts of care by American soldiers sheltering homeless kids, including a four year old girl at a theater, gifted mints and gum, and a lasting image of loss amid battle.
Glendale resident Fred W Buess aged 21 works on a chassis assembly line and owns four Rolls-Royce cars. He has amassed about 30 antique autos over six years, including a 1927 roadster costing 14 300 new and a 150 purchase, plus several roadsters and a town car being restored. His yard hosts a Horseless Carriage Club showcase amid cluttered crates and sheds.
Smuggling of fighting cocks from Siam into Singapore alarms the Customs Department. Cockfighting is illegal here and the arrival of these large, iridescent birds risks poultry disease and the bloody sport spreading locally.
D Dancing, the movies and reading lead British children’s preferences per D Hardman of the Ministry of Education. The order highlights cultural activities favored by youth in the era.
Frederick C. Outhman argues the United States has profited from copper sold to China via Japan and notes tungsten and feathers shipped to the Chinese Communists. He recalls Sen. O Conor's inquiry and Kane Import Corp officials defense while labeling the issue confusing and urging readers to judge who is the bigger dope.
Tahiti gains a modern drydock funded by the Marshall Plan through the Paris office of the Economic Cooperation Administration. The $250,000 facility aims to speed merchant shipping among France’s 180 Pacific islands, reducing hull damage from reefs and costly makeshift repairs. Port traffic centers on copra, vanilla, and mother of pearl shipped from Papeete to world markets.
Marshall Plan funds financed road and bridge rebuilding in the Russian zone of Austria and several ERP projects. About 60 signs reading This work is being done with ERP funds were posted by Austrian and ERP authorities and stood for up to two years before Soviet commanders ordered local officials to remove them to counter Communist agitation.
Brazilian import restrictions have left Northern Ireland with thousands of dollars in linen piling up. The delay affects producers and retailers, forcing talk of disruption to trade and possible losses as shipments stall and inventory builds.
London reports in the British Medical Journal that as a smoking cure begins the first week is hardest. The journal suggests carrying a packet of cigarettes to finger now and then to provide a quieting effect and curb panic when urges strike.
US High Commissioner John J. McCloy warned Germans they must squarely face defending freedom in Europe. He said no one can preserve freedoms for them and urged German action amid rear mantener controversy and upcoming Bavarian election.
Viet-minh Communists attacked a French post about 15 miles from Moncay near the China Sea, aiming to break remaining French resistance along the China Indochina frontier.
Penicillin chewing gum is given to pupils in the marshland rural district of Norfolk England to guard against scarlet fever. The program targets schoolchildren with a preventive measure amid concerns about outbreaks and public health efforts in rural communities.
In Tahiti and Tuamotu, islanders misinterpret washed ashore rubber overshoes as a giant pahua a rubbery clam delicacy. They boil and taste the strange shells for days before a trading schooner captain reveals the mistake, a tale spread across the South Seas.
Last rites for Mrs Virgie Elizabeth Seitz of Spearman were held at 2 PM at Spearman Methodist Church. Burial followed in Spearman Cemetery under Bo Brothers Funeral Home. The 45 year old died Wednesday morning at St Anthony's Hospital after a long illness. Survivors include a daughter a mother a sister a brother two nieces and a nephew.
Mrs Elizabeth Ann Rowland of Pampa remained in fair condition at St Anthony s Hospital after a late night collision at Grand and North East Eighth. The crash at 1130 involved a car carrying Rowland Miss Wanda Cobb and her daughter Farris Ann and a truck driven by James Lee Strong of Lomeia. Both passengers escaped injury while Rowland sustained a severe scalp laceration and possible other injuries. The injured woman was transported to the hospital by Blackburnie Shaw ambulance.
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