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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1950
Page
5
A veteran urges universal military training and swift defense readiness, warning that Stalin could strike across the globe. He argues for training 18-year-olds, expanding forces, and keeping oil fields in the Middle East from Russian reach, noting U S and allies oil capacity and risks abroad.
A new Baptist congregation named Trinity Baptist Church was organized yesterday with 37 charter members and six additional members by letter or baptism. Services had been held as an unorganized church since July in the Women’s Federated Clubs Building at 2001 Wolflin Circle. Officers include Odie Karr as Sunday school superintendent and Lane Cummings as church treasurer, with a large turnout from other churches.
Conservative estimates place the crowd at 50 000 as the procession stretched 20 blocks through Borger this morning. Miss Betty Frith an 18 year old bank bookkeeper rode the queen’s float and was crowned by Texas Secretary of State John Ben Shepperd at a breakfast launching the festivities at the new Hotel Borger.
Gov. Allan Shivers leads a Borger event with fourteen bands and 46 floats in a parade that lasts about a full hour past the reviewing stand. The afternoon program includes plant tours, a furniture and appliance show opening, and a square dance contest set for tonight.
Countz Forgery Trial To Open B R Countz sought in more than a dozen Panhandle and South Plains counties on check charges. He faced forgery counts for allegedly signing R H McAffery to a Plainview bank check and passing it to Amarillo operator Alvin McAnnally. Attorney Hugh Montgomery appointed to defend Countz. Hold orders placed on Countz by Panhandle counties. He is listed with no permanent address in jail records.
Police received reports of three thefts from automobiles. O. J. Whisenhunt noted tools worth 50 dollars were stolen from a car near the Star Theater. L. D. Bradford reported 35 dollars in cash and papers stolen from a car near the Palo Duro Drive In Theater. W. E. Leake said a suitcase with clothing valued about 50 dollars was taken from a car near Northwest Texas Hospital.
Fred G. Gurley, president, and his Chicago staff are due to arrive early tonight aboard the Santa Fe's Grand Canyon. They are on an inspection trip over the system's lines in Texas. The party began on the old Orient line from Wichita to Presidio.
Daisy May Duncan of 908 North West Sixteenth Street pleaded guilty to aggravated assault for a knife attack on Gladys Devere, 516 West Second, the incident occurring Saturday. Duncan was fined $25 plus costs in Potter County Court.
Potter County commissioners approved 2700 payment to Southwestern Public Service Company to cover moving power line poles along the new Highway 66 route west of the city. Poles and lines sit on county right of way on land acquired for widening. Utility reps will seek easements from private landowners or remove poles from the right of way.
A cargo plane delivered forty six cats to Great Saltee Island off the coast of Wexford to help curb a rabbit plague. The operation marks a unusual wildlife control effort with cats released on the island to hunt rabbits.
Will Rogers Day Nursery at 702 North Johnson plans expansion after a board meeting at 401 Van Buren. J. R. Wiggins, president of Amarillo Day Nurseries, cites street and ground improvements and authorized fund solicitation for nursery supplies and equipment.
In Abilene the jury returned an instructed verdict of not guilty in the 47th District Court trial of James Lockley on burglary charges. The case proceeded to jury deliberation before the midday verdict was delivered.
An insect commonly called the white ant is actually a termite, belonging to a different family of insects. The distinction clarifies taxonomy and behavior between the two groups.
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