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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1950
Page
8
In Lampasas a slow Santa Fe passenger train struck a cotton picker truck at a grade crossing. At least three injured were taken to hospital, one seriously. Sheriff Mason said the train’s 10-12 mph speed prevented a larger tragedy. about 15 people were believed on the truck bed.
A LaPorte Indiana mother recalls constant family chaos during a four week span. Sally sprayed a dog with her face and knocked out a front tooth. Bobby returned home missing his pants claiming theft. Dottie helped break a sun parlor window. Sue cut her foot on glass. The baby contracted chicken pox. The husband’s boss and wife visited unexpectedly.
A CHICAGO report describes a novel bus safety signal. The stop-go device on school buses activates a red light at a stop and a green light when starting, mounting on the bus side like a standard signal.
Experiments over three years in four Southern states show delaying harvesting until just before the first killing frost improves the deep salmon pink flesh color prized in sweet potatoes for table use. Frost nipped vines offered no practical advantage.
Discussion focused on how a new pool would affect park congestion and appearance amid growing usage. The talk also covered potential future expenditures for defense-related activities and broader economic implications.
Bremerhaven shipyards in Western Germany report a downturn with few new orders and a pessimistic outlook for the near term. Workers warn that reduced activity may affect production and employment through the quarter.
Hot Springs New Mexico residents will vote November 17 to change the town name to Truth or Consequences after March 31 results of 1,294 to 285 were voided by a court on technical grounds. Backers cite publicity and business benefits from Ralph Edwards show.
A Texas Panhandle hearing urged advancing a Canadian River dam and water inventory to curb floods and soil erosion in the Tri-State Empire. Speakers cited five million dollars yearly dam age from floods and sedimentation across 19.5 million acres, with plans stressing grass and alfalfa restoration, range improvement, and 40 000 acres of poor land. The session, part of the River and Harbor Flood Control Act program, sought federal support and a Texas New Mexico compact to expedite development.
A dense clipping of stock quotes and market figures from New York and Chicago closes sets. Listings include numerous company names and percentages across steel, oil, chemicals, and consumer goods, with grain and livestock updates from Kansas City.
Chicago market brief shows cattle and hogs trading with varied results across weights. Steers and heifers hold firmer, vealers steady, sows and slaughter hogs higher on a thin volume day, with prices noted in dollars per hundredweight and per head. A financial note cites an industrial fund value at 2.1768 and offering price.
Comedian Jack Benny will spend Christmas week entertaining troops in Korea and Japan with six other performers. He has obtained Defense Department permission to bring the group along.
The Economic Stabilization Agency entered official operation with Alan Valentine sworn in as administrator. The agency aims to build a small elite staff and advise President Truman on price and wage ceilings, while pursuing stabilizing measures through voluntary means and limited controls. Rubber usage cuts were announced by the National Production Authority to curb consumption in late 1945.
Sydney report states elderly couple Leslie O'Toole 67 and Evelyn 65 died of gas poisoning after turning on four stove flames. They left all money and property to a Sydney hospital for cancer research. Bodies found in kitchen, heads bowed over table.
Police Captain Peter McGuire contends with a complaint about a fruit peddler parking in a residential district. A cruiser went to move him along, but the peddler called to repeat the complaint. Officers reportedly bought bananas from him.
A reporter recounts marching through hills near Seoul toward Kimpo Airfield and a Marines ferry crossing, walking in fading light past shadows and a river crossing while noting North Korean bands hide during the day to raid at night and keep to the hills.
A narrator recounts dodging wrecked North Korean trucks at dusk then spotting a dead enemy soldier in a rice paddy. He flees in terror, sprints to an American outpost, crosses a river in a DUK, and returns to the field as dust lingers over the road where Rasco fled.
President Truman asserted that the United States will bolster the common defensive strength of the free world until the Soviet Union acts. He outlined readiness to aid Korea and any peaceful nation under threat, stressing a peace founded on justice and devotion to liberty.
War coiled there before the fury of Communist attacks, the South Korean First Division held. It would not retreat. The battle for Pyongyang began earlier today when Allied columns surged against a Red Korean defense line south and east of the city, aiming to end the war as Pyongyang becomes the first capital of a Russian satellite to be entered.
In the east coast theater two key cities Hamhung and Hungnam fell to ROK forces. The Pyongyang drive became a tight contest as Maj. Gen. Hobart R. Gay’s First Cavalry clashed with Gen Paik Sun Yup’s First Division while the US 24th Division pushed toward Chinnampo, racing to reach Pyongyang first after breaking through seven and a half miles in a day.
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