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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1951
Page
2
Weather signals a hard winter as Tack promotes buckwheat cake recipes and seed yeast, urges farmers to stock hay, and notes consumer return practices harming merchants. He recounts travels in France with cheese from manure piles, and shares a letter from Goose Ramey praising Slagbooms.
In Arkansas a man photographed an ash hopper used to make lye from ashes and water. The lye is boiled with hog fat to produce liquid soap, reflecting rural belief in homemade soap. Also notes a correction about a meteor explosion and references the Plainview meteor exhibit in Chicago and the Centner Lubbock meteor in Newark.
A bygone classifieds snippet shows veterans postings and personal notices. Cpl Don Gage requests correspondence and photos while various wants include puppies and a collie rehoming to farms. Lost items, baby-sitting, ironing services, and sales of stamps appear amid lonely hearts appeals and small-town barter.
LUBBOCK Oct 25. Musician Jose Iturbi plans to fly to Dallas after a rapid recovery from a possible mild heart attack. He and sister Amparo performed with the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra on Monday and Tuesday. Iturbi was struck with chest pain and canceled his 7:30 AM departure. Dr. R C Douglas said he remained in bed but looked fit to travel last night. The pair planned to visit Dallas business before returning to New York for a concert on Nov 2.
A notable meteor exhibit at the West Texas museum in Canyon showcases Mr. Studer’s extensive research. He is recognized in the East for his work on meteors. The article notes the difference between a meteor and a meteorite: in the air it is a meteor and when it hits earth it becomes a meteorite.
The Odessa area hosts Texas's biggest meteorite crater, measuring about 600 feet long, 100 feet wide, and 10 to 15 feet deep. Compare with the Diablo Crater near Winslow, Arizona, at 5,000 feet across and 700 feet deep, while the largest meteorite fall occurred in 1908 in Siberia, killing about 1,500 reindeer.
A science note explains meteors may explode in flight or arrive intact. It cites 1875 Towa blast as loud as a 40 gun battery, with parts reaching ground while others drifted into space. It notes a million meteorites hit daily, with occasional metals like diamonds gold and iron-nickel found. largest near Cimarron County Oklahoma in 1939 weighed 50 60 and 150 pounds.
Meteors travel at 26 to 54 miles per second in space and slow to 8 to 44 miles per second on entry due to angle of impact. The text urges readers to see the exhibit at the West Texas Museum.
Reader letters discuss space defense bunkum and trips to the moon, request a Studer statement, and note rumors of a downtown Amarillo building program beginning about the first of the month. Betty Wooldridge is praised as the department's mastermind, and Tack’s line is identified by her pleasant voice.
A reader thanks Amarillo residents for returning a lost wallet found at Allen's Shoe Store. Mrs B L Morrison of Borger expresses appreciation for the honesty and kindness shown by those who helped locate the owner. Finland's rayon producer plans a new staple-fiber plant boosting output by 75 percent.
Two High Plains amateur photographers placed among the nation’s best in the National Snapshot Contest held in Washington DC last week. C Szalkowski of Amarillo won first in Pets with a $25 award for a photo of his son Skip and family cocker Tugar. he works at Amarillo Air Force Base. Robert S Bryant of Lubbock, owner of Lubbock Radio electronics, captured a flash-lit photo of his son Robert Jr atop a radio cabinet in darkness marking a notable entry. the youngster dislikes photographs.
A 26 year old Seattle house wife won the $50 special award in the national baby division and the $1000 sweepstakes prize for a photograph featuring her 3 year old daughter and the family cat asleep together in a chair. She had never entered a photographic contest before.
Wichita Falls Texas resident J M Sanders endorses Baker's Hair Tonic for rapid relief from dandruff and itchy scalp. The ad promotes Baker's Hair Tonic and Baker's Latheynist Shampoo, offering refunds if not satisfied, with free gift offers and availability at drug stores and barber shops.
Hungarians have been ordered to shave their dogs and sell the hair for padding in army greatcoats and wadding for cartridges. The directive reflects wartime material shortages and home front mobilization affecting pets and households.
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