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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1950
Page
3
Infant Linck of 4121 Gables dies with service pending at Blackburn-Shaw. Pauline Britten, 22, daughter of Genevieve, sister of Joan James also awaiting service at Blackburn-Shaw. Paul Hermesmeyer, 22, son of Vernard, brother of Ferdinand Nell Elizabeth Bernadine Bernadette, service pending at Blackburn-Shaw.
Viola Browning Curry 55 of 3902 Harrison died Thursday. Wife of Earl J. mother of Viola Ruth Gibson and sister of J N Morris Robert Browning and Mrs Mattie Stephens. Services pending with Boxwell Brothers.
George M. Phillips 76 of Childress died Thursday. Husband of Amanda and father of Herman Jack Jim and several daughters. Body sent to Stewart-Carter Funeral Home.
Rupert A. Taylor, Sandie high school athletic manager, says tickets for Sandie Stadium football must be picked up by tomorrow at 5 PM to preserve last year’s seats. Un claimed reservations go to first come, first served. Tickets sold at Bob Seeds sporting goods, 906 Polk.
Mrs. Dee Rice of Radio Station WJXN in Jackson Mississippi visited Amarillo to gather information for a travelogue script and consulted the chamber of commerce for details to be used in an upcoming WJXN program.
In a continued report the sheriff described Chapman firing at Holland multiple times with pistols belonging to Chapman and Probst. Holland returned fire, hitting Chapman with two bullets after a sequence of six shots. Holland was battered but sustained only powder burns from the gunfire.
Norway's largest liner the 16 000 ton Oslofjord is slated for launch early in 1950. The Globe-News Want Ads note the forthcoming debut of the ship amid maritime industry excitement.
Six members of Amarillo area business and chamber committees left this afternoon to attend the dedication of the new Hotel Dale in Guymon Oklahoma. The delegation includes L. E. Anderson of Rock Island railroad Arch Cooper of Herring Hotel Bob Howle of General Mills Bill Lansing Amarillo chamber of commerce Fred Schoffield Amarillo Times and Harry Hoare of The Globe and News.
President Miguel Aleman announced in his annual state of the nation that early census returns show Mexico City and countrywide population reached 25,564 and that the total population has risen 30 percent since the 1940 census.
Miss Pauline Rose Britten age 22 of 2904 Taylor and Paul Hermesmeyer 22 died in a highway crash three miles west of Conway on Highway 66. Funeral services 9 am tomorrow at St Marys Church Groom with Father Andrew Quarte officiating. Burial in Groom Cemetery. Hermesmeyer body to Independence Kansas. Britten burial directed by Blackburn Shaw Amarillo. Pallbearers named. Surs a truck driver charged with negligent homicide.
Walter Beling and nine others held minor state posts as purgees charged with espionage and lack of faith in the Soviet Union. Neues Deutschland said evidence linked them to OSS contacts during the war and to Noel H Field, a former State Department employee who vanished behind the Iron Curtain in 1949. The purge, praised as historic, aims to purge enemy agents while noting the group’s wartime aid to Allied agents and Western ties.
Britain’s Sir Gladwyn Jebb takes over as president and moves to end Malik stalemate in Korea. He plans to seat South Korea’s representative, deny North Korea a seat, and push an American resolution declaring North Korea the aggressor. The Soviet veto is anticipated before addressing China’s charges against the United States.
Kansas City markets report cattle 500 head and calves 50 in slow to weak demand. Hogs 800 varied with a 25 cent decline, prices ranged 23.50 to 24.00 for 190 to 270 pound hogs, sows down to 17.50 to 21.50. Sheep 300 in truck division, killing classes steady with good lambs at 27.00, mediums 24.50 to 26.50, odd lots around 12.75 for slaughter purposes.
Chicago market reports hogs steady to 75 cents lower with top hogs at 24.25 while cattle and calves show a buyers market with varying scores and firmness in select grades. Sheep and lambs hold steady, native lambs priced 27 to 28, good ewes 13.50, rangelike values seen in assorted beef and sausage classifications. Financial Industrial Fund liquidating at 2.0390, offering 2.23.
The UN Security Council voted 8-3 to hear air raid charges linked to Manchuria as Malik’s presence suggested the United Nations presidency would continue. Warren R. Austin indicated a U S fighter plane may have strafed a Manchurian airfield by mistake and called for a full on the spot UN investigation with possible indemnity and disciplinary action if proven.
Jimmie Cottrell a seven year old of Borger died at North Plains Hospital at 7 45 this morning from a rare nerve cancer treated with clinics trips to Dallas and a special medicine flown from Pittsburgh. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Sherman Cottrell of Borger and his death follows a community fund for treatment. Body remains at Minton Funeral Home.
Bad Boy James Farris, 22, admitted to Sheriff Paul Gaither that he came back to Amarillo to escape while being held at Potter County jail. He is serving about 18 years in Huntsville for burglary. Farris helped expose other burglaries and aided in arresting two men for the Ideal Food Store safe blowing. He and partner Billy Gene Burden had sawn four bars before capture. He remained jailed in Amarillo after last November escape attempt with the Rader twins.
Sheriff Gaither stated Farris will be well guarded during the remainder of his stay and on the trip back to Huntsville after the arrest, underscoring heightened security and oversight for the transfer.
Thailand is developing a seedlac and shellac industry since the war. The move aims to diversify Thailand’s economy and promote agricultural processing, with focus on local production and potential exports to regional markets.
Measures governing allocations priorities rationing defense production loans plant requisitions and raw material purchases would stay in force through June 30 1952 but apply only to contracts made before June 30 1951. Congress could revoke all powers granted at any time.
A US Eighth Army communique claims 1,000 Reds killed and three tanks destroyed by midday, with field officers calling it the final major offensive. About 50,000 Communists, a third of their strength, are involved in this southeast Asiatic Peninsula push including five divisions.
US Fifth Air Force and Australian fighters joined carrier planes in a major assault as North Korean forces broke through mine fields. The 25th Division held generally but with infiltrating troops, while Masan and Yongsan areas faced strong threats. The Second Division retreated to a defensive line at Yongsan after a deep Penetration. Farther north the US First Cavalry Division engaged another Red concentration with few details available.
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