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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1950
Page
6
Chicago livestock markets show hogs at 7,000 head with mixed shifts by weight and grade, top hog price at 23.75, calves and steers uneven with several classes steady or lower, lambs strong at 28.25, feeder cattle and cows showing varied demand, overall activity described for Sept. 6 trading.
A special condemnation hearing for Highway 66 right of way awarded four of five land suits, setting prices from 150 to 212.50 per acre and totaling 6,280.17 for fence and crop damage. Final Bushland case, five lots owned by Carl Hill, awaits a 10 am ruling. Hill asked 28,500 while county offered up to 17,500. Awards listed to H. T. Neely, R. C. Sampson and sons, and Henry Blessing with varied acre and damage payments. Commission members were Wolflin, Gant, and Casey. Lightning note ends the piece.
Jury selection moved slowly with four jurors qualified by midmorning for the Milton Mason murder case. District Attorney Lloyd King said capital punishment unlikely. defense attorney Dusty Miller questioned attitudes toward suspended sentences. Mason, charged with the March 18 fatal shooting of Opal Mason, attends proceedings. bond set at 5000 dollars. Four jurors named: J E B Walker, W D Reynolds, C H Yolland, L V Conner. About 75 veniremen remained to be questioned.
Amarillo babies entered in a beauty contest reached semifinals this afternoon at the American Legion home on West Seventh. Six judges will select candidates for Master and Miss Amarillo and the titles Miss Pigtails and Miss All-Around Red-Head with finals set for September 14 at Municipal Auditorium.
The article outlines the Tri State Fair Queen contest with a $150 wardrobe allowance for Amarillo stores. The Queen will be announced Friday and crowned Monday at Amarillo Stadium during opening ceremonies. The winner will lead the opening day parade and represent the area in Kansas City at the American Royal Queen Contest, five days starting Oct 10, with expenses for her and a chaperon covered.
Khartoum reports record rainfall this year, the heaviest in forty years, signaling severe weather impact across Sudan with potential floods and damage to infrastructure and farms.
Judy Gayle Singer a 13 month old girl died when her family Ford stalled on Santa Fe tracks at Littlefield. The car was hit by a westbound train and wrecked near the crossing. Funeral at First Baptist Church Fieldton with Rev. W O Wilson officiating. Burial in Fieldton cemetery. Survived by parents N L and Mrs Singer of Fieldton Norma Kay 4, grandparents W C Singer Lockney Claude Underwood Nocona great grandparents J E Newton Lockney Tipton Montague.
In Memphis a bandit robbed a clothing store, taking $25 from the till and leaving the rest. He told the manager he was in trouble and promised to repay. When she offered not to call the police, he urged her to, then fled in a taxicab.
Citizens oppose the proposed rate increase citing its size and doubt the plan. The telephone company says adding 11,000 phones in Amarillo within two years requires higher revenues due to installation costs, or the expansion becomes impractical and hurts net earnings.
Raymon Cecil Manning, 27, of 907 Milam and a Santa Fe Railroad employee, is a polio patient at the West Texas Clinic in Plainview. Taken yesterday after diagnosis by an Amarillo physician, his condition is serious. He shows no paralysis but weak lower extremities, especially the left leg, and has been ill since Sunday after a trip to Big Spring.
DIMMITT Sept 5 A L Beavers 30 remained critical after a auto collision last night. He suffered a head injury two broken legs a broken arm and possible internal injuries at Plains Memorial Hospital. The crash occurred on the Dimmitt Clovis highway about seven miles west when he stopped to change a flat tire according to Castro County Sheriff Houston Fowlkes.
Aged farmer Jesse Smith at 80 runs a 240 acre farm near Hamilton Alabama using the latest farming methods. Agricultural experts cite his operation as the ultimate in efficiency and his farm is a top stop on local tours despite his age.
New York September 6 The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index fell for the first time in 12 weeks. The index covering 31 commonly used foods dropped to 6.65 a pound in the week ended yesterday from 6.69 the prior week.
United Press reports party conventions open as Republicans and Democrats select November candidates. In New York Gov. Dewey seeks renomination. Lt. Gov. Hanley announces. Democratic factions vie over Rep. Walter Lynch and James A. Farley. Nevada and Utah results renominate McCarran and Elbert D. Thomas respectively. Bennett to face Thomas in Utah.
Washington Sept 6 President Truman will hold his weekly news conference at 9 30 o clock tomorrow morning in the White House briefing room.
A senior officer called the commander's recent statement unfair to comment on. He suggested someone might have been needling him or that the officer woke with a terrible headache.
A survivor recalls torture and executions by a hostile force, the two Americans hiding in a haystack, rationing water during a night of fear, and finally receiving covering fire from their unit to reach safety. He names a companion Coates and laments not knowing the others. The account ends with them alive and grateful.
War reportage describes Britain's famed fighting units, from Hong Kong, aiding the US First Cavalry Division on the Kumhwa Taegu axis. Cavalry troopers withdraw from Taegu’s northern approaches to consolidate positions as weather disrupts air resupply, with Americans retreating from the walled city after probing 12 miles north.
American forces beat back Communist assaults along ridges east of the highway and north of Taegu as MacArthur reports deployment of the 19th and 17th Tank Brigades nearby. Prisoners warn of two more regiments joining, potentially bringing Red strength to about 150 000. Marines and Second Division troops push across the Naktong River near Yongsan, capturing key dominating hills.
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