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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1951
Page
14
The Tri-State Fair opened yesterday boasting record size and more to see than ever. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus appears tomorrow for family entertainment and the Paramount shows Texas Carnival with Esther Williams and Red Skelton still playing.
Ray Anthony voted No 1 in the annual Billboard Disk Jockey Poll with Ralph Flanagan next. Les Brown Stan Kenton Tommy Dorsey Benny Goodman Harry James Jerry Gray Sammy Kaye Woody Herman also ranking. Also noted Millard Johnson as eligible and a Corn Department teaser warns not to delay actions over taxes.
In Los Angeles, Edith Williams, 71, failed to prove she married W. C. Fields in 1893 and bore seven children, losing her claim to part of his $771,000 estate. Judge William R. McKay ruled against her. Harriet Fields remains the legally recognized widow with half the estate.
Governor Edwin Mechem sent a letter to President Truman requesting economic assistance under the Point Four program for Navajo lands in New Mexico. He argued the program’s primary points including education sanitation roads welfare reclamation and development are absolute needs and worth a small federal expenditure given the tribe’s malnutrition tuberculosis lack of medical care and difficult conditions.
A Midlothian man fleeing authorities on a threaten wife charge was arrested in Fort Worth on a drunken driving complaint. Police pursued the suspect as he eluded arrest for the previous alleged threat.
Senator McMahon of Connecticut reports the Atomic Energy Commission can raise atomic production by one and a half times if funded and prioritized. He notes current defense spending allocates 3 cents per dollar to atomic weapons and urges all-out production, claiming potential annual savings of about 30 billion dollars. He will chair a Senate House Atomic Energy Committee meeting with the Army Navy and Air Force Secretaries to discuss plans.
A government official urged secretaries to obtain their departments' views on past, present, and future uses of atomic energy. Separately, the American Heart Association reported that only a minority seeking medical advice for chest pain actually have heart disease.
In Greenfield Massachusetts a WP body stole 40 stones weighing pounds each from the County Fair Grounds. The stones were intended for use in the Fair's one horse drawing exhibitions.
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