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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1950
Page
2
Narrator remarks a hard day with elk cooking and great food. Ted and Don may take the flight, but the speaker stays. They passed Campbell River, favor closer home if moving, praising scenery yet noting mountains are ordinary for 50 miles west of Denver.
War in Korea accelerates Labrador railway project. Construction may start this year, with 360 miles north from Seven Islands to Knob Lake and an annual ore output target of 10 million tons. Six US steel firms finance the venture, shipping ore by rail to Seven Islands then lake steamers to Cleveland and Boston area mills.
Norton Spryde notes Boy Scouting in Amarillo builds character and leadership through training in all creeds and colors. With 850 adult volunteers guiding 2,538 youths 8 to 18, programs include posters, projects, and community service. The organization runs an office downtown and a 590 acre Palo Duro camp, funded in part by Red Feather, growing troops weekly.
The Globe-Mews board of censors has approved the notice for publication. Named individuals Wes Isward Pauw Allingham Ms D Bartlett Grady Camp Mrs Sarah Winter Mrs Bob Babb Lewis Nor Hess and Chariey Under Ww are listed as part of the notice.
Port Clements journal notes a trio from Texas fishing near the Thelle River on Charlotte Islands. They arc plan a potential Alaska flight for $100 each, hear tales of a Yakoun River golden spruce and warn of large black bears as they sketch an 11-fisherman scene with Canadian officers and PF Whitehorse among the cast.
The Haida once numbered over 20 000 and were the coast’s strongest traders and fighters. Smallpox after contact with Victoria reduced their people to about a thousand in weeks. Now they live peaceably, mainly by saltwater salmon fishing. Joe, a chief descendant, once held trapping rivers until loggers ruined the forest and displaced fur animals without compensation.
A reader asks to keep children in their home day or night, living close by, and provides contact by phone 2 8520.
Reader offers to care for a preschool age child by the week with day or night availability. Contact by calling 2-9341 for details and arrangements.
White organdy curtains ruffled and paneled available for trade. Trade for Gunn Bros or S and H stamps. Call 5061.
A resident seeks in home ironing and babysitting services and offers to provide references. They note two girls who can also babysit and request a call at the listed phone number 8792.
A 50-pound ice refrigerator in good condition is for sale for 2 dollars. Phone 2-8035 or visit 304-A Tennessee to see it. READER notice.
Classified note offers a mother cat with pretty kittens for adoption in a rural setting. Call for details and to arrange a home, with contact phone provided.
A female Springer Spaniel and her seven week old puppy are seeking a good home in the country or on a ranch. The owner notes contact via phone 2-6157.
Fort Worth report notes film star Greer Garson filed her US citizenship application in Albuquerque after marrying Dallas oilman Elijah E. Fogelson. She used the name Kileen Evelyn Greer Snelson and listed her birth date as September 29, 1908.
The average wage rate of the British worker has risen about 72 percent since 1938, excluding overtime.
Rice growers of Luzon in the Philippine Islands use intricate terraces on mountainsides. They create level ponds to flood fields, preserving level land for rice plants.
New York AP reports Dr. R. E. Lapp, a former Office of Naval Research official, argues modern cities with central skyscraper clusters are highly vulnerable to atomic blasts. He urges limiting skyscraper growth, promoting suburban development, and educating the public on atomic weapons to reduce risk and improve defense.
MITCHEL FIELD NY Sept 28 A telephonic air raid warning system capable of alerting any part of the nation in the event of enemy air attack has been completed Continental Air Command headquarters announced yesterday Final installation has been made this month on 146 air raid warning telephones in selected communities through the eastern and western air defense force areas Operators are on duty 24 hours a day at the warning centers located in police and fire department quarters and other civic centers
In Fossil Oregon District Attorney George Dukek said Louise Carr 23 admitted dropping her infant on his head and smothering her two other children in their beds. She said there were times she did not like them.
A Glasgow craze grows as radio crystal sets, nicknamed coronets with television eye, attract amateur tinkers and onlookers in crowded streets. Enthusiasts showcase improvised tuners and small receivers, reflecting postwar gadget fascination and local curiosity in Scotland's urban scene.
The nude body of Atlanta toy salesman Charles E. Pfoertner was found in a bolted Savannah hotel room. Coroner Harold M. Smith said he strangled himself with a 3-foot chain attached to the bedstead, with two pearled strands around his throat and a third to his waist. Two boxes of pearls were found in his luggage, and a handwritten portion of a short story lay nearby.
A jury in 47th District Court found Loy Brown aged 33 not guilty of driving while intoxicated second offense. He had been free on appeal bond from a prior burglary conviction and seven year sentence for burglarizing a Pleasant Valley drug store.
Troops and camel transport equipped with insecticides battle swarms of locusts in the Denakil and Ogaden regions of Ethiopia, aiming to curb widespread pest damage and protect crops and pastures.
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