Riding Herd on Amarillo Traffic Levels and Gaps
The Amarillo Safety Council asks for six more traffic patrolmen after reviewing patrol strengths. The Police Traffic Division lists 14 day staff and five night staff, with at most four on duty at night and two tied up per shift for accident work. Night Captain Sadler directs the night patrol and Anderson notes shifts can be altered for emergencies and events. Over time pay compensates for extra shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Safety Council
Police Department
Sadler
Anderson
East Texas Chamber Holds Silver Jubilee Convention in Tyler
The East Texas Chamber of Commerce plans a week of events in Tyler including business sessions banquets music and a dance. The writer recalls West Texas Chamber hoopla and urges broader public participation and revived parade style conventions.
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East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Tyler
Plainsman Hotel planned for downtown Lubbock site
Lubbock businessmen propose a $500000 125 room hotel at Twenty first and Avenue Q to be named The Plainsman, awaiting zoning clearance from the City Planning Commission. The Amarillo Forum, Exchange Club, and Junior Chamber plan a May 2 town meeting on the farm program with speakers slated from St Francis and Dimmit. Prairie fire causes are under study with a Kritser ranch spark noted. A joke on hypocrites and pins closes the item.
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Lubbock
Twenty-first
Avenue Q
City Planning Commissione
Amarillo Forum
Exchange Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jor Berg
St. Francis
National Farmers Union
Brannan
Posey Cunningham
Dimmitt
Prairie fires blister Panhandle across Hartley and Borger areas
Fire fighters tamed three major Sunday blazes in Hartley County north and east of Romero, near Higgins and Borger, burning 4 to 75 square miles. The Hartley fire crossed Shelton and Houghton ranches, with livestock losses undetermined and fences torn to move cattle to safety as winds 35 to 45 mph drove the flames.
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Panhandle
Romero
Hartley County
Higgins
Wolfe Creek
Borger
Rock Creek
Shelton
Houghton, Reynolds
Matador
W. J. Lewis
Charlie McMurtry
Houghton Ranch
Bridges Sentenced Five Years For Perjury Conspiracy
Harry Bridges CIO longshore chief was sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring and perjury tied to hiding his Communist affiliations. Judge George B. Harris ordered immediate custody after denying motions to reverse the 81 day trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Harry Bridges
CIO Longshore
George B. Harris
Bridges
A&P Denies Monopoly Charge in Antitrust Responds
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company rejected monopoly claims in its first formal answer to the government antitrust suit. It accused the Justice Department of aiming to reshape the US economy and asked for dismissal, arguing no fact or law justifies breaking up the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Justice Department
US District Court
A&p
Blood on the Stars Delayed to Start Next Saturday
Brett Halliday's Miami murder mystery Blood on the Stars is delayed due to Circumstances beyond our control. It will now begin next Saturday morning in The Daily News after completion of A Rage to Live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brett Halliday
Miami
Daily News
Dust Storm Sweeps Panhandle From Texas to Kansas City
Red dust from outside the region blew into the Panhandle under strong westerly and northerly winds. Amarillo visibility dropped to 1 percent, rising to 6 miles by afternoon. places like Plainview and Tucumcari reported very low visibilities while dust reached the Lubbock area and extended toward Kansas City and Topeka before winds eased. Temperatures ranged from 43 to 67, with today’s expected 34 to 68.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Layton
US Weather Bureau
Amarillo Air Terminal
Hedley
Memphis
Amarillo
News-Globe Photographic Department
Weather Bureau
Plainview
Clarendon
Gage
Okla
Dalhart
Clayton
Tucumcari
Lubbock
Kansas City
Topeka
Kan
Man says he goes over railing daily on Goethals Bridge
In Elizabeth New Jersey on April 10 a motorist reported a man walk to the railing of the Goethals Bridge and vanish into the Arthur Kill. Rescue crews found him dangling below the railing and he claimed he jumped over the edge stating Do it every day I am the welder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Goethals Bridge
Arthur Kill
Staten Island
Mercy Killer Mohr Sentenced in Mercy Killing Case
Harold A. Mohr is sentenced to three to six years for voluntary manslaughter in the mercy killing of his 55 year old brother Walter Mohr. Judge James F. Henninger noted the jury's mercy plea and Mohr's claim of memory loss. Mohr faces a maximum 12 years and a $6,000 fine, plus a $500 penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Harold A. Mohr
Lehigh County
James F. Henninger
Walter Mohr
Mohr
Henninger
Junior Spelling Bee Set At Horace Mann School
The first annual Horace Mann School Junior Spelling Bee starts at 2:30 PM with contestants from city elementary schools and River Road Bushland Seney Ady and Weighland Park. County winners advance to the National Spelling Bee on April 22 at Amarillo High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Mann School
West Texas
The
News- Globe
Supt
Chas. M. Rogers
River Road
Bushland
Seney
Ady
Weighland Park
H. Grady Wilson
Potter County
Amarillo High School
Doctors Meet in Amarillo Today
The Panhandle Medical Society opens its spring meeting at 9:30 this morning in the Herring Hotel with many out of town doctors present after attending Potter County Medical Society’s last night gathering at St. Anthony's Hospital. Two days of lectures cover medicine, eye ear nose throat, with surgery and obstetrics gynecology on Wednesday. The annual banquet is at 7:30 p.m. in Crystal Ballroom. New officers will be elected at Wednesdays noon session.
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Panhandle Medical Society
Herring Hotel
City
Potter County Medical Society
St. Anthony’s Hospital
C. B. Jones
Wellington
Panhandle District Medical Society Meet and Local Events
Amarillo hosts a noon to evening slate with the Panhandle District Medical Society meeting at Herring Hotel and a calendar of civic engagements. Chamber committees, Kiwanis and Lions luncheons, Red Cross first aid for Girl Scout leaders, Toastmasters, a police watchmakers guild, and a college PTA officer election illuminate a busy public schedule.
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The
Panhandle District Medical Society
Herring Hotel
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Amarillo
Capitol Hotel
North Amarillo
Red Cross
Taylor
Frank Davis
Calvin Maynard
Chamber of Commerce
Panhandle
Colonial Room
Silver Grill Cafe
Howard Dodgen
Texas Game Fish & Oyster Commission
Herring
Saratoga Cafe
North Fillmore
North Plains Watchmakers Guild
Potter County
Toastmasters Club
West Tenth
Price College
Parent-Teachers Association
Beverly Smith
Andrew Tyszkiewicz
Tri-State Fair Park
Texas Wheat Crop Falls to FourteenYear Low in 1950
The USDA projects Texas wheat at 24,940,000 bushels for 1950, the smallest since 1936, due to drought and pests. Last year Texas yielded 102,848,000 bushels, while 1947, the all-time high, reached 124,270,000. Rains could help, but prospects remain poor amid brown wheat mites, cutworms, and green bugs with dust storms reflecting drought.
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Texas
Forecast Indicates Mild Harvest in US
The Agriculture Department forecast a 1950 winter wheat crop of 763.59 million bushels, with Texas production the smallest since 1936. It is 121.07 million bushels below the December forecast and below last year's output. The projected average winter wheat yield is 14.4 bushels per acre, with 16.8 percent of planted winter wheat not expected to be harvested. Rye and pasture conditions are at 85 and 80 percent of normal, respectively, while orange and grapefruit crops are near 101.235 million and 37.07 million boxes, matching or near recent levels and the 10-year averages.
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Washington
Texas
US Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Red Cross to Supply Serum Ahead of Measles Peak
The American Red Cross announced it will make serum available to doctors nationwide in anticipation of the upcoming measles season, aiming to bolster treatment options and curb outbreaks.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Advertising Postponed Santa Fe
A State Highway Department official said the agency cannot advertise its next projects until April 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
State Highway Department
Supreme Court bars hearing on contempt conviction appeals
The Supreme Court refused to hear appeals of Hollywood writers John Howard Lawson and Dalton Trumbo in a 6 to 2 decision. They were convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions about Communist ties, with sentences of one year in jail and a $1,000 fine each. The court issued no opinion.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Congressional
High Court
Congress
John Howard Lawson
Dalton Trumbo
Lawson
Trumbo
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Robert W. Kenny
Los Angeles
Fair Tweed 4 On This Day In 1713 And Night Sky Notes
Almanac style items note Gibraltar ceded to Britain in 1713 and a playful daily forecast. Mentions moon rise at 4 15 tomorrow morning, Vega the bright star rising at 10 22 PM, planets Mercury Saturn Mars and Venus timings. Includes brief quips about men and women and a light joke.
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Gibraltar
Britain
Spain
Amarillo
Vega
Mercury
Saturn
Mars
Venus
Pioneer Amarillo architect J C Berry dies at 74
Funeral plans await arrival of relatives at Blackburn-Shaw for J C Berry dean of Amarillo architects. Born October 15 1875 in East Texas he came to the Panhandle in 1906 and shaped many courthouses schools and landmark buildings including the American National Bank and Herring Furniture. He mentored young architects and was a longtime member of the American Institute of Architects. He is survived by his wife three sons two daughters two brothers and two sisters.
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Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
J. C. Berry
Amarillo
Berry
St. Anthony's Hospital
B. Zimmerman
West Tenth
East
Texas
Oklahoma
Ardmore
First Christian Church
Panhandle
Fontier Country
Mr. Berry
Lubbock
Dumas
Wellington
Shamrock
Carson County
J. C
Wheeler County
Pampa
Bonavista
Borger
Berry, Kerr & Kerr
Word & Sign
American Institute of Architects
Texas Society of Architects
Zimmerman
YMCA Launches Drive for Funds for 1950 Campaign
More than 60 YMCA workers gathered at the Herring Hotel for a kick off dinner opening the 1950 fund raising and membership campaign. Harold Dunn of Shamrock Oil spoke urging youth guidance and leadership. Drive chairman K S Grenewald outlined plans and four division leaders were named with assigned contributors. Progress reports are set for Mondays and Thursdays with a final dinner May 11.
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YMCA
Herring Hotel
Young Men’s Christian Association
Harold Dunn
Shamrock Oil and Gas Company
Dunn
K. S. Grenewald
Drive
Harold Ochsner
Glenn Morris
Norman C. Long
Paul Allingham
Herman Ford
Ed C. Shaw
Jim Collins
H. O. Willborn
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Wes Izzard
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Olver & Wiggins Ltr Co
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Reynolds Land and Cattle
Cathartie
Shelton Ranch
Blood On the Stars
Tri-State
Texas Department of Public Safety
Mercy Killer Mohr
News-Globe
Washington, DC
Sam Rayburn
National Press Club
Rayburn
Nacogdoches
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