Battle of the Soxes opens Amarillo home stand tonight
The Amarillo Gold Sox host the Abilene Blue Ox at English Field in a 1948 season opener with a parade and Baseball Day. Attendance goals, forecasted mild weather, and a charity donation from half of tonight's receipts set the scene for opening night.
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Amarillo Gold Sox
Abilene Blue Ox
Amarillo
Lawrence Hagg
Bob Leeds
US Weather Bureau
English Field
Gold Sox
Lubbock
Abilene
Blue Sox
Sox
Blue Hose
San Jancinto Kiwanis Club
San Jacinto
Fourteenth
Polk Streets
Sandie Band
Leeds
Ira Stephenson
Buck Fausett
Kids, Inc
Polk Street
Bob Crues
Crues
Bert Levy
McDavid Brothers
Trollinger-Smith
Arrow
Zale
Billford
Diamond Shop
George Locke
Bob Seeds Sporting Goods
Amarillo Garage & Storage
Draper Fruit Comany
Blackburn Sporting Goods
Spalding
Harry Holland's
Amarillo Hardware
Pinkney Packing Company
Homer
Arab Legion Leads Push Into Palestine Amid UN Tensions
Dispatches from Amman report Trans-Jordan’s Arab Legion with 15 000 troops to lead an invasion of Palestine by Saturday. Abdullah to command all but Egyptian units as Syria Lebanon and Egypt join the effort to stop Jewish statehood before May 15. The UN plans for partition face renewed threats as violence mounts across the Middle East and beyond.
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Trans-Jordan
Arab Legion
Palestine
Abdullah
Amman
Syria
Lebanon
Egypt
Holy Land
Lake Success
United Nations
Alamein
Jerusalem
Forrestal Rules Out War Threat but Seeks Modest Military Budget
Secretary of Defense Forrestal told a Senate committee he does not foresee imminent war and cautioned against expanding military spending beyond 3.481 billion dollars for the coming year. He favors a 66-group Air Force plan while ensuring balance with the Army and Navy to maximize results if budgets are constrained.
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Forrestal
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
O’mahoney
Wyoming
O’daniel
Texas
High Command
Omar Bradley
Army
Russia
O'Mahoney
Lyndon Johnson
Real Religion Urges Cure for Ailing World at Texas Convention
Lester B. Rickman, president of the 61st Texas Christian Churches convention, urged a revival of Christian life to counter world materialism. More than 400 delegates heard him condemn church material growth and call for renewed missionary effort and evangelism centered on God.
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Lester B. Rickman
61St Convention of Texas Christian Churches
Mr. Rickman
First Christian Church
Rickman
Vandenberg Warns Stalin in Speech on Treason at Dinner
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan told Premier Stalin that the U S will not surrender to Communist conspiracies at home. As Foreign Relations chair he urged rooting out treason and warned against Munich or Wallace peace while stressing realism and strength. Forrestal commented that naval readiness would remain top in the world with ongoing modernization.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Michigan
Stalin
Russia
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ferguson
Communist Party
America
Munich
Jonah
Forrestal
Amarillo civic and club events slate today
A busy schedule lists the state Christian Churches convention at Herring and Blackstone hotels with delegates, plus piano teacher auditions at Trinity Lutheran Parish Hall. Assemblies of God convention sessions at First Assembly, Kiwanis, Lions, and club meetings. Evening baseball and city commission meeting noted.
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State Convention of Christian Churches
Herring
Blackstone
National Guild of Piano Teachers
Srea
Trinity Lutheran Parish
Harrison
West Texas
Assemblies of God Churches Convention
First Assembly of God Church
North East Eighth
Pierce
North Amarillo
Lana Turner Marries Henry J. Topping in Quiet Hollywood Ceremony
Lana Turner wed Henry J. Topping in a simple ceremony at Wilkerson's home with 14 guests. The bride wore a champagne lace gown, something old and borrowed, and exchanged platinum rings before leaving for New York and Europe on plans involving midget car racing ventures.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Lana Turner
Henry J
Bob) Topping
Lana
William R. Wilkerson
Cian
Topping
Henry J. Topping
Toppings
New York
London
Mauretania
Europe
Pain-Proof Baby Laughs At Bruises Burns And Needles
Beverly Smith a one year old at Akron Ohio's Children’s Hospital reportedly never feels pain from burns bruises or needle injections. Doctors call it a congenital indifference to injury saying only four or five such cases exist worldwide.
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Akron. O
Beverly Smith
Children’s Hospital
Beverly
Victoria Smith
Barbara
Amarillo teachers cleared in communism allegations
Two Amarillo High School government teachers were acquitted by the school board on charges of propagandizing for federal aid and promoting Communism in class. The public hearing sought to expose misinformation and clarify the issues.
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Amarillo
Rulrs
Laura Roberts
Thomas Haynie
C. E. Birkmeyer
Patsy
Haynie
L. G. Gusler
Jack
West Sixth
Miss Roberts
Dick Bivins
Bivins
Mr. Smith
Bivins and Smith
Jerry Briscoe
Tom Wingate
E. M. Blackburn, Jr
Bill Gunn
Two Detroit Quads Survive and Die in Premature Birth
April 26 Detroit reports two of four quadruplets born at Providence Hospital died late today. The remaining two, both girls under two pounds, cling to life in incubators as doctor notes a narrow thread. Mother Anne Borg, 28, and husband Joseph, also 28, of Detroit, are described as doing fine.
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Detroit
Providence Hospital
Anne Borg
Joseph
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas area
Weather forecast shows fair conditions in Amarillo and vicinity with slight warming through Tuesday and Wednesday. West Texas also fair with no significant temperature changes. New Mexico expects fair weather Tuesday with highs from 60 to 85 depending on location. Yesterday’s temperatures ranged from 47 to 78 degrees with sunrise at 6 00 AM and sunset at 7 29 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Ross
What Am I Saying On Spring By Frank Morcan
A lighthearted piece on spring and leap year humor by Frank Morcan. The author notes the paradox of leap years and explains how spring inspires gallantry in boys and buoyancy in girls, with a playful tone.
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Frank Morcan
N. ¥. Post Corp
Randall Club Urges Check on Plumbing Issues in Amarillo Homes
Randall Club urges local inspection and possible arrests over numerous complaints of faulty plumbing in 1947 houses in the ninth County and southwestern Amarillo. Members showed photos of four jobs, citing health hazards and possible illegal materials. The meeting featured a film on a boy's dysentery death from siphonage and a talk on the new state plumbing law and local enforcement.
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Ninth County
Amarillo
New City
F. S. Finch
Palo Duro Association
Claud Belk
Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners
Austin
Belk
Charles O. Towne
Towne
Randall
Representative Isacson Granted Passport to Palestine
Washington April 26 Representative Isacson of New York has been granted a passport to visit Palestine. He was previously denied a passport last month to attend a Paris meeting of Greek guerrilla backers. Corrugated Iron at Olver and Wiggins Lumber Co. 1200 W. 6th.
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Washington
Isacson
New York
Palestine
Isaeson
Paris
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co
Suits To Collect Hospital Bills
Potter County commissioners urged court action to collect past due accounts at Northwest Texas Hospital. Notices to sue over unpaid bills will target more than 100 former patients within the week as deficits exceed 30 000 dollars since January.
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Northwest Texas Hospital
Potter County
F. F. “Buck” Beringer
John Crudgington
Herb Willborn
Crudgington
Hospital
John Peterson
Peterson
Radio Ser
Amarillo
Sydney Snowstorm Hits Cape Breton In Spring Blast
A severe spring snowstorm battered Cape Breton with below freezing temperatures. The Halifax forecast shows gales up to 60 mph across the eastern maritimes through Tuesday noon. Lowell Cam Green of Clovis named clerk of the New Mexico Supreme Court.
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Sydney
Cape Breton
Halifax Weather Office
Maritime Provinces
Lowell Cam Green
Clovis
New Mexico
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