Restless Weather at Water Valley Ranch in Encampment
The Water Valley Ranch in Encampment Wyoming reports a strange season with daily rain and sudden wind shifts. The group of anglers, including Bill Gilstrap and Herb Buchke, struggle to catch fish as trout go deep. Joe Jones brothers and others explore Battle Lake while Edison lore hints at a connection to the area. A 9-year-old, Patty Burnham, nets an 8-inch native trout, the lone catch of the day.
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Water Valley Ranch
Wyo
Wyoming
Amarillo
Bill Gilstrap
Herb Buchke
N. D. Bartlett
Jones Brothers
Marvin
Washington
Lubbock
Platte
Saratoga
Eye
Brooke Burnham
Battle Lake
Thomas A. Edison
Patty Burnham
Bart
Postmen Boost Palsy Fund With Big City Drive
Amarillo postmen led by Grady Cooper collected donations for the Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center building fund totaling 4767.92 dollars. The drive nears its 40000 dollar goal, with electricians union pledging free wiring work saving about 2000 dollars and late contributions still accepted by mail.
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Grady Cooper
Amarillo
Troy Jones
Reece Faatentein
Track Driver Saved by Railroad Locomotive Assistance
Bill Sartor of Russell Stationery Company, driving between North Fairfield and Grand, got mired on an unpaved road near a Santa Fe spur. A passing diesel locomotive hooked to the truck with a chain and pulled the mud-bound vehicle to solid ground, sparing a call for a wrecker.
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Bill Sartor
Russell Stationery Company
Amarillo
Sartor
Army Tech Village
North Fairfield
Grand
Santa Fe
Bill
Potomac Fever in Washington on Korea and diplomacy
In Washington the front pages mock the war stance with a mix of satire and political lines. Senators warn of inevitable war with Russia while India maintains strict neutrality. The piece notes flight jets in England and jokes about peace efforts racing toward sound speed as public sentiment strains under war pressures.
Plane Crashes in Dalhart County Deaths Reported
Dalhart's Municipal Airport manager Edwin L Edler 29 died when his dual control Inter State Cadet crashed near Channing during an instruction flight. Student Donald Ray Vincent 18 in critical condition at Loretto Hospital. Witnesses say the pair had just completed landings and takeoffs and were returning to Dalhart when the craft fell after a southwest takeoff.
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Dalhart
Edwin L. Edler
Channing
Matador Ranch
Edler
Donald Ray Vincent
Loretto Hospital
Roy Vincent
Matador Ranch’s Red Corrals
Vincent
Reward offered for information in Blocher slavers case
MULES HOE Aug 27 Special a 43 reward will be offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the slavers of Joshua Blocher an eccentric resident of Progress found murdered August 15 He had been missing four days Progress Elevator manager George Houser started the fund with 250 and trustees include J M Forbes publisher of The Muleshoe Journal and W Q Casey bank vice president Sheriff Hugh Freeman Texas Rangers and deputies have investigated with several suspects questioned but released.
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Muleshoe
Joshua Blocher
Progress
Blocher
George Houser
Progress Elevator
Houser
J. M. Forbes
The
Muleshoe Journal
W. Q. Casey
Muleshoe State Bank
Reds Offer Talks Back If UN Probes Kaesong Bombing
In Tokyo the Communists proposed resuming Korea truce talks if the United Nations reopens and proclaims responsibility for an Aug. 22 Kaesong bombing. Ridgway had rejected the charges as false, and no immediate UN reply was reported.
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Tokyo
United Nations Command
Kaesong
Matthew Ridgway
Kim I] Sung
Peng Tehhuai
Peiping Radio
United Nations
widow Doswell inherits 100 in will amid murder case
The Dallas widow of Thomas W. Doswell, an oilman recently shot to death, inherits 100 in his will filed for probate. The bulk of the estate goes to Houston J. Doswell of Weatherford, with other bequests of 100 to Christina and Nellie Doswell. Mrs. Doswell, 52, is charged with murder in her husband’s death.
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Dallas
Thomas W. Dosweill
Houston J. Doswell
Weatherford
Doswell
San Juan
New Mexico
Christina Doswell
Nellie Doswell
Rank mixup at Amarillo base creates confusion
At Amarillo Air Force Base personnel clerks find a misnamed officer. First Lt. Colonel S Ray Jr has been assigned as assistant wing legal officer while his first name is Colonel. Ray is a law graduate from Oklahoma and was ordered back to active duty from the Reserve. He resides at Lucerne apartments 1109 Polk.
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Amarillo Air Force Base
S. Ray, Jr
Ray—pardon
Ray
University of Oklahoma
Air Force Reserve
Lucerne Apartments
Polk
Panhandle Disaster Area Declared Over Drouth
The Agriculture Department named 24 Panhandle and West Texas counties as disaster areas and authorized Farmers Home Administration loans for farmers and stockmen. Loans cannot refinance debt. Eligible counties include Armstrong, Briscoe, Castro, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hale, Hartley, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Palmer, Potter, Randall, Sherman, Swisher, and more.
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Department of Agriculture
Panhandle
West Texas
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Arm Strong
Batley
Briscne
Carsotj Castro
Dallam
Deaf Smith
Gray
Hale
Hansford
Hartley
Hemphill
Hutchinson
Amb
Lipscomb
Moore Ochiltree
Oldham
Palmer
Potter
Randall
Roberts
Sherman
Swisher
Littlefield hosts annual meet of Lamb County pioneers
All day event in Littlefield features Lamb County pioneers meeting at the annual gathering. Levelland hosts Hockley County's 4th annual Soil Conservation District field tour showcasing local conservation efforts.
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Littlefield
Lamb County
Chin
Levelland
Hockley County
Sabre Jets Land in England to Boost NATO Defenses
Twenty five American Sabre jet fighters touched down at a Royal Air Force strip in Shepherds Grove England after a 15 day flight from Spokane Washington. The planes assigned to the Third Air Force reinforce NATO capabilities with a Sabre wing on short notice. Veterans of World War II pilot most of the squadron members.
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Senate
St. Louis
England
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Ike
Shepherds Grove
1Ifth
Europe
Spokane
Amarillo Dog Show entries close at noon Wednesday
Entries for the third annual Amarillo Dog Show must be in by noon Wednesday. The event, Sept 11 at the Tri State Fair Grounds Bull Barn, is licensed under the American Kennel Club. Local trophies and cash prizes honor dogs within seven miles of Amarillo and throughout the national show.
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Gilda
Amarillo
Stormy
W. B. Mason
911 Rusk
American Kennel Club
Panhandle
Bull Barn
Albert Loest
Kansas City
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Ralph Morrison
Panhandie Kennel Club
Betty Blodgett
Polk
Club
Amarillo Area
Canada
Mexico
States
Panhandle Weather Spoils Tuesday Thunderstorms and Warm Temps
Almanac notes scattered thundershowers in West Texas and New Mexico with little temp change. Highs reach 70s to 90s, unsettled midweek. no major shifts expected. Also mentions 1859 petroleum discovery in Pennsylvania and 1943 flag rise over Japanese islands.
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Texas
Orear
New Mexico
Pennsylvania
Niain Islands
Panhandle
Virwo
Workers Asked By Wage Board To Resume Job
The International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers were urged to return to work as the Wage Stabilization Board reviewed the strike. About 58 900 workers quit, affecting 95 percent of copper output nationwide. Major firms named include Anaconda Copper, Phelps Dodge, Kennecott, and American Smelting.
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International Union of
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
White House
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Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
CIO
MSWU
International Workers of the World
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
American Brass Company
Phelps Dodge
Kennecott
American Smelting and Refining
Amarillo Weekly Schedule Highlights Local Groups
Today in Amarillo events include golf tours at Amarillo Country Club and municipal meetings at City Hall and the Municipal Auditorium. Community groups meet at Herring Hotel and Mexican Inn with a 7:30 PM concert by the Amarillo Community Band at Sam Houston Park.
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Amarillo
Mexican Literary Circle
Mexican Inn
Baratoga Cafe
West Heventh
Sam Houston Park
Ross Rogers Course
Thastmactery Club
Merta
Herring
Gold Sox
Clovis Pioneers
Modern Cattle Rustlers Face FBI Trail
FBI chief J Feigar Hoover warns rustling persists nationwide. Modern thieves use pickup trucks and flashlights, not bronchos, matching a new era of gun-toting, law‑abiding agents confront rustlers. Hoover notes 27 rustlers jailed in the year to last June with cattle worth £13,000 recovered.
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FBI
Washington
Hopalone Cassidy
J. Feigar Hoover
Cassidy
Hoover
PBI
Cent
Slaughterers May Pay Higher Prices
An official warns retail, wholesale beef prices may rise as actions are taken. Uve cattle prices are expected to increase five to ten cents per hundred pounds, wholesale beef up ten to thirty cents, and retail beef ceilings revised with increases of one to two cents per pound.
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Washington
Alig
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Nittan Mitten
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