VA Chief Defers Amarillo VA Hospital Expansion Decision
General Carl R. Gray Jr. visited Amarillo to review the Veterans Hospital needs and deferred a decision on expanding the Amarillo facility to 500 beds. He urged proper bed allocation and staffing while noting housing and personnel challenges in the region. He emphasized VA reshuffling to place large hospitals near medical centers and to serve a broad area including West Texas and parts of New Mexico and Oklahoma.
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Carl R. Gray, Jr
Veterans Affairs
Amarillo Veterans Hospital
Gray
Herring Hotel
George Broome
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Broome
Veterans Hospital
Rex Baxter
Lou J. Roberts
American Legion Department of Texas
George S. Littell
Paul Clauser
Roy Beard
Texas Veterans Affairs Commission
Lew Fields
L. A. Pitt
American Legion
Hanson Post
Joe Jenkins
General Gray
Wright Armstrong
Burlington Lines
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Mrs. Gray
G. T. Gardell
A. W. Woolford
Col
T. G. Lanphier
Lee Cady
William N. Sewell
Dallas
Chicago & Northwestern Railway System
Veterans Administration
Washington
Orla Brinkley Trial Opens Over 18 Month Old Death
Dr. E H Mann testified in 47th District Court detailing the external condition of Joseph Michael Getz's body after the boy died. Brinkley is charged with murder of his 18 month old stepson. cross examination left unclear whether bruises caused death as jury selection continued.
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Joseph Michael Getz
47Th District
Orla L. Brinkley
E. H. Mann
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
Joseph Michael
Dreamy witness testifies in Brinkley child death case
J R Pendergraft, neighbor of the Brinkleys, described returning home on August 30 and being asked to take the Brinkley baby to the hospital. He testified the infant showed bruises and appeared dead at Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital, while Brinkley and his wife reacted with distress.
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J. R. Pendergraft
East Twelfth
Brinkleys
Brinkley
Pendergraft
T. L. Brinkley
Johnny
Nix
E. A. Simpson
Amarillo events listed for civic groups sales and meetings
The notice catalog lists Cadillacs on display at Amarillo Motor Co and ticket sales for a Junior League Charity Ball. It also notes meetings of the Highway Committee, YMCA Board, Junior Chamber, Panhandle Geological Society, Lions Club Dinner, National Guard drills, Local 441 union dance, and a Salvation Army radio program on KGNC.
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Amarillo Motor Co
Tyler
White & Kirk
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Tenth Street
Santa Fe
OON Ycma Board of Directors
Herring Hotel
OON Junior Chamber of Commerce
OON Panhandle Geological Society
Amarillo Area Weather Outlook This Week
The Amarillo region shows continued partly cloudy skies into Wednesday and Thursday with a dip in temperatures. Snow flurries are possible Thursday in the Panhandle, and no major precipitation is expected. Overnight temperatures fall, with daytime highs around the mid range and a trace of precipitation recorded in the last 24 hours.
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Amarillo
Temture
Panhandle
Dan Dein
Record Artists Stampede Back to Work
New five year contract ends Petrillo ban as major labels resume recordings across coasts. Notables like Gladys Swarthout Arthur Godfrey and Jo Stafford headline sessions while royalties fund a two million dollar annual union welfare program for unemployed musicians.
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New York
Petrillo
Afl-American Federation of Musicians
Truman
Harry
Metropolitan Opera
David Sarnoff
RCA Victor
Gladys Swarthout
Dorothy Kirsten
Ferrucio Tagliavini
Lawrence Tibbett
Jan Peerce
Marilyn Cotlow
Thomas Hayward
Big Four
Decca
Samuel R. Rosenbaum
Philadelphia
Army Secrets Stolen Raid Sheds Light on 1937 38 Leak
The House Un-American Activities Committee charged a Soviet espionage ring operated in Washington and that secrets of great military significance were taken from the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland during 1937-38. A witness in a private session and a continuing investigation tied the leak to the State Department and other agencies.
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Washington
Aberdeen
House Un-American Activities Committee
Mundt
South Dakota
T? Po
Whittaker Chambers
State Department
Chambers
Report City Bus Pact Evaporated
Reports say negotiations between Amarillo Bus Company drivers and management have collapsed. M. P. Nussbaum declined comment while union officials were unavailable. Clarence Aber, union representative, said he had no information on a signing meeting. Drivers told Daily News there is no contract, despite a reported Monday agreement for a 10 cent hourly raise and other benefits.
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Amarillo Bus Company
M. P. Nussbaum
Clarence Aber
Aber
Oklahoma City
Amalgamated Association of Street and Railway, Motor Coach Employee of America
Local 144
Panhandle Farm Women Make Waves on Atlantic City Boardwalk
Mrs. Delon Kirk reports from Atlantic City as Panhandle Texas Farm Bureau delegates arrive for the National convention. Beautysalons buzz with Texas Mrs. Luther Browder antiques roam the Boardwalk. 104 Texans stay at Traymore Hotel while others shop, dine, and network amid a festive, bustling setup.
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Delon Kirk
Daily News
Atlantic City
Texas Panhandle
Plains
E. D. Clement
Spearman
Traymore Hotel
Sherman County
Luther Browder
Luther
Sam Wohlford
Stratford
Harry Shedecks
St. Louis
Amarillo
Harry
Tilsons
Terrys
Lubbock
Farm Bureau
Panhandle
Leo Smith
Leo
Arthur Cartrite
W. F. Winginton
Phoebe K. Warner
Tinois
Judge Riggs Improves After Missing Case in Amarillo Area
Former Potter County judge J N Riggs, about 720 years old, showed improvement after being found alive and taken to Northwest Texas Hospital. He had been missing from his home on Sunday and was discovered in a Johnson grass field near River Road School, west of Mobley Avenue, about eight miles northwest of Amarillo, suffering from shock and exposure with minor injuries.
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Peiping
Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Hong Kong
Washington
Hwai River
Tientsin
South
Chow Chih-jou
Fu Tso-yi
Associated Press
Spencer Moosa
Tsingtao
Potter County
Mobley Avenue
Amarillo
Bill Adams
Riggs
Santa Claus Trade and Local Banquets Schedule
Memphis hosts the annual Santa Claus event at 2:30 PM with parade and trade fair. McAllister hosts a 4-H Club Relation Day Banquet at the school house at 6:00 PM. Canyon offers a Community Christmas Concert at 8:00 PM at the Methodist church hosted by the Music Arts Club. Memphis OES School of Innovation presents an event at 8:30 PM.
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Memphis
McAllister
Iu Sch
Canyon
Music Arts Club
Methodist Jurch
OES Sebool
Injon
Asont
Aluminum lead program controls sought with three governments
Wilcox said a week ago he would take the matter to the Belgian Dutch and British governments and has not heard back. Bruce sent cablegrams to ECA and these governments to bring their programs for aluminum lead under control to avoid further drastic actions. Senator Connally disclosed the Senate House ECA watchdog committee looked into aluminum resale at the December 2 meeting.
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Wilcox
Bruce
ECA Ee
Senator Connally
Texas
Senate House
ECA
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Frankfurt
Wilma Ybarbo
Malden
Mass
Stanley L. Gaines
Brookline
Marburg
John Ybarbo
Goliad
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Wire
Orla Brinkley
Frank Morcan
NY Post Corporation
Meyers Motor Co
Chrysler-Plymouth
Texas West Gulneon
South Plains
Daily News Index
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Island
Sabemeask
Angus Herd
Russells
Olver
Ir. Co
Reds
Jonah and the Red Whale
Maryland
McDowell
Pennsylvania
Judge Riggs
Piai
Tween
Vas
Europe
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Belgium
Holland
United States
Howard Bruce
Sule An
Ralph L. Wilcox
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