Grim Texas weather picture grim and deadly toll
Snow and cold rain spread across Texas with strong winds and ice on roads. The South Plains to Panhandle saw fourth inch snow. Beaumont and Texarkana reported heavy rain. Dallas forecast record cold near 15 degrees. Houston near 28. Greyhound drivers reported snow north to Oklahoma. icy highways from Mineral Wells to Tulsa.
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South Plains
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Sledding Fun Amid Icy Streets In Amarillo
A bus skidded into a pole and a street marker at Julian and West Lawn with no injuries. Terry Logsdon and Cathy Logsdon enjoyed the scene at 1905 Madison as about 40 minor traffic accidents occurred on snow and ice coated streets, marking the first major winter freeze of the year.
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Amarillo
Julian
West Lawn
Terry
Cathy Logsdon
Madison
First Snow of 1935 Haunts Plains Area With Arrests
A gunman Ed Noel, 28, identified by Sheriff Byrd, fired on a posse in Coxbury and killed three men while wounding two. About 400 officers surrounded woods near his home as a search continued into night. Noel blamed as skilled marksman. The report also notes a deadly shooting spree and a heavy snowstorm bringing near freezing temperatures to Amarillo and surrounding towns.
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Holmes County
Richard F. Byrd
Ed Noel
Byrd
Noel
Highway Patrol
Jackson
Coxbury
Lexington
Willie Raymond Dickard
Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Tri-State
Perryton
Dalhart
Roundabout Advertising Pays Off for Bonham Home
Louie Murrin of Bonham tried selling his home in 2020 using Class 61 ads for days with no sale. He then rented it under Classification 25, and a viewer who came to rent instead chose to buy the property, validating his claim that The News and Globe-Times delivers results.
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Murrin
News
Globe-Times
Venire Reports Today in Injunction Suit Hearing
A venire of 200 men reports in 108th District Court to hear the injunction suit brought by Amarillo railroad employees against the Sante Fe Railway Company and 16 unions. The railroad argues in a cross-action with the unions. Judge E C Nelson issued a temporary injunction. today’s hearing will decide if it becomes permanent.
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108Th District Court
Sante Fe Railway Company
Amarillo
E. C. Nelson
India requests UN Assembly reconvening over Korea
New Delhi reports India has formally asked the United Nations General Assembly to reconvene on February 9 to discuss Korea. V. K. Krishna Menon planned to depart for New York, while Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit noted no date set for her departure and no request from member states had been received. The move follows calls from Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai and North Korean Foreign Minister Nam Il for a session to arrange a Korean peace conference.
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India
United Nations General Assembly
Korea
United Nations
New York
V. K. Krishna Menon
U. N. Assembly
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Assembly
Choun-lai
Pandit
Red
Nam
Amarillo Children Claim Dozen Grandparents Each
The Daily News notes Amarillo infants and children who reportedly have twelve living grandparents. William Howard Murray at four months leads several Renfro and Webb siblings with similar counts, while records show one Amarillo child with fifteen total grandparents including several step-grandparents. Snow also coats Memphis as cold snap continues.
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Amarillo
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James Howard Murry
Hickory
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Diana Fay Renfro
Michael Sinclaire Webb
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Cline
Bert Deaver
East 13Th
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Hilltop Drive
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South Roberts
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Williamsburg
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Bellflower
Cal
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Woodbine
G. M. Peet
South Pierce
Jerry M. Webb
Polk
M. A. Webb
Lipscomb
Roy T. White
Georgia
Henry P. Webb
Fort Worth
Canadian
Ben C. Wiseman
Oklahoma City
Martha Ann Puryear
Denver
Colo
H. P. Harris
Gunter
W. H. Riggs
Bonita Drive
Jennie White
Pampa
Hyman Probst
Margaret White
Puryear
Slap Charge on Reuther Witness Slap Charge on Reuther Witness
Prosecutor Gerald K. O'Brien said he would seek a warrant for Donald Ritchie 33 ex convict now thought to be in Canada in connection with assault with intent to kill Walter Reuther. The warrant mirrors charges against four others named by Ritchie. The witness contacted authorities after Christmas describing his ride with the would be assassin the night Reuther was shot April 20 1948.
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Walter Reuther
Canada
Donald Ritchie
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Ritchie
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O'Brien
America
UN Commander Hull Flies to Formosa Over Prisoner Transfer
United Nations Commander Gen John E Hull went to Formosa on Monday to discuss with Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek plans to move 14 000 anti Communist Chinese prisoners from Korea to the Nationalist stronghold.
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United Nations
John E. Hull
Formosa
Chiang Kaishek
Korea
Bolivian Tin Heiress Patino Arrives in Paris for Honeymoon
Preity Maria Isabela Patino heiress to a Bolivian tin fortune and her husband Jimmy Goldsmith arrived in Paris today to begin their honeymoon.
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Maria Isabela Patino
Jimmy Goldsmith
Pioneering aviator Tom Braniff led early Southwest airline venture
Thomas E Braniff, born 1883 in Salina, emerged from Oklahoma City insurance to build Braniff International. He and partner brothers bought a five seat plane in 1927 and launched the first passenger airline in the Southwest between Oklahoma City and Tulsa, later shaping a top global airline. He spoke at Amarillo Chamber banquet on Jan 27.
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Thomas E. Braniff
Amarillo
Bridgeport
Oklo
Oklahoma City
Third and Robinson
Tom
Paul
Tulsa
Paul Braniff
Plane crash kills Braniff and Texas Eastern chiefs
A private plane carrying 12 people including Braniff Airlines president Thomas Braniff and Texas Eastern Gas Transmission president R. H. Hargrove crashed near Wallace Lake after ice formed on the wings. Ten duck-hunting companions died. six others survived. The crash occurred ten miles south of Shreveport, Louisiana, with witnesses noting the plane hit a tree and a power line before bursting into flames.
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Thomas Braniff
Dallas
R. H. Hargrove
Texas Eastern
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Gulf Coast
Here
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Julian Martinez
E. C. Crain
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Hargrove
Justin R. Querbes
Randolph Querbes
E. Bernard Weiss
Milton ‘Weiss
J. P. Evans
John B. Atkins
Jet Sea Plunge Kills 35 Persons
A British Comet jetliner with 35 aboard plummeted into the Tyrrhenian Sea between Elba and Montecristo. Fishermen reported no survivors as 15 bodies were brought in. search halted by darkness. The Rome London flight carried twenty-nine passengers including Chester Wilmot.
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London
David Craig
British European Airways
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Chester Wilmot
Mencken mellowing yet Lancer can still cut where it hurts
Baltimore columnist William Manchester reports H. L. Mencken in retirement offers sly judgments on Ike Truman and MacArthur. The 73 year old critic, struck by cerebral hemorrhage five years earlier, now relies on radio and friends for news as he remains sharp in glare of aging.
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