Hereford Attorney Carl Gilliland Seeks County Attorney Seat
Deaf Smith County voters have one candidate for county attorney Carl Gilliland the Hereford lawyer known across Amarillo Fort Worth and Austin for his courtroom record and casual style He stepped into the post in 1942 after his son Jim joined the Air Forces and now seeks election to continue the office with no opposition He is noted for civic interests cattle raising and a long friendship with Cordell Hull and recalls a Tennessee upbringing and Cumberland University education.
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Helen Burgess
Deaf Smith County
Panhandle
Carl Gilliland
Gilliland
Hereford
Tennessee
Jim Gilliland
Air Forces
Jim
Virginia Military Institute
Carl
Brps
James Gillland
Elizabeth Womble
Cordell Hull
Mr. Gilliland
Celina
Clay County
Tenn
Gillilands
Kentucky
Cumberland Mountains
Cordell
Bill Hull
Bill
Mr. Hull
Texas
Cumberland University
Lebanon
Margaret
James Witherspoon
Jerry
Irene
Amarillo
Reds Claim Boycott on Reich Planning
Paris July 7 Tass charged Russia is excluded from secret talks among the United States Britain and France on Germany as four power ministers fail to resolve invitations to the 21 nation European peace conference. Molotov demands mandatory rules of procedure Byrnes and Bevin offer non binding suggestions while ministers plan to resume talks tomorrow.
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Paris
Tass
Russia
Germany
United States
Britain
France
V. M. Molotov
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Gunshots Open Mexican Vote
Mexico's voters elected a new president and Congress after a peaceful campaign was marred by violence last night. Tlajomulco officials and Tamazulapam leaders were wounded or killed as clashes erupted in San Luis Potosi delaying polls amid unfamiliar officials and long lines.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Congress
Roberto R. Graciano
Tlajomulco
Ezequiel Padilla
Miguel Aleman
Sleeping Sickness Epidemic Fatal to Four Marines in China
Four Marines have died and 28 are hospitalized at the U S Marine base in Tientsin from an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis described by Navy doctors as a form of sleeping sickness. The illness has prompted urgent medical care and containment efforts.
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China
Tientsin
U. S. Marine
Navy
Poland Eyes November General Elections
Warsaw reports Stanislaw Szwalbe vice president of the Polish National Council said election laws would be drafted in August and Poland may hold long awaited general elections in November.
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Warsaw
Stanislaw Szwalbe
Polish National Council
Parliament
Poland
Local bakers raise bread price by one cent per pound
Five Panhandle wholesalers led by Amarillo Baking Company spokesman Robert D. Houck announce today a one cent per pound wholesale boost, lifting 1 and 14 ounce loaf prices to retailers. Cited costs include wheat subsidy repeal and higher shortening wrapping paper costs impacting 30 bakeries within a 100 mile radius of Amarillo.
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Life
Robert D. Houck
Amarillo Baking Company
Buchanan
the News
Houck
OPA
Panhandle
Amarillo
Mann Bakery
Mead’s Bakery
Bon Ton Bakery
Pioneer Bakery
May Denies Role in War Profit Transactions
Kentucky Representative May told the Mead Committee he had no connection with an Illinois munitions combine under war profits investigation beyond helping arrange a timberland deal at no profit to himself. He said he paid every dollar he handled and provided vouchers. he recalled two possible phone calls for arranging meetings after the inquiry began.
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Washington
May
Kentucky
Senate
Mead Committee
Illinois
House
War Investigating Committee
War Department
George Meader
Cumberland Lumber Company
Mead
Yanks Missing In Soviet Zone
BERLIN July 7 Maj. Gen. Frank A. Keating American commander in Berlin said no response to a request to release four Americans held for unauthorized entry into the Soviet occupation zone. The four include three officers and the wife of one. A warrant officer and his wife have been missing about a week after leaving the American sector to buy a dog. The capt and lieutenant have been missing since July 4.
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Berlin
Frank A. Keating
K. C. Frank
Frank
Indians Accept Freedom Plan
In Bombay on July 7 the All-India Congress delegate assembly approved by 204 to 51 the British cabinet mission long term plan for Indian independence. The plan envisions a constituent assembly to draft a charter. Socialists urged rejection of all proposals.
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Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
All-India Congress
Congress Party
British Cabinet Mission
Russell Stationery Company Record Forms Catalog
A listing of record and accounting forms offered by Russell Stationery Company. Includes various ledger sheets, form sets, and office supply items for bookkeeping and administrative use.
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Russell Stationery Company
Tragic Fatal Crash Kills Amarillo Girl Kitty O Keefe
Kitty O Keefe 16 died after a two car crash at Jackson and Twenty eighth. She was thrown from the car she rode in and died from internal injuries at the hospital. The accident occurred as Josephine Catterton 16 and Paul Glovier 34 collided near Hayden. O Keefe was a popular Amarillo High student and member of multiple clubs. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at First Baptist Church with burial in Llano Cemetery.
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Phyllis Grounds
Jackson
Kitty Simms O'Keefe
Kitty Simms O’keefe
R. Earl O’keefe
Hayden
Amarillo
First Baptist Church
A. D. Foreman, Jr
Llano Cemetery
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
O'Keefe
Josephine Catterton
Phil Carlson
Bonham
Carlson
Paul A. Glovier
Glovier
Wilson Lawn
O’keefe
Robert Leitner
R. E. Leitner
W. R. Steel
Borger
Leitner’s
Leitner
Miss Catterton
Miss O'Keefe
Miss O’keefe
St. Francis
Amarillo High School
Sandie
Nancy O’brien
Security Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Southwestern Investment Company
Tenth and
Taylor
Wayne O’keefe
National Lawyers Guild Attacks Clark at Convention
The National Lawyers Guild denounces Attorney General Tom C. Clark and vows to seek his removal unless he reverses Justice Department policies. The criticism follows Clark’s June 21 Chicago Bar Association speech and cites his alleged failure to protect rights.
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Cleveland
National Lawyers Guild Today
Tom C. Clark
Department of Justice
Guild
Clark
Chicago Bar Association
Sash Weights at Olv R and Wiggins Lbr
Sash weights for sale at Olv R and Wiggins Lumber Co located at 1200 West 6th. Items include window and door weights suitable for restoration projects. Contact details not provided.
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R & Wiggins
West
Goering's $50 Million Scheme Bared in Frankfurt
U S investigators reveal former Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering planned to invest 50 million dollars in U S industry as part of a broader aim to influence German finance and secure income for himself. Goering described meetings with Americans including a labor leader and noted embassy funds used to kickstart the plan.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Justice Department
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
U. S
Goering
Nuernberg
Japan
John Rogge
Washington
Atty
Thomas C. Clark
Rogge
Goereing
Nuerneberg
Hitler
Hans Thomsen
Berlin
Reich
Hughes Hurt in Crash on Maiden XF-11 Flight
Millionaire Howard Hughes was critically injured when his XF-11 photographic plane crashed on its maiden test flight near Culver City California. Witnesses said engine trouble and low flight led to impacts on rooftops and a garage fire. He suffered third degree burns, possible internal injuries, and a punctured lung with a skull fracture feared.
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Culver City
Cal
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Beverly Hills
C. J. Murray
Man 67 Plunges From Empire State Building in Apparent Suicide
Charles Vogel of a midtown hotel dies after climbing the 86th floor parapet, tumbling to a terrace and leaping 55 stories amid witnesses. Police call it death by own action. a Canadian Army chaplain provides conditional absolution at the 30th floor.
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New York
Empire State Building
Charles Vogel
Vogel
Frank Malone
Alberta
Canada
Showers Scatter Across Panhandle Areas
Moisture totals rose overnight as scattered thundershowers drenched western and central Panhandle. Pampa reported .59 inches from a shower starting about 7 pm. Amarillo saw late rain with only a trace at 11 pm. Thunderstorms northward over an western Panhandle 15 mile strip dropped 40 inches in Adrian and Hereford.
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Panhandle
Pampa
Amarillo
U. S. Weather Bureau
English Field
Adrian
Hereford
Tucumcari
Exemption Proposals Grow as Senate Resumes OPA Fight
As the Senate prepares to debate a renewed OPA bill, opponents and some supporters draft exemptions for items from petroleum to cotton seed. Senators Moore Eastland and Russell push amendments limiting ceilings, complicating Barkley's efforts for a Truman substitute.
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Senate
Russell
Georgia
OPA
Barkley
Truman
O’daniel
Texas
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Hubert Cole
Pol
Adv
Soviet Zone
Weather Bureau of
West Texas
South Plains
Monay
Kitty Simms
Lawyers Guild
Plains
Philadelphia
George Lange
Frankford Hospital
Lange
Colleen Moore
J. W. Hill
Price Controls Administration
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