Fugitives Captured After Plains Escape in Panhandle
Three jail escapees Vernon Hill, Thomas Gathright, and Don Davis were recaptured after trekking across Carson County plains. Binkley and Hill face burglary charges. Hill and Davis were found with a stolen 1941 Ford pickup near White Deer. A fourth man Leo James remains at large. Sheriff Williams credited cross-state cooperation and roadblocks across Texas Kansas Oklahoma and New Mexico for the capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Edward Hill Thomas Gathright
Binkley, Jr
Don Davis
Carson County
Panhandle
Binkley
Pampa
Clarence Williams
Hill
Davis
Sey
Williams
Arvin Click
White Deer
Willams
Pantex Lake
James
California
Oklahoma City
Seymour
Fort Worth
Graham
Amarillo
Wiliams
Texas
Dudley White
Kansas
Oklahoma
Colorado
New Mexico
Daily News
Clifford Holt
Lonesome Road
Vernon Edward Hill
Thomas Gathright Binkley, Jr
Soviet Policies Led to War Warns Kravchenko at Hearings
Victor Kravchenko, former Soviet Purchasing Commission member, testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee that Russia spawns spies in the United States and pursues a postwar course making war inevitable. He says Molotov could succeed Stalin, cites intensified espionage, and accuses Soviet secret police of brutal control while noting plans for atomic capability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Victor A. Kravchenko
Russia
America
Kravchenko
Russian Purchasing Commission
Molotov
Stalin
United States
Communist Party
Sedov
Central Committee
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations
Gromyko
Purchasing Commission
Kravechenko
Khimushkin
Moscow
Plano
Kravcchenko
Soviet Purchasing Commission
Lightning strikes packed Pittsburgh trolley injuring sixteen
A dense outbound streetcar was struck during the afternoon rush in Pittsburgh. Sixteen passengers sustained cuts burns or shock and were taken to Mercy Hospital. Bystanders helped police and ambulances remove victims as glass shattered. Passengers reported no panic as they exited the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Mercy Hospital
Sherry Marcus
Marriage Means Freedom for Him
Spencer W. Bonham, 35, freed from a one year jail term to remarry Lula Mae Croft, 16 at their San Antonio wedding in 1945. He faced embezzlement of 1800 dollars from the Burlingame store he managed and must obtain employment and begin repaying the sum as a condition of freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redwood City
Cal
Spencer W. Bonham
Bonham
A. R. Cotton
Lula Mae Croft
Texas
San Antonio
Bevy
Burlingame
Lula Mae
Winthrop H. Thorpe
Ligons Metal Stools Advertisement in Russell's Store
Ligons Metal Stools advertised as strong and useful available at Russell's located at 611 Taylor with contact Ph. 2-1237.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Dutch ban out in Java 7
Dutch seaborne invasion forces captured large segments of Eastern Java and advanced on Jogjakarta backed by armored units. Indonesian communiques report stiff resistance, with Dutch advances on multiple fronts and air attacks on Probolinggo and nearby areas. Casualties cited as 150 on first day. Dutch and Indonesian sides clash across Java and Sumatra with airpower dominating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Java
Jogjakarta
Semarang
Salatiga
Sumatra
Here
Netherlands
United Nations
New York
Brisbane
Australia
Security Council
Cheribon
Kra- Wang
Batavia-Cheribon-Jogjakarta
Pasir Poetih
Probolinggo
Bandowoso
Bandoeng
Merak
Republican
Escape by seven disguises man from asylum shocks Britain
John Lapsien, a 37 year old inmate of Broadmoor, escaped with seven disguises including a clergyman outfit. Police guard Mrs. Kathleen Woodward after Lapsien strangled a child in 1937 and claimed the mother killed the infant. He reportedly stole lunchroom funds, scaling a 16 foot wall to flee with 648 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
John Lanpsien
Dramatic Society
Broadmoor Berkshire
Kathleen Woodward
Burford
Oxfordshire
Lapsien
O’Daniel Plans Texas Wide Speaking Tour Next Week
U.S. Senator W Lee O Daniel announces a statewide speaking swing starting next week to report on Washington conditions and to explain his 1948 campaign position. He jokes about hitchhiking, names possible rivals like Gov Beauford Jester and Lyndon B Johnson, and says he will answer voters questions on the issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Daniel
Texas
O’daniel
Ilhitchhike
Beauford Jester
Coke Stevenson
Lyndon B Johnson
Austin
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Dust Storms Cross North Plains With Warm Amarillo Readings
Thunderstorms drifted from New Mexico mountains across the North Plains, bringing 25 mph winds and dust flurries to Amarillo. A North Plains shower yielded .43 inch near Clayton, while Presidio saw 107 degrees as Amarillo climbed to 85. A new 10 cent airmail stamp will go on sale August 30 in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
North Plains
Amarillo
Canadian River
Clayton
Presidio
Washington
Washington DC
Postoffice
Post Department
Red envoy makes taunting remark on Kravchenko hearing
Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko denounces the Kravchenko testimony before the House Committee on Un American Activities with a sharp quip about a dog and its underbelly drawing spectators. The remark is reported from Lake Success on July 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations
Victor A. Kravchenko
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Young Boise Boy Pulls 20 Inch Rainbow Trout
Eight year old Charles Pit man of Boise stuck his hand into an irrigation ditch and pulled out a 20 inch rainbow trout. He said the fish grabbed him by the tail and tossed him onto the bank. Friend Dickie Weigel witnessed the event and Curley McPhail corroborated the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Jack Horner
Fairyland
Charles Pitman
Charles
Dickie Weigel
Curley McPhail
Attorney General to Open Legion Rodeo in Paris
Price Daniel will speak Thursday evening at the American Legion world championship rodeo in Paris. The event opens with a brief address by the attorney general ahead of competition among top rodeo riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel
RODEO
Paris
Price Daniel
American Legion
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Weather section notes partly cloudy conditions across Amarillo and West Texas with scattered thundershowers possible in Panhandle. Temperatures slightly warmer with highs in the 85 to 100 range and minimal change expected. Sunrise and sunset times are listed along with forecast period through July 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Texas
Gulf Plains
Pan‘handle Wennesder
Dry Ice Bomb Clouds Rain Over Roosevelt Dam
The Arizona Republic reports dry ice dropped from an airliner precipitated heavy rain over Roosevelt Dam. Vincent J. Schaefer and GE scientist tech used 500 pounds of ice in batches to induce rain on a 20 mile cloud, with observers noting the cloud fully precipitated and calls for further trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
The
Arizona Republic
Aopyright
Roosevelt Dam
Lake Roosevelt
Vincent J. Schaefer
General Electric Company
Republic
Mott
Robert J. Hannelly
Phoenix Junior College
Palefaces Steal Indian Thunder
7 Hopi snake dancers protested white intrusion into their rain making realm in Flagstaff Arizona claiming they produced rains during a July 4 Southwest powwow. They accused a Roosevelt Dam rain-making stunt of using dry ice dropped from an airplane to simulate clouds. A spokesman urged whites to dance for their own water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flagstaff
Ariz
Roosevelt Dam
Police Chief Slain in Kansas as Deputies Are Shot
Garnett Kansas July 22 Police Chief Ed Payne was killed on Main Street. Undersheriff E J Buckles and Horace Beauchamp were wounded while attempting to arrest a war veteran for questioning. Beauchamp in serious condition. Sheriff Mays pursued the veteran who fled south as state patrol joined the manhunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnett
Kan
Ed Payne
Main Street
E. J. Buckles
Horace Beauchamp
Harry Mays
Buckles
Beauchamp
May Ard
Lad Now Denies Drowning Babies
In Massillon Ohio authorities hear a changing tale from six year old Roger Gue who claimed he killed two infant girls by accident yet his mother and city county officials clash over the truth The case remains unsolved with doctors and the coroner disputing the boy’s admission and police chief Switter accusing the prosecutor of hunting a killer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massillon
Massillon City Hospital
Roger Gue
Navarre
City Hospital
MM Rogue Gue
Roger
Stark County
D. Deane McLaughlin
EF. C. Reno
Young Gue
Stanley W. Switter
Deane McLaughlin
De Tax on Jewelry Proposed by House in Wartime Cut
The House voted to wipe out the 20 percent tax on jewelry under 25 dollars, a move that could be the first major wartime excise cut. Senate approval is uncertain, and experts say revenue impact is hard to gauge. The measure would also exempt the first 25 dollars of pricier items and remove the levy on ornamental jewelry and certain flatware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Dalhart Launches 11th XIT Reunion Amid Panhandle History
Dalhart begins its 11th annual XIT Reunion with a memorial service for pioneers led by John B. Honts. A new MIT fliers breakfast at the Dalhart Army Air Field is planned with an expected 200 planes and prizes for pilots. The event features a Friday parade, rodeos at Rita Blanca stadium, two dances, and a children’s carnival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalhart
MIT
Panhandle
Chicago
Texas
Chicago Syndicate
No. 1 Division
Buffalo Springs
Fort Worth
XIT Association
XIT
John B. Honts
Dalhart Army Air Field
Raymond Holmlund
Darhart
Rita Blanca Stadium
Rita Blanca La*e
International Rodeo Association
Cowboys Rodeo Association
Salty Beutler Bros
Elk City
Okla
Hoyt Hefner
Dalhart Officers Club
VFPW
General Xit
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Leo James
Olver & Wiggins Lor. Co
Leslie Carp
W. Lee O'Daniel
Red
Lad
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