Amarillo Livestock Auction Sells Top Black Angus Heifer
A 560 pound Black Angus heifer from Friona by Carl Bender brought $29.40 at the Amarillo Livestock Auction. The sale featured 15 steers average 600 pounds sold for $29.90 with other fat cattle mixed in. Overall, prices were erratic with fat cows and bulls near prior levels and stockers varying between $23 and $28.
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L. J. Comseherion
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Pampa
Jeff Garrett
Leaders
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Panhandle
Rayburn opposes segregation law attacks in Bonham
House minority leader Rep. Sam Rayburn declared he voted against every measure that resembled an attack on segregation laws. He issued the statement before leaving Bonham to return to Washington and announced plans to open his re election campaign on Wednesday, June 23.
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Sam Rayburn
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Washington
US Weather Observations and Trade Notice
Weather data lists 24 hour precipitation ending 7 30 AM yesterday and min max temps to 7 30 PM Central Time Mexico plans to import 35000 tons of material for planting from the United States.
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US Weather Bureau
Mexico
Truman Finishing Touches Planned Cross Nation Tour
President Truman returns to the White House from a Memorial Day cruise and moves to finalize preparations for a cross country railroad swing starting Thursday night. The party will be limited to White House staff with five major addresses to be non political and no Democratic Committee officials aboard. The Chicago address opens the tour at the Swedish immigration centennial celebration in the Midwest.
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Truman
White House
Williamsburg
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Midwest
Reece
Republican National Committee
Pendergast
Kansas City
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State supports Palo Duro Park road program
The State Highway Department reacted favorably to a Palo Duro State Park improvement plan presented by Rex B. Baxter and Panhandle business leaders. Wendelle Mays of Brownwood said he would file a formal request for state maintenance of park roads. Attendees included Clint Small, Senator Grady Hazlewood, Rep J. Blake Timmons, L. S. Johnston, and Bert Ellison as key advocates.
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Rex B. Baxter
Amarillo
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Brownwood
State Park Board
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Mays
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Commerce Trust Company
Kansas City
Grady Hazlewood
J. Blake Timmons
L. S. Johnston
Canyon
Randall County
Bert Ellison
Hereford
Fleitz Captures National Junior College Tennis Title
John Fleitz of Long Beach California defeated Wally Bostick of Modesto in straight sets 6-1 6-3 to win the national junior college singles crown at Lexington Missouri The Fleitz Menke team then defeated Frank Samples Wallace Vickery 7-5 6-4 to win the doubles title The semifinal between Samples and Fleitz highlighted the day with Fleitz prevailing amid aggressive ground strokes and serve net play.
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John Fleitz
Long Beach
Cal
Wally Bostick
Modesto
Fleitz
Jake Menke
San Mateo
Frank Samples
Wallace Vickery
College Chief Urges Fearless Hope For World Progress
Attorney General Tom C. Clark addressed the Missouri Valley College graduating class urging an end to fear in hearts as the nation faces challenges to build a better world. He warned that fear can block progress and called for courage and constructive action.
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Fear Marshall
Tom C. Clark
Missouri Valley College
Aulbach Fires Ace on Holiday
Amarillo pro George Aulbach scored his tenth hole-in-one on Memorial Day at the Country Club course. The ace came on the 114 yard No 2 hole after a shot that ricocheted into the cup, ending his round at four under par 70. Teammates Dan Smith Jack Phillips and Dick Coon joined the foursome.
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Amarillo Country Club
Aulbach
Dan Smith
Jack Phillips
Dick Coon
River Burners’ Fire Leaves City Eyeing Douse
Pittsburgh article notes prankish youths have burned the Ohio River for two weeks. Tomorrow Norman Staley will descend 15 feet to patch an eight inch gas pipe leak. Gas bubbles rise, kids ignite flames. fire department weary, trusting wind to tire the blaze.
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Ohio
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Dalton Returns to British Cabinet in Post Reshuffle
London May 31 Former chancellor of the exchequer Hugh Dalton is returned to the British cabinet as chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster a post with no specific department. The civil aviation ministry shifts to Lord Pakenham and Bevin gains Germany administration duties formerly held by Dalton.
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Woman presides as pro tem speaker in Britain’s House
In London on May 31 Mrs Florence Paton of the Labour Party presided over the House of Commons for the first time in history, addressed as Madam while the chamber sat as a committee of the whole to discuss a Scottish financial bill.
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Britain
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Ample Labor for Harvest Near Electra Reported
Ample labor and equipment for wheat fields in West Wichita and East Wilbarger counties reported by M. S. DeManche, field agent for the Texas Employment Service. Three inches of rainfall last week halted cutting. harvested fields yielded about 15 to 25 bushels per acre. Russia plans to produce 30,000 tractor drawn plows and 80,000 horse drawn plows this year.
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East Wilbarger Counties
M. S. DeManche
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Russia
Showers Spread Across Panhandle with Varied Rainfall
Light showers dotted the Panhandle with cooler air and mostly overcast skies. Anton recorded 4 inches in 90 minutes, with 2.85 inches between Anton and Lubbock, Hereford 1.43 inches, and other totals across Adrian Dimmitt Shamrock Spearman Clayton Guy man Amarillo and Texline. Temperatures in Amarillo ranged 62 to 74, with a forecast around 76 today.
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Await Word From Kin in Flood Area
Amarillo residents seek word from relatives in the Oregon flood zone. Jack Bartee and his family have received no word from Bartee’s parents and two brothers in Vanport City, Ore. Mrs Crawford reports her son Jack Perryman survived a flood washed home but he and his wife live in Vanport. Perryman recently took a job with the Vanport Post Office.
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Floods Creeps Toward Vanport and Columbia Basin
The flood continues along the Columbia River basin. At Vanport rescue crews search for victims as waters rise to 15 feet in places and power is curtailed by a planned brownout. Reports confirm widespread damage from The Dalles to Pasco with one death toll rising to 22.
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Planning War Readiness Guide Warns No Implied Near Future War
The blueprint explains planning purposes and states no war is expected soon. It envisions a major future conflict with full mobilization of resources and manpower, uses new weapons, and notes economic stability would persist. It cautions that unprepared firms risk raw material shortages and labor drain, potentially threatening company survival.
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Broughton Wins Senate Seat in North Carolina Primary
In North Carolina, wartime governor P. Melville Broughton defeats incumbent William B. Umstead in a Democratic primary, claiming both a short-term seat and a six-year term starting 1949. Umstead concedes as returns near completion. In Colby, Kansas, a plane crash kills four aboard, all unidentified.
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P.J. Melville Broughton
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William B. Umstead
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Umstead
Josiah Bailey
Insurance Certificate Issued For Fidelity- Phenix Fire Co
The Fidelity Phenix Fire Insurance Company of New York has sworn to compliance with Texas law as a condition to doing business here and has been granted a Certificate of Authority for the year ending May 31 1949.
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Texas
Negro Held in Houston Probe of Sex Murders
A 29 year old Negro is detained as police investigate two sex murders and multiple rapes in Houston. A 31 year old white woman was brought to the station on a stretcher for identification after a rape at her trailer. Police connect him to the slaying of Mrs Emily Winne and the murder of Mrs Dolly Richardson and other sexual assaults.
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George Seber
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Seber
Virgil E. Brown
A.C. Thornton
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South End
Smokeless powder claim from antifreeze mix
A claim notes that nine quarts of antifreeze mixture used by a typical car in winter yield thirty five pounds of smokeless powder.
Montague Granted Affirmation in Slaying Case
Walter Montague of Jonesboro, 21, had his 21 year sentence for second degree murder affirmed by the Arkansas Supreme Court. He killed Ralph Donaldson, 28, in Montague's moving company office on September 21. The court found no reversible error in the trial transcript despite Montague’s self defense claim.
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Fake Claims by 100-Year-Old Jesse James Frauds Revealed
An 80 year old former neighbor in Houston calls a Lawton Oklahoma man claiming to be Jesse James a fake and a liar. He notes the claimant’s age as inconsistent saying Jesse James would be over 115 if alive and recalls the outlaw once giving $100 to a preacher’s wife. Jordan criticizes the hoax and urges truth.
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Lawton
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Rita Blanca Co op expands electric line network
Dalhart May 31 Rita Blanca Electric Cooperative Inc serving Dallam Hartley Sherman and Moore Counties with offices in Dalhart now operates 245 miles of REA line. The 245 miles cost 257 550 and serve 230 farms and ranches plus 180 Texline homes and businesses. They added 278 miles under construction for about 250 new members and seek 705 more miles from REA Washington bringing total in four counties to 1 230 miles with expected overall cost 1 500 000.
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Rita Blanca Electric Cooperative, Inc
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Sherman
Moore
Glynn W. Scott
Hollis Harris
Amarillo
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Crop-dusting pilot killed in Sacramento crash
A 35-year-old crop-dusting pilot, John Schumacher of Sacramento, was killed when his plane crashed and burned six miles southeast of Sacramento today.
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Here
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Boy, 9 Enjoys Private Memorial Day Parade
In Westbrook Maine a bedfast 9 year old, David Gagnon, watches a private parade at his window. Local police, National Guard, Scouts and veterans join a Catholic Action Crusaders drum corps in a make shift tribute as David, recovering from burns, salutes with a public address mic and hopes to join next year.
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Baylor Grants Largest Class in Its 103-Year History
Baylor University confers degrees to 840 graduates at a May 31 commencement in Waco. The ceremony marks the largest class in the school’s 103-year history, with 540 graduates noted among the total.
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Waco
Baylor University
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