Middleton Rites This Afternoon
Funeral services for Drue L Middleton a retired Santa Fe mail foreman will be held at 3 30 this afternoon in Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel. Rev Martin A Meeker will officiate and interment will follow at Liano Cemetery. Middleton 68 of 408 Forest died in Washington Center Hospital after a brief illness. He lived in Amarillo 36 years after coming from Ada Ohio and worked first in Maznolia Petroleum Co wholesale then joined Santa Fe as mail clerk in 1916 rising to mail foreman before retiring three years ago. He was a member of San Jacinto Methodist Church and the Woodmen of the World. Survivors include his wife Mrs Alice Middleton a daughter Mrs G Ray Smith a son Clarence Middleton three grandchildren six sisters and two brothers.
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Drue L. Middleton
Santa Fe
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
Martin A. Meeker
Pleasant Valley
Maznolia Petroleum Company
The
Middleton
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Woodmen of the World
H. T. Cornelius
Jim R. Roundtree
W. N. Martin
Bill Stewart
Ira Stephenson
Joe Shields
Alice Middleton
G. Ray Smith
Amarillo
Clarence Middleton
Bechtel Construction Company
Saudi Arabia
Mary Ann Smith
W. H. Throckmorton
Knoxville
Tenn
Don Ray Middleton
Mary Hopkins
Oklahoma City
Rosie Davis
Ada
Okla
Jim Mays
Brady
Joe Irwin
Lawton
Elvie Suggs
Norman
Letha Barber
Boston
Johnnie Middleton
Miami
Alvin Middleton
Comanche
Valuable Diamond Earring Found in Amarillo
W D Hale of 2115 Parker seeks owner for an expensive looking earring found on a downtown sidewalk between Sixth and Seventh. The piece features a 14 diamond setting. The finder will return the jewelry to the rightful owner who can identify it. Hale can be reached at 27780.
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W. D. Hale
Parker
Mr. Hale
Amarillo
Mendace Promises Quick Breathing Relief for Asthma
Advertisement claims Mendace cures bronchial asthma by acting through the blood to reach the lungs. It asserts relief from coughing sneezing and mucus buildup with tasteless internal medicine and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Conduct of State Prisoners Improves
Huntsville reports a sharp improvement in inmate conduct over five months with 11 self mutilation cases in 1948 versus 65 in early 1947. Other 1948 vs 1947 figures include: 3 and 2 attempted mutilations, 39 and 52 escapes, 41 and 45 recaptured escapees, 10 and 38 attempted escapes, 102 and 187 mutinies, 71 and 131 miscellaneous offenses. Bronson Morgan said full news disclosure may have misled some to think conditions worsened. O. B. Ellis as general manager instituted policy changes including housing self mutilators at farms when possible.
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Tis Tical
Bronson Morgan
Jasper
Prison Board
O. B. Ellis
Ellis
Huntsville
Wallace Blasts Cattle Barons in Arizona Speech
Henry Wallace, the Third Party presidential candidate, denounced cattle barons and metal combines in Phoenix. He warned of a Western land grab targeting grazing lands under public ownership and criticized multiple Congress bills seen as serving powerful interests over the people.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Arizona
Congress
Veterans Unit Plan Meeting in Lubbock Sunday
Members of the Veterans Service Officers Association of West Texas meet in Lubbock Sunday at 10 am in the American Legion Hall to consider a constitution and by laws. Founded by Potter County veterans service officer Rhea Smith the group spans 79 West Texas counties and lists 40 officers.
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Veterans Service Officers Association of
West Texas
Lubbock
Rhea Smith
Smith
Potter County
Veterans Service
American Legion Hall
Son Eugene Mayo Safe After Nationwide Search
Cleburne residents Mr and Mrs C R Mayor received a Fresno California mail recorded message from their 15 year old son Eugene Mayo. Police said the recording stated he ran away intending to go to Austin but went to Los Angeles instead. The parents received the recording at 3 pm ending a state wide search that used planes and planned river drags.
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Cleburne
Glen Clark
Fresno
Cal
Austin
Los Angeles
Eugene
Bay
Brazos
Nolan Rivers
Youths Held at McKinney In Attempt to Wreck Train
Two Collin County youths were jailed in McKinney after railroad agents alleged an effort to wreck a Frisco northbound passenger train near Cilina Texas. Special Agent D C Robnett said both boys signed statements. The train struck three cross-ties but remained on track. A juvenile hearing was set for the 16 year old. the 17 year old faces pending criminal charges.
Israel Revokes Cease Fire and Resumes Attacks in Palestine
The Israeli government ordered troops to resume fighting on all fronts in Palestine amid reported bombing, artillery and infantry actions in multiple sectors. UN Security Council urged a four week truce while both sides claimed misreading of deadlines leading to continued combat and heavy casualties in places like Negba, Jenin, and Tulkarm.
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Cairo
Israel
Palestine
United Nations Security Council
Lake Success
Security Council
Holy Land
Egyptian Defense Ministry
Negba
Tel Aviv
Costal
Anman
Trans-Jordan
Abdullah
Amman
Jerusalem
Jenin
Tulkarm
Ontario Forest Raked by Fire
June 27 report from Toronto notes vast fires in Northern Ontario scorching over 125000 acres. Mississagi forest near Sault Ste. Marie threat grows as two major fronts approach, prompting a travel prohibition across fifty million acres. T. E. Mackey calls the Mississagi blaze the largest and costliest in Ontario history.
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Toronto
Ontario
Mississagi Provincial Forest
Sault Ste. Marie
Chapleau-Blind River
Provincial Lands Department
Manitoba
Quebec
Canadian National Railways
Northern Line
North Bay
Algonquin Park
Reds Protest US Air Escort In Soviet Complaint
Berlin reports Soviet news agency says Russia protested to American authorities over US Air Forces fighters providing a protective escort for a Soviet transport plane. The incident allegedly occurred April 28 on a Berlin to Zurich flight. Lt Gen M I Dratvin urged Maj Gen George P Hays that the action violated laws and could have led to serious consequences.
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Berlin
Zurich
Switzerland
M. I. Dratvin
George P. Hays
Hays
President Truman Declares June 14 Flag Day Observance
President Truman calls for nationwide Flag Day observance on June 14. He says the Stars and Stripes symbolize freedom and asks the public to display the flag and reflect on their responsibilities under it.
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Washington
Truman
Funeral for Clara Blake Porter Held in Nacogdoches
Mrs. Clara Blake Porter aged 52, wife of James H. Porter, was buried today in Nacogdoches after dying in Dalhart last Saturday. She leaves two sons and two daughters, all of whom do not reside in the Panhandle.
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Dalhart
Clara Blake Porter
Nacogdoches
James H. Porter
Panhandle
Timber Ownership Split in United States
A historical note states that sixty percent of saw timber in the United States is privately owned while forty percent is publicly owned.
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United States
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News-Globe
Texas Prison System
Veterans’ Unit
State Farm Mutual
State Farm
B. B. Williams
F. G. Campbell
McKinney
Girl Scouts
Coca-Cola Company
Amarillo Coca-Cola Bottling Coo., Inc
Lel
Warners Jewelers Diamonds
Seng AS
TEX
Pioneer
EL Paso
Roswell
Clovis
Blackburn
Shaw
Directo
Pierce
Lon
Spinet
Plainview
Tommy's
Clorox
Tana Ast
Cleo
Meadolake LE
Colgate
Sausage
Vienna
Waite
Ant
Hams
Bacon
Tommy’s Food Stores
Tommy Bandy, JR
W. 7Th
RED & White Foods
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