58 Transfusions Hold Death Away From Girl
Allentown Pa June 3 A small patient Mary Ann Meyer born November 23 1944 has regenerative anemia and relies on regular blood transfusions 58 so far. Her father Harry C Meyer a painter and decorator notes the hope to find a cure while doctors say the body cannot make its own red blood cells.
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Allentown
Mary Ann Meyer
J. J. Wenner
Allentown Hospital
Harry C. Meyer
Mary
Meyer
Pennsylvania State Guard
Mary Ann
Lehigh Valley
Richard
Martha Ann
Ladies Decline Jury Duty in Maryland Probe
Judge Michael J. Manley in Baltimore plans to interview women eligible for jury service amid humorous refusals. Respondents cite voice health, business demands, plumbing crises, nerves, pregnancy, and medical excuses while some reveal personal tensions and loneliness.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Michael J. Manley
Manley
Jst
Good Turns Give Scout 84 a Lift in St Charles
Karl Asplund, 84, a long-time Boy Scout organizer and retired carpenter of St Charles, received a round trip flight ticket to Stockholm and $1,700 travel fund from local neighbors after expressing a wish to visit his sister in Sweden. Scout leader Warren Rehm helped arrange the gift.
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ST. Charles
Karl Asplund
Inghbors
Warren Rehm
Sweden
Rehm
Asplund
Stockholm
Severe Thunderstorms and Hail Sweep Amarillo Area
Storms with high winds and hail hit the Panhandle late yesterday, especially Amarillo, dropping up to an inch of rain in 30 minutes. Reports from Perryton to Stratford cited rain totals from .25 to .81 inches, wind gusts to 50 mph, and damage including a scorched Weck store area, a broken elm, and hail destruction to crops. residents described intense lightning and urban flooding conditions.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Weather Bureau
English Field
Perryton
Pampa
Claude
Memphis
Brice
Clarendon
Wellington
Overstreet Feed
East Tenth
Bill Overstreet
T. E. Keasler
North East Eighth
John Todd
Arthur
J. N. Morgan
Beverly
Mack Forrester
Roy Taylor
Dumas
Sunray
Stratford
Spearman
Panhandle bankers convene with 750 delegates at Amarillo
The forty-second annual Panhandle Bankers Association convention closed in Amarillo with 750 delegates and guests at the Herring Hotel. W. A. Kirkland of Houston urged a state pension plan for bank employees while Forrest M. Smith analyzed government bond accounts. New officers were elected and a farewell honors scene closed the event.
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John Snider
W. A. Kirkland
Houston
Texas Bankers Association
Forrest M. Smith
State National Bank of el Paso
el Paso
Banker’s Journal
Kirkland
First National Bank of Houston
Clarendon Banker
T. H. Deaver
First National Bank of Memphis
C. Ray Brock
American National Bank of Amarillo
Guy H. Walden
Clovis National Bank
Vern Wisden
First National Bank of Panhandle
Paul Hardwick
Citizens National
Bank of Lubbock
W. H. Patrick
First National Bank
Clarendon
Amarillo
Bones Hooks
Deaver
Jesse James
Austin
William A. Philpott
Milton Boswell
James F. Smith
Association
W. H. Fuqua
Panhandle Association
Southwest Bankers Association
Tom Patterson
el Paso National Bank
Lawrence Hagg
Jester Vetoes Eleemosynary Items Clearing Budget Path
Governor Beauford H. Jester vetoed two eleemosynary appropriations totaling 1.6 million dollars, signing the bill while removing 300000 and 1300000 from it. He says the action clears the way for final adjournment of the 50th Legislature amid ongoing adjournment discussions with the House and Senate. The date for adjournment remained unresolved as lawmakers wrestled with balancing expenditures and revenues.
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Austin
Beauford H. Jester
House
Allan Shivers
Senate
Claud Gilmer
Appropriations Committee
Jester
Baugus Convicted in Amarillo Attack Case
J. B. Baugus, 22, was found guilty in 47th District Court of rape and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. The jury reached its verdict about 4:20 PM after deliberating since 12:15 PM. William Davis Smith, charged with assault with intent to rape in the same case, faces trial on a later date. The accused allegedly threatened the Tulsa woman and her husband during a hitchhiking incident the night of April 30.
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J. B. Baugus
47Th District Court
William Davis Smith
Baugus
Tulsa
Amarillo
Smith
Hands Off Airlines and Steamship Firms Told
Government officials issue directives urging airlines and steamship operators to refrain from certain practices. The advisory cites concerns over competition and consumer protection while promising closer monitoring and potential future action if needed.
Air Transport Officials Debate Role of Surface Carriers
Fort Worth reports at the National Aeronautics Association session where Robert Ramspeck argues surface carriers should stay out of air transport. ATA criticizes steamship firms and foreign air-sea ties while Welch Pogue reviews Montreal aviation meeting outcomes and plans for international agreements. A new air taxi concept by Howard Aller proposes stockholding airports and short flight routes with a Fly-Or-Self system.
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Betty Gose
News-Globe Aviation
Fort Worth
Robert Ramspeck
National Aeronautics Association
Ramspeck
North Atlantic
ATA
American Flag International Lines
Welch Pogue
NAA
International Civil Aviation Organization
Montreal
United States
United Nations
Pogue
Spain
Europe
Rio de Janeiro
Howard T. Aller
National Fly-Or-Self System, Inc
Aller
Ailer
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
B-29 Fleet Flies 7500 Mile Europe Training Mission
A SAC squadron of nine B-29 bombers from the 340th Squadron based at Smoky Hill AFB heads to Europe for long overwater hops training. The flight includes refueling in the Azores and stops in Germany and England with a home return planned around June 17 under Gen. George C. Kenney supervision.
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Elton C. Fay
Associated Press
Europe
Washington
Strategic Air Command
Andrews Field
Germany
England
Royal Air Force
United States
Azores
Giebelstadt
George C. Kenney
SAC
340Th
97Th
Smoky Hill
Salina
Kan
European
Pacific
Ranch Shooting Victim Charged
Borger reports three men charged with attempted burglary tied to a shooting at the J. Evetts Haley ranch 45 miles northeast of town. Wounds to Van Finchum kept him in North Plains Hospital. two other suspects held in Hutchinson County Jail, bond set at 2000 each. Haley described seeing trespassers near his garage and firing multiple shots. Finchum’s condition listed as favorable.
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Borger
J. Evetts Haley
Hutchinson County
Stinnett
W. D. Pendergrass
Clarksville
Roy Broadwell
North Plains
van Finchum
Justice of the Peace
C. C. McClelland
Hugh Anderson
Haley
Texas
Finchum
J. Evetts Haley, Jr
Truman Reported Inking Pen for Tax Slash Veto
Congress sent the four billion dollar income tax cut to President Truman with reports he plans to veto. Senate approved 48 to 28. House 220 to 99. Cuts range from 30 percent for low incomes to 10.5 percent for high incomes, with half-year effect in 1947 and full in 1948. An extra $500 personal exemption is provided for taxpayers over 65.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Cooper
Kentucky
Morse
Oregon
Capitol
White House
Taft
Ohio
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Taylor
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co
6Th
West Texas
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Gulf Plains
South Plains
Vern Wisdon
Gram
Frea Brooksher
Veto
Chicago Daily Newa, Inc
Air Transport Association
Merchant Marine
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