Old Timers Plan Dalhart Trek To XIT Reunion
Dalhart will host the Tenth Annual XIT Reunion June 22 24 with many former XIT cowhands returning to recall the ranch era and reconnect with old friends. Notables include Worry Willie Turner and W D Twichell who plans to register as the oldest XIT cowhand and recalls 1886 duties on the XIT line.
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Dalhart
Xit Reunion
Will W. Turner
Willie
Weatherford
Tex
W. D. Twichell
San Angelo
Colorado City
XIT
Texas
Chicago
Austin
Twichell
West
West Texas Polio Center to serve 44 counties in Plainview
The West Texas Center of Polio planned at Plainview Sanitarium will serve patients from 44 counties and beyond. It will operate under the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis with 12 beds ready, expandable to 25, and provide acute care through rehabilitation plus physical therapy under director Dr. Ben Boynton.
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West Texas
Polio Center
Plainview
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
West Texas Center
Plainview Sanitarium and Clinic
Texas
E. O. Nichols, Jr
Plainview Hospital
Ben Boynton
Elizabeth Nye
L. H. Bell
Nichols
Wilmer Sims
National Foundation
Combine Needs Discussed for Potter County Harvest
Potter County farm labor advisory committee report urges wheat farmers to inform the county agent’s office about anticipated needs for labor and combines. Art Bralley, county agent, says planning now will prevent shortages during the peak cutting season as harvest approaches. He notes a temporary machine surplus in Vernon but expects heavy demand as the crop ripens across the Tulsa to Perryton belt.
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Potter County Farm Labor Advisory Committee
Farm Labor
Art Bralley
Down State
Farm Labor Office
Vernon
Bralley
Tulsa
Perryton
Probe Mystery in Tucumcari Slaying
State police aided in a stabbing death mystery near Tucumcari on Highway 66. The unidentified man, about 25, wore an Army belt and had laundry marks. A coroner's jury ruled death from a knife or sharp instrument.
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Tucumcari
U.P
H. W. Beasley
Highway 66
FTD
Rent Overcharges Carry Fines Across New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE June 6 The district OPA enforcement division said landlords paid 4225 in penalties for charging above ceiling rents in May Refunds to tenants totaled 1059 with the rest going to the U S Treasury A Clovis hotel led penalties by paying 1033 for two charges when only one registered Penalties were also collected in Albuquerque Roswell Alamogordo and Hobbs officials said
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Albuquerque
District Opa
New Mexico
U. S. Treasury
Clovis
Roswell
Alamogordo
Hobbs
Harold Smith forecasts balanced budget for 1947
Chicago June 6 Harold Smith director of the federal budget said that if tax laws stay unchanged and efforts to enlarge expenditure programs are resisted the budget can be balanced in fiscal year 1947.
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Chicago
Harold Smith
Federal Budget
Governor Eyes Six Vacant Seats in Texas Legislature
Austin June 6 Governor Stevenson eyed six vacancies in the state legislature and discussed possibly calling an election to fill them before a potential special session on redistricting. He noted the timing could align with the Democratic primary on July 27 to have both elections concurrent.
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Austin
Stevenson
Better Pay Sought for Switchmen in Letter to Sun
A Chicago Sun letter from Mrs. Evelyn Drinkwater of Downers Grove urges higher pay for switchmen. She argues switchmen need fair wages, benefits, and time for living costs, noting no time and a half on Sundays or holidays and expenses away from home.
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Chicago Sun
Evelyn Drinkwater
Downers Grove
Switching
Barrymore is not Cast as FDR in The Beginning of the End
MGM announced Lionel Barrymore will not portray President Roosevelt in The Beginning of the End because the Roosevelt family did not approve his casting. The June 6 notice names MGM and the film title as the basis for the decision.
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Hollywood
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
Lionel Barrymore
Roosevelt
Federation To Stay Independent
In Galveston on June 6 the NFTW 12th national assembly adopted a resolution to preserve the federation's independent character.
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Galveston
National Assembly
the National Federation of Telephone Workers
NFTW
Mexican Strike Called Off After Appeal
A nationwide work stoppage planned for Friday was canceled by the Mexican Federation of Labor following an appeal from President Avila Camacho protesting rising living costs.
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Mexico City
Mexican Federation of Labor
Avila Camacho
Queen Berengaria Never Set Foot On English Soil
Queen Berengaria, wife of Richard the Lionhearted, never set foot on English soil, according to the historical note. Her life and travels are traced in medieval chronicles, underscoring her absence from England.
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Berengaria
Richard the Lionhearted
England
German Jewels Missing From Kronberg Castle
Frankfurt report says $1.509 million in German royal jewels vanished from Kronberg castle, used as American officers club. The House of Hesse accused US authorities. investigation continued in the United States with War Department involvement.
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Frankfurt
Germany
United States
House of Hesse
Kronberg
War Department
Washington
Jubilee in June dazzles Amarillo crowd at Dixie Dice show
Dixie Dice presents Jubilee in June at Amarillo High School with 100 local youths, directed by Dice and backed by Nile Nobles Orchestra. Frances Irvin Johnny West star. Guydell Ekelund leads. Johnnie Linn hosts KGNC. Tickets 1.20, no reserved seating, 1 hour 45 minutes.
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Amarillo
New York
Dixie Dice
The
Panhandle
Billy Rose
Dixie
Hanson Post
American Legion
Surrey
Johnnie Linn
KGNC
Nile Nobles
C. B
Mead Resigns as College President Amid Budget Plan
Dr. Mead resigns amid talks on funding from an expanded veterans education program. He urges converting the shop into additional classrooms or a veterans dormitory and pushing a concentrated curriculum in areas like engineering, law, pharmacy, and dentistry. A proposal for separating the college board from the public school system drew the most questions. Dr. Mead is on leave from Baden Germany where he serves as military educational director and may remain in service briefly. Temporary President Dr. Shearer to stay until a permanent president is chosen. Board members present were Jinks Mode, Bill Gibson, Beaumont Stinnett, Dr. R. P. Parcels, Avery Rush, George Waddill, Jerry Briscoe.
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Texas
Mead
Amarillo
Baden
Germany
Dr. Shearer
Shearer
Jinks Mode
Bill Gibson
Beaumont Stinnett
R. P. Parcells
Avery Rush
George Waddill
Jerry Briscoe
Truman brushes off plan to seize Pirates. jokes of two teams
President Truman denied any move to take over the Pittsburgh Pirates amid a threatened strike. He quipped that if needed he would have two damn good teams in St. Louis, drawing laughter from reporters.
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Washington
Truman
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis
Missouri
Moscow Charges New U S Hurdle
Moscow radio said the United States sidetracked a four power probe of German disarmament by proposing a simultaneous general inquiry into the entire German war industry. Reports had said the Paris conference commission broke down over Factory inspections in the Soviet occupation zone.
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London
Moscow Radio
United States
Berlin
Foreign Ministers
Paris
Britain Accused Over Palestine in Senate Debate
In a Senate debate, Britain is accused of delaying and obstructing the 100,000 Jews plan for Palestine from an Anglo American study. Senators Wagner and Taft accuse unnamed State Department figures of backing British policy despite President Truman’s support. Truman says Byrnes and Bevin are addressing transportation housing and other issues before admission.
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Washington
Great Britain
Senate
Palestine
Wagner
New York
Taft
Ohio
State Department
Truman
Byrnes
Bevin
United States
Religious and racial prejudice flares in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles a cross is burned and KKK letters appear at a Jewish fraternity house while a sacred scroll is destroyed and two swastikas are sketched in a Hollywood synagogue. Rabbi Nussbaum notes the scroll, the last Torah from Berlin smuggled out in 1938, raises concerns over motive and the twisted thinking behind desecration.
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Los Angeles
KKK
Hollywood
Berlin
Nussbaum
Wife Pays $1 Fine After Husband's Drinking Tirade
In Omaha a wife described how her husband, while intoxicated, messes the bed and sheets. Municipal Judge Frank Nimtz fined the husband $1, and the wife paid it, saying they have been married 34 years.
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Omaha
Frank Nimtz
Tiny baby grows into normal child in Mobile report
Mobile Alabama report details Ronald Regan Moore, once described as a tiny 13 inch two pound 11 ounce infant in 1943, growing to two years four months old and about 25 pounds with normal height after two years of illness battles.
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Fight Mobile
Ala
A.P
Mobile
Ronald Regan Moore
Ronnie
Pike Peak First Ascents By Pike And Long
Zebulon Pike discovered the peak in 1806 but faced snow ice and hunger during his attempt. Major S. H. Long achieved the first ascent in 1819.
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Zebulon Pike
Major S. H. Long
Cobras Viewed With Superstitious Reverence In India
Cobras kill thousands yearly but Indian natives hold them in awe and refrain from destroying them, a superstition that hinders efforts to curb the venomous threat.
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India
Halley’s Comet Named Later Than Its Discovery
The piece notes that Edmund Halley did not name the comet he observed in 1682 and that he died before its 1759 return, which he had predicted would occur that year. It emphasizes the later attribution of the comet's name to Halley.
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Edmund Halley
Halley
Crushed by Drying Skin Death Described From Ancient China
Brief note recounts a historic execution method in which prisoners were wrapped in a living rhinoceros skin. As the skin dried it contracted, crushing the victim. The account underscores brutal penal practices in ancient times.
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China
Largest Missouri River System Drains Vast North America
The Missouri River system is described as the largest in the United States, drawing water from ten states and draining about 10,000 square miles in Canada.
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Missouri River
United States
Canada
Texan and Clayton Clash Over British Loan Pact
Washington June 6 William L Clayton assistant secretary of state called Jesse Jones claim that the 3.75 billion dollar British loan creates an exclusive US Britain alliance as 100 percent wrong. Clayton said the loan is an open bilateral trading arrangement not a world bloc and that it will end political barriers that shut American goods from markets.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
America
Britain
William L. Clayton
Clayton
Jones
Kentucky
House Banking Committee
Commerce Secretary
United Nations
Texas
Trinity River Levee Breaches Flood Crops and Roads
A Trinity River levee in Ellis County near Rosser collapsed under flood waters, flooding about 8000 acres of cotton, grazing, and alfalfa under seven feet of water a state highway became impassable. Residents and cattle are stranded but on high ground and not in danger per engineer assessors.
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Dallas
Trinity River
Ellis County
Rosserrake
U. S. Weather Bureau
A. M. Hamrick
Lee R. Wilson
U. S
Ennis
Wilson
Tribes Gather for Nazarene Indian District Council
Indian representatives from 15 tribes attended the three day missionary council of the Indian District Church of the Nazarene in the city. Dr. Warren C. Jones presided with James Parker as interpreter as 58 delegates from California New Mexico Arizona Oklahoma and South Dakota took part. Fifty eight missionaries from 19 mission stations reported to the council and a luncheon was held at Ellwood Park with a group portrait planned. Next year’s session location remains to be announced.
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Indian District
Church of the Nazarene
Missionary Council
Ninth
Lincoln
Warren C. Jones
Kansas City
World Foreign Mission
James Parker
Gallup
California
New Mexico
Arizona
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Ellwood Park
Albuquerque
French Honor D-Day Heroes In Normandy Ceremonies
In St Mère Église Normandy on D Day 1944 celebrations honored over 5000 Norman villagers and peasants paying tribute to the 82d Airborne Division which liberated the hamlet two years earlier. Twenty officers and enlisted men of the 508th Regiment received the Croix de Guerre with stars and palms from Gen J P Le Gentilhomme. Monuments to Allied invasion forces were dedicated at Collville and St Laurent on Omaha Beach.
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ST. Mere Eglise
France
82D Airborne Division
Normandy
508Th
J. P. le Gentilhomme
Paris
Collenville
St. Laurent
Omaha Beach
Motor Driven Device Turns Book Pages for Veterans
A motor driven device has been developed to turn book pages for crippled veterans. The invention aims to aid reading for injured soldiers by automating page turns and reducing manual effort.
Mrs M L Duncan Taken by Death in Canyon
Mrs Mittie Lee Duncan 56 died yesterday at 5 30 pm in Canyon hospital after Wednesday illness from a heart ailment. Born November 2 1889 in Stephens County she lived in Canyon seven years at 1612 Second. Survived by two sons George L Duncan 1918 Bonham and Frank W Duncan Amarillo a daughter Opal L Duncan Newark New Jersey four brothers and one sister. Widow of W J Duncan who died in 1936. Funeral by Boxwell Brothers.
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Mittie Lee Duncan
The
Canyon Hospital
Stephens County
Duncan
Canyon
George L. Duncan
Bonham
Frank W. Duncan
Amarillo
Opal L
Newark
N. J
Wheat harvest yields reported high in Texas plains
Early wheat harvest reports indicate strong yields despite a prolonged drought. A Millioan place field near Bushland produced 27 bushels per acre after Summer fallow. Floyd Krabbe of Brady reports 17 bushels per acre.
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Bushland
Floyd Krabbe
Brady Community
VFW Delegates to Fort Worth Encampment Set Tonight
John B. Golding Post 1475 and the auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars meet at 8 pm in the VFW building at Seventh and Taylor to discuss credentials and items for the department encampment. The Fort Worth event is scheduled for June 1921.
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Department
John B. Golding
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Seventh
Taylor
Fort Worth
Ward Sales Rise With May Gains At Montgomery Ward
Montgomery Ward & Company, Chicago mail order and retail firm, reports May net sales of 85,064,892 dollars, up 63 percent from May 1945. Four months to May 31 totalled 298,822,741 dollars, a 40 percent rise from 213,119,369 dollars in the prior year period.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward & Company
Opera Star May Become Catholic
New York June 6 Opera singer Grace Moore said she was studying to be a Roman Catholic and added If they think I can be a good one I will embrace the Catholic Faith.
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New York
Grace Moore
Labor to send Laski on goodwill mission to Russia
The Labor Party announced a goodwill mission to Russia headed by Prof Harold Laski, chairman of the party's national executive committee, with plans disclosed in London on June 6.
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Laski
Russia
London
The
Labor Party
Harold Laski
Doom in Senate on OPA extension bill sparks price fears
Price Administrator Paul Porter warned that effective price and rent controls would end if the Senate Banking Committee passes the extension. Senator Taft said a major fight looms over lifting meat and dairy ceilings and a rule barring cost absorption on conversion items. Porter predicted meat may rise 40 to 50 percent and prices for butter milk cream and cheese could soar if the bill moves forward. The committee sent the measure to the Senate without a record vote after finalizing provisions today.
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Taft
Ohio
Senate
OPA
Porter
Banking Committee
Spanish Groups In Conference In France Amid War Tensions
Biarritz report notes two Franco Spanish government ministers met with a Spanish Republican exile representative led by Jose Giral in Arnegy. They warned that a UN Security Council decision against Franco could force capitulation while saying talks aim to prevent a new Spanish revolution.
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Biarritz
France
Journal de Biarritz
Arnegy
Jose Giral
United Nations Security Council
Spain
Drunk Seeks Blanket Finds Warm Jail Night
A drunk man stole a blanket from a car in the 300 block on Buchanan during a heat wave. He was jailed last night while police provided him a warm sleeping place and the blanket was returned to the soldier owner. The incident occurred as a passerby recovered the blanket in an alley near the home.
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Buchanan
Clovis Hosts Amarillo Cowboys Pioneer Day Tour
Cowhands from Amarillo and Hereford prepare a goodwill visit to Clovis for Pioneer Day celebrations. A 70 member Sandie Band and 50 Hereford High School musicians will ride a special train from Amarillo at 8am to join locals, returning about 6pm.
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Amarillo
Clovis
Hereford
Sandie
Santa Fe
Otho Thompson Rites Set Today
Funeral services for Otho Thompson director-manager of the Herring Hotel are set for 3 30 PM at the First Presbyterian Church with Dr R Thomson officiating The body will be in state at Griggs Funeral Chapel until 30 minutes before service Thompson 53 died in his hotel suite from a heart ailment He is survived by a widow a daughter Mrs Billy Reaves Greenville Tenn a son Charles T Thompson Amarillo a brother Col Earnest O Thompson a sister Mrs Harold Hastings Tulsa two grandsons an uncle and a niece Pallbearers are James Shelton Malcolm Shelton Eric Sherman Frank DeBoise John K Boyce and G Ray Smith Burial will be in Llano Cemetery with N S Griggs and Sons in charge
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Herring Hotel
First Presbyterian Church
R. Thomson
Griggs Funeral
Thompson
Billy Reaves
Greenville
Tenn
Charles. T. Thompson
Amarillo
Col
Earnest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Harold Hastings
Tulsa
Okla
James Shelton
Malcolm Shelton
Eric Sherman
Frank DeBoise
John K. Boyce
G. Ray Smith
Llano Cemetery
N. S. Griggs and Sons
Chharge
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