Panhandle Librarian Lillie Hostetler Spurs County Libraries
Miss Lillie Hostetler of Borger leads a Panhandle library drive, aiding Deaf Smith Carson and Hutchinson counties. She organized services, classes, and forums, built adult education, and later supervised WPA library work while fostering community access to books and learning.
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Mary Kate Brotherton
Lillie Hostetler
Borger
Panhandle
Library League
Deaf Smith
Carson
Hutchinson
Plains
Miss Hostetler
Toastmasters
AAUW
Camera Club
Stinnet
Deaf Smith County
Commissioners Court
Hereford
Carson County
WPA
Hostetler
Charles Griffin
Anna Hull
Mattie Smith
Mihailovic to Face Treason Trial in Belgrade Tomorrow
Gen Draja Mihailovic once hailed as a Yugoslav hero will stand trial in Belgrade with 23 co defendants on charges of treason and collaboration with German occupiers. Prosecution aims to prove ties between Mihailovic and Nazi leaders during the occupation.
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Belgrade
Draja Mihailovic
Yugoslavia
Aa i Aial Hk
United States State Department
Stanoji Simic
Yugo Slav
Mihailovic
Peter II
Peter
Milan Nedic
Nedic
Federalites Yield Cars To Veterans
The Senate Appropriations Committee moved to strike a mandate that agencies buy surplus cars, backing veterans who now have top priority on passenger cars jeeps station wagons and light trucks. Maj. Gen. Glen E. Edgerton testified that demand from veterans exceeds supply, leaving none for agency use.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Glen E. Edgerton
War Assets Administrator
UNRRA Postpones Decision On Continued Aid for China
The UNRRA Far East council postponed until June 17 a decision on China’s request to extend relief shipments beyond March 31, 1947. Chinese officials argued delays in shipping and distribution had delayed delivery, necessitating the extension.
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Nanking
Unrra Council For the
Far East
China
Fifteen Die In Dubuque Canfield Hotel Fire
A early morning blaze at the Canfield Hotel in Dubuque, Iowa, left fifteen dead and many unaccounted for while rescuers battled flames for hours. Civilians aided evacuations and three dozen people were hauled to safety as investigators weighed basement origins and collapse risks.
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Dubuque, Ja
Canfield Hotel
Army Plane Slams Into Peak Killing 23
A C 54 Army transport crashed into Toboga Island peak near the Panama Canal. All 23 aboard, including one civilian and six crewmen, were feared dead as rescue teams worked to identify victims. The plane departed Morrison Field at 4 45 am and crashed at 11 13 am during a thunderstorm. Further details were to be released.
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Panama
Toboga Island
Panama Canal
Morrison Field
West Palm Beach
Fla
Albrook Field
C. Z
Panama Canal Department
Willis D. Crittenberger
John S. Owens
Driver Cheats Death in Crash on U S 60 and Pantex Crossing
George T. Phillips of Pantex Village escaped injury when his Chrysler stalled on the tracks after a sidewipe with a Ford coach driven by W T Smith of Nacogdoches on U S 60. The car was struck by a train at the Pantex crossing later Saturday night. Phillips was charged with assault with a motor vehicle and released Sunday morning on a $500 bond.
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U. S. Highway 60
St. Francis
Pantex Crossing
George T. Phillips
Pantex Village
W. T. Smith
Nacogdoches
Highway Patrol
Phillips
Sheriff’s Department
Amarillo Water Reserves Return to Normal Levels
N V Moss superintendent of the water department announced water reserves are back to normal. He urged ongoing conservation and voluntary thrift in usage to avoid a repeat shortage, noting public taps could trigger an 18 million gallon per day demand.
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Amarillo
N. V. Moss
Water Department
Moss
Rites for Sheriff Burton Held in Claude
Funeral services for Armstrong County Sheriff Ray Burton age 37 were held at 3 p m in the First Baptist Church Claude Rev J D McDaniel officiated The sheriff died after being struck by an east bound freight train in the Claude railroad yards Surviving are his wife a six month old daughter Janyth Ann his mother Mrs Ella Burton Claude two brothers Guy Burton Borger and W G Burton Petaluma Cal three sisters Mrs H B Cobb Claude Mrs A L Caldwell Borger and Mrs R Duggins Wink Pallbearers were Charles Stewart George Byard Richard Morris Floyd Wilson Harley Gunter Terrell Christian John W Moore and John Luther Honorary pallbearers included Dudley White Clarence Williams Guy Wright J R Potter Carl Wood John W Butler Guydell Woodburn Norman Minter and Harold Nave The death is under Amarillo officials investigation with Ranger Dudley White involved Indications point to foul play during a check of a train for hoes as the sheriff failed to hear an approaching Fort Worth Denver train His body rests in state at the Burton residence in Claude Burial will be in Claude Cemetery with N S Griggs & Sons in charge.
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Claude
Janyth Ann
Ella Burton
Guy Burton
Borger
W. G. Burton
Petaluma
Cal
H. B. Cobb
A. L. Caldwell
Charles Stewart
George Byard
Richard Morris
Floyd Wilson
Harley Gunter
Terrell Christian
John W. Moore
John Luther
Dudley White
Clarence Williams
Guy Wright
J. R. Potter
Carl Wood
John W. Butler
Guydell Woodburn
Norman Minter
Harold Nave
Ranger Dudley White
Amarillo
Burton
Hohoes
Fort Worth
Denver
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Reticent Soldiers Testify In Lichfield Trial Switch
Twelve American soldiers who had refused to testify before the Lichfield trials volunteered to return to the witness stand to recount cruelties suffered while prisoners in the guardhouse at Lichfield Eng. The move came during Lt. Leonard W. Ennis of Peekskill N Y being tried for allegedly trying to influence prosecution witnesses.
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Bad Nauheim
Germany
Lichfield
Eng
Leonard W. Ennis
Peekskill
N. Y
Saul L. Russ
Brooklyn
Ennis
Bowles and Porter may quit over OPA powers cutback
Senators weigh a strengthened bill to extend OPA powers while Bowles and Porter threaten resignations if the Stabilization Director and Price Administrator posts are further trimmed. President Truman may keep them in government or reassign them as Congress negotiates an economic advisory council.
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Bowles
Porter
Senate
OPA
Chester Bowles
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
John W. Snyder
Congress
Economic Council
Draft plan amiably relaxes youth draft age limits
A House Senate conference plan proposes induction of 18 year olds but bans overseas service for them unless they volunteer before 19. Sparkman says House likely to accept, amid ongoing fight over extending the draft law set to expire June 30. Amarillo begins Operation Trash to clean streets with city and Army trucks.
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Washington
Rep. Sparkman
Alabama
Senate House
Sparkman
House
Senate
Army
Navy
U S Admiral Authorized Aid to Chinese Forces in Manchuria
A Shanghai dispatch cited Izvestia saying Admiral Cooke of the U S Seventh Fleet authorized Major General Rockey to aid Chinese government forces in Manchuria. It claimed Cooke allowed supplies and air sea cooperation and planned transfer of four American destroyers and 40 ships to the Chinese Navy for northward transport of troops.
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Moscow
Shanghai
Charles M. Cooke
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Keller E. Rockey
Third’ Amphibious’ Force
U. S
Manchuria
Izvestia
Cooke
Rockey
Demos Gather in Austin for State Democratic Plans
State Democratic Executive Committee members meet in Austin to certify candidate lists for the July 27 first primary and to set August run-off and September convention sites. San Antonio Austin and Mineral Wells bid for the convention amid talk of possible action against Agriculture Commissioner J E McDonald. Committeeman Joe Luther cites a proposed resolution to bar McDonald for past.support of the Republican Party.
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Austin
State Democratic Executive Committee
San Antonio
Mineral Wells
J. E. McDonald
Joe Luther
Dallas
McDonald
Braniff Names Official Ross Byers Superintendent
Braniff Airways announces the appointment of Ross Byers as superintendent of passenger relations. The news was released by A. S. Aldridge, passenger service manager, in Dallas on June 9.
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Braniff
Dallas
U.P
Ross Byers
Braniff Airways, Inc
A. S. Aldridge
Weather Update for Amarillo Region and Surroundings
Partly cloudy and warmer with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and evening for Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas and New Mexico see partly cloudy skies with isolated to scattered showers and storms mainly in the mountains and eastern border areas. Temperatures range through the day with a low humidity and light precipitation totals around 0.02 inches in the last 24 hours.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Pecos River
New Mexico
Aiwria
University censured for political control of UT
The American Association of University Professors voted to place the University of Texas on its censured administrations list for attempts by a politically dominant group to impose its social and educational views on the university.
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Chicago
Council of the American Association of University Professors
University of Texas
Bulletin of the Association
Board of Regents
Compromise Proposed On Franco Spain At UN Security Council
The United Nations Security Council considers a compromise on Franco Spain this week with a tentative 3 PM session on Tuesday. The plan proposes modifying the council report, removing a time limit on severing relations, and flexing the assembly’s options. Some members prefer avoiding firm September actions until new conditions arise.
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Franco
New York
Spain
United Nations Security Council
Generalissimo
General Assembly
Council
Assembly
Four Are Hurt In Car Wreck West Sixth Collision Injures Four
Four people sustained injuries in a head on crash in the 1000 block of West Sixth last night. Harold Lloyd Wiggington 18 suffered a broken jaw chest wounds and broken teeth while his mother and stepfather Mrs Jewell Wilson and Howard Wilson Vallejo California and H G Boyles Quitaque were treated for cuts and bruises. Boyles and George Hulsey Quitaque rode in a 1936 Ford coupe driven by Coy A Wakefield 50414 Harrison. The car hit a 1989 Buick sedan driven by Howard Wilson damaging both vehicles. The California party had been vacationing in Oklahoma. Injured were transported to Northwest Texas Hospital by N S Griggs & Sons ambulance.
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West Sixth
Harold Lloyd Wiggington
Jewell Wilson
Howard Wilson
Vallejo
Cal
H. G. Boyles
Quitaque
Northwest Texas Hospital
Japanese stragglers rounded up on Mindanao Island
A U S Army patrol guided by Moros captured 112 Japanese stragglers and 50 Japanese civilians on Mindanao Island. Army headquarters said fewer than 50 stragglers remain on Mindanao.
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Manila
Mindanao
Carlsbad Sgt. Ruiz to receive Medal of Honor
Sgt. Alejandro R. Ruiz of Carlsbad New Mexico will receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for singlehandedly destroying a Japanese pillbox on Okinawa under heavy fire saving many wounded and trapped in his platoon, the War Department announced.
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Washington
Alejandro R. Ruiz
Carlsbad
N. M
Okinawa
War Department
Marshall Awaits New Red Terms
Gen Chou En Lai returned from Yenan to deliver to General Marshall his party s latest peace terms. He will meet the envoy to set a short term truce and pressed for settlement of three items Chiang Kai shek demands before the June 22 expiry.
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Nanking
Chou En-lai
Yenan
Marshall
China
Chou
Chiang Kaishek
Manchuria
Tojo to Act as His Own Lawyer in War Crimes Trial
Former premier Hideki Tojo prepares his own defense for the international war crimes trial. His attorney Ichiro Kiyose says Tojo will draft his arguments and personally respond to the prosecution opening statement.
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Tojo
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Ichiro Kiyose
Congress Set for Case Bill Veto as Truman Prepares
Washington June 9 Congress prepared for a veto on the Case labor disputes bill. President Truman was finishing a draft message and would discuss it with leaders at a weekly conference. The bill would create a federal mediation board with power to ban strikes for 60 days and regulate union activity.
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Congress
Truman
Washington
Capitol
Itanaa Ain Naytans
alwandAe Wranwna Aiea
du Avliu
Potomac
Capitol Hill
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Rayburn
Texas
House
Mr. Truman
Federal Mediation Board
Fire Victims Names Listed After Hotel Canfield Fire
The June 9 report lists the dead from the Hotel Canfield blaze. Names include Ray Louks Dover, Stanley Schipbsky Minneapolis, William Hubert Mexico Mo, Max Betzle Prairie du Chien Wis, Theresa Smith hotel resident, Judith Miller five, grand daughter of Mrs Smith, Canfield owner Clarence Reifstock, Victor Ortolani Woodside, Florence L Taylor Los Angeles, Bernard Dollarhide Chicago Greyhound driver.
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Dubuque
Hotel Canfield
Ray Louks
Dover
Stanley D. Schipbsky
Minneapolis
Ian William C. Hubert
Mexico
Max Fred Betzle
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Theresa Smith
Judith Miller
Smith
Canfield, Sr
Clarence Reifstock
Py Bugs
Victor Ortolani
Woodside
Florence L. Taylor
Los Angeles
Woman injured in Canfield Hotel fire asks for lipstick
Mrs. Chester J. Johnson of Eau Claire Wisconsin suffered a fractured vertebra and pelvis when she jumped from the third floor of the Canfield Hotel in Dubuque Iowa to escape a blaze. She was taken to the hospital in a semi coma but revived several hours later and asked for her lipstick.
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Dubuque
Chester J. Johnson
Eau Claire
Wis
Canfield
Johnson
Army Names Entertainment Chief
Maj. Gen. Russel B. Reynolds, Pacific war veteran, named chief of the War Department Special Services Division overseeing soldier recreation and post exchanges. Ernest Tubb appears in person tomorrow night at the High School Auditorium.
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Army
Washington
Russel B. Reynolds
Pacific
War Department
Special Services Division
Ernest Tubb
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Spengler
Texas Panhandle
Federalites
UNRRA
American Red Cross
Zack Cook
Harold Cosgrove
Cosgrove
Perry Kirch
Leo Loso, Jr
John Becker
William Canfield, Jr
LaSalle Hotel
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Leonard
Bastin
Uake
Bangkok
Ananda Mahidol
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Waswyu Vvesu Waaay U Wass Wass Ubs
Pridi Phanomyong
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Phraratanani Sri Sangwan
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Armstrong County
Ray Burton
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Chiang
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Greyhound
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