Train Fire Kills Five on Birmingham-Glasgow Express
Five passengers die and several injured when flames sweep three coaches of the Midland Scot near Beattock Scotland. An elderly woman is rescued. police search wreckage for jewel loot valued at 28 000 dollars amid arson suspicions. Scotland Yard probes whether the blaze was a cover for a jewel robbery.
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Beattock
Moffatt
Albert Bastien
Scotland Yard
Glasgow
Scotland
Birmingham
Extension of Truck Line Due for Okay
Guymon June 9 Special Extenson of the Sooner Freight Company's Oklahoma City to Guymon line on to Boise City is probable following a corporation commission hearing held this week in Oklahoma City. No objections were encountered when the company requested permission to extend the line from Guymon to Straight Cities Service Plant to Keys and Boise City returning the same route. G. C. Vestal Guymon businessman spoke for Panhandle residents on the great need for the service.
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Sooner Freight Company
Oklahoma City
Boise City
Corporation Commission
Straight
Cities
Keys
G. C. Vestal
Panhandle
Time for Fun Word Quiz From Time for Fun
A reader word game from Time For Fun lists presidents Adams through Wilson and invites readers to send answers with their names for printing in this newspaper. The item reads like a playful reader submission and offers no other news content.
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Arthur
Buchanan
Cleveland
Coolidge
Fillmore
Garfield
Grant
Harrison
Harding
Hayes
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McKinley
Pierce
Polk
Roosevelt
Taft
Taylor
Truman
Tyler
van Buren
Washington
Wilson
Hale County Jury Returns Record Indictment Count
Hale County grand jury spent four days in Plainview issuing 42 indictments the largest single session tally. Among cases were 29 for bad checks or forgery and passing 10 for defrauding with worthless checks four burglaries three thefts two for driving while intoxicated and one each for forgery by alteration receiving and concealing stolen property. Don Price and How ard Belgeu named in cattle theft tied to three steers belonging to Fred Freeman. both free on bond. Henry Allen Jr Virgil Johnson Carl Ash Lillie May Bailey and Howard Belyeu listed among those apprehended.
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Luron Brown
Plainview
Don Price
Howard Belgeu
Fred Freeman
Price
Belyeu
Sharp
Henry Allen, Jr
Virgil Johnson
Carl Ash
Lillie May Bailey
Howard Belyeu
Wheat crop forecast shows fall in Texas and nation
The Agriculture Department projected a below average 944.514 million bushels of wheat nationally with Texas at 24.687 million. Winter wheat tally and spring wheat prospects follow April estimates, while oats barley and fruit crops receive varied forecasts. A large carryover supports expected supplies despite acreage reductions.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas
Cornerstone Laid For Student Memorial Chapel
West Texas State College celebrated the cornerstone ceremony for the Student Memorial Chapel with Dr. J. A. Hill presiding. A copper box sealed behind the stone held commemorative items including a 1944 $300 donation by Dr. Roy G. McCasland and gifts from donors such as Dr. and Mrs. O. H. Loyd and a 12 year old who earned $3 delivering chapel literature. A total of 611 donors contributed $45,800 toward the chapel’s erection.
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J. A. Hill
West Texas State College
James P. Cornette
Canyon
O. H. Loyd
Vega
Hill
William Bruner
Young Bruner
Pay
Dave Warren
Panhandle Herald
Panhandle
Agricultural yields and production indexes across crops and states
May milk production reached 11.981 billion pounds, with April at 10.612 and May last year at 12.069. Egg production stood at 6.142 billion, while winter wheat yield was forecast at 164 bushels per acre and rye at 12.7. Crop conditions as of June 1 show varying normalcy levels across oats, barley, hay, pasture, and early potatoes, with state breakdowns for winter wheat, oats, peaches, oranges, and grapefruit.
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Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
California
Arizona
Hereford Church Hosts Women’s Society School
Hereford Methodist Church hosted a district officers’ school for the Woman’s Society of Christian Service with 160 delegates from 27 societies. Mrs. Kermit Lawson of White Deer led the program, titled Together, and district officers from multiple towns attended.
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Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Hereford Methodist Church
Kermit Lawson
White Deer
Don Davidson
Lawson
Mesdames N. L. Jacobson
Adrian
Vernon Estes
Bovina
Early Brown
T. W. Swearingen
Henry Cusie
J. R. Moore
Amarillo
Homer Newton
Sam Hunter
Friona
John L. Seaton
Larbuddie
School of Instruction
Wscs Assembly
Chapel Dedication Ceremony Marks Homecoming Build Milestone
Dr. Hill presided as a student faculty gathering assembled for the ceremony. The copper box was sealed with items including a WT catalogue and a Bible. Frank Wedding of Wedding & Cochran welded the copper box as the chapel nears completion in about 90 days, with formal dedication planned for October 21 during West Texas’ homecoming.
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Hill
West Texas
B. F. Fronabarger
Edna Graham
T. V. Reeves
Walter H. Juniper
James L. Russell
E. L. Hammit
Cornette
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