Pat the mail dog kept watch on home front rails
During World War II Pat the dog served as a mail watchman at the Rock Island depot in Amarillo. He started as a rat catcher, guarded the mails when manpower was scarce, rode with rail crews, and shared meals at the depot cafe. Known for his memory, he loathed rail motor cars and bicycles, and avoided poachers with fierce loyalty.
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Amarillo
Fort Worth
Pat
Rock Island
Carrol Davis
Western Union
VFW seeks probe into housing program amid alleged scandal
The Veterans of Foreign Wars may ask Congress to investigate what it calls a breakdown in the veterans national emergency housing program. VFW officials say a housing fiasco shows signs of a national scandal and urge local posts to assess material channeling into non housing projects.
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Washington
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans National Emergency
George E. Ijams
VFW
Omar B. Ketchum
VFW National Legislative Service
Legislative Committee
Interim 14 man India cabinet proposed by British
New Delhi June 16 Viceroy Lord Wavell and the cabinet mission proposed a 14 man interim government for India. Gandhi said he was unhappy over the plan while Jinnah indicated potential acceptance if no further changes. The cabinet would include five Muslim League members five Congress members and one representative each of minor groups.
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Lord Wavell
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Pwerful
Congress Party
Moslem League
Gandhi
Subcontinent
Congress
Britain
Cabinet
DeGaulle Back Aspeds Rage
Communist Party opposes any government led by MR P as Gen De Gaulle returns to politics with MRP backed plans for a new French republic. He urges a two chamber legislature and strong executive while warning against dictatorship amid Cold War tensions. Gordon Creamer, Realtor.
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Paris
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
DeGaulle
Communist Party
Maurice Thorez
Georges Bidault
Constituent Assembly
Bayeux
France
de Gaulle
Russia
United States
Feudists To Foot Arbitration Bill
Washington June 6 The cost of arbitration rises as the U S Conciliation Service shifts charges to disputing parties. Arbitrator fees 50 to 100 dollars daily plus travel, with exceptions for contracts naming service appointments at no cost not renewed.
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Washington
Edgar L. Warren
U. S. Conciliation Service
Conciliation Service
Warren
Economist Warns OPA Price Trend Alarming
A high level government economist, speaking on condition of anonymity, called the ongoing rise in living costs alarming as OPA price grants for butter, cheese and coal push upward. Government data show prices up about one percent monthly despite OPA officials claiming family budgets remain largely in check.
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Washington
OPA
Price Increases Seen Amid OPA Inflation Watch
A spokesman notes possible further rises this week as OPA warned retail costs could climb. Officials cite a 4.6 percent rise for household necessities since spring 1943 and project an additional 2.1 percent by July 1. Government economists call the acceleration alarming.
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OPA
Reds Heft Veto Axe Over Franco Report
New York June 16 The United Nations Security Council moves toward a showdown over the Franco regime with a sub committee report calling for General Assembly action. Russia faced with veto abstained or considered abstention as the council prepares to vote.
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Reds
Franco
New York
United Nations
Security Council
Russia
General Assembly
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
14 Year Old Boy Confesses to Murder and Arson
A 14 year old Negro boy, Aaron Shelton Jr., confessed to strangling 48 year old clubwoman Mrs. Walter A Shetland in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, and setting her suburban home on fire. He will be charged with murder.
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Langhorne
Anthony Russo
Bucks County
Walter A Shetland
Essex Company
Trenton
N. J
Russo
Aaron Shelton, Jr
Philadelphia
Shelton
Young Shelton
Shetland
Pampa Girl Hurt By Hit-Run Driver
In Pampa Texas Mae Dameron 17 was struck and seriously injured by a hit and run driver at 12 45 am while walking with Edith Owen on Barnes Street near the city limits. Miss Dameron suffered a compound fracture to a leg and other injuries she was taken to Worley Hospital her condition tonight reported favorable.
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Pampa
Mae Dameron
Montgomery Heads for India After Middle East Talks
Field Marshal Lord Montgomery departed by plane for India after conferring with commanders of the British forces in the Middle East and in Palestine.
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Monty
India
Jerusalem
Field Marshal
Lord Montgomery
Middle East
Palestine
Swimmer Dies While Helping Boat Near Lake McClellan
Ollie Fortson 23 of Mexia died while swimming to aid a stranded boat at Lake McClellan, 22 miles south of Pampa, during a family picnic. Relatives reported a possible cramp as witnesses saw him disappear about 30 to 40 yards from the boat. his body was recovered later by the fire department. He leaves a wife, a one month old son Dennis Michael, and several relatives. The body rests at Duenkel Carmichael Funeral Home.
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J. S. Fortson
Alva Ray
Navy
Joe
Larry
C. E. Day
Duenkel- Carmichael Funeral Home
Maine Voters Face Quiet Primary for Governor
Republicans Gov. Horace A. Hildreth and Roy L. Fernald contest the GOP nod with a $500 veterans bonus proposal and a post election special session. Democrats former Army Captain F. Davis Clark and State Senator Leland B. Currier compete with Clark backing a bonus and Currier seeking $10 per month of service plus $5 per overseas month.
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Portland
Maine
Horace A. Hildreth
Roy L. Fernald
Winterport
Fernald
Hildreth
F. Davis Clark
Milo
Leland B. Currier
Lewiston
Clark
Currier
Former Husband of Wife Held in Vernon Shooting
M G Sims of Seymour was charged with murder and assault with intent to murder after Gilmore B Peek of Amarillo was shot to death in Vernon as his wife and step daughter watched. The shooting occurred across from the police station. Sims and Mrs. Peek had divorced earlier in Reno. The couple married May 11 and had six children.
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Peek
Sims
Reno
Nev
Mrs. Peek
Lilly
Old Sol Fires A Sizzling 98
Amarillo sweltered under 98 degrees as residents sought shade and cooled venues. Signs promising 30 degrees cooler inside dotted streets while soda fountains clogged and cars steamed. Coats dropped in churches and parks buzzed with sun drenched crowds. Weather bureau warned more hot days ahead.
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Amarillo
Alaska
Weather Bureau
Western press attacks as ministers resume peace talks in Paris
Moscow broadcasters assail Western “enemies of peace” while ministers in Paris resume discussions on postwar order. Danube shipping, potential German atom bomb, and propped shifts in Eastern Europe feature among lines cited by Soviet commentators.
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Moscow
Foreign Ministers
Paris
Danube
Russia
Germany
Red Army
Spain
Greece
Europe
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Philip Baratov
Caufield Baby Born At St Anthony’s Hospital
A son named Dean Kirk Caufield was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. George H. Caufield Jr. at St. Anthony's Hospital. The mother is the former Mildred Kirk.
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Caufield
Dean Kirk
George H. Caufield, Jr
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Nearby Areas
Amarillo and vicinity mostly fair with warm conditions through Monday night. West Texas fair Monday, becoming cloudy and cooler in Panhandle Tuesday. remaining areas stay warm. New Mexico partly cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms, little temperature change, highs 90 to 100. Light variable winds. Yesterday hours show morning temperatures from 82 to 90, highs around 90, lows near 45 to 50, sunrise 5:32 AM, sunset 7:03 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Congress Eyes Calendar as Initial Battle on Service Merger Nears
President Truman proposes co equal Army Navy Air defense under one cabinet head. Congress divided doubts passage before adjournment as wariness toward unification grows. Senator Thomas supports the Senate bill with minor changes and aims for summer action.
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Congress
Washington
Truman
Sea Arm
Senate Military Committee
Senator Thomas
Utah
Senate
Thomas
Patterson
Navy Forrestal
Army
Action Due on Military Aid
House leaders expect quick approval of a three bill program to aid friendly nations such as China the Philippines and others in the Americas by transferring arms and providing American training to develop small but organized forces. The plan envisions joint action with the United States in future attacks and domestic order.
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Washington
House
China
Philippines
Americas
U. S
United States
State, War and Navy Departments
Three-branch Cabinet Leaders Debate Air Force Roles
The article notes civilian leaders for the executive, legislative, and judicial branches and argues the Air Forces should undertake specific tasks such as submarine hunting reconnaissance and tracking shipping, outlining a division of defense responsibilities among services.
Women land 32 pound catfish after rural chase
Mrs. Sam Soper and Mrs. Ed Dewey on Brush Creek near Columbus Kansas hooked a big catfish they could not land. Mrs. Dewey held the pole while Mrs. Soper drove seven miles to fetch her husband. He helped haul in the 32 pound catch.
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Columbus
Kan
Sam Soper
Ed Dewey
Brush Creek
Here
Boundaries Thin In OPA Patchup
Senators and House members work within narrow limits to reconcile price control extensions. The House backed its version 355 to 42 and the Senate 53 to 11. Conferees meet Tuesday as the June 30 expiration looms.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Pepper
Florida
Secretary of Agriculture
Publisher Vance C. McCormick Dies After Short Illness
Vance C. McCormick publisher of The Harrisburg Patriot and industrialist died at his Cumberland County home after a brief illness.
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Harrisburg, Pa
Vance C. McCormick
Harrisburg
Cumberland County
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