McLean Tour Heads for Panhandle Ahead of June Rodeo
A caravan of prominent citizens cowboys and the McLean High School Band leaves Thursday noon for a Panhandle tour inviting other cities to the annual celebration and rodeo in McLean June 25 and 26. The party includes Monte Roger with Mrs. Alton Little and the McLean High School Trio. A schedules list covers Clarendon Memphis Chil dress Wellington Shamrock Wheeler Mobeetie Miami Pampa Lefors. Maytag says only about one third of aluminum models can be made in Texas due to rising costs.
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McLean Boosters
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Opal Tedder
Evonne Floyd
Frances Sitter
Mary Evelyn Foster
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Lefors
Maytag Pany
Newton
Iowa
Texas
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Maytag Southwestern Company
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Maytag
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Nazis Striking Out for Greener Fields While Britain Busy With Defense
Germany and Soviet Russia edge toward possible war as talks stall and troop shifts loom. Finland reinforces units and aids transit for German troops while Afghanistan heights defenses near India. Ukraine and Baku oil loom as potential flashpoints with Germany massing divisions toward the east.
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Britain
Germany Admits Irish Bombing
Dublin says Germany admitted responsibility for bombing claims after investigations show a German aircraft flew over the east Irish coast by mistake on May 31. The plane reportedly did not drop any bomb, but Irish investigations attribute Dublin bombs to German origin amid strong high altitude winds.
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London
Dublin
Irish Information Bureau
Germany
Fife
Eire
Irish
Backache and Leg Pain Warn of Kidney Trouble
Warns that backache and leg pains can signal tired kidneys. Excess acids and poisons build up when kidneys fail to filter, causing eye puffiness, fatigue, and discomfort. Doan’s Pills are recommended for relief and cleaning wastes from the blood.
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Shea Paina
Prine
Teekethonten
Doan
German apology and compensation offer after Irish bombing
The night in question may have seen aircraft over the east Irish coast without pilot knowledge and a bomb drop cannot be excluded. Germany expresses sincere regrets to Ireland and offers compensation for loss of life and injury to property. Twenty seven dead and 45 wounded.
Portales Youth Dies After Emergency Operation
Ira Calvin Dobbs aged 17 son of Mr and Mrs I M Dobbs died Monday night after an emergency operation for a ruptured appendix. Funeral services were conducted at Longs Baptist Church with Rev Pat Jordan officiating. Burial followed in Longs Cemetery. Survived by parents two sisters two brothers and two half brothers.
Texas defense housing funds total 12 million in state core
L. L. Sisk of the OPM said by June 1 Texas had $12,068,184 allocated for 4,900 defense housing units. Excluded were four privately financed projects and five newly announced government projects with unknown amounts. Private projects include Fort Worth Dallas area and sites at Corpus Christi Orange and San Antonio.
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Dallas
L. L. Sisk
OPM
Texas
Fort Worth-Dallas
Corpus Christi
Orange
San Antonio
Air express shipments hit record 8.647 million pounds in ten months
Air express shipments reached a record total of 8 647 000 pounds in the first ten months of 1949 90.
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Air-express
US May Spend Hundred Billion Before Germany Is Defeated
Washington reports a defense official suggested US spending could top 190 billion dollars before Germany is defeated. Other notes include Bermuda and Newfoundland air bases nearing commissioning, and Knudsen's push to form industry committees to boost defense output.
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Germany
Washington
United States
Damatar
Rotary hears plan for provisional union of English speaking nations
Clarence Streit urged at the Rotary International convention formation of a provisional federal union of Great Britain Canada Eire South Africa Australia and New Zealand to seek peace with the Axis on terms including no annexations or reparations and dispute arbitration. The proposal would be modeled on the U S constitution and backed by Roosevelt and Congress.
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Europe
Clarence K. Streit
New York
League of Nations
New York Times
Roosevelt
Congress
Great Britain
Canada
Eire
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
United States
Streit
Flood Cuts Bridge Loose at Lowell's Bluff on Red River
The Red River flood pushed Lowell's Bluff Bridge from its north embankment and riverbank, leaving the span 200 yards from the Oklahoma shore. Engineers fear damage to the north pier but cannot estimate losses until the water subsides.
Fire Prevention Posters Displayed At East Texas State Teachers College
Fire prevention posters designed by Geneva Shelton Ronald Coryell and Bill Cox of Amarillo Public Schools have been chosen by the State Department of Public Safety for state wide use. The posters are touring the state and are now shown in the East Texas State Teachers College library.
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Commerce
Geneva Shelton
Ronald Coryell
Bill Cox
Amarillo Public Schools
State Department of Public Safety
East Texas State Teachers College
Berlin Diary Is Published
Publication of William L. Shirer’s Berlin Diary draws readers with vivid World War II era insights. The excerpt recalls Paris on March 15 as German forces advance and European leaders hesitate to act, including Bonnet and Chamberlain’s cautious replies.
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William L. Shirer
Alfred A. Knopf
Bill Shirer
DNB
Bill
Paris
Bohemia and
Moravia
Hitler
France
Bonnet
Chamber
Munich
Ed Burrow
London
Chamberlain
O. C
Appeals Decision Due for Brown
Orrin J. Brown, 57, convicted of murder with malice, was moved from Spearman jail to Hutchinson County jail to await action on an appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeals. Judge Jack Allen overruled a motion for a new trial. Borger city attorney J. Ward and Perryton attorney Dan Archer were appointed to defend Brown. A Hansford County jury awarded death in district court for the Leota Murphy murder near Grover on March 20. Brown was arrested in Chicago and returned to Spearman for trial.
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Orrin J. Brown
Hutchinson County
Stinnett
Court of Criminal Appeals
Jack Allen
J. ©. Ward
Borger
Dan Archer
Perryton
Austin
Hansford County
Brown
Leota Murphy
Grover
Chicago
Romanian Airliner Crash Kills 15 Near Bucharest
A Romanian air liner crashed and burned after takeoff from Bucharest for Sofia, killing all 15 aboard. Among the dead were Austrian paper maker Vulkmar and German officials including consul Albert Gorgas, press attache Werner Voss, and Bulgarian consul general M Mossinoff. the wife of Vulkmar, a former Newark resident, was not aboard.
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Sofia
Vulkmar
Newark
N. J
Vulckmar
Berlin
Albert Gorgas
Werner Voss
M. Mossinoff
Dresden
Supreme Court Proceedings Reported in Texas Docket
In Austin on June 18 the Supreme Court listed writs of error rejected and cases dismissed for want of jurisdiction. It reported judgments in Evans v. Wassensen and Skinner et al and grants of rehearing outcomes for Brown Jordan and Safety Casualty Co. with cases set for July 9 including City of Galveston v O Meara and Heffernan.
Kuhn Denied Parole in State Prison
The New York state parole board at Clinton prison in Dannemora denied Fritz Kuhn parole. Officials said he must be regarded as a danger to public peace and security after Kuhn served 18 months of a 2.5 to 5 year sentence for larceny of funds and forgery.
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N. Y
State
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Clinton State Prison
Dannemora
Kuhn
Singer Marries Socialite in Plymouth Church Union
Eleanor Searle formerly of Plymouth, a soprano with the St. Louis Municipal Opera, wed Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney in a ceremony at the church founded by the bride’s great grandfather. Rev. Richard C. Wolf officiated and the couple planned a Midwest honeymoon after a brief reception.
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Ohio
U.P
Eleanor Searle
St. Louis Municipal Opera Company
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Sonny) Whitney
New York
Richard C. Wolf
First Luthern
Felix Fenner
Midwest
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