Gober and Allen Meet For Tri State Senior Golf Final
Red Gober of Austin faces Roy Allen of Oklahoma City in the 12th annual Tri State Senior Championship final at Amarillo Country Club. The 18 holes start at 10 am with Gober favored after swift wins over Bill Speed and Anton Ratzlaff. Allen beat Wade Holman and Pop Hooper to reach the final.
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Amarillo Country Club
Red Gober
Austin
Roy Allen
Oklahoma City
Gober
Allen
Galveston
Speed
Bill Speed
Pampa
Anton Ratzlaff
Wade Holman
Amarillo
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Ratzlaff
BSPR
Arena Wees
EEE TV
Hooker
Allen-Hooker
Pear Guo
Csuacae
Alien
Jack Lyle
Joe Guerin
Sam Cir
Bill Jenkins
T. L. Todd
Peeanans
Golf results from yesterday's championship flight and divisions
Yesterday's play produced concise results across multiple flights. Red Gober of Austin defeated Bill Speed of Pampa 7 and 6 in the championship, with Ratzlaff and several others posting wins in the same rounds. Consolidation brackets show Jenkins, Orr, and Todd advancing through semi finals and multiple consolation matches across first to seventh flights.
Five Golf Teams Compete in First Panhandle Meet
Five teams enter the first Panhandle Invitation Team Championship at Ross Rogers Course led by Amarillo Country Club and the host. Five low scores count for the team with play from 8 to 2. Sweepstakes for handicaps 0 7 and 8 plus a putting tournament. A $3 entry covers all three events with 32 awards including golf balls for winners and top amateurs.
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Clude
O'Toole asks boxing chief for ring probe
Rep Donald L. O'Toole of Brooklyn demands an investigation of the Joe Louis Billy Conn bout. He files a $100000 suit against promoter Mike Jacobs claiming extortion and urges New York State Boxing Commission chairman Eddie Eagan to act. The Justice Department denies any anti trash violations probe.
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Washington
Brooklyn
Donald L. O'Toole
Eddie Eagan
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
O'Toole
Mike Jacobs
Jacobs
O’toole
Eagen
Congressional Record
New York State Boxing Commission
Justice Department
McCollum Named Head Coach at Port Neches High School
Gene McCollum, Hardin-Simmons University assistant football coach and head basketball coach, is hired as Port Neches High School head coach. He signs a three year contract at 4300 dollars for year one 4400 for year two and 4506 for year three.
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Port Neches
Gene McCollum
Hardin-Simmons University
Port Neches High School
Final Round Golf Results From Oklahoma Area Event
Nat Frazier of Albuquerque defeated A. E. Miller of Lubbock 1 up in the final round. T. E. Baker of Woodward Oklahoma beat Guy McGee of Dalhart 1 up. Fourth Flight Consolation Nat Tatum of Clinton Oklahoma beat Hestor of Amarillo 2 and 1. R B Norman of Amarillo beat Morris Chaffin of Long Beach California 2 and 1. R I Belcher of Clinton Oklahoma beat R E Kessie of Amarillo 3 and 2. Seventh Flight Consolation J W Clifton of Amarillo beat M Reynolds of Shamrock 3 and 2.
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Clovis
T. L. Todd
Monahans
O. A. Terry
Lubbock
Tom Lemond
Amarillo
Drew
Gober
Ratzlaff
Allen
Hooker
Orr
Jenkins
Todd
Lemond
Dude Gentry
E. B
H. Jensen
Pestor
B. B. Brooks
Nat Tatum
Jimmy James
R .B. Norman
Bob Poulkner
Morris Chaffin
George Dotson
Tom Brown
Elmer Winn
B. Marchant
J. E. Cheatum
R. M. Allred
John Patton
T. Uagar Johnson
J. B. Allred
R. E. Kessie
Leo Inman
R. I. Belcher
H. B. Renfro
W. F. Grant
J. R. Fox
Roy Cope
R. H. Todd
M. Reynolds
Charley Pryor
J. W. Clifton
R. F. Williams
Nat Frazier
Albuquerque
A. E. Miller
T. E. Baker
Woodward
Okla
Guy McGee
Dalhart
Clinton
H. ?Estor
R. B. Norman
Long Beach
Salif
Shamrock
Final Pairings and Championship Flight Listings
Final Pairings show matches listed with times for 98:00 and early evening, including Neal vs Leathens and Alfred vs Tolaeon. Championship flight features Red Gober and Foy Allen with Sam Orr listed as sweep champion on default from T L Fodd.
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Aun
Smith
Pond
Daniell
Wood
Burks
Iinnat
Fligh Neal
Leathens
Brown
Aacant
Fligh Alfred
Tolaéon
Grant
Red Gober
Austin
Foy Allen
Oklahoma City
Sam_ Orr
Nelauiens
T. L. Fodd
Monahans
Palmer To Hurl Against Pampa
Palmer named to pitch for the local American Legion team as it meets Pampa in Pampa Sunday. After a loss to Berger last Sunday the squad, led by manager Bus Dorman, fields Kenyon behind the plate with Brown at first Wartes at second Bybee at short Oliphant at third Farmer in left Anderson in center Henry in right.
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Junior Palmer
American Legion
Pampa
Berger
Bus Dorman
Dick Kenyon
Owen Brown
Larry Wartes
Bill Bybee
Bud Oliphant
Bobby Farmer
Dick Anderson
Bob Henry
Shamrock Soft Ball Tournament Opens Monday
Shamrock hosts a 12 team softball tourney June 24 to 30 with prize money for top finishers. Over 150 players from 11 towns, including Canadian Hedley Estelline and Wellington, compete under Shamrock Jaycees sponsorship. Tickets priced 35 and 15 cents per session with all games for 1.75.
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Shamrock
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Cheyenne
Okla
Lefors
Reydon All- Stars
Reydon High School
Hedley
Estelline
Childress
McLean
Wellington
Kellerville
Shamrock Jaycees
Berten
Tindall
Pry
Corner
North Texas State Golfers Enter National Tournament
North Texas State's Lone Star Conference championship golf team will compete in the National Intercollegiate Invitation tournament at Princeton New Jersey from June 25 to 29. The team is led by coach Fred Coff and features players Jack Spencer Dallas Ross Collins Eliasville Bill Turner Denton and Ray Massey Denton.
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Denton
North Texas State
Princeton
N. J
Jack Spencer
Dallas
Ross Collins
Eliasville
Bill Turner
Ray Massey
Fred Ocoff
Veeck Names Partners Decks Cleared for Sale
Cleveland reports Bill Veeck with Robert Goldstein Philip Clarke Lester Armour allied in a syndicate to buy the Indians. Bob Hope and Harry Grabiner also linked, as checks cleared and directors near a noon meeting to finalize the deal amid owner silence and probate tax waivers.
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Cleveland
Bill Veeck
New York
Chicago
Cleveland Indians
Milwaukee Brewers
Robert Goldstein
International Pictures, Inc
Philip R. Clarke
City National Bank of Chicago
Lester Armour
Bob Hope
Harry Grabiner
Chicago White Sox
Veeck
Dickering
Bob Feller
Bob
Hope
Little Rock
Ark
Bill Veeck, Jr
Tribe
Lock, Stock and Barrel
J. J. Klein
Mum Hope
Alva Bradley
Charles L. Bradley
Jackson Captures West Texas Women's Golf Consolation
Amarillo teenager Miss Pat Jackson won the championship flight consolation of the West Texas Women's Golf tour in Abilene finishing 2 up on Mrs. Ted Hestiss of Odessa. Another Amarillo entrant, Mrs. Paul Houston, fell to Mrs. Jimmy Whitcher of Abilene 2 and 1 in the nine hole flight.
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Abilene
Pat Jackson
Amarillo
West Texas
Jackson
Ted Huestis
Odessa
Paul Houston
Jimmy Whitcher
Bartzen Defeats Ball In Southern Tennis Match
Bernard Bartzen of San Angelo defeated veteran George Ball of El Paso in the Southern tennis tournament with scores 6-0 5-7 6-3. The match occurred in Louisville on June 21.
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Bartzen
Louisville
Bernard Bartzen
San Angelo
George Ball
el Paso
Taylor Wins Sunset Putting Meet with 69
Taylor carded a 69 to win the $4 merchandise prize at Sunset Course weekly putting tour. Adverse weather limited turnout to 35 golfers. Ernie Dowell was second with 70 for $3, Jack Allen third at 71 for $2, four players tied at 72 and drew for prizes. A Swenson W C McClish and W G Prince earned $1, Elmer Tucker took seventh for 50 cents.
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Bob Taylor
Walter Sikes
Sunset Course
Ernie Dowell
Jack Allen
A. Swenson
W. C. McClish
W. G. Prince
Elmer Tucker
Hunter Wins Western Junior Amateur in 38 Holes
Sixteen year old Mac Hunter, famed for golf lineage, defeats Bob Abrahams of Northwestern University in a 38 hole duel to claim the Western Junior Amateur Championship in Ames Indiana. The article notes the subway ridership in New York City as a separate fact.
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Hunter
Ames
Mac Hunter
Bob Abrahams
Northwestern University
Southern Cal Illinois Dominate Early NCAA Track Session
The opening NCAA track meet session spotlighted Southern California and Illinois with eight qualifiers each, while standout sprinter Lloyd La Beach of Wisconsin and hurler Harrison Dillard of Baldwin Wallace led the stellar field. Other notes include Dewitt Coulter and Don Sparks declining AAU invite, Les MacMitchell and Tommy Quinn invited to face Lennart Strant of Sweden, and Baseball news on Sam Breadon praising Jorge Pasquel after players were taken.
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Southern
California
Illinois
Ame Nee
Auc
Tommy Quinn
Lennart Strant
Sweden
United States
Sam Breadon
St. Louis Cardinals
Mexico
Jorge Pasquel
Johnny Beazley
St. Louis
Cards
Judge orders reinstatement for Niemiec with Seattle club
Federal judge rules Seattle club of the Pacific Coast League must reinstate fielder Al Niemiec after he appealed under the GI Bill of Rights following his spring release for being unable to play Coast League baseball. Short Shots note Nelson McSpaden team leads Inverness Invitational after third round. Gene Tunney criticizes the Louis Conn fight as the sorriest he witnessed and calls boxing promoters to stop feeding babies to Joe Louis.
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Seattle
al Niemiec
Niemiec
Byron Nelson
Harold
Jay) McSpaden
Gene Tunney
Louis-Conn
Joe Louis
Gold Sox Host Gassers In West Texas League Clash
Amarillo travels to face Borger as the Gold Sox seek a rare edge over the Gassers in the West Texas New Mexico League. Pitching woes and injuries strain the squad while newcomer Ray Wilson nerves up at second base after a strong first road trip.
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Cam Abilene Wee
Gold Sox
Amarillo
Borger Gassers
West Texas New Mexico
Pampa
Abilene
Lefty Lonergan
Frank Mekules
Sox
Bob Seeds
Mekales
Seeds
Big Frank
Gassers
Ray Wilson
Chattanooga Choo-Choos
Southern Association
Wilson
Leeds
Borger
Chattanooga
Choo-Choos
Emil Fulenwider
Fulenwider
Dodgers Take 7-5 Win to Extend Lead
The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the St Louis Cardinals 7-5 at Ebbets Field to widen their NL margin to two and a half games over the Cardinals. Other scores include Hal Newhouser earning his 100th victory for Detroit over New York, and Tex Hughson edging Bob Feller as Boston beat Cleveland 1-0.
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Detroit
New York
Boston
Cleveland
Washington
St. Louis
Philadelia
Chicago
Lfi
Seaetny
Ectoes
Philadelphia
Ruffing
Hutchinson
Ryba
Embree
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Red Birds
Ebbets Field
Big Mort Cooper
Braves
Pittsburgh Pirates
Boston Tribesmen
Fritz Ostermueller
Philadelphia Phillies
Cincinnati Reds
Schoolboy Rowe
Reds
Paul Erickson
Frank Secory
Chicago Cubs
New York Giants
Hal Newhouser
New York Yankees
Tigers
Tex Hughson
Bob Feller
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Indians
Sox
Bobby Doerr
Rudy York
Cecil Travis
Gil Coan
Washington Senators
St. Louis Browns
Philadelphia Athletics
Chicago White Sox
VEW Rally Beats Superior 9-8 In Extra Innings At Gold Sox Park
The VFW nine overcame a late deficit to edge Superior Manufacturers 9 to 8 in 10 innings in a Junior Gold Sox League contest at Gold Sox Park. George Reed faltered in the seventh but Glen Duckworth cleared the jam with bases loaded to send the game to extras.
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VFW
Gold Sox Park
Gold Sox
George Reed
Glen Duckworth
Reed
Weidman To Head Marshall Gridders
Chester E. Weidman Marshall High football standout will coach the Mavericks as they pursue state honors. He returns home to guide the team after building his coaching reputation elsewhere.
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Weidman
Marshall
Chester E
Cotton) Weidman
Mavericks
Forbidden Fireworks Lead to Hidden Bank Loot Found
Two Oklahoma boys digging for fireworks uncovered a nail keg of coins from a $19,883 Texas bank robbery. FBI reports tie the stash to the September 1945 First State Bank of Merton robbery. The coins were buried behind Mrs Lowther’s garage. no one in the family knew of the stash.
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Shawnee
Okla
Texas
FBI
D. A. Bryce
Oklahoma City
Bryce
First State Bank of
Merton, Tex
Dixon Lee
Lowther
Faye Lowther
Melton
Chick Rogers
Lubbock
Tex
Government reaffirms stored wheat sale order in 18 states
Texas and 17 other states must sell half of stored 1946 wheat within 15 days or face up to 10 000 dollars fine and one year in jail. John W. Clagett of the Production and Marketing Administration said buyers must offer half to the Commodity Credit Corporation for famine relief.
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Chicago
Texas
John W. Clagett
Production and Marketing Administration
Midwestern
Clagett
Commodity Credit Corporation
Hitlers Knights of Nightmare See World War III Inevitable
British prisoner of war camp at Zedelghem Belgium reports high ranking German officers predicting a third world war is inevitable though they claim to want no more conflict. They say Germany must align with the West. the East offers no salvation while Russians move Germans east. They complain of hunger rations and cramped quarters but deny mistreatment, noting conditions are better than in North Africa.
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Charles Arnot
Zedelghem
Belgium
Hitler
Hellmuth Reinhardt
Denmark
General Staff
Germany
Reinhardt
North
Africa
Scientists Blast Atom Proposals
Scientists from the Association of Los Alamos Scientists oppose House Military Affairs Committee plans to strengthen armed services control of atomic energy. They say only national policy and civilian leadership can determine domestic atomic energy governance and that arming services cannot defend by treating the bomb as just another weapon.
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LOS Alamos
APA
Association of Los Alamos Scientists
House
ALAS
Army
Navy
George R. Davis Rites Set Today
Funeral services for George R. Davis aged 59 will be held at 2 PM at Adrian Methodist Church. Davis of Adrian for eight years died at home Wednesday. Officiants are Dr. E B Pritchard Amarillo and Rev. Cecil Arnold. Pallbearers named Loren Kreitz Ed Klein William Brown Sr Earnest Frank Wesley Kelley William Vanderwork. Survivors include widow Nellye Davis, brother James C. Davis Tacoma Wash and sister Maggie M. Sexton Santa Ana Cal. Burial Vega Cemetery N S Griggs and Sons in charge.
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George R. Davis
Adrian Methodist Church
Davis
Adrian
E. B. Pritchard
Amarillo
Cecil Arnold
Adrian Church
Loren Kreitz
Ed Klein
William Brown
Earnest Frank
Wesley Kelley
William Vanderwork
Nellye Davis
James C. Davis
Tacoma Wash
Maggie M. Sexton
Santa Ana
Cal
Vega Cemetery
N. S. Griggs and Sons
Helicopter travel estimated at five cents a mile
A bygone estimate suggests helicopter travel costs only a fraction more than five cents per mile, highlighting affordable air mobility considerations for the era.
Stevenson to Confer on July 27 Special Election
Gov. Coke Stevenson said he would confer with County Judge Charles W. Anderson of Bexar County on Tuesday about the July 27 special election to fill the late Senator J Franklin Spears term.
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Austin
Coke Stevenson
Charles W. Anderson
Bexar County
J. Franklin Spears
Answers to Questions By The Haskins Service
Q where should a veteran apply for a Civil Service position in Japan A He should write the Civilian Personnel Division Overseas Branch Office of the Secretary of War Washington 25 D C Q May the months death gratuity payable to the widow of a serviceman be attached for debts A The gratuity pay cannot be attached or garnished for the debts of either officer or enlisted man because it is not part of his estate but a gratuity to his depend ent
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Japan
Secretary of War
Washington
D. C
Periscope Height Extends About Fifteen Feet
The periscope rises from the conning tower to around 15 feet above the vessel. It can be lowered when the submarine travels beneath the surface.
Army Air Forces officer on terminal leave hospital stay
If an Army Air Forces officer is admitted to a hospital during terminal leave before separation, he is treated as on duty while hospitalized. After discharge, the terminal leave is recomputed.
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Army Air Forces
L.D.G. A
Families to Japan urged to take baby foods supply
The War Department advises families of servicemen heading to Japan to bring a three months' supply of baby foods and needs before September, and a one month supply for those traveling after September.
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Japan
E.L.E. A
War Department
Plans to return unknown dead for burial in national cemeteries
Present plans contemplate the return of all unknown dead for burial in national cemeteries. The work of identifying the unknown dead will continue for some time as many identifications require long investigations, sometimes extending over a period of years.
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V. L. le A
Veterans may buy more than one car for business use
The War Assets Administration allows a veteran to exceed the one vehicle limit if used to run a small business, farm, or professional enterprise. The policy excludes passenger cars and station wagons, for which applications are no longer accepted.
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War Assets Administration
Veterans rights guide offers GI Bill and marriage law insights
The Home Law Book digest includes the GI Bill changes and state provisions on marriage and divorce with license timing. It promises helpful legal points and tables for veterans, priced at 15 cents postpaid via the Amarillo Globe News Information Bureau. The ad also references a gas turbine wheel spinning 30 000 rpm in aircraft turbo-superchargers.
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Amarillo Globe News, Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington, D. C
Cain
Ten Additional Congressmen Named to Bikini Delegation
Washington reports at least ten congressmen besides the four invited will go to Bikini for the atomic test. En route or departing by plane tomorrow, they represent Senate and House committees, including Hickenlooper, Cordon, Rooney, Norrell, Engel, Gillespie, Izac, Bradley, Bates, and Anderson, with four members designated by President Truman to witness and evaluate results.
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Bikini
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Cordon
Oregon
Senate Atomic Energy
Rooney
New York
Norrell
Arkansas
Engel
Michigan
Gillespie
Colorado
House Appropriations Committee
Izac
California
Bradley
Pennsylvania
Bates
Massachusetts
Anderson
House
Naval Committee
Truman
Sen
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