War Games To Include 66 523 Troops In August
The War Department announced 66 523 officers and men will take part in Third Army war games in the South and Southwest in August. The event, described as the largest peacetime troop assembly, concentrates in DeSoto National Forest Mississippi July 31 to August 14 for 29 499 troops and near San Antonio Camp Bullis August 6 to 20 for 26 208. Additional spreads include Fort Francis E Warren Wyoming August 1 to 15 for 7 080 and Fort Bliss El Paso Texas August 13 to 25 for 4 289 with another at Huachuca Arizona for 2 0.
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Washington
War Department
Army of the
South
Fourth Corps
DeSoto National Forest
Mississippi
Eighth Corps
Camp Bullis
San Antonio
Tex
Fort Francis E. Warren
Wyo
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Huachuca
Ariz
Realtors Form Listing Bureau in Amarillo Meeting
Seven Amarillo real estate professionals agreed at a noon luncheon to form a cooperative listing bureau as an auxiliary to the Amarillo Real Estate Board. The charter group includes Tom Cotten Hal Brown Homer Wheeler T M Bruner C P Atwood Hugo H Loewenstern and L E Lyles with others invited to join later. They discussed airport plans and a soil stabilization process that could slash runway and building costs if proven workable.
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Amarillo Real Estate Board
Tom Cotten
Hal Brown
Askew & Brown
Homer Wheeler
T. M. Bruner
C. P. Atwood
Hugo H Loewenstern
L. E. Lyles
Northwest Texas Hospital
Haygood wins multiple firsts at league meet and football player obituary
In his junior year at the school, Haygood earned several first places at this year's Interscholastic League meet. He was a football player. Survived by his parents two brothers Earl and Warner both of Hale Center and two sisters, with interment at Center Plains under Hall-Locke Funeral Home. The Pisa tower was intended vertical but sank to a slant 36 feet high and finished tilted.
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Young Haygood
Earl
Warner Haygood
Hale Center
Center Plains
Hall -Locke Funeral Home
Pisa
Italy
Spy Hunters and Tighter Laws Urged to Curb Peeping Toms
A four article series by Thomas M. Johnson outlines rising spy activity in the United States, calls for stronger espionage laws, and details Navy and Army security measures. It notes indictments of 18 for Nazi spying, enhanced vigilance, new prohibitions on photographing sensitive sites, and broader enforcement gaps in peacetime.
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America
Amarillo News
Thomas M. Johnson
NEA Service, Inc
New York
Uncle Sam
Army
Navy
Farnsworth
Thompson
Office of Naval Intelligence
Panama
Hawaii
Pacific
Fireworks Stand Fire Destroys Tent. No Injuries
A large tent fireworks stand outside Kansas City caught fire during a pre July 4 display. Spectators packed the highway as midget firecrackers, roman candles, and pinwheels exploded. The stand was destroyed with traffic jammed for blocks. No injuries were reported.
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Kansas City
U.P
Man Bites Dog Legal Oddity Stuns Gargh Courts
In Gargh India a man bit a fierce dog after the animal lunged at him. The dog’s owner sued for damages but the court ruled the man’s action justified and taxed the dog’s owner for surgical costs. The case upends common law bite limits.
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Gargh
India
Dana
McNaught Syndicate
Brooks Backer Speaks Here For Pierce Brooks Run
Fay Hammond of Dallas publicized Pierce Brooks candidacy for lieutenant governor here. Brooks favors full veteran age pension, state savings, abolishing liquor board, local liquor enforcement, pension investigations by county judges, and replacing auto license tax with a registration fee while keeping driver licenses. He opposes constitutional tampering and a unicameral legislature and pledges no new taxes.
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Fay Hammond
Dallas
Independent Grocers Association
Pierce Brooks
C. D. Glaze
Abilene
Brooks
Liquor Board
Highway Department
Hammond
Last Rites Held for Tucumcari Woman
Funeral services were held Monday at the First Christian Church for Mrs. Mortie Powell who died Sunday at her home in Tucumcari. Rev. G. A. Schlue officiated.
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Tucumcari
First Christian Church
Mortie Powell
G. A. Schlue
Memorial services for Mrs Powell held at local Methodist Church
The obituary notes Mrs Powell born May 24 1885 near Fort Worth came to New Mexico with her family and lived here for years. She is survived by three daughters Mildred Lucille and Gladys and one son R F E.
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Ter
Mrs. Powell
Fort Worth
New Mexico
Mildred
Lucille
Gladys
R. FE
Funeral Rites Held For Plainview Bay
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Donald Edwin Haygood 15 son of Mr and Mrs John A Haygood Hale Center who died Sunday night after a short illness Rev M E Fairchild Hale Center Baptist pastor conducted the services in Plainview.
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Plainview
Donald Edwin Haygood
John A. Haygood
Hale Center
M, Be, Fairchold
Planes to Canada and anti spy laws debated
The article notes a plan to Canada and discusses whether postwar peace-time anti-spy laws should broaden. Authorities urge a force trained as spy hunters akin to other European powers, to meet ongoing security concerns.
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Canada
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Charles A. Dana
New York Sun
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