Borger Grows From Boom to Bigger Boom
Borger reports a population surge from 10 000 in 1940 to about 17 500 inside the city and another 15 000 nearby, with total area population around 32 000 and county totals near 40 000. Builders like Dick Hughes push rapid downtown and outskirts expansion as the town booms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Rasco Borger
Borger
Hutchinson County
Barger
Main Street
Dick Hughes
Monarch Construction Co
Bald Prairie
Postal Receipts Leap Upward
A town shows rising postal receipts signaling growth in business activity. Since 1935 totals rise yearly, with figures listed as 32,485 36,178 41,239 dollars, reflecting Borger's economic upswing.
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Borger
Amarillo Calendar Highlights Busy Day Of Meetings
Today in Amarillo a full schedule of meetings and events unfolds at multiple venues. Hearings before the Texas Railroad Commission address gas wastage with Panhandle Plains representatives at the Herring Hotel. Lions Club Amarillo Real Estate Board and Kiwanis meet at noon and Bennett Hall. City board of zoning adjustment and City Commission sessions follow at City Hall. American Legion District meeting, Thomas Dinner House and Summer Homemaking exhibit complete the day. Last day for Russell's drastic savings pre inventory sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil, Gas and
Carbon Black Industries
Panhandle Plains
Texas Railroad Commission
Herring Hotel
Lions Club
Amarillo Real Estate Board
North
City Hall
American Legion
Hanson
Legion Hall
Amarillo
Thomas
Missing Muni bus No. 206 in San Francisco
San Francisco on June 28 reports a stray municipal railway bus No. 206 missing from the Geary Street carbarn line up. Superintendent D. C. Ormsby suggests the green and white bus may have encountered trouble. Hugo H. J. Loewenstern listed as 22-22-8 for West Hills Homesites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Municipal Railway
D. C
Amarillo High Choir Set for NBC Broadcast on July 25
The Amarillo High School A Capella Choir of 52 under Julia Dean Evans will perform on NBC July 25 from 9 to 9 15 am Texas time. Ted Taylor announced the NBC hookup after Ken Dyke confirmed network clearance. The trip fund trails by nearly 3000 dollars and the group departs July 22 if funds are raised.
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Amarillo
Ken Dyke
NBC
Mr. Taylor
New York
Taylor
Increase in Income For Texas Farmers
Texas farmers earned 106,629,000 in May, up nine percent from May 1947, led by cattle at 41,223,000. While most farm products rose, declines occurred in wool sheep eggs corn milk products peanuts and fruits and vegetables. fruits and vegetables next with 13,225,000 and milk products 10,449,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.P
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Tito’s Reds Face Cominform Ultimatum Over Tito
The Cominform denounces Marshal Tito and Yugoslav leaders in a 3000 word resolution, demanding a return to Marxist policy or leadership change. It singles out Edvard Kardelj Milovan Djilas and Rankovic, cites attacks on Soviet allies, and signals potential action from Belgrade.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Cominform
Marshal Tito
Belgrade
Moscow
Communist International Information Bureau
Russia
Romania
Tito
Yugoslavia
Edvard Kardelj
Milovan Djilas
Montenegro
Yugoslav
Alexander Rankovic
Bled
Rade Pravo
Czechoslovak Communist Party
all-Communist Union
Bolsheviks
Tucumcari Child Killed in Crash
Ruth Woolsey aged four, daughter of Mr and Mrs Don C Woolsey, died instantly when the family car collided with another at a residential intersection in Tucumcari. Mother hospitalised with a broken arm and shock. father and another child unharmed. Eddie Wood uninjured. Coroner jury ruled accidental death. Survivors include grandparents Mr and Mrs L C Miller. Body at Doughty Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
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Tucumcari
Ruth .Woolsey
Don C Woolsey
Eddie Wood
Tucumcari General Hospital
Woolsey
Wood
Flood Crest Strikes Rio Grande Valley Cotton Crops
Rio Grande flood swells to four miles wide washing away crops in the Lower Valley floodway near Hidalgo and Reynosa. Despite widespread damage in Mexico, American losses are minimal with about 1 million dollars in Nuevo Laredo area. Evacuations occurred from Roma to Rio Grande City as rains drain elsewhere in Texas.
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Associated Press
South Texas
Rio Grande
Rio Grande Valley
Hidalgo
Texas
Border River
McAllen
Mexico
Reynosa
del Rio
Roma
Rio Grande City
Laredo-Nuevo Laredo
Nuevo Laredo
Waddy Week kicks off with ducking tank spectacle
Amarillo hosts Waddy Week with a ducking tank at the Amarillo Hotel site and a parade planned for Friday. Range Riders enforce western attire while Miss Beverly Jean Barnett and Carl Houser refuse to wear the uniform. Lou Hoarer and Bud Parks lead the ducking, with water supplied by the Amarillo Fire Department. A large parade featuring the Sandie band and groups from Tucumcari Clovis Pampa Vernon and other Panhandle towns is slated for Friday along Polk Street along with rodeo events and a reunion for Amarillo Army Air Field personnel drawing attendees from New Jersey and California.
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Amarillo
Polk Street
Sandie
Tucumcari
Clovis
Pampa
Vernon
Panhandle
Amarillo Army Air Field
Bill Lansing
The
Chamber of Commerce
Reser
Concert in Park At 8 15 Tonight
The Amarillo Sandie Summer Band directed by Clyde Rowe caps the summer series with the first concert at 8 15 pm in Sam Houston Park. Open air seating for about 5 000, part of the Junior League park program, with Jack Haas in charge. The band has about 90 pieces.
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Amarillo Sandie
Clyde Rowe
Sam Houston Park
Jack Haas
Summer Park
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Clear nights and mornings give way to partly cloudy skies Tuesday and Wednesday. Expected warmer Tuesday afternoon with little change on Wednesday. Panhandle and South Plains also warm Tuesday afternoon. Yesterday temperatures reached 77 at 2 PM, 56 minimum, with 0.07 inches of precipitation in the last 24 hours. Sunrise 5 35 AM, sunset 8 05 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Thief Is Lucky Overpowering Haverkamp Brothers
In Baltimore a grocery holdup ends with John Haverkamp bleeding and $70 missing while William repels intruders across the street. The brothers have a history of violent encounters with gunfire and beatings during past break ins.
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Haverkamp
Baltimore
John
William Haverkamp
Haverkaypp Brothers
William
Western Garb and Courthouse Start Waddy Week Parade
First day of Waddy Week shows courthouse staff in partial regalia. Charlie Carder in emerald striped shirt leads, Sheriff Adams follows with a flowing tie. Collector Frank Hoyt and County Clerk Loren Jones supervise playful parade antics in boots and rainbow blouses as Stetsons appear.
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Charlie Carder
Bill Adams
Frank Hoyt
Loren Jones
Scout Honor Court Tonight at Dumas
The Moore County District Committee of Llano Estacado Council, Boy Scouts of America, meets Tuesday at 7:30 PM at the Christian Church in Dumas. E. Q. Mills presides as reports on the annual finance campaign are received. Gaston Wells reports on touring camp in New Mexico and Ki O Wah near Canadian. W. J. Hiatt and Arnold Davis participate as plans for July and summer activities are discussed. refreshments follow.
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Moore County
Llano Estacado
Boy Scouts of America
Christian Church
Dumas
E. Q. Mills
Eli Willis
Gaston Wells
New Mexico
Ki-O-Wah
Canadian
Howard
W. J. Hiatt
Arnold Davis
W. M. Teague
Clayton NM Cattle Growers Convention Notes
In Clayton New Mexico the Cattle Growers Association hosts a convention. In Plainview a first series of free swimming lessons for children under eight is offered at Plainview Country Club. Briscoe County Polio Association meets at the county courthouse in Silverton. Dumas hosts a District Scouters Roundtable at First Christian Church. Tulia PTA executive meeting includes members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton
New Mexico Cattle Growers Association
Plainview
What Am I Saying Fish
Cartoon humor by Frank Morean jokes about fish intelligence and their travel timing with fishermen. The piece uses wordplay on schooling fish and brain food, ending with a light pun about vacations and brain food.
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Frank Morean
N. ¥. Post Corp., Inc
Air Force to Reactivate Bases Including Lubbock Clovis
Washington reports the air force will reactivate bases over the next year. Planned reopenings include Clovis New Mexico Enid Oklahoma Hobbs New Mexico Lubbock Texas Matagorda Island Texas Perrin Sherman Texas Topeka Kansas and Waco Texas.
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Washington
Air Force
Clovis
N. Mex
Enid
Okla
Hobbs
Lubbock
Tex
Matagorda Island
Perrin, Sherman, Tex
Topeka
Kan
Waco
Reds Lift Ban on Zone Travel
Berlin reports that the Soviet aligned news agency ADN said interzonal travel by Germans was allowed for automobiles and pedestrians though rail link to blockaded Berlin remains halted for some time. US officials Draper and Wedemeyer arrived for talks with Gen. Clay as US Britain widen efforts to supply Berlin via air with a 24 hour shuttle service.
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Berlin
ADN
Helmstedt- Berlin
West
Helmstedt
William H. Draper, Jr
A. C. Wedemeyer
US General Staff
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Britain
Labor Post
Corpus
Tito
Oes
Air Force Ea
Renstern
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Berger
Dunlap’s Department
Plains City
Borger Chamber of Commerce
Daily News
Russell
Hugo H. J. Loewenstern
West Hills Homesites
Reds
Eagle Pass
Laredo
Zapata
Amarillo Hotel
New Jersey
California
San Jacinto Youth Center
Jimmy Wakely
Fair Grounds
Elko
Nev
Laszlo Varga
Wells
US Weatheru
West Hills
Western Garbet Courthouse
High Plains
Al's Radio Ser
Lubbock and
Clovis Fields
Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
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