Uncle Sam Plans 30 000 Drafts Monthly Begin Fall
The Army projects 225 000 to 250 000 additional draftees plus volunteers to reach 837 000 men, with induction starting around September 22. Royall outlined training centers, division builds, and roles for regular Army and National Guard units in the peacetime draft plan.
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Washington
Sam
Army
Congress
Defense
Royals
National Guard
Royall
Regular Army National Guard
Forts Ord
Cal
Jackson
Dix
Knox
Riley
Kan
Camps Chafee
Ark
Breckenridge
Pickett
Fort Bliss
Tex
Camp Carson
Colo
Fort Meade
United States
Cattle Market Goes Higher At Amarillo Auction
Amarillo Livestock Auction reports Monday prices 50 cents higher than last week with some cattle up to 75 cents. Top sale: fat cow 1 400 lbs at 24.10 and fat heifer yearling at 30.70. Total cattle sold 2 475 head. no more sales this week.
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Amarillo Livestock Auction Company
George Nance
Canyon
Sid Powers
Amarillo
Henry Scott
Vega
Harry Kerns
J. E. Ryan
Pampa
Ferguson and Walton
Hamlin
Claude
Henry Cone
W. H. Smith
Glazier
US Weather Bureau
June Proves Dad Month For Love Bust Out All Over
June ads for husbands drew many proposals but few matches. Women including Dorothy Lawlor in Hempstead and Nellie Wolan in Middletown reported thousands of offers from readers while screening suitors, with the heartland seeing a slow marriage pace and prospects ranging from cash incentives to furnished homes.
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New York
Brooklyn
Dorothy Lawlor
Hempstead
Daytona Beach
Fla
Dominican Republic
Middletown
Conn
Nellie Wolan
Lexington
Callie Pennington
Lancaster
Burr
Texas Tiny Seeks Wife From Texas Ranch to Long Beach
A former Texas cowboy known as Texas Tiny, now a radio DJ in Long Beach, reports receiving many marriage offers from women after a newspaper ad. He weighs 600 pounds, owns a 320 acre Texas ranch, and says it would take two years to meet all suitors. He lacks the ten thousand dollars Dorothy Lawlor offered, preferring genuine connection over a cash marriage.
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Long Beach
Cal
Texas
Texas Tiny
Tiny
New York
Dorothy Lawlor
Wheat Farmer Burns Stubble Near Home
Bill Arrington, a Santa Fe worker and local wheat grower, burned stubble in his field near his home at 1600 East Sixteenth. He said the fire posed no danger and alerted the Amarillo Fire Department as a precaution after a bumper harvest of 50 bushels per acre. Firefighters reported no SOS received and several residents noticed the blaze.
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Bill Arrington
East Sixteenth
Bill
The
Santa Fe
Amarillo
France
Paris
Jefferson Caffery
Georges Bidault
National Assembly
Evangelist Held On Charges Of Beating Child
In Columbus Georgia on June 28 evangelist Mrs Hazel Smith bound over to County Court on four counts of cruelty to a six year old girl Bobbie, a former pupil of Aimee Semple McPherson. Four other assault charges were dismissed. Witnesses described threats of beating until blood. Doctor reports multiple lacerations and infected burns.
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Columbus, Ga
Hazel Smith
Bobbie
Smith
Foursquare Gospel Church
Aimee Semple McPherson
Mrs. Smith
Reward Offered In 11 Year Old Carol Bardwell Murder
Washington police offered a 5000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Carol Bardwell who was found in Rock Creek Park with her throat cut after a bicycle trip. Coroner MacDonald said death was in minutes and not a rape. Additional $200 rewards were posted by local business associations.
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Washington
Today
Carol Bardwell
William P. Bardwell
Federal Trade Commission
Rock Creek Park
Washington Times-Herald
Xxx
A. MacGruder MacDonald
Times-Herald
Businessmen’s Association
Columbia Heights Businessmen’s Association
Draft boards unnamed as new draft law awaits approval
County selective service boards under the new draft law have not been named. adjutant general's department says tentative lists exist and final approval from Washington is expected soon.
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Austin
Adjutant General's Department
Washington
Careful Advice Urged by Roger
Dr. R. G. Boger director Amarillo Center urged Kiwanis members to give careful vocation guidance to youths. He warned a youngster may choose an unsuitable career without expert advice. Club committees met at separate tables while W. N. Stokes noted the schedule. Piano numbers by Clifford Casey and Jo Ann Harris entertained briefly.
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R. G. Boger
Amarillo Center
Amarillo
Clifford Casey
Jo Ann Harris
Airline pilot spots raft floated in Atlantic near Bermuda
An airline pilot reported seeing a raft with moving objects in the Atlantic Ocean northwest of Bermuda. A Coast Guard service plane was sent to search. The report also notes experiments to sink wells for petroleum in Turkey.
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Atlantic Ocean
New York
Bermuda
Coast Guard
Turkey
Grocery Firm Plans New Amarillo Warehouse
J M Radford Wholesale Grocery Co. announced plans for a modern warehouse in Amarillo to replace the 98 Fillmore site. R B Lawrence, company president, said an option on a site is secured and construction may start within 90 days. Rex S Garner, Amarillo manager, cited streaming warehousing aligned with Lub bock and Abilene expansions and over 40 years in operation.
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J. M. Radford Wholesale Grocery Co
Amarillo
R. B. Lawrence
Abilene
Fillmore
Lawrence
Rex S. Garner
Lubbock
Garner
Vernon Rites Will Be Held This Morning
Funeral services for James N. Vernon 80 pioneer Amarillo laundryman will be at 10 30 a m in N S Griggs Sons Chapel Rev H A Somerville and Dr E B Fincher will officiate Pallbearers include J Mac Vernon J Milter Beard Russell Fowler Bryce Beard Irvine Doss and Walter Russell Burial will be in Llano Cemetery Vernon died Sunday in Paducah while visiting his granddaughter Mrs Irvine Doss from a heart attack He opened Amarillo's second steam laundry in 1902 later started the Troy Laundry and led the business as president Survivors include wife a son two daughters and four grandsons
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James N. Vernon
Amarillo
N. S. Griggs Sons
H. A. Somerville
Amarillo Bible Church
E. B. Fincher
Southern Presbyterian Church
J. MacVernon
J. Milter Beard
Russell Fowler
Bryce Beard
Irvine Doss
Walter Russell
Llano Cemetery
Mr. Vernon
Tyler
Paducah
Vernon
Emergency Proclamation Declares National Crisis Over Dock Strike
King George VI signed a proclamation declaring a national emergency to protect Britain's food supply and export recovery. Prime Minister Attlee told the dock workers that the stoppage harms mates, housewives, and the ordinary people, urging action to ensure feeding the public.
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London
George VI
Britain
Clement Attlee
BBC
Attlee
Start Paying Miner Pensions
Washington June 28 trustees led by John L. Lewis move to commence pensions and distress payments from the miner welfare fund frozen for 12 months. Justice Goldsborough ruling clears the plan under Taft Hartley Act with operator Ezra Van Horn contesting only briefly. Operators accept decision and approve a 1948 contract boosting pensions by adding a 20 cent tonnage royalty.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis
Senator Bridges
New Hampshire
Ezra van Horn
Bridges and Lewis
van Horn
Goal of Hope Held Out for These Miners
Thirty eight paralyzed coal miners arrived from the East in Oakland to begin rehabilitation paid by the United Mine Workers of America welfare and retirement fund. They travel to Permanente hospital then Rabat Kaiser Institute in Vallejo for a six month course costing five to ten thousand dollars per miner.
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Oakland
Cal
United States
Permanente Hospital
Rabat-Kaiser Institute
Vallejo
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
San Francisco Reports 100th Bridge Jump Death
A man named Fortunato Ornel Anguiano from Mexico City died by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge. He reportedly asked two boys for a cigarette before leaping 240 feet into San Francisco Bay marking the 100th bridge suicide at the site.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Fortunato Ornelar Anguiano
Bay
Anguiano
Mexico City
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