Million Dollar Explosion Devastates Chicago Office Block
A three story Chicago building at Van Buren and Wells exploded around noon, killing two and injuring over 30. Fire officials blame a gas furnace leak with damage estimated at one million dollars and window and property losses possibly reaching ten to fifteen million.
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Chicago
Loop
Michael J. Corrigan
Corrigan
Thomas Donnelly
Wells Street
Donnelly
Ray Crane
Uniformed Police
Amarillo Exposition Brings Record Entry on Opening Day
The Twentieth Annual Amarillo Exposition and Fat Stock Show opens with a record crowd and a flood of entries. Preliminaries wrap, gates open at 8, sales and judging begin, including pure bred cattle, swine, and quarter horses, with Roy Largent and Ray Lowry among the judges.
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Amarillo
Panhandle Hereford Breeders Association
Roy Largent
Merkel
Ray Lowry
Texas Tech
Sargent
Will Rogers Range Riders Club
Hugh Clearman
Clearman
Art Bralley
Fair Grounds
Raymond Hollingsworth
Bralley
Potter County
Cali
Deaf Smith County
Dutch Bossing Yank Freighter Seized Under Dutch Indochina Tension
Capt Rudy Grey reports his Martin Behrman arrived in TADJOENG PRIOK Java under Dutch escort after an undeclared war flare up between Dutch and Indonesians. Ten Dutch Marines boarded the New Orleans ship loaded with rubber sugar and cinchona from Cheribon. It must wait for a Dutch export permit before sailing to the United States, with inspection set for tomorrow and Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tadjoeng
U.S
New Orleans
Pampa Convict Fails in Break
A.A posse and state police captured two escaped convicts from Retrieve State Farm near Sugar Land after a roadblock on US 75 toward Connor. Clay Henry Ellis of Port Worth, 27, serving four years for felony theft, and Gilbert Sand person of Pampa, 27, serving 15 years for felony counts, were found in a 199 Ford believed stolen. They vanished around 4 pm, assistant manager D E Barnes said.
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Houston
Sugar Land
Connor
Clay Henry Ellis
Port Worth
Trusty
Fort Worth
Gilbert Sandperson
Pampa
Horton
Dallas
ET. Anderson
Conroe
Angleton
D E Barnes
London Advertiser prints news on front page after 153 years
London March 2 The London Morning Advertiser, organ of the Society of Licensed Victuallers, has begun printing news on its front page marking a shift that leaves The Times as the only London newspaper with Page One ads only and news moved inside.
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London
London Morning Advertiser
Advertiser
Society of Licensed Victuallers
The
Times
Martial law hits Tel Aviv as 250000 Jews are placed under control
British authorities impose military rule across Tel Aviv Ramat Gan Petah Tiqva Benei Beraq and Mea Shearim Jerusalem area after deadly attacks. 60 suspects held for questioning as 21 killed including a lance corporal and a 4 year old girl. 7500 troops secure a 4 by 10 mile coastal rectangle.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Ramat Gan
Petah Tiqva
Benei Beraq
Mea Shearim
R. N. Gale
Stern Gang
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Haifa
Mount Carmel
Ketty Shalom
Holy Land
King David
Palestine Coastal Plain
Shaare Zedek
Jewish Agency
Vaad Leumi
Nation Council
First Infantry Division
Dollar Day in Amarillo Spurs Bargains for Shoppers
Bargain hunters are urged to visit Amarillo on Dollar Day with local merchants promising big savings. The caller notes shoppers should check the Sunday News Globe, bring cash, and enjoy the Fat Stock Show crowds while sealing purchases.
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Amarillo
News Globe
Atomic Spud Shocks Housewife In Oven Disaster
Mrs. E. R. Melvin of 616 North Pierce reported an oversized sweet potato and several Ireland spuds caused a kitchen explosion. The 450 degree bake split the potato, blew out the oven door, and splattered the roast. she notes the oven had run at 300 degrees for two hours before increasing heat.
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AL Dewlen
E. R. Melvin
Ireland
O'Daniel
Borger Slayer Given 12 Years
Court records show Alvis Welch, 31, of Borger, found guilty of the murder of Henry Fields on October 30, 1945. A jury in the 84th District Court sentenced Welch to 12 years in the state penitentiary after a nearly two hour deliberation. Welch smiled as jurors departed. his former wife testified she is now Mrs Lyle Wilbourn.
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Borger
Alvis Welch
State Penitentiary
Welch
Henry Fields
Fields
Lyle Wilbourn
Cotton Ginning Totals for 1946 Crop Statewide Count
Memphis report shows 23 179 bales of cotton ginned from the 1946 crop as of February 22 based on a county gin poll conducted by the Memphis Democrat.
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Memphis
Memphis Democrat
Burmese student at Texas joins chemical engineering program
Austin reports Maung Kyaw Nyein the first and only Burmese student to attend the University of Texas has arrived from Rangoon to study chemical engineering. He begins classes this month, marking a historic step for the campus.
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Austin
University of Texas
Maung Kyaw Nyein
Rangoon
Fat Stock Show Schedule Spans Multiple Exhibitions and Dances
The program outlines a multi day fat stock show with entries and sales at Western Stock Yards, judging by 4-H and Pig Club, auctions led by Jack Coulter, and social events at Amarillo hotels including dances. Panhandle Hereford Breeders and Tucumcari Ranch Kids present exhibitions and a banquet.
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Western Stock Yards
Eddie Johnson
Jay Taylor
Jack Coulter
Panhandle Live Stock Association
Amarillo
Tucumcari Ranch Kids
Amarillo Hotel
Range Riders Club
Nat
Panhandle Hereford Breeders
Herring Hotel
Crystal Ballroom
Herring
Panhandle Hereford Breeders’ Sale
FFA
Dodger Sought 5 Years Is Eligible Only for WAC Draft
Memphis report on a Mississippi woman indicted for evading selective service reveals a fugitive identified as Robert X. She led FBI through Chicago Dallas and other cities before Chicago uncovered that Robert was Geneva a 31 year old woman who had married a Brookhaven Mississippi man and registered for the draft but did not return the questionnaire.
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Memphis
Tenn
D. S. Hostetter
FBI
Robert X
Chicago
Hostettler
Robert
Geneva
Brookhaven
Miss
Dallas
Bessie
McLean Sailor Wounded in Brooklyn Bar Fray
Navy chief petty officer Devie Nicholson from McLean Texas and Irene Doolittle were gravely wounded in a bar fight in Brooklyn last night. Two men, Frank Murphy and Harvey Richardson, were held without bail and to face Brooklyn Felony Court hearings on charges of felonious assault.
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New York
Devie Nicholson
Navy
McLean, Tex
Brooklyn
Murphy
Irene Doolittle
Nicholson Navy Veteran Injured in Telegram Update
Nicholson, a former McLean High School football player and eight year Navy veteran, was reported improving slightly by Chief Petty Officer Roger Powers. The stabbed victim spoke with his father by telephone. doctors had not decided on surgery. A shipment from Russell Stationery Co followed the update.
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Nicholson
McLean
Navy
Charlie Nicholson
Roger Powers
Home Service
Powers
President Truman Finds Mother in Improved Condition
President Truman visiting Grand View Missouri to see his 94 year old mother Mrs Martha F Truman. Brig Gen Wallace Graham said she is praying for her son to be the greatest president in history and for his health. Mrs Truman remains in bed with a hip fracture from a fall two weeks earlier.
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Grand View
Upi
Truman
Mexico City
Wallace Graham
Martha F. Truman
Graham
Jackson County
Washington
Miguel Aleman
Hereford Show Brings Bigstock to Amarillo Amid Cold Barns
The Amarillo Fat Stock Show opens with a large turnout of Herefords hogs and sheep. Exhibitors praise the crowded barns despite cold winds and leaks. Notables include Harvey Allen praising turnout and P J Pronger noting Florida returns and overshoes.
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Cal Brumley
Amarillo
Harvey Allen
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Bob Scott
Goodlett
J. F. Ross & Sons
Fair
By David Rasco
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Swine Department
Poland
China
White Asbestos
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6Th St
Shoppers Corral
Keith Motor Co
Burma
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Lamb Club
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N. Y
Harvey Richardson
New York City
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Miss Doolittle
Russell Stationery Co
Taylor
King Herefords Castle
Europe
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Stratford
A. E. Pronger
Florida
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Canyon
H. H. Reeves
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Dalhart
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Clyde Latham
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Ben Graham
Wheeler
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Claude
Mr. Rodgers
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