U S to anchor northern defences with Alaska airbase
The War Department announces a new Strategic Air Command base at Mile 26 Alaska near Fairbanks costing 8.125 million dollars. It includes a runway hangar barracks HQ and workshops with a spur to Ladd Field to house B-29s and later B-36 and B-50s.
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Alaska
Washington
United States
Maine
War Department
Mile 26
Strategic Air Command
Fairbanks
Bering Strait
Army Engineer Corps
Rapid City
S. D
Ladd Field
Elmendorf Field
Fort Richardson
Nome
Wild horse dies en route to Hollywood Park during air transport
A two year old Mexican horse named Joselito died in Long Beach after a rough flight from Mexico City to Hollywood Park. Veterinarian Dr Everett Siemar said the animal kicked itself to death during the journey, which included a stop in El Paso where it was briefly tranquilized. Captain C A Ryan of American Airlines called the trip one of his roughest.
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Long Beach
Cal
Mexico City
Everett Siemar
Joselito
el Paso
Caries Gomez
Hollywood Park
Siemar
Josefito
C. A. Ryan
American Air Lines
Janitor´s morale down after belt fails during break-in
Louis D Angelo, a janitor, told police a burglar broke into storage bins in a basement apartment building. He said he nearly captured the intruder but his belt failed and his trousers slipped to his knees during the struggle.
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Louis D Angelo
D'Angelo
D’angelo
Diana Barrymore Held After Riot Act With Police
Actress Diana Barrymore and her husband John Robert Howard were charged with assault and battery and disorderly conduct after a downtown Louisville melee. They spent three hours in jail before $500 cash bonds. hearing set for 9 a.m. before Police Judge John McClellen.
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Diana Barrymore
John Robert Howard
Miss Barrymore
John McClellen
John Shepherd
Walker Zettwoud
Joe Martin
Howard
John Barrymore
Diana Barrymore Howard
Louisville Boat Club
The
Boat Club
W. A. Lucas
Phillips Petroleum Strike Deadlock Iterates at Phillips
Phillips Petroleum Company and Operating Engineers Local 101 hold their eleventh day of talks in Borger amid ongoing deadlock. Union and company negotiators meet separately in a two story Phillips gasoline office, then reconvene, while thousands in the Borger Pampa Bonavista region remain out of work as talks continue without a settlement.
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Bvveun Wisneuwy
Phillips
Borger-Phillips-Bonavista
Borger
Phillips Petroleum Company
Tornadoes Struck Lenorah and Eldorado Injuring 16
Tornadoes hit Lenorah Texas and Eldorado Oklahoma injuring 16 people and causing heavy damage to homes a store oil derricks and power lines. The Lenorah area suffered several structural losses while Eldorado faced blackout and flooding along US Highway 66 and surrounding streets.
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Associated Press
Lenorah
Tex
Eldorado
Okla
West Texas
North Cowden
Martin County Memorial Hospital
Stanton
Lila Catherine Winters
L. C. Foreman
W. Ray
Ray
Jackson County
Eugene Farley
Red River
Texas
Henry Curry
Quanah
Oklahoma
Elk City
Hobart
Miss Mary H. McDonald 80 Dies After Illness in Amarillo
Miss Mary H. McDonald aged 80 died last night at Northwest Texas Hospital after a brief illness. She lived in Amarillo 38 years at 1118 B Van Buren with her twin sister Mrs. W. H. Kimbrough. Survivors include brother Dr. Pinkey McDonald of St. Petersburg Florida and nieces Mrs. Mary K. Harty, Mrs. W. T. Rutledge, and Miss Willie Kimbrough, plus nephew Harris Kimbrough of Amarillo. Body at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home with services to be arranged after relatives arrive. J H Saint offers heavy duty paint spray service at Phs 7633 or 9363.
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Mary H. McDonald
Northwest Texas Hospital
Amarillo
Miss McDonald
van Buren
W. H. Kimbrough
The
Methodist Church
Pinkey McDonald
St. Petersburg
Fla
Mary K. Harty
Willie Kimbrough
Dallas
Harris Kimbrough
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Milwaukee Store Promotes Mother's Day Kentucky Bourbon
Milwaukee retailer advertised a Mother's Day special offering straight Kentucky bourbon at 3.98 a fifth during the previous week. The notice cites a promotional price and location in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Bob Hope Show Tickets On Sale At Paramount And Auditorium
Tickets for the Bob Hope NBC broadcast at the Paramount Theater May 20 go on sale at 9 AM at Maxor Drug Store. Prices are 5 10 and 25 dollars, with proceeds benefiting Boys Ranch. Additional auditorium seats go on sale soon with prices from 1 dollar upward.
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Bob Hope
Paramount Theater
Maxor Drug
Fisk Building
NBC
Municipal Auditorium
Paramount
Boys Ranch
News-Globe
Bob Hope and Company
Orchestra Fund Drive Launched for Amarillo Philharmonic
The Amarillo Philharmonic launches a season membership and maintenance fund drive through May 24. Five concerts are planned Nov 4, Dec 16, Feb 7, Mar 16, and Apr 27 with artists Whittemore and Lowe, Lica Albanese, Jim Jackson, Isaac Stern, and the North Texas State College Harp Ensemble. Robert Louis Barron directs. Tickets and memberships available at the Southwestern Public Service box office weekdays 9 to 5.
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Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra
C. D. Hoover
Whittemore and Lowe
Lica Albanese
Jim Jackson
Isaac Stern
North Texas State College Harp Ensemble
Robert Louis Barron
Southwestern Public Service Company
Fifth and Polk
Plains Says Plenty As Rain Continues in Panhandle
A Mother's Day downpour drenched the Texas Panhandle boosting hopes for a record wheat crop. Reports from Dalhart to Dumas show widespread rain, improving pasture, and optimism from farmers, with forecasts for warmer weather and more showers.
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Plains
Panhandle
Texas Wheat
Memphis
Childress
Art Brasley
Potter County
Bralley
Hereford
Daily News
U. S. Weather Bureau
English Field
Perryton
Claude
Clarendon
Hall County
Tulsa
Plainview
Canyon
Pampa
Mclean
Amarillo
Dumas
Borger
Stalin Attacks Allies in Soviet Film About War Terms
Excerpts from the script of The Battle of Stalingrad depict Stalin accusing Britain and the United States of trying to bleed Russia white to dictate peace terms. Churchill is cast as the mover, Roosevelt as powerless, with scenes contrasting Western plans to reach the Balkans and the Don River defense.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Stalingrad
Stalin
Russia
Britain
United States
Europe
Balkans
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Churchill
W. Averell Harriman
Africa
Italy
Moscow News
Soviet Union
Nikolai Virta
Marshal Alexander Vasilevsky
White House
Don River
Weather Summary Amarillo and Vicinity Forecast
Partly cloudy with little temperature change. Showers likely Monday into Tuesday. West Texas expect considerable clouds with showers in Panhandle South Plains and east of Pecos River. Temperatures yesterday ranged from 58 to 62 with low precipitation of .15 inch in the 24 hours ending 4 PM. Sunrise 5:46 AM Sunset 7:41 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle South Plains
Pecos River
Panhandle
South Ains
Dares Cees Aioe
Vest
Truman Leaves Grandview after Mother's Health Update
President Truman flew back to Washington after learning his 94 year old mother Mrs Martha E Truman was recovering from a hip fracture setback. Doctors said she is progressing satisfactorily and will be under care for several days.
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Grandview, Mo
President Truman
Washington
Martha E. Truman
Wallace Graham
General Graham
Mrs. Truman
Randolph Field
Graham
Grandview
Southwestern Bell Rejects Union Counter Offer in Strike
In St Louis on May 11 Southwestern Bell rejected as fantastic a union counter proposal ending a 35 day strike in five states. The union demanded a flat 6 a week wage increase and cuts in exchange classifications while the company warned the cost would be 13.65 per week per employee. The company had already rejected a separate wage offer for thousands of workers. About 42 000 are on strike in Missouri Arkansas Kansas Oklahoma and Texas.
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ST. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Today
Southwestern Telephone Workers Union
Southwestern Bell
Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Estate of Evalyn Mc Lean Put At $919 550 In Probate Petition
The estate of Mrs Evalyn Walsh Mc Lean a prominent Washington hostess and owner of the Hope Diamond was estimated at 919550 in a petition filed yesterday for probate of her will The figure reflects the estate value cited in the petition and applies to the probate proceedings filed in Washington today
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McLean
Washington
Evalyn Walsh McLean
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