Bob Hope Day Arrives with Hope Show in Amarillo
Two National Irondene Company engineers and Dic Davis arrived in Amarillo to set up the Hope show, with more technicians and publicity staff to arrive this afternoon between 1 and 1:45. The specially chartered TWA Constellation will depart Hollywood Gate No 1 and the Amarillo Army Air Field will be opened for a large crowd, as a bandstand is erected on the east side for a western welcome.
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National
Irondene Company
Dic Davis
Amarillo
TWA
Hollywood Gate No. 1
Amarillo Army Air Field
Nicklaus New Grid Coach at Horace Mann
Windy Nicklaus, ex West Texas State College coach, will coach football and teach at Horace Mann Junior High under a $3,500 contract. Tom Gilly gains pay raise and athletic duties while remaining with the football team. A $102,208 addition to Dwight Morrow School is awarded to Walter Wertz Company. Wertz bid $104,836 with reductions.
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Dwight Morrow
Walter Wertz
Windy Nicklaus
West Texas State College
Nicklaus
Horace Mann
Tom Gilly
Ramey & Mathis Company
Humphrey Highland School
Forest Hill
Harold Walsh
Walsh and Hazlewood
John L. Hannon
Lynch
Howard Lynch
Amarillo
R. P. Parcells
Regu
Luxury's Lap Very Soft Family on Relief Funds
Mayor O Dwyer orders rapid humane re housing of Bronx family of seven on home relief living in a $318 monthly midtown hotel suite since December. Welfare officials cite housing shortages and note the family receives food, clothing and laundry allowances totaling about $280 monthly.
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New York
William O’dwyer
City Welfare Department
Bronx
Edward E. Rhatigan
Workers To Decide Tonight In Borger Strike Talks
In Borger two union meetings are set for Tuesday to consider a new tentative agreement between the AFL Operating Engineers and Phillips Petroleum. About 500 workers returned to six plants for an overhaul as talks progress and NLRB cases and conciliator arrivals shape the dispute.
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Joe Rigdon
George Sheppard
AFL Union For the Southwest
Phillips Petroleum Company
AFL Operating Engineers Union
Union Mall
T. L. Cubbage
Bonavista
Norman Perkins
NLRB
National Labor Relations Board
Borger
Phillips
Bob Hope Schedule Today at Paramount and Municipal venues
Arrival between 1:45 and 2:00 at English Field. Paramount Theater doors open 7:20, close 7:40. Warm-up 7:45. NBC show on air by 8, Paramount show ends about 8:50. Municipal Auditorium opens 7:20. Pepsodent ad at 8. Singing and orchestra at 8:30. Bob Hope on stage about 9:10 for a 90 minute show. Ticket entry details by price and entrance. Will Rogers Range Riders will act as ushers.
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English Field
Paramount Theater
NBC
Paramount
Municipal Auditorium
Bob Hope
Ninth Avenue
Polk Stret
Will Rogers
Amarillo Event to Benefit Boys Ranch with Radio Broadcast
Amarillo hosts a fundraising event featuring English Field for the Amarillo High School Band. Will Rogers Range Riders act as hosts while state patrolmen direct traffic. KGNC will broadcast the reception and shows from 7 45 to 9 15 p m at the Paramount and Municipal Auditoriums. Performers include the Amarillo High School orchestra and 85 voice A Cappella Choir, with Julia Dean Evans and Louise Dicken. Proceeds go to Boys Ranch. seats remain today at Maxor Drug.
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Amarillo
Will Rogers
KGNC
Cal Farley
Boys Ranch
Bob Watson
Paramount Theater
Municipal Auditorium
Paul Ellis
Jeri Sullivan
Clark Dennis
Vera Vague
Jerry Colonna
Desi Arnaz
Wendell Niles
Sloop-Nosed
Ranch
Paramount
Maxor Drug
Child Falls From Second Story Window In Mud
Ralph Gentry, two, escaped serious harm after tumbling two stories to a mud patch from an open window. His parents, Mrs. and Mrs. L H Gentry, live at 315 East Thirteenth. neighbor Mrs. J W Doss heard the crash and saw the boy crying outside.
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Ralph Gentry
L. H. Gentry
East Thirteenth
Tornado Dissolves After Skellytown Shows Sightings
A tornado tracked from Pampa to Skellytown and Borger, then dissipated north of Panhandle around 5 PM with no damage reported. Residents witnessed multiple funnel formations, airborne debris, and flash rainfall. Panhandle saw clearing by 6:15 PM. thundershowers and heavy rain followed across the Panhandle. power lines were damaged and 0.50 inch rainfall recorded at English Field. Tom Clark to speak at Texas Tech commencement June 2.
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Skellytown-Borger-Panhandle
Panhandle
Borger
Skellytown
J. R. Wringle
F. P. Fowler
Gulf Camp
6666
San Jacinto
Weather Bureau
English Field
She Misses Hubby but Not for Long
A 28 year old housewife fired five shots at her husband, missing him, as he fled from their Dallas home. One bullet struck his legs from an antique revolver. Police said she shot because he beat her. She claimed to have practiced today at a country telephone pole and said she did pretty good.
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W. R. Rash
A. K. Sutherland
Kiln Dried Granary Lumber Offered by Local Merchan
Olver and Wiggins Lumber Co at 1200 West 6th street advertises kiln dried granary lumber. The notice notes availability for builders and farmers seeking durable, evenly seasoned lumber for storage structures and granaries.
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Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co
Trade Trippers Get Close View Of Wheat Crop
Amarillo merchants led by Ed Hardin tour eight Texas and New Mexico communities aboard the Buffalo Band train. The trip highlighted strong crop prospects and regional hospitality from Vega Adrian Tucumcari and Tucumcari officials, with welcomes, rodeo bids, and praise for growth and public improvements.
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Dalhart
Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo
Buffalo
Ed Hardin
Rock Island
L. E. Anderson
L. S. Harris
Fort Worth
F. B. Gibbs
H. W. Clutter
Rock Island City
C. B. Williams
H. E. Bagg
E. R. Melvin
I. M. Judd
G. A. Mattingly
H. 8
Wilderado
Tom Watson
Mason King
Mr. Watson
Pinkey Vineyard
Chamber of Commerce
Wildorado
Vega
Kiwanis
Vega Station
R. B. Swanson
Mr. Swanson
Mr. Hardin
al Morris
Merit Mills, Inc
Goodwill Special
Sunshine State
San Jon
Sprad
M. L. Phillipes
James Fitzner
Tucumcari
Quay County ‘Sheriff's Posse
Grady Maples
G. Wilbur Jones
First National Bank
Weather Outlook For Amarillo And West Texas
Partly cloudy to cloudy afternoons and evenings with scattered thundershowers Tuesday through Wednesday. Little temperature change expected. Temperatures by hour show highs around 70s and lows in the upper 50s to 60s with 24 hour precipitation around half an inch. Local sunrise at 5 40 AM and sunset at 7 47 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Chief's Mother Holds off Death
President Truman's 94 year old mother Martha E Truman remained gravely ill at her Grandview home. She showed slight improvement after the President visited and daughter Margaret arrived from Pittsburgh. Doctor Wallace Graham said her pulse was regular and heart functioning fairly well though her condition remained grave. The President, pale and tired, stayed near her bedside as plans shifted to rest and continued care.
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Grandview
Truman
Kansas City
Charles G. Ross
Wallace H. Graham
Martha E. Truman
Margaret
Ross
General Graham
Mrs. Truman
Graham
Mr. Truman
White House
Washington
Plane in Sea After Airman Fails to Land at Mitchell Field
An unidentified Army pilot on a Maxwell Field mission ran low on fuel and ditched his P-47 in the sea after obeying orders to bail out. Mitchell Field and Coast Guard units joined a search as a tow plane radioed engine trouble and a crash followed.
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New York
Mitchell Field
Army
Maxwell Field
Ala
Coast Guard
Atlantic Beach
Coast
Far Rockaway
Long Island
Shocking Evidence Of Guilt Complex
Oklahoma City reports 13 year old Paul Carter Burns fainted after a short circuit melted anchor bolts and toppled a light post. He later told hospital staff he did not do it and was waiting for the bus.
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Oklahoma City
Paul Carter Burns
Paul
Governor Proclaims Italy Day in Austin
Governor Jester proclaims May 21 as Italy Day to honor Austin’s plan to become immaculately clean and radiant. The declaration highlights civic pride and community effort across the town.
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Austin
Jester
Italy
Lea County GOP Chief HOBBS May 190.P. Bill Hollis Takes Office
Bill Hollis, a young Hobbs veteran, today assumed duties as president of the Lea County Republicans. He was elevated to the office Saturday at the county convention in Lovington. Cole portable desk files. Russell Stationery Co., 611 Taylor. Ph. 2-1257.
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Hobbs
Bill Hollis
Lea County Republicans
Hollis
Lovington
Cole
Russell Stattionery Co
Taylor
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Luxury
Daily News
Dallas
Thomas Thompson
Rta
Dent's
Alex Schneider
Schneider Hotel Corporation
Pampa
American Petroleum Institute
Herring Hotel
Lea County
GOP
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