Bank Plans 10 Story Building At Eighth And Tyler
First National Bank board approves a 10 story office and bank building on the Gunn Bros. site at Eighth and Tyler. Excavation starts April with occupancy expected by January 1950. The bank will occupy ground two floors and a private elevator serves basement and second floor. Three oil firms sign 20 year leases for top eight floors.
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Thomas Thompson
Daily News
First National Bank
Virgil Patterson
Bank
Gunn Bros
Eighth and
Tyler
Ama¢ Fillo
Amarillo
Eighth Avenue
Patterson
Mercantile National Bank
Dallas
W. B. Gunn
Polk Street
Fisk Medical and Professional
Eighth and Polk
Mr. Patterson
Charles A. Fisk
W. D. Smiley
W. N. Durham, Jr
W. B. Lawrence
W. L. Brown
R. L. Green
Dr. R. D. Gist
J. Malcolm Shelton
R. E. Wertz
J. H. Dunn
A. D. Lidia
L. R. Hagg
Mr. Smiley
Wales H. Madden
Mr. Fisix
Clore
Eighth and Tyler
Bank Building and Equipment Corporation of America
St. Louis
Reigate
Fairbanks Faces New Flood Threat as Rivers Rise
In Fairbanks Alaska spring runoff pushes the Chena River to its highest level in nine years while the Tanana River remains flooded, threatening additional areas as authorities monitor rising waters.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Tanana
Chena River
Her Fear Has Good Foundation Lets Hope House Too
An excited woman called the sheriff to report a neighbor facing divorce. The husband allegedly threatens to tear the house apart from the bottom while he is under the structure, according to the caller and investigator.
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Houston
Sheriff's Department
Jake Colca
Big Show Opens At 10 AM Amid Appliance Rush
The Better Living Appliance Show at the Nat will open at 10 o'clock after last night’s packed display forced a three hour postponement. Thousands lined up, eight blocks at times, as visitors crowded to register before 5 PM to avoid final rush for the $3,379.50 jackpot of eighteen appliances. The winner need not be present. a car will retrieve the honoree if needed.
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News-Globe Better
Nat
Pyoowie Villy
Uveli
Daily News
KGNC
Amarillo
Panhandle
Mason King
Big Dance Palace
Florence Dolph Reaches 102 With Birthday Banister Ride
SCRANTON PA May 19 Florence Dolph started her 102nd year by sliding down her home banister on what she calls my horse Pet. The Pennsylvania Medical Society presented a plaque honoring her age. Each holiday and anniversary she rides the banister, performed twice on her 100th birthday, though this year her health is not as strong.
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Scranton
Florence Dolph
Pet
Pennsylvania Medical Society
Miss Dolph
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers and little temperature change Thursday and Friday. West Texas area also partly cloudy with minor temperature shifts and widely scattered Thursday and Friday storms. Sunrise 5:40 AM sunset 7:47 PM.
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OS Weather Bureau
Amarillo
West Texas
Battle for Jerusalem Shifts as Arab Legion Advances
The battle for Jerusalem favored King Abdullahs Trans Jordan Arab Legion and Arab volunteers as forces penetrated deep into the Jewish quarter. About 400 Haganah and Irgun Zvai Leumi fighters were thought near surrender.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
Abdullah
Jews Hold Mount Scopus as Arab Forces Advance in Palestine
The report describes Jewish and Arab forces clashing around the walled city with heavy artillery and shelling. Haganah strongpoints and Mount Scopus remain focal, while international pressure from Britain, China, and Belgium falters as the U N Security Council debates mediation. Tel Aviv experiences continued bombing and casualties, including a midtown bus station attack.
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Hebrew University
Hadassah Hospital
Mount Scopus
Lake Success
Britain
China
Belgium
Palestine
United Nations Security Council
United States
Associated Press
Daniel de Luce
Tel Aviv
House Approves Stop-Beds Bill By 319 to 58
The Mundt Nixon backed anti-Communism bill cleared the House 319 to 58 with 2% Republicans and 104 Democrats supporting. It defines the Communist Party as foreign controlled and deems collaboration with a totalitarian regime a crime carrying ten years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine, plus loss of citizenship. It also imposes annual financial reporting, membership lists, and restrictions on passports and non elected offices for Communists.
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Washington
House
Senate
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Un-American Activities Committee
Holifield
California
Committee
Mundt
South Dakota
Nixon
Communist Party
United States
Communist Movement
Justice Department
Comunist
Innocent Man Serves 2 Years in Misidentity Case
In Philadelphia on May 19 a man freed after two years in prison for larceny of Mrs Areeda Woodward s identification admits a mistaken identity claim. Howard Smith, a Black man, was told his release would be arranged as the case unravels linking Fay Faison to the fraud. A separate suspect Willie Mims, 24, Amarillo, pleaded guilty in district court to two chicken thefts and received 100 days in jail.
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Philadelphia
Areeda Woodward
Smith
Gibbs
Edward Bryant
Woodward
Bryant
Holmesburg
Fay Faison
City Hall
Faison
Willie Mims
47Th
Norway and Denmark Seek US Arms to Bolster Defenses
Norway and Denmark asked the United States for arms and ammunition to bolster defenses amid repeated Radio Moscow attacks. Officials said the administration is giving sympathetic consideration as plans potentially revive lend lease to Brussels pact countries.
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Norway
Washington
Denmark
United States
Radio
Moscow
Marshall
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Das Bryn
Bryn
Oslo
Russia
Finland
State Department
Congress
Truman
Soviet blame on US policy stalling talks with direct letters
Tass reports leading Soviet circles blame US policy and Truman administration for deadlock with the United States over direct talks. Moscow cites contradictions in the State Department statement to Stalin Wallace letters, arguing Roosevelt era policies were abandoned and aggression by the new US government blocks negotiations.
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London
Tass
Soviet Union
United States
Truman
Moscow
State Department
Stalin
Henry Wallace
Roosevelt
Ussr
US State Department
Washington
Wallace
J. V. Stalin
Walter B. Smith
V. M. Molotov
Britain
Russia
USA
United States of America
Amn
Picket Shot, Riot Follows At Bath Packing Plant
In Waterloo Iowa a picket was killed and a woman picket wounded during a strike at the Bath Packing Plant. Fred Lee Roberts was held on murder charges as National Guard units were readied. Cars were overturned in the plant lot and about 5,000 CIO UPWA members are on strike.
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Waterloo
Bath
National Guard
Glen McKinney
William Farrell
Margaret Graheim
Fred Lee Roberts
Dunkerton
Blackhawk County
Blair Wood
Roberts
CIO Packing House Workers
Independent Bath
Cio-Upwa
Amarillo Today schedule of meetings and events
Deadline for Panhandle Market Show advertising in the buyers guide and classified directory. Noon Rotary Club Herring Hotel. Optimists Mexican Inn. San Jacinto Kiwanis Youth Center 609 Carolina. 1 PM News Globe Better Living Appliance Show Nat nightclub. 2 PM traveling salon of Popular Photography Municipal Auditorium Helium City Camera Club. 2 to 5, 7, 9 PM hours. 6:30 PM Picnic for Amarillo College sophomore graduates Student Union Building. 7 PM Amarillo model airplane builders meeting 1322 Taylor. 8 PM Baccalaureate services for Amarillo High School at Municipal Auditorium Roy Snodgrass speaker.
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Panhandle
Rotary Club
Herring Hotel
Optimusts Club
Mexican Inn
San Jacinto Kiwants Club
Carolina
News-Globe Better Living
Nat
Municipal Auditorium
Helium City Camera Club
Amarillo College
Amarillo Model Airplane Builders
Taylor
Amarillo High School
Roy _ Snodgrass
High Plains
Amarillo High Choir Fund Near Goal After Strong Drive
The Amarillo High School choir fund reached 2247.38 dollars for the New York trip, largely boosted by Panhandle Lions Clubs. Directors aim for 10000 dollars to cover costs, with appearances at Lions events and national radio slots planned. donors will be listed daily in the News-Globe and Daily News.
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Amarillo High School
New York
Panhandle Lions Clubs
Panhandle
Julia Dean Evans
Madison Square Garden
Texas Lions Clubs
Leo Southern
Lions Club
Roy Cloninger
News-Globe
Amarillo
Daily News
The
Globe
White and Kirk
First National Bank
Williams Boyce Agency
C. C
Robertson
Did Bob Ford Kill Jesse James Or Was He Framed?
The Constitution reports new affidavits and editorials argue Jesse James lived beyond 1882 and that Charlie Bigelow, not Bob Ford, killed him. It cites Frank O. Hall and reporters Lindsey Whitten Derrill Trenholm Emmett Keough and Mary Goddard in reviewing the claim with affidavits from Mary M. James Loss Ingram and Dan Burns.
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Jesse James
Frank O. Hall
Telegraph
The
Constitution
Lindsey Whitten
Derrill Trenholm
Emmett Keough
Mary Goddard
James
Bob Ford
the Constitution
Charlie Bigelow
Ford
Jesse
Whitten
Mary M. James
Houston
Loss Ingram
Ringling
Okla
Dan Burns
Rush Springs
What Am I Saying Birth Note
A playful 1948 NY Post verse on birth as life’s commencement day in a hospital. It contrasts three life movements from cries to bells to knells, presented in a humorous, reflective style by Frank Morcan.
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Frank Morcan
Post Corp
Amarillo High Baccalaureate Tonight at Municipal Auditorium
Baccalaureate rites will be held tonight for Amarillo High School graduates at Municipal Auditorium starting at 8 o clock. Dr Roy C Snodgrass will deliver the principal address with Scripture by Dr Francis Pritchard. Mrs Julia Dean Evans and Miss Tennie Thompson will direct the choir and Louise Dicken the orchestra for the procession and recessional.
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Amarillo High School
Municipal Auditorium
Roy C. Snodgrass
First Christian Church
Francis Pritchard
First Presbyterian Church
Julia Dean Evans
Tennie
Thompson
God Is A Spirit
Lau
Louise Dicken
New World Symphony
Accused man booked after attempting exit on cruising plane
In Oakland on May 19 a 40 year old Los Angeles cameraman Philip A Eastman was booked for drunkenly trying to open an exit door on a plane at 9000 feet. He was released on $10 bail and said I just had a haywire idea.
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Oakland
Cal
Philip A. Eastman
Los Angeles
Eastman
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