Southeast Plains Greet Trippers And Fair Skies
Amarillo business delegates toured Claude Clarendon Hedley Memphis and Childress in the southeastern Panhandle city showcasing crop prospects and warm weather. May 26 reports credit for a sunny trend aiding wheat and cotton. Mayors Morris Doak welcomed visitors amid parades and a College Band performance.
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Childress
Amarillo
Panhandle
Claude
Clarendon
Hedley
Memphis
Fort Worth
Denver
Hugh Doak
Claude Churches
West Texas State College
Cap Morris
Panhandle farmers brace for record wheat harvest in 1930s survey
Ochiltree County leads Texas in wheat with 340 000 acres and a projected 6.5 million bushels, 25 percent above last year. Hansford, Deaf Smith, and Randall counties aim for multi million yields while Oldham reports 25 percent loss from drought and pests. Harvest nears as rust, bugs, and hail threaten yields.
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Panhandle
Ochiltree County
Hansford County
Hansford
Deaf Smith
Randall
Oldham
Bandits Blame Drink For Hale Center Bank Robbery
Three men from Lubbock confessed drinking the night before the Hale Center bank holdup. Charles Royalty 23 Grissom May 31 Sidney Willburn 21 were taken toward Plainview after the $2,200 robbery. Royalty claimed he and May entered the bank with a gun while Willburn drove and waited. The trio faced local charges with federal potential action.
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Charles Walter Royalty
Grissom May
Sidney Maurice Willburn
Lubbock
May
Wilburn
Royalty
Hale Center
Sudan
Willburn
City Cab Company
Maple
Avenue M
Amarillo
Cavalry
Infantry
Fifteenth Street
Reform School
Hereford
Sid
Cecil McNeill
S. B. Berry
Highway 1
Berry
McNeill
Cal Brumley
Plainview
First National Bank
J. C. Reese
Neil Young
Bruce Woodall
Polk Ivy
Hale County
Ted Andrews
Sheff Andrews
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoyt Currie
Wayne Waters
Calvin Syms
Daily News
Texas Colonel Thompson Seeks Faster Wheat Boxcar Moves
Colonel Thompson, Texas, reports a conference with Governor Jester and Governor Carlson to speed boxcar turnaround for the approaching wheat harvest. Survey shows 2,700 Santa Fe and 2,200 Burlington boxcars idle in the Panhandle. The plan aims for four to five day grain shuttling and rapid unloading to keep cars in circulation.
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JT Thompson
Kansas
Ernest
Texas
Comac
Kansas City
Frank Carlson
Jester
Colonel Thompson
Amarillo
Governors’ Conference
Thompson
Santa Fe
Panhandle
Burlington
Truman Urges Expanded Arms Aid Across Americas
President Truman asked Congress to expedite a broad defense program from Cape Horn to the Arctic, including arms for Latin American nations and Canada, army and navy training, and standardization with U S forces. The plan mirrors a prior bill that stalled in committee, as tensions with Russia rise and aid to Greece and Turkey proceeds. Arctic maneuvers and ship conversions for ice operations are also planned.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Cape Horn
Arctic
Canada
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Russia
Middle East
Greece
Turkey
Navy
Adm
Earle W. Mills
Navy Bureau of Ships
House
Armed Services
Freedom Lost in Five Minute Kiss
Fort Worth detectives captured Erskine Britton after a five minute kiss led them to the fugitive at a westside trailer camp. The arrest came as they pursued another escapee, Frank Sweat of Gregg County, in connection with a car theft from the Retrieve Prison Farm.
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Freedom
Fort Worth
U.P
Erskine Britton
Terry Wood
Marshall McMahon
Wood
McMahon
Frank Sweat
Gregg County
Joe Hines
Texas CIO Secretary Resigns to Represent Oil Workers
Morris Akin announced his resignation as secretary treasurer of the state CIO council to become representative of the Oil Workers Union CIO in East Texas, leaving before June 15.
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Texas Cio
Austin
Morris Akin
State Council
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Oil Workers Union, Cio
Texas
Kiln Dried Granary Lumber Listed by Olver & Wiggins
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co of 1200 W 6th lists kiln dried granary lumber. The brief notice identifies the supplier and product type without additional details.
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Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co
6Th
Doctor Held Without Bail In San Antonio Rivalry Case
Dr. Lloyd I. Ross was held without bond in Comal County jail on murder charges for the rifle slayings of Willard H. York and three York family members and assault with intent to murder Ann York. The San Antonio surgeon, a Harvard Medical College graduate, spoke with reporters as the arraignment loomed, denying business partnership with York and deflecting questions on a civil suit claiming $80,279.67 in securities.
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New Braunfels
Lloyd I. Ross
Comal
Willard H. York
San Antonio
Ross
Harvard Medical College
York
Gertrude Q. York
John
Mary York
Ann York
Dr. Ross
Small Boy Found Chained to Tree in West Virginia Woods
Deputy Sheriff Kisner found 9 year old Lester Cale dirty hungry and chained with a tire chain padlocked to a tree in a woods near his Preston County home. His parents Royal and Mabel Cale were summoned to juvenile court on neglect charges.
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Kingwood
W. Va
Charles Kisner
Kisner
Royal Cale
Lester Cale
Mabel Cale
Preston County
Cale
Cales
Lester
Eisner
Sun Boy
Aed
Dog Bones Up Wins Diploma in Wall
A black and white dog receiving a school diploma trotted to the steps of Wall School in Pennsylvania. Principal H. E. Remaly tied the diploma to the dog’s collar, with a certificate of perfect attendance for 10 years. Owner Robert Stanko, 14, had just received his diploma, smiling as his pet was honored.
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Wall
H. E. Remaly
Wall School
Spot
Robert Stanko
Four Children Slain Near Farm Home in Michigan
In Imlay City Michigan four children were shot to death while picking flowers near their farm. A 16 year old neighbor boy is missing and sought by state police. The victims are Barbara 16 Gladys 13 Janet 2 and Stanley 14. Coroner reports Barbara raped. Ella Mae 19 found the bodies while searching after supper. Police and sheriff investigation follow.
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Imlay City
Mich
Stanley Smith
Barbara
Gladys
Janet
Lester Smith
Ella Mae
Lapeer
Leslie Mathews
Mathews
William S. Smith
Smith
Sugar Island
Demonstration Gives Youthful Amputee Belief He Will Walk
Four year old Dickie Landry from Lynn inspired 11 year old Glen Brann by proving to him he could walk again with artificial limbs. The boy climbed into the hospital bed at Malden Hospital and ran to the bedside, sparking hope in Brann who has been despondent since losing his legs. Dickie’s act prompted Brann to imagine riding a bike and a scooter with friends, reinforcing the doctors and parents’ message that recovery is possible.
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Malden
Mass
Dickie” Landry
Brann
Dickie
Glen Brann
Glenny
Malden Hospital
Young Brann
Paris grocer Ralph Wilson dies in private plane crash
May 26 Paris 53 year old Ralph Wilson retired grocer perishes when his private plane crashes and burns near the city.
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Paris
Ralph Wilson
Soviet Abolishes Death Penalty Decree Declares 25 Year Camps
London dispatch reports the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet abolishing capital punishment in Russia and substituting 25 year labor camp sentences for the death penalty. The decree covers all crimes previously punishable by death, including political offenses and violent crimes, as broadcast by Moscow radio.
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London
Presidium of the
Supreme Soviet
Russia
Moscow Radio
Soviet Monitor
Presidium
Serum Flown To Chief's Mother
An Associated Press report states a Trans World Airlines Constellation carried a 6 pound package with a rare serum to Kansas City for Mrs Martha Truman. In Grandview Missouri a large rally for Mrs Truman occurred in White House quarters. Brig Gen Wallace H Graham said the 94 year old has held gains and showed slight improvement as relayed by Charles G Ross and reported by the President.
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Associated Press
Trans World Airlines
la Guardia Field
Kansas City
Martha Truman
Grandview
Truman
White House
Wallace H. Graham
Graham
Charles G. Ross
Rich Cabbie Drives for Fun
A 2 year old retired businessman worth over 250000 says he is richer but chooses cab driving for social contact. Frank Meyers in Havre Montana works 10 hours daily six days weekly earning about 42 dollars weekly while aiding others with charitable gifts. He inherited money from his father and once ran various businesses and horse trading in World War II.
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ST. Paul
Frank Meyers
Havre
Mont
Emil Barbeau
Meyers
Montana
Hector Jensen
Jensen
Concert Tickets On Sale For Amarillo Chorus
Tickets for the Amarillo Symphonic Chorus concert at Amarillo High School Auditorium go on sale today at Southwestern Public Service Company Fifth and Polk until five. The box office opens at 7 28 this evening. Adult price sixty cents and student twenty cents.
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Amarillo
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