Labor Day Parade Planned in Amarillo Today at 11
Labor Day celebrations organized by Amarillo unions include a parade starting at 11 with a motorcycle escort, American Legion color guard, and Mayor Lawrence Hagg among participants. Miss Frances Irvin and Dr. W. H. Alexander head the speakers lineup at a 2 pm program, with a barbecue at Thompson Park and free bus transport for union families.
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Carpenters Hall
West
Polk
American Legion
Lawrence Hagg
Frances Irvin
Amarillo
W. H. Alexander
Oklahoma City
Queen of
Lambie
Ed Timmons
John Merchant
Thompson Park
Polk Street
C. B. Howard
Roy Highley
Third and Polk
Amarillo Bus Company
Wes Izzard
Clarendon Hosts Flying Breakfast for 200 at Airport
Clarendon residents and 200 visiting pilots gathered at Clarendon Airport for a flying breakfast that supports a new lounge building. Chief host Joe Jones led the event with eggs bacon toast and coffee as crowds from Lelia Lake Dallas Memphis Panhandle Hale Center Ranger Plainview Bells Hedley Quanah Pampa Borger and other towns joined the Panhandle flight fans. Future breakfasts were announced for Hereford Quanah Dumas on listed September dates.
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Clarendon
Joe Jones
Rport
Panhandle
Lelia Lake
Dallas
Memphis
Hale Center
Ranger
Plainview
Bells
Hedley
Quanah
Pampa
Borger
Amarillo
Claude
Friona
Silverton
Colen
Dumas
Alton
Spearman
Stratford
Perryton
Lubbock
Hereford
Gun Shots Injure Two at Borger Picnic on River Bank
Lisbon McCowan Jr., 19, suffered three gunshot wounds while a group picnicking on the Canadian River north bank near Borger. Peggy Thornbrough, 17, endured a minor wound. Both were taken to North Plains Hospital. State patrol and Deputy Jess Love investigated the Sunday night shooting around 9:45. McCowan's parents and Thornbrough’s husband were among the party.
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Borger
Odessa
Lisbon McCowan, Jr
McCowan
Peggy Thornbrough
North Plains Hospital
Jess Love
Lisbon McCowan
Deputies Nab Stolen Dalhart Truck in Record Time
Deputies Graves and Brooks recovered a stolen Dalhart truck within 30 minutes of the report. They also detained the 40-year-old Dalhart man and another suspect linked to the theft. The vehicle was spotted about 3 miles north of Amarillo on Highway 87. The Dalhart theft occurred Saturday night with the alert issued Sunday afternoon. The driver is held in Potter County jail.
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Sheriff's Department
Dalhart
John Graves
Oscar Brooks
Potter County
Graves
Brooks
Amarillo
J Peters seen as test case on forcing testimony
Congressional spy investigations weigh broad laws to compel talks from suspects and curb self incrimination protections. They study New York state precedent to fire or penalize government workers who refuse to testify, with J Peters as a potential test case for contempt and cooperation under scrutiny.
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Washington
New York State
Imine WU
House Un-American Activities Committee
J. Peters
United States
Peters
Morris Ernest
Civil Liberties Union
Rep. Nixon
California
New York
Nixon
Red Underground
Supreme Court
Congressional Committee
Volcano erupts on Philippine island
An erupting volcano on a Philippine island belched lava as observers reported lava streams on the mountain’s northern and eastern flanks. The eruption buried coconut plantations up to 30 feet deep and lowered the volcano’s height by several hundred feet, affecting nearby communities with ash and smoke.
Shaw Wins at Clovis Rodeo with Fast Three-Steer Run
Evertt Shaw of Stonewall Oklahoma tops the Lasso del Llano with an average 0 seconds on three steers, posting 20.4 24.1 and 21.6 seconds. Choate Webster places second, Jack Skipworth third, with Buck Goodspeed fourth as two-day event progresses and judges plan a Sunday meeting. Miss Iva Dell Rippy graduates from Harris College of Nursing in Fort Worth.
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Henry News
Clovis
Evertt Shaw
Stonewall
Okla
Ea “Peanuts
Llano
Choate Webster
Lenapah
Webster
Shaw
Clovis Roper
Jack Skipworth
Big Red
Buck Goodspeed
Wetumka
Ike Rude
Jim Snively
Pawhuska
Toots Mansfield
Big
Iva Dell Rippy
K. S. Rippy
McLean
The
Harris College of Nursing
Fort Worth
What Am I Saying Conventions by Frank Morean
A column comment on campaign orations noting some speakers ramble. The writer compares lengthy talks to a bell with a long tongue and empty head, suggesting they fail to convey substance despite length. The piece reflects political speech critique from 1948.
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Frank Morean
New York Post Corp
Old Tascosa reunites as 5000 attend Boys Ranch rodeo
Thousands from 14 states gather at Boys Ranch for the third annual rodeo and barbecue staged by the Will Rogers Range Riders of Amarillo. Old Tascosa residents reminisce with former peace officers while 100 Boys Ranch cowhands perform in a crowd that included a Fort Worth & Denver train and cars arriving from across the region.
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John Snider
Boys Ranch
Leonard Stroud
Fort Worth
Denver
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Colorado
Nevada
Arizona
Indiana
Louisiana
California
Virginia
Illinois
Arkansas
Tennessee
Minnesota
Old Tascosa
O B. Linn
Jay
KGNC
John McCarty
Hank Decker
Three Big Strikes on Labor Day
The Associated Press reports three major strikes idle 54000 workers over Labor Day weekend. 28000 maritime workers on the West Coast plus 16000 West Coast oil workers and 10000 New York City truckers on the East Coast. Walter P. Reuther calls for united labor action to influence politics and repeal Taft Hartley Act.
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Associated Press
New York City
New Jersey
Walter P
Action deferred in Brinkley murder case after Labor Day weekend
O L Brinkley Amarillo auto mechanic charged with murder awaits further action after the holiday weekend. In a habeas corpus hearing Judge Henry S. Bishop awarded custody of Brinkley’s stepchildren Garry and Sandra Getz to relatives. The Getz family’s attorney, W F Nix of Amarillo, sought custody for Dan Sell and Joe Getz of Booker Oklahoma. Meanwhile 20 month old Joseph Michael Getz was buried at Forgan Oklahoma after dying at Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital. Brinkley reportedly suffers shock from the week’s events.
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O. L. Brinkley
Amarillo
Brinkley
Henry S. Bishop
47Th District Court
Garry
Sandra Getz
Betty Brinkley
W. F. Nix
Getz
Dan Sell
Booker
Okla
Joe Getz
Sell
Emory Getz
Little Joseph Michael Getz
Forgan
Nix
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
Former Mary Storm Goebel dies of polio in Ohio
Mary Storm Goebel, Amarillo born and raised, died in a Cleveland hospital after illness diagnosed as polio. Funeral set for Tuesday in Cleveland. She was daughter of the late John Storm. she married John S. Goebel in 1940 and had three children. Survived by uncle and aunt the Storms of Amarillo, sister Evelyn of Houston, and cousin Frank Storm Jr. of Amarillo.
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Mary Storm Goebel
Frank J. Storm
Amarillo
Cleveland
Ohio
Goebel
Frank Storm
Frank, Jr
John Storm
Evelyn
University of Texas
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
First Presbyterian Church
John 8. Goebel
Oberlin College
Harvard School of Business
Blandon Drive
Storms
Labor Day events scheduled in Amarillo today
Today in Amarillo observes Labor Day with multiple events. At 10 30 AM a meeting of Potter County rural school teachers convenes at the county superintendent's office in the courthouse. Noon the Amarillo Kiwanis Club meets at Hotel with members and guests. 7 30 PM classes begin at Amarillo Center for interested persons.
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Potter County
Amarillo Kiwanis Club
Amarillo Center
Air Force jet sets world speed record then loses it
Major Richard L. Johnson piloted the North American F-86 at an estimated 670 mph in a cross country run but timing errors and a disqualification of passes spoiled the record. Officials plan a new attempt Monday before 60,000 spectators at the National Air Races.
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Cleveland
Air Force
Richard L. Johnson
Navy
Johnson
Johnson Leads with 162 Vote Margin in Texas Count
The election bureau reported final totals with Bob Johnson of the bureau noting the tabulation. Johnson received 494 158 votes while Stevenson had 463 996, a lead that changed several times since the August 28 Texas vote.
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Election Bureau
Ete
Bob Johnson
Bureau
State Democratic Executive Committee
Conan
John
Son
Stevenson
Texas
Polish Communist split over nationalism versus internationalism
The Polish Communist Workers Party ousted Vice-Premier Wladyslaw Gomulka as secretary general and installed President Bolesaw Bierut, signaling a split between nationalist and Moscow aligned factions. The move risks party rupture as members resist Cominform dictates.
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Associated Press
Communist Workers Party of Poland
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Bolesaw Bierut
Gomulka
Bierut
Moscow
Pope Urges German Catholics to Fight For Church Independence
Vatican radio broadcast the first postwar speech by Pope Pius XII to Germans urging perseverance against atheistic communism. He warned of upheaval tied to ruined cities and cited the 1848 Communist Manifesto while Berlin tensions rose as four powers pursued a resolution to the Soviet blockade. Premier Robert Schuman formed a French cabinet with the Socialist Radical and MRP factions after government collapse.
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Pius XII
Germany
Vatican
Karl Marx
Friedrich Engels
Berlin
Robert Schuman
France
Schuman
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Andre Marie
Marie
Netherlands Silent Monarch Crowned in Amsterdam Ceremony
Queen Juliana becomes The Netherlands monarch succeeding 68 year old Wilhelmina after abdication. Moscow papers report the death of General Feng Yu-hsiang aboard a Russian ship in the Black Sea due to a film fire. Feng promised to return to China to aid in toppling Chiang Kai-Shek's government.
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Juliana
The
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Wilhelmina
Moscow
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Chiena
Black Sea
Feng
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
A fragmentary weather note reports cooler conditions Monday afternoon and warmer trends into Tuesday. The text is incomplete and hard to interpret regarding exact temperatures or regions.
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Joy S. Wiggins
Abilene
Baton Rouge
Meyers Motor Co
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High Plains
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