Polio nursing staff slain as hospital intruder strikes
In Indianapolis at Riley Hospital an unidentified man fatally clubbed 22 year old nurse Alberta Green and injured 20 year old Betty Overdeer. Hospital staff and three to four infantile paralysis patients witnessed the attack as the intruder escaped through a window. Police search the city for the assailant, described as a negro, while hospital director Dr. John Van Nuys calls the act unprovoked.
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Indianapolis
Riley Hospital
Alberta Green
Mt. Carmel IL
Betty Overdeer
Indienapolis
Green
Ozella Allen
John D. van Nuys
Miss Allen
van Nuys
Miss Green
Mayor Denies Delay Plea in Amarillo Water Bond Vote
Mayor Joe Jenkins refused a request to defer the two million dollar water revenue bond election. Taxpayers urged a study by a citizen water commission and highlighted alternative water sources including Pantex, Stinnett, and Dalhart regions, while noting potential uses for bond funds.
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Joe Jenkins
Potter County Taxpayers Association
D. L. McDonald
Tom Craig
Amarilla
Citizens Water Commission
Advisory Water Board
A. P. Hancock
Taxpayers’ League
McDonald
Mr. McDonald
Pantex, Stinnett and
Dal
City to Sign Lease for RAAF Property in Amarillo
The city plans to sign a lease today transferring RAAF property in Amarillo including two hangars and multiple support buildings. Four agencies, the city, Amarillo Army Air Field, the Civil Aeronautics Administration and the U S Army Corps of Engineers, coordinated the transfer with an estimated replacement value around 2 500 000 dollars. Col Day of the Tenth Air Force visited to reserve the WAC area hangar and maintenance shop for reserve flying training as officials from Army engineers, CAA Fort Worth, Scott Field and Tulsa offices attended the talks.
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Amarillo Army Air Field
Civil Aeronautics Administration
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Col
F. W. Day
Tenth Air Force
Brooks Field
San Antonio
Amarillo
WAC
Army
Kenneth Richinson
Army Engineers Office
Tulsa
DeShong
McDonald
CAA
Fort Worth
Day
Harris
Post Engineers
Scott Field
Ill
Mr. Pratt
U. S. Engineers
Negro Soldiers Arrested After Florence Rail Station Riot
In Florence South Carolina about 135 Black soldiers returning from overseas were jailed after a mob fight at the railroad station. Police Chief J A Price says they attacked six military policemen attempting to free five passengers, with unrest continuing until riot guns and local police restored order. Charges include disorderly conduct resisting arrest and interfering with an officer.
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Florence
S. C
J. A. Price
Price
Conch
Trol
City Recorder
Flour miller price boost temp. bread unaffected say OPA
Flour mills received a 20 cent per 100 pounds price rise effective today with OPA claiming retail bread prices will not rise. The move, the third since June 30, widens costs for Pacific Coast and other areas and stems from higher wheat prices and subsidy removal.
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Washington
OPA
Pacific Coast
Soviets Grab Almost Everything In East Austria Declares Clark
Gen. Mark W. Clark said Soviet forces in Eastern Austria seize broadly as German assets under Potsdam reparations, risking Allied economic trouble. He arrived in Washington after Europe talks with Erhardt to press for a unified interpretation and a resolution while vowing to stay until settled. A report from London noted a million-year-old sea lizard skeleton found in Uzebekistan's Ferhana Valley.
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East
Austria
Clark
Washington
Mark W. Clark
United States
Allied Council
Vienna
Europe
State
War Department
John G. Erhardt
London
Moscow Radio
Ferhana
Uzebekistan
Italian Peace Fears Mount
Count Carlo Sforza former Italian foreign minister warned in New York that the proposed peace treaty could spark a new nationalistic movement and threaten world peace. He warned against borders drawn in ink, urged honest democracy in Germany, and compared the treaty to treating Italy’s head with a pimple rather than curing Germany’s tumor.
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New York
Carlo Sforza
Italy
Europe
Randing
Germany
Millionaire 71 Seeks Divorce in Mexico From Brief Marriage
John V. Apablasa, 71, Los Angeles financier, filed for divorce in Juarez from his 29 year old bride Julie Ann Standish Grant after a brief Aug 5 wedding. He said the union cost him 1200 and he plans to remarry, citing cruelty and ill treatment as grounds.
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EL Paso
John V. Apablasa
Los Angeles
Juarez
Mexico
Julie Ann Standish Grant
Apablasa
Amarillo Airmen’s Association Meeting at Long Champs Café
Members of the Amarillo Airmen's Association will meet today at Long Champs Café at 12 o'clock. Prospective members are invited to attend. No reservation is necessary.
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Amarillo
Toll in India rises after riots and blasts in Bombay
In Bombay the business district faced an uneasy night after two stabbings and a crude explosive on a rubbish heap. Hindu Muslim rioting since Sept 1 has claimed 245 dead and 728 injured.
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India
Bombay
Whiskey Money Shipped in Sacks
Testimony in the Alex Steinberg income tax evasion case describes sacks of money totaling about 31 000 dollars sent by express to Steinberg in New York during 1943 whiskey sales. Witnesses cited payoffs through Gould at Cincinnati distilleries and cash shipments, with cross examinations touching OPA ceilings and related shipments.
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Dallas
Express
Alex Steinberg
Steinberg
Federal District
F. W
Burt) Wheeler
W. D. Morse
Houston
New York
H. J. Manger
Dallas Express
Robert Gould
Cincinnati
Manger
Gould
OPA
Morse
Edward J. Baumer
Newport
Robert B. Young, Jr
Baumer
T. Whitfield Davidson
Eugene Meacham
Davidson
Rock Island Proposes Eighth Avenue Overpass
Mayor Joe Jenkins reports from Chicago that Rock Island would build an overpass at Eighth Avenue near the Bonham Street pump station if the railroad board approves. Estimated cost about $100,000 with earth approaches already in place. Farrington will submit the proposal to directors for approval ahead of construction. Top prices offered for d cars by Bob Conley of 903 Fillmore.
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Jenkins
Borger
Gulf of Mexico
the Taxpayers League
Rock Island
Eighth Avenue
Bonham Street
Joe Jenkins
Chicago
J. D. Farrington
Farrington
Board of Directors
Wage Board Defies Change as Maritime Strike Looms
The Wage Stabilization Board refused to raise seamen pay above 17.50 a month, keeping AFL and CIO maritime unions on strike alert. CIO NMU plans a Friday strike. Committee for Maritime Unity hails unity and pledges support for immediate action, with White House expected to propose a plan.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
White House
Truman
Willard W. Wirtz
Wirtz
AFL
CIO
CIO National Martime Union
New York
Northwestern
Iowa
Joseph Curran
CIO National Maritime Union
NMU National Council
Committee For Maritime Unity
Weather roundup for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Weather summary notes partly cloudy conditions across Amarillo and vicinity with a warmer Thursday afternoon. West Texas sees scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers with a rise in temperatures on Thursday. New Mexico reports partly cloudy skies with afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms, highs 75 to 95.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Dle
Setaix
Ring-War Hero Barney Ross Surrenders For Drug Cure
Barney Ross 87 former boxing champion and Guadalcanal hero surrendered to federal authorities to enter a drug addiction cure at Lexington Public Health Hospital Kentucky. He cited malaria and shock treatments received in service and said he wants to be cured to avoid disillusioning fans.
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Barney Ross
New York
Guadalcanal
U. S. Public Health Hospital
Lexington, Ky
Ross
CaadAalaanal
Garland Williams
Treasury Department
U. S. Att
John F. X. McGahey
Lexington Hospital
McGahey
Montgomery eyes closer Anglo American army ties
Field Marshal Montgomery praised the American chief of staff system and the 105 mm gun, noting British reforms and the West Point sports and classroom program during his remarks. He suggested closer coordination from general staff to divisions for potential future joint action.
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West Point
Military Academy
Montgomery
Monty Plans Postwar British Army Along US Lines
Field Marshal Montgomery outlined plans to shape the postwar British Army in an American pattern at a Washington news conference. He defended his wartime record against critics including Ralph Ingersoll and declined comment on Captain Butcher’s memoirs. Eisenhower praised Montgomery while noting allied loyalty.
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Washington
Field Marshall Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
Dwight D. Eisenhoever
Montgomery
Ralph Ingersoll
Monty
Eisenhower
Ike
Butcher
Rhine
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Aigor Tairesto
Tri-State Morning Newspaper
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NEA
ACME
Picture Tube
AEP
Erhardt
Allied Control Council
Berlin
Millionaire
Bob Conley
Fillmore
Clo
Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
Capt
Harry Butcher
Ingersoll
Omar N. Bradley
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