Balloons and Bands Spark Tri State Fair Parade in Amarillo
The 1947 Tri-State Fair opens at noon in Amarillo with a massive parade featuring Jean Gros balloon figures, Shamrock High School band, Mayor Lawrence Hagg, and the Tri-State All-Girls Rodeo. Organizers expect over 100000 spectators as crews prepare the fairgrounds and exhibitions.
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High Plains
Amarillo
Jean Gros
Grant Street
Shamrock High School
Lawrence Hagg
Albert Vento
Vento
Pittsburgh
Gros
Atlanta
West Texas State College
McLean High School
Amarillo High School
Sam Houston Junior High School
Mason King
Tri-State Fair Grounds
L. B. Herring, Jr
Herring
KGNC
Marine suspect sought in missing girl case
Detectives issued a nationwide teletype for George A. Neil a 22 year old Marine Corps veteran and uncle of Isabella Mallon the 11 year old girl who vanished after leaving home September 6 to buy stockings. He was last seen with her and had told stories that interested her. An eight state message suggested she may have hitchhiked to California with him.
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Philadelphia
John Hanlon
Marine Corps
Isabella Mallon
Hanlon
George A. Neil
California
Isabella
Neil
Houston
Solomons
South Pacific
Naval
San Diego
Seek Uncle in Death Of Philadelphia Gal
The torn body of a blue-eyed red-haired girl is found in a North Philadelphia vacant lot near the Mallon home. Police and morgue officials say underclothes were cut or torn and identify the victim as Isabella with clothing matching items last worn. Bernard Mallon and Earl Seaman are involved in viewing the body as investigators pursue identification and motive.
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Philadelphia
Mallon
Hanlon
Bernard Mallon
Earl Seaman
York
Today’s Events At the Fair in West Texas Region
Amarillo Shamrock Borger Pampa and West Texas State College host a full fair day. Morning events begin at 9 with Fat Barrows judging rabbits agriculture and horticulture at 10. Opening Day parade at 10:30. Afternoon gates at noon with Bill Hames Carnival Show. 2:30 Tri State All Girls Rodeo. Night show at 8 oclock J S Michaels Big City Circus free grandstand performance.
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Amarillo
Shamrock
Borger
Pampa
West Texas State College
Ing
Bill Hames
Michaels
Big City Circus
Hoover Joins Call for Voluntary Food Conservation
Former President Herbert Hoover urged voluntary rationing to curb rising grocery costs while Senator Brewster backed a broad conservation push. National groups pressed Congress for price controls and resource allocation amid inflation fears as six people died in a fiery crash near San Angelo.
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Associated Press
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Brewster
Maine
Europe
Lesrcue of Women Voters
Progressive Citizens of America
Congress
American Veterans Committee
Madison Square Garden
New York
Five killed in Texas crash near San Angelo
A pickup truck carrying five presumed Texas Tech students collided with another vehicle on the San Angelo Brady highway. Ralph Elliott, 50, ranch foreman, and his family were identified among the dead. Betty Roundtree More and Gerrell Stewart were critically injured and in Shannon Hospital. Authorities said one vehicle exploded from the impact, and the cause remained under investigation.
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San Angelo
Here
Texas Tech
Ralph Elliott
Dorothy Elliott
Clarence Harless, Jr
Lubbock
Billie
Hewitt Allison
Elliotts
G. R. White
Brady
Elliott
Big Lake
Betty Roundtree More
Gerrell
Jerry) Stewart
Shannon Hospital
Mobile
Texas Technological College
Lubock
Austin
University of Texas
Ray Butler
State Highway Patrol
San Angelo-Brady
E. B. Smith
Lampasas
Europe Faces US Help as Truman and Marshall Plan Talks
Washington dispatch reports President Truman and Secretary of State Marshall set to discuss Europe’s crisis and whether to call Congress to a special session. They weigh feeding Europe at high home prices against cutting exports, with Italy and France signaling needs over the next six months.
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Washington
Truman
Marshall
Congress
United Nations General Assembly
New York
France
Senate Appropriations Committee
Bridges
New Hampshire
United States
Russia
State Department
Italy
Mrs. D. Roach Rites Planned At First Presbyterian
Funeral services for Mrs. Osie Hickman Roach 70 wife of Dr. D. Roach will be held at 4 p m today at First Presbyterian Church. Burial in Llano Cemetery Mausoleum. Survived by husband two daughters son and six grandchildren.
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Osie Hickman Roach
D. Roach
First Presbyterian Church
Francis W. Pritchard
R. Thomson
Emeri
Llano
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Fred J. Crumley
L. W. Bussey
E. W. Hardin
George Powers
C. S. Lambie
Joe L. Wells
Roach
Northwest Texas Hospital
Lindberg
Louis Seewald
Lipscomb
Jack W. Roach
Tulsa
Okla
SW. Browning
Sweetwater
W. F. Robinson
Eunice
R. H. Roach
Amarillo
Roy Hickman
Slaton
Ace Hickman
Beard
Tex
Funeral for Fiorello LaGuardia Crowds Cathedral
Thousands paid final tribute to Fiorello H. LaGuardia at the Cathedral of St John the Divine after his death from pancreatic cancer. The former mayor and UNRRA director general was lauded by civic leaders, business figures, and colleagues including barber Frank Giordano. A memorial radio program featured Seabury Morris Berle Wise. Seabury hailed him as the greatest mayor in New York history.
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Nathan Polovetzky
New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
St. James
St. John the Divine
LaGuardia
UNRRA
Frank Giordano
City of
Light east of Amarillo leads to fairground searchlight
Amarillo residents debated a strange light seen after dark. A Daily News reporter traced the glow to a searchlight at the fair grounds, answering a public curiosity sparked by thousands of phone calls.
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Amarillo
Daily News
Fair Ground
Storm Rages Through Florida and Gulf Coast Area
Flooding and widespread damage affect New Orleans Bay St. Louis and Gulf Coast as a new storm threatens Florida. Winds up to 100 mph, looting, evacuations, and refugee relief efforts accompany river and lake floods and closed highways across the region.
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New Orleans
Baton Rouge
New
Bean
Miami
Weather Bureau
Grand Cayman Island
Palm Beach
Key West
South Florida
Lower Peninsula
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Coast
Biloxi
Miss
Mississippi
William P. Wilson
Mississippi National Guard
Associated Press
John Williams
Lake Pontchartrain
Gulf
Bayou Bienvenue
New Orleans Municipal Auditorium
Millard Schindler
Pass Christian
Bay St. Louis
Gulfport
Fear Girl 16 Reported Kidnapped Near Prospect Ohio
Deputy Sheriff Ed Fink announced a large search for Roxie Ann Green a 16 year old Prospect high school student missing since Friday night. A stray car near the Green home plus recovered shoe hair ribbon and coin purse led officials to suspect abduction and forcible vehicle taking.
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Marion. O
Ed Fink
Roxie Ann Green
Prospect, O
Prospect
Carl Green
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Walbridge
Green
Roxie Ann
Donald
Robbers seize 17000 at Ballinger oilman home
Three masked men armed with submachine guns robbed oilman and guests at a Ballinger residence of 17000 in cash and jewelry. They forced four to lie down and damaged cars with 10 to 15 gun bursts before fleeing as authorities sought leads. Jewelry included two diamond rings valued at 6000 and 2009 dollars plus a 6000 dollar ring.
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Ballinger
Ray Butler
San Angelo
Mrs. Price
Mrs. Jy Be Haller
Hollywood, Fla
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Company
UN Advances Marshall Plan at Lake Success
Secretary of State Marshall sent two UN peace machinery revision proposals and Korean independence discussion to the full assembly amid strong Soviet objections. In steering committee votes the USSR and Poland opposed, with 12 to 2 margins. Andrei Gromyko accused Marshall of distorting the truth and blamed the United States for delays in Korean independence while denouncing moral pressure over the Italian peace treaty.
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Marshall
United Nations
Russia
United States
Poland
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Soviet Union
Firemen Put Out Scorching Chaos at Home
In Pittsburgh on September 21 Jack Kirkman 35 panicked when his pants caught fire. He ran to a fire box to summon help then home again. Fire Capt. Harry Keller removed the smouldering trousers and smothered the flames, leaving Kirkman with minor injuries to his pride and a light bruise.
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Pittsburgh
Jack Kirkman
Harry Keller
Kirkman
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