Merits of Liquor for Fighting Men Debated by Halsey and Methodists
The Methodist Board of Temperance challenged Admiral Halsey over his remark that fighting men should drink or smoke, noting many famed generals and soldiers abstained. They warned alcohol impairs duty, cited Leyte actions, and questioned the Navy discipline breach. The piece also references a Clipsheet critique and a Civil Service report on federal civilian employees.
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Halsey
Washington
Methodist Board of Temperance
Adm
William F
Bull
Gary
York
Jimmy Doolittle
Robert E. Lee
Jeb Stuart
Stonewall Jackson
Pickett
Clpsheet
Wilbur E. Hamminker
San Francisco
Navy
Saturday Evening Post
Comdr
J. Bryan T
Bryan
Royal Navy
Leyte
San Bernardino
China Sea
Philippines
Lemuel
Civil Service Commission
United States
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Nearby Areas
General forecast shows fair skies across Amarillo and West Texas Monday and Tuesday with cooler temperatures on Tuesday. New Mexico expects widely scattered showers or thundershowers in the northern mountains Monday with generally fair conditions elsewhere and little temperature change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surcas Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Pistol
New Mexico
Uitte Chasge
Wes Yencey
Wedding Party Ends in Shooting at West Side Ceremony
Chicago report of a wedding celebration where the bridegroom Chester Wasniewski’s brother Stanley Wasniewski was shot in the back after a dispute over serving soup. Father of the bride Anthony Buccieri sought for questioning. the couple had wed at St Callistus Church and planned a Wisconsin honeymoon.
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Chicago
Anthony Buccieri
Buccieri
George Homer
Harriet Fry
Stanley Wasniewski
Wasniewski
West Side
Homer
Bucccieri
Mary
Chester Wasniewski
Chester
Ravine Avenue
Wisconsin
Wasniewskis
St. Callistus Church
Mother of Three Shot After Fortune Teller Dupes Her
A 23 year old Chicago mother of three was critically wounded by a pistol shot to the heart after a fortune teller allegedly duped her out of 60 dollars. Victor Yulla, a laundry truck driver, found Nellie Vuiles with a 45 caliber pistol in her hand and a note on the kitchen table. The note recounts her belief the fortune teller could lift a curse and mentions her children Joseph 5 Victor Jr. 4 and Frances 2.
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Chicago
Victor Yulla
Nellie
Vuiles
Joseph
Victor
Frances
Kremlin Chaos Claim From Kravchenko Speech
Victor Kravchenko, ex Soviet official, tells the National Exchange Clubs convention the Kremlin seeks to sow economic chaos in the United States through labor strife. President Truman and lawmakers weigh a temporary aid plan and possible special session to address European food needs and prices.
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Cincinnati O
Victor Kravchenko
Soviet Russia
National Exchange Clubs
Kremlin
United States
Soviet Union
Washington
Lucas
Senate
Congress
Connally
I Foreign Affairs
Truman
Marshall
Europe
Ital
France
Great Britain
Flanders
Vermont
Edward V. Robertson
Wyoming
Capner
Kansas
Senate Agriculture Committee
Topeka
Capper
Hope
House Agriculture Committee
Nower
Cooneralinn Amon
House
Senate Agriculture Committees
Acriculture
President
Citizens Food Committee
Albania’s Red Regime Sentences 16 in Plot Against Government
Albanian Supreme Court sentenced 16 defendants to death and long terms for alleged plans to overthrow Premier Enver Hoxha’s Communist regime. Trials linked to British American aid and a Scutari 1946 incident. Tass cited similar links to Epirus separatists. United States denied involvement in sabotage claims.
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Eselorade
Yugoslavia
Ari—dispatches
Albanian Supreme Court
Enver Moxha
Albania
Ietty
Tirana
Scutari
Wilson
Washington
Tass
Mens Agency
Distuiinwert
London
Cay
Epirus
Greece
United States
Hoxha
State Department
Shotgun Fire Suppresses Bedside Blaze in Fingal
A 66 year old man in Fingal fired two shots from a shotgun through a bedroom window when a fire broke out. Neighbors rushed in to help extinguish the blaze as the resident attempted to defend the flames with the weapon.
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Nalpolts
Conrad
Matt
Car Truck Crash Injures Bob Peek at Hedley
Robert J. Peek Amarillo building and loan manager critically injured in a Highway 287 collision near Hedley. He suffered multiple fractures and shock, was treated at Memphis hospital, and a Goosel Hospital ambulance transported him. Witnesses noted the truck may have swerved, with Peek's car riding alone. driver whereabouts unknown.
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Bob Peek
Hedley
Robert J. Peek
Building and Loan Associations
Taylor
Highway 287
Goos 1
Methpdis
Womack Funeral Home
Peek
Tthe Hospital
Peck
Dallas
Memphis
Wis
Peek Aves
Mr. Peck
Amarillo
Metropolitan Building and Loan Association
Loe Elks
Two Injured as Car Rams Pole Incident
Two young people were injured when a car crashed into a telephone pole at Hast Tenth and Vernon and overturned. Sadie Marie Holmes 22 suffered serious injuries, while Joe Leon Dowdy 23 was taken to Veterans Hospital with a possible broken leg. The eastbound 1940 Ford sedan failed to make a left turn at East Tenth and Vernon and struck the northeast pole, rolling over.
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Hast
Vernon
Sadie Marie Holmes
Northwest Texis Epital
Joe Leon Dowdy
North Bask
Dowdy
Veterans Hospital
East Tenth
Miss Holmes
Dry Ice Attempts Fail to Quell Texas Forest Fires
GUNBOE Texas September 28 forest fires rage across East Texas with 96 fires reported. Fire chief J O Burnside says attempts to seed rain with dry ice failed. Paul Alexander claimed a cloud produced rain but conditions were unsuitable. Fires burn in Liberty Montgomery San Jacinto Harris and Walker counties with dozens of new blazes noted. officials suspect arson. Weathered efforts continue as Oklahoma and Louisiana agencies offer aid.
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Oklahoma
Louisiana
Texas
Walker
Burnside
Texas Forest Service
111Th
Texas National Guard
Liberty County
Montgomery County
San Jacinto County
Harris County
Walker County
Polo Thief Foiled by Window Pole Incident
Mrs. Rual Jones in Amarillo reports a would be thief tried to reach her purse through a window at 705 Fairmont. The man failed as the fishing pole broke and he fled, leaving the pole and Mrs. Jones’s driver license behind. Tracks show he cut a clothesline and removed a gate hook to reach the window screen.
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Fairmont
Rual Jones
Mrs. Jones
Mr. Jones
Ma Yaucer
Jones
Rich Tax Takes Pull US Budget Out of the Red
Officials report the U S budget moved from an early deficit of 1.56 billion dollars to a 67 million dollar deficit by mid-September due to quarterly tax payments. Revenue runs 239 million higher than last year while expenditures sit about 17 million below last year. Analysts say the fiscal year started July 1 tracks with President Truman's target of a 4.667 billion dollar surplus by year end.
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Washington
Truman
Britain
Railroad
Super-Mouse Mystery Of Missing Dentures As Told
Mrs X awoke to scratching dragging noises and a squeak from the wall behind the wainscoting. The upper plate lay under the gas heater and the lower under a chair after a mysterious tidynapped teeth incident. The couple pursued clues but the culprit remains elusive and the home quiet again.
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Frederick Tripp
Mrs. X
Marauter
Mick
Mr. X
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