First Showings Jackie Robinson Story at Rex and Skyway
The Jackie Robinson Story is shown at Rex Theater and Skyway Drive In a highly publicized film about the life of Brooklyn Dodgers legend Jackie Robinson. Also noted is Spike Jones Show slated for Thursday at Municipal Auditorium with tickets at 109 East Ninth and not yet a sellout.
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Brooklyn Dodger 2
Spike Jones
Gold Sox
Crawford Howard
Glynn Braden
Bill Cross
Leroy Dunn
Cecil Franks
Cecil Ingram
Charles McBeth
Bill Chavey
Bud Ammonds
Ted Clawitter
Gordon Nell
Paul Halter
Refused To Burn Famous Letter
NEW YORK April 10 A.P. Kingsland Macy Republican chairman of Suffolk County said Gov. Thomas E. Dewey asked him to burn the Hanley letter before publication last October. The note, written Sept. 5 by Joe R. Hanley then lieutenant governor, alleged a deal to pay debts if Hanley left the governor race to allow Dewey to run. Macy said Dewey asked four times to destroy the document, but he refused each time.
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Dewey
Valley Cotton Near Million Acre Crop In Rio Grande Valley
Brownsville April 10 The Rio Grande Valley nears a million acres of cotton with 872,625 acres covered by permits issued through last Friday in Cameron Willacy and Hidalgo counties. Starr County reports about 58,000 acres planted where permits are not required. The four county total is 930,625 acres with the April 15 deadline a week away. The Valley is about 150,000 acres ahead of 1949, the previous record year when permits reached 780 acres.
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Hidalgo County
Starr County
J. B. Talcott
Lower Valley
Plan Big Welcome For Airmen's Parents
In San Antonio on April 10 the base announces a deluxe visitor plan at Lackland Air Force Base. Trainees will be summoned by radio when parents arrive. Base telephones assist parking and hostesses will help visitors locate overnight accommodations during weekend visits, under Maj. Gen. Charles W. Lawrence's directive.
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U.P
Lackland Air Force Base
Charles W. Lawrence
Your Horoscope Page From The Amarillo Globe
Horoscope notes for signs including Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio and Sagittarius highlight daily guidance. It advises on personal finance romance temper, learning to manage relationships, and using talents like public speaking and music for success. The column blends astrological readings with practical life advice.
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Air Target Towers To Be Ordered Up
Ten Air National Guard flights assigned to tow air targets will be activated between May 15 and July 1. The Air Force announced the call-up, involving fewer than 650 officers and enlisted men in 10 states. Units remain unnamed and unlocated, and operate B-26 bombers modified to tow targets for anti aircraft gun practice.
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Air National Guard
Air Force
GIs Healthier Than Civilians In Korea War
Maj. Gen. Raymond J. Bliss, Army surgeon general, says American fighters in Korea show better health than U S civilians. On his second Korea tour, he called Army medical personnel record in the war “the best of any war” in U S history, crediting preventive medicine courses and immunizations for GIs before departure.
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Discouraging signals with misfit cards in bridge
In a reader example, East cannot signal due to all spot cards being too large. The sequence shows West leading clubs and hearts, South discarding hopes, and East misled by card sizes. East should discard the queen of hearts on the second club to reveal West holds ten seven in hearts, avoiding giving West a heart lead.
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Confessed Arsonist Sentenced in Greenville Fires
Vernon Mevis, 22, a Stanton factory worker, pleaded guilty to arson for a spree that damaged Greenville churches and other sites last week. He received five to 10 years after admitting five fires causing about $300,000 in damage and saying he acted for the thrill. Circuit Judge Morris K. Davis imposed the sentence.
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Vernon Mevis
Greenville
Morris K. Davis
Mevis
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