Three rough years for President Truman noted in 1948 reflection
Washington columnist James Marlow marks April 12 as three years since Truman became president after Roosevelt’s death. The piece contrasts wartime unity with postwar gridlock, reviews civil rights clashes, Wallace’s third party role, and Republicans’ strengthened White House prospects.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
United States
Roosevelt
Congress
Truman
White House
Senate
Germany
Japan
Democrats
United Nations
South
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Beaver teeth never stop growing
The beaver wears away his sharp front teeth while gnawing trees yet never needs replacements. His incisors continuously grow throughout the animal’s life.
Local Marine Private First Class Returned From Overseas
Lyman L. Day is home with his parents after being discharged from the US Marine Corps as a private first class. He served 28 months with most of his time in China and finished at Treasure Island, San Francisco, with discharge dated April 1.
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J. S. Day
North Lincoln
US Marine Corps
Marines
Amarillo High School
Day
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San Diego
Japan
China
Treasure Island
San Francisco
Amarillo Aggies Plan Muster Meeting
Amarillo Aggies will gather tonight at 7 in the Blackstone Hotel to discuss preliminary plans for the April 21 Muster, as stated by C. B. Marsh Jr. president of the Amarillo A&M Club.
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Amarillo Aggies
C. B. Marsh, Jr
Amarillo A&m Club
Blackstone Hotel
Naval Reserve
US Naval Reserve Training Center
Ninth
Rusk
Decrease in Enlistments Hits Amarillo Recruiting Offices
Retardation in enlistments noted last week across Army Navy and Marine recruiting stations in Amarillo though three month totals still exceed year prior figures. Names of applicants and transfers span Amarillo Borger Dumas Plainview and Darrouzett plus sailors and reservists across units and services.
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Army
Navy
Marines
US Air Corps
Amarillo Army Station
James R. Urquhart
Fannin
John D. Duncan
Muleshoe
Robert O. Cochran
Harold R. Fisher
Boise City
Okla
Frank Smart
Lampert
Miss
James N. Morgan
Adrian
Sterling C. Burriss
Plainview
Clarence O. Smotherman
Finance Department
Buford B. Fellers
Louisiana
Robert H. Dobeck
Darrouzett
Benjamin Dobeck
Naval
A. L. Harvey-Brooks
Borger
E. D. Clifton
Dumas
R. E. McKinnis
Stinnett
J. C. Bynum
W. F. Fowler
Phillips
R. FE
Campbell
Pampa
T. FE. Hardin
North Lincoln
James T. Freeman
White Deer
Sam Warr
James M. George
US Naval Reserve
Elmer L. Pierce
Donald J. Hill
Harrison
Richard T. Ansted
Channing
Marine Corps Reserve
Mrs. McCullough's Father Dies at 66 in Fairbury
A. J. Halek aged 66, father of Mrs. Ralph McCullough of 806 LaSalle, died in Fairbury Nebraska after months of illness. Mrs. McCullough left for her father's home. He had friends in Amarillo and Hereford. Survived by three daughters and three grandchildren. Funeral services planned for Wednesday afternoon in Fairbury.
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A. J. Halek
Ralph McCullough
LaSalle
Fairbury
Neb
Oil Executive Bowles Dies of Heart Attack in San Francisco
Robert Harding Bowles aged 52 president of Cimarron Petroleum Co Houston died yesterday in San Francisco from a heart attack. He promoted oil in the southwest for 19 years.
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San Francisco
Robert Harding Bowles
Cimarron Petroleum Co
Houston
Southwest
Smoking Free Ride On Capitol Cab
A cab driver along the Capitol route refuses a passenger who lights a cigarette citing allergy and public signs. The driver, a former district fire department worker, explains smoking makes him sick and must be avoided in the enclosed space.
Smoking and the cab driver in a smoke filled Capitol ride
A cab fare and driver debate smoking as the Capitol ride passes the dome. The driver blames cigarettes for societal ills and leadership flaws while insisting he won’t tolerate passengers who smoke. The fare offers gum and a cigarette is lit, ending with a smoky, unsatisfying note.
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Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
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Paradise
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Aeon Service CO
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Panhandle Steel Building and Material CO
Edwin L. Hart
A Taylor
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Amarillo Retail Druggists' Association
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Berry’s Pri
Brooks’ Drug Store
Polk St
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Bidg
Castleberry Drug CO
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Poikst
FOX Drug Store
Pierce Streets
Gholston Drug Store
Taylor Street
H and Y Drug Store
West 16Th
Herbert Drug Store
Herring Hotel
Werring
Kendall Drug Store
Lincoln Drug Store
East 16Th
Mark Galloway Drug
Polk
Maxor Drug Store
Nelson Drug Store
Waller Diggs Pharmacy
Pleasant Valley Drug
River Road
Prescription Laboratory
Polk Street
SAN Jacinto Drug
Seiwell Drug Store
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S & M Drug CO
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Woodburn Pharmacy
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