Amarillo Globe News Reporter Receives Rotary Youth Orchid
Bob Feight was surprised with the Rotary Youth Orchid for his standout work with Kids Inc and the Maverick Boys Club in Amarillo. He organized Kid of the Week and Kid of the Year programs, mentored youths, umpired sports, and promoted volunteer coaches, earning wide praise from Rotary and civic leaders.
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Amarillo Globe-News
Bob Feight
Rotary
Kids, Inc
Maverick Boys Club
Foight
George Grimm
Rotary Youth Committee
Floyd Hemphill
Margaret Wills School
Real Kids, Inc
Rotary Club
Feight
Amarillo
Hemphill
Maverick Club
Laura Wheeler Crochet Pattern for Chair Set and Book
Laura Wheeler offers a classic crochet chair-set pattern in No 50 cotton with double crochet and easy charts. Pattern 893 includes directions, charts, and photos. send twenty cents to Amarillo Globe News for pattern number and seller name with address. Also advertise Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book with fifteen cents for copy and list of craft topics.
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Laura Wheeler
Amarillo Globe News
Needlecraft Dept
Old Chelsea Station
New York 11
New Voice Magnifier Uses Simple Hand Microphone
A newly developed voice magnifier for public address operates with a hand microphone a loud speaker horn and a six volt battery.
Father Divine Plans Anniversary Party
In Philadelphia on April 29 and 30, Father Divine invites the public to celebrate the fourth anniversary of his marriage to his spotless virgin bride. The New Day promotes a no gifts, no smoking, no drinking, and no profanity policy. The event begins with an 8 a.m. breakfast and ends with a 10 p.m. banquet. the exact venue remains unspecified.
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Philadelphia
Divine
Negro Chief Returns to Visit White Wife in Bechuanaland
Seretse Khama, banished chief designate, returns with his white London-born wife Ruth Williams to the tribal capital Serowe for a five day visit. British authorities allow the trip to discuss personal matters while warning against talks of leadership. Ruth Williams plans birth in June and declines British medical care, trusting her Negro physician.
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Bechuanaland
Seretse
Ruth Williams
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London
Ruth
Lobatsi
Admiral Pennant Named to Joint Services Mission in Washington
Vice Admiral C. E. H. Douglas Pennant, veteran of both world wars, is appointed to head the British Joint Services Mission in Washington. He will assume the post next August.
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London
C. EH
Douglas Pennant
Royal Navy
Joint Services Mission
Washington
East Berlin rally accuses West of building bases for war
Five thousand East Berlin Communists gathered at Potsdamer Platz near the British sector and heard Max Reimann accuse Western powers of planning air bases in West Germany to wage war against the Soviet Union.
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Berlin
East Berlin
Potsdamer Platz
Max Reimann
West Germany
Soviet Union
Plunge Fatal to Father of Flier
A 61 year old Bronx plumber William Seeschaf died after leaping five stories down a dumbwaiter shaft near his home. He was despondent over learning his son Lt. Howard William Seeschal was aboard a missing Navy Privateer over the Baltic. Navy notified family last week. Soviet claims of fighting over Latvia cited. US sources say the missing plane was unarmed. Search for the missing Navy plane was abandoned yesterday.
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Baltic
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Bronx
Fordham Hospital
Navy
Howard William Seeschal
Fairlington
Latvia
Widow of Gen Knudsen Dies in Detroit
Mrs Clara E Knudsen widow of Gen William F Knudsen died in Detroit after a long illness at her home. Her husband who died April 27 was a noted figure in industry and military circles. The obituary notes her survivors and the family's prominence in the city.
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Knudsen
Detroit
Clara E. Knudsen
William F. Knudsen
Mrs Knudsen Dies After Long Illness at Home
1948 she had served as former president of General Motors and aided the War Department as action coordinator during World War II. She had been ill for some time and grew critically ill in recent days. Three daughters and a son were at her bedside when she died.
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Lewis Douglas Guests of King George at Windsor Castle
United States Ambassador Lewis Douglas his wife and daughter Sharman were weekend guests of King George and Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle in London.
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London
United States
Douglas
Sharman
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Windsor Castle
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