Robbery Sentence Affirmed in Potter County Jail Transfer
Leon Baker, Negro, awaiting transfer to the state penitentiary for five years after a robbery by assault conviction. The case stems from luring five and a half cases of whiskey to offices this morning and stealing $8 in quarters from his attorney, per sheriff’s reports. The incident occurred at the R. H. Burcham Liquor Store following a November 7 1947 crime.
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Leon Baker
Potter County
Sate
Baker
R. H. Burcham
Criminal Appeals
Ford. Wesing
Tern Union Messenger
Ford
Cream of Kentucky
Schenley
Joery
Sheriff's Department
INNER-AID Promises Stellar Relief For Gas and Bowel Comfort
A local resident reports rapid relief from gas and stomach discomfort after using INNER-AID, a 12 juice herbal mixture. The ad claims the product clears gas, cleanses the bowels, enlivens the liver, and removes old bile, with benefits including better sleep and breathing. sold at drug stores.
Oil commentary sparks Gulf discovery rumor near Texas coast
Beaumont April 19 The Gum Coast oil fraternity stirred by Drew Pearson radio remarks misreported a Gulf of Mexico oil find. The script showed 24 hour old news about a vast underwater well 75 miles off Sabine Pass to Grand Chenier, later clarified as geological formations on the continental shelf. Attorney General Price Daniel noted geologists have long known of such formations. A separate note: Amarillo Naval Reserve meets at 7:30 pm at the US Naval Reserve Training Center Ninth and Rusk under Lt. Commdr. John Vandale.
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Gulf of Mexico
Pearson
New York
Navy
Interior
Sabine Pass
Tex
Grand Chentere
Price Daniel
Austin
Amarillo
US Naval Reserve ‘Training ’Center
Ninth and
Rusk
John’ J. Vandale
Prudential Names Agents in Texas Office
Walter G. Rummerfield announces three special agents for Prudential Insurance in Texas. Joe D. Rogers Donald R. Booker and Joe Ford Tomme are assigned to Amarillo with local ties and military backgrounds.
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Walter G. Rummerfield
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Joe D. Rogers
Bryan
Donald R. Booker
Lipscomb
Joe Ford Tomme
Taylor
Prudential
Texas
Mr. Rummerfield
Rogers
Army Air Corps
Sicily
France
52Nd
Booker
Tomme
Tulane University
Louisiana
Amarillo
Country Club
The
Lions Club
Trslub
Barfield Building
Davney Rogers Rites Tuesday Funeral Services Set
Funeral services for Captain Davney D Rogers killed in action in Belgium in January 1945 will be held Tuesday at 4 30 pm at Blackbun Shaw Memorial Chapel with Dr Neal Cannon officiating. Pallbearers are Lloyd Thompson Joe F Taylor David Millwee W H Montgomery Fred Gerard H Keller Clark Wagner and Harry Riges. Interment at Liano Cemetery. Rogers, 28, was raised in Amarillo and lived with relatives Mr and Mrs Peaster after attending Anubis Sehode and Amsable College and Texas Tech. He entered service in March 1941 and was commissioned as second lieutenant on April 10 1942 at Fort Benning. He served with the Second Infantry Division.
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Davney D. .Rogers
Belgium
Blackbun-Shaw Memorial
Neal Cannon
Polk Street Methodist Church
Lloyd Thompson
Joe F. Taylor
David Millwee
W. H. Montgomery
Fred Gerard
H. Keller
Clark Wagner
Harry Riges
Liano
Captain Rogers
Amarillo
Peaster
Anubis ‘Sehode
Amsable College
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Port
War veteran Captain Rogers dies in Belgium action
Captain Rogers married Bonnie Ruth Thomsen in 1943. He sailed overseas October 1943 and saw D-Day action on Normandy beaches. Wounded June 1944, he returned to England for hospitalization and joined his division in the fall. He served until his death in the Aachen Duren sector in Belgium. He earned the Purple Heart, Bronze Star with cluster, Combat Infantryman Badge, Silver Star, and his battalion received the Presidential Unit Citation for Brest. European African Middle Eastern campaign ribbon with three stars. Survived by wife, aunt and uncle, and father CE Rogers of Los Angeles.
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Bonnie Ruth Thomsen
Rogers
Normandy
England
Aachen-Duren
Belgium
Cs Tain Rogers
Brest
CE. Rogers
Los Angeles
Gdynia Battleship Gneisenau to Stay as Harbor Breakwater
In Gydnia Poland port officials decided the damaged battleship Gneisenau cannot be moved and will remain where it lies at the harbor entrance as part of a new breakwater wall. A storm cellar with concrete and timber is planned nearby after wartime bomb wreckage.
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Gydnia
Poland
Gneisenau
T. M. Romero
Cleveland
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Prudential Names Agents
St. Anthony's School of Nursing
Davney Rogers
State Farm Mutual
State Farm Insurance Co’s
Taylor Gomer Jones
Mark Miles
Washington Street
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Sixteenth Avenue
Champion Outboard Motors
LEE Tires
Travis
Keeling
Spriicr
Georgia
Jo Re
Sail Druggists’ Assoct
American Cancer Society
Amarillo Retail Druggists' Association
Atkinson Drug Store
Brooks’ Drug Store
Cretney
Castleberry Drug CO
Phos
Dickson Drug Store
H and Y Drug Store
Herbert Drug Store
Amarillo Ride
Herring Hotel
Errins Hote Noai Kendall Drug Store
East 10Th
Lincoln Drug Store
East
Mone Galloway
Imaxor Drug Store Ay
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Nelson Drug Store
Waller Diggs Pharmacy
West
Pleasant Valley
Prescription Laboratory
Polk Street
SAN Jacinto Drug
West Sth
Seiwell Drug Store
Sottock Peug
Wette
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Schell
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