Quick action halts blaze at Shamrock gas plant
A flash fire at the Shamrock Oil and Gas McKee Gaso line Plant near Sunray was contained after an explosion in the treating area. Firemen from Sunray and Dumas fought the blaze, which briefly sent dense smoke into the sky. damage was estimated under $50,000. The interior of the treating unit remained inaccessible at noon due to heat.
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Sunray
Shamrock Oil & Gas Company
McKee
Here
F. B
Dumas
Esti
Growth of Amarillo's Buying Power Cited
Amarillo’s buying power rose 182 percent from 1940 to 1948 while population grew only about one third, a Braniff official told the Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Herring Hotel. Charles E. Beard cited a Sales Management survey and Civil Aeronautics data showing Amarillo’s strong growth and air travel standing. He noted Braniff’s favorable revenue position and cited Braniff’s rising passenger figures among the 31-city Braniff system.
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Gordon Tompkins
Amarillo
Charles E. Beard
Dallas
Braniff International Airways
Chamber of Commerce
Herring Hotel
Beard
Civil Aeronautics
Braniff
E. O. Cocke
New York
TWA
Robert J. Smith
Pioneer Air Lines
Keith Kahle
Fort Worth
Central Air Lines
Cocke
Dam program eyed to supply West Texas water
Washington April 19 Congress heard the federal government could recover most of its 85 million dollars spent on a Canadian River project for West Texas. Texas engineer Burleigh said 94 percent would be repaid within 50 years, with 13 Panhandle cities paying about 11.5 cents per 1000 gallons for water via an aqueduct. The plan centers on a dam near Sanford and an aqueduct to deliver water, with Utah debates over ownership and operation shaping the bill’s future.
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Washington
Congress
West Texas
Harry P. Burleigh
Reclamation Bureau
Texas
Senate
Panhandle
High Plains
Thomas Thompson
Bureau of Reclamation
of Utah
Utah
House of Representatives
Secretary of the Interior
TS Aaw
Begram
Sanford
House
Burleigh
Borger
Amarillo
Lubbock
Pampa
Plainview
Levelland
Littlefield
Slaton
Tahoka
O'Donnell
Lamesa
Brownfield
Dimmitt
Municwanton
Strauss
Johnson
Canadian
Nelson
Watkins
Connally
Secre
Guy Cordon
Oregon
Ernest McFarland
Arizona
A. A. Meredith
Fed
Wife and 'Other Woman' Stand by Bomb Plotter
A jailed bomb plot suspect, Grant, faces 16 counts of attempted murder and claims love caused his troubles. He planned insurance to cover $8,000 debts from a past entanglement with Helene Kozicka Hansen, mother of her child, while his wife Betty Grant and his current love Miss Suomela vow to stand by him despite the affair. Police note Suomela’s support as Grant admits a pack of lies in the three year romance. See BOMB PLOT-Page 16.
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Grant
New York
Helene Kozicka Hansen
California
Miss Suomela
Betty Grant
United Air Lines
Miss
Senator Wiley decries nationwide postal cutback
Washington April 19 AP Senator Wiley of Wisconsin denounces a Postmaster General order cutting home deliveries to once daily and closing windows early as an outrageous move harming 50 million taxpayers. He urges Congress to rescind cuts and consider alternatives such as ending the air mail subsidy and trimming Congress free mail costs.
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Washington
Wiley
Wisconsin
Donaldson
Congress
Government Reorganization Commission
Hoover
Congressional
Post Office Department
Railroad chief faults auto and praises rail service
William P. Kennedy, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, criticized the auto industry’s management and urged rail-like efficiency. He cited delays at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and warned that lack of rapid service damages business. He spoke in Amarillo at a joint trainmen meeting and banquet.
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Globe
William P. Kennedy
The
Brotherhood of Railway
Amarillo
J. T. Steadham
Austin
Brotherhood
C. H. Smith
Fort Worth
Kennedy
E. B Boggs
E. M. Zuklin
E. B. Boggs
St. Louis
Paul Timmons
Brotherhood of Railroad
A. F. Whitney
Herring Hotel
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Wheeling
Wva
Baltimore
Window service unchanged at Amarillo post office
Amarillo Post Office may not cut window hours despite Postmaster General orders. Postmaster Gordon Jordan says no instruction yet to curtail service and notes possible carrier distribution cuts due to a postal deficit. He doubts closing windows at 5 pm would reduce staff and calls Saturday closures too drastic. The new instructions, published in the Postal Bulletin, outline one daily residential delivery replacing two and a business-area cut.
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Amarillo
Gordon Jordan
Jesse M. Donaldson
Post Office
Mr. Jordan
Jordan
Guinea Pig Leaves Trail of Bad Checks
A former Marine 25 year old Charles Hinkley who underwent risky pre frontal lobotomy in Florida last year is back in custody after a trail of bad checks. He was arrested in Massachusetts as a fugitive from a Kansas Veterans Administration hospital with charges in New York City and Florida.
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New York
Charles Hinkley
Kansas Veterans Administration
Hinkley
South Deersfield
Mass
Winter General Hospital
Topeka
Kan
New York City
Florida
Coral Cables
Fla
Lewin Permutter
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Summary Today and Tonight
The Weather Bureau reports fair and cool conditions for Amarillo and vicinity this afternoon with continued cool tonight and Thursday. High today around 68 degrees with a low near 35, record 61 for the 24 hour period ending 6:30. West Texas shows clear skies, cooler conditions, and frosts in the north with a warmer Thursday across New Mexico and northern mountains.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
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