Tolleson Dies After Long Illness In Amarillo
Hugh Tolleson, 47, prominent Amarillo businessman and hardware executive, died at his family home after a six month illness. He leaves a wife Grace, four children, and six siblings. Services will be held at First Baptist Church with burial in Liano Cemetery. he had been with Amarillo Hardware for 31 years and was a chamber of commerce director.
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Hugh Tolleson
Amarillo
van Buren Street
Grace Tolleson
Jim Frank
John Hugh
Mary Ann
Betty Ou
I. J. Tolleson
Roy Cullum
Arnold Attebury
Jerry Ratcliff
E. O. Bagot
F. Wanser
Otto Pettis
LeRay Pinkerton
Liano Cemetery
Amarillo Hardware Company
Amarillo High School
Baptist Church
Tolleson
Everene
Gary Cooper announces impending fatherhood in September
Hollywood April 23 Gary Cooper announced to reporters he and wife Veronica Balfe will become parents this September. The couple, married in 1933, recently left Bermuda for Paramount after a vacation, then Cooper will move to Samuel Goldwyn studios amid a multi million dollar suit over the switch.
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Gary Cooper
United Press
Hollywood
Cooper
Veronica Balfe
New York
Sandra Shaw
Miss Shaw
Coopers
Bermuda
Peace Reigns At GMC Plant In Canada
OSHAWA Ont April 23 The 16 day strike of 3700 General Motors of Canada workers was settled today In Stockton Calif April 23 Shots were fired as strikers and deputies clashed at a cannery opening One man was wounded and three others were taken away in cars Tear gas was used by state highway patrolmen as pickets protested a spinach truck convoy to the Stockton Food Products plant Officers fired gas shells from the convoy and a nearby warehouse A large crowd dispersed then regrouped and marched with clubs and placards
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Oshawa, Ont
General Motors of Canada
Stockton
Calif
Stockton Food Products
Waterloo Road
Harvey Odell
Divine Father Divine pleads not guilty as crowd swarms streets
More than 5,000 followers gather outside the criminal courts building in New York as Father Divine, called God by his followers, enters a not guilty plea to felonious assault charges against a white man. Police maintain crowd control while chants of praise erupt.
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New York
U.P
Father Divine
Criminal Courts
God
Clipper Arrives in Hongkong on Pacific Airmail Trial
The Hongkong Clipper arrived today from Manila on a trial flight ahead of the new airmail service across the Pacific.
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Hongkong
Manila
Pacific
Martial Law Sought for Dust Bowl Area in Panhandle
Thirty businessmen and farmers in the Oklahoma Panhandle and southern Kansas urged President Roosevelt to declare martial law to enforce soil conservation during the Dust Bowl. The telegram called for federal action to protect life and property as a choking dust storm impacted the Guymon area and the region across Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Colorado and Kansas. Giles Miller chaired the meeting in Guyman and said soil conservation must be centralized under federal direction.
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Okla
Five State
Dust Bowl
Roosevelt
Oklahoma Panhandle
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Giles Miller
Guyman
Miller
Mrs. Norton Claims Clark Gable Father of Her Child
Mrs Violet Wells Norton testifies she is certain Clark Gable is the father of her daughter Gwendoline and repeats she knew him as Frank Billings in England. She faces mail fraud and conspiracy charges over seeking support from the movie star for the 13 year old.
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Los Angeles
Clark Gable
Violet Wells Norton
Gwendoline
Gable
Frank Billings
England
Going To Press Going To Press
Paul Dodge editor of the Tucumcari News travels to the convention despite illness and weather delays. Harry Koch reports improving business at the Quanah Tribune Chief. H H Jackson of the Coleman Democrat-Voice questions if the dust storm is for him. Douglas Meador from the Matador Tribune advances a book collection offer for Trail Dust writings. Pete Reese of Amarillo markets Carpenter Paper Company products.
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Tucumcari
Harry Koch
Press Association
Fettle
Quanah Tribune
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The
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Coleman Democrat-Voice
Panama Canal
Douglas Meador
Matador Tribune
Douglas
Trail Dust
Globe-News
Pete Reese
Amarillo
Carpenter Paper Company
Harry Mos
Lubbock Challenges Amarillo for 1988 Press Convention
Rumors of a convention city fight dominate the opening session as Lubbock presses to host the Panhandle Press Association event for 1988, breaking with the long tradition of Amarillo hosting since 1909. Amarillo reporters mobilize to defend their hosting role while the program proceeds.
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Panhandle Press Association
Lubbock
Amarillo
Charley
Guy
Cecil Horne
Texas Tech
Harry Crain
J. C. Estlack
Claren
Suit Filed Against Aluminum Company in Anti-Trust Case
Attorney General Cummings announced the Justice Department filed in the southern district of New York against the Aluminum Company of America seeking a complete rearrangement of its property. The suit alleges a monopoly in violation of antitrust laws.
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Washington
Cummings
Justice Department
Southern District of New York
Aluminum Company of America
Maverick Club Faces Possible Disbanding in Amarillo
Seven days remain before May 1 move out of the Maverick Club headquar ters as equipment is torn down and boxing ring removed. Boys express gloom and worry over the club possibly dissolving while prominent Amarillo men weigh in with opinions.
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Foster Peterson
Maverick Club
Ralph Dykeman
Amarillo
J. N. Riggs
Elaine Barrie Wins Divorce From Hero Of Stage Screen
Elaine Barrie 21, dubbed Ariel to John Barrymore's Caliban, won a divorce from the 55 year old actor in a brief Los Angeles trial. Only Elaine and her mother testified as the fourth marriage ended after about four months. Judge Walter Gates granted the divorce remarking the plaintiff was entitled to it. Barrymore and his counsel were not present.
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Los Angeles
Elaine Barrie
Ariel
John Barrymore
Caliban
Elaine
Edna Jacobs
Barrymore
Walter S. Gates
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Panhandle Region
Cloudy and colder tonight with low near 34 degrees. Saturday outlook partly cloudy and colder. West Texas partly cloudy, near freezing. New Mexico partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with frost in the northwest and colder conditions in the south and southeast. Amarillo highs around 52 to 55 degrees by early afternoon.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
30 Foreign Secret Agents Die in Soviet Far East
Pravda reports the destruction of 30 foreign secret agents in the Soviet Far East. The paper says the region is honeycombed with spies wreckers and armed bands and that some spies wore red army uniforms.
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Far-East
Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Soviet
Guardian Named for Tiny Newborn in Iowa Miracle
Publisher K. C. Cramm became legal guardian for Charles Peter Johnston born under 12 ounces. The infant, once a medical miracle, weighed 25 ounces now and gains on milk while whiskey ration declines.
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Albia
U.P
K. C. Cramm
Charles Peter Johnston
Clues Clash In Girl Hunt
Police face conflicting tips in the search for 13 year old Davidan Johnson missing since April 12. Hugh Anthony claims he transported the girl from Plainview to Lubbock while Mrs E Gogans says she saw Davidan on Polk Street last Wednesday. Investigators found little trail beyond a bus ride with two Amarilloans toward Levelland and note uncertain bus stop changes near her Brooks Avenue home.
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Davidan Johnson
Hugh Anthony
Plainview
Lubbock
E. Gogans
Alanreed
The
Johnsons
Davidan
Polk Street
Oklahoma Girls Found Safe After Overnight Stay
Amarillo residents awaited news on 13 year old Da vidan Johnson when police guarded two Oklahoma girls found at an all night restaurant. Arlie Parker 16 and her cousin Lucille Jones 17 left Oklahoma City Wednesday to visit relatives and were arrested at 4 AM.
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Amarillo
Davidan Johnson
Oklahoma
Arlie Parker
Lucille Jones
Oklahoma City
Judge R Walker Hall in Grave Condition
Judge R Walker Hall of the Seventh Judicial District Court of Civil Appeals was reported in grave condition today at noon. He has been ill for several months and seriously ill for the past week.
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R. Walker Hall
Court of Civil Appeals
Seventh Judicial District
W A Christian Improved After Illness in Amarillo
Long time Amarillo resident W A Christian, hospitalized at Northwest Texas Hospital, was reported improved at noon today after over a week of illness.
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W. A. Christian
Amarillo
Christian
Northwest Texas Hospital
Youth Dies After 16 Day Hunger Strike
Jack Scott aged 17 died in the McAlester penitentiary hospital from paralysis linked to a 16 day hunger strike begun in Pontotoc County jail Ada. Prison doctor Dr T H McCarley said starvation weakened him and revived meningitis. Scott, resident of St Louis, was awaiting trial for the killing of a deputy sheriff.
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Mcalester
Okla
Jack Scott
McAlester Penitentiary Hospital
T. H. McCarley
Pontotoc County
Ada
McCarley
Scott
St. Louis
Taber Journalizes 10 Percent Cut Plan on Pending Bills
Rep. John Taber of New York, ranking minority member of the House Appropriations Committee, introduced an economy resolution calling for a 10 percent reduction of all appropriation bills currently pending before Congress.
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Washington
U.P
John Taber
New York
House Appropriations Committee
Two Million Unionists Read Out Of A F L
William Green of the American Federation of Labor effectively expelled the 2,000,000 workers affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization. CIO leaders planned an immediate reply as the nation echoed the rupture. In Atlanta loyal federation members met in a rump convention opposing the regular meeting seized by John L. Lewis followers.
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William Green
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Committee For Industrial Organization
Organized Labor Movement
America
CIO
Green
Atlanta
Loyal Federation
John L. Lewis
Debater Dies After Bible Class Heart Attack
In Houston on April 23 a debate between J. Banta and Rev. John O'Dowd ended when Banta, 33, collapsed and died from a heart attack during the discussion on whether the Church of Christ is scriptural in origin practice doctrine and name.
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Houston
J. ©. Banta
Christadelphians Ecclesia
John O'Dowd
Church of Christ
O'Dowd
Banta
Lily Pons Hospitalized for Observation in New York
Movie star and Metropolitan Opera soprano Lily Pons was admitted to Lenox Hill Hospital for observation. Dr. W R Dalzell reported her condition not serious but requires rest.
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Lily Pons
New York
Metropolitan Opera
Lenox Hill Hospital
W. R. Dalzell
Nicholas Departs by Train for Italy, Report Says
Freie Presse dispatch from Bucharest notes former Prince Nicholas left by train for Italy. The Vienna report dated April 23 confirms the departure. FHA LOANS. Long-Bell Lbr, Co.
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Italy
Vienna
Austria
Freie Presse
Bucharest
FHA
Long-Bell Lbr, Co
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