Death and Funeral Notices Summary
Death notices list Blackburn Shaw and Floyd T Jones among the deceased. John F Dwight Jr and others are named as relatives with services scheduled for Monday at Tenanian Street Baptist Church and a burial to follow. Additional notices include Floyd T Jones age 53 of 806 Maryland and Barnett family members with services and burial details at local venues.
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John F. Dwight, Jr
Louise
Wicki
Fem F
Ile
Ughes
Juanita Saetian
Erma Burton
Wayland
Leo
Maryight
Tenanan St. Baptist Church
Floyd T. Jones
Maryland
Florence
Floyd B
L. TP. Ennis
J. Va
Eva Yarbrough
Pel. Barnett
Barnett
White Deer
Fannie
Borothy Bette
Omi Bata
Meier D Ware
Ivan G. William P
White
Eccndes Aarch
Tollson Billy Jack Tollson 2 day old son of J and Mrs Tollson
Billy Jack Tollson, two day old son of J. and Mrs. Jack F. Tollson of Dumas, died at 2:30 in Dumas. William Henry King, 74, of 1309 North Fillmore, survived by wife Katherine. Services pending with Boxwell Brothers.
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Tollson
Billy Jack Tollson
Jack F. Tollson
Claude Rites for Mrs. Boggess in Claude Baptist Church
Funeral services for Dorothy Boggess 23 wife of Sgt. D F Boggess Jr will be held at 2 30 Tuesday afternoon at Claude Baptist Church Rev J D McDaniel will officiate Burial will be in Claude Cemetery under direction of N S Griggs Sons Funeral Home Sergeant Boggess home is Claude Mrs Boggess died Friday night at Lawton Oklahoma Her birth was January 25 1927 in San Antonio She and her husband were married while he was stationed at Fort Sam Houston Survivors include two daughters Ouida and Dorothy Ann a son D F P Boggess III the mother Mrs William Shutz of San Antonio and six sisters and two brothers
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Dorothy
D. F. Boggess, Jr
Claude Baptist Church
J. D. McDaniel
Claude Cemetery
N. S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Home
Sergeant Boggess
Claude
Fort Sill
Boggess
San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
Ouida
Dorothy Ann
D. FP. Boggess III
William Shutz
New Beds Planned for Jury Dormitory in 47th District Court
County commissioners authorized Bowen Cox to equip the jury dormitory with new beds and springs after jurors in a murder trial last week complained about the accommodations. Commissioner Ray Daniel cautioned against overcomfort, noting a hung jury for one day could cost as much as the beds. The estimated cost for the equipment runs about $1,000.
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47Th District Court
Bowen Cox
Ray Daniel
Cox
Florida Legislator is Slain in Florida House Office
In St Petersburg on April 24 State Rep Charles J Schuh Jr a leader of Governor Fuller Warren forces was shot and killed in his downtown office Deputy Sheriff Andy Rand said Charles Ross 71 of Dade City a retired meat cutter was held in city jail for the slaying Ross claimed injury in an altercation Schuh supported Warren and helped push a three percent sales tax Schuh was running unopposed for renomination in the Democratic primaries set for next Tuesday.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Charles J. Schuh, Jr
Fuller Warren
House of Representatives
Andy Rand
Charles Ross
Dade City
City
Rand
Ross
Schuh
L. A. Deal
John T. Fisher
Warren
Idled Workers Rally for Federal Help to Reopen Plant
About five hundred furloughed steelworkers gathered in Pittsburgh to urge the federal government to back freight car orders and restore jobs after Pressed Steel Car Co shut its McKees Rocks plant last August. CIO United Steelworkers official Philip Soghgen led the charge while District Director John Murray urged underwriting orders. Rep. Robert Corbett urged caution about local piecemeal federal aid.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Soghgen
Cio-United Steelworkers
Pressed Steel Car Company
McKees Rocks
Wmeeneng
John Murray
Robert Corbett
Pennsylvania
Panhandle Outlook: Blowing Dust Then Cooler Weather
Strong northerly winds and blowing dust hit the Panhandle with visibility down to 1 mile at Childress and 3 to 5 miles elsewhere. Gusts reached 41 mph at Clarendon, cooling is forecast with highs around 69 Tuesday and lows near 40 tonight. H C Winburn notes dry weather ahead for several days.
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Panhandle
Childress
Clarendon
Lubbock
H. C. Winburn
Amarillo Air Terminal
Road Mishaps Kill Two at San Antonio
Deaths in San Antonio over the weekend raise city traffic fatalities to 17 for the year. Frank Matthews, 77, died in a hospital from injuries after being struck by a car late Saturday. Sammie Thomas Warren, 42, died Saturday night from injuries after her car collided with another vehicle.
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San Antonio
Frank Matthews
Sammie Thomas Warren
Fisheries as Vital Food Source Next to Agriculture
The article notes that fisheries provide a major portion of the world’s edible supply alongside agriculture, highlighting the importance of fish in human sustenance and nutrition.
Market roundup shows broad gains across stocks included
The 12 30 New York market lists numerous companies with varied gains and losses. Major names such as Air Reduction Lockheed Alaska Juneau Loews Allegheny Ludlum American Can Chrysler and Motorola show notable percentages. The compile reflects a crowded trading floor with many familiar firms in energy, defense, consumer goods, and manufacturing sectors.
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New York
Auovadione
Steral Lynch
E Amarillo
Oral Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Lockhneed Aire
Alaska
Juneau
Loews Inc
Allegheny Cromi Bece Star
Allegheny
Amer Car&Fdy
Minn Ma PW
Amer Chain&c
MKT
Amer Leomot
MKTRA
Amer
Montam Ward
Amer Roll Mill
Motorola
Siie Amer
Amer Stove
Ateh Ae
Nati Gypsum
Avoo Mi
Nati Supply
Baldwin
Loco
Newport Indy
Baltimore
NY Cent
North Am Av
Bendix
E W Bliss Co
Packard Motor
Boeing Airpin
Pan Am Airw
Bohn Alumnin
Pan. Eat
Borden Co
Panhand P&r
Bore Warner
Paramount Po
Braniff Airwy
J.C. Penney
Bridgeport
Penn Pow & St
Aot
Brices Mig
Pennsy RR
Briggs &Strat
Pepsi Cols
Bucyrus Erie
Phelps Dodge
Budd Co
Philco Corp
Burroughs
Phillips Petrol
Butter Bros
Pitts B&bolt
Taska
Blymouth Oil
Janada We
Geneetan Pao
Poor & Co
Carrier Corp
Pullman W's
Case Co
Caterpilier Tr
Deer & Co
Sniegel
del Hudson
Distillers Corp
Gaspid
Doehler Jarvis
Cal
Ye Mines
Aunshine
Irth Carpet Ais Mington
Foster Wheeler Texas Co
Freeport
Tex Gulf
Tex & Pac C&o
General Foods
Tex Pac
Eneral Motor L's
Westingh
Youngstn
S&t
Lehigh Portid
Libby McN&l
CURB
Aires
Exsna Aircrft
Solar Atsence Petrol
Sterling Inc
Ban AtiSug
Superior T&d
Anic B&s
Utal Thanese
Kansas City Livestock Prices Reported In Markets
Kansas City market data from April 24 shows cattle at 10,000 head and calves 800. Fed steers sold strong with top at 30.50 per cwt, beeft cows firm, stockers higher, hogs up to 40 cents, 180-240 lb hogs 17, 50-270 lb hogs 16.75-17.00, sheep 8,000 with lambs strong, ewes steady, clipped lambs and wooled ewes noted with prices around 24.85-25.00 for light carcass lambs and 11.00 for shorn ewes.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Chicago Livestock Market Report April 24 Prices Rise
Chicago livestock prices show hogs active with gains 25 to 40 cents and top at 17.35 for 190 to 280 pound hogs, cattle 10,000 head with steers and heifers mostly higher, calves and cows mixed, sheep up for old crop lambs with top at 28.25 for 105 pound lambs, ewes scarce, slow. financial fund liquidating at 2.0644 offering 2.26.
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Chicago
Tonia Martinez 1 Year Old Dies at Home
Tonia Martinez age 1, child of Mr and Mrs Orcino Martinez of 200 North Cleveland, was found dead in bed at the family home. Justice of the Peace Ivy Wilkinson ruled death by natural causes. Funeral arrangements are pending at N S Griggs Sons Funeral Home. Survivors include four brothers Joe Raymond Pete Orcino and two sisters Ruby and Tino.
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Jonia Martinez
Orcino Martinez
Cleveland
Justice of the
Ivy Wilkinson
N. S. Griggs Sons Funeral Home
Joe
Raymond
Pete
Orcino
Ruby
Tino
Fire Guts A-Energy Building
Fire at the Atomic Energy Commission administration building in Berkeley destroyed the two story structure amid minor explosions. Security guards barred access to the cyclotron area and FBI joined the investigation as flames burned for hours without anyone inside. The nearby UC cyclotron remained undamaged.
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Berkeley
Cal
Atomic Energy Ommission
AEC
FBI
Complete Case Against Maragon
Washington April 24 government finishes perjury case against John Maragon and defense seeks judgment of acquittal. Government drops one of four charges stating he lied about a $5000 loan from mother in law. Testimony paused as mother in law ill and unavailable to testify.
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Washington
John Maragon
White House
Maragon
Irvin Gold- Stein
Jennings Bailey
Senate
Start Identifying 35 Dead on Plane
A 23 man graves registration team reached the Mt Hiragatake wreckage to identify 35 Americans killed when a US Air Force Douglas Skymaster C-54 crashed Friday night near Tokyo. The plane was en route from Manila to Tachikawa Air Base in rain and wind with no survivors. Among the dead were Frank F E Pickelie of Chicago and Capt John C Jones, chief of staff of US Naval forces in the Philippines. The US Army requested 130 Japanese to assist in the recovery effort.
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Tokyo
Mt. Hiragatake
Frank FE. Pickelie
Chicago
MacArthur
John C. Jones
Philippines
Manila
Tachikawa Air Base
Tot killed by baseball in Fort Worth incident
Police say three year old Jerry Heitzman died after being struck on the head by a baseball during a game with friends. The accident occurred in Fort Worth as players gathered for a casual game yesterday. Local authorities continue to investigate the tie to the sport and scene conditions.
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Fort Worth
U.P
Jerry Heitzman
Ironer Stolen From Harris Furniture Warehouse
Burglars pried off metal siding at the Harris Furniture Company warehouse located at 500 North Osage during the night and made off with an ironer valued at 99 dollars.
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Harris Purniture Company
North
Osage
Five in Tunnel Killed by Train near Welch West Virginia
A Norfolk and Western passenger train on the main line crashed into a bridge crew motor car in a tunnel at Kimball West Virginia, killing five men and injuring one. The eastbound train had been switched to a sidetrack for repairs.
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Welch
W Va
Norfolk and Western Railway
Kimball
Here
West Virginia
Columbus
Ohio
Norfolk
Actor Licensing Plan Scrapped
Senator Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado said he will not press his proposal to license movie actors and regulate interstate film shipments. He argued federal censorship cannot stop moral breaches and criticized the exploitation of private sins by movie stars. The Senate Commerce Committee, led by Johnson, plans an industry investigation starting May 15.
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Washington
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Wiley
Wisconsin
Ablican
Senate Commerce Committee
Johnson
London snow described as frozen rain showers
The air ministry avoided saying it snowed in London today and termed the event frozen rain showers, noting the chilly conditions faced by shivering Londoners on April 24.
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London
Air Ministry
Amarillo Telephone Strike Uncertain As Labor Talks Run Short
Western Electric workers in Amarillo face a possible strike as the term of a general truce nears midnight. A. O. Thomas of Southwestern Bell reports a brief local telephone outage caused by a fuse, with public service not immediately affected unless picketing disrupts long distance. Campbell cites no strike orders from the union and returns from St. Louis.
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Western Electric
Young
Campbell
A. O. Thomas
Southwestern Bell
Thomas
Amarillo
Canyon
Hereford
Plainview
Lockney
Floydada
Pampa
Borger
Canadian
Shamrock
St. Louis
St Louis union leaders discuss strike action plans
Campbell said a meeting of union leaders from the area will be held if a strike is called and that they will honor any picket line set up by CWA Local 77.
Telephone workers strike threats span Texas Oklahoma
AP reports widespread walkouts and a coast to coast strike against Western Electric as 1250 Texas and Oklahoma CWA members prepare a vote tonight on striking. Dallas installers to vote at 5 and strike at 7. Corpus Christi, San Antonio unaffected. South Bend unrelated.
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Associated Press
Las
Grover W. Cantrell
Northeast
Texas
Communications Workers of America, Cio
Western Electric Company Manufacturing and
Bell Telephone System
American Telephone and Telegraph System
Cantrell
Dallas
Fort Worth
W. M. Wallis
Texas-Oklahoma
Communications Workers of America
Oklahoma
South Bend
Ind
Southwestern Bellee Company
Division 20
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
South Texas
Joe Perry
Southwest Texas
CWA
Rotary conference attracts most district clubs
Late this morning 229 Rotarians registered for the conference representing 35 of 37 district clubs. Only Canyon and Snyder were unrepresented. Registration chairman Herman Ford of Amarillo expected arrivals from those clubs later. Amarillo, with 72 delegates, has the largest delegation.
Rotary Conference Reports Strong Delegations and Banquet
Large delegations from Big Spring Pampa Lubbock Tahoka and Sweetwater are attending the Rotary gathering with counts of 12 10 9 9 and 8 registrants respectively. The Governor's Banquet at 7 tonight in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel features Donald A. Adams as speaker. The conference runs through tomorrow noon with district reports and critiques of civic duties.
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Big Spring
Pampa
Lubbock
Tahoka
Sweetwater
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Donald A. Adams
New Haven
Conn
Adams
Rotary International
Seminole
Wasson
Panhandle
Fred Wemple
Midland
Wemple
Labor union urges strike after stalled talks with company
Henry Mayer the union's counsel said the union has bargained since last October and views a strike as the only remedy amid the South Bend situation and the company's refusal to bargain. Peace talks were set for today. The union seeks a 15 cent hourly wage rise, shorter hours quicker advancement, and pension boosts totaling 37 cents an hour.
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Henry Mayer
South Bend
VA Hospitals Legislation Sets Survey After Passage
The House amended the bill to require a survey of abandoned Army and Navy hospitals to assess suitability for veterans care. Separate later legislation will provide funding. No roll call was demanded on the measure.
Oklahoma City plans add beds capacity to one thousand
Norman 750 beds El Paso 500 beds Houston 1000 beds. Additional facilities at Oklahoma City would be built increasing capacity from 500 to 1000.
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Norman
Okla
el Paso
Houston
Oklahoma City
Amarillo Veterans Hospital Expansion Viewed Differently
George Broome, a key figure in establishing the Amarillo facility, said the House expansion bill may not directly affect Amarillo but could bring some help. He noted a recent meeting with Gen. Carl Gray, Veterans Administrator, and recalled his trip to Washington with Lewis P. Fields to urge expansion of the Amarillo facility.
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House
Amarillo
George Broome
Mr. Broome
Carl Gray
Lewis P. Fields
Washington, DC
Tax changes stamp excise on goods under debate
The article outlines proposed excise changes affecting sporting goods and home appliances. It notes tax relief on school and professional team items like baseballs and football gear, while retaining levies on golf gear, fishing tackle, and many electric and oil appliances. Household refrigerators and light bulbs face new rates or removals.
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Blackburn
Shaw A Directors Ie
Gess
Dorothy Burgess
Lawton
Set
Uida
Wil- Shute
Pi Brothers
Lee Massey
Pttiia
Ruthker
Jefferson
Claude Rites
Mrs. Boggess
Tyler Local Finance and Insurance
Duane Redus Bill Pate
Florida
Hadacol
al D. Encles
Ptaa Vey
Radio Corp
Radio K Orph
Eo Motors
Public Avia
Republic Steel
Rexall Drug
Tob
Richfield Oil
St Regis Papr
Safeway Store
St. Joseph Lr
Schenley Ind
Ara Buck
Rvel
Bhamrk O&g
Sharon Stee
Uhlmann Grain Co
Financial Industrial Fund
Tonia Martinez
Globe News
Jacobsen and Worthington
Joyner
Rosemont
Mear
Rotary
Mary Lucy Gilliland
Gulf Brewing Company
Houston, Texas
Bidg
Establi
Shicago
Great Bendix
Economat Asking
V. Bendix de Luxe
WWE
Taylor ST
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