Markets Stock Averages and Livestock Prices Across Markets
Markets show Merrill Lynch computed stock averages while livestock quotes from Kansas City and Chicago reflect April 25 receipts. Calves, yearlings and cows traded broadly with steer and heifer loads near $21.50 to $24.40, hogs around $22.50 to $23.25, and woolled lambs in the high teens to low twenties. steady to mixed on feeders and cows amid light receipts.
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Kansas City
USDA
Chicago
South Dakota
Guoetabie
Ed Lambs
Courthouse Records and Marriages in Amarillo Notice
Warranty deeds list transfers in Amarillo and surrounding additions including Glenwood and Ridgemere areas. Names include Pinck, Lopez, Vaughn, Boyles, Sneet Pool, Atchison, Bran chi, Joiner, Lovett, Wecell, Waicher, Wheeler, Beicher, Cannon, Ware Knighton, Hughey, Rhoads, Barton, Nunn, Blanton, Powers. Also district court divorces for Cherry and Bal and. marriage licenses for Lewis, Patrick, Hicks, Ga Gonis, Feaser, Byvester, Collins, McMurtry.
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Pinck
LF. Warren
Amarilio Heigits
Allie Hill
Bari
Lopez
Glenwood
Leroy C Vaughn
Billy W. Boyles
East
Amarilio
Atchison
Holland BT
Cornelius
Blocs
San Jacinto Heights
Wheeler
Frank Martine
R H Beicher
M T Cannon
Amerillo Heights
C T. Ware
Clotea Knighton
Jou
G&s
Dale Hughey
R A. Starnes
Lot
San Jacinto Ee
French Et Ux
Lloyd Rhoads
Pederson
Forest Mi
Jewel
Barton Et Ux
Tos
J. Nunnlow
Odom -Cotten Aqtition
Mery K. Blanton
P Powers
Bivins District Court
Sherman Cherry
Alice Cherry
Anne Baland
Everett Co. Baland
Prec Lewis Jr
Mary Patrice Aven W. Hicks
Mary Jean Ga- Gonis
George J. Feaser
Wanda Byvester
W. Collins
LaVerne McMurtry
Relative of Amarilloans Injured in Wreck Downstate
A relative of five Amarillo persons was injured in a car truck accident near Wichita Falls. Dr L F Gragg of Olney was killed in the same crash. Seriously hurt were Mrs Hazel Mitchell of Olney and Mrs Z C Sullivan of Newcastle. Sullivan's four Amarillo nieces are Mrs C R Burns, Mrs Howard Lawson, Mrs I H Parks, and Mrs J B Blaine. The Newcastle woman and Mrs Mitchell were passengers in Dr Gragg's car. H W Crawford of Wichita Falls, driver of the truck, and Mrs Sullivan's husband were not injured. Mrs Sullivan's sister, Mrs J G Sherer, lives at 1707 Lincoln, Amarillo.
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Amarillo
Wichita Falls
L. F. Gragg
Olney
Hazel Mitchell
Z. C Sullivan
Newcastle
Associated Press
Mitchell
Sinatra Benefit Show Hindered by Petrillo Ban
Hollywood April 25 Frank Sinatra faces a long standing Petrillo ban on union musicians traveling by Army transport or incurring high air costs for a Texas City relief benefit. If not lifted he will skip the New Orleans appearance and return for his radio broadcast. Frankie plans Galveston and Houston relief appearances with listed stars, departing Sunday by Army transport.
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Hollywood
Frank Sinatra
New Orleans
Sinatra
Texas City
American Federation of Musicians
James C. Petrillo
USO
Frankie
Galveston
Houston
Jack Benny
Phil Harris
Alice Faye
Phil Silvers
Park Department urges advance notice for large picnics
Mark Miles, park superintendent, asked that groups planning large picnics in city parks notify the department a few days beforehand to arrange facilities. The park office is at Ellwood Park between Eleventh and Thirteenth and Jackson and Washington.
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Mark Miles
Department
Mr. Miles
Ellwood Park
Eleventh
Thirteenth
Jackson
Washington
Parents of Scout Troop 5 Attend Dinner and Program
A Boy Scout Troop 5 parent meeting at San Jacinto Methodist Church featured a candlelight Tenderfoot initiation for George Lokey and a new pin presented by his mother. Senior patrol leader Jack Hon presided while Rev. T Edgar Neal gave the invocation and spoke on a balanced program for boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Troop 5
Jack Hon
T. Edgar Neal
George Lokey
Ted Lokey
W. J Hiatt
Reverend Neal
Ralph Miller
City Trash Workers Donate to Tornado Relief Fund
City trash department men contributed seven dollars this morning to the Globe News Tornado Relief Fund. The money came from sale of garments discarded as unfit for tornado victims. Workers cleaned Municipal Auditorium where clothes were sorted and sold instead of burned.
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Globe News
Municipal Auditorium
Beer License Appeal Case Under Advisement
Judge W E Gee heard the beer license appeal of Hilliard Harvey for a North Fast Eighth establishment near the Y. The case was taken under advisement after county court denied the initial application.
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W. E. Gee
Hilliard Harvey
Harvey
North Fast Eighth
Theft charges filed against Dariel Royal in district court
District court charged Dariel Royal with theft over 850 dollars after Myrick reported a $70 loss at a downtown hotel. Myrick planned to discuss the case with the Potter County grand jury today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dariel Royal
H. D. Myrick
Myrick
Potter County
Grand Jury
Square Dance Set A Feature At Old Fiddlers Contest
Hap Satridge will manage a cowboy square dance set as part of the final night program at Municipal Auditorium. Cliff Harris announced that Satridge W E Clark Bill Boney and Orval Maynard will select partners in an informal dance tonight. Ten top fiddlers were named at April 14 eliminations to compete for 565 dollars in prizes.
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Hap Satridge
Municipal Auditorium
Cliff Harris
Satridge
W. E. Clark
Bill Boney
Orval Maynard
DeCoster Heads to Austin for Welfare Directors Meeting
Amarillo Community Chest executive manager Fred DeCoster will fly to Austin for a Texas Social Welfare Association directors meeting. They will set dates for the next state convention, already designated for Amarillo, following a San Antonio gathering that drew over 1,200 welfare workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeCoster
Austin
Fred DeCoster
Amarillo
San Antonio
Scout Leaders Roundtable To Be Held Monday Night
A Boy Scout Leaders Roundtable will be held Monday night at 8 in the parlors of the First Christian Church. W J Hiatt, local Scout executive, said S G Stockton will chair the meeting for submasters, assistants, den mothers, pack committee men and commissioners. The session aims to discuss plans and set a date for the Cub Calava, Ellwood Park’s annual athletic meet of skill competition.
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First Christian Church
W. J. Hiatt
S. G. Stockton
Council
Ellwood Park
Stewardship sermon at Pleasant Valley Church
Rev. Martin A. Meeker preaches on Crusading Through Stewardship at 11 o'clock Sunday morning in Pleasant Valley Christian Church. Raymond Biggers and Joe Scoby sing a duet. Lord's Supper closes the service. Church school for adults and youths at 9 45 CYF meets at 7 with Miss Lois Harvey leading followed by a sing song.
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Martin A. Meeker
Pleasant Valley Christian Church
Raymond Biggers
Joe Scoby
CYF
Lois Harvey
Eleven Gold Miners Trapped Over One Thousand Feet
Moranda Quebec April 25 Rescue workers report eleven gold miners trapped more than 1000 feet underground at the Malartic mine after a fire. Flames under control but dense smoke may have suffocated them. Gas-mask teams worked in 90 minute shifts, hearing no signals from the men.
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Moranda
Que
Malartic
Plumbing Licensing Bill Signed by Governor Beauford Jester
The 1947 plumbing licensing bill creating a state board of plumbing examiners is signed by Gov. Beauford Jester. It abolishes municipal licensing boards and was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Grady Hazlewood. The measure passed the Senate six weeks earlier and received House approval as an emergency measure last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Plumbing Examiners
Beauford Jester
Senate
Grady Hazlewood
House
Potter County Jail Logs Record Low Inmate Count
The morning report shows the smallest jail population in recent months with 43 prisoners. Six were federal inmates while 37 were state and county prisoners.
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Potter County
Destructive Snow Burial Habits Of Ruffed Grouse
The ruffed grouse often buries itself in a snowdrift and spends the night under a protecting blanket. A rain followed by a quick temperature rise can seal the bird beneath the crust, trapping it unable to break out.
Baseball Mogul Larry MacPhail Summoned to Court
New York World Telegram dispatch reports President Larry MacPhail of the New York Yankees must appear before Commissioner A B Chandler in Cincinnati on Tuesday to answer charges linked to a silencing order. Chandler cites insubordination and efforts to stir up strife in Durocher defiance and Dodgers ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York World -Telegram
Larry MacPhail
New York Yankees
A. B. Chandler
Cincinnati
MacPhail
World-Telegram
Chandler
Leo Durocher
Lyn Dodgers
West Texas Speech Meet Opens Student Festival in Canyon
The West Texas State College speech department hosts Amarillo High School students in Canyon for a festival focused on participation. Twenty one AHS students enter in categories led by Billye Jean Carter, Louie Hudson, Nedra Jacobs, and others with events from extempore to oratorical declamation. A Junior Town Meeting of the Air, led by KGNC's John Trimble, airs Saturday from 4 to 4 30 PM featuring four Amarillo students debating Who Shall Pay the Doctor Bill? including Dick Robinett Dick Collins Sara Wescoat and Loyse Hudson.
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West Texas State College
Canyon
Amarillo High School
AHS
Billye Jean Carter
Louie Hudson
Nedra Jacobs
Dick Collins
Bill Creamer
Thomas James
Colleen Maggard
Irene Moore
Ann Mills
Frances Allman
Kenneth Wheeler
Francis Irvin
Phyllis Herrington
Tom Fotheringham
Carolyn Jones
Sara Wescoat
Pat Routh
John Trimble
KGNC
Amarillo
Dick Robinett
Loyse Hudson
Cancer Clinic Drive Seeks Funds in Potter County
Potter County faces a dire cancer fundraising goal as L. M. Gunderson warns only 1,900 of 6,168.06 raised. He notes delays in reporting and urges contributions for a planned Amarillo cancer clinic with a May 15 visit by Louis J. Neff to organize a committee of three laymen and three doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas City
L. M. Gunderson
Potter County
Gunderson
Amarillo
Louis J. Neff
Texas
American Cancer Society
Houston
Neff
Amarillo Building
Armed Woman Bandit Sought By Texas Highway Patrol
An unidentified armed woman with a .45 pistol is sought after armed robbery. She was last seen fleeing Fort Worth in a stolen green 1947 Cadillac, possibly with an unidentified man, prompting Fort Worth police to aid in the statewide search.
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Austin
State Highway Patrol
Fort Worth
State Department of Public Safety
Reeder Families Visit Judge Reeder Home
The Reeder family members from Corpus Christi are visiting Judge and Mrs. C B Reeder at 1300 Jackson. Mr and Mrs Ray Reeder and daughter Suzanna and Mr and Mrs Fred Reeder arrived this morning and will stay several days.
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C. B. Reeder
Jackson
Corpus Christi
Ray Reeder
Suzanna
Fred Reeder
Mrs Grace Clayton Dies at St Anthony’s Hospital
Grace Clayton 41 died at 3:30 AM in St Anthony’s Hospital Amarillo after five years in the city. Wife of H C Clayton, home at 216 North West Eighth. Funeral 2 PM Monday at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel. Rev Roy B Flippo officiating. Survivors: husband, son Gerald Clayton, step-daughter Tera Lee Wessels all of Amarillo. brothers George W Blissard Thermopolis Wyoming, James Blissard Santa Rosa California, Samuel Blissard Broken Bow Oklahoma. mother Annie Blissard Broken Bow and sisters Ruby Lee Orr Buttonwillow California, Opal Rossfeld Bakersfield California, Agnes Gaddie Broken Bow.
Damages Awarded In Fatal Accident Suit
Damages totaling 15000 have been awarded in 108th District Court to Mrs. Elizabeth M Porter of Chicago in a suit against Magnolia Petroleum Company. The award arises from the death of her husband Gilbert Porter after an automobile collision near Adrian on January 17. The compensation will be divided between Mrs. Porter and her two small children.
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Elizabeth M. Porter
Chicago
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Gilbert Porter
Adrian
Cecil L. McClinton
Porter
Gigli Threatened With Death by Unknown Persons
Rome reports that tenor Beniamino Gigli has received death threats from unknown individuals, according to Italian newspapers. The incident was disclosed on April 25 and adds to concerns over the singer's safety amid public appearances.
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Rome
Beniamino Gigli
Youth Rally Set Tonight by Rev George Harper in Polk Street
Rev George Harper from Nashville Tenn will speak at a youth rally at 7 30 tonight in Polk Street Methodist Church. The event is part of a stewardship lecture series by the Northwest Texas Conference Methodist Youth Fellowship. Harper is secretary of the national Methodist Youth Fellowship and is on a six rally Northwest Texas tour. Addresses center on Christ Above All with other dates in Abilene Lubbock Plainview Perryton and Vernon.
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George Harper
Nashville
Tenn
Polk Street Methodist Church
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Northwest Texas
Harper
National Conference For Methodist Youth Fellowship
Texas
Christ
Abilene
Lubbock
Plainview
Perryton
Vernon
Mayor-Elect Hagy Sails for Pantex Water Property Deal
Mayor-elect Lawrence Hagy left Washington for Amarillo to press for purchase rights to Pantex Ordnance Plant water facilities. He met War Assets Administration officials and was advised to continue negotiations locally. The plan would acquire deep water wells and pumping gear, boosting city water by about five million gallons daily. Estimated property value is around one million dollars.
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Washington
Lawrence Hagy
Amarillo
Pantex Ordnance Plant
War Assets Administration
Youth Center Hosts Large Adult Night Fundraiser
More than 400 attendees packed the San Jacinto Youth Center for an Adult Night fundraiser. Secretary John Fairey says proceeds fund daily activities for youths, with mail gifts toward building projects including the gym and swimming pool. Totals reach 5075.93, aid from Franklin Serum workers and donors across several states.
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San Jacinto Youth Center
John Fairey
Fairey
Franklin Serum Company Con
F. N. Ewell
Fort Worth
William Leu
Mr. Painter
Denver
Colo
Jack Franklin
Texas and Victory Theaters
Vivian Fowlkes
David Arnett
Charles Arnett, Jr
Jack Thomas
Kerr Architects Cancel Large Debt as Donation
Kerr Architects provided a cancellation of a substantial debt rather than a cash gift. Mr. Fairey stated the move is greatly appreciated and framed it as a donation in nature.
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Kerr Architects
Fairey
Police recover stolen 1946 Dodge sedan
Police recovered a car stolen March 17 from W. H. Bryan at 2206 Ong. The 1946 Dodge sedan was found near Fourth and Pierce in good condition apart from cut electrical wiring.
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W. H. Bryan
Fourth and
Pierce
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Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Lake
Kansas City Livestock
Chicago Livestock
Merril Lynch
Oner
Raedister
Armour & Co Ceesees
AT & SF
Avietion Corp Hee
Brenift Eee
Mig
Urroughs
Adda Eee Teen
Chrysler
Comm Invest
Cont Motors Seseeeeseeves Avy
Curtiss Wright
Umias Aircraft
Generel Electric
General Motors
Gillette Razor
the Cent
Interlake Ron
Paper Cree Ersesey
Peers Eewes
Jones Laughlin
T Copper
Ohio
Amer Airways Paramount
Spiegal
Tna
Studebaker Seteene
Texac Luis Rulph
Trier Carbide
Unitec Aircraft
Eeeseeen
US Rubber
US Steeere
Warner Bros
Eess
Western Union
Courthouse Records
MR. Tack
Kay Charlene
Charles Packard
Erath
John Welch
Leona Packard
Spring Lake
C. J. Traxell
Hereford
Lawrence Rhea
Seminole
H. M. Packard
Mission
Scout Troop 5
Tornado
Scout Leaders
Martin Meeker
Texas Highway Patrol
Reeder
Grace Clayton
St. Anthony's Hospital
Hagy
Nature
Adlerika
First Assembly of God Church
North Pierce
E. R. Foster
Amarillo National Bidg
Beverley-Bauman Lbr. CO
Ind
Albuquerque
San Francisco
TWA Ticket Office
Herring Hotel
TWA
Patmos
J. W. Darby
Clifton Janak
Margaret Harris Henry
West
Tennessee
Blackburn
Shaur- Neral
Harrison ST
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