Fourth Suspect Arrested in Bon Ton Bakery Robbery
Ernest O. Brown, 19, was captured at 6:15 yesterday and held in Potter County jail on a $5,000 bond in connection with the Bon Ton Bakery burglary last Thursday night. Warrant issued by Justice C. W. Carder followed arrests of David Ash Lorena Ash and Melvin Dawson as deputies recovered clothing and other items. Additional loot found at 2007 Arthur, Dawson’s former residence, includes suits jackets bags and an artillery range finder.
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Bon Ton
Ernest O. Brown
Potter County
C. W. Carder
Lem Pounds
Leo Yselding
Brown
North Harrison
Ash
Dawson
Arthur
Adams
Plot to Assassinate MacArthur During May Day Exposed
Allied intelligence uncovered a plan to kill Gen. Douglas MacArthur with grenades and pistols during a May Day 250000-strong Communist rally in Tokyo on May 1. Hideo Takayama, a Japanese police member, headed the plot supported by an accomplice who poisoned a fellow plotter. Takayama, alleged financiers 104000 yen, and several unnamed conspirators remain at large as U.S. and Japanese police search for them.
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Douglas MacArthur
Takayama
Allied
MacArthur
Creswell
Social Democrats
Kyuchi Tokuda
Communist Party
The
United Press
Hideo Takayama
Youth Parade Lineup for Boys Ranch Premiere
Amarillo youths take a major role in the May parade for the Boys Ranch moving picture premiere. The parade on May 8 includes the Boys Ranch, Maverick Club, Kids Inc, Boy Scouts and several school bands with a 4 30 assembly at Rock Island Depot and a 5 00 start. Tickets at city hall Cal Parley's and the Paramount range to 10 50 with all proceeds to Boys Ranch.
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Boys Ranch
Mason King
Maverick Club
Kids, Inc
Boy Scouts
Rock Island Depot
Sam Houston
Range Riders
Elizabeth Nixson
American Legion
Kids Incorporated
Paramount
Cal Parley
Boys’ Ranch
Woman Calls for At Least 48 Women in Senate in PA Race
Elizabeth Jordan, a Pittsburgh housewife running for the Republican nomination in Pennsylvania, says there should be at least 48 women in the Senate. She targets the seat of incumbent Democrat Joseph F. Guffy, who is seeking a third term.
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Senate
Jenkintown
Elizabeth Jordan
Pittsburgh
Joseph F. Guffy
Pennsylvania
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity and West Texas
Partly cloudy and warmer this afternoon and tonight. Wednesday shows continued partly cloudy skies with little temperature change. West Texas expects limited changes with showers in the Panhandle and on the South Plains. New Mexico experiences scattered showers and thunderstorms over mountains this afternoon and tonight, with cooler air along the northern border tonight and Wednesday, and increasing winds Wednesday. Highs and lows: 70 and 47 in the prior 24 hours. moon 73.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
U S Prepares Spain Evidence for UN Inquiry
New York April 30 A confidential U S collection from Germany shows both damning and sympathetic material on Franco’s regime to be presented to a United Nations Security Council subcommittee. The five nation panel meets in secret tomorrow to receive documents, with Stettinius and Cadogan set to submit evidence.
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United States
United Nations
Spain
Germany
U. S. State Department
Francisco Franco
Security Council
UN Security Council
Council
Soviet
Russia
France
U. S. Security Council
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Sir Alexander Cadogan
Stettinius
Lady Who Signs President's Pay Check Retires Tomorrow
Washington reports Mrs. Helen B. Smith of the Treasury Department retires at 70 after writing President's pay checks by hand since 1938. She signs each check as H. B. Smith.
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Washington
U.P
Helen B. Smith
Treasury Department
H. B. Smith
Charles Barrett Wins News Tip First Prize
Charles Barrett of 905 North Pillmore won the News Tip contest for reporting the Bushland train truck wreck that killed five family members. Barrett receives a $5 prize. Second prize goes to C. M. Goff for a White Deer hit-and-run woman death account. third to Mrs. H. L. Beck for the laundry suit find reward tale.
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Charles Barrett
North Pillmore
Bushland
Mr. Barrett
C. M. Goff
Lincoln
White Deer
H. L. Beck
L. M. Hare
Navy ship explosion injures 80 eight missing near Earle
Eight men are missing and 80 injured after two blasts hit the destroyer escort U. S. S. Solar and caused it to sink in lower New York Bay off the Earle Navy Depot. Wounded were rushed to the Earle post hospital Fort Hancock hospital and city facilities.
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N. J
U. S. S. Solar
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Earle Navy Depot
Navy
Earle Depot Post Hospital
Fort Hancock Hospital
Hos
Winds and rains sweep Texas with tornado scale damage
Thunderstorms and violent winds toppled oil derricks and damaged buildings from Kilgore to Rotan while heavy rain fell across Texas. Kilgore reported several derricks toppled and homes caved in. Rotan saw two unroofed buildings. Hail marred crops southeast of Clyde and panhandle showers peaked at Panhandle .60 inches. Downtown San Antonio flooded. in Houston winds near 50 mph accompanied by rain and hail. Rain totals included Dallas 1.10 and Houston 0.87 inches. No major injuries reported.
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Rotan
Texas
Trinidad
Lwu
Clyde
Houston
Municipal
Navarro County
Tyler- Gladewater
San Antonio
San Pedro Creek
Weather Bureau
Dallas
Austin
Lufkin
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Pampa
Beaumont
Fort Worth Hosts Rotary Conference Amid Warship Blast Debris
Fort Worth invites the 147th District Rotarian conference as a ship explosion off Monmouth County ripples through the region. Police cancel ambulances after the blast while Fort Monmouth Fort Hancock and Earle Depot hospitals are cited nearby. Rotary leaders stress service and civic improvement during a multi day program featuring Governor Ball events and speakers from Vernon Clayton and U S A.
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Amarillo
Ray Nichols
Vernon
Rotary-Ans
D. D. Monroe
Clayton
N. M
Rotary International
C. M. Hunter
Stuttering
Sam
Cecil Hunter
Bullets Answer To Plea
Fort Worth reports the slaying of Ivan J. Poole in Pantego as he fled attackers. Police note he carried about $1,000 in cash and a diamond ring. autopsy and inquest ordered. Sheriff deputies pursue leads and question Miss Louisa Johnson who last saw Poole Monday. Assistant DA calls the killing a typical gangster murder.
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Ivan J. Poole
Dallas
Pantego
Co. S. Austin
Arlington
Pantego School
Austin
Cribbs
Moore Funeral Home
Justice of the Peace
Hale
Swaim
Renfro
Poole
Mayo Courts
East Lancaster
Louisa Johnson
Shelton
Williams
Knapp
Hoover Arrives in Shanghai From Manila to Study Food Situation
Herbert Hoover, fresh from his world study on the food crisis, lands in Shanghai by plane from Manila. He plans a four to five day stay in China with a possible visit to Nanking, the capital.
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Shanghai
Herbert Hoover
Manila
China
Nanking
Soviet Fighters Buzz Mark W. Clark Plane
Soviet fighters intercepted and sped toward the personal B 17 Flying Fortress of Gen Mark W Clark as it left Vienna for Linz with Brig Gen Ralph A Snavely aboard. Clark was not on board and protested the incident, the third in 10 days involving Soviet and American aircraft. The fighters did not fire.
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Mark W. Clark
Linz
Ralph A. Snavely
Clark
U. S
Weather Could Shut Down A Bomb Tests
At Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands officials warn capricious April to July weather could cancel months of Army Navy test preparations. Meteorologists seek one perfect day in early July with 60 000 foot easterly winds and clear visibility for the atomic explosion study.
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Marshall Islands
Central Pacific
Cal
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