New wartime deferment list narrows in key jobs
Washington outlines a master list of 48 essential occupations and 72 essential activities to guide deferments for Reservists and National Guardsmen. Army Navy and Air Force officials will decide case by case, with the Defense Department providing the framework but not predicting counts. The list covers farming, manufacturing, transportation, communications, and many services, including hotels, museums, and broadcasting, while draftees remain unaffected.
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Defense Department
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Labor and Commerce Departments
Labor Department
Commerce Department
Detroit Holds Man Sought For Forgery
James H. Ponder, 22, already charged with cashing forged checks last March in Detroit, is jailed on a Texas hold. Authorities say he and an associate, printing by Amarillo printer, used a non existent Robertson Trucking Company to pass at least five checks in one day for 42.23 to 57.03 dollars at grocery stores. They fled with the typewriter used to forge the checks, later recovered from a pawn shop. Ponder is also wanted in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Amarillo. second man’s whereabouts unknown.
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James H. Ponder
Detroit
Texas Department of Public Safety
Ponder
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Kansas
Amarillo
Robertson Trucking Company
Typewriter Rental
Water Line Planned on Western Street In West Lawn
The city will lay a 6 inch water line on Western Street north of Cameron Avenue in the West Lawn Addition. Public Works Director H R Smith said about 1200 feet of pipe will be installed in the project.
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Western Street
Cameron Avenue
West Lawn
H. R. Smith
Public Works
Charge Negro With Burglary
A burglary charge was filed in district court this morning against Willie Mims 26 Negro of 104 North Adams He is accused of stealing a sheet and a bedspread from John Alexander 516 West Second last night Three neighbors caught Mims leaving the Alexander apartment and held him until police arrived.
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Willie Mims
North Adams
John Alexander
West Second
Mims
Alexander
Just An Other Windsock Home To The Fliers
Hal Boyle profiles a Korean air base, its rugged camp life, and the fliers who treat the field as a home. He notes the pilots, crews, and families, the danger near their flights, and the close bonds that keep them returning to base.
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Hal Boyle
Korea
Mother
Japan
Ozarks
Missouri
Arkansas
Colorado
Tafrui
Oran
Africa
Steyr Snake Tins on Offending Shrubs
City park crews trim trees and shrubs at intersections to improve visibility and reduce traffic hazards, said Mark Miles park superintendent. He urged residents to report obstructing vegetation to the department.
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Steyr Snake
Dark Department
Mark Miles
Park Department
Miles
Giant king cobra captured by Chinese greenkeepers in Singapore
Three Chinese greenkeepers trapped a 15-foot snake they believed to be a python. One seized the neck while the others held the tail and body. It proved to be a king cobra, among the island’s largest caught, according to museum authorities.
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Singapore
Cagney Ballet Move Shifts Star Power in The West Point Story
Hollywood says Jimmy Cagney, 46, will perform a ballet number in The West Point Story. He trained on his Massachusetts farm last fall to shed weight and polish dancing, a change from his tougher screen persona. The star also performs a Danny Kaye style routine and a French scene, though he jokes about his feet. Ted Briskin reconciles with Betty Hutton, planning to live apart but close. Crosby’s finances are hinted at in brief chatter.
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Hollywood
Cagney
Jimmy
Astaire
Gene Kelly
George M. Cohan
Cohan
Massachusetts
Danny Kaye
Truman vows to keep Acheson and Johnson in cabinet
President Truman reaffirmed he will retain Secretary of State Acheson and Secretary of Defense Johnson indefinitely, drawing Republican criticism amid Korea war fault lines. He also pressed Senate on a Spain loan and Hawaii Alaska statehood timing, while backing Missouri Senate nominee.
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Johnson
Senate
Spain
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Illinois
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Alaska
Tydings
Maryland
Armed Services
White House
Edwin W. Pauley
Korea
Missouri
Emery Allison
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr
Representative Priest
Tennessee
Priest
House
Nashville
McMahon
Connecticut
Wherry
Nebraska
Senator Brewster
Maine
August Building Totals Reach Over A Quarter Million
Forty building permits worth more than 250000 have been issued in the first three and a half days of August. The month’s total climbs to 277696, lifting the year to date to 13050692. Major new commitments include Dewey Hicks at 4405 West Third for a 70 by 45 foot brick veneer dwelling at 23000 and J H Flathers at 2614 Parker for a five room brick veneer home at 17000. Panhandle Associated Grocers at 620 646 North Fairfield plans a 200 by 250 foot steel frame wholesale warehouse and office building foundation only at 40000. Henry Beverley at 1805 South Julian for a seven room brick veneer at 16000, M O Lawdon for two six room brick veneer dwellings at 1703 North Julian and 2119 Hughes at 12000, and Eldon Beer at 2400 South Julian for a five room brick veneer with attached garage at 18500.
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Dewey Hicks
West Third
J. H. Flathers
Parker
Panhandle Associated Grocers, Inc
North Fairfield
Henry Beverley
South Julian
M. O. Lawdon
North Julian
Hughes
Eldon Beer
Need $250 To Buy Youth Center Land For Mirror Addition
The Mirror Addition Civic Improvement Club faces a $250 shortfall to purchase a 140 by 150 foot tract at the northeast corner of Fifteenth and Cleveland for a Mirror Addition Youth Center. Deadline for option purchase is next Tuesday as MACIC president Mike Martinez appeals for donations amid a several days fundraising drive.
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Mirror Addition Civic Improvement Club
Mirror Addition
Fifteenth and
Cleveland
Mike Martinez
MACIC
Burglars Steal $40 From City Cafe Cash Register
Burglars broke in through a rear window at City Cafe located at 314 East Fourth overnight and stole $40 in cash from the register. Owner Leroy Thrasher reported the money was in small change.
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City Cafe
East Fourth
Leroy Thrasher
US envoy meets Gromyko in Moscow on routine talks
US Ambassador Alan G. Kirk held a 15 minute discussion with Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in Moscow on routine matters. Kirk said he plans to leave Moscow August 12 for a short trip to Wiesbaden Germany.
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Gromyko
Moscow
Alan G. Kirk
Andrei Gromyko
Kirk
Wiesbaden
Germany
W H Harrison Funeral Services Set In Amarillo
William Henry Harrison 67 of Amarillo died yesterday in St Anthony s Hospital He lived in Amarillo since 1901 and was a nursery man Survived by wife Eva two sons Bruce and Norman two daughters Mrs Billo Smith and Mrs Lena Parsons two brothers Joe and Ben four grandchildren and a cousin Funeral services are at 10 tomorrow in Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel with Rev R D Evans officiating Burial will be Llano Cemetery Pallbearers are J C Jones James Ivy L M Brasher Jack Behringer M H Bell and Ernie Trogden Honorary pallbearers include Red Miller Heck Robertson John Mitchell H C Broach Art Brasher and R L Miesse.
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William Henry Harrison
Cleveland
Amarillo
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
R. D. Evans
East Amarillo Missionary Baptist Church
Llano Cemetery
J. C. Jones
James Ivy
L. M. Brasher
Jack Behringer
M. H. Bell
Ernie Trogden
Red Miller
Heck Robertson
John Mitchell
H. C. Broach
Art Brasher
R. L. Miesse
Mr. Harrison
St. Anthony's Hospital
Jefferson
Aged rancher killed in two car collision near LEADERS
William Henry Green 82 of Albany died yesterday when two cars collided two miles west of LEADERS Texas. His wife from Albany and Austin B. Ham 53 of Avoca suffered injuries in the wreck.
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Tex
William Henry Green
Albany
Here
Austin B. Ham
Avoca
Chain letter scheme halted after arrests in Britain
Arrests followed disclosure of a chain letter operation in Britain alleged to require massive collections to honor promised payments. The scheme reportedly would have needed about 364 million dollars to be gathered from participants.
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Britain
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