Weathering showers and heat grip high plains
The high plains face more showers as the weekend nears. Amarillo endures near 118 degrees in sun while Wichita Falls hits 105 and Fort Worth, Dallas reach 100. Radioactivity from New Mexico and rising tensions color the mood as residents debate the threat of World War III and the future of military power. Snuffy the dog and a found watch add local color.
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Weather Bureau
High Plains
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Dallas
Death of Mickey Vineyard Shocks Amarillo Community
Thousands in the air but not on water or on foot condemn the sudden death of Mickey Vineyard a strong healthy lad. Elders urge parents to guard children by ensuring wholesome meals proper rest and balanced activity to prevent tragedy.
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Amarillo
Mickey Vineyard
Glasses Lost in Sixth Street Area Reward Offered
J F Reed reports lost bifocal gold rimmed glasses believed taken near Jost on Sixth Street Saturday morning. Case bears Dr Pittman's name. Reward offered. Call 9465 or write 3702 Cheyenne Street.
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J. F. Reed
Case
Dr. Pittman
Jost
Sixth Street
Cheyenne Street
Fears of a Black Market If Butter Prices Ceilings Return
Charles W. Holman representing 75 farmer owned dairy cooperatives across 46 states warned the decontrol board that restoring price ceilings on dairy products would spur a black market for butter and restrict milk flow to markets. He argued OPA lacks time and staff to finely adjust prices nationwide. The board must decide by Aug 20 on reimposing controls on dairy and other commodities.
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Washington
Charles W. Holman
Decontrol Board
Holman
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
OPA
Pioneer Texan seeks contact with former Pantex guard John Booth
A reader asks John Tack to publish a notice to reach John Booth, once a Pantex guard, at Route 2 Box 170 Amarillo Texas. The letter also contains cultural ribbing about yokels and Texan manners in a Dear Tack column.
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Tack
John Booth
Pantex
Box 170
Amarillo
Texas
John Tack
Cleveland
Springfield
Panhandle
Woman seeks day work in Amarillo column request
Emma DeeCHANNEL, a colored woman of Amarillo, Texas, asks for day work or hourly employment and requests publication of her notice. She provides contact at 513 West 2nd Ave.
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Tack
Emma Deechannel
West 2Nd Ave
Amarillo, Texas
London Juvenile Vandals Damage Housing Site
Magistrate Basil Henriques bound over three 11 year old boys for breaking into a new house in London. They stole tools drilled holes in floors and spilled water and paraffin. He warned hundreds of houses under construction have suffered damage recently.
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London
Basil Henriques
Australia to Denver Soil Test In Portable Crate Experiment
Australian authorities shipped 2,865 pounds of soil from the proposed dam site to Denver in insulated crates for Bureau of Reclamation scientists to study. The goal was to test the soil’s suitability for reservoir construction without consulting external experts.
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Denver
Mahomet
Bureau of Reclamation
Marks Carved by Boy on Tree Near Fish Lake Found
Pherrel Draper now 63 recalls carving his initials and the year 1296 in a quaking aspen near Fish Lake when he was 13 while herding sheep. He recently revisited the site in Salt Lake City area and found the tree still growing with his inscription.
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Salt Lake City
Fish Lake
Pherrel Draper
Draper
Miner 75 Years Injury Free Wins Safety Award
Marion W. Cox, 86, longtime Illinois coal miner and the state’s oldest in retirement, received the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association award after claiming he worked 75 years without an injury and never had a partner hurt on the job.
UNRRA Gifts Penicillin Equipment to Poland
UNRRA provides equipment for penicillin production to Poland. Two Polish doctors travel to Canada to study penicillin manufacture. A factory is planned to open near Krakow next year.
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Warsaw
Poland
UNRRA
Canada
Krakow
Train Derailment Kills Dozens Near Hiroshima
Kyodo News Agency reports 32 people killed and 57 injured when an electric train derailed on a mountain near Kinosho village, Hiroshima Prefecture.
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Hiroshima
Kyodo
Today
Kinosho Village
Here
Officers to Report for Home Passage from Yokohama
Eighth Army announces that officers with 26 to 30 months service as of August 31 are ordered to report for passage home from Yokohama.
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Yokohama
Eighth Army
Queer film star wears pet snail on wrist clasp
European film actress Bebe Brune kept a pet snail as a companion, attaching it to a wrist clasp as a stray and unusual detail highlighted in the piece.
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Bebe Brune
Soviet Scribe Attacks Byrnes at Paris Peace Talks
Pravda accuses U S Secretary Byrnes of acting as provincial prince while presiding over the Paris peace conference. Tass cites Australian delegation splits over Evatt, with calls for him to stop being a loudspeaker for a great power. Riabov condemns Byrnes for bypassing rules and defers to Vishinsky on minutes.
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Moscow
Pravda
U. S
Byrnes
Tass
Paris
H. V. Evatt
Evatt
Russia
I. Riabov
Communist Party
State Department
Panama
Honduras
Ribov
A. Y. Vishinsky
Riabov
Albania Seeks UN Entry Reconsideration Amid Global Reactions
The United Nations security council committee reconsiders Albania’s bid with Russia backing, Greece opposing, and Western powers lukewarm. The session also links Transjordan’s membership to the Palestine question while Egypt and Poland express doubts about Transjordan’s independence under the British treaty.
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New York
Security Council
Albania
United Nations
Russia
Greece
Poland
Egypt
Britain
Transjordan
Palestine
Jerzy Michalowski
Michalowski
U. N
Chinese Reds Step Up Assaults in North as Chiang Peace Fails
Nanking reports Chinese Communist forces reject Chiang Kai shek peace plan and intensify attacks in the north. Marshall area sees renewed fighting as clashes escalate amid shifting alignments and strategic moves.
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Marshall
U. S
Changchun
Tientsin
Harbin
Tsitsihar
Emancipation Daily
Yenan
China
Chiang
Peiping
Tatung
Yenhsien
Shansi
Red
Shantung-Henan
Lunghai Railway
Nanking
Chiang Kaishek
Kansas City and Chicago Livestock Markets Report
Kansas City reports cattle and hog prices with mixed demand and steady to higher bids for grass cattle and lighter stockers. Chicago shows slower trade, steady to firm gains for fed cattle, vealers, and light slaughter weights, with spring lambs improving modestly.
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Kansas City
USDA
Chicago
Warranty Deeds Listing for Amarillo Area Transfers
A long list of warranty deeds transfers in Amarillo and nearby additions. Names include M T Johnson, Effie D Sanford, Coon, Fuqua, Parkinson, Nolh amper, Mc Adoo, Hodgkiss, Terry, Curtis, Dowie, Priolo, Am arillo Improve Co, Ramsey, Bourgeois, Moore, Good win, Cearney, Hobbs, Lawrence, Edith Moore, Reba Hall, Noland, Espitia, Ezpitisia, Gesner Johnson, Thompson, Dykes, Garner, Sullenberger and Allton among others.
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M. T. Johnson
Effie D. Sanford Coon
Wolflin Place
Leeward
A. R. Ramsey
J. S. Anderson
O. T. H. C. Bourgeois
C. E. Moore
Ridgemere
E. G.oodward
Allen R Cearney
Mary Gould Acres
Bs&p
Richard D. Hobbs
J. R Lawrence
Edith Moore
Reba Hall
D' Forest Hille
Noland
H. N. Chowning
White & Richey Addition
Braulio Espitia
Carmen Ezspitia
Mirror
Gesner Johnson
Warren R Thompson
E. F. Slate
James Franklin Pittman
San Jacinto Hts
Elmore Dykes
C. R. Garner, Jr
G&s. Adisa Sullenberger
Clark Allton
Real Estate Transfers and Court Notices
A long list of property deeds transfers across San Jacinto Heights Country Club Terrace and nearby blocks, with multiple lots, blocks, and parcels conveyed between numerous buyers and sellers. District Court divorce actions and a batch of marriage licenses and license-related filings accompany the notices.
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San Jacinto
Elmo Baker
O. J. Hare
Humphreys Highlands
John L. Roden
Loyce R Cox
D. C
Frederic T Pines
L. C
Winnette D. de Scoot II
Jesse F. Wilson
Floyd W Richards
Country Club Terrace
Joe H. Shaw
John R. Horne
W. M. Curl
Evert Asperen
Summers L. EF. Yocham
P. F. Yocham
Ab&m
P. P
Clyde Russell
D. P. Rigler
Wilma Rigler
Irene
Christie
Howell E. Christie
Pauline Bell
Frank R. Bell
Lisle BE
Reff, Jr
Ariess Imogene Hand
Claude E. Bittick
Geraldine Davis
Billy J. Beach
Betty Jean
Scramble for LaFollette Aid
Washington August 15 The fate of Senator Robert M LaFollette looms in November as both parties seek his support after his Wisconsin GOP primary defeat by Joseph R McCarthy The veteran promises not to run independent while political leaders debate his influence and possible backing for McMurray or a post election balance of power with the Progressives integrated back into the GOP
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Washington
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Joseph R. McCarthy
LaFollette
Taylor
Idaho
Ert
E. Hannegan
LaPoiiette
Howard McMurray
GOP
William C Murphy
Hannegan
Progressive Party
Carthy
McMurray
Concerted effort aims to revive racing in Texas
Austin reports a push to revive racing in Texas with coordinated efforts from local groups and officials seeking to restore venues and events. No dates or organizations specified in readable text.
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Austin
Texas
Relieve Foot Pain with Quick Cooling Salve Solution
A shopping style ad describes fast relief for aching feet using a cooling salve. It promises immediate soothing effects and a refreshed feel, claiming many sufferers experience quick comfort and reduced fatigue after applying the product.
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Burt
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