Barkley Warns of Farm Prices at Illinois Fair
Senator Barkley of Kentucky warned farmers at the Illinois State Fair Democratic Day that voting Democrat in November keeps higher farm prices, citing 40 cent cattle and 30 cent hogs under the party. He contrasted with a Republican regime he said would again lower prices and risk national economic disaster.
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Barkley
Kentucky
Earl Warren
California
Will
Airline Names New Manager for Amarillo Lubbock Plainview
Eugene T. Thummel is named Pioneer Air Lines district traffic manager for the Amarillo Lubbock Plainview area. A Clifton Kansas native, he is a former Midland Odessa city official and WWII Naval Air Corps veteran. He belongs to Kappa Sigma, Knights of Columbus, VFW, and the American Legion and will base in Amarillo.
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Pioneer Air Lines
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Harding L. Lawrence
Thummel
Pioneer
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Clifton
Kan
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Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Knights of Columbus
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Grand Island Business College
Nebraska
Washburn Municipal University
Topeka
Naval Air Corps
Juanita Imogene Bean
Amarillo
Shipping Firms Yield Strike Is Averted
New York August 18 60 000 CIO sea men were spared a strike after an agreement with 42 Atlantic and Gulf Coast shipping companies. The deal preserves union hiring halls and gives wage increases of 25 a month for boatswains and 12 50 a month for other ratings. The hiring hall status remains as court review under Taft Hartley Act proceeds.
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CIO
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
CIO National Maritime Union
NMU
Texan Dies of Heart Attack Fighting Lake Tahoe Forest Fire
Thomas Wade Harris 65 of Galveston Texas died after collapsing while helping to battle a forest fire near Lake Tahoe. Harris, believed to be a U S Coast Guardsman, was among about 100 motorists and vacationers recruited to fight the blaze which burned over 30 acres of heavy timber.
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Cal
Thomas Wade Harris
Galveston
Tex
Lake Tahoe
Harris
Coast
Discarding the First Low Card in Gin Rummy Strategy
In a beginner friendly example Jacoby shows when to discard a low card such as the ace or deuce. He explains a hand with 1s 1h 10h 8s 8h 8c 4s 4d 3s 2c Ad and why discarding the four of diamonds helps you threaten immediate knock or gin.
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Oswald Jacoby
Dallas man to inspect proposed Amarillo stadium site
Grayson Gill, the engineer who designed the so called perfect football stadium in Tyler, will inspect the Amarillo site and confer with the school board on August 28 en route back to Dallas. A ravine north of Amarillo and south of Thompson Park is eyed for a new football stadium funded by revenue bonds totaling about 250000 dollars.
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Gill
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Tyler Stadium
Plan Party for YMCA Softball Leagues Winners Dinner
A dancing and dinner party will be held at Thomas Dinner House next Monday for YMCA Industrial Softball League members. A trophy will be awarded to the championship playoff winner. A barbecue follows next Tuesday at San Jacinto Park for YMCA Church League players at 7:30. Tickets are sold through team managers and the YMCA office.
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Ymca Industrial Softball League
San Jacinto Park
Ymca Church League
All-America Selection Based on Film Analysis
Collier's Magazine will pick its 1948 All-America football squad via camera analysis by a six coach staff. The board includes Frank Leahy Notre Dame Lou Little Columbia Wally Butts Georgia Jeff Cravath USC Bernie Bierman Minnesota and Matty Bell SMU.
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Collier’s Magazine
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Notre Dame
Lou Little
Columbia
Wally Butts
Georgia
Jeff Cravath
Southern California
Bernie Bierman
Minnesota
Matty Bell
Southern Methodist
Milwaukee's Fuller tops Kinsor in world checker rounds
Everett Fuller of Milwaukee, one of 10 seeded players, defeated Dr. George Kinsor of Orange, Texas, 1-0 after three draws in the second round of the world championship checker tournament in Brownwood Texas on Tuesday night.
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Tex
Everett Fuller
Milwaukee
George Kinsor
Orange
Maverick Boys Camp Near Idlewild NM Draws Attention
Thirty members of the Maverick Boys Club enjoy a new camp near Idlewild New Mexico roaming across 185000 acres of timberland and mountains. Ralph Dykeman reports they work and play with some blisters from using axes. They attended church on a mountainside wearing white tees reading Maverick Boys Club Amarillo. Land for the camp was donated by Elmer R Lewis and sons of Lewis Gas Mart, who are building cabins a dining room and fencing the property for the American Business Club sponsor.
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Maverick Boys Club
Idlewild, NM
Ralph Dykeman
Mr. Dykeman
Students Earn 12 Day Educational Trip
The trip was financed by the American Business Club and booster Clay Thornton. Students earned selection by attaining a required number of credits in the past year and will be gone for 12 days.
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American Business Club
Clay Thornton
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