Death and Funeral Notices From Blackburn-Shaw
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Directors report multiple obituaries including Henry C. Orlds 28 of 705 North Lincoln died Thursday with services at 3 PM Saturday in Memorial Chapel. Also listed are Liane Rainel ess Bolden Raines 46 of 210 N Taylor, spouse Igabeth, stepfather of Cpl. Darrel E. Johnson, and James Lee Willison infant, with services pending for some.
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Orlds
Henry C. Orlds
North Lincoln
W. L.eves
Vera Black
A. G. McClung
Hoenie
Ewe Bose
James Lee Willison
J. ©. Wilson
J. N. Kaipms
Lee Wilson
Briscoe and Swift Death Notices From Local Families
Mary K Briscoe five of 703 Sunset died Wednesday. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry J Briscoe sister of Larry J Jr Molly. Grand daughter of Mrs Mollie Briscoe Mr and Mrs J L Brown. Services Saturday at St Marys Chanel Burial Liana. Cordelia Adeline Swift 86 of 331 J me died Thursday wife of William mother of A E Mrs L Turner Mrs H J Cobb Mrs A and Lewis thirteen grandchildren twenty four great grandchildren three great great grandchildren Service pending with Boxwell rope re. Louise Ladehoff 41 southeast of Amarillo died Thursday wife of Donald mother of Wayne Donnie sister of Wilbur Baril Melvin Alvine Wagner Mrs Harold Ladehoff Mrs Ruebin Losee Service 4 PM Sunday Tenth Street Methodist church burial Memorial Park Cem
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Ruebin Losee
Surday
Tenth Street Methodist Church
Burial Memorial Park
Cem
Cravens Mrs Arthur C Cravens Dies in Baldwin Park Cal
Baldwin Park Cal resident Mrs Arthur C Cravens died Thursday. She was the mother of Pauline Tucker. Other relatives survive and services are to be announced later.
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Cravens
Arthur,c. Cravens
Baldwin Park
Cal
Pauline Tucker
Cravens Arthur C. Cravens
Sunday Horoscope by Stella Sunday
Born today you are forceful and energetic with varied interests likely to include politics. You are an organizer and may rise to public attention, enjoy arts, outdoor sports, and hosting. Beware rushed partner choices as loyalty may hinder changes. seek the right mate for lasting happiness. Mon to Sun forecasts follow with zodiac insights.
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Leo
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Now I Can Smile Again Feet Soothes With Hexel Water
A quick home remedy promises relief for tired hot feet. Dissolve two or three tablespoons of Hexel in warm water, soak feet for ten minutes, and enjoy renewed comfort and a brighter mood.
United Nations troops push advance in Korea amid Taegu evacuation
US and allied forces drive south from Kunwi toward Taegu, recapture Kumhwa, and seize Pohang port area on the Sea of Japan coast. Taegu residents flee as authorities shift to a full military base, while rescuers battle refugees and potential internal unrest. Marines and Doughboys push the Changnyong bulge, with US Eighth Army HQ reporting heavy action and a battalion of the Fourth Division pulling back across the river.
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Wa&egan
Taegu
Kunwi
Kumwha
United Nations
Pohang
Sea of Japan
Changnyong Bulge
Eighth Army
24Th Infantry
Jack MacBeth
Changnyong
Fourth Division
Leif Erickson
Amarillo High expands DE and DO programs this fall
Amarillo High School will expand Distributive Education and Diversified Occupation programs to train students who request the classes. Under teachers supervision, participants will job shadow and work for wages while taking regular classes plus a daily one hour vocational session. Juniors and seniors may apply this week in Room 218. applications require approval before general registration August 31 through September 1.
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Globe
Oliver Diggs
Amarillo High School
Henry A. Budde
R. T. Adams
Edith Done
Oliver Iges
DE and DO
Horoscope Roundup Capsular Forecast for Zodiac Signs
Signals offer daily guidance across signs CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES ARIES TAURUS GEMINI CANCER. CAPRICORN politics can be keen today while Aquarius ideas sell. Pisces occupations find encouragement. Aries warns against anger. Taurus money and deals shine. Gemini domestic matters need careful attention. Cancer shows talents may prove profitable. Distributed by United Feature Syndicate Inc.
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Aquarius
ARIES
Ang Ttea
Taurus
Gemini
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Death Claims Noted Oil Man
SAN ANGELO August 18 Dr George Dillon Morgan 56 an oil operator and State Board of Education member died of a heart ailment at his home He had three years of heart trouble and returned from Ardmore Oklahoma after attending his father’s funeral He worked geology for Empire Gas and Fuel Co and did work across the United States Mexico and Colombia He served in the Navy in World War I and later with the Dixie Oil Co He helped organize Cardinal Oil Co which developed fields in Pecos Upton and Howard counties Helmerich and Payne Inc bought Cardinal Co in 1945 for 14 million dollars He was chairman of Cooper Oil Co with gas and oil in Schleicher County
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San Angelo
George Dillon Morgan
State Board of Education
Morgan
Ardmore
Okla
Samuel Dillon Morgan
Empire Gas and Fuel Co
United States
Mexico
Columbia
Navy
Land and Geological Department
Dixie Oil Co
Standard
Indiana
Texas
Empire Co
Oklahoma City
Dr. Morgan
Dixie
Cardinal Oil Co
Claud E. Aikman
James ¥. Schilling
Pecos
Upton
Howard Counties
Helmerich and Payne, Inc
Tulsa
Cardinal Co
Cooper Oil Co
Page
Schleicher County
Funeral Services for Dr Morgan in San Angelo
Funeral services for Dr. Morgan will be held Saturday at 2 PM at Emanuel Episcopal Church in San Angelo. The family requests no flowers. He is survived by his wife Lenore Morgan, a son Thomas H. Morgan with Gulf Oil in Louisiana, a daughter Mrs. William L. Thompson of Washington DC, a sister Mrs. J E Suttor of Guthrie Oklahoma, and another son James Dillon Morgan killed in World War II.
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San Angelo
Dr. Morgan
Emanuel Episcopal Church
Lenore Morgan
Thomas H. Morgan
Gulf Oil Company
Louisiana
William L. Thompson
Washington, DC
J. E. Suttor
Guthrie
Oklo
James Dillon Morgan
Kefauver report links organized crime to national syndicates
The investigation outlines how crime rings attract from hotels to steel firms through violence bribery and intimidation. It names hospitality distribution food and transport sectors as targets with banks controlled to supply cash. Senator Kefauver leads the probe which finds strong criminal wealth and power but stops short of proving a single nation-wide syndicate.
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Kefauver
Man Injured as Tractor Plunges From Cliff on Ranch
E. R. Cartwright, 55, of Wildorado, father of Bill Cartwright, was seriously injured when a tractor pulling a heavy disc plow rolled over an 8 foot cliff on the O K Ky Higgins Ranch, 15 miles southeast of Wildorado. He broke his left arm and likely injured his pelvis, after trying to hook the tractor to a stalled car on a slope. He is at St. Anthony's Hospital, reported to be getting along fine this morning.
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E. R. Cartwright
Wildorado
Bill Cartwright
North
Tyler
O K
Cartwright
St. Anthony's Hospital
Raines Rites Set Saturday
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel for Jess Holden Raines, 46, of Amarillo. Rev. Earl W. Hatchett will officiate. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Raines, a Borden Company mechanic, died yesterday at St. Anthony's Hospital. He was a long-time Amarillo resident and Buchanan Street Baptist Church member. Survivors include his wife Elizabeth, a stepson in Oklahoma, his parents in Wichita Falls, and five sisters in Wichita Falls and Los Angeles.
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Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
Jess Holden Raines
North Taylor
Earl W. Hatchett
Pierce Street Baptist Church
Llano Cemetery
Jack Dillon
John Simmons
Arthur Hayes
Wayne Shires
BE. M. “Buck” Ellerbee
Namie Shoaf
C. H. Young
Roy Reed
Herman Wicker
Raines
Borden Company
St. Anthony's Hospital
Amarillo
Buchanan Street Baptist Church
Elizabeth Raines
Cpl
Darrel EB. Johnson
Fort Sill
Oka
W. E. Raines
Wichita Falls
W. L. Keyes
Shreveport
Vera Black
Fe.s. Wright
A. G. McClung
Joseph Hoenig
Los Angeles
Man Held On Check Swindle Charge In Claude
Thomas F E Watson 28 of Claude arraigned in justice court on a third offense swindling by worthless check. Bond set at 500, in county jail. Watson arrested after allegedly passing a 10 dollar bad check to Guy Kelly owner of Kellys Market for groceries. Convicted in 1948 and 1949 in county court for similar offenses.
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Thomas FE. Watson
Claude
Justice of the Peace Court
Justice of the Peace
C. W. Carder
Watson
John Moore
Guy Kelly
Kelly's Market
Charter Granted for St Francis Convent on Price College Grounds
The Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate receive a charter of incorporation from the secretary of state to operate the St. Francis Convent on Price College grounds. Incorportors include Sister Afra Mother Superior, Sister Mellie, and Sister Vitalis.
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Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate
Secretary of State
St. Francis
Price College
Afra
Mellie
Vitalis
Californian Held in Theft Charge by Deputies
Sheriff's officers arrest Ray Mercer a 25 year old at a tourist court for California authorities who want him on a grand theft charge.
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Ray Mercer
California
Baxter Back From Abilene Chamber Meeting
Rex Baxter executive of the Chamber of Commerce returned from a West Texas Chamber meeting in Abilene. He said only routine business was transacted.
Public warning on gambling menace to government integrity
The committee notes striking similarity in operations and potential cooperation among groups, suggesting a pattern that can combine activities. It urges informing the public about the basic menace of widely organized gambling and its corruption risk to government.
14 Crashes mark a busy day for city police
City police logged 14 accidents yesterday with two injuries and three more by 10 am. The 21st crash of the year occurred at North East Eighth and Mirror where a two car collision left one car on its side but no injuries. Mrs. R. W. Lewin aged 23 of 301 Mountain Drive was hurt in a Ninth and Taylor two car crash, and Edward D. Hamilton of Earl Hotel sustained injuries when a motorcycle hit a city bus at North East Eighth and Bivins.
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North East Eighth
Mirror
R. W. Lewin
301 Mountain Drive
Ninth and
Taylor
Edward D. Hamilton
Earl Hotel
Bivins
Davis Sentenced to 15 Days in Theft Case
James Allen Davis aged 18 of 412 North East Fourth pleaded guilty in county court to theft receiving and concealing stolen property. He was sentenced to 15 days in the county jail for allegedly receiving money stolen from Strickland Motor Freight Company on August 13.
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James Allen Davis
North East Fourth
Davis
Strickland Motor Freight Company
Thieves Loot City Pipe Co. Piston Cache
Hard-working thieves last night carried off a half-ton of cast iron pistons valued at about $10 from City Pipe Co. A truck was parked at 1329 East Fifteenth during the theft, investigators said.
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City Pipe Co
East Fifteenth
Showers Fall Over Plains Dampens Panhandle Weather
A cool air mass brought scattered thundershowers to the Panhandle with Amarillo Rain Terminal recording .20 inches and downtown Amarillo about .25 inches. Other gauges reported varying amounts from .01 to .24 inches. Tomorrow’s forecast calls for generally fair skies and mild temperatures with a five day outlook predicting 2 to 3 degrees below normal and light to locally heavy showers.
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Panhandle
Amarillo Air Terminal
Amarillo
Globe News
Dimmitt
Dumas
Plainview
Spearman
Vega
Gage Okla
Guyson
Okla
Hobart
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North Korean Sixth Division Attacks East of Chinju
North Korean Sixth Division drives eastward from Chinju amid Red threat to Taegu. The advance marks a key phase of the conflict as Allied forces monitor northern movements near Taegu and prepare response options.
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Chinju
Taegu
Fourth Red Division Pressed by Marine Advance
The Fourth Red Division has faced 45 days of heavy pressure as Marines attack a rugged spur on Thursday. An American Doughboys assault followed, with a swinging-door force pushing from the north end of the bulge and closing in on pocketed Red troops.
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Changnyong
Army
Bulge
Spy Chase Ties Sobell to Rosenberg Espionage Case
Sobell, 33, on a leave of absence from his firm, was charged with meetings and talks with Julius Rosenberg, NYC engineer indicted for conspiracy to commit espionage. Discussions spanned Jan 1946 to May 1948. FBI says Sobell fled to Mexico City after Greenglass’s arrest.
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Sobell
Julius Rosenberg
New York
Mexico
FBI
Sebell
Greenglass
Mexico City
Wrecksals Injure Mrs Dusenberry In Vehicle Crash
Wreckbruises Mrs Dusenberry suffered a severe fracture of the right arm and severe bruises on her lower extremities. Reed suffered a severe head injury in the incident.
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Reed
Local Crash Injuries Reported In Vega Ride Incident
Several injured with leg fractures and possible internal injuries after a collision. Mrs Webb, a Reed car passenger, suffers a pelvis fracture and deep lacerations. Victims were taken to hospital by Griggs & Sons ambulance. Webb previously worked at Wolflin Drive-in and came from McAlester Oklahoma. The Cravens planned a Missouri vacation.
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Amarillo Cafe
California
Cravens
Missouri
North Korean Assault Near Peak Conflicts with US Forces
In a clash linked to Task Force Kean’s operations last week, North Korean troops estimated at young as 18 seized positions on three peaks after infiltrating in a night advance. US Marines and Army infantrymen repelled the attack, with hand to hand combat and losses on both sides. some bodies were recovered for examination to determine if they were Chinese or Korean.
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Seoul
Sixth Division
Kean
35Th
Red Army
Manchuria
Bernard G. Teeters
Msition
Battle quotes and casualties amid Korean firefight
In a harsh afternoon combat, 17 North Koreans died and American troops faced heavy action. Cpl Adolphus Popwell and three artillery observers fought to repel the attack, with Popwell killing one enemy. A tank captain refused to name himself as tanks fought off Red forces, three American tank commanders were wounded.
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Adolphus Popwell
North Birmingham
Ala
Charles Summerlin
Jackson
Wis
Bill Hubert
Chicago
George Little
Oswego
Hubert
City Manager and Secretary Budgets Detailed in Report
The city budget shows the water and sewer departments operating on own revenues with no tax support. The city manager gets a 10 monthly automobile allowance and a 500 travel allowance, plus 120 office supplies 300 gasoline and oil 120 motor vehicles 20 furniture and fixtures 240 telephone and telegraph 74 insurance and 120 rents and dues. The City Secretary's Department totals 4395 with 3600 for Katherine Burwell's annual salary and 160 office supplies 20 furniture and fixtures 275 insurance and 140 telephone and telegraph.
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Water and Sewer
Katherine Burwell
City Secretary 'S Department
Equalization Board Auditor Fees and Election Expenses
The record lists various items including attorney fees auditing bank fees advertising and election expenses with totals such as 11 000 00 and 1 869 675 00 and other amounts 32 350 00. The text appears as garbled OCR with multiple placeholder letters and partial figures.
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