Docks Fire Threats As Dynamite Car Is Moved
A fire near the main docks used by Frisco Santa Fe and Louisiana and Arkansas railroads in Dallas. A siding box car loaded with dynamite caps was moved by a switching crew despite danger. The Dallas fire department extinguished the blaze. Also, Gladys M. Buchanan received a Master of Arts degree in fine arts from Colorado State College of Education at Greeley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
U.P
Frisco, Santa Fe
Louisiana and
Arkansas
Gladys M. Buchanan
West Nineteenth
Colorado State College of Education
Greeley
Speedy Plane Snarls Houston Traffic On Highway Parade
A P-51 Mustang fighter towed from Ellington Field to the University of Houston created a major traffic jam as it moved through the city. Col. Bill Nottingham leads the 111th Fighter Squadron in recruiting for the Texas Air National Guard with an annual payroll of $275,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
U.P
111Th
Texas Air National Guard
Bill Nottingham
Houston Post
Bodies of 20 Men Found in Grave in Reich Red Zone
The Telegraf reports that more than 20 men were mysteriously shot and buried in a shallow forest grave east of Berlin in the Russian occupation zone. The police conducted a feverish, later abandoned, inquiry. Soviet authorities did not comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red
Reich
Berlin
Telegraf
Texan Gets Boost For Demo Club Job
Roy Baker of Sherman the national committee man for the Young Democrats of Texas won endorsements from western Young Democrat clubs for the national presidency. James Blundell reported Baker’s regional gathering in Albuquerque with Texas leaders and Louis Dickson of Houston was named chairman of a western caucus committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Roy Baker
Sherman
Young Democrats of
Texas
James Blundell
Blundell
Albuquerque
Young Democrats
Baker
Louis Dickson
Houston
Texas Young Demos
Oceanographer Positions Open in Federal Government
The US Civil Service Commissioner announced an exam for oceanographer posts in the Navy Department and Coast and Geodetic Survey. Salaries range from $3,397 to $9,975 annually with education or experience requirements and up to two years of graduate study substituting for professional experience. Applications and forms are available from H. M. Timmons in Room 21, Post Office building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
US Civil Service Commissioner
Federal Service
Navy Department
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Department of Commerce
Commission
H. M. Timmons
Post Office
Dominican Republic seeks international probe into Cuba plot
The Dominican government called for an international commission to investigate charges that an armed force was being trained in Cuba for deliberate aggression against the Dominican Republic. A Ciudad Trujillo cable said the government sought good offices or mediation by American governments to obtain Cuban acceptance of any international action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ciudad Trujillo
Amarillo Sailors lauded for Kingston Jamaica fire fight
Fourteen Amarillo men from the USS Haynesworth were lauded for swift action in controlling a half million dollar blaze in Kingston Jamaica that threatened the American consulate. Crew members included Ernest O Northcutt Jr Floyd N Johnson Leroy S Patterson Robert F E Rue Eugene T Rinehart Bobby W Linker Philip W Morrill James R Loveless Elijah M Nelson Rene J Nelson Richard P Kenyon Joseph W Kenyon Cecil C Kuhne Alton D Quisenberry and Harold R Williams. Williams served on the USS Waldron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Haynesworth
Kingston
Jamaica
Ernest O. Northcutt Jr
Harrison
Floyd N. Johnson
Lamar
Leroy S. Patterson
Front
Robert FE. Rue
Mississippi
Eugene T. Rinehart
East Tenth
Bobby W. Linker
East Seventeenth
Philip W. Morrill
A Harrison
James R. Loveless
Maryland
Elijah M. Nelson
Rene J. Nelson
Western
Richard P. Kenyon
Joseph W. Kenyon
Carolina
Cecil C. Kuhne
Alton D. Quisenberry
Russell
Harold R. Williams
North Grant
Diabetic Clinics for Veterans Announced
Diabetic war veterans will be served in 52 North Texas counties by clinics proposed by the southern regional Veterans Administration offices. An experiment here showing improved treatment and savings led to the plan, with clinics to be set up in Dallas Waco Houston San Antonio Lubbock New Orleans Shreveport and Jackson Mississippi.
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Dallas
North Texas
Southwestern
Veterans Administration
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Waco
Houston
San Antonio
Lubbock
New Orleans
Shreveport
Jackson
Miss
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Dallas Fire Department
Dick Turner
BABY
Purina Sanitation
Gouldy Bros
Tyler
Thomas Bakery
Polk
Boster Brown Book
Kenyon-Gattis Shoe Store
T. C. Shivers
Express and
Tele
Graph Service
Buthkor Amarillo Greenhouse
Taylor
Sidney Wilson
Amarillo College
General Carpentry
Texan
Fort Worth
Betty Lee Bombarger
J. M. Adams
Portland
Ore
New Mexico
George S. Wilson
J. A. W. Keller
Las Vegas
Walter Wilson
Clifford Wright
Santa Fe
Griggs
N.S. Griggs & Sons
Fillmore
English Field
J. M. Larson
Dobb’s
News-Globe
Hugo H. Loewenstern Co. Realtors
Polk St
Globe-News
Panhandle
Pepsi-Cola
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company OF
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