Accident Takes Life Of I Boy Playing With Dog And Rope
Phillip Neil Crutcher a 13 year old boy in Fort Worth and his dog Butch played with a rope hanging from a rafter in the bedroom. The boy tripped his neck became caught in the rope loop and he died while the dog watched. Justice of the Peace Gas Brown ruled the death accidental hanging.
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I Boy
Fort Worth
Phillip Neil Crutcher
Butch
River Oaks
Phillip
Justice of the Peace Gas Brown
Phillips
Crutcher
See Better Days for Building Industry
In Austin on August 27 the UT Bureau of Business Research predicts better days for the building industry in late 1947. July permits rose 12 percent over June, totaling 33,009,655 dollars, 100 percent above July 1946. Costs of materials, wages, and real estate prices push construction higher, with Austin and eight other cities posting the largest gains.
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Austin
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Bureau
Texas
Burea
Brownwood
Coleman
Gladewater
Graham
Lamesa
McAllen
Sweetwater
Tyler
Burglars Move 800-Pound Safe Behind Peoria Meat Store
Police report burglars wheeled an 800 pound safe to the back of a Peoria meat market and tried a new cracking method that failed. A meat cleaver lay beside the safe, and the safe bore scratches from the attempt.
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Peoria
Ill
Barberry Bush Can Emit Vast Stem Rust Spores
A single barberry bush may release as many as 70,000,000 stem rust spores, highlighting the plant’s potential role in disease spread. This figure underscores concerns for nearby crops and the importance of controlling barberry hosts in affected regions.
Sister of Dick Tracy Creator Moves to Amarillo
Mrs Lyell Upshaw sister of Chester Gould creator of Dick Tracy lives in Amarillo with husband and three children. They run Upshaw Adams Music Company at 217 West Seventh and recently moved from Cushing Oklahoma. Chester Gould’s brother Ray helps with drawing and lettering while father G R Gould handles fan mail.
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Lyel Upshaw
Dick Tracy
Amarillo
Upshaw-Adams Music Company
West Seventh
Upshaws
Dean
Barbara
Lyel, Jr
Polk
Cushing
Okla
Chester Gould
Perryton Woman Killed in Kansas Car Crash
A Perryton Texas couple died in a collision near Johnson Kansas while a truck involved was uninjured. J B Wiebe, husband, remained in critical condition in Garden City with injuries tied to the same wreck that killed his wife 49 and grandson Leon Balzer 20. The Wiebes were en route to Oregon for vacation.
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Garden City
Kan
Texas
J. B. Wiebe
Perryton
Wiebe
Leon Balzer
Johnson
Levi McManaman
Wiebes
Oregon
Solicitous Thieves Batter Indianapolis Car Theft
William Carr told police that thieves who removed his wheel left a note warning him to check the right front tire before driving away. The incident occurred in Indianapolis as Carr found the tire missing after entering his automobile.
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Indianapolis
U.P
William Carr
Carr
Footwear Factory to Produce Boots in Bristol
Adapted from former Army buildings, a new Bristol footwear factory is expected to produce between 12 000 and 14 000 heavy boots weekly.
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Bristol
England
Amarillo High ROTC earns excellent rating for 1946-47
Major Carl P. Matney reports the Amarillo High School ROTC unit received an excellent rating in the federal inspection of May 5 and 6 1947. The rating, based on a 10 point exam including paper work courtesy and drill, requires continued higher effort this year to maintain standards. Major Matney recently attended a two month ROTC summer camp at Fort Bliss El Paso where he was among 10 instructor officers picked for duty and received high commendation from Col. Timberlake for the Coast Artillery training.
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Amarillo High School
John B. Coulter
Chas. M. Rogers
Carl P. Matney
Matney
Amarillo
Coast Artillery Corps
E. W. Timberlake
Painted Neckties Pall Washington
Style experts predict men will stop buying hand painted neckties next fall. A National Association of Clothiers and Furnishers committee decided demand would be bad. Only one expert expected to do much business in that line. Forest Service records show visitors to national forests totaled 55 million in 1946, up from 24 million in 1945.
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Washington
U.P
National Association of Clothiers and Furnishers
U. S. Forest Service
Jester Visits Austin State Hospital Unannounced
Gov Beauford H Jester conducted the first in a series of inspections of state eleemosynary institutions with an unannounced visit to the Austin State Hospital He toured wards dining rooms and kitchens with his daughter Joan and son Beauford Jr as part of the inspection party.
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Austin
Beauford H. Jester
Austin State Hospital
Jester
Joan
Beauford, Jr
A Weak Run Down Feeling Signals Low Blood Strength
An old ad promotes SSS Tonic as a remedy for non organic nutritional anemia. It claims pale hands and nails show weakness, notes low appetite and energy, and touts the tonic as boosting blood strength, digestion, and overall vitality with drugstore availability.
Governor lauds state hospitals after inspection trip
The governor complimented Supt. A. T. Hanretta at the conclusion of the inspection tour, praising the job well done. He announced plans to tour additional state facilities in the near future.
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Supt
A. T. Hanretta
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Scott Edwards
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Hillips
24Th & Polk
W. 16Th Ph
Amarillo Hardware Co
Panhandle
Qanvanbie
B. F. Goodrich
Rubbe
Fillmore
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Texas Lumber
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A. W. Wormser
Yellow Pine Surveyor's
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