Reds Take A Beating At Bloody Ridge Fight
United Nations forces report progress on the Bloody Ridge front near Yanggu as they push the Communists from a newly captured hill on the 13th day of the battle. In heavy rain, UN troops cleared one hill and attacked another with limited resistance, while mines and booby traps caused some casualties. A separate clash above Inje repulsed a probing assault after a six hour engagement.
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Eighth Headquarters
Korea
U.P
United Nations
Bloody Ridge
Formosa
Yanggu
Punch Bowl
Inje
Warmer Weather Ahead for Area
Warmer temperatures are forecast for the Panhandle with highs in the high 80s to low 90s over the next five days. Today’s high is expected at 93, tomorrow 91, with tonight’s low around 68. Scattered thundershowers are possible. precipitation totals for the week ending this morning list Amarillo 1.14 inches and Borger 1.27 inches among many stations.
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Panhandle
Hw. C. Winburn
Weatherman
Winburn
Amarillo
Borger
Childress
Clarendon
Claude
Crosbyton
Dalhart
Dimmitt
Follett
Hereford
Lubbock
Memphis
Miami
Mule- Rhoe
Plainview
Shamrock
Spearman
Stratford
Tulsa
Buffalo
Okla
Boise City
Gage
Guyman
Woodward
Clayton
Des Moines
Tucumcari
Dead Man's Check Ruled Void by Tennessee Chancellor
Memphis judge Chancellor L. D. Beiach ruled that a $5,000 check given by a father to Wollie Yarborough is worthless since it was not cashed during the father's lifetime. The decision highlights that a dead man's check loses validity after death.
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Memphis
Tenn
L. D. Beiach
Wollie Yarborough
Death and funeral notices from North Texas and Oklahoma
Death and funeral notices list residents including rebinelle Blackbuse Shaw of Willow, Oklahoma wife of A mother of Arthur Marvin Snide sister of Jerry Patay and L A Patay. Reynolds Rosamond 79 of 112 NW 5th, wife of W Wright, service Tuesday Memorial Chapel Stratford interment. Foster Ross Kenneth 2 of 1400 W 20th, husband of Lorena, father of Lewis Ross and Clark Earthman, service Tuesday Chapel burial. Cora Lou 16412 B Ong 71, wife of Charles J, service Tuesday Blackburn Shaw. infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Cecil Wise 1233 Milam, service pending Blackburn Shaw.
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Wootton Rebinelle
Northwest
Texas
Willow
Oklahoma
Alton Leo
Jimmy “Bon
John Snide Aister
Arthur
Marvin
Jerry
L. A. Patay
Virginia
Oxla
Reynolds Rosamond Reynolds
W. N. Wright
Memorial
Stratford
Ross Foster
Kenneth Ross
Lorena
Frank Shelby
Lewis and Clark
Liano Cora Lou
Charles J
Blackburn-Shaw
Cecil Wise
Milam
Backburn-Shaw
Vernon and Winn Obituaries From Itasca and Cheyenne
Two obituaries noted: Avie Lee Vernon, 79, of 2812 Parker, died Sunday with two sons Henry Ross and O V Vernon, and daughter Mrs Joe Darron. service at 10 AM Tuesday at Methodist Church Itasca Cemetery burial. Charlie Winn, 83, died Sunday in Cheyenne. brother of William Mra Klis Munger. service 2 PM Tuesday Boxwell Brothers Ivy Chapel burial Plainview. Arrenner, 53, of 1305 E 14th, died Sunday, wife of Artist, mother of Mrs A M Baumgartner, daughter of Mrs Alice Norris, sister of Irwin Dailey and others. body sent to Erin Tenn for service and burial.
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Rnon
Avie Lee Vernon
Parker
Henry Ross
O. V. Vernon
Joe Darron
Methodist
Ttasca
Tex
Itasca
Winn Charlies Winn
Cheyenne Okie
William Mra Klis Munger
Boxwell Brothers
Ivy Chapel
Goes Long Distance To Get Into Trouble
A 27-year-old Brownfield man talked himself into custody via a long distance collect call to Terry County Sheriff Cole Murray. He threatened with firearms and provided a North Fillmore address. Sheriff Murray contacted Potter County Deputy Jake Carthel, who arrested him near the cafe at 2:30 am. The suspect surrendered quietly, with no weapons found.
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Brownfield
Terry County
Cole Murray
Murray
North Fillmore
Potter County
Jake Carthel
Carthel
Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel Hattila White Addison
Hattila White Addison of Amarillo became the first Womens Army Corps officer named to a field army special staff post. In Stuttgart Germany she received silver stars and served as public information officer at Seventh Army Headquarters. She enlisted eight years earlier on Aug 24 as a private in the WAC.
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Womens Army Corps
Hattila White-Addison
Amarillo
Stuttgart
Germany
Seventh Army
Stuttcart
WAA
WAC
President Truman orders strike referral to Wage Stabilization Board
President Truman moved to end the labor dispute by sending the strike to the Wage Stabilization Board shortly after it began. He said the strike has an immediate impact on the defense program and urged workers to return to work while the board reviews the matter.
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Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Winery Worker Drowns After Fumes Overcome Cleaning Vat
A winery employee in South Africa died after being overcome by fumes while cleaning a wine vat. Rescue crews reached the site but could not revive him. Authorities are reviewing safety procedures at the facility.
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South Africa
Railroads Raise Freight Rates Hit Meat Prices
Railroads boosted freight rates by 6 percent in the South and West and 9 percent in the East, enabling meat packers to raise wholesale ceilings. The ICC approved the hike due to higher materials and labor costs, signaling prices may rise for meat and other goods including automobiles. Defense spending may fuel a new inflation spiral, warned Eric Johnston, with living costs rising beyond the extra payments already made since January 1950.
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Washington
Detroit
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eric A. Johnston
ICC
Johnston
New York
Picnic police box score reports 14000 at Lunenburg event
Police chief George Wazel released a box score from an outing in Lunenburg Massachusetts with about 14 000 Boston Navy Yard employees and their families. 56 treated by Red Cross five hospitalized 29 rescued from drowning 11 lost children returned to parents one arrest later dismissed 75 barrels of beer consumed.
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Lunenburg
Mass
George Wazel
Boston Navy Yard
Red Cross
Appeals Court Judge Visits Panhandle, Amarillo
Judge W A Morrison of the Court of Criminal Appeals visits Amarillo and the Panhandle, lingering several days and calling on friends. He spent yesterday in Pampa attending the Hereford short course sponsored by the event organizers.
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W. A. Morrison
Court of Criminal Appeals
Amarillo
Morrison
Panhandle
Pampa
Hereford
Judge Morrison Named To Top O Texas Post
The Top O' Texas Hereford Breeders Association announces Judge Morrison's appointment after last summer's elections. He resides in Cameron Milam County and formerly served as district judge and district attorney for the 20th Judicial District. He is known to many district judges and attorneys statewide as former president of the District and County Attorneys' Association of Texas. He will return to Austin after a short vacation.
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O' Texas Hereford Breeders Association
Morrison
Cameron
Milam County
20Th
Polio Epidemic Records 309 Mississippi Cases This Year
Jackson Mississippi reports a record 309 polio cases for the year with twenty new cases added yesterday. The outbreak is noted as the worst in state history, reflecting a sharp rise over last year.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Prowlers Reported After Window Screen Removed
A woman in the living room heard noises from a bedroom. she turned on lights, found no intrusion, then noticed the window screen missing. After calling police, she discovered her handbag had been taken after officers arrived, while a plant in the room remained.
Burglary Suspect Fished Handbag From Window Route
Police found socked footprints near a window and a removed screen at the Brown home. A makeup kit discarded by the window and undisturbed cash and jewelry were noted. At the Lewis residence, a silver set, beer bottles, four bedsheets, and child clothing were missing after the family found lights on and the house ransacked with no sign of forced entry. Mrs. Lewis suspects a master key may have been used.
Bandits Escape After Office Hold Up Continues
The assailants ordered the two captives to surrender, forced English and Mrs. Donaldson into a back room, then fled west down an alley after locking the night latch. The office manager escaped through a back door as the car, described as light, sped away.
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English
Robbery in Tucumcari Involving Blue Pontiac With Illinois Plates
Quay County Sheriff Claude Moncus and New Mexico State Patrol set road blocks from Tucumcari after a robbery near the investment company. A cement contractor Bill Allen followed the car described as blue about 1948 with Illinois plates 11987. Suspects, two men, were said to be sandy haired and 30 years old with shabby dress and light beards. One demanded money while the other noted they did not want a home as they pushed a woman toward a back room.
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Quay County
Claude Moncus
New Mexico
Tucumcari
Bill Allen
Allen
Nglish
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Wake Up
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Doan
Iene
Blackbuse Shaw
Paxwell Brothers
Griggs
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Great West Grain and Elevator Company
Osgood Monument CO
Buchanan
Ruthker
Jefferson
Llano
Opera
Peggy
Peggy Allen
Paris
Studebaker
Run
Sudebaker
Jeff Wilson Motors
Borger, Texas
BOB Crudgington, Inc
Fillmore Amarillo, Texas
Frank Craig Motor & Implement CO
E. Ist
Hereford, Texas
Libby
Whiteway
Billow
Kerr Mason
Pinkney
Whiteway Food Stores
Appeals Court
Illinois
Browning
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