Lost Boy Found After Overnight Search Near Maple Springs
A missing four year old, Skippy Ray Randie, wandered 18 miles north from home and was found unconscious at 10:30 a.m. near freezing temperatures. Sheriff Coy M. Coker said the boy was rushed to medical aid with critical oxygen needs. Over 1,000 volunteers and national guardsmen searched a three mile radius around the Randle farm through cold night using bloodhounds from Texarkana amid fears of kidnapping.
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Here
Coy M. Coker
Skippy Ray Randie
Joe Randle
Randle Farm
Maple Springs Community School
Texarkana
Narcotics Raid in New York Nets Huge Haul
New York police and federal agents seized a large narcotics haul aimed at Broadway theater and club district. Arrested are Jack Gordon, 40, and Edward Eichler, 49, both New York salesmen, at Gordon's midtown furnished room. Charges include illegal possession with street value estimated over three quarters of a million dollars, with heroin, morphine tablets, adulterants, and distribution materials found.
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New York
Broadway
Jack Gordon
Edward Eichler
Craig Grand Master of Texas Masons installed at Waco
Hugh M Osman of Fort Worth added two new chapters to Texas Masonry history as Craig was named grand master of Texas Masons and led the final session in the temple where Masons met for 45 years. He will preside over a grand communication in the two million dollar Memorial Temple, due next December. Other officers and district grand masters were installed in a ceremony marking the transition.
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Waco
Hugh M. Osman
Fort Worth
Texas
Albert Delange
Houston
Gabe. P.allen
Pallas
W. J. Burris
J. J. Gallo
Treas
George Hi. Telew
Grand
Hayden Edwards
Gibb Gilchrist
College Station
George &. Adams
Henry AM. Bell
Tyler
Killeen M. Moore
Vernon
Sam 8. Wood
Ernest N. Mills
Corpus Christi
Charles R. Leggett
Austin
John T. Bean
Ysleta
E. E Minter
White Deer
Amarillo
Wells Howard
Frank B. Bayer
Seek Esc Joining the Army by Mexia Boys
Six youths from the Mexia State Home for Boys escaped and sought to join the Army in a local recruiting station. They failed the Army test and could not produce draft cards. Names given include George 17 Roger Whitely 18 James Joseph Turbull 21 Jack M Pinney 18 James Walter Meredith 18 and Nick Zero 15.
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Army
Danae
Mexia
George
Roger Whitely
James Joseph Turbull
Jack M Pinney
James Walter Meredith
Nick Zero
Houston Boy Dies In Careening Car
Marrs Jr a 16 year old passenger died almost instantly when a car swerved off a curb on South Main Street. The driver Cecil Shine 14 was hospitalized with a broken leg after the crash. Police cited teen passengers attempting to pass another car on the left side.
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Mas
Marrs, Jr
Cecil Shine
South Main Street
Young Marrs
Markets and closing quotes from New York and Chicago
The 1 o'clock New York market quotes from Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner and Beane show varied reductions and notable prices across gas, chemicals, oils, airlines, and chemicals with many listed firms. The Chicago wheat and corn closes, and Kansas City cattle and hogs provide livestock pricing alongside overall market activity and closing undertones.
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New York
Wgek
Amatlilo
Merril Lyneh
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Laclede Gas
Aisa Dtmnena
Kamnvert Co
Aileeneay
Aliceneay
Allis Chaimmera
Amer Airlines
Ox Bechler
Bouiwing
Banont
Agg
Bae
Gen Firth
General Electreneral Foods
Centrox
Union pesShoys Beedle
Tnternatt
Nick
Heven
Jonas Manvil
Ga Jones
Aner Bates
Rene Sereda
Cuban Auf Tile Sterling
Kaiser Fraser
Wright Harer
Chicago
Uniman
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas
City
Dee
State Parks See Record Visitation Revenue Request Ahead
J W Ash chairman of the state parks board reports 36 Texas parks welcomed 2,588,503 visitors in the year ending Aug 31 1948. Expenditures averaged seven cents per visitor against a national average of 25 cents. Board seeks about 1 810 000 for two years for rehab of existing structures new construction and park development.
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Een Eny Ares
Merchant Grilled In Officer Death
Nacogdoches Texas December 3 A 68 year old local merchant was held for questioning in the death of Police Officer Bennett Spradley. Spradley shot in the stomach during a Christmas parade after stepping away from directing traffic to investigate a disturbance. Spradley served on the force for 20 years.
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Nacogdoches
Bennett Spradley
Hagan Parmley
Spradley
Reds Propaganda Line in Tokyo Entangled
Tokyo reports say Soviet propaganda to Japanese communists urges eviction of occupation troops from Japan while warning that American forces will not leave. Washington criticizes Gen Douglas MacArthur for not taking adequate measures to disarm Japan.
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Russia
Tokyo
Japan
Washington
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Douglas MacArthur
March of Dimes Artist Stricken in Los Angeles
Roger B. Hollenback, 31, designer of last year's March of Dimes mural, is among polio patients at General Hospital. He is in a respirator he helped fund. Reported today he was greatly improved. County infantile paralysis cases reach 2,922 in Los Angeles County.
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Los Angeles
Dec
General Hospital
Roger B. Hollenback
Celes County
Los An
Verdict Reached in Burglary Case Against Ralph Wilson
A verdict was returned in 47th District Court finding Ralph Wilson guilty on burglary charges for taking a coat from Levine's Department Store show window on August 1. The jury deliberated about one hour before reaching the decision. Wilson’s address is listed as 410 East Third.
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Ralph Wilson
47Th District Court
Wilson
Levine's
East Third
SEEK HOUSEKEEPER FOR FAMILY CARE WORK
Middle-aged white woman sought to keep house and care for a 5-year-old girl. Light duties include cooking the evening meal. no laundry. Sunday off. provide room. Continues on page 20.
Death Takes R. O. Mills
Roger Q. Mills 59 longtime general chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen for Texas facilities of Fort Worth Denver City and Wichita Valley railroads died at Wichita Falls General Hospital after months of illness. Former Texas Legislator elected 1940 from the 112th District, he lived in Wichita Falls since 1917, began as a fireman then engineer in 1926. Funeral arrangements through Hampton Vaughan Merkie. Survivors include wife Ida Mills, brother Claude Mills of Iown Park, and three sisters O B Haley Una Ball Lena Johnson.
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Wichita Falls
Roger Q. Mills
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Texas
Fort Worth
Denver City
Wichita Valley
Wichita Palls General Hospital
Mills
Wichita
Wilbarger
Port Worth & Denver
Railroad
Mr. Mills
Speegieville
Hampton- Vaughan -Merkie
Ida Mills
Claude Mills Lot Iown ‘Park
O. B. Haley
Una Ball
Bryan
Lena [Johnson
McGregor
Moscow Students Hit Tito Criticism in Moscow
Tass reported 700 Yugoslav students in Leningrad adopted resolutions condemning Premier Marshal Tito. A former Yugoslav partisan addressed them, alleging the Yugoslav embassy in Moscow threatened students abroad with revoking citizenship unless they returned to Yugoslavia.
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Leningrad
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tass
Moscow
Russia
France Rules Out Ruhr Rebellion Against Germany
Paris reports France remains firm in Ruhr policy. The national assembly voted against allowing Germany to regain full control of the Ruhr, the source of much of Hitler's armaments. The vote followed a British American decision to permit temporary German management of coal and steel in the Ruhr.
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France
Paris
Germany
National Assembly
Ruhr
Hitler
Gammage Sentenced For Forgery Two Years In Texas Penitentiary
Gammage of Lockney was sentenced to two years in the Texas penitentiary after pleading guilty to forgery. He forged the name of J. Yong to a $1,350 check that was used at South Side Motors to purchase a 1942 Chevrolet.
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Wenced
Texa Penitentiary
Gammage
Lockney
J. J. Yong Toaeck
South Side Motors Company
Air Force Accepts Delivery of First Stratojet Bomber
The Air Force has accepted delivery on its first Boeing B 47 Stratojet bomber. The 18 engine jet aircraft features swept back wings and a 10 ton bomb capacity. Tests at Moses Lake WA completed before return to Boeing for extended flight testing. Production will begin at Wichita KS. Funeral services set for W F Murray railroad traffic manager with Cotton Belt Railroad in Fort Worth.
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Air Force
Washington
Moses Lake Air Force Base
Wash
Boeing Company
Boeing
Wichita
Kan
Fort Worn
Fort Worth
W. F. Murray
Cotton Belt Railroad
St. Tate
Cabinet Shifts Coming Later In Truman News Conference
President Truman signaled a cabinet shake up likely to stretch through next year. He said four members are safe, gave no immediate changes, and warned against lobbying to expand the budget. He noted past roosevelt era turnover and kept Marshall and Snyder in place while hinting others may depart.
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Washington
Dee
Truman
White House
Calcutta
Congress
Thomas E. Dewey
FDR
Roosevelt
James Forrestal
National Defense
of Agriculture
Charles Brannan
Labor
Maurice Tobin
Yester
George C. Marshall
Mr. Truman
Treasury
John W. Snyder
Luck For Michigan Couple In Search Of Lost 3000
An advertisement in Port Huron seeks return of a $3,000 purse lost on the way home from Mt. Clemens. Elderly couple Mr and Mrs John Lacyk sold Detroit farm life turned hard with crop failure cattle disease and a barn fire before the loss near the Thanksgiving trip to repay a mortgage on worn equipment.
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Port Huron
John Lacyk
Detroit
Here
Mt. Clemens
Home
New NAM selects Bennett as president in western milestone
SEW YORK Dec 3 v wallace F Bennett 50 head of a Salt Lake City paint firm is NAM president after NAM's 53rd annual congress. His selection marks the first NAM presidency west of Chicago and underscores Western industry growth. Ken Murray marries Betty Low Walters. ceremony at Mission Inn Riverside Cal with honeymoon to follow.
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Sew York
Wallace F. Bennett
Salt Lake City
National Associa
NAM
Congress of American Industry
Bennett
Chicago
Ken Murray
Riverside
Cal
Betty Low Walters
Hollywood
Mission Inn
Pair on Trial for Burglary in 47th District Court
Robert Ray and Howard E. Davis faced trial in 47th District Court this afternoon for entering Thomas Ray’s room at the King Hotel and stealing clothing and other items. Both men listed Murray Hotel as their address and were arrested Saturday morning after the burglary was reported. There is no relation between Robert Ray and Thomas Ray.
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Robert Ray
Howard E. Davis
47Th District Court
Murray Hotel
Thomas Ray
King Hotel
China Influence Talk by Dr Mary R Anderson at First Baptist
Dr Mary Riley Anderson head of Wayland College Education Dept will address Pauline Moore Circle at a 6:30 dinner in First Baptist Church. She spent 18 years as an Orient missionary and will discuss civilization influences. Nearby notes mention Amarillo visitors and rising youth delinquency in Los Angeles and New York City.
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Mary Riley Anderson
Pauline Moore
First Baptist
Anderson
Wayland College
Plainview
First Baptist Church
Orient
Juvenile crime notes show gendered patterns in cities
A San Francisco summary notes more burglary auto theft and immorality by boys while girl delinquents decline. Girls are described as often sex offenders seeking clothes and jewelry like peers. Overall sex cases have fallen since the war though St Louis reports a rise. Several cities report varied trends.
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San Francisco
St. Louis
Choirs Line Polk Street Stations After Chamber Draw
Eleven choirs and their street corners listed after a chamber of commerce drawing. The Choristers at Ninth and Polk, Amarillo High School A Capella at Third and Polk, Aeolian at Tenth and Polk, The Chanters at Sixth and Polk, The Harmonizers at Fifth and Polk, The Harmony Singers at Eighth and Polk, The Tunettes at Seventh and Taylor, Elizabeth Nixon Choir No. 1 at Fourth and Polk, Elizabeth Nixon Choir No. 2 at Seventh and Polk, Horace Mann Junior High Choir at Sam Houston Junior High Choir at Fifth and Taylor, and another at Sixth and Taylor.
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Polk
Taylor Streets
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo High School
Aeolian Choir
Harmony Singers
Tayor
Elizabeth Nixson
Horace Mann
Sam Houston
Taylor
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