Death notices from Blackburn Shaw funeral home
Amarillon Barton aged 59 in New Mexico died Saturday. Jessie Irene was a parent to Iene and Mrs. E J Starkey and sister to Mrs May Johnson and Mrs Brooks. Aaron L Chandler of Alamo Courts died. service pending with Blackburn Shaw.
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Eetnings
Hamilton Barton
Los
New Mexico
Jessie Irene
Iene
E. J. Starkey
May
Johnson
Brooks
A. J
P. G. Servee
Wits Blackburn-Shaw
Aaron L. Chandler
West 6Th
Alamo Courts
Sheek
C. C
Blackburn-Shaw
Roxwell Brothers Merideth 74 dies in Bartlesville Oklahoma
Joseph Richard Merideth 74 of Bartlesville Oklahoma dies Saturday husband of Blanche and father of Arthur Frederick and Violet E Evans. Body shipped to Bartlesville for service and burial. Maggie Lou Sizemore 41 of Dumas dies Saturday wife of Boyd and mother of Lou Jeane Klipstine Boyd Jr William Donald and two grandchildren. Service 2 PM Monday Boxwell Brothers Ivy Chapel Burial Memorial Clyde Allen Bray Jr of Pampa dies Saturday husband of Thelma and father of two. Body sent to Dunenkel Carmichael Funeral Home Pampa.
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Merideth
Joseph Richard Merideth
Bartlesville
Okla
Blanche
Arthur
Frederick
Violet E. Evans
Sizemore
Maggie Lou Sizemore
Dumas
Boyd
Lou Jeane Klipstine
Boyd Jr
William
Donald
Boxwell Brothers
Ivy Chapel
Bray Cpt
Clyde Allen Bray, Jr
Pampa
Thelma
Dunenkel-Carmichael Funeral Home
Bayes J C Hayes Dies. Service Set
Bayes J C Hayes age 69 of 2119 Spruce died Friday. Service 4 PM Monday at Griggs Pioneer Chapel. Robert Nathan Eubank died November 20. Body arrives Amarillo Saturday. Husband of Jo Lee and father of Sabra, brother of John J Jr, Mrs James O Grady, Mrs L G Cooley, Norma Jean. Service 9 AM Monday Sacred Heart Cathedral.
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Bayes J. C. Hayes
Spruce
Griggs Pioneer Chapel
Eubank
Robert Nathan Eubank
Amarillo
Jo Lee
Sabra
John J. Jr
James O'Grady
L. G. Cooley
Norma Jean
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Burglars Hit Two Business Firms
Burglars used a sledge hammer pickax and crowbar to force rear doors at McKesson & Robbins liquor wholesale on North Arthur. Alarm sounded. nine guards and police searched the area but found only discarded tools. A separate break in at T&L Home & Auto Supply on West 6th yielded cash cigarets and a $30 radio. discovery at 8 AM Sunday, likely after midnight Saturday.
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McKesson & Robbins, Inc
North Arthur
T&l Home & Auto Supply
West 6Th
T. E. Tolbert
Brick Retail Store Tops Permit List
A $20 000 building permit for a brick retail store at 413 421 N E 8th was issued to Howard Gann. Other permits include comfort stations at South Lawn Thompson and Fl Alamo parks at $4 000 each. December building totals reach $42 094 and the yearly grand total is $18 973 044.
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N. E. 8Th
Howard Gann
Leavell Survives Cardiac Arrest After Surgery
Leavell endured a cardiac arrest during surgery with heart massage and ventilation. Surgeons restored heartbeat after about 45 seconds, oxygen administered, and breathing supported. doctors warn recovery is uncertain and future brain or physical damage may occur. The wife prays for a return to normal life amid slim prospects. White notes planes carry maps for safety and SOS capability in emergencies.
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Leavell
Frank
White
US agrees to Hungarian concessions after C-47 loss
State Department reports Hungary received back stolen property and accuses the US of not fully honoring the Vogeler agreement. A C-47 air loss near Hungary follows the dispute, with details of the flight from Erding to Belgrade via Brenner Pass and Zagreb. Survivors equipment aboard was noted as standard.
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United States
West Germany
Vogeler
Hungary
State Department
Lincoln White
Erding Air Force Base
Munich
Belgrade
Brenner Pass
Zagreb
White
Moscow
Texas B-36s Hop To North Africa
Six B36 bombers landed at an American Air Force base in North Africa after a non-stop flight from Fort Worth Carswell Air Force Base. The Eighth Air Force said the training mission marked the giant craft's first trip to the Mediterranean area. They landed at Sidi Slimane in French Morocco after about 5000 miles.
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Fort Worth
North Africa
Carswell Air Force Base
Eighth Air Force
Carswell
Mediterranean
Sidi Slimane
French Morocco
Flying Safecracker Robert Tripe Aims Higher
Denver area locksmith known as the flying safecracker has logged over ten thousand miles on emergency calls. A World War II aerial gunner, Tripe once hoped to pilot commercially but chose a life of rapid air travel to crack safes when needed.
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Denver
Stapleton Airfield
Robert Tripe
Tripe
Plumes From Snowy Herons Once Sold At Eight Dollars
Plumes of the snowy heron fetched thirty two dollars an ounce as demand for hat decorations drained the bird's populations toward near extinction.
Coat at Wholesale Is Old Skin Game
New York report notes fur coat shopping at wholesale prices is an old skin game. Women's Wear Daily says New York retailers warned that insiders can still obtain coats wholesale, a practice existing years before mink coats rose in fashion among officials' wives.
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New York
U.P
Women’s Wear Daily
Newsman Ordered To Leave Cairo for Bad Faith Reporting
The Egyptian Interior Ministry canceled AP Chief of Bureau Fred Zusy's residence visa and ordered his departure by Friday. Officials cited bad faith in his reporting, though no specifics were given and Zusy denied warnings. ADP HQ in New York had no complaints on his coverage.
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Ciaro
Interior Ministry
Fred Zusy
Associated Press
Cairo
Zusy
Egypt
Fouad Serag el Din
Abdel Basit al Haggagi
New York
Dallas Radioman Ray Collins Dies at 44
Jesse Raymond Collins known as Ray, a top Dallas radio engineer and WFAA assistant manager for technical operations, died early Monday after illness. He helped jam Nazi radar on D Day by leading countermeasure radar work at Harvard and Eisenhower’s request, returning to wartime service before resuming his post.
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Dallas
Jesse Raymond Collins
United States
France
Collins
Ray
WFAA
Dallas Morning News
Harvard University
Dwight D. Eisenhower
van Alstyne
Texas
Light-Keeper Quits 'Little Alcatraz' at Pomham Rocks
William J. Howard, 60, retires after 14 years as Pomham Rocks Light keeper near East Providence. He calls the site a modern “Little Alcatraz” due to strong river currents and isolation. The lighthouse, built 80 years ago, lacked electricity running water and a bathtub then and still does.
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East Providence
W.P
Little Alcatraz
William J. Howard
Howard
Pomham Rocks
Dali Drops All For Atomic Art
Salvador Dali, 47, says he has given up traditional painting for atomic art. He spoke at a press conference in London praising modern physics and nuclear energy as the influence on his new works. He described the explosive character of his recent pieces where shapes burst apart like atomic blasts.
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London
Salvador Dali
Dali
Shortest safe navigable distance between New York and London
The shortest safe navigable distance between New York and London is 3 370 miles.
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New York
London
Polio Plague Strikes Odessa Sparks City Cleanup Drive
Odessa residents join a city-wide cleanup as polio reaches 57 cases in a month. 10,000 fly-proof cans will be distributed and households urged to store refuse properly. Nine deaths, theater closings, and a postponed Christmas parade mark the outbreak, with 11 patients at Medical Center Hospital and most cases among children aged 9 months to 4 years.
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Odessa
U.P
Santa Claus
Medical Center Hospital
Gladys Berryman
Chinese in US Halt Red Ransom
San Francisco reports say extortion money from Chinese in the United States to Communist China has slowed to a trickle. Treasury official Elting Arnold says ransom payments should drop to negligible sums as Chinatown leaders confirm ongoing but reduced demands. Dai-Ming-Lee credits publicity for cutting funds, though some believe millions were sent.
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San Francisco
China
United States
Elting Arnold
Treasury
Foreign Assets Control Division
Chinatown
Reds
Chinese World
Dai-Ming-Lee
UN forces claim new island gains in Korea front
North Korea says it captured Taehwa and Yo I islands offshore near the Yalu mouth as UN command offers to swap captured islands for concessions in truce talks. An Allied air attack on western front injures and kills troops, with questions over the attacker’s identity. UN jets tally 18 enemy planes shot down and 12 damaged in four days.
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North Korea
United Nations Command
Pyongyang
Taehwa
Yo-I
Yalu River
Korea
Chinese Manchuria
Air Force
Victim of Radium Poisoning Dies in New Jersey
Mrs Florence C Casler died after more than 30 years of radium exposure from painting watch dials. The Essex County medical examiner said radon gas lay latent from 1918 or 1919 until 1950 when it spread through her body causing bone cancer. She was the 41st radium poisoning death linked to United States Radium Corp.
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East Orange
Florence C. Caster
United States Radium Corporation
Harrison N. Martland
Essex County
Casler
Pacific Fleet Chief in Manila on inspection visit
Adm. Arthur W. Radford commander-in-chief of the US Pacific Fleet arrived by air today with Mrs. Radford for a routine inspection in Manila. He planned to fly to Saigon Thursday, continuing a regional tour.
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Manila
Arthur W. Radford
US Pacific Fleet
Albino sparrow sighting in Amarillo neighborhood
Mrs. Herbert Miller reports a rare albino sparrow in her yard for three days, noting its sparrow body and ordinary feeding behavior, insisting it is not a canary. Amarillo post office revenue surpassed one million dollars in November and is on track for a new annual high in December, with year-to-date totaling $1,043,079.98, up from 1950 and 1951 figures reported by postal finance officer D W Baker.
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Herbert Miller
Polk
Amarillo Post Office
D. W. Baker
Baker
Times We’ll Misspell Words Like the Old Typewriters
A reflective note acknowledges that errors will occur in the new setup, mirroring past typewriter mistakes including misspelled names and grammatical slips across the newsroom, as editors adapt to the changing workflow.
Which comics and features to keep for readers sample plan
The passage discusses selecting which comics and features from The Globe and The Times to print temporarily so readers can sample those they missed. It notes the plan comes from separate staffs with independent policies aimed at keeping staffers alert and serving readers, and ends with a personal note of being exhausted.
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The
Globe
the Times
Son Finds Mother Killed by Truck on Rainy Highway
Modesto, U.P. Ambulance driver Bill Cummings answered an emergency call to a rain drenched highway and found that the victim was his 70 year old mother Eugenia Cummings. She alighted from a bus when a truck struck her and died before reaching the hospital.
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Modesto
U.P
Bill Cummings
Eugenia Cummings
Chief of Police Makes Decision
Police Chief Sid Harper faced a tricky call when a man claimed he hauled waste from a cess pool and was not paid. The caller asked if he could dump it back where he took it from. The chief advised against recycling the dumping plan.
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Sid Harper
Body of Painter Found in Room at Alamo Courts
Aaron L. Chandler a 49 year old painter was found dead in his Alamo Courts apartment at 2408 West Sixth Monday morning by a neighbor. Authorities said he died of natural causes about 10 to 12 hours before discovery. Chandler had lived at Alamo Courts about ten years and recently worked on the Pantex project. A brother C C Chandler was believed to live in DeQuincy and authorities sought relatives. The body remained at Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home pending relatives.
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Aaron L. Chandler
Alamo Courts
West Sixth
Justice of the Peace Co
W. Carder
Chandler
Pantex
C. C. Chandler
City hires and resignations alter night shift roster
The city needs 25 men for a new budgeted force of 123 patrolmen. Patrolman Joseph M. Fawyer of 1204 West 19th resigned effective last Saturday and planned to move to Missouri. James B. Whit ten of 613 Lake starts Sunday night on the third shift.
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Joseph M. Fawyer
West 19Th
Missouri
James B. Whitten
Lake
Five Die in Condemned Rooming House Fire
In Huntington West Virginia five persons burned to death in a condemned rooming house Sunday night. Victims include Mrs Carrie Jones 44 and her grandchildren Iren 4 and John 2, John Creasley and a man identified as Julian Smith. Police Captain Herschel Garten said the fire likely started when Mrs Jones poured coal oil in a heater.
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Huntington
Wva
Carrie Jones
Iren
John
John Creasley
Julian Smith
Herschel Garten
Porter Infant Rites Scheduled
Funeral services for Zachary Ward Porter infant son of Mr and Mrs T W Porter will be held at 9 30 AM Tuesday from St Marys Chapel Rosary at 7 30 PM Monday at Griggs Pioneer Chapel Fr A M Bottons to officiate The infant died at 12 20 AM Monday Survivors include parents two sisters Dana Sue and Kathi Rosanah Porter a brother Thomas Kennedy Porter grandparents Mr and Mrs Horton B Porter Hillsboro Dr and Mrs H H Latson Amarillo and great grandmothers Mrs Lulu Larson Amarillo and Mrs Rose Risley Jacksboro Burial will be in Llano Cemetery under the direction of N S Griggs & Sons.
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Zachary Ward Porter
T. W. Porter
West Tenth
St. Mary’s Chapel
Griggs Pioneer Chapel
A. M. Bottons
Dana Sue
Kathi Rosanah Porter
Thomas Kennedy Porter
Horton B. Porter
Hillsboro
H. H. Latson
Amarillo
Lulu Larson
Rose Risley
Jacksboro
Llano Cemetery
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Barns Cleared for Annual Bull Sale
Bulls arriving for the Hereford Breeders Association sale at the fair grounds as Amarillo prepares. County commissioners ordered cars moved from the central horse barn to make space for the auction, with vehicles to be relocated or scattered until after the sale.
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Amarillo
Hereford Breeders Association
Fairgrounds
Tire and Tube Thieves Hit Amarillo Homes
Chief J. L. King reports thieves stole lace curtains valued at 18 dollars and a dress worth 25 dollars from Mrs. Ralph Harvey during a move on Johnson Street. A tire and wheel were taken from Alvin Rutledge’s pickup on N. Eighth, and L. C. Heath at Green Acres reported a tire wheel and tube stolen from his car on Plains Blvd.
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Amarillo
J. L. King
Ralph Harvey
Johnson
Johnson Street
Alvin Rutledge
N. E
L. C. Heath
Green Acres
Plains Blvd
Koala Known Not a True Bear Ornate Description
A note explains the koala is not a bear nor related to bears. It identifies the animal as a slow moving tree climbing marsupial with a rubbery nose.
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Australia
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