Markets and Livestock Prices Across Cities
Market roundup shows Dow Jones at 169.48 up .20 with rails and utilities gains. Kansas City reports cattle prices from 19.75 to 33.50, hogs around 24.25, and sheep bids near 24.00, while Chicago livestock markets echo slow hog trade and steady cattle demand with top cattle near 36.00.
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Kansas City
USDA
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Bueset
Goodyear Eee Weee
Ill Cent Ry
Ohio
Packard
Pan Amer Airways
Paramount Es
Penn RR
Penney JC
Radio Corp Eee Eee Eee
Radio Keith Eeeee
Eeenee Eeeee Eee
Rep Steel St Jo Lead
Ewwweeeeres
Sears Eeeewewere
Seaee
Sham Oil & Gas
Shell Union Oil Eeee Ene Eneee
Sinclair See Eteeeeroren
Socony
Property transfers and court actions listed in district notices
Warranty deeds show multiple transfers including Bogard to Cook and Raney to Mary, with parcels in Fairview, Amarillo and San Jacinto areas. District Court lists four divorce actions, two for marriage licenses, and a note on prewar veterans leaving service before World War II.
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J. W. Bogard
Maud V. Cook
Fairview Townsite
Mary Gould Acres
Alvie Harkrider
E. G. Woodward
San Jacinto Heights
Oliver R. E. Barfield
Lara McGee
Eakie
Vernie Bell Brown
W. M. Spoonts
Morningside
Gladys Lowry Buntin
George T Buntin
Patricia A. Woods
William A. Woods
Lorena Sandage
Shirley Sandage
James A. Reed
Vera Mae Jiles
Walter Harold Lemke
Lillian Lester Stoneman
Henry Edward Brounlow
Dillie Mae Ford
Europe
Pacific
Armed Services
Womack Faces Two Charges After Crash Near Amarillo
Lumon Womack of Dumas faces driving while intoxicated and aggravated assault with a motor vehicle in county court. He is held on a $500 bond pending a hearing. the arrest followed a collision with a car driven by Charles E. Christie of Dumas, who was critically injured on Highway 287, 16 miles north of Amarillo.
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Lumon Womack
Dumas
Womack
E. O. Northcutt
Austin
Charles E. Christie
Amarillo
Child of Mr and Mrs Seward Dies in Dalhart
Gail Seward four months old daughter of Mr C B Seward formerly of Amarillo died early this morning in Dalhart Funeral rites set for 4 pm tomorrow at First Baptist Church Dumas Arrangements by Boxwell Brothers She is survived by her parents and brother Carl three years old
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Gail Seward
C. B. Seward
Amarillo
Dalhart
First Baptist Church
Dumas
Carl
Scout Carolers Schedule Extra Practice Tomorrow
Girl Scout carolers will hold an extra practice at 4 15 PM tomorrow in Fellowship Hall at First Christian Church. Miss Ruth Minton, Girl Scout executive, announced the Christmas program is set for December 8 and final rehearsals are at 10 AM Saturday in Amarillo High School auditorium.
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Fellowship Hall
First Christian Church
Ruth Minton
Amarillo High School
Minton
National Guard Officers To Meet At Courtroom
A meeting of officers and prospective officers of the 142nd Infantry Regiment Texas National Guard now being organized here is scheduled for 7:45 tonight in the 47th District Courtroom. Maj. William Cheshire and Maj. Don Schomburg will lead in Lt. Col. Seldon Simpson's absence. All interested guardsmen are invited.
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142Nd Infantry Regiment
Texas National Guard
47Th District
William Cheshire
Don Schomburg
Seldon Simpson
Cattle Die In Santa Fe Freight Train Wreck Near Miami
A fast freight derailed near Miami twenty miles east of Pampa causing railroad traffic to halt for eight hours. About 40 of 700 head of cattle were killed or crippled as eight freight cars were demolished and lines cleared shortly after noon.
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Miami
Pampa
Santa Fe
Truman Greets Austrian Minister in Washington
President Truman accepted the credentials of Austria's first postwar minister to the United States and voiced hope for an early treaty and withdrawal of occupying powers from Austria.
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Washington
Truman
Austria
United States
Spaceflight safety concerns raised by von Braun
Werner von Braun discusses solutions for safely bringing a man down from a descending rocket. He mentions pressurized cockpits that could eject with the occupant and include an air brake to cushion the fall.
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von Braun
Dear Tack lost billfold at Woolworths or Grand Silver
The note asks Tack to report a missing brown billfold lost in a Woolworths or Grand Silver store and offers a finder’s reward of five dollars. The message references a continuation on the next page.
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Woolworth’s
Grand Silver
Gas siphoners steal ten gallons in Amarillo night
Police said gasoline thieves are active again in Amarillo after rationing ended. An agent for the state department of health reported about ten gallons siphoned from a state car parked at Fifth and Pierce last night. The trunk was unlocked but the spare tire remained.
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Amarillo
J. E. Mapes
State Department of Health
Mapes
Fifth and
Pierce
Parade Celebrities Share Quirks and Hope for Little Joe
Boosterchief dispenser of souvenirs explains his parade duty while talking to children. Notable locals like Dwight Newby and R C Neely draw cheers and jokes as they ride through Lubbock. Little Joe Sanchez, stricken by polio, faces a difficult move to Morris Memorial Hospital for iron lung treatment with hopeful parents at his side.
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Dwight Newby
Lubbock
R. C. Neely
Amarillo Hardware
Tech
E. J. McCarty
Hilton
Mason King
Ted Lokey
Alsoe
Kress
N. S
Mr. Griggs
Tennessee
J. E. Griffin
Hilton Hotel
Little Joe
Amarillo
Roswell
N. M
Florida
Morris Memorial Hospital
Christmas Decorations Go Up on Polk Street
Amarillo begins its first street decorations since the war started with the electrical department stringing wires on Polk Street. Laurel and colored globes arrive and may be up by December 10. Oscar Applequist supervises the program as merchants fund the effort through the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce committee.
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Amarillo
Polk Street
City Electrical Department
Polk
Oscar Applequist
Retail Merchants Committee
Little Joe to travel to Milton for polio treatment
A youngster on an iron lung traveling by Rock Island Rocket to Memphis will switch to a direct current motor. In Memphis a National Foundation mobile unit will meet him and escort him to Milton for polio treatment. The foundation covers all expenses.
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Iron Lung
Memphis
Tenn
Rock Island
Little Joe
National Foundation For
Milton
National Foundation
Coal shortages shrink New York port and city services
Freight embargo halts almost all exports at New York City port with 11 000 carloads remaining to move in two weeks. Exempted cargo only 20 percent of ships. Ohio guards to police Hamilton as street lights go out at midnight and coal stocks trigger cuts. Virginia mines leased to state to supply institutions. Denver fears influenza epidemic from coal famine as homes lack heat. Christmas 1946 to be frigid with fewer gifts and strict mail limits.
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New York
G. C. Randall
American Association of Railroads
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
National Guard
Hamilton
William M. Tuck
Virginia
Denver
New Government Coal Savings Orders Cut Rail Freight and Travel
Four coal saving orders limit rail activity. Freight shipments by rail face loans with exemptions for food fuel medicine newspapers and sanitation. Coal burning passenger travel cut by about half. Export rail shipments halted with narrow exceptions. Parcel traffic restricted pending permits.
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U. S
Post Office Package Limits Announced for Domestic Mail
Domestic shipments face max five pounds and 18 inches in length or 60 inches combined length and girth. Exemptions include live poultry eggs butter perishables seeds plants medicines and surgical supplies. Overseas mail available except to U S armed forces.
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U. S
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Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, — & Beane
Courthouse Records
MR. Tack Presents
Sally Kay
C. N. Tippery
Canyon
W. H. McAtee
W. E. Ball
Hot Springs
Ark
B. Seward
Old
Boxwell Brothers
Tack
Bill Mauldin
Quick Reiser of
Beltess
Polk St
Defer Lewis
Zale
Gorman
Weatherstrip CO
P. O. Box
Services of
Encroute Cisne
Blackburn Shaw
Diamond Importers Sales
Oia
Eleanor
Zale’s
Lady Max
14 &T
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