Denver B-29 crash kills eight crew in residential area
Denver authorities sift through charred debris after a four engine B-29 smashed into five homes near Lowry Air Force Base during a landing. Eight crew members died and six were injured, with one civilian also hurt. Names of the dead and a critical injury case were released. many residents escaped unharmed. A second report from Derby, Colorado, notes a United Air Lines DC-3 training crash on Rocky Mountain Arsenal reservations, killing three aboard.
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Lowry Air Force Base
Sol L. Gertz
Murphy Tinsley
Lowry
Base Public Information Office
Robert F. Jarvis
Plattsburg
Herbert Oeser
Springdale
Conn
Richard P. Yakob
Lynn
Mass
James E
Spokane
Wash
James W. Shanks
Pilot
Ray E. Widner
Westby
Wis
Teddy D. Allen
South Gate Cal
Joe D. Wiggins
Williamsburg
Zippel
Derby
Colo
United Air Lines
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Stapleton Municipal Airfield
Texas
J. D. Kocher
Lawrence G. Wilson
Boulder
Wayne C. Moon
el Cerrito
Cal
Kocher
Former Clovis Man Is Accident Victim
Anderson Lee Douglass 28 died in a Midland Texas oil field when a cable broke near him. Funeral services will be at Central Church of Christ Clovis with Claude Lorts officiating. He was a World War II Navy veteran, son of Roy Douglass (deceased) and Martha May Douglass of Clovis. Surviving are two sisters in Missouri and Midland and a brother in the Army at Camp Chaffee Arkansas.
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Clovis
Central Church of Christ
Anderson Lee Douglass
Claude Lorts
Douglass
Midland
Texas
Mr. Douglass
Roy Douglass
Martha May Douglass
W. H. Brown
Joplin
R. E. Gillespie
Hobart L. Douglass
Amarillo
Army
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Bowling Problem Solved by Automatic Pin Spotter
Buffalo reports the American Machine and Foundry Company has created a foolproof automatic machine that spots bowling pins faster than human hands after months of testing.
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Buffalo, N. Y. WW
American Machine and Foundry Company
Dalhart Man Fought For Life After Near-Death Surgeons Resuscitate
Frank Leavell, 23, remained in critical condition at Northwest Texas Hospital after his heart stopped for several minutes Saturday during a hand injury operation. Surgeons revived his heartbeat with chest massage but he has not regained consciousness.
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Frank Leavell
Dalhart
Northwest Texas
Leavell
Bomber Crashes Home Of Former Amarillo Woman
The Denver crash damaged the dining room of the home of Mrs. Julia Glick, daughter of Mr and Mrs Hugo Loewenstern of Amarillo. The B 29 bomber struck five homes Monday morning in a residential area. no one in the Glick household was injured. Mrs Glick telephoned her parents with the news.
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Julia Glick
Hugo Loewenstern
Amarillo
Denver
Loewenstern
Mercy Sought by Woman Citing Past Work Record
A tearful woman asked Amarillo Texas judge Dick Cazzell for mercy after a recent morning arrest while returning from her new job as a cashier. She said she quit prostitution weeks ago to avoid men she once knew as "characters" and hoped for dates with decent men. The judge noted vice detectives are enforcing records as she remains on police lists.
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Corporation Court
Dick Cazzell
Amarillo
Cazzell
Vice
Ing
Clerk Charged With Illegal Sale Of Barbiturates
A 33 year old Amarillo drugstore clerk, Horace W Baize of 2108 Mirror, was charged in county court with unlawful delivery of barbiturates to Barbara Adams on December 1 after police arrested him Monday night. He pleaded not guilty.
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Amarillo
Horace W. Baize
2108
Mirror
Barbara Adams
Elks Club Santa Roles Gifting for Amarillo Kids
The Amarillo Elks Club will again play Santa for underprivileged children. For the fifth year, members supply gifts to foster-home youths based on Welfare Agency requests, with 37 names adopted so far.
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Elks Club
Santa
Amarillo
Floyd Laceky
Elks
Laceky
St. Nick
Barbiturate Sale Probe Tied to Yale Anniversary Ode
Police disclosed 56 capsules of Red Biras and Yellow Jackets were involved in a barbiturate sale. Baize, a drugstore clerk, faced a misdemeanor charge and $1,000 bond as authorities probe city drugstores under a recently illegal prescription law. Leonard Bacon, Pulitzer winner, delivered Yale 250th anniversary ode.
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J. L. King
King
New Haven, Conn
Leonard Bacon
Yale
Eli Men
Bacon
Wellington Bootleg Fines Total $1250 From Raids
Fines in six bootlegger cases brought by Amarillo liquor agents amount to 1250 with court costs. Each defendant pled guilty and fines ranged from 500 to 100. Agents seized whisky and beer, some for home sale and others in vehicles.
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Wellington
Amarillo
London Zoo Foster Cat Milestones Tiger Triplets
A dog acts as a foster mother to a litter of tiger cat triplets at London Zoo, illustrating cross species bonding and animal care in a city zoo setting. The unusual trio highlights ongoing conservation and enrichment efforts within the institution.
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London
Zoo
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Jewel
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Penney‘s
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Mido
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