Corpus Explosion Kills Two at Hydro Gas Plant
A massive gas explosion at the Hydro Gas Fuel Co in Corpus Christi killed two and injured six. Unofficial damage totaled about 250000 dollars as flames Spread after the blast at 7 32 o clock. The Red Cross moved in to aid the homeless while firefighters battled ruptured gas tanks and shattered windows within a wide quarter mile area.
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Corpus Christi
Hydro Gas Fuel Company
Linton
Red Cross
Clarence B. Ross
Jack Hammond
A. S. Freelhy
J. E. Wilson
Jesus R. Arriaga
Trippers Leave Carlsbad for Amarillo on goodwill tour
Delegates aboard the Goodwill Special travel from Carlsbad to Amarillo visiting Artesia Hagerman Dexter and Roswell. Santa Fe Railway executives and West Texas State College band receive praise for the first postwar trip. Delegates will be hosted by Roswell businessmen with a buffet tonight at the country club.
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Thomas Thompson
George Davis
Carlsbad
WN. M
George
Fort Worth
Amarillo
New Mexico
Artesia
Hagerman
Dexter
Roswell
Clovis
Carlisbad
Santa Fe
Courthouse Square
Santa Fe Railway
E. P. Dudley
Mark Oliver
R. H. Deiker
E. Kancher
Henry Rietman
Wholesale Trade Development Committee
Hill
Newman
Amarillo teacher wins 10000 Redbook Dodds best novel prize
Laula Grace Erdman, an Amarillo Texas school teacher, wins the Redbook Dod Mead prize of 10000 for her novel The Years of the Locust. The award includes publication by Redbook and Dod Mead in 1947. Erdman’s persistence after repeated rejection letters highlights her rise as a national figure in letters.
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New York
Amarillo
Tex
Laula Grace Erdman
Redbook Magazine
Dodd-Mead
Dodd- Mead
Miss Erdman
Uncle Sam
Redbook
Middle-West
West Texas State College
Canyon
Truman to address nation on coal strike crisis
President Truman will broadcast at 8 30 p m Sunday to appeal to the public over the soft coal shutdown. Government officials say the strike has brought the nation to the brink of economic paralysis and threatens winter hardship.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Amarillo
John L. Lewis
Solid Fuels Administration
Imeile
Solid Fuels
Dana Wheeler
Wheeler
Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
T. Alan Goldsborough
Supreme Court
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Tom Clark
J. A. Krug
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Congress
L Wis
Goldsborough
Two British Soldiers Die In Palestine Explosion
An explosion at the Sarafand camp in Palestine killed two British soldiers, an officer and another man, and injured four officers plus several civilian staff. The blast damaged the army office at the camp, described as the largest and most closely guarded military cantonment in Palestine.
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Jerusalem
Sarafand
Palestine
Officer Resigns from Hansford Police Force
Sam L. Golden, 49, resigns after suspension in an arrest misconduct probe. Chief Sid Harper said Golden intends to return to Hansford, Wash., where he once worked as a patrolman. Golden served in the Army in 1942 and joined the force in 1945.
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Sam L. Golden
Sid Harper
Harper
Golden
Hansford
Wash
Amarillo Man Held In Robbery Series
Amarillo police report a suspect, married with a young child, living in an upscale downtown hotel, linked to a series of holdups including a Western Union station. Officers described the man as feigning a weapon in his coat during robberies.
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Amarillo
Western Union Sta
Dallas police arrest suspect in Western Union robberies
Dallas detective T E Pope says a 26 year old man confessed to two Western Union robberies and one attempt in Dallas and Amarillo. The Nov 27 Amarillo job nets 91 dollars after pistol threats. a Nov 30 Dallas theft nets 50 dollars. another Dallas hold up demanded 150 but no money given. Arrest follows identification leads and cross city investigation.
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Dallas
Western Union
Amarillo
T. E. Pope
Georges Bidault Defeated For Premier of France
Paris December 5 reports say Georges Bidault failed to secure the needed majority in the national assembly. Bidault reportedly received 241 votes to reach a 310 vote threshold for the premiership.
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Georges Bidault
France
Paris
U.P
National Assembly
Weather Forecast For Amarillo And Nearby Areas
Fair weather continues tonight and Friday with mild conditions. West Texas remains fair this afternoon tonight and Friday with slightly warmer temperatures in the Del Rio Eagle Pass region. New Mexico shows partly cloudy skies this afternoon tonight and Friday with no major temperature change.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Extra Tickets On Sale For Amarillo-Wichita Falls Game
Five hundred reserved seats went on sale this morning at Maxcor Drug for the Amarillo-Wichita Falls bi-district football showdown at Butler Field. Tickets cost 1.50 including general admission with more space being reserved and additional tickets available. General admission passes 1.20 sold at Herbert Drug and Amarillo Bookbindery and Maxor's. Rupert Taylor, Amarillo High School business manager, announced the new ticket options.
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Maxcor Drug
Amarillo
Herbert Drug
Amarillo Bookbindery
Maxor
S. E. A. Regal Co
Santa and the Boy King Christmas story opens on page one
The Globe begins its annual Christmas tale Santa and the Boy King by Lucrece Hudgins. Installments run each afternoon through Christmas Eve. The hero learns kindness and service create Santa Land in people hearts, showing Christmas is for all. Dennison's Handibox. Russell Stationery Co. 611 Taylor St.
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Globe
Santa
The
Lucrece Hudgins
James
Santa Land
Santa Claus
Dennison
Russell Stationery Co
Taylor
Civilian Production Administrator Quits
President Truman accepted the resignation of John D. Small as head of the Civilian Production Administration effective tomorrow. Remaining CPA functions will transfer to a new government liquidation agency overseeing the Office of Price Administration and other war agencies. Small had long sought to leave government service and return to private business.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
John D. Small
Civilian Production Administration
White House
Charlies G. Ross
CPA
Office of Price Administration
Small
Kansas City Sees Warmth Amid Coal Shortage
In Kansas City on December 5 temperatures rose to 68 degrees marking the highest for that date since 1889. Residents hoped the warm spell would offset the coal shortage affecting many here.
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Kansas City
U.P
Kansas
Purse-snatcher drops glasses before fleeing with handbag
In Kansas City on December 5 a thief snatched Mrs. Gertrude Walds purse. She shouted that her new glasses were inside. The criminal returned the glasses to the grass before escaping with the purse.
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Kansas City
Gertrude Wald
Trucker Killed In Flaming Wreck Near Kenna New Mexico
Amarillo man Lee Oldham reported a crash nine miles west of Kenna on Highway 70 in which Don Saar of Oklahoma City died. The jack-knifed truck carrying 22 000 pounds of meat burst into flames after leaving the road. State trooper Gene Smith identified Saar and noted the wreck occurred about 6 30 this morning near Kenna, about 60 miles northeast of Roswell.
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Amarillo
Lee Oldham
Hill Lines, Inc
Kenna
N. M
Oklahoma City
Gene Smith
Roswell
Don Saar
Mr. Saar
Smith
Oldham
Oakland Strike Is Called Off
Oakland and AFL leaders reached an agreement to end a general strike that crippled East Bay commerce for two days. City officials will stay neutral, police will not escort strikebreakers, and a return to work was ordered for union members at 10 A.M. Hassler said assurances were given to meet union conditions within the law.
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Oakland
AFL
East Bay
John PF. Hassler
Amarillo
Hassier
American Labor Movement
AFL Teamsters Union
Independent Machinists Union
Kahn and Hastings
Retail Merchant Association
Berkeley
Police Department
Theft of Daily Papers Traced to Pet Crow
Courier Cecil Plyler received complaints from a subscriber about missing papers. Investigation found the papers neatly arranged in the branches of a nearby tree where a neighbor's pet crow had carried them for several days.
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Durant
Okla
U.P
Cecil Plyler
Robbery Foiled at Williamson Service Station
John Booth, attendant at 801 Fillmore, repelled two hijackers with a tire tool after a blackjack blow. The pair fled south, abandoning a stolen 1934 Chevrolet found abandoned at the station. The car belonged to H. R. Vaughn of Tulsa. Police searched downtown Amarillo for the suspects.
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John Booth
Williamson
Fillmore
Dalthart
Booth
Jim
Dalhart
H. R. Vaughn
Tulsa
Amarillo
Durocher named in film star's divorce dispute
Leo Durocher the Dodgers pilot is accused in a domestic dispute involving Laraine Day and her husband James Ray Hendricks. Hendricks claims Durocher pursued Miss Day while posing as a family friend. Durocher and Day deny the charges as lies.
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Los Angeles
Leo Durocher
Laraine Day
James Ray Hendricks
Hendricks
Brooklyn Dodgers
Leo
Ray
Miss Day
Chicago
Durocher
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