Five Injured In Car Crash West Of Amarillo
Five persons were treated for injuries after an automobile crash 60 miles west of Amarillo on Highway 66. Agnes Pfeifer of Kansas City sustained a broken pelvis and cuts. her condition was favorable today. Bertram A Logan, a Marine from Santa Monica, Calif, and Herbert R Fatone of Cleveland were injured along with Mrs Fatone. Dorothy Lee Fatone, five, lost five teeth. a Fatone son was uninjured. The crash happened when Logans car hit a snowdrift and slid into the Fatone vehicle headed west. Patrolmen also noted ten other accidents with no serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Northwest Texas
Agnes Pfeifer
Kansas City
Miss Pfeifer
Bertram A. Logan
Santa Monica
Calif
Herbert R. Fatone
Cleveland
Fatone
Paul Townsend Dies in Action in Germany
Paul Townsend, 32, formerly of Groom and Amarillo, was killed in action in Germany on November 16 while serving in the Infantry. Survived by Mrs. Townsend and two daughters, Janice and Paula Marie, he had joined the Army last March and had worked at Pantex as a fireman in Amarillo. His parents live in Phoenix, Arizona, and a brother, Ivan Townsend, is at Amarillo Field. He was a former Groom schoolboard member and a star athlete in Groom.
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Paul Townsend
Kentucky
Germany
Groom
Amarillo
Townsend
Pantex
Ivan Townsend
Amarillo Field
O. A. Townsend
Phoenix
Ariz
Amarillo High Students Buy $41,725 in War Bonds
During the week ending December 1, Amarillo High School students purchased a total of $41,725 in the War Bond campaign with two home rooms leading in sales.
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Amarillo High School
Wittgenstein Concert Pleases Amarillo Audience
Pianist Paul Wittgenstein as guest artist with the Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra delivers a left hand concerto by Ravel praised for balance with the orchestra. Robert L. Barron conducts Weber Der Freischutz Overture Haydn Military Symphony and Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel selections to close the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Wittgenstein
Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra
Municipal Auditorium
Robert L. Barron
Philharmonic Orchestra
der Freischutz
Weber
Barron
Haydn
Wittgenstein
Ravel
Chopin-Godowsky
Liszt Verdi
Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel
Blanik
Smetana
J P Glovier's Body Brought Here For Funeral
Julius P. Glovier aged 66 died December 1 in Portland Oregon. His body arrived this morning for funeral services planned in Happy likely Saturday under Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home direction. Amarillo firemen responded to a small kitchen blaze at 2220 Fillmore at 8 27 this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius P. Glovier
Portland
Ore
Glovier
Happy
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Amarillo
Fillmore
Greece in political crisis as Papandreou seeks new government
The Liberal leader Themistocles Soufoulis said Papandreou asked him to form a new government but British instructions from Churchill made a change impossible. Soufoulis warned he would not back a dictatorship as ELAS arms surrender order sparked protests and a 5:30 P M curfew in Athens amid renewed skirmishes.
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Themistocles Sofoulis
Liberal Party
Papandreou
Churchill
Scobie
Soufoulis
ELAS
Greece
Athens
GI Contest Sells Bonds Awarding Prizes in Amarillo Drive
The GI War Bond contest has sold 225000 dollars in Series E bonds. A first prize is a residential lot in Bivins Addition donated by Miles Bivins and Hugo Loewenstern Company. Additional awards include five hundred dollar bonds and support from local banks and Interstate Theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American War Dads Committee
Bivins
Miles Bivins
Hugo Loewenstern
Amarillo National
First National
American National
Paramount Theater
Paramount
Amarillo
Potter County
Ross Rogers
E. H. Quatterbaum
E. O. Gregg
Bruce Daniels
Horace Griggs
American War Dads
Milton E. Crow
West Twenty-second Avenue
Gene Groom
West
Sixteenth Avenue
John M. Heket
Polk Street
Bob Hiatt
Lipscomb Street
Samuel H. Lumpkin
Harrison Street
Raymond Thornton
Madison Street
Bob Watson
William Eugene Stephens
West Eleventh Avenue
Herman J. Straub
Lincoln Street
Walker Watkins
Hayden Street
Eden and Belgian policy debated by British leaders
Eden defends current Belgian government while denoting Allied troops act under Eisenhower. Sir Richard Acland questions Eden on Sforza and Bonomi, and Eden confirms no further remarks. The discussion covers Britain's stance in liberated countries and Allied coordination with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Eden
Belgium
Eisenhower
Back on the Job Judge Kirkman Returns to Court
Corporation Court Judge J. A. Kirkman resumed duties today after an absence last Thursday due to illness. The return marks a full-time restart at the bench with no further delays anticipated.
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J. A. Kirkman
Corporation Court
Traveler Returns Lost Overcoat to Montana Man
Garford Wilkinson of the Bureau of Reclamation in Amarillo helped a traveler stranded in a snowbank near Dalhart. The traveler, who lives in Billings, Mont, forgot his heavy coat after escaping a train headlight and thawed in Wilkinson’s car. Wilkinson now writes Billings newspapers to locate the man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garford Wilkinson
Bureau of Reclamation
Amarillo
Dalhart
Wilkinson
Billings
Mont
Courthouse Records Divorce and Marriage Notices
District Court filings show divorces for F A Garnett Hylois Garnett Kenneth Cayton Ellen Cayton Clydie Anderson James Anderson and numerous other couples. Marriage licenses issued to Clarence Hill Dayther Taylor William Burrell Jackson Minnie Montgomery C Hutton Clara Hayes and several others.
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District Court
F. A
Dan Crowley
Margie Wright
Earl Gibson
Marion Elizabeth Stephenson
Thomas A. Shuman
Nancy Wallace
Robert E. Woodworth
Harriett E. Cusman
Russell D. Clements
Beatrice Lotella Long
Leonard C. Cooper
Mattie Mae Shackley
Jess Blankenship
Lucy Gieher
Norman W. Robinson
Edna Niemann
Kenneth J. Smith
Eleanor M. Rainbolt
Vincent J. Russo
Geraldine Gray
Kenneth W. Hays
Edith Lou McGee
Joseph Arthur Jordan
Marthat
Ellen Thomas
Disabled Vets Name Officers
The Disabled American Veterans chapter completed its officer roster at a Legion Hall meeting. Officers elected were Robert E. Gorman as chaplain Roy Beard as officer of the day and General Alsabrook as judge advocate Jimmie Moore named state executive committeeman and the chapter officers form the local executive committee. A forget me not sale is planned for December 22 and 23 to raise funds. Sol Glickman attended as special visitor.
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The
Disabled American Veterans
Jimmie Moore
Legion Hall
Robert E. Gorman
Roy Beard
Alsabrook
Moore
Sol Glickman
New Pain Relief Method Offered Without Obligation
An eye opening offer invites readers to request details of a new method from William S. Rice Inc Dept 893 L Adams NY. The advertisement promises a comfortable rupture protection without grappling pads or painful straps, claiming freed from trusses and bound by springs.
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William S. Rice, Inc
L. Adams
N. Y
Student Bond Drive Incentives Reported by Amarillo High
Mrs. Thomas Haynie and Mrs. Sybil Brierley supervise sales while Guy Saunders Potter County War Bond chairman offers a 25 dollar bond for the student selling bonds with the largest cash value. Another 25 dollar bond will go to the student selling to the greatest number of customers. The Student Congress will award five dollars and continue nearby support.
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Thomas Haynie
Sybil Brierley
Guy Saunders
Potter County
Amarillo
Allied forces advance amid Saar region battles and Rhine floods
A wartime dispatch reports Tenth Armored division crossings near Merzig and gains near Saarlautern as Patton moves toward Ruhrling Dehlingem and Weustwiller with actions across the Saarbracken Sarregue miners area. Troops enter Mertzwiller while Vosges advances occur near Colmar. Floods drop after swelling 30 square miles between the Waal and Neder Rhine. Venlo shelled by Dempsey’s heavy guns as planes operate.
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New Dear River
Tenth Armored Division
Merzig
Saarlautern
Eisenhower
Patton
Ruhrling
Weustwiller
Handling
Oermingen
Dehlingem
Saarbracken-Sarregue
Haugenau
Mertzwiller
Vosges
Strasbourg
Colmar
21St Army Group
Holland
Waal
Neder Rhine
Miles C. Dempsey
Venlo
Allied forces push into German Saar region amid heavy wreckage
Allied units report destroying or disabling 39 locomotives 128 rail cars and 68 motor transports as the Third Army advances. The 35th Division reaches edge of Sarreguemines and nearby Sarreinsming while other columns strike toward Neufrange Siltzheim and Hambach with strong fortifications observed along the Siegfried Line.
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Third Army
Sarreguemines
Sattelite
Sarreinsming
Neufrange
Sarregue
320Th
35Th
Siltzheim
Seigfried Line
Sixth Armored Division
Ippling
Hambach
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J. P. Glovier
Panagiotis Canellopoulo
Democratic Front
East Indies
Pvt
Robert O. Riggs
Robert Otto, Jr
Maude Riggs
East Fourteenth
Robert
Brookhaven
Miss
Badoglio
Count Sforza
Signor Bonomi
Richard Acland
Commonwealth Party
Oliver Eakle
Courthouse Records
Blackburn
Shaw Funeral Directors
Manne A
Buchanan
Ol' Vernon Sez
Zale
Coast
Hanes
P. H. Hanes Knitting Co
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
National Urderwear
Elgin-American
Polk
Avalon
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