Newsboy Hit and Driver Charged in Amarillo Incident
An Amarillo newsboy named Damon Nutt aged 15 was struck by a car in a parkway near Eighteenth and Hughes around 5 40 am. The driver, Richard McMillan known as Dick Morton 33, pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and paid a 50 dollar fine plus a 25 cent fee. Nutt and companion Dan Neely 15 were delivering papers when the crash occurred.
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Damon Nutt
News
Damon
Richard McMillan
McMillian
Dick Morton
North Fillmore
McMillan
Eighteenth and
Hughes
Young Nutt
Dan Neely
Robert C. Neely
Ong
Neely
Nutt
See
Northcutt to Temporarily Head Potter County Judge Post
Northcutt was elected this morning by the Potter County Bar Association to serve during Judge W. E. Gee's absence after a leg injury. Jordan will be county judge, with Northcutt resigning to qualify for the appointment. Gee broke a leg Sunday and will be out of office, as Amarillo attorney Jordan with 15 years in practice begins temporary duties.
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Northcutt
Potter County Bar Association
W. E. Gee
Gee
Jordan
Seventh Court of Civil Appeals
Amarillo
St. Anthony's Hospital
Potter County
Roy Snodgrass
John Peterson
Bar Association
Whiskey burglary hits LeSage warehouse theft investigated
Police pursue leads in a Sunday night burglary at the LeSage Company warehouse 118 North Taylor. About 233 cases of whiskey valued at 15727.75 were moved through a hole in the partition from Sunshine Biscuit Inc. The Sun shine truck was later found abandoned at Third and Fillmore. Loss includes cash and a music machine theft at a cafe and other items.
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LeSage Company
North Taylor
Sunshine Biscuits, Inc
Sunshine
LeSage
Canopy
Sunshine Company
Third
Fillmore
Doyle White
East Twelfth
The
Biscuit Company
W. Roy Martin
Sunnybrook
Hill & Hill
Princess Margaret Rose in late nights sparks palace curfew talk
British observers weighed a curfew for Princess Margaret Rose after The Sunday Pictorial cited her staying out late four nights in a row. The 18 year old's social calendar included a film premiere concert theater dancing a ball and a nightclub visit provoking palace chatter about teen excess.
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London
U.P
Panhandle Trailways Plans 250000 Bus Center at Seventh and Tyler
Panhandle Trailways announces a new quarter million dollar bus center at Seventh and Tyler Amarillo to open early 1949. The facility will include a restaurant air conditioned waiting rooms lounges offices and will serve Panhandle Continental and Texas New Mexico Oklahoma coaches.
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Panhandle Trailways
Seventh
Tyler
John M. Heket
Continental Bus System
Amarillo
Southwest Greyhound Lines, Inc
Taylor
Continental
Panhandle
Texas, New Mexico
Oklahoma Coaches
Fillmore
Grady Haynes
L. R. Peek
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dixie
Santa Fe Trailways
West Coast
Rio Grande Trailways
Dallas
FHA Repair Loans Down Payment Details Refer to Lor Co
John Maynard Lor Co at 0) W. st is mentioned in connection with FHA repair loans requiring a 10 percent down payment. The note appears to be a brief reference rather than a full listing, with limited context.
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John Maynard Lor Co
W. St
Supreme Court grants hearing for two Japanese war criminals
The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, will hear Gen Kenji Dohihara and Koki Hirota appeals challenging Tokyo war tribunal trials. Justice Jackson wrote the opinion, with Justices Black Douglas Murphy and Rutledge agreeing. Chief Justice Vinson and Justices Reed Frankfurter Burton dissented. MacArthur had deferred executions of seven top war criminals pending this action.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jackson
Black
Douglas
Murphy
Rutledge
Vinson
Reed
Frankfurter
Burton
Kenji Dohihara
Koki Hirota
Japan
International Military Tribunal
Tokyo
General MacArthur
Dohihara
Hirota
Hideki Tojo
MacArthur
Mili
China
Manchuria
Pearl Harbor
William Logan, Jr
New York City
Davis F. Smith
Ilar
Joe Bowers Dies on Hunting Trip at Paducah
Joe Bowers 36 of Amarillo died after illness on a hunting trip near Paducah. Blood clot around the heart listed as cause. Born Jan 29 1912 in Bowie he worked at Burrus Mills and later as district traffic manager in Amarillo. Funeral planned at Travis Avenue Baptist Fort Worth with widow and relatives mourning.
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Joe Bowers
West Fourteenth
Burrus Mills
Amarillo
Hallie Phillips
Paduccah
Bowers
Paducah
Sam McDonald
Mr. Bowers
Bowie
Smith Brothers Grain Company
Fort Worth
Travis Avenue Baptist Church
West Fleventh
Earl
Fort Stockton
Frances Strathey
Maxine Poules
San Antonio
Jimmy Stewart Shows Em How It's Done
An Atlanta theater advertises a revival of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington featuring a marathon filibuster by James Stewart and proclaims See how the civil rights bill can be defeated.
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Atlanta
Washington
James Stewart
Solon Sen Chan Gurney halted in 90 mph Oklahoma chase
Sen Chan Gurney of South Dakota was arrested for reckless driving after a high speed pursuit east of Taft Oklahoma. Deputy Vic Wilson said the Cadillac with a South Dakota plate wove through traffic at 90 mph and would not stop until pulled over. Gurney posted $75 bond and was released pending formal charges.
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Muskogee
Okla
Chan Gurney
South Dakota
Gurney
Vic Wilson
Pellmell
Taft
Andy Wilcoxen
Wilson
Traf
Fic
Muskogee County
Mrs Bess Gill Wins News Tip Contest
Mrs. Bess Gill of 2218 Brooks wins the news tip contest and five dollars after saving a Stetson hat from last week’s blizzard and detailing her nephew’s lost topper recovery. Second prize goes to J W Allen for a tip on a Washburn train wreck. third to Mrs J R Spiller for a collision. Additional tips came from Bob Burnett, Mrs W C Baird, Virginia Newton, Mrs Bill Elliott, and James Calvary.
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Bess Gill
Brooks
J. W. Allen
Washburn
J. R. Spiller
McMasters
Bob Burnett
Madison
W. C. Baird
Jackson
Virginia Newton
North Arthur
Bill Elliott
West Twentyninth
James Calvary
Western
Two Thousand War Dead Arrive at Brooklyn Army Base
Two thousand American war dead arrived at Brooklyn Army Base today aboard the Army transport Lt. James E. Robinson. Memorial services were held at the base before shipment to final resting places in England and France cemeteries.
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New York
Brooklyn Army Base
England
France
James E. Robinson
New Evidence on Red Spies Referred to Grand Jury
The grand jury hears accounts tying Hiss and Chambers to a prewar effort with Russian agents. Wheeler of HUAC arrives with secret papers. Justice requests secrecy, possibly delaying public sessions. Hiss seeks grand jury scrutiny of documents tied to his libel suit against Chambers.
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Hiss
State Department
New York
Chambers
House Un-American Activities Committee
Grand Jury
William A. Wheeler
Justice Department
Time Magazine
Department
Wheeler
Rescue under way after C-54 crash 37 aboard
Johnston Island dispatch reports a C-54 transport with 37 airmen ditched 478 miles southwest of Johnston Island. Survivors were under air watch while Navy and surface vessels race to scene. A B-17 sighted flares indicating boats onboard. Privateer and escort craft redirected to provide continuous air and surface coverage.
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Johnston Island
mid-Pacific
Air Force
Honolulu
PC 1141
Rendova
Okinawa
Spokane
Wash
98Th
SEA Rescue
Colorado Cold Front Moves In
A storm center in southeast Colorado will push cold air into the Panhandle tonight bringing snow to Kansas and rain and snow to the Oklahoma Panhandle. Amarillo area sees clouds and a high near 59 this afternoon with a low around 29.
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Colorado
Panhandle
H. C. Wilburn
US Weather Bureau
English Field
Stern Kansas
Oklahoma Panhandle
Texas Panhandle
Winburn
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Northwest
County road costs stay competitive with contracting
County engineer Frank Harrison told commissioners that November operation costs put caliche on roads at about 1.30 per cubic yard, about one third of contracting. He said topping parking lots runs 2.75 per cubic yard and that current methods will remain economical for another year before contracting becomes better. He noted the county nears road saturation with roughly 8 to 10 miles to pave next year and that most future work will be maintenance.
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Potter County
Frank Harrison
Harrison
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California
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Massachusetts
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Veterans Hospital
Veterans Administration
Texas
Homa
Kansas
Chamber of Commerce Committee
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Broome
Rex Baxter
Lew Fields
John Boyce
T. W. Gilstrap
Carl Gray
Wright Armstrong
Burlington Lines
United Press
GLOBE
Great Plains
Strickland
Ernest Northcutt
Gene Jordan
Marquess of
Blandford
Sharman Douglas
United States
Lewis Douglas
the Pictorial
Bloomsbury
King George
Margaret
Princess Margaret
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Montreal
Que
Jacques Cartier Bridge
Oslo
Norway
Spitzergen
Kine’s Bay
Jimmy Stewart
Solon
Oklahoma Cop
Williamsoy
Sumner Welles
Welles
Mae
Zelma
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndess Insurance
Meyers Motor Co
Chrysler-Plymouth
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