Lost and found notes from Amarillo listings
A compendium of small ads and notices from Amarillo detailing a missing brown leather billfold with papers to be returned to Mrs. Merle L. Ford, a stray male cat for surrender, car turnabout assistance, at home laundry services, a practical nurse seek employment, envelope addressing services, rooming or motel management interest, bicycle trade, fabric and crochet item exchanges, multiple baby-sitting offers, ironing service, and small sewing or pickup services with contact numbers and addresses across North Lincoln, North East Twenty-third, Borger, and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kress
Merle L. Ford
North Lincoln
North Wilson
Amarillo
Air Field
Houston
M. F. Weatherman
P. O
Lois
North Main
Borger
J. C. Higgin
North Arthur
Lincoln
North East
Travis
Patrolmen Testify At Hankins Trial
Highway patrolmen testified in 47th District court as the murder without malice trial of Derrill Lee Hankins, 22, of Dumas opened. Hankins faces charges for the Jan 20 highway death of Floyd Granville Wood, a Dumas lumberman, on Highway 287 about 20 miles north of the city. The state claims Hankins was intoxicated at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
47Th District Court
Derrill Lee Hankins
Dumas
Hankins
Floyd Granville Wood
Hawkins
Amarillo Students Honored at U of M Convocation
Two Amarillo students at the University of Missouri were cited for outstanding scholarship and service at the fifth Honors Convocation in Columbia Mo. Nancy Jo Greef daughter of Charles H Greef 1615 Harrison was named an honor student in journalism. James T Sawyer son of Mrs M J Sawyer 1607 Fannin was an honor student in business and public administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
University of Missouri
University
Columbia, Mo
Nancy Jo Greef
Charles H. Greef
Harrison
Amarillo High School
James T. Sawyer
M. J. Sawyer
Fannin
Lubbock
YMCA Officers To Be Elected At Board Meeting
YMCA officers for the coming year to be elected at a Wednesday noon board meeting at the Blackstone Hotel Coffee shop. Allen Early Jr president, to preside. Reports on youth activities special activities finance and construction of the YMCA building will be heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Blackstone Hotel
Allen Early, Jr
Gambling debts outlawed in Charles II era
The sentence notes that gambling debts became irrecoverable by law during the reign of England’s King Charles II, highlighting a historical legal stance on gambling obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Charles II
Leaders Named In YWCA Drive For Campaign Roles
A YWCA building fund drive targets 293 women workers by December 18 to raise 600000 for a new building. Division leaders and captains named include Mrs Wayne Dammier with captains Mrs Gayle Cavin Mrs George Curtis and others. Annie McDonald chairs the women’s section of the general gift committee with associates under her. The men’s section, led by co chairman Truett Hull Jr, is forming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ywca Building Fund
YWCA
Wayne Dammier
Gayle Cavin
George Curtis
T. W. Doud
Dan Higgins
George Morris
Rual Jones
Howard E. Boxwell
A. J. Boston
Walter Shaller
James F. Smith
D. M. Strasser
Joe Richardson
Martha Hatchett
Nell Killough
Ervin Wall
Willard Harris
Archie R. Castleberry
W. A. Craghead
Warren F. Cretney
Frisbie
Jack Seale
John Hazlewood
R. L. McMurtry
Faye S. Gordon
Miss McDonald
Truett Hull, Jr
Damage Suit Filed Against Company
Jesse Delaho an Amarillo cobbler filed a $10,000 damage suit Wednesday against the Amarillo Bus Company alleging he was injured October 7 when the driver started the bus before he was seated at Fifth and Taylor, throwing him to the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Delaho
Amarillo Cobbler
Amarillo Bus Company
Fifth and
Taylor
Delaho
Sewer Extension Work Under Way in Amarillo
City Engineer Stanton Field reports three sewer extension projects in Amarillo. Enix Construction serves Avondell Addition south of the Rock Island tracks, and H. B. Jordan Construction covers West Hills Unit No. 2 and nearby streets. Bell-Braden-Barker & Gilvin builds a lift pump station at NW Fourth and North Goliad. About 12,475 feet of six inch pipe and 4,517 feet of ten inch pipe are laid, depths ranging 4 to 34 feet, with 22 manholes included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanton Field
Field
Ten biggest news stories of 1951 named by UP editors
United Press editors select the top ten stories of 1951 led by Truman firing MacArthur and Korean armistice talks. Other nominees include Kefauver hearings, inflation controls, war atrocities, Churchill’s return, floods in Missouri and Kansas, and tactical atomic weapons development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Press Today
Truman
MacArthur
Internal Revenue
Churchill
Missouri-Kansas
Woodbridge
National League
Oatis
Vogeler
RFC
Eisenhower
NATO
Songwriter Stanley Camerell Dies at 72 in London
London obituary notes the death of Stanley Camerell aged 72, composer of the lyric for Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing and other songs, announced today in the public press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stanley Camerell
Beadwork Uses Weather Plant Seeds by American Indians
American Indians use the hard black and red seeds of the weather plant for beadwork. The note highlights traditional material choices and craft techniques among Indigenous communities.
November Cab Revenue Down in Amarillo
Amarillo taxicabs logged 252 572 miles and collected 40283.60 in November with a 2 percent franchise tax paid totaling 805.65. Compared to October, miles fell by 2782, fares dropped by 1009.50, and taxes were 20.20 lower. Nineteen new licenses issued, twelve renewed, one revoked, one denied. A request to raise minimum fare from 30 to 40 cents sits with the city commission as oil gas tires and repairs push operating costs. City Manager Moss said full financial reports may not be ready until early 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Katheryne Burwell
N. V. Moss
Commission
Liz Taylor Denies Mexico Wedding Plans
Hollywood reports a false wedding claim involving Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Wilding while they travel with Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons. The studio notes both are married, Taylor's divorce from Nick Hilton finalizes January 30, and Wilding’s estranged wife Kay Young filed for divorce in London on November 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Elizabeth Taylor
Michael Wilding
Mexico
A. C. Blumenthal
Mexico City
Miss Taylor
Wilding
California
Stewart Granger
Jean Simmons
Acapulco
Nick Hilton
Kay Young
London
Radio tower fall kills repairman in El Paso
A L Griffin, a repairman, died yesterday after a 60 foot fall from radio station KSET's transmitting tower in El Paso. The incident occurred December 12 as rescuers and investigators began to assess the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
A. L. Griffith
KSET
Maggard Quits Juvenile Home Over Confinement
Henry Maggard resigned as overseer of the county juvenile detention home effective Jan 1 after calling the job too confining. He and wife had been at the facility since his prior resignation as Potter County deputy sheriff. Probation Officer Little said the post pays 2700 dollars yearly plus room and board for a couple, with applications open on the courthouse third floor. Maggard noted he did not know his next step.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Maggard
F. H. McGregor
Tom Little
Maggard
Potter County
Little
Luke Jordan
Faces Charge of Pilfering Mail
Paul Marrs of Shattuck 37 faces a federal mail theft charge while already serving 30 days in county jail for grain theft. Marrs admitted taking a shotgun a fishing rod and small items from mail during a yearlong period between Shattuck and Spearman. Federal arraignment will occur after jail term ends.
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Stinnett
Paul Marrs
Shattuck
Santa Fe
Marrs
Spearman
Mar
Bette Davis Mom Granted Divorce
Ruth Favor Budd aged 64 won a divorce from Otho W. Budd retired Army captain in Santa Ana California. The couple married in April 1950 and had long lived in Laguna Beach. The decree cites cruelty as the grounds in the case filed by Mrs Budd.
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Santa Ana
Cal
Bette Davis
Ruth Favor Budd
Otho W. Budd
Laguna Beach
UN armistice talks stall as Reds reject policing plan
Prisoners report from page one shows tension as hostilities linger. The UN subcommittee proposal for armistice policing was rejected by the Communists. The UN offered three concessions including neutral observer teams, withdrawal of UN forces from island areas north of the cease-fire line, and rights to repair war damage to air fields. Chinese Maj. Gen. Hsieh Fanj is noted in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reds
Hsieh Fanj
Reward Offered in 1949 Kidnapping and Slayings Case
The case links a husband to a series of sex killings following a confession to his wife and a lie detector test. Ralph Lobaugh, a Kokomo worker, confessed and recanted in multiple instances. He faced the electric chair for three deaths and a 1945 slaying of Dorothea Howard. Christen of Denver was imprisoned for life but later released. Click denied involvement in Mrs. Howard's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Click
Dorothea Howard
Ralph Lobaugh
Ind
Lobaugh
Howard
Kuzeff
Haaga
Michigan City
Robert V. Christen
Denver
Colo
Manhunt for Fugitives Focuses Near Baltimore Areas
Reported sightings placed the suspect in Dundalk Essex Catonsville and Cockeysville, all near Baltimore, with a track less trolley line toward Highland town. The main search centered on Ellicott City where over 100 FBI agents and state and county officers combed thick brush by moonlight, instructed to shoot to kill if necessary.
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Dundalk
Essex
Catonsville
Cockeysville
Highlandtown
Baltimore
Ellicott City
FBI
Self light cigarette claimed by Swiss inventor
Fribourg Switzerland December 11 A Swiss chemical maker claims to have invented a self lighting cigarette. One end is saturated with a secret chemical that ignites the tobacco when rubbed against the package side. There is no flame and no puffing required. The inventor, 35 year old Ernest Heimo, says cigars and cigarettes could be produced cheaply and that several European and American tobacco companies are negotiating for rights to his formula.
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Fribourg
Switzerland
Ernest Heimo
San Antonio financier Harry Landa dies at 89
Harry Landa, 89, a San Antonio financier, industrialist and philanthropist, died at Nix Hospital today. The longtime residentLEFTOUT, he was widely known for his business leadership and charitable work in the community.
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San Antonio
Harry Landa
Nix Hospital
Woman Seeks Annulment Over Acquaintance Marriage
A woman says a marriage to an acquaintance was a joke and that four days later a certificate arrived from Clayton. She notes she was engaged to another man and has never lived as husband and wife with the acquaintance. She asks the judge to cancel the union. a hearing is set for January.
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Clayton
Caudle Involvement Tied to Passport Bid in 1950
Naster testified he discussed with Nathan efforts to obtain a passport for Europe business while on parole from a five year tax fraud sentence. Nathan claimed a friend in Washington could assist, named Caudle, who would explain how to proceed when first in Washington. Caudle was contacted for an appointment around Christmas 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caudle
Nathan
Naster
Europe
Washington
Man Receives Passport After State Department Application
A man described being told to go to the State Department to file an application. He followed the steps and, within 48 hours of submitting the application, the pass was issued. The narrative notes typical passport processing times range from several days to two weeks after application.
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State Department
Forger and Blue Bonnet Checks Hit Amarillo Stores
Sheriff Gaither warned of a forgery wave targeting merchants before Christmas. A nattily clad man passed a $51 forged check at an Amarillo supermarket, part of a wider scheme using Blue Bonnet firm checks. District Attorney’s office filed complaints as authorities pursue elusive suspects. Losses could reach thousands, with many cases under $50 never reported.
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Gaither
Amarillo
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U of M
Gibobe-Times
Borden Company
Charles H. Young
J. A. Hunsaker
W. S. McAndrew
Jack Reynolds
R. C. Randall
John D. Maggard
E. B. Vick
Amarillo Club
Laredo
Shanghai
Miz Namselle Hepzibay
Quess
Miz Hepzibah
Janes
Echo
Liz Taylor
Korea
Adm
R. FE. Libby
Maicod Hearing Service
O. C. Weakley
Blackburn Bldg
Les Am
Paul Jones
Frankfort Distillers Corp
N.Y .C
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