Texas bank innocent victim in $81000 paper deal
S B Jones a 47 year old Hearne insurance man was arrested in Mexico and brought to Texas after check manipulations merged the First State Bank of Franklin with the First National Bank here. Jones is charged with forging a note. Worthless checks totaling $81000 were passed to the bank but depositors will not lose money. Jones implicated eight or so others known to have knowledge of the transaction.
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Franklin
Tex
S. B. Jones
Hearne
Mexico
Texas
First State Bank of
Jones
Austin
Bob Reeves
84Th District Court
W. C. Crane
Brinkley Photographs Delayed in Child Death Trial
Trial wrangles over admissibility of photos depicting the body of a Brinkley child. State exhibits 15, taken by Globe News photographer Bob Heston under sheriff directing positions, not yet admitted. Sheriff Adams and Miller testified to creation and identification while Judge Bishop restricted two interior apartment photos, questioned as unlawful entry. Colonel Simpson urged caution while defending reporters’ professional actions.
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Brinkley
W. R. Frazee
Bill Adams
Bob Heston
Globe News
King
W. F. Nix
The
Globe-News
Howard Miller
Miller
Churchill
Simpson
Seal campaign nears goal with 10 days left in Amarillo
With ten days remaining in the Amarillo Christmas Seal drive, receipts total 9630.77, campaign chairman J. B. Briscoe said, leaving the Potter County Tuberculosis Association about 5000 short of its goal for 1949 operations. Stamps raise funds for local prevention and cure efforts and for national TB research. stamps can be obtained via the Tuberculosis Association or Junior League booths citywide.
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Amarillo
J. B. Briscoe
Potter County
The
Tuberculosis Association
National Organization For Re
Junior League
Weather brief for Amarillo and West Texas area
Partly cloudy and mild this afternoon with a sharp wind shift and a brief shower early this evening. Much colder tonight with temperatures near 25 degrees. Clearing Thursday and continued cold. West Texas partly cloudy today tonight and Thursday turning colder tonight. Lowest tonight near freezing in the Panhandle. New Mexico partly cloudy today tonight and Thursday with widely scattered snow flurries in the northern mountains and light showers in the south. Colder in the north and west today and tonight. Southeast tomorrow. High 65 low 41 for the 24 hour period ending 6:30 AM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Attacked by Girls Jail Matron Dies in Dallas
In Dallas County jail a 59 year old matron Mrs Cassie Chandler dies after being attacked by two girls aged 15 and 17 during an attempted jailbreak on the fourth floor. The 17 year old signed a statement admitting both grabbed Mrs Chandler while one held each arm. She died at Parkland Hospital after suffering a head injury and a tentative cause listed as a broken blood vessel in the brain. An autopsy was ordered and charges against the juveniles awaited results.
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Dallas
Cassie Chandler
Dallas County
Parkland Hospital
Steve Guthrie
Ler
Guthrie
Two Hitchhiking Sailors Hijacked in New Mexico Robbery
George L. Thomas and Lloyd Hester face district attorney charges of robbery by assault after police stopped them in the 2500 block on North Fillmore. They allegedly held a knife to a hitchhiking sailor, taking $2 and clothing. The victim James C. Park Jr. reported the hijack from San Diego on a 30 day leave. Loot including tires clothing and salesman samples was recovered. Arraignment occurred midday with bail set at 3000 each.
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District Attorney's Office
George L. Thomas
Melrose
Lloyd Hester
Floyd
North Fillmore
James C. Park, Jr
San Diego
Cal
Thomas
Hester
Justice of the Peace
Charles Carder
Park
San Leandro
Roseville
Mich
Highway 66
Burglars Busy on North Side
North Amarillo saw four business burglaries last night with loot exceeding $100. At Rietman Lumber and Hardware Company 1400 North East Eighth burglars smashed a window and seized rifles and ammunition. The Bob White Drive-In at 1104 North East Eighth lost gum candy cigars and about $3 in pennies after a rear window break in. Jones Cafe 605 North Fillmore reported only a few pennies missing. Headquarters Drive-In 400 North Fillmore was entered with nothing taken.
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Amarillo
North Amarillo
Rietman Lumber and Hardware Company
North East Eighth
Bob White Drive-In
Everett Swackhammer
Jones Cafe
North Fillmore
J. B. Foster
Report Judge Riggs Holding Own After Exposure Incident
Former Potter County Judge J N Riggs aged 70 remained in serious condition at Northwest Texas Hospital noon today. Attending physician said he runs above normal temperature, a common response to exposure, after an estimated 48 hours missing ordeal. He was found by Range Riders at 10 45 Tuesday morning in a Johnson grass field near River Road School.
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Potter County
J. N. Riggs
Northwest Texas Hospital
Monroe
Riggs
Johnson Grass
River Road School
Armistice Prospect In Holy Land Talks
A reliable authority in Tel Aviv said Israeli and Trans-Jordan authorities remain in constant contact while probing the chance that the current truce could grow into a full armistice between the two nations.
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Holy Land
Tel Aviv
Trans-Jordan
Freeze and Snow to wed in Tulsa on Friday
Albert Lewis Freeze aged 21 and Wilma Snow aged 19 will marry in Tulsa on Friday. The couple, from Tulsa, plans a local ceremony.
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Tulsa
Okla
U.P
Albert Lewis Freeze
Wilma Snow
Norden bomb sight secrets reportedly leaked to Russians
A House Un American Activities Committee member says a report holds that Norden bomb sight details leaked to Soviet representatives as early as 1938. The claim ties to Aberdeen Proving Ground and a civilian War Department employee still in government service. The panel plans to use subpoena power to question key witnesses, including Whittaker Chambers, in a widening espionage probe.
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Washington
House UN- American Activities Committee
United States
House Committee
Army
Aberdeen, Md., Proving Ground
War Department
Tenth Street Underpass To Be Studied January 11
City county and State Highway officials will meet with Santa Fe Railroad officials January 11 to discuss the Tenth Street underpass at Tenth and Grant. The chamber of commerce highway committee led by E E Nichols says the 10 foot clearance cannot handle heavy motor freight and plans to push enlargement from the underpass east to the city limits. Rex Baxter says repeated truck damage has bred ill will. the 1925 structure cost truckers thousands. See UNDERPASS Page 2
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Tenth Street
Santa Fe Railroad
Tenth and
Grant
Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
E. E. Nichols
Rex Baxter
Presi
Bus Drivers Vote On Proposed Contract In Secret Ballot
Night shift drivers began secret ballots on a new contract with a 10 cent an hour wage rise and one week of paid vacation after one year. They seek extra vacation days per year up to twelve, which the company recently approved but did not include in the latest offer. Clarence Aber of the national association indicated results hinge on day shift voting and a meeting with company officials tomorrow.
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Clarence Aber
National Association
Aber
John McCarty
Reds in Peiping and Chiang urged to seek peace talks
Reports from Peiping say Communist forces entered the capital and captured Gen Fu Tso yi, though officials in Nanking denied the claim. Hu Shih warned the situation was serious but not yet decisive as peace negotiations reportedly begin. In Nanking, Chiang Kai shek's advisers urged resignation to enable negotiations, while Premier Sun Fo struggles to form a cabinet after returning from Shanghai.
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Nanking
U.P
Peiping
Fu Tso-yi
China
Teng Weng-Yi
Hu Shih
The
National University At
Ee Air Force
Ealy
Chiang Kai-shek
Associated Press
Spencer Moosa
Moosa
Wash
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Bill Palmes
J. G. Lyles
Rio Grande
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Babe
Russells
Globe
Robert G. Cobb
West Eleventh
Merrill Winsett
van Buren
Cobb
Williams Agency
Meyers Motor Co
Chrysler-Plymouth
GSH Peare Sales Clerk's
Mundt
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
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Congress
Justice Department
Grand Jury
Chiang
Harold K. Milks
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