Week end Burglaries Total 7 in Amarillo
Police records show seven burglaries and four car thefts over the weekend in Amarillo. One man was arrested and jailed for transfer to military authorities. Three cars have been recovered. cash and merchandise are still missing. Various businesses and a church suffered break ins, with safes tampered and entries through windows.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Sash and Door Company
Grant
Minneapolis Moline Plow Company
East Tenth
Amarillo Man Named to National American Legion Committee
George E. Broome of Amarillo is among 24 Texans picked by National Commander John Steele for the 1946 American Legion national committee. A veteran of Hanson Post since 1926, he serves on the aeronau tics commission for a sixth year and joined the Legion in 1919.
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George E. Broome
Amarillo
American Legion
John Steele
Aeronautics Commission
Mr. Broome
Commission
Legion
Hanson Post
Chicago
Miss Ekelund Chosen to Represent WTSC at El Paso Carnival
La Nell Ekelund of Amarillo has been selected by the student senate to represent West Texas State College at the Southwestern Sun Carnival in El Paso. A sophomore art major, she is a two year cheerleader and performer in the College Variety Show and a member of a leading campus sorority.
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la Nell Ekelund
John Ekelund
Amarillo
West Texas State College
el Paso
Ekelund
Four Children Die In Fire In Converted Chicken House Home
Four children perished when a fire destroyed a makeshift home in Panole California where a chicken house had been turned into living quarters. Two other residents are in critical condition and five younger children were rescued unharmed. A young married woman caring for them sustained minor burns.
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Panole
Cal
Nazi leadership corps estimated at six hundred thousand
Prosecutor Col. Robert G. Storey outlined a broader total of Nazi officials, suggesting the leadership staff could reach about two million when minor officers are counted. He argued the Reich cabinet’s 1934 purge decree made it an accessory after the fact to murders. He also revealed plans to starve Moscow and Stalingrad and named Hermann Goering as initiator of the starvation scheme threatening tens of thousands of Russian deaths.
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Russia
Hermann Goering
Six More Shopping Days but Late Comers Can't Be Choosey
Bette Thompson notes Amarillo stores have slim holiday stock. Nightgowns are scarce with prices 3.95 to 39.95. robes common from 19.95 to 59.95. satin brocade robes around 19.95. Slips 2.95 up, black lace lingerie scarce. scarves and costume jewelry offer broader options. Perfume available though Chanel No. 5 out. Nylons avoided. six days left. Merry Christmas.
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Bette Thompson
Amarillo
Wreck Victims in Critical Condition Near Borger
Wreck victims in critical condition from two head on crashes near Borger. Fifteen injured in the collisions include Jean Torbett Charlene Wheeler and Marcella Roberts all linked to Phil lips Company workers.
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Borger
Amarillo
Jean Torbett
Charlene Wheeler
Miss Seymour
Lenora Turner
Fritz
Seymour
Marcella Roberts
Sgt. G. V. McCarthy
Phillips
Phillich Company
Berger
G. W. McCarthy
Fritz, Seymour
McCarthy
T. C. Chadwick
J. B. Clark
W. C. Conway
Clark
Rush Is On at Amarillo Post Office Christmas Mail Rush
Amarillo Post Office sees heavy Christmas mailing with four windows active in lobby and continuous stamp lines. Sunday backlog in residence deliveries piled parcels five feet high in basement, auxiliaries called in to handle demand. Christmas Seal sales at the lobby booth exceed seven dollars by noon, needing extra staff.
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Amarillo
Lilah Eastham
Col Julius Mueller Home On Convalescent Leave
Col Julius Mueller is home with his wife on a 30 day convalescent leave prior to discharge from the Army Air Forces at San Antonio. He will return to the regional convalescent hospital in San Antonio at the end of his leave. Yeomen and Mrs William E Ferguson of San Diego are spending Christmas holidays with their parents Mr and Mrs Howard A Ferguson 3607 Van Buren and Mr and Mrs G B Morris 1511 East Fleventh.
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Col
Julius Mueller
Army Air Forces
San Antonio
William Ferguson
William E. Ferguson
San Diego
Howard A. Ferguson
van Buren
G. B. Morris
East Fleventh
President Truman Nears Draft on Army Navy Merger
President Truman has nearly finished a draft message to Congress proposing unification of the Army and Navy, likely ready for submission on Wednesday. White House press secretary Ross declined to discuss the merger stance but noted uncertainty about when a ratification message for the $4.4 billion British credit would be sent.
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Army
Navy
Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Charles G. Ross
Ross
British Break Up Indonesian Attack in Java
In Batavia on December 17 British Indian troops dispersed a mob of about three hundred Indonesians in the Buitenzorg area of western Java. The attackers, armed with knives, called for Muslim brothers from India. Rifle fire repelled the assault after a earlier machine gun attack was stopped.
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Batavia
Java
India
Buitenzorg
Miss Wanda Lee Anderson and Miss Freda Jones Return from Ver non
Miss Wanda Lee Anderson and Miss Freda Jones return from Ver non staying with Mr. and Mrs. 8S. L. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Adam Donges.
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Wanda Lee Anderson
A Adams
Freda Jones
Taylor
Vernon
L. Johnson
W. H. Anderson
Adam Donges
Eisenhower Birthplace to Become National Shrine
Denison plans to convert the Dwight D. Eisenhower birthplace into a shrine with public funds. A citizen committee bought the property from E. H. Mullins. the house will be repaired painted and kept in original design while two lots are landscaped. Mayor Bill Ashburn announced the project.
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Denison
U.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
E. H. Mullins
Bill Ashburn
Weekend Guests of Miss Addie Shugart 1923 Pierce
After a 30 day leave A P Shugart Jr a water tender third class in the Navy returned to Seattle Sunday. Parents Mr and Mrs A P Shugart Plainview and brother A P Shugart Jr were weekend visitors to Miss Addie Shugart 1923 Pierce.
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Addie Shugart
Pierce
A. P. Shugart
Plainview
A. P. Shugart, Jr
Navy
Seattle
Pearl Harbor inquiry sparks nonpartisan debate in committee
Senator Lucas accuses Greaves of insulting remarks and calls for an investigation into Greaves and two others. Pearl Harbor context rises as Keefe questions motives to keep hearings nonpartisan. Lucas notes Marshall letters to Dewey about breaking Japanese code and questions Dewey's prior knowledge.
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Brewster
Greaves
Lucas
Keefe
Dewey
George C. Marshall
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Pearl Harbor
Marshall
Market Summary Harbors Mixed Dow and Chicago livestock data
Dow Jones industrials at 190.95 down 2.81. utilities 47.33 down .71. Sales 1,550,000. Hog market steady. hogs and sows priced near ceilings. Cattle and calves show variable strength with steers up to 18.00. Sheep slow with lambs around 14.00. Chicago hogs 14.85 ceiling, sows 14.10. Cattle with top offers near 18.00. Financial fund liquidating at 2.45 30, offering 2.69.
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Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Chicago
USDA
Pierce Fenner & Beane
Armour & Co
AT & Ss
Aviation
Baldwin Loco Tee
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Borden
Braniff Te
Glenn L. Martin Wee Gulf Oils
Mid Cent
Pet
Montgomery Ward Nee
Nash Kelvinator
Nor Am
Ohio Aviation
Ilee
Packard
Pan Amer Airways Wee
Paramount Tse
Penn RR
Phelps-Dodge Co
Sear
Phillips
s+ shee
No. Pac RR
Radio Corp
St Jo
Sham Oil & Gas
Union Oil
Socony Vacuum Tee Ware
Sou Pac
Tudebaker
Texas
Eee
Corpeens
Tidewater Tex Gulf Waren
Union Carbide
United Aircraft
U S Rubber
U S Steel
Wilson & Co
White Motors Boly
Warner Bros
Wilsyn-Overland Coneenens
Western Union
Eesds
Woolworth
Rain Table
Kansas City Livestock Prices See Mixed Sluggish Trade
Kansas City livestock receipts total about 19 000 cattle with 17 000 salable. Slaughter steers move slowly while other slaughter classes hold steady. Stockers and feeders at about six percent of receipts with prices steady on good and choice steers and mixed yearlings. Major packers buying sparingly with mixed cows and calves at 11.75 to 16.10.
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Kansas City
USDA
Courthouse Records and District Court Divorces Listed
A series of property warranty deeds transfers for numerous parcels in various blocks and townsites along with district court divorce actions. Names include G C Odom Walter Van Sweringen Josephine Leveritt Beulah Hall and many others with parcel specifics like lot and block numbers. Divorce filings feature Carroll W Brown Beatrice Brown Walter Turner Lois Clark J McLachlan Roger McLachlan Nancy Holcomb Murray Holcomb Catherine Bremen John Bremen William Dowlen and others.
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G. C. Odom
W. D. Muncy
Walter van Sweringen
C. L. Munday
S. J
Josephine I. Leveritt
E. K. Hill
Mirror
Vv . Pond
Beulah C. Hall
Crowdus & Starkey
J. W. Lawrence
Jas. Lankford
Charlies A. Staehlin
Emmett Co. Smith
J. W Hammack
Roy P. Hill
John W. Story
Henry E. Minix
Southside
Clara Currie Smith
Kearns Grain & Seed Co
Plemons
James H 'Shewbert
Sunnyside
Holland
Carroll W. Brown
Beatrice Louise Brown
Wrrddell Turner
Walter Lee Turner
Lois Mae Clark
Clark
Roger McLachlan
Ruth McLachlan
Nancy Holcomb
Murray L. Holcomb
Catherine B. Bremen
John E. Bremen
William R. Dowlen
Cora Dowlen
Local Divorce Filings List Several Couples
A compiled notice lists divorces and marriage license filings including Alfred W. Windham with Peggy Ann Stanford, Thomas L. Massey Jr. with Charleen Burns, Ray Wordlow with Frances L. Warnix, C. A. Bayles with Mrs Lillie Maulden, Paul V. Sharp with Laura Yarbrough, Ernest A. Sircy Jr. with Ellen Louise Ramsey, Conley E. Davis with Naomi Ruth Gilbert, Fred Robinson with Lela Mae Broad Street, Robert Lombardo with Ina Lynch.
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Alfred W. Windham
Peggy Ann Stanford
Thomas L. Massey, Jr
Charleen Burns
Ray Wordlow
Frances L. Warnix
C. A. Bayles
Lillie Maulden
Paul V. Sharp
Laura Yarbrough
Ernest A. Sircy, Jr
Ellen Louise Ramsey
Conley E. Davis
Naomi Ruth Gilbert
Fred Robinson
Lela Mae
El Martes Yale Party Christmas Dinner
The El Martes Needle Club holds its annual Christmas dinner Thursday at 12 o'clock at the home of Mrs. L. P. Doche 1907 Tyler.
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el Martes
Dwight Elliott on 35 Day Leave From USS Catoctin
Yeoman first class Dwight Elliott visits on 35 day leave to stay with his sister Mrs. Raymon Faulkner at 1305 Western. He is assigned to the USS Catoctin.
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Dwight Elliott
Catoctin
Raymon Faulkner
Western
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Allis Chalmers
Polk
Guy Barnes
Fillmore
Trinity Lutheran Church
Axtell Company
Lone Star Motor Company
Tyler
Floyd W. Horton
Lockney
Ernest G. Grider
North Pierce
West Ninth
C. M. Castleberry
Wolflin
West Twentieth
H. L. Lemley
Madison
DeSoto
Broome
Miss Ekelund
WTSC
Nuernberg
Robert G. Storey
Dallas
U. S
Mildred Seymour
North Fairfield
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Robert Fritz
North Houston
St. Anthony's
Clarence Seymour
Fairfield
Amarillo Army Air Field
Rush
Eisenhower
National
Miss Shugart
Financial Industrial Fund
NEW York Stock Exchange
Courthouse Records
J. B. Coe
Lincoln
Yale Party
Amarilloans
Europa
Maj
Earle A. Shields Jr
Pfc
Arthur Mullins
Cpl
Marcus A. Rodriguez
ALL Faiths
Blackburn-Shaw
Amarillo Optical CO
Eigth
Williams-Campbell Ins
den Ata
Amarillo Retail Druggists Association
Bill
Amarillo Retail Druggists Assn
Atkinson Drug Store
Beery
Prescription & Vitamin Shop
Polk Street
Brooks’ Drug Store
Campbell Drug
Taylor St
Cretney
Oliver Eakle
Dickson Drug Store
FOX Drug Store
4Th and
Pierce Streets
H and Y Drug Store
West
16Th St
Herbert Drug Store
Herring
Gerring
Hollingsworth Pharmacy
6Th St
Kendall Drug Store
Lincoln Drug Store
Mark Galloway
Maxor Drug Store
Nelson Drug Store
Jack Phillips Drug Store
Santa Fe
Post Office Drug Store
Taylor Street
Prescription Laboratory
Tom Mott
Texaco Products
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