Navy ships to China proposal shocks Congress
Washington reports stir as Secretary Forrestal asks to transfer excess U S warships to Chiang Kai-shek in China and to detail naval personnel for assistance. Vinson and several committee members oppose, citing potential role in world politics and surplus of 222 major combat ships including six battleships, four carriers, and 11 cruisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republic of China
Forrestal
Rayburn
Texas
Capitol Hill
Ins
Carl Vinson
House Naval Committee
Chiang Kai-shek
Naval Committee
China
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
White House
Death of George W. Gibson at 77 in Amarillo
George W. Gibson 77, retired farmer, was found dead at his daughter's home in Amarillo after moving from Gladstone, N M. Justice of the Peace ruled death from natural causes. Survived by five sons Morley Weldon Edward Leland and Troy plus daughter Amy Pendleton. Body at N S Grites & Sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Gibson
Amy Pendleton
North Taylor
Amarillo
Gladstone
N. M
Justice of the Peace
C. W. Carder
Gibson
Baptist Church
Masonic Order
Woodmen of the World
Morley
Weldon
Edward
Plainview
Leland
Borger
Troy
Erick
Oklo
N. S. Grites & Sons
Amarillo Officers Attend FBI Conference in Pampa
Amarillo lawmen attended the quarterly FBI Peace Officers conference in Pampa. Sheriff Bill Adams Deputy Leo Useling Captain Polk Ivy State Highway Patrol R H Routh Police Chief Sid Harper Detective C L King Traffic Captain Tommy Thomas Ed Moore and Jim Collins represented the agency. Percy Wiley FBI Dallas spoke as principal. Seventy five Panhandle officers attended.
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Amarillo
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pampa
Bill Adams
Leo Useling
Polk Ivy
State Highway Patrol
R. H. Routh
Weights and Measures Division
Sid Harper
C. L King
Tommy Thomas
Ed Moore
Jim Collins
FBI
Percy Wiley
Dallas
Panhandle
Potter County Courthouse Offices Closed For Christmas
Courthouse offices in Potter County will close all day Monday except law enforcement. Employees have Saturday to Wednesday off for the Christmas observance. The Potter County Ration Board on the third floor closes Friday at 4 PM and does not reopen until Wednesday morning.
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Potter County
Potter County Ration Board
Christmas Seal Sales Continue To Climb
Christmas seal sales rise with totals possibly exceeding 10500 dollars. Ross D. Rogers serves as seal chairman and urges citizens to add these colorful seals to parcels to aid tuberculosis prevention and control.
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Ross D. Rogers
Hubert L Clark Promoted To Neo Man Second Class
Hubert L Clark of 706 North West Ninth has been promoted to Neo Man second class. He is now stationed in the Tokyo Bay area aboard the light cruiser USS Dayton.
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Hubert Clark
Hubert L. Clark
North West Ninth
Clark
Tokyo Bay Area
Dayton
Flu Outbreak Hits Texas Cities Hard Across State
citywide estimate finds one in four ill or recovering from flu in Tyler with over 400 absences. Vernon reports above average cases and one death tied to flu. SMU Dallas will dismiss two days early for holidays due to flu. Galveston and Waco report rising mild flu and cold cases with many children absent.
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Tyler
Vernon
Southern Methodist University At
Dallas
Galveston
Waco
Women veterans return ease at A. E. Staley plant
Decatur Illinois December 18 four of eleven women workers who returned to the A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company resumed their pre enlistment jobs at the old pay with raises given during absence. All four soon married and left again.
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Decatur, Ill
A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company
Two Helpers Per Carrier For Mail Rush
Postmaster W. D. DeGrassi says all 38 carriers need two helpers to handle the Christmas mail. Auxiliary workers total about 90 as 10 Army trucks from Amarillo Field assist deliveries. He notes the lobby is crowded with mail and stamp lines and urges residents to follow lobby traffic rules to keep things moving.
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W. D. DeGrassi
Mr. DeGrassi
Amarillo Field
DeGrassi
Amarillo Junior Symphony Parents Organize Association
The Amarillo Junior Symphony Parents Association is formed with Mrs Key Farr as president and a full slate of officers and committees. The group will support the junior orchestra and its first concert of the season is set for Friday evening at the Amarillo High School auditorium.
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Amarillo
E. R. Bruce
E R. Bruce
Burton C. Elliott
Guy Saunders
R. H. Routh
A. F. Keirsey
J. S. Wadsworth
Key Farr
Karl Walker
Alma Jo Davis
J. W. Hogue
B.R. Gardner
Cleta Linda Holland
John E. Bastom
Amarilo High School
Navy Cooperates With Santa for Lampe Family
Bill Lampe deputy marshal for the district believes in Santa. His son William Lampe seaman first class could not be home for Christmas but a telegram announced he will return for the holidays on a 15 day leave starting December 20 from Buford Naval Air Base.
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Bill Lampe
United States
William Lampe
Buford
S. C
Naval Air Base
Lampe
Seaman Lampe
Navy Husband Wade Set for Homecoming in San Pedro
Staff Sgt Eugene S Wade husband of Edith Wade of 400 Arch Terrace is aboard the USS Celeno in the Pacific. He is due to arrive in San Pedro California on December 21.
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Eugene S. Wade
Edith Wade
Arch Terrace
Pacific
Sergeant Wade
San Pedro
Cal
Ford Offer Faces Picket Line Standoff At Plant
AC workers near Ford offer meeting sparked a clash as security chief Langlois ordered all workers home claiming police protection would be unavailable. Union leader Rodgers said workers could bypass the line but would be blocked from entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Langlois
W. E. Rodgers
Markets and Livestock Briefs From Kansas City and Chicago
Market report covers Dow Jones levels at 1 P M with mixed gains and losses. Kansas City USDA livestock notes cattle, hogs, and sheep prices amid snow and dull demand. steers and calves show varied values. Chicago hogs and cattle prices mostly steady to higher. calves and fat cattle ranges listed with notable spreads. Financial industrial fund notes liquidity and an offering price of $2.69.
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Kansas City
USDA
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Courthouse Records and Marital Actions Highlight Local Transfers
Warranty deeds show John R. Armstrong and others transferring lots 15 bik 57 Eakle to Jack Corcoran and Mary Ricks et vir to Harold H. Sisk. T J Owen transfers to Owen Jr of lots 5 bik 369 Mirror Addn. District Court notes divorces for Chilton and Hoggins. Marriage licenses issued to Oliver Bostram with Millie Mae, and Ersla O Shuey with Grace Winnsett.
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John R. Armstrong
Jack Corcoran
Eakle Roy M. Matney
Harry P Ragan
Bivins Mary Ricks
Harold H. Sisk
T. J. Owen
T. J. Owen, Jr
Mirror Addn
District Court
Chas
FE Chilton
Bobby Joyce Chilton
Inez Hoggins
Lester J. Hoggins
Pal Oliver Bostram
Millie Mae
Ersla O. Shuey
Grace Winsett
Burglars Flee Empty from Ideal Food Store
Detectives report two burglars entered the Ideal Food Store at 701 East Tenth through an elevator shaft and triggered the alarm. By the time investigators arrived, the men had fled the roof, escaping with no merchandise or cash taken.
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East Tenth
Amarillo High School Drama Presents A Crown for Mary
The drama class under Mrs. N. N. Whitworth staged A Crown for Mary in the assembly hall with Jimmie Slade narrator and students Shirley Swinson Lindalre Mack Delores Johnson Rosemary Clark Doris Matney Bonnie Kretz Loreta Reese as performers. The program includes a Children's Home gift event with choir carols directed by Mrs. Julia Dean Evans and orchestra led by Miss Louise Dicken.
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Mary
Amarillo
N. N. Whitworth
Jimmie Slade
Shirley Swinson
Lindalre Mack
Delores Johnson
Agnes
Rosemary Clark
Julia Dean Evans
Louise Dicken
Louise Lynch
Student Congress
W. A. Zischang
Evans
Whitworth
Select Date for First Meeting of UNO Assembly
The United Nations preparatory commission approved January 10 as the opening date for the first meeting of the UNO assembly in London. The commission nears completion with only a few details left before adjournment.
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UNO Assembly
London
U.P
United Nations Preparatory Commission
UNO
There Goes the Trolley and It Knows Not Where
ATLANTA December 18 A group of Christmas shoppers boarded the trolley hoping for a quick ride home. The motorman got lost and steered west then north with no other tracks to follow. Officials ordered a return to downtown and the weary riders reached home about an hour late after riding backward.
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Atlanta
Chiang Kai-Shek Returns to Nanking After Flying Fortunes
Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek returned triumphantly to Nanking today from which they were forced to flee in 1937. The semi-official dispatch reported the momentous homecoming in Chungking.
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Chungking
Chiang Kaishek
Nanking
Uniforms for Soldiers First Appeared in the Seventeenth Century
The article notes that military uniforms emerged in the seventeenth century as standardized garments for soldiers. It discusses early adoption by European armies and hints at evolving styles tied to nation and unit identity.
Jam Jar Sponsors Dance at YWCA Tomorrow Night
Jam Jar members who are students at Senior High School sponsor a dance from 9 to 12 tomorrow night at the YWCA. Music by Billy Westerfield and his orchestra. Jan Thornton in charge of arrangements.
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Jam Jar
YWCA
Billy Westerfield
Jan Thornton
You Can't Get a Good Man Down You Can't Get a Good Man Down
Cpl. John G. Lally a 22 year old veteran of Bataan the death march and a long Japanese prison camp re enlisted for a three year term in the regular army after enduring malaria beri beri dysentery and torture during his Pacific service.
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Shawnee
Kan
John G. Lally
Bataan
Pacific
Fort Worth Couple Welcome Son George Gause Ware
Mr and Mrs Morton Gause Ware of Fort Worth are the parents of a son named George Gause born yesterday in a Fort Worth hospital. Mrs James O Gulerie 1607 Harrison, the mother of Mrs Ware, has gone to Fort Worth.
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Morton Gause Ware
Fort Worth
George Gause
James O. Gulerie
Harrison
Browning Blue Print Co. advertises compact photcopies
An old classified note from Browning Blue Print Co. 117 East 3rd offers discharges reduced to billfold size with plastic covering and engineering supplies. Contact phone 8462.
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Browning Blue Print CO
East 3Rd
Marine Tom Moore Receives Discharge at Camp Pendleton
Tom Moore of the Fourth Marines has been discharged at Camp Pendleton Oceanside Cal and is currently in Amarillo He is the son of Mrs Ivy Wilkinson 2408 Taylor Street.
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Tom Moore
Fourth Marines
Camp Pendleton
Oceanside
Cal
Amarillo
Ivy Wilkinson
Taylor
Stalin Returns To Desk After Vacation Break
Stalin, rested from a 68 day holiday, was back at his desk in Moscow as the foreign ministers of the Soviet Union Great Britain and the United States prepared for a third formal session on world problems. Rumors of illness faded as Byrnes and Bevin emerged with cautious optimism about future talks.
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Moscow
Stalin
Soviet Russia
Great Britain
United States
Kremlin
Byrnes
Bevin
No News on Progress After Two Hour Atomic Energy Talks
The exchange covered freeing ideas on atomic energy control and improving understanding between the great powers. Yesterday's meeting lasted two hours and 15 minutes with no public progress announced.
Stulce Family Spends Christmas in Waco
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Stulce and his sister travel to Waco to be with his mother Mrs Bernard Stulce during Christmas holidays. Edwin Stulce has returned from overseas service and been discharged from the Air Forces.
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Edwin Stulce
1907
Jackson
Bernard Stulce
T. H. Nichols
Waco
Stulce
Air Forces
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Fillmore
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Chiang Kai-Sheks
Hanking
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Blackbur
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Antos
Spring Service & Supply
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