Funeral services set for Earl Beck owner of Beck Brothers
Funeral services for Earl Carl Beck 49 owner of Beck Brothers Boot Shop will be held at 2 PM Tuesday in Boxwell Brothers chapel with Dr Earl G Hamlett officiating Pallbearers include Fancher Upshaw Sam Archer C C Meetz Horace Elliott Bud Deleater and Earl Wilson Interment Llano Cemetery Beck died suddenly Saturday night at his home 1111 Bellaire Street He was a Panhandle resident for nearly 25 years and made boots for many notables He is survived by his widow three daughters a son two brothers and two sisters.
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Earl Carl Beck
Beck Brothers Boot Shop
Boxwell Brothers
Earl G. Hamlett
Fancher Upshaw
Sam Archer
C. C. Meetz
Horace Elliott
Bud Deleater
Earl Wilson
Llano Cemetery
Mr. Beck
Panhandle
Bellaire Street
Royse Dan Warren Dies at Age Two in Amarillo
Royse Dan Warren two years old son of Mr and Mrs Z F Warren of Amarillo died at 11 45 this morning in a Amarillo hospital. Surviving are parents five brothers Zollie Frank William Donald David and Bobbie Joe all of Amarillo two sisters Daisy Warton of San Diego Calif and Chyrel Ann of Amarillo grandmother Mrs C H Crawford and grandfather H Warren both of Amarillo. Body is at Blackburn Shaw chapel.
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Royse Dan Warren
Z. F. Warren
Cleveland Street
Amarillo
Zollie Frank
William
Donald
David
Bobbie Joe
Daisy Warton
San Diego
Calif
Chyrel Ann
C. H. Crawford
H. Warren
Blackburn-Shaw Chapel
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Dec 20
Markets show mixed cattle and hog prices with hogs steady for 200-270 lb and lighter weights weaker. cattle and calves uneven with feeders down up to 50 cents and top steers near 13.75 to 16.50. Chicago totals mirror softness in hogs and solid demand for top cattle and vealers. greens above 14.50 and lambs steady to higher. Financial notes show Aequidating at 1.71 to 1.29 and 61.88 offer.
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Kansas City
U. 8
D. A
Chicago
Pacific War Updates From Huon Peninsula To Marshall Islands
Australian forces move north across the Sanga River on the Huon Peninsula and press against entrenched positions along the Maseneng River near Finschhafen. Pacific war report notes American fighters and dive bombers from the Gilbert Islands strike Marshall Islands targets, destroying or damaging nine enemy planes.
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Huon Peninsula
New Guinea
Sanga River
Finschhafen
Maseneng River
Pearl Harbor
Gilbert Islands
Marshall Islands
Sheriff Orders All Residents To Eat Black-Eyed Peas
County lawman calls for every resident to consume black-eyed peas on January 1 1944. The custom began a decade earlier in his family as a luck tradition, with grocers unable to meet rising demand for the charms.
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Bill Adams
Globe
Runaway horse halts Reading trains on trestle
A horse ran onto a Reading Company trestle in Philadelphia delaying hundreds of commuters. Passengers joked as 11 trains were emptied into buses and trolleys while railroad workers freed the animal after several hours.
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Philadelphia
Reading Company
Churchill Recovering From Pneumonia
Prime Minister Churchill shows good signs as pneumonia fades after a Middle East illness. A bulletin notes no new pulse irregularities and confirms temperature stability with a heart specialist in attendance.
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London
Churchill
Middle East
Greta Garbo Still Refuses Roles Amid Slipping Prestige
JIMMY FIDLER notes Greta Garbo, once a top draw, has rejected three film offers due to salary demands as MGM and exhibitors question her box office appeal. The column cites other aging stars who refused lower pay and warns against pride in decline. It also shares light anecdotes about Dorothy Lamour Arturo de Cordova Jack Oakie and industry quirks at Columbia’s new talent initiative.
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Hollywood
Greta Garbo
MGM
RKO
Lena Storme
Garbo
Greta
Dorothy Lamour
Miss Lamour
Utopia
Rainbow Island
Arturo de Cordova
Allies batter German armor and rail hubs in Italy drive
Since crossing the Sangro River the Eighth Army wrecked 43 German tanks, including 30 Mark IVs, and since December 15 shattered two regiments of the 19th German panzer division with 2,400 officers and men killed wounded or captured. Allied bombers hit railway centers in Foligno Perugia Arezzo and Terni northeast of Rome. Bombing also hit Adriatic harbors and Jugoslav Split. Forty three enemy planes were shot down.
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Sangro River
Eighth Army
Italy
Foligno
Perugia
Arezzo
Terni
Rome
Adriatic
Split
Fire and Police Chiefs Warn on Holiday Hazards in Amarillo
Amarillo Fire Chief Earl Curry warns that Christmas tree fires cause major damage and urges strict safety measures during the holiday season. Police Chief Sid Harper cautions shoppers and sellers as a busy shopping period continues, advising car locks and vigilance against theft and counterfeiters.
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Amarillo
Earl Curry
Sid Harper
Harper
Poll taxes see little public interest in 1944 year
County tax assessor Miss Jewell Davidson reported low interest in poll tax payments despite 1944 being a presidential election year. She warned of a January rush that could strain deputies. Property taxes mostly paid. December discount 1 percent. delinquency after January 31. Also, Mary Louise Schwartz filed for divorce alleging cruelty after a dispute over following fire trucks.
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Jewell Davidson
Miss Davidson
Chicago
Mary Louise Schwartz
Robert J. Dunne
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Earl Beck
Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Financial Industrial Fund Aequidating
NEW York Stock Exchange
Tel & Tel
Amer Zinc
Armour & Co Teen
At& Sbf
Aviation Corp
Baldwin Loco
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Consol Oil
Wee Ll
Deere Co
Dome Mines
General Electric
General Foods Eens
General Motors
Sneer
Harvester Euhee
Tel & Tel Steee
Kennecott
Long-Bell Lumber
Gulf Olis
Glenn L. Martin
Montgomery Wardeens
Nash Kelvinator
National Biscuit
National Can
New York Shipbuilding
New York Cen Railway
North Amer Aviation
Ohio Oiler
Tveeeenveens
Packard
Pan Amer Airways
Paramount
Penn RR
Phillips Plymouth Oil
Radio Corp Teteeves
Air Republic Steel
Remington Rand
St Joseph Lead Ears Eee
Shell Union Oi Socony Vacuum
Southern Pacific
Standard Brands
Ind
Stand Oil N J
Studebaker
Swift & Co
Texas Corp
Tidewater Tex Gui Sylph
Union Carbide
Wilson & Co
Bi White Motors
Warner Bros
Western Union
Woolworht
Chicago Dee
North Africa
Sherry Anita Caudle
Sherry Anita
M. O. Caudle
Jason Miller
Lamar Street
H. A. Caudle
Hale Center
D. P. Pierce
Lockney
J. S. Miller
Petty
Sgt
Monroe O. Caudle
Pacific
Boss
Washington
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Fred M. Vinson
Senate
Vinson
Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Basel National Zeitung
RAF
Bob Floyd
O. W. Floyd
Garfield Street
Bob H. Floyd
Caribbean
United States
Baltimore
Eugene Polk
Globe-News
Amarillo Retail Druggists Assn
Brooks’ Drug Store
Polk Street
Bush Drug Store
Taylor Street
Cretney's
Oliver Eakle
Dickson Drug Store
Holman Drug Store
Kendall Drug Store
East 10Th
Kirk Drug Store
Lincoln Drug Store
Mark Galloway Drug
Polk
Maxor Drug Store
Miller Pharmacy
Nelson Drug Store
West
Jack Phillips Drug Store
RES
Post Office Drug Store
Prescription Laboratory
Ratliff Drug Store
N. EB
Wilson Drug Store
East 10Th Street
Jimmie Fidler
Jimmy Stewart
Mickey Rooney
Olsen and Johnson
Dolores del Rio
Simone Simon
Ann Miller
Betty Hutton
Ann Harding
Bill Woolfenden
Woolfenden
Wolfenden
Cowboy
Eskimos
Rosalind Russell
Mr. de Cordova
Lupe Velez
Mexico
Jack Oakie
Mr. Oakie
Samuel Goldwyn
Goldwyn
Columbia
Hugh Herbert
BEM Cleaners Oo
W. Ins Og
Malloy Tack
Tack
I. C. Williams
Haydn
Anhandle
Tyler
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