Death and Funeral Notices From Blackburn Area
Leona Jensen 29 died Sunday. Sister of Bessie Barnes Mandy Edwards Minnie Gales Mary Anne Foster Veda Lewis Julis Romines Calvin Wire Walter Marvin Daughter of Mrs Nancy Romines Services 2 PM Tuesday Memorial chapel Interment Memorial Park Cemetery. Robert Dan Stanford 3 year old died in Columbia Missouri Grandson of Mr and Mrs W C Graves and Mrs Frank Stanford Body arrives Amarillo Tuesday morning Services pending Jessica Young died Tuesday Relatives and services later
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Leona Jensen
Lincoln
Bob
Bessie Barnes
Mandy Edwards
Minnie Gales
Mary Anne Foster
Veda Lewis
Julis Romines
Calvin
Wire
Walter
Marvin
Nancy Romines
Tueeday Memorial Chapel
Memorial Park Cemetery
Stanford Robert Dan
Peenges
Dan Stanford
Columbia
W. C. Graves
Frank Stanford
Amarillo
Jessica Young
Jackson
Infant Mitchell and Boggs deaths announced
Infant Deeil James Mitchell son of Mr and Mrs James A Mitchell of 202 Lincoln died Sunday with services pending. Grandparents listed. Blackman infant son of Mr and Mrs Carl Blackman died Monday. grandfather noted. Grave side services 330 PM Tuesday at Memorial Park Cemetery. Bethy Bowes Boggs 45 of Big Springs wife of June and mother of Keyland Roy Joe and Martha June. services pending.
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Mitchell Deeil James Mitchell
James A. Mitchell
Lincoln
James Mitchell
Stella Taylor
Blackman
Carl Blackman
R. C. Wheeler
G. & Blackman
Memorial Park
Boggs
Keyland
Roy
Joe
Martha June
Prank Bogses
Judge Rules on Drunk Husband in Hagstrom Divorce Case
In Chicago a Cook County judge refused Mrs. Borghild Hagstrom's bid for divorce, ruling that drinking five quarts of beer daily and a pint of whiskey monthly does not establish habitual drunkenness. Wits testified to his holidays intoxication, but Harold Hagstrom admitted occasional nips and was not contradicted.
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Chicago
Cook County
Cornelius J. Harrington
Oldest Bible Found in Cairo Bookshop
A Cairo bookshop yielded a likely oldest extant Bible dating to the second century. It contains the Gospel of Matthew, Paul's letters, and bits of the Old Testament. The text notes a Christmas-related closing and several classified-style notices follow.
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Cairo
Egypt
Paul
Down To Earth Prices at Hedgecoke Motor Co
Used car lots list a wide range of vehicles with prices and features. Cars include 1947 Chrysler Windsor, 1947 Chev Town Sedan, 1946 Chev 4-door, 1942 Ford Tudor, and various Dodges, Plymouths, and Oldsmobiles. Trade names, contact numbers, and showing hours are included.
Stadium sites eyed for cost and drainage ease
School officials weighed two potential locations for a new stadium in the city area, comparing costs and drainage. The Lawrence park site would be donated land with road work by the county, while the fairgrounds site offered lower expenses and level ground but drainage adjustments were estimated.
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Dick Bivins
Whittington
Lawrence
Fair Grounds
Frank Harrison
Harrison
J. R. Lawrence
Georgia Street
Wolflin Avenue
Western Avenue
Thirty-Fourth Avenue
Ite
Georgia
Western
Thirty- Fourth Avenue
Bivins, Halley
Gene Jordan
Howard Lynch
Golden Sandies
Indonesian plan aid and Dutch moves reported
An Indonesian envoy urged the United States to cut ECA funding to pressure the Dutch as Indonesia and the Netherlands clash in Southeast Asia. Dutch forces landed on Sumatra while pressing gains in Java amid this year’s ECA aid totaling over 300 million dollars.
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Indonesia
Economic Cooperation Administration
D. Soemitro
Lovett
Sumatra
Java
Dairy Suit Court Rules Violations in Milk Price Case
Judge Betts notes government controls pushed firms toward actions violating anti trust laws. Attorneys detail milk company filings and testimony from producers and retailers. The state argues price hikes across Fort Worth and Dallas after OPA end from July 1946 to November 1947, with penalties to be shared.
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Ted
Betts
OPA
Asst. Atty. Gen
J. A. Amis, Jr
Daniel
Shepherd
Fort Worth
Dallas
Texas Defends Frontier Claim in Historic Oil Agreement
Daniel and staff, after two years before Congress, prepare to defend Texas title in a land dispute tied to oil rights. He vows to fight the case with the blood and valor that won San Jacinto, as he emphasizes trial preparedness and the value of prior information gathered.
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Texas
San Jacinto
Daniel
Congress
I Remember the Street and Stars of New York
Ed Sullivan and a Texan recall meetings with Wall Street figures like Mr. Trask and Eddie Tarrot in a vivid reminiscence. The writer describes lunch on the 414th floor, stock chatter, theater outings with Beatrice Lillie, and the rise of home television as Amarillo anticipates new printing presses.
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Frederick Trask
Helen Whitney Foundation
Jay
Mr. Trask
Texas
Tom Thompson
Wall Street
Eddie Tarrot
Stock Exchange
Eddie
Bob Coleman
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Eddie Tatrot
Mr. Tatrot
B. Lillie
United States
Actors Equity
New York
Patton Heights
Harlem
Long Island
Washington Redskins
New York Giants
Sammie Baugh
Conerly
ED Sullivan
Daily News
KGNC
J. B. Linn
Hal Martin
Record Snow Histories At Amarillo Christmases
Weather data shows snow on Christmas Day in Amarillo eight times since 1905. Notable values include 3.6 inches in 1906, 6.7 inches in 1914, and a record 114 inches in 1918. The heaviest recent Christmas snow was 5.2 inches in 1939 with drifts to 15 inches causing travel hazards.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Death Watch Names Six Executed For Tojo Regime
The list memorializes Gen Kenji Deihara 65 premier Koki Hirota 70 and six other Japanese leaders linked to wartime acts. Gen Seishiro Itagaki 63 and Gen Heitaro Kimura 59 are noted for harsh wartime crimes, while Gen Iwane Matsui 70 directed the Nanking massacre. Lt Gen Akira Muto 56 held wartime command roles and Tojo 64 earned the nickname The Razor. Ross Sterling in Fort Worth is reported in good condition after hospitalization for heart issues.
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Tojo
Kenji Deihara
Manchuria
Koki Hirota
Japan
Moscow
Seishiro Itagaki
Dutch East Indies
Heitaro Kimura
Iwane Mats
Duggan’s Death Linked to Espionage Testimony
The New York Institute of International Education official Daniel Duggan died after a fall from the Fifth Avenue office amid disclosures by Whittaker Chambers and testimony by Isaac Don Levine. Mundt released a partial transcript alleging Duggan discussed leaking secrets from the State Department to a former aide. Duggan’s death followed illness and recent back surgery, with no signs of foul play or witnesses.
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Whittaker Chambers
Mundt
Duggan
Cordell Hull
Isaac Don Levine
Plain Talk
Levine
Chambers
Adolf A. Berle, Jr
State Department
Congressional Committee
Federal Grand Jury
New York
Donald J. Shank
Institute
Grand Jury
Helen
James Pritchard
Short Change Artists Nabbed After Victory Theater Cashier
Police seek two women who swindled a Victory Theater cashier of more than $9 in a quick sale scam. One posed as buyer with a $10 bill for two tickets while the other claimed to have exact fare, taking the recipient’s change and the $10 bill. No other victims reported.
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Victory Theater
Vandals Darken Port Arthur Tree of Light Ceremony
The annual Tree of Light in Port Arthur was blacked out when vandals stripped the enormous tree of its bulbs the night before the ceremony. Church choirs and the community carried on with the event despite the missing lights. The article notes the tree’s global plant distribution.
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Port Arthur
Autos for Sale Clean Cars from Your Ford Dealer
Ford dealer Walter Irvin offers used cars from 1937 to 1948 including a 1948 Ford Tudor Sedan low mileage 1946 Chevrolet Fleetmaster 4 door with radio heater and new tires and several other models. They also list a 1942 Chevrolet Club coupe a 1941 Buick Special 4 door with dual heaters and radio a 1940s trucks and a 1938 Dodge LWB Truck. We buy clean 38 to 48 models.
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Hedgecoke Motor CO
N.Y
LaSalle
Itn
Amarillo Motor CO
Oldsmobile
Cadillac
Tyler
Luther Hough
Bob Hough
Burleson
Auditorium
Buchanan
Caurister News Club
Benton Motor CO
Polk
Dodge
Grand Ave
Studebakers&tonick
North Roberts
Fillmore 7Th & Buchanan
North East
E. Neel
Georgia
Buick
West Sth
Apt
Manhattan
Frazer
Plymouth
Nash
Chevrolet
BOB Fuller Motor Company
Witt Motors
Ford
Hillcrest
Hudson
South Fillmore
Kaiser
West
Johnson's
N. Tyler
J. A. Ballew
River Drive
West 6Th Ave
Ee Lewis
Hayden
Multiple Used Cars and Deal Listings in Local Ads
A dense block of classified entries lists numerous used cars and asks for quick sales. Models range from 1930s to 1948 with notes on radios heaters sun visors and low mileage. Prices vary from 350 to 600 and involve calls to local numbers and addresses like 725 North Roberts and 1101 N. E. 8th.
Death Takes Mrs. Young in Amarillo at 76
Jessica Young age 76 of 512 Jackson Amarillo died early this morning at Northwest Texas Hospital after long illness. Widow of David M. Young she lived in Amarillo 38 years and earlier in Panhandle. Funeral at 2 30 tomorrow Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel burial Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by five nieces and two nephews.
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Jessica Young
Jackson
Northwest
Texas Hospital
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
Memorial Park Cemetery
Nina Carhart
Opal Creek
Panhandle
Willie Brewer
Washington, DC
Thelma Taylor
Pampa
la Mara Brewer
Hinton
Okla
J. L. Carhart
Panhan
Roy Brewer
Oklahomaity
Carpenters Work On Livestock Building Job At Fair Park
Fourteen carpenters were on the Livestock Exhibition Building project at Tri-State Fair Park as the crew grows after the union suspended foreman James D. Ward. Another carpenter is suspended. all workers are hired on union scale with 12% bonus for work above 30 feet. Top of the structure rises over 50 feet. county officials have not increased crews since Ward's suspension.
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Tri-State Fair Park
Carpenters Union
James D. Ward
Frank Harrison
Woman Injured After Vehicle Hits Pedestrian at Eighth and Lincoln
A woman was struck by a car at Eighth and Lincoln around 1 15 this afternoon. She was taken to St Anthony's Hospital by Blackburn Shaw ambulance with knee and chest injuries described as not serious. Identified as Mrs W E Lane of 1702 Pierce Street.
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Eighth
Lincoln
St. Anthony's Hospital
Blackburn-Shaw
W. E. Lane
Pierce
Suit filed for $46 000 against D G Dalby
J L Chesser an employee of Rock Island Railroad sues D G Dalby and Denver Amarillo Express Co for $46 000 citing injuries from a Sept 27 truck crash at Second and Buchanan. He seeks $1 000 for hospital and medical expenses and $45 000 for reduced earning capacity.
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D. G. Dalby
Denver-Amarillo Express Company
J. L. Chesser
Rock Island Railroad
Merchant & Pope
Amarillo
Chesser
Second
Buchanan
Charge 2 as Girl Found
Two Amarillo men were charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor after a 15 year old Amarillo girl disappeared Saturday and was found last night in a tourist court cabin with Guy Wayne Tyler 24 and Billy J. Duncan 22. Both men gave 1309 North Fillmore as their address and were placed in custody after the grand jury evening session.
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Amarillo
Guy Wayne Tyler
Billy J. Duncan
North Fillmore
Woman Saved From Drowning in Tub in Texas
Mrs. John Plocheck of Little York Texas was hospitalized after being rescued from a bathtub drowning incident. The 51 year old woman suffered a heart attack at her daughter Morrish Richmond's Baytown home and was found submerged and unconscious as water dripped from the tub.
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Baytown
John Plocheck
Little York
Tex
Morrish Richmond
Richmond
Man Hurt in Fall Leaves Hospital
Floyd J. Mooring 45 of 707 Buchanan Amarillo a Bus Company driver was released from Northwest Texas Hospital this morning after injuries from a fall yesterday when he fainted and struck his head on the sidewalk at Fifth and Taylor. He was transported by Boxwell Brothers ambulance.
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Floyd J. Mooring
Buchanan
Amarillo
Northwest Texas
Fifth and
Taylor
Boxwell Brothers
Grand jury session probes forgery and swindling cases
The Potter County grand jury met for a second day this week to investigate forgery theft and swindling by worthless checks and related disguises.
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Potter County
Lack of US Telephone Poles Delays Philippines Recovery
Manila reports a delay in restoring communications as shortages of telephone poles from the United States hinder the Philippines. The setback slows efforts to reconnect networks and resume normal service for residents and businesses.
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United States
Philippines
Manila
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Blackburn
Shaw Funeral Directors
Borwell
Copeland Arnold A. Copeland
Brownfield
Beula
Laibbock
Llano
Buthker
Christmas Plains Chevrolet Co
VA Hospital
Pearl Tennyson
Herring Motel
H. White
Fender
Dick Whitehead
NIMMO
Aerosedan
Ford Cl
Davis Auto Sales
van Buren
Kalioerang
United Nations
Soebandrio
Britain
London
Republic
Kaiser OR
BOB Fuller Motor CO
Kaiser-Frazer
Tom
Jack King
Beatrice Lillie
USA
Barnum
Mr. King
Benny
Allen
Westinghouse
Hoot Gibson
Hollywood
Walt Disney
Globe-News
Death Watch
Ross Sterling
Amarillo National Bank
Boyd's Garage
General Automotive
Ensign
Butane
N. E
Walter Irvin, Inc
JIM_ STICHASe
Pontiac
Harvey Southworth
Fillmore
North Buchanan
International
East 16Th
Albert Beck
Breckenridge
Bruckner Motor Co
N. Fillmore
Auto Service Marts Glass Shop Auto Glass Teararrrm
Trailer G Equipment Co
Auto Parts & Acces
Elmer Auto Supply
Chevrolet Motor
North Harrison
TALRS
Spartan Aircraft
Ineernational
Spartan
Dailey
Liberty
NEW Continental
Atwood Vacuum Hitch
Florida
Nice
P. O
Globee News
Walter I
Warren Gilbert
Death
Mrs. Young
News-Globe
Fall Leaves Hospital
Fairbanks-Morse
Wat
Sewhee & Supply
Freeman
Motor Company
Chrysler
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