Post Christmas letter to Santa from an office worker
A humorous post Christmas memo in which HAL BOYLE drafts a letter to Santa Claus at the North Pole detailing gifts received and family reactions. The narrator notes a broken toy, reindeer roof damage, and a landlord repair bill, ending with wishes for the new year.
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New York
Miss Smith
Santa Claus
North Pole
APO
Mr. Claus
Hortense
Junior
Santa
Funeral Held for Mrs. Cora Kancher in Amarillo
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Lee Kancher were held at Boxwell Brothers Chapel. She died Wednesday night at Northwest Texas Hospital. Pallbearers were R H Deitiker C W Carder J B Coe J E Langley R C Martini and F K Chapman. She was 55, wife of Emanuel Kancher Santa Fe division agent, resident of Amarillo one year. Burial in Llano Cemetery. Survived by two sisters in New Orleans and a nephew in Oklahoma City.
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Cora Lee Kancher
Northwest Texas Hospital
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
First Church of Christ, Scientist
R. H. Deitiker
C. W. Carder
J. B. Coe
J. E. Langley
R. C. Martini
F. K. Chapman
Aircraft Worker Is Held in Slaying at Newark
Wise County authorities hold a 29 year old aircraft plant worker in the fatal shooting of Louis Drain 31 in Newark Texas. Drain was shot four times in the chest back and leg while talking with his father in front of a theater. The suspect was arrested at his home shortly after the slaying and a preliminary hearing was set.
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Decatur
Wise County
Louis Drain
Drain
Newark
Tex
Faye Noble
Fort Worth
Professors? Merchants Shot For Speculation In Belgrade
A regional court at Susak yesterday sentenced three merchants to be shot for speculation. They were accused of selling goods to government stores for a terrible commission and high personal profit.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Susak
Pampa Man Named to Navy Antarctic Expedition 1948
S Carroll Chisum of Pampa is selected as a pharmacist mate third class for the Navy's 1948 Antarctic expedition. He is a West Texas State College graduate and was honored as the most popular student on his campus.
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Arch Rogers
West Tenth
S. Carroll Chisum
Pampa
Navy
Antartic
Young Chisum
Roy Chisum
Navy Technological School
Bikini Atoll
Samoa
Chisum
Pampa High School
West Texas State College
Red Cross Party at Veterans Hospital
Patients at Veterans Hospital enjoyed a Red Cross sponsored party with entertainment and refreshments provided by the Potter County Chapter. Judge F. H. Gregor served as master of ceremonies, with accordionist Shirley Hudson and a reading by Mrs. F. Parkinson. Refreshments were arranged by the Potter County Canteen Corps under Mrs. J. B. McClure, aided by Mrs. Art McKay Mrs. D. E. Gray and Miss Beulah Sheridan. Mrs. F. H. McGregor led the event.
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Veterans Hospital
Potter County
Red Cross Community Service
F. H. Gregor
Shirley Hudson
F. Parkinson
Potter County Canteen Corps
J. B. McClure
Art McKay
D. E. Gray
Beulah Sheridan
F. H. McGregor
Chinese Learns Staying Out Late Has Advantages
In Peiping a Wang family quarrel ends in tragedy as Lienhsiang poisons distrust by denouncing her mother, Yuhsiang accuses the brother’s wife of adultery, Liushyuan kills the two sisters with an axe and then hangs herself, leaving a letter planning more harm. The husband recalls he never stayed home.
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Lienhsiang
Yuhsiang
Liushyuan
Fire drives 72 families from Riverside apartments in San Francisco
A Christmas morning blaze at the six story Riverside apartments in downtown San Francisco forced 72 families from their homes before dawn. No serious injuries were reported though many residents escaped in a panic.
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San Francisco
Riverside
Monument strip sparks protests over Mount Rushmore redesign
The Palooka comic strip portrays adding faces to Mount Rushmore provoking backlash in the Black Hills where locals condemn the spoof as mockery. Editor Fred Christopherson calls it publicity and creator Ham Fisher says it is in fun while Fisher notes the strip shows respect for the monument.
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South Dakota
Mount Rushmore Memorial
Joe Palooka
Amarillo Globe
Sunday News Globe
Gutzon Borglum
Washington
Jefferson
Teddy Roosevelt
Lincoln
Mount Rushmore
Palooka
Knobby Walsh
Mount Rush
Rapid City
John Boland
5 Sr
Mount Rushmore National Memorial Society
Black Hills
Sioux Falls
Fred C. Christopherson
Sioux City
Iowa
Journal
Ham Fisher
Fisher
America
Humphrey
Congress
Funeral for Mrs. Nancy Gilmer today at Blackburn-Shaw
Services were held this afternoon at Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel for Mrs. Nancy Gilmer who died Tuesday. The Rev Dr Neal Cannon of Polk Street Methodist Church officiated with assistance from Mrs. Gilmer's family. She lived at 18038 Taylor and is survived by son H Wiley Gilmer of Amarillo, brother Lee Echols of Gainesville, and sisters Mrs Nora Vaughn of Sanger and Mrs J F Clark of Sherman. Burial followed at Liano Cemetery.
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Nancy Gilmer
Blackburn - Shaw Memorial Chapel
Neal Cannon
Polk Street Methodist Church
Echols
Gainesville
Nora Vaughn
Sanger
J. F. Clark
Sherman
Liano Cemetery
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News-Globe
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