Man charged in armed theft linked to cap pistol
Charles H. Bluma of Dumas faces robbery by firearms charges over a Christmas Day hijacking of Amarillo cab driver H. B. Martin. Patrols recovered what authorities said was a toy cap pistol. Bluma, 27, was denied bond after a preliminary hearing, with no counsel present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Bluma
Dumas
Bluma
Amarillo
Murphy Hurd
Hurd
Ivy Wilkinson
Martin
Sheriff’s Office
Sunray
Stratford
Highway Patrol
Roof-Toppers Hit Plainview in Christmas Break-In
Plainview sheriff reports two small burglars struck Cobbs department store over the Christmas weekend, taking 95 dollars in cash and merchandise including two suits two overcoats two pairs of shoes boots and two suitcases. entry was via a second floor window drilled with an expansion kit. theft undiscovered until late yesterday and may have occurred Saturday or Sunday nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
Cobbs Department Store
Ted Andrews
Open Flat To Iron Fun Marian Martin Pattern 9236
Sewing pattern notice from The Amarillo Globe News promotes pattern 9236 for sizes small to large with apple pockets and an applique, includes a Sew Chart and complete instructions. Send 25 cents to Marian Martin pattern dept in New York for pattern, plus 15 cents for book, with name address zone size and style number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Martin
Amarillo Globe News
Pattern Dept
West 18Th St
New York
Mrs. Pearl Howe Rites Are Set
Last rites for Mrs. Pearl Howe age 62 of Claude will be at Claude Methodist Church at 2 p m on Wednesday. Rev William G Parr will officiate and burial will follow in Claude Cemetery under N S Griggs & Sons Funeral Home Amarillo directs. Mrs Howe died yesterday after illness since September. She was born July 31 1887 in Holly Springs Mississippi and came to Claude in 1918. She was a member of Claude Methodist Church. Survivors are husband Claude K Howe three brothers Will Joe and Peel Pybus of Vernon and two sisters Mrs Alice Thomas and Miss Callie Pybus of Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude
Pearl Howe
Claude Methodist Church
William G. Parr
Claude Cemetery
N. S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Home
Amarillo
Claude K. Howe
Will
Joe
Peel Pybus
Vernon
Alice Thomas
Callie Pybus
Firecracker Panic Kills Two at Italian Midnight Mass
In Termoli Naples Italy a Christmas midnight mass panic erupted after a 10-year-old girl Carolina Delia set off a firecracker. The blast sparked fear and a red flame as worshippers fled. Two women, Carolina Marina age 19 and Filomena Cambrosio age 52, were trampled to death amid the rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Italy
U.P
Termoli
Carolina Delia
Carolina Marina
Filomena Cambrosio
Ground cleared for Forest Hill Park redevelopment
Mark Miles city park superintendent said today the grounds are cleared for the new Forest Hill Park. Bids on the curb and gutter contract will start once city engineer specifications arrive. The 7 acre site includes two tennis courts and two softball diamonds, located north of Forest Hill School at 3601 North East Eighth.
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Forest Hill Park
Mark Miles
Forest Hill School
North East Eighth
New Grandparents Twice in Same Day
Fort Worth report on December 27 details a Fort Worth couple Mr and Mrs R P Meadows becoming grandparents twice in one day. Christmas Day saw the Meadows daughter birth to a granddaughter and the Kearns family a grandson born to Mr and Mrs Howard F Kearns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
R. P. Meadows
Robert A. Meadows
Howard F. Kearns
John and Larry Drive Clerks Nuts
Brooksville hotel clerks mistook Capt. Larry Hatfield and Lt. John Hall for a married couple when the register showed their names. The two officials revealed that Lt. Hall was a woman, leaving clerks surprised by the feminine first name.
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John and
Larry
Brooksville, Fla
Larry Hatfield
John Hall
Hatfield
Hall
Beautiful pressed glass salt and pepper shakers with red tops
Beautiful pressed glass salt and chopper shakers feature red plastic tops adding a vivid accent to dining decor. Elegant vintage styling suits collectors or everyday use.
Local Furniture Firms Named PAMPA LINDSEY CO Borger
The notice cites PAMPA FURNITURE CO and PAMPA LINDSEY FURNITURE CO with Borger listed, indicating a formal assignment or business context involving these entities. Further details remain unread in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pampa Furniture CO
Pampa Lindsey Furniture CO
Borger
EMILY and MABEL By Angelo Moreland Take Oath as Auditor
Potter County auditor appointee Boone Moreland, a veteran Amarillo bank teller, will be sworn in at the commissioners court next Monday. County Judge Gene Jordan notes the day is a legal holiday but the court must meet by statute. Moreland’s appointment was made December 17 by District Judges Henry S. Bishop and W. E. Gee. He succeeds John Crudgington, who resigned October 1 to lead the consolidated city school district tax office. Salaries for 1950 payroll will be set at the January 9 meeting, with some raises in the general fund and others previously increased last October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone Moreland
Amarillo Bank
Potter County
Commissioners Court
Gene Jordan
Moreland
Dist
Henry S. Bishop
W. E. Gee
John Crudgington
Jordan
Gilchrist Chosen for Texas Cancer Campaign Leader
Gibb Gilchrist, chancellor of the Texas A and M College System, named state campaign chairman for the 1950 American Cancer Society Texas Division membership and fund drive. He will lead the April fund appeal. Cancer Control Months will mobilize county ACS units to support education, service, and research against cancer, Texas’s second leading death cause while heart disease ranks first.
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Gibb Gilchrist
Texas A&m College System
American Cancer Society
Texas
Grace Hopkins
ACS
Third District
Sixth
Taylor
Gilchrist
Act of Congress
Suit filed for $20,000 against Panhandle Santa Fe Railway
Frank A. Nickens Jr of McCamey in Upton County filed a $20,000 damages suit in 108th District Court against Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway Company. He alleges severe bodily injury when a Santa Fe freight struck the automobile he rode in at McCamey on November 21. Attorney Mike F. Mason of Odessa represents Nickens.
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Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway Company
108Th District
Frank A. Nickens, Jr
McCamey
Upton County
Santa Fe
Nickens
Mike F. Mason
Odessa
To Speak at Church Tonight by Rev C C Huckerby
Rev C C Huckerby superintendent of Assembly of God Jamaica speaks at First Assembly of God Church North East Eighth and Pierce at 7 30 pm. He traces family mission history and outlines Jamaica program with 36 stations six missionaries 26 native workers and 2000 junior students. Slides will show progress of work.
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Assembly of God Church
North East Eighth
Pierce
C. C. Huckerby
Assembly of God Work
Jamaica
Huckerby
England
Charles Spurgeon
West Indies
Kingston
Arkansas Rites For R Wilbanks
Funeral services for Amarillo businessman Ray Wilbanks were planned in Morriston Arkansas after his death in Amarillo Texas. Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home managed local arrangements. Wilbanks aged 700 Prospect died yesterday at Northwest Texas Hospital after a brief illness. He operated a variety store at 1108 East Tenth and had lived in Amarillo 21 years. Survivors include widow Bertha Wilbanks daughter Virginia Lee Raney and granddaughter Linda Lee Raney, all of Amarillo.
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Ray Wilbanks
Amarillo
Morriston
Ark
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Wilbanks
Prospect
Northwest Texas Hospital
East Tenth
Arkansas
Bertha Wilbanks
Virginia Lee Raney
Linda Lee Raney
Chavez Silent on Brother's Plans
U S Senator Dennis Chavez of New Mexico refused to discuss his brother David's potential bid for governor. He declined comment, calling it a holiday visit during Christmas and saying there is no need to speak of politics.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
David
Chinese Lose City to Reds
Taipei Formosa December 27 The Nationalist government announced the loss of Chengtu the last capital it had tried to maintain on the Chinese mainland Defense ministry said Nationalist troops withdrew safely from Chengtu capital of Szechuan Province in West China where the government had fled from Chungking before moving to Formosa.
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Taipeh
Formosa
U.P
Chengtu
Defense Ministry
Szechuan Province
West China
Chungking
Diamond Ring Returned to Muskegon Family
In Muskegon Michigan Mrs. Dillard recovered a $1000 diamond ring lost during the Christmas holidays. The ring was found by Mrs Miles Olsen inside a Christmas package Ms Dillard had prepared and sent to her.
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Muskegon
Mich
Robert Dillard
Santa Claus
Lundegreen Funeral Set for Alma Lundegreen 85
Funeral services for Alma Jack son Lundegreen 85 will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel with Rev W S Sibley. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Survivors include wife Cora May Lundegreen six sons Os car A J J H V E D H J R all of Amarillo two daughters Mrs J E McCullum Amarillo and Mrs E B Smith Santa Maria Cal and 12 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Jackson Lundegreen
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
W. S. Sibley
Summit Baptist Church
Ross McCollum
Fred Roberts
Red Gilbert
Guy Culp
Howel Christie
M. N. Twaddell
Llano
Lundegreen
North West Fifteenth
Amarillo
Mr. Lundegreen
Iowa
Panhandle
Carrie Nation
North Park
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Cora May Lundegreen
Oscar
Canyon
A. J
J. H
V. E
D. H
J. R
J. E. McCullum
E. B. Smith
Santa Maria
Cal
Buick Slashes Prices of Cars for 1950 Models
Buick Motors announced price cuts from 75 to 310 dollars on 1950 models in the Roadmaster and Super series at Flint Michigan. The changes exclude the Special series and include a 40 dollar cut on the torque converter transmission with new model details to be released tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Mich
Buick Motors
Buick
Continued Fair Weather Forecast For Amarillo
Forecaster Walter Watts at Amarillo Air Terminal predicts continued fair skies with cooler today and warming tomorrow. A unusual 40 degree day night gap last night contrasts with a normal 27 degree variation. Temperatures to stay near seasonal norms for five days with a chance of light showers Thursday and Saturday.
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Walter Watts
Amarillo Air Terminal
Watts
Rites Held for Marcus Sasueda Fire Victim
Funeral services for Marcus Sasueda age 40 were held at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. Burial followed at Llano Cemetery under N S Griggs & Sons Funeral Home direction. Sasueda burned to death when a room at 307 North Tyler was engulfed by fire. He reportedly tried to escape as flames spread, body found in a corner. Survivors include his widow, three sons, four daughters, two brothers, three sisters and three others.
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Marcus Sasueda
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
Llano Cemetery
N. S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Home
Sasueda
North
Tyler
Eldon Weir Project Offered Standard Construction Pace
An American firm proposed to build the Eldon Weir in Australia in fifty years, or in half the time projected by the Government. The plan offers a faster timeline and reflects international involvement in a major waterworks project.
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Australia
Randall Jury To Meet Next Week
Grand jury to serve the January term of the 47th District Court in Randall County will be empaneled at Canyon next Tuesday according to District Attorney Lloyd King. Potter County grand jury will not meet until January 5 and no trial jury has been scheduled in the 47th District Court here until January 16.
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47Th District Court
Randall County
Canyon
Dist
Lloyd King
Potter County
King
Epidemic Strikes Castlebianco Refugee Ship
Measles and whooping cough outbreak hits 201 children aboard the Castlebianco after its arrival in Melbourne from Naples. Two children died and many victims were hospitalized as the 900 immigrant passengers cope with the illness.
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Melbourne
Australia
Naples
Guatemalan cinemas cut shows to once or twice weekly
In Guatemala most movie theaters now offer screenings only one or two times per week with admission prices from 10 to 30 cents, reflecting reduced programming and lower prices.
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Guatemala
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Doc's Liquor Store, Inc
Bordens
Borden
Cathey-Fullingim Hardware CO
Polk Street
the Borden Co
South
Fillmore
Emily and
Mabel
Angelo Moreland
Rev
R. Wilbanks
Chavez
Brother
Reds
Globe-News
Senne Oe
Ireland
Mogen
Chicago
Badger-Herring Sales & Drug CO
S. Grant St
Amarillo Tent
Sey
Paaya Hae Yi
Abilene
Sar
Lnes
Ordway-Saunders CO
Woody
Wood-Webb Lumber CO
Oldsmobile
Whirlaway
Hydra-Matic
S. W
Amarillo Motor Co., Inc
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