Final Action Expected On Annexation By Amarillo City
Second reading and final passage of the annexation ordinance would bring outlying areas into Amarillo. The ordinance, effective immediately, includes Belmont Park Annex West Hills Amarillo Country Club and several additions along Fort Worth highway. Also on the agenda are paving bids for a 13 section project and bids for 6 000 feet of 6 inch cast iron pipe. Routine business expected.
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Amarillo
City Commission
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West Hills
Amarillo Country Club
Barnes Highlands
Alamo Addition
Dispay
Brook Addition
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Fairview
Fort Worth
Gables
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Polk
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Wolflin
Elmwood
Travis
van Buren
Jackson
Fortieth
Lipscomb
Parker
Ong
Bowie
Hayden
West Fifth
West Sixth
European corn borer cost Minnesota corn crop big loss
State entomologists estimate the European corn borer caused 40 million dollars damage to Minnesota’s 1949 corn crop. Agricultural specialists are working to develop a hybrid resistant to the pest to combat the outbreak.
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ST. Paul, Minn
U.P
Minnesota
LOST TURTLEBACK CAR AND GUN ADS UPDATE
Globe-News want ads report late notices for a turtleback to a 1938 Plymouth blue farm truck with license RE-6899, a lost gun listing for L C Smith 16 gauge and Winchester 12, and rent offers including a furnished 5 room house for a doctor or professional couple at 125 dollars monthly plus two furnished rooms at 2504 W. 2nd with bills paid.
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Lil E
Plymouth
Crawford
Bath
Towns Gas Line Out After Freeze in Neosho
Neosho Missouri faced a citywide gas outage as a main line failed during a freeze. About 5500 residents lost heat prompting emergency calls and extra crews from Joplin and Carthage to cut off outlets and ensure safety.
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Neosho
U.P
Ozarks
Joplin
Carthage
Hear Appeal Of Policeman Floyd Allen Tonight
Floyd H. Allen city policeman discharged for alleged discourtesy in serving warrants will appeal to the Civil Service Commission at 7 30 tonight. Meeting in the examination room of the city personnel office Municipal Auditorium second floor north wing. Allen 27 joined July 23 1946. Commission members are W M Bill Sutton chairman Ted Lokey and A H Chesser.
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Civil Service Commission
Clifford L. Davis
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Municipal Auditorium
Allen
Sid Harper
W. M
Bill” Sutton
Ted Lokey
A. H. Chesser
Charge Filed Against Davis for Burglary in Drug Store Case
A burglary charge was drawn today against Curtis Laird Red Davis 32 year old ex convict for the Lawrence Drug Store robbery at 600 West Thirty sixth. The district attorney’s office prepared the charge and it was to be filed in Randall County later. Davis is jailed pending transfer to Randall or Potter County jail.
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Red” Davis
Lawrence
West Thirty-sixth
Randall County
Davis
Potter County
Fog on Coast Slows Traffic and Markets Across Cities
Heavy fog tied up transport from New Orleans to the coast, delaying air and water routes. Commodities and stock quotations from New York listed numerous corporations and vendors, with mixed movement in cattle hogs and grain markets across Chicago Kansas City and surrounding exchanges.
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New Orleans
U.P
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
Galveston
Tex
Mobile
Ala
Snow blankets Temblor area as quakes kill eight
Heavy snow spread misery over central Japan after about 20 temblors since Sunday night. Eight dead and hundreds homeless. 86 homes collapsed and 283 damaged across nine Honshu prefectures. Imaichi, north of Tokyo, hit hardest with about 17,000 residents affected. About 100 Americans in the stricken zone escaped harm as US Army hotels housed troops. Mount Aso vented yesterday but quieted with only a thin white plume today.
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Japan
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Imaichi
Mount
Aso
Kyushu
Eight Injured in Funeral Procession Crash in Georgia
Eight people were injured in a traffic accident near Rising Fawn Georgia that halted a funeral procession. The crash involved a car carrying Rev Thomas A Chastain 62 pastor of United Church of God Chattanooga and several others in a procession led by Chastain, with Charles Crompton of Telephone Texas driving the other vehicle. Both Rev Chastain and Mrs Ella Fairbanks 48 of Chattanooga sustained serious injuries and were in fair condition later. The state patrol said the accident occurred near the end of the procession and no charges were filed as investigators look into the incident.
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Thomas A. Chastain
Charles E. Crompton
Telephone
Tex
Chastain
United Church of God
Chattanooga
Ella Fairbanks
Ultimatum Sent to Strikers in Dallas
A J Emory president of the Dallas Union Bus Terminal issued an ultimatum to CIO Transport Workers Local 275 strikers. Workers must return to shifts today or face permanent replacement, with reports for duty by 8 PM. The walkout began Saturday during the Christmas Eve rush, affecting baggage agents clerks porters and maids.
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A. J. Emory
Dallas Union Bus Terminal
CIO
CIO Transport Workers Local 275
Rock Island Freight Office Damaged by Fire
An afternoon blaze damaged the Rock Island freight office near the Fillmore Street underpass. The interior was badly burned destroying records machines and furniture. Discovered around 2 15 o clock while unoccupied officials suspect an electrical short. Estimated damage about 2000 dollars and most records could be replaced.
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Fillmore Street
AFL Proposal Links Raises to Cost Cuts Across Firms
The American Federation of Labor urged workers be told they may receive wage rises if they help cut costs. AFL suggested week by week cost records to show savings and that management share the savings via collective bargaining. A goal of 7 to 15 cents more per hour could be set as a result.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
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Labor
Man Killed When Truck Overturns in Texas
SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 27. Kerrville paving contractor Lyle Doyle, 39, was killed when his truck overturned on Farm Road 689 nine miles south of Kerrville shortly before midnight. Sidney Backer, riding with him, was pinned in the cab for 40 minutes before release and was not seriously injured.
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Kerrville
Boerne
Sidney Backer
Five men tunnel from sewer after picket tower sighting
A group extracted from a protest, entered a sewer, and dug a tunnel. Dirt from the tunnel was scattered into the storm sewer. Once completed they wore stolen discharge clothes, crawled through the tunnel and walked away as a picket on duty noticed a large group leaving with releases.
Tax Split Over Truman Tax Plan Emerges in Congress
Republicans on Capitol Hill brace for a Truman tax hike proposal and expect Democrat support to back a multi billion dollar increase. House GOP leader Joseph W. Martin Jr warns a tax rise would depress the economy and cost millions of jobs while urging large cuts in war era excise taxes on items such as…
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Truman
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
House
GOP
America
Martin
Obituary notices for John Olson and Alma Lundegreen
John Olson aged 66 of Pioneer Hotel died Saturday afternoon. Survived by widow Bertha, daughter Virginia Lee Raney and granddaughter Linda Lee Raney of Amarillo. services Monday at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel with body to be shipped to Ottawa, Kansas. Also shipping to Morriston, Arkansas. Alma Jackson Lundegreen aged 85 of 2608 NW 15th died Monday. Husband Cora Mae. father of Oscar and several named children. services pending.
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Pioneer Hotel
Charles D. Schnobe
M. L. Stoffer
Pred Schnobe
Blackburn Shaw
Vealin Brothers Leatherman Services Set Monday
Vealin Brothers Leatherman Carl T 31 of 4200 E 14th survived by wife Mamie two daughters Peggy and a son Thomas. father P M Leatherman mother Mrs Marvin Tingley brothers Wayne Arnold Arvilee and Merlin. Services 3 30 Monday Boxwell Brothers Chapel interment Llano Cemetery.
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Boxwell Brothers Chapel
Llano
Griggs and Pattie families bid farewell in two services
The notice lists Marcus N S S Sasueda as deceased at 1309 Garfield, survived by wife Minnie and six children, with services at Guadalupe Catholic Church at 8 30 AM Tuesday and Griggs Chapel at 4 PM Tuesday. Interment planned in Fort Worth. Also, Pearl Howe of Claude died at 62, wife of Claude K, sister and relative details given with services forthcoming.
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Atlanta waitresses prefer middle aged couples in tips
Tips in Atlanta average 15 cents, 10 cents below wartime levels. Waitresses say middle-aged married couples tip better than single customers. Elderly ladies seek more attention and waitresses dislike forgetful, snappy customers. Center tables favored over door or kitchen seats.
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Atlanta
U.P
US Firm Studies Havana Harbor Bridge or Tunnel Plan
A US engineering firm is conducting studies on a major Havana Harbor crossing, evaluating a bridge over or a tunnel under the Cuban harbor. The project envisions significant transit links with potential geopolitical and economic implications for Cuba and the United States.
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Havana Harbor
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