Rescue plane saves 12 from ice in Vega incident
An aviation mishap near Vega led to a rescue where a plane retrieved 12 castaways stranded on ice after a takeoff incident. Reports indicate injuries were minor and responders stabilized all survivors. The event followed a separate holdup in Amarillo and a tense hotel corridor exchange between Senator McKellar and publisher Silliman Evans.
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Vega
Ralph Jones
Amarillo
Washington
Senator McKellar
Tennessee Democrat
Silliman Evans
Nashville Tennesseean
Mayflower
McKellar
Evans
Air Force saves 12 marooned men on Greenland ice cap
Two Air Force rescue crews beat Navy and freezing weather to land a twin engine C-47 at 10 08 am and pull 12 marooned men from a 7700 foot ice bluff near the Greenland coast. Beaudry and Blackwell radioed all were in good condition and on their way back to Westover Field.
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Washington
Air Force
Navy
Greenland
Emil G. Beaudry
Charles H. Blackwell
Westover Field
Mass
Beaudry
Blackwell
Air Force Rescue
Dor
Blule West
Amarillo
Frr
Great Plains
United Press Empire
Nnn
Texas
Boost Fair Park
HA Repair Loans 10 Percent Down Payment Plan
A brief notice announces a home repair loan program requiring a 10 percent down payment. It mentions John Maynard Lor as a contact and references the Co. at 500 W. Std near Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
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John Maynard Lor. Co
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes— Insurance
Egyptian premier Nokrashy Pasha assassinated in ministry attack
A student in a police uniform shot and killed Prime Minister Nokrashy Pasha in the interior ministry in Cairo. The assailant fired five rounds and tried to kill himself, was captured, and the incident sparked a royal and diplomatic response as Egypt faced ongoing fighting with Israel. The premier’s death leaves a power question as Mustapha Nahas Pasha or Sidku Pasha were discussed as potential successors.
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Camu
Manmoun Rahmy Nokrashy Pasha
Ministry of Interior
Nokrashy Pasha
Farouk
Lnisters
Egypt
Nixrashq Pasha
Interior Ministry
Mustapha
Helipolis
Hani
Royal Egyptian Air Force
Council of Ministers
Ministry of the Interior
Thornton
J. E. Thornton
Tyler
Roosevelt wife slashed wrist reportedly under dispute
UUUnREEPSIE, NY Dec 26 Stricken In Kansas reports conflicting on how Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt the actress sustained a superficial cut to her left wrist. Dr Hirst said the wound was personal safety related while family members deny it. Mrs Jean C Young said it was accidental while hunting for aspirin in the bathroom. Elliott Roosevelt called it an accident with no serious injury. Mrs Roosevelt was treated and released from Vassar Brothers Hospital after a night under observation. Sheriff C Fred Close plans to pursue further details with the district attorney.
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Uuunreepsie
Emerson Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
C. Fred Close
H. Sherman Hirst
Hirst
Vassar Brothers Hospital
Roosevelt
Elliott
Clemmons
Amarillo Photo Supply
Wichita
Bright
Amarillo Engraving Company
Legion Official Visits Amarillo for Membership Drive
Sol Glickman of Wichita Falls visiting Amarillo for a Legion membership campaign led by Bill McCraw department commander. Glickman, formerly Texas DAV adjutant and chief of staff, is employed by the Texas Railroad Commission and toured the Amarillo Veterans Administration facility with Legion officials this afternoon.
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Bill McCraw
Sol Glickman
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Glickman
Texas Railroad Commission
Legion
Texas Department
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas regions
Strong winds and colder this afternoon with diminishing winds tonight. Cold through Wednesday across West Texas and the Panhandle with partly cloudy skies. Pecos Valley and eastward see occasional rain this afternoon. New Mexico mostly partly cloudy with strong westerly winds today and tonight, temperatures high around 58 and low near 40 with trace precipitation.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Ten homes lift building total near Amarillo annual mark
Munday-Cooper Co. received permits for ten four room frame dwellings in the 4200 block on Washington at $6,000 each, boosting the year’s building totals to within $135,981 of Amarillo’s second best year. If the county issues a permit for the Pair Grounds livestock arena, 1948 will rank as a near record year.
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Munday-Cooper Co
Amarillo
Stanton Field
Munday-Cooper
Washington
Gall Russells
Right Turn Is Wrong at Meteriet Police Station
Pedra Cal December incidents report A Diaz drove drunkenly smashing three police cars and a civilian vehicle in front of the police station. His erratic car weave led to jail after a final right turn.
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Meteriet
Pedra
Cal
Jesus A. Diaz
Diaz
28 Aboard Plane Missing in Atlantic
A charter DC-3 with 28 aboard from San Juan to Miami was overdue five hours, fuel exhausted at 5 45, and last position reported 50 miles south of Miami. Coast Guard and 20 search aircraft from Air Force Navy and Coast Guard scoured 50 miles each side of the Miami San Juan route.
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Miami
Fla
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Coast Guard
Bob Linguist
Civen
Ernie Hill, Jr
Mary Burke
New Orleans
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Air Force
Navy
Atlantic
Miami-San Juan
Berry Islands
Ruhr to Become an Arsenal for Peace in Western Europe
Western powers unveiled a plan to rebuild the Ruhr as a keystone of recovery and peace under international control. The draft statute and communique set disarmament, European reconstruction, and economic integration as aims, while addressing French fears of German aggression and bypassing full international ownership. The plan shifts from Morgenthau destruction toward preserving Ruhr industry for peace under six-nation oversight.
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A. Shackford
London
Ruhr
Emi
Russia
Europe
United States
Brussels
Opr
Unis
France
Germany
Wncn Wl
United ‘States
Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
James P. Byrnes
Kaiser
Hitler
Six Nations
Morgenthau
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Jones
Taylor
J. R. Lawrence
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Lawrence
Fair Grounds
John Boyce
The
Fair Association
Jay Caylor
Ed Hardin
John Boyce Cu
Georgia and Western
Wolflin
Thirtyfourth Avenue
Lawirence
Thirty-fourth Avenue
Hardin
Delbert Dalby
Range Riders
Dean White
White & Kirk
Amaillo
Globe
Harold S. "Dunn
Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp
M. Blackburn
Ji purn-Shaw
South Amarillo
Wm. J. Bynum
American National Bank
Butler Field
Randall County
Moyers Motor Ca
Twe
Skunk
Feott
Henry Rietman
Rietman Lumver and Hardware Co
Air Grounds
Herb Bucke
Amarillo Gas Co
Chamber of Commerce
Tri-State Fair
W. H. Richman
Jackson
Wolfin
Tenth Avenue
Clyde Rem Meyer
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Fair
Harold Hamilton
US Bureau of Reclamation
Pair Grounds
J. A Ramsey
Miller Printing Co
David Frown
Russell Station
Walter Blackburn
Blackburn Bros
George Parr
Plains Chevrolet
John Fullingim
Hymie Clayton
Warren Freeman
Fred Lyon
Faynard Lumber Co
Yarne
Horace A. Dyer
Fair Park
Mayflower Hotel
Sen
Kenneth McKellar
Palestine
Israel
United Nations
CY Clemmons
Kansas
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