Coffee prices spark varied plans among Amarillo eateries
Coffee sellers in Amarillo report costs before and after the nickel era, with owners like Homer Rice and Jack Ross noting tight margins. Others anticipate price hikes or hold firm while citing rising cream, sugar, and production costs. Some expect no profit at five cents, while discussions range from gradual increases to maintaining meals-based pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Rice
Long Champ Cafe
North East Eighth
Texas Restaurant Association
Nalley
Taylor
Jack Ross
Ross Hotel
Pierce
Billo Smith
Maddox Drug Store
Viola Bownds
Greyhound Post House
German Prince Joins Heligoland Invasion Protest
Hamburg dispatch reports Prince Hubertus Zu Loewenstern, a former anti Nazi refugee, joining six Germans on Heligoland as a protest to regain the North Sea island used for Allied bombing practice. British officials halt the aerial raids while considering stronger measures.
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Hamburg
Heligoland
Prince Hubertus Zu Loewenstern
Germany
Hubertus
Rock
North Sea
Obituary for Abner Lroy Glover, 80, Beaver, Oklahoma
Abner Lroy Glover aged 80 of 318 N Lamar St Beaver Oklahoma died December 25. He is survived by daughter Gladys Clement sons Luke and Paul and brother R Glover sister Mrs John Dull nine grandchildren six great grandchildren. Service at 2 PM Thursday at Memorial Chapel Beaver Methodist Church.
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Glover Abner Lroy Glover
N. Lamar St
Gladys Clement
Luke
Paul
F. Glover
John Dull
Methodist Church of
Beaver
Okla
Hall John W. Hall
Walkers Convalescent Home
WR. Bruza
Margaret Brown
Dale Hall
Jack
Richard
Polk Street Methodist Church
Bloomington man linked to Camby shotgun rampage kills brother
Indiana state police questioned Ethridge Grubbs of Bloomington after a Christmas daze led to a near Camby shooting spree. His brother Warnie Grubbs, 32, died. neighbor Homer Neal Shaw, 51, was wounded. Ethridge’s wife Helen, 35, was lightly wounded. Grubbs was captured in Franklin after forcing Shaw to drive him away. Veneda Grubbs reported a windshield blast killed Warnie, and Ethridge fired again through the chest.
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Indianapolis
Bloomington
Ind
Camby
Ethridge Grubbs
Warnie Grubbs
Homer Neal Shaw
Shaw
Toay
Helen
Grubbs
Arthur Thurston
Franklin
Warnie
Earl Grubbs
Dallas Oilman Sued for Alimony
Dallas oilman Samuel A. Guiberson, 78, is named in a divorce suit filed by Virginia S. Guiberson, 33, seeking temporary alimony of 3470 dollars per month plus 230 dollars monthly from leases. They wed in 1945 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The case, filed in Dallas, cites estimated expenses of 3700 dollars monthly and awaits the court’s advice.
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Los Angeles
Virginia Sherry Guiberson
Dallas
Samuel A. Guiberson
Las Vegas
Nev
Guiberson
Witherson
Russo-Chinese Rift in Making?
Government strategists assess that China’s Korea campaign could trigger a split with Russia over Asia’s supreme Communist power. Analysts cite early signs of dual aims, with Chinese leadership seeking dominance and Moscow asserting control. Observers note Sino-Russo tension emerged after Chinese forces entered Korea and Vishinsky proposed a peace plan.
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Washington
U.P
China
Korea
Russia
Asia
Wo Hsiu-chuan
United Nations’ Security Council
Wun
Formosa
Tibet
Nepal
Indochina
Japan
Moscow
Douglas MacArthur
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
North Korea
Man of Many Degrees Quits as Patrolman
Boston report on Patrolman Edwin D. Flanders AB BLI LLC retiring after 28 years in the force. Despite three college degrees a promotion to sergeant never came. Flanders, 60, holds a BA from Portia Law School a BA in literary interpretation from Emerson College and a JD from Boston University. He plans no special retirement plans though he might write a book.
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Boston
Edwin D. Flanders
BLI, LLC
Portia Law School
Emerson College
Boston University
Flanders
Beery's Executors Distribute Estate
Los Angeles December 28 Executors of actor Wallace Beerys 2210150 estate receive authorization to distribute all but 800000 of it Superior Court approved yesterday a 400000 settlement of a 1524300 claim by Beerys former wife Mrs Mary Gillman Beery 52 Beery 64 died April 15 1949 left most of his estate to adopted daughter Carol Ann 20 nephew Noah Beery Jr and brother William C Beery who died Christmas Day 1949 whose children William B Beery and Mrs Charlotte Beery Sullivan inherit his share The 800000 retained is for federal taxes and to meet contingencies from a 104135 claim by Mrs Gloria Schumm on behalf of her son Johan 2 which was denied and appealed to the California Supreme Court
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Los Angeles
Wallace Beery
Superior Court
Beery
Mary. Gillman Beery Foyt
Carol Ann
Noah Beery, Jr
William C. Beery
William B. Beery
Charlotte Beery Sullivan
Gloria Schumm
Johan
Report on Boulware Condition Good at Veterans Hospital
Tom Boulware, 60, of Sedan New Mexico, listed as in satisfactory condition this morning at Veterans Hospital. He sustained a pelvic fracture Tuesday after a horse incident near Clayton.
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Tom Boulware
Sedan
Veterans Hospital
Boulware
Clayton
Britain Plans Underground Food Storages
London report says government scientists study vast underground storerooms for wartime food reserves. Proposals include bomb proof holes in chalk and rock hills of southern England and near Hull. No urgency indicated. schemes are among many. If approved, path leads to Ministry of Supply and then the cabinet.
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London
Ministry of Defense
England
Hull
Defense Ministry
Ministry of Supply
Cabinet
Court Clears Truman Worker in Passport Fraud Case
In San Francisco a federal jury acquitted George T. Davis, northern California campaign manager for President Truman in 1948, of aiding Chinese aliens to obtain false American passports. Co-defendant Dickson Lee was convicted on three counts of passport fraud and sentenced to three years in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
George T. Davis
Northern California
Truman
Dickson Lee
Lee
Davis
California
City issues permits for residence and cement plant
The City Engineering Department issued a building permit to Bill Pace for a 313,500 residence at 1100 Alta Vista, a five room brick veneer with attached garage. Crowe Guide Cement Co. received a permit for car dumps bins and foundations for a concrete mixing plant at 318-422 West First, Randall Building Company has the $10,000 contract. Move date for the Big State League meeting and banquet honoring President Emeritus J Walter Morris has moved to Jan 2 in Texarkana.
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Bill Pace
Alta Vista
Crowe Guide Cement Company
West First
Randall Building Company
Everal
Dallas
J. Walter Morris
Texarkana
Economic links show wide spread of major firms listed
A dense ledger style listing names of major companies and brands across industries appears. The compilation features Merrill Lynch, Amer Nat Gas, Murray Corp, American Tobacco, Bethlehem, Bethlehem Steel, Ford related names, textile and chemical firms, and utilities. The instrument reads like a market snapshot of stocks, bonds and corporate equities with many percentages and holdings noted alongside corporate identifiers. The Kansas City livestock report follows. The second section reports cattle, hogs, and sheep prices and trends at Kansas City.
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Imenee Bo
Merrill Leneh
Fee
Vecnul Ane
Amer
Nat Gas
Murray Corp I
Nash Kelvintz
Acme
Amer Tobaco
Amer Woolen
Dept
Amerdine Lda
Ander Prnch
Armco
Baldwin Love
Baltimore & O
Bendix Aviata
Best Foods
Bethlehem St
Blaw-Knox
E W Bliss Co
Boeington Sia Co
Paramount Pe
Borg Warner
Parke Day
Braniff Airwy
Peach Coal
Bridgeport Br
J C Penney
Briggs
Penn Pow&Lt
Bucyrus
Pennsylvy RR
Budd Co
Dr Pepper
Bullard
Pepsi Cola
Burroughs
Phelps Dodge
Butler. Bros
Philco Corp
Calif
Phil Morris
Anada
Canadian Pac
Pitts S&bole
Plymouth Oil
Daterpillar Tr
Poor & Co
Proe & Gam
Gélotex Cor
Publicker
Cent & So W
Pullman
Certainteed Pr
Pure Oil
Kesap & O
Radio Cor
Ghienzo Corp
Radio K Orph
Cheo Ri&pac
Reo Motors
Chrysler
Republic Avia
CIT Financial
Republic Steel
Clinton _Indus
s/ Revere C&B
Cluett Pea
Rexall Dru
Seiberling Rb
Continent Oil
Servel Inc
Shamrk O&g
Crane Co
Sharon Steel
Crucible Steel
Shell UN Oil
Cribenanus “Ignimens Co
Curtiss Wright
Rene Woom i
Reo Co
Jsouthern Co
Distillers Corp
Sa ‘Erie Railroad
Warn
Stone & Webst
Sunshine
Freeport
Swift &@ Co
Idewater Air
Goodall Sans
Tim Det Ax
Wesson Oil
Jones &Laugh
West Indies Sg
Joy Mfg
Western Auto
Kennecott Cop
Western
Lone Star Gas
Atlas Plywood
Kineston
Burma
IsiLa Land&Expo
Catalin Corp
Natl Bell Hess
Cessna Afrerft
Nat
Niles B Pond
Corra & Rey
Northrop Aire
Cosden Petrol
Pancostal
Cuban Air
Pantopoc
Easy Gas & F
Sterling Inc
Electric B & S
Superior T & D
Utal
Idaho Sg
Sasha
Tex East
FUGO
Texas, Gas
Southern Union Gas
Chicago Live Stock Market Report Hogs and Cattle Mixed Gains
Chicago market data shows hogs generally strong with top at 21.00 for 170-270 pound counts and varied weights. Cattle and calves uneven with high grades steady to modestly higher, bulls up to 50 cents, cows mostly steady, vealers at 35.00 and sheep with lambs firm to slightly lower.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Chicago
Fire plug floods four blocks in Amarillo
A clipped fire plug floods about four blocks in Amarillo today. Forty unidentified motorists reportedly rammed the fire plug at Bighth and Williams. James Bagwell of 1509 East Seventh and Mrs. H. L. Mauldin of 712 East Eighth confirmed the flooding and described the scene.
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Amarillo
Bighth
Williams
James Bagwell
East Seventh
H. L. Mauldin
East Eighth
Stassen Arrives In South Africa on World Tour
Harold E. Stassen president of the University of Pennsylvania arrived in Johannesburg to complete the penultimate leg of his world evaluation tour. He told reporters he is studying, not talking or making news, and answered questions with a calm, reserved stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
South Africa
Harold E. Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Stassen
Stabbing incident involves Brooks couple in Amarillo
Mrs. Brooks claims memory loss after a fight at Amarillo leaving bruises and a head concussion. A blood-stained four inch East Dallas special knife was found at the scene. J. R. Brooks says the couple had separated and that Brooks arrived from Dalhart. Both work for Service & Supply Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks
Texas
Ij. R. Brooks
Blalock's rise from Texas lawyer to Democratic leader and war service
Blalock, born 1891 in Harrison County, rose from University of Texas alum and 1916 law graduate to chief justice of the Texas Court of Civil Appeals and longtime Democratic Party leader. He served as an Army captain and major in World War I, held the state party chairmanship 1934–38, led Texas campaigns for Roosevelt, served in the War Department, endured heart attacks in 1943 and 1947, and returned to Marshall after 1947. He married Bertha Storey in 1917 and had three children.
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University of Texas
Blalock
Marshall
Texas Court of Civil Appeals
Texarkana
Texas
Democratic Executive Committee
Roosevelt
36Th Infantry Division
War Department
Washington
Army
Services of Supply
Walter Reed Hospital
Austin
Texas Regulars
Bialock
Harrison County
Bertha Mary Storey
Ban Targets Excess Paper and Metal Stockpiles
An NPA spokesman said the ban against accumulating paper and paper products in excess of reasonable demands applies to newsprint and other printing paper. The list also covers pig iron, steel castings, alloys, aluminum, asbestos, cadmium, chromium, copper, nickel, tin, and other metals plus various chemicals and hog bristles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NPA
Baby Named MacArthur At New Bradwell England
A newborn in New Bradwell England has been named MacArthur by the family and local registrar. The chosen name reflects a personal family decision and was registered with local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bradwell
England
MacArthur
Yugoslav Border Is Fired Upon
Belgrade radio said 150 Romanian soldiers fired across the frontier seeking to recover an officer's body who trespassed on Yugoslav soil. Yugoslav guards did not fire. Yugoslavia asked Romania to join a mixed commission to investigate the incident near Radujevo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Radujevo
Foreign Ministry
Romania
Man Admits Strangling Ziegfeld FolliesShowgirl
New York police said Birger Nordkvist admitted after questioning that he strangled Evelyn Hughes a former Ziegfeld Follies showgirl in a Manhattan hotel room. He said he “blew his top” when she resisted, adding he used a handkerchief around her neck and pressed a scarf into her mouth. The body was found at the Ashland Hotel 429 Fourth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Evelyn “Yvonne” Hughes
Birger Nordkvist
Manhattan
Ashland
Fourth Avenue
Markets Schedule Week-End Holidays
Markets across the United States will be closed Saturday December 30 and New Year’s Day January 1. The New York stock and curb exchanges and other financial markets will close on January 1 but stay open for a two hour final trading session on Saturday. Livestock reports will be issued as usual on Saturday.
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New York
United States
Raid Nabs 106 Huk Guerrillas in Intramuros
Philippine military intelligence agents and police arrested 106 suspected Communist hukbalahap guerrillas in Intramuros Manila. The raid yielded a radio transmitter and receiving set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Intramuros
Mrs. Bolton Dies in Wreck and Interment Planned
Mrs. Bolton perished in a wreck tied to her father in business. The Blackburn- Shaw- Brown Funeral Home will announce funeral arrangements in Borger. Her mother Mrs. Ethel Effie Drake, en route from Amarillo to Oregon, is returning after learning of the death. Survived by son Paul Michael, 7, brother Dale Drake of J. M. Huber Borger, and sister Mrs. Johnny Spinks of Pampa. Mrs. Bolton worked in Southwestern Public Service Company customers’ billing in Amarillo since Sept. 25, 1949, after transferring from Borger. She began with the company in November 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolton
Borger
Blackburn- Shaw-Brown Funeral Home
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News-Globe Snak
Dore Fate
DA Arawla
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Edward Bryant Johnson, Jr
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Jefferson
Llano Cemetery
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Globe-News
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