Rader Found Guilty In 1949 Piggly Wiggly Robbery
Edward Lee Rader, 26, was found guilty of armed robbery in the 1949 Piggly Wiggly Store No. 2 holdup at 1500 Polk and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. Twin Leo Earl previously pled guilty in a related case and received 11 years. both brothers faced further trials on July 9 robberies.
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47Th District
Edward Lee Rader
Rader
Polk
Leo Earl
L. R. Moore
Lubbock
Atty
Lloyd King
Edward Lee
Leo Earl Rader
McCartt Super Market
Atorney
Two Injured in Rail Accident in Childress
Fort Worth & Denver porters Hobart T. Douglas of Fort Worth and L. C. Haywood of Oklahoma City were dismissed from St. An thony's Hospital after injuries from a Sunday night collision when a Fort Worth & Denver switch engine crashed into a loaded troop train at Childress. Four soldiers from Fort Sill’s 79th Construction Battalion were hospitalized at Veterans Hospital. officials did not release names or injury details. None were reported seriously hurt. railroad and Army officials withheld information. The caboose of the troop train was damaged.
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Fort Worth & Denver
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Childress
Hobart T. Douglas
Fort Worth
L. C. Haywood
Oklahoma City
Fort Sill
Veterans Hospital
Burlington
Stolen Change From Green Lantern Cafe Wishing Well
Early morning theft at the Green Lantern Cafe in the Rule Building where about 15 dollars in small change was taken from a customer wishing well on the counter. Cafe operators reported the loss and described the container as the wishing well.
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Green Lantern Cafe
Crippled newsboy honored at testimonial dinner
In New Bedford Massachusetts a testimonial dinner was given to John Furtado, a crippled newsboy who has sold papers at his street corner for nearly 30 years to support his elderly parents. About 350 admirers attended the event.
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NEWSY
New Bedford, Mass
U.P
John Furtado
FW and DC to Try New Plan on Plains Local
Fort Worth and Denver City railroad reached a compromise with South Plains residents opposing the end of a 20 year local passenger train. A 90 day trial of through service from Fort Worth to Dallas and Lubbock with a Lockney highway link for Plainview will start March 5, offering daily overnight Dallas departure at 7:15 AM. If the trial fails to pay, objections to discontinuance are withdrawn. The train runs daily except Sunday through Childress, Turkey, Quitaque, Lockney, South Plains, Starley, Barwise, Petersburg, Dimmitt, Plainview, and Lubbock.
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Fort Worth
Denver City Railway
South Plains
Robert L. Hoyt
Dallas
Lubbock
Lockney
Plainview
Hoyt
Childress
Turkey
Quitaque
Starley
Barwise
Petersburg
Dimmitt
Truman to act if wage strike not settled by Feb twenty four
Washington reports a high government official says President Truman may intervene in the telephone wage dispute if no settlement is reached by February 24 the new strike deadline. CIO Communications Workers had postponed a 16 day deadline at the government's request amid frosty talks between Western Electric officials and 11000 union members.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
CIO
New York
Western Electric Company
Bell
Western Electric
Safe and Truck Stolen in Clovis
Burglars entered Dunn Brothers Motor Company and loaded a floor type safe onto a new Chevrolet pickup, pushing it under a nearby chain hoist to load. The theft was discovered at 6:08 a m by a Campbell Dairy driver who saw a door swinging open. The safe held 500 in cash and a 1900 check.
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Clovis
Dunn Brothers Motor Company
Campbell Dairy and Ice Cream Company
Motor Company
Funeral held for Mrs O Neal in Amarillo church
Funeral service for Mrs Jessie O Neal was conducted at 10 this morning in Boxwell Brothers Chapel with Rev R D Evans of East Amarillo Missionary Baptist Church officiating. Burial plans are awaiting relatives location. Mrs O Neal of Belmont Courts 916 North Mirror was killed when a heavily loaded truck hit the station wagon she rode in two miles north of River Road School on Dumas Highway. Her companion Mrs Florence A Thompson of River Road was injured and hospitalized at St Anthony's. The truck driver was uninjured.
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Jessie O'Neal
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
R. D. Evans
East Amarillo Missionary Baptist Church
O'Neal
Belmont Courts
North Mirror
River Road School
Dumas Highway
Florence A. Thompson
River Road
St. Anthony's Hospital
Cloudy Colder Weather Expected With Mixed Precipitation
Drizzle brought the first precipitation of the month with only a trace. Amarillo weather chief H C Winburn said no significant rainfall is expected soon. Expect cloudy skies today and colder tonight with a fair, continued cool Thursday. Today's high near 48, low 28. tomorrow's high around 59, with yesterday's high 75 and low 37.
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H. C. Winburn
Amarillo Air Terminal
Mississippi lawmakers push tipping ban bill in House
Rep Lowell Grisham and Big Weeks propose a bill to curb tipping with a $100 fine on firms that permit tipping and $50 fines on those who accept or hand out tips. The move reflects a legislator driven stance against tipping in Mississippi. Haiti foresees no 1950 sugar output from a Cuban financed project, indicating uncertain prospects for the venture.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Lowell Grisham
Big Weeks
House
Haiti
Thumb Sucking Called Menace
In Evanston Illinois a dental expert warns thumb sucking can permanently damage teeth and jaws. Dr George W Teuscher of Northwestern University cites a study of 989 children showing most affected, with only three of 173 showing no ill effects, noting many cases occur only at sleep and may stem from fear of darkness.
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Evanston
Ill
George W. Teuscher
Northwestern University
Harvard junior tries fool proof learning with phonograph
Merrill O. Young of Harvard tested a psychology idea that repeated sounds in sleep enter the subconscious. He made a long recording of Greek vocabulary, used an automatic phonograph, and woke up when the device kept him awake, ending his experiment.
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard
Merrill O. Young
Young
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