Army Officer Volunteers Help In Amarillo Murder Case
Ewald Johnson, accused of murdering Tex Thornton in Amarillo, is hindered by bad weather delaying his transfer from Munising Michigan. Captain Charles A Merritt, a former WWII US Army Air Corps officer from Camden Missouri, offers assistance to Johnson and his sister Mrs Tony Louis.
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Ewald Johnson
Tex Thornton
Amarillo
Paul Gaither
Burlington
Iowa
Amarillo Air Terminal
Gaither
Jim Morrison
Munising
Mich
US Army Air Corps
Charles A. Merritt
Camden
Michigan
Ewald
Merritt
Tony Louis
Army air crew veteran recalls shared missions and bailouts
The veteran notes three crashes and two bailouts, plus 50 missions together. Mrs. Louis says Ewald asked her to verify his Army discharge record, claiming an honorable discharge in 1945 and a general discharge in February 1947. Diana Heaney Johnson says her husband was AWOL from the Army.
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Louis
Ewald
Diana Heaney Johnson
Diana Johnson waives extradition in Tex Thornton slaying case
On February 14, 18-year-old Diana Heaney Johnson appeared before US Commissioner Cyril Lawrence and, smiling and lighthearted, waived extradition to Texas to face murder charges in the Tex Thornton case. Diana, who accused her husband Ewald Johnson, was escorted by Amarillo Texas Ranger Frank Probst and Deputy Sheriff W. W. Riner as she left for Amarillo, with the Texas party in charge of her return.
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Washington
Diana Heaney Johnson
Ewald Johnson
Tex Thornton
Amarillo
Texas
Diana
Cyril Lawrence
Frank Probst
District of Columbia
FBI
Washington News
Britons Assets Are Liabilities
London reports satire on social life as a Times personal ad seeks a West End resident to house a grass widower for six months. Deason Cleaners plans a 7500 dollar addition to its building at 2223 Pork. Diana, held on federal auto theft and flight charges, faces murder charges in Amarillo with her husband as Texas officers prepare to extradite.
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London
Britain
West End
Deason Cleaners
Pork
Jockey Confesses Small-Time Burglaries
Detroit police said 27 year old Keith Warner, a 105 pound jockey, confessed to eight burglaries after crawling through 8 inch wide windows. He was seriously cut during arrests and authorities noted the robberies matched a man of his small size.
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Detroit
U.P
Keith Warner
Warner
Amarillo Man Confesses as Court Hears Shooting Testimony
Testimony details Donald Mann shooting at his parents home in Randall County Amarillo. Arliss Mann, Billy Mann’s ex wife, describes grappling with Billy and the moments after the shot. She identifies the 22 caliber rifle and notes injuries to her fingers from the struggle. The confession cites religious motives and a plan involving psycho analysis at a morgue test.
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Donald Mann
James
M. L. Curry
Amarillo
Grand Avenue
Billy Mac Mann
Donald L. Mann
Tom Clark
Arliss Mann
Virgil Mann
Washington
Randall County
Dean Dunlap
Billy
Not-So-Wet Spell Is Over Warmer Weather Ahead
Amarillo meteorologist H. Winburn says the wet spell on the High Plains is finished. Skies clear today and Wednesday with rising temperatures, highs around 41 today and 53 tomorrow, and lows dropping to the teens in several towns including Dalhart Tucumcari Lubbock Guymon and Clarendon. Temperatures expected to run two to four degrees below normal for five days with no precipitation indicated.
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H. ©. Winburn
Amarillo Air Terminal
High Plains
Dalhart
Plains
Tucumcari
Lubbock
Guymon
Okla
Gage
Clarendon
Winburn
Czechs Nab US Missionaries
The Czech office announced two American missionaries, Stanley E. Abbott and C. Alden Johnson, were arrested on charges of attempting to enter a prohibited area. They disappeared January 28 while en route to visit Latter Day Saints near the Polish border.
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Prague
Czecholovakia
Moravia
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Mormon
Stanley E. Abbott
Lehi
Utah
C. Alden Johnson
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Olomouc
Prostetov
Foreign Office
Lloyd Noble Dies in Houston Heart Attack Claims
Lloyd Noble, Republican leader, oilman, and head of the Oklahoma State Heart Association fund drive, died at 1 AM in Houston. Friends say the death was caused by a heart attack.
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Ardmore
Okla
Lloyd Noble
Oklahoma State Heart Association
Houston
Death Laughs On Madeson In Barber Chair
Julius B. Madeson aged 82 died after laughing at barber Bert Lowery's jokes in a Long Beach chair. He collapsed and passed away despite efforts, the death attributed to a fatal laughing spell observed yesterday.
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Long Beach
Cal
U.P
Julius B. Madeson
Madeson
Bert Lowery
Miners Stand Firm Amid Taft Hartley Injunction
Pittsburgh February 14 Miners refuse to work despite government and John L Lewis orders. In Pennsylvania 1700 pickets patrol highways with no pit activity as readies for a possible Saturday vote on a contract. Many say no contract means no work, and a Taft-Hartley injunction seems unlikely to end the strike. In nearby Library Pa a worker notes the local will not meet pending action. A Valentine’s Day birthday for John L Lewis is noted as idle ranks consider a continued protest. 1950 Cadillac on display at Amac uillo Motor Co.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Library
Lewis
West Virginia
United Mine
UMW
Truman
Russelton
Taft-Hartley Oe
Missing B-36 Ditching Kills Crew? Search Continues
Eighth Air Force reports a 16 man crew and one passenger aboard the B-36 from Fort Worth on a training flight to Alaska. Air Force officials say definite location is soon possible as McChord, March and Castle field planes assist. Weather hinders. messages from pilot indicate engine fire and contemplated ditching near Queen Charlotte Sound, about 350 miles northwest of the area. Canadian planes join the search while Coast Guard vessels reach the general area.
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Eighth Air Force
Fort Worth
Air Force
McCord Field
Wash
Roger M. Ramey
8Th Air Force
Ramey
4Th Rescue Service
McChord Field
March
Castle Fields
California
Alaska
Carswell Air Force Base
Air Force At
Washington
Wilson Air Force Base
Coast Guard
MacKay
Winona
Port Angeles
Cahoone
Sitka
Ketchikan
Royal Air Force
Weather Bureau
Queen Charlotte Sound
Queen Charlotte Island
Vancouver Island
Here
Manas Mackay
Beatie
Mickeys Rival on Spot Now
Los Angeles police rounded up five gang associates of Jack Dragna, cited as Mickey Cohen’s top rival for control of Southern California rackets. Four are Dragna relatives, including his son Frank Paul, 26, and brothers Tom and Frank, plus Louis Dragna, 29, and Guilermo Adamo, 54. They were booked on conspiracy to murder in Cohen’s bombing. an arsenal was seized. The Crime Commission report notes Dragna as a key underworld figure on the West Coast and Cohen’s rival, with both inheriting roles from Bugsy Siegel.
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Los Angeles
Jack Dragna
Earl Warren
Crime Commission
Mickey Cohen
California
Dragna
Frank Paul
Tom Dragna
Frank
Tom
Louis
Guilermo Adamo
Cohen
Lynn White
Sacramento
Mickey
Benjamin
Bugsy” Siegel
San Quinton
Adm
William H. Standley
Russia
Pedestrian Hit By Car Suffers Leg Fracture in Amarillo
Mrs. Lloyd Simpson of 904 North Hayes was struck by a car at Seventh and Polk while walking. She suffered a fracture of the right leg and was reported in good condition at St. Anthony's Hospital. Driver identified as L. Whitaker, 26, general delivery, Amarillo.
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Lloyd Simpson
North Hayes
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Simpson
Seventh and Polk
L. Whitaker
General Delivery
Amarillo
Hayworth and Aly Khan to Tour Sudan in March
Rita Hayworth and her husband Prince Aly Khan will arrive in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan on March 4 for a tour of the region, a reliable report stated today.
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Aly
Amarillo Weather Forecast From US Weather Bureau
Amarillo and vicinity expect fair conditions this afternoon and tonight through Wednesday. Highs around 50s, lows in the 20s, with winds light. South Plains temperatures 24 to 30, upper Pecos Valley eastward 28 to 32. New Mexico generally fair with rising temperatures today and tonight and Wednesday.
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Amarillo
South Plains
Pecos
New Mexico
Texas House approves 10 percent omnibus tax hike
In Austin on Feb 14 administration backers won voice-vote approval for a flat 10 per cent boost in the catch-all omnibus tax measure, defeating an 8 per cent alternative. The bill, projected to raise over 18 million dollars for hospital operation, faced early attempts to delay action and to send it back to committee.
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Austin
Fleming
Johnnie B. Rogers
Revenue and Taxation Committee
House
Davis Clifton
McKinney
Hardware Dealers Select New Officers
Grady Thompson of Hobbs New Mexico was elected president of the Tri-State Hardware and Implement Association at its two day meeting in the Herring Hotel. He succeeds Sam Hergert of Perryton as top officer and joins the three member advisory board along with A. S. Meinecke of Lubbock and Carl Harrison of Memphis. E. C. Seerance of Clovis rises to vice president from director, while Ivan Boxwell of Dumas was named to the board of directors though not yet confirmed.
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Tri-State Hardware and Implement Association
Herring Hotel
Grady Thompson
Hobbs
Likeable
Sam Hergert
Plainview Hardware Co
Perryton
Ales
Meinecke
Lubbock
Carl Harrison
Memphis
E. C. Seerance
Western Machinery Co
Massey-Harris
Clovis
Pochebity
Ivan Boxwell
Dumas
Marshall D. Shepherd
Association
Boxwell
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Prostejov
Oklahoma
Amacuillo Motor Co
Tyler Street
Pacific
Carswell
Naples
Italy
Benedetto Croce
Croce
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Douglas Bergman
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Mangum
Joe B. Fleming
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