Panhandle Peewee League Stars Tilt In 18 7 routs
St Marys B team overwhelmed River Road 18 7 led by John Walsh nine points and Joe Jones six. Wilson beat Summit A 19 9 with Mervin Rogers seven and Bobby Chilton six. Pleasant Valley downed Margaret Wills B 19 1 as Bobby Rollins scored six. Humphreys Highland edged Summit B 8 4 with Donald Brenton four. Price College rallies late to top Boys Ranch 15 9.
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St. Mary’s
River Road
John Walsh
Joe Jones
Billy Don Miller
Jerry Dean Miller
Dusty Ham
Wilson
Summit
Mervin Rogers
Bobby
Chilly” Chilton
Bobby Brazil
Rodney O'Neal
Ronnie Humphreys
Don Morgan
Pleasant Valley
Margaret Wills
Bobby Cantine
Valley Boys
Bobby Rollins
Jimmy Sanford
Richard Baird
Humphreys Highland
Summit “B
Donald Brenton
Bill Shull
Jim Boggs
Earl Holland
Darrell Gossett
Price College
Boys Ranch
Price
Ronnie Englebrecht
Darrell Hunt
Vinus Abney
Tommy Mason
George Chavez
John Hicks
Donald Sain
Sanborn
Jimmy Collins
Maverick
Amarillo College
Mavericks
Jodie McCarthy
Jodie
Otis Gollihugh
D. L. Holt
James
Bob McWhorter
Sam Houston
Don Stump
Bob Gittrich
Dick Nemechek
Preston Daniels
Bobby Ford
Humphreys
Waddies
Earl Mason
Joe Kerns
Joe O’toole
Tony Oakley
Jim Dobbins
Highlanders
Bob Williams
Pantex
Jerry Basden
Jerry
Larry Cooney
Forest Hill
Terry Phillips
Billy Orr
John Connor
Lewis Dorough
Orr
Dorough
Ernie Sleethe
George Grant
Eddie Baker
X Rays Aid in Treating Boils in Chicago Report
Dr Frederick W O'Brien cites Radiology Magazine findings from 130 hospitalized carbuncle cases. Sixty patients treated with X rays alone found pain relief within three to nine hours after initial treatment, averaging three sessions.
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Chicago
U.P
Frederick W. O’brien
Boston
Radiology Magazine
Flatiron used as unexpected tool in shoplifting arrest
Police captured a suspected shoplifter in Salt Lake City after a bulky bulge under his clothing prompted a frisk. A heavy flatiron slid down his trouser leg and bounced off his toe, making escape impossible.
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Salt Lake City
Wall Street Quotation Sheet From Amarillo Merrill Lynch Office
New York stock market quotations compiled by the Amarillo Merrill Lynch office list a wide range of industrials, rails, and consumer firms with share prices. The 12:30 figures include Air Reduction, Loews, Alaska Juneau, Allegheny, Mack Trucks, Allied Stores, Amer Airlines, Chrysler, General Electric, Goodyear, Union Oil, and many more, reflecting the day’s trading landscape and notable price levels.
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Amarillo
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and
Kansas City Livestock Prices Trim Cattle Hogs And Sheep
At Kansas City market February 15 cattle 5,000 and calves 400 sold with steers and heifers mostly steady or down slight bids. Vealers firm. medium and good fed steers 22.00 to 26.50. high good to choice over 1,000 pounds 29.00. cows 16.00 to 19.00. hogs 3,500 steady to 25 cents lower above 230 pounds with 170-240 pounds 17.00 to 25. sheep 6,000 slow with wool lambs above 26.00.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Chicago Livestock Prices February 15 Report
Chicago livestock market report shows hogs 11,000 head with barrows and gilts steady to 25 cents lower and top at 35 cents down, cattle 7,500 with slaughter steers slow and cows steady, calves and veal prices varied, sheep with fat lamb market established amid higher ask prices and scarce ewes. Key values include hogs 170-220 lb at 17.75-18.00, sows 13.50-15.75, cattle steers 22.50-28.00, heifers 22.50-26.00, vealers 27.00-33.00, lambs 11.00-14.00.
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Chicago
Boston Spot Repeats News From A Century Apart
In Boston the same location bore two national headlines: a January 1919 molasses tank explosion sent a flood of syrup through the North End killing over a dozen, and a January 1950 Brink’s holdup yielded 1.5 million dollars, the era’s largest cash robbery, with Brink’s HQ nearby across Commercial Street.
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Boston
W.P
North End
Brink’s, Inc
Brink
Chile Expects Caustic Soda Factory Soon to Operate
Chilean officials project a caustic soda plant will begin operation shortly after initial commissioning. The project involves local investment and promises regional chemical production growth, with oversight by national industry authorities and safety regulators.
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Chile
Boy Scout Council Prepares Annual Meet in Llano Estacado
Llano Estacado Council of Boy Scouts of America holds its annual business meeting at 4 30 tomorrow in the Herring Hotel. Roy Stockton of Amarillo presides as council president with scouters from nine counties and two townships attending.
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Llano Estacado
Boy Scouts of America
Aternoon
Herring Hotel
Roy Stockton
Amarillo
Loren Young
Clarence B. Lutes
Dallam-Hartley-Sherman
J. B. Edwards
Moore County
Robert L. Thompson
Deaf Smith County
J. L. Southern
Milton Morris
J. E. Spann
Lewis P. Fields
Lon D. Edwards
Dorsey B. Smith
Treasury
Henry A. Tuck
Spencer L. Baird
R. Earl O'Keefe
Camp Don Harrington
Spencer Baird
W. J. Hiatt
J. A. Hill
West Texas State College
Dallam- Hartley-Sherman
Amarillo Highway Boosters Eye Bus To National Convention
Amarillo highway boosters plan a bus charter to transport Panhandle delegates to the Highway 60 Association national convention on May 8 in Ponca City Oklahoma. The move was approved by the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce highway committee with 21 members present.
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Amarillo
Valentina's Skunk Gift Sparks Hollywood Feud
Hollywood gossip column reports Joan Bennett mailed a skunk to a rival columnist calling it a witty reply to years of nasty remarks. Bennett also spent 800 dollars on heart shaped ads in two trade papers to label the columnist a frustrated and jobless actress.
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Hollywood
Joan Bennett
Fancy Buildings Adorn Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh showcases a new American architecture trend led by W K Harrison. He cites the Aluminum Company of America building and two other Harrison designs, Mellon U S Steel and the United Nations building, as examples of light metal facades replacing traditional stone. The Alcoa building features a plaza and sunlit, green tinted windows. Equitable Life Assurance plans three modern structures at Golden Triangle as part of the city beautification effort.
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Pittsburgh
W.P
W. K. Harrison
Harrison
Aluminum Company of America
Mellon-U. S. Steel
United Nations
New York
Alcoa
Mellon U
Golden Tri
Woods To Stay On As State Employe
Austin reports Dr L A Woods former superintendent of education says he will remain with the Texas department of education in an advisory role until December 31 1950 after his post was abolished by Gilmer Aikin last year.
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Woods
Austin
L. A. Woods
Department of Education
R. C. Buckner
Buckner
Dallas
Edith Stinson
Baptist Children’s Home
San Antonio
E. J. Gregory
Baptist Home of
Army Still Values Its Eight Hundred Pigeons
The modern army seeks funding from Congress to maintain training for its 800 pigeons. Army experts told a House appropriations subcommittee that the birds serve as guinea pigs and can deliver messages in places where other communications are impractical.
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Washington
Army
Congress
House
Let Me Drink in Peace Then Die
Tokyo police report a Japanese man, Taro Hamano, who killed himself after his wife began supervising his drinking. He left a note saying it was no longer fun to drink under surveillance and that the world was unworthy. He squandered his income on drinks while his wife watched him daily.
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Tokyo
U.P
Taro Hamano
High School 3A Tournament Basketball Scores
Abernathy over Spur 40 38 Floydada 54 Matador 19 Levelland 54 Ropesville 33 A game. Levelland 49 Ropesville 16 B game. Dimmitt 51 Whitharral 21 Girls Wellington 33 Lelia Lake 27 Boys Wellington 34 Lelia Lake 23 Girls Phillips 56 Spearman 49 A game Phillips 55 Spearman 19 B game Spearman 34 White Deer 28 Girls Lefors 41 Clarendon 30 A game Lefors 37 Clarendon 27 B game Plainview 49 Canyon 40 A game Canyon 43 Plainview 20 B game College Kansas State 55 Kansas 50 Missouri Valley 63 Wm. Jewell 40 Navier 51 Miami Ohio 37 Michigan State 57 Detroit 54 Ohio 67 Muskingum 63 Canisius 74 Akron 71 Penn 95 Harvard 77 Maryland 31 Virginia 27 North Carolina State 68 Duke 50 Washington and Lee 88 Richmond 15 Notre Dame 67 Loyola Chicago 60 Syracuse 61 NYU 49 Ark. Tech 65 Ark. State Teachers 57 AIC Stones 33 Wayland Queens 29 Girls Pennsylvania 95 Harvard 177 Southwest Texas 61 Stephen Austin 51 Howard Payne 61 Texas Wesleyan 60 Texas Baptist 64 St. Edward McMurry 44 Southwestern 40 Corpus Christi 46 Brooke Medics 29 St. Louis University 61 Wichita University 54 Tempe 65 Texas Tech 52
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Levelland
Ropesville
Dimmitt
Whitharral
Wellington
Lelia Lake
Phillips
Spearman
White Deer
Lefors
Clarendon
Plainview
Canyon
College
Kansas St
Kansas
Missouri Valley
Wm. Jewell
Navier
Miami
Michigan St
Detroit
Ohio
Muskingum
Ccanisius
Akron
Penn
Harvard
Maryland
Virginia
N. Carolina St
Duke
Wash. & Lee
Richmond
Notre Dame
Loyola
Chi
Syracuse
NYU
Ark. Tech
Ark
Pennsylvania
Southwest Texas
Stephen Austin
Howard Payne
Texas Wesleyan
Texas Baptist
St. Edwards McMurry
Southwestern
Corpus Christi
Brooke Medics
St. Louis U
Wichita U
Tempe
Texas Tech
Golfers Start Harlingen Open prep in calm pro-am scene
Harlingen Texas February 15 golf winter tourists played a par 71 course at Harlingen Municipal in a bulging pro-am field as tune up rounds began for the third annual Rio Grande Valley Open with more than 200 players expected for today’s chipping and putting for $350 in prize money. Jolly Jimmie Demaret of Ojai California emerged as favorite to win the $2,000 first prize in the Open starting tomorrow on the 6,095 yard layout.
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Harlingen
Tex
Jolly Jimmie Demaret
Ojai
Cal
Texas Longhorns to Meet Indiana Oct 3, 1953
Indiana will host the University of Texas football team on October 3, 1953, athletic director Dana X. Bible announced today. The schedule item was released for the coming season.
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Indiana Austin
University of Texas
Indiana
Dana X. Bible
Hillsboro Update: Theft Solved and Children’s Homes Meet
Sheriff Garrison recovered a stolen iron from a Hillsboro home and returned it warm to the owners. Directors and officials from six states and 24 homes opened a two day meeting at the Southwest Children's Homes conference in Hillsboro.
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Hillsboro
Charlie Garrison
Garrison
Children’s Homes of the Southwest
Children’s Home
Harvey Williams
Masonic Home
Fort Worth
Milton Hawkins
Uthwestern Presbyterian Home
Itasca
Fire attacker charged in Milwaukee rooming houses
A 22 year old janitor helper in Milwaukee was charged with arson after admitting setting fires at two rooming houses. Authorities filed two warrants for Frederick Fierke. He claimed he acted because occupants hounded him for too much heat. One blaze occurred December 4 and another last Sunday. Sunday's damage was 50 dollars. December fire caused 18 thousand dollars in damage and injured seven people. Police noted Fierke helped occupants escape the December blaze and joked about his notoriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
U.P
Frederick Fierke
Elizabeth Taylor Goes Steady With Hilton Son
Hollywood February 15 Elizabeth Taylor the 18 year old film star said she is going steady with the son of hotel magnate Conrad Hilton She denied Valentine Day engagement rumors and any wedding date Her mother Mrs Francis Taylor confirmed the couple have parental approval and will announce an engagement if it occurs
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Hollywood
Elizabeth Taylor
Conrad Hilton
Nick Hilton
Francis Taylor
Casanova resigns as Santa Clara football coach
Len Casanova resigns as head football coach of Santa Clara University after a stormy board session. The move, announced February 15, ends his tenure and is viewed as a step toward taking the head coaching job at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Casanova
Santa Clara
Cal
Len Casanova
Santa Clara University
Board of Athletic Control
University of Pittsburgh
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Globe-News
Hartford
Harrison & McCord
Doc's Liquor Store, Inc
DOC ' S Liquor Store, Inc
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Fillmore
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Air Reduction
Loews Inc
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Long Bell
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Louis & Nash
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Newport Ind
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Plymouth Oki
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Certainteed Pr
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iGrumman Air
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KC Southern
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Spur
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Matador
Harlington
South Amarillo
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Harold Seefeldt
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Monticello, Ark
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John Ruskins
John
Amarillo Cigar CO
Kentucky
Louisvie le
Early Times Distillery CO
Louisville
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