Five Arrested in West Texas Postal Thefts
Postal inspectors report a nationwide ring of small post office robberies mostly in West Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma. Five men, many ex-Wichita Falls residents, were arrested with a sixth at large as the probe points to at least twelve more cases. The gang used entry by knocking doors to reach safes and avoided towns with guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
U.P
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Sundown
Imperial
Guthrie
Dickens
Bombarton
Weinert
Grand Falls
Ropesville
Goldsmith
Wink
Panhandle
Ponder
Truscott
Thalia
Denver City
Eunice
Monument
Melrose
N. M
Ranchett
Cromwell
Manitou
Wanett
Okla
Wichita
Texas Looks Forward on Anniversary
Texas marks the 100th anniversary of statehood with early breakfasts for visiting governors and Texas Centennial planning. Hoblitzelle outlined rural life revitalization tied to a 12-member university expert survey and a broad long-term program to rebuild land and communities. Governor Stevenson welcomed guests and Utah's Herbert Maw teased Mormon pioneer centennial plans and mass production quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Coke R. Stevenson
Karl Hoblitzelle
Hoblitzelle
Stevenson
United States
Utah
Herbert B. Maw
Brigham Young
Maw
Explosion Levels Building in New Orleans
A powerful blast and ensuing fire leveled a three story apartment in downtown New Orleans. Fire Chief Rivard and police say a score or more of residents, all described as negro, were killed and about twenty injured. The building housed 53 residents and some bodies were recovered from the ruins. Cause under investigation, possible gas accumulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Frank Rivard
Charity Hospital
Rivard
Banquet To Honor State Commander Visits Amarillo
About 100 Spanish War veterans and their wives will attend a banquet tomorrow honoring Texas commander Robert P. Coon of San Antonio. Guests come from across the Panhandle to the Guy V. Henry Jr. Camp No. 28 of the United Spanish War Veterans Inc. The dinner starts at 7 p.m. in the Capitol Hotel club room. Coon was elected Texas commander last summer, his first official visit to the Amarillo camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Robert P. Coon
San Antonio
Panhandle
Guy V. Henry, Jr
United Spanish War Veterans, Inc
Capitol Hotel
Coon
Amarillo
Charles Smith Plans New Plumbing Shop
Charles L. Smith announces a new brick and concrete plumbing shop at 415 North Fillmore. Construction begins soon with an estimated cost of $6,000. A display room and office will occupy the front portion of the 30 by 100 foot shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Fillmore
Charlies L. Smith
Weather Forecast From The Weather Bureau
Forecaster H C Winburn says fair weather continues with a slight rise in temperatures this afternoon. A cold air invasion tonight drops the mercury to 24 degrees, then climbs to about 45 tomorrow. Yesterday’s high 36, low 29, moisture 0.07 inch, total 1.38 inches since January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H C. Winburn
The
Weather Bureau
Unexploded 2000 Pound Bomb Found in Osaka Reservoir
Osaka residents faced a scare when a 2000 pound unexploded bomb was found in a water reservoir. Naval ordnance teams removed it and reported the nose fuse was armed for instantaneous firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osaka
Lost coin purse from Odessa Bank in telephone office
Polly Everett asks for help locating a leather coin purse with about $16 inside lost in the telephone office. Call 8584 if found. Also notes a black and red leather billfold lost between KGNC and Dr Patton's office with pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa Bank
Polly Everett
KGNC
Dr. Patton
Army and Navy Men Discharged at Fort Bliss Fort Sam Houston Norman
Seventeen local service members are listed as discharged over the weekend from Fort Bliss Fort Sam Houston and Norman Oklahoma Navy separation center. Names and addresses of discharged personnel include several staff sergeants sergeants first class and seamen with home locations in Fort Worth Arlington and nearby areas confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Fort Bliss
Fort Sam Houston
Naval
Norman
Okla
Naval Service
Wesley M. Fox
West Fifteenth
Lorenzo M. Tenorio
Robert J. Steeger
Lipscomb
Dewey L. Brackeen
West Fourth
Bailey V. Switzer
North Florida
Raymond C. Manning
Carolina
Wayne H. Davis
Forest
Herman W. Demus
Oliver J. Lithe
Buchanan
Clarence D. Knowles
East Tenth
Robert C. Land
Jack E. Marlatt
West Tenth
Kircum D. White
Dee V. Casler
West Thirteenth
Cecil L. White
Fillmore
Navy
J. C. Keaton, Jr
Don
S. Marsalis, Jr
Bowie
Ralph A. Odom
Therman Ross
Seaman
Route
R. C. Waggoner
Jackson
Arrivals on Both Coasts Plus Pacific Debarkations
AP reports six transports with at least 6 552 service personnel to arrive today at two East Coast ports and 3 617 men to debark from 12 vessels at three Pacific Coast ports. Named ships include New York General Anderson and Norfolk Knute Nelson. Pacific arrivals include Assault Transport Sarasota and LCI craft. Seattle Denali. San Francisco Jefferson and Mount McKinley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pacific Coast
New York
General Anderson
Southhampton
William Few
Bremerhaven
Elgin Victory
Antwerp
U. S
Ariel
San Juan
Norfolk
Knute Nelson
Casablanca
William D. Moseley
San Diego
Sarasota
Kansas City Livestock Auction Report
Kansas City Missouri February 19 USDA livestock summary shows cattle salable 6500, total 7000 with prices for steers 15.50 to 16.85, some loads 16.90 to 17.10. heifers and yearlings 15 to 16.25. stocker feeders around 14.85 to 15.75. Hogs salable 1500, total 1600 at ceiling levels. Sheep salable 11000, total 11750 with lamb prices 13.25 to 14.50 and higher offerings above 14.65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Tel & Tel
Anaconda
Armour & Ce Ee
Bethlehem Steel
Blaw-Knox Borden Ee
Wewe
Braniff
Buda Briges Mfg
See Ee
Peerewees
Burroughs Add
Chrysler
Comm Invest Tee
Cont Motors
Interlake Iron
Int Harvester Eee
Jones Laughlin A. Gals
Slin
Kennecott Copper
Lockheed
Lbr
Gienna Martin
Montgomery Ward
Nash Kelvinator Thee
NY Cent Ry
NY Shipbuilding
Ohio
Packard
Pan Amer Airways
Paramount
Penn RR
Phelps Dodge Ee
Phillips
Union Carbide One
Stee Nee
Peetember
Decembe
Kansas City
USDA
Warranty Deeds Listed for Fr McCartt and Others
Warranty deeds filed for Fr McCartt Walter FE Wirtz Ella Mae Witherspoon E H Collins Foster Lewis et ux Bales Morton Wakefield Harrison Wor tham Head rick Glenwood lots Alamo Place Fair Town Humphrey High lands Moore Hyde Fair Oak Bayou area assignments for numerous owners and parcels in Randall County with several blocks and lots named including Eakle and Glenwood properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fr. McCartt
Walter FE. Wirtz
Eakle
J. W. Lawrence
Ella Mae Witherspoon
E. H Collins
A. E. Foster
J. C. Lewis
E. R. Bales
Southside
Ezra Morton
Otho A. Wakefield
Randall Co
W. Harrison
G. L. Wortham
Glenwood
O. W. Harrison
J. A. Headrick
Jessie Arthur Jones
Winson A Gray
Humphrey Highlands
L. Moore
E. R. Hyde
Fair, Town
D. A. McSpadden
O. B. Redman
Alamo Place
B. Ashford
Harley H. Butler
Sjsts
Oliver R. E. Barfield
D. P Martens
Eakle May Doose
Dora Ballard
Red Cross Plans Annual Campaign Led by Amarillo Chapter
Potter County Chapter of the American Red Cross organized committees for the annual drive set around March 2 Texas Independence Day with a $75,000 goal. Tom Wingate chairs the effort with leaders covering autos clothing construction finance perishable foods served foods professions utilities and more to boost veteran aid and home service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
The
American Red Cross
Amarillo
Red Cross
Tom Wingate
Jim Hudson
Paul Allingham
Roy Greenhill
S. B. Whittenburg
Hollis DeGrassi
Ralph Dykeman
Served Foods
Erwin Ochsner
Wayne O'Keefe
George Autry
Orin Todd
Ben Lane
George Caufield
Amarillo Jaycee Red Cross
Negro seeks new trial after 20 years in murder case
In 47th District Court Varnell White requests a new trial claiming jurors and Judge Henry S. Bishop communicated by note without the defendant present. Clem Calhoun, his attorney, contends the note was answered without the trial participants. State attorneys say counsel was present and approved the note. Judge Bishop took the request under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
47Th District Court
Varnell White
Clem Calhoun
Henry S. Bishop
Calhoun
Bishop
Cpl. Lewis Houseman Arrives at Camp Stoneman Homeward Bound
Mrs. Iva Houseman of 127 Bonita announces her son Cpl. Lewis Houseman has arrived at Camp Stoneman California after two years in the Pacific with the 734th Anti Aircraft Battery and will be home soon. Her other son Cpl. Charles Houseman lies in a general army hospital recovering from Luzon wounds as a member of the 32nd Infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iva Houseman
Bonita
Cpl
Lewis Houseman
Camp Stoneman
Cal
Pacific
734Th
Houseman
Charles Houseman
Army General Hospital
Luzon
32Nd Infantry
Pacific PX Beer Deliveries Hobbled by No Accepting Posts
Melbourne reports the freighter Atlantic Trader sails the South Pacific attempting to deliver 400000 bottles of beer to American troops. There is nowhere to accept the shipment and mail restrictions hinder distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Atlantic Trader
South Pacific
District Court Annex Notices and Marriages in City Records
District Court entries list removal of disabilities for several minors and divorces among Strickland, McCarley, Stone, and Taylor. Marriage licenses issued to Jennings with Lewis, Clark with Abbott, Stinson with McAdoo, Hughes with Laverne, Buazeale with Stratton, Duck with Rob inson, Gidden with Frazier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mirror Adda
Bruce E. Autry
Geo. M. Carter
Sunset Park
Tarter
Sam W. French
Geo. T. Royse
Wolflin Place
Mary Ivalee Strickland
Thurman Walden Strickland
Johnnie McCarley
Carlton D. McCarley
Stone
Chas
W. Stone
Mark A. Taylor Jr
Joe Martinez
Alice (Duncan) Martinez
Hazel Lumpkin
Warren Lumpkin
J. H. Jennings
R. J. Lewis
William H. Clark
Ruth Abbott
W. D. Stinson
Pauline McAdo
Jeff Dallas Hughes
Mary Laverne
Shirley W.E. Buazeale
Shirley Stratton
James C. Duck
Phyllis Kay Robinson
Wm. D. Gidden
Myrtle Lee Frazier
Personnel Directors Will Meet Tonight in Panhandle
About 40 attendees are expected for the Panhandle Personnel Association meeting at 7 30 tonight in the Capitol Hotel. Dr Edwin A Elliott Fort Worth regional NLRB director will speak. R G Gilbert Goodrich Rubber Borger is president with C M Robertson Amarillo vice president and William E R Smith American Zinc Dumas secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle Personnel Association
Capitol Hotel
Panhandle Industries
Edwin A. Elliott
Fort Worth
National Labor Relations Board
Association
R. G. Gilbert
Goodrich Rubber Company
Borger
C. M. Robertson
Amarillo
Pantex
William E. R. Smith
American Zinc Company
Dumas
Farwell Jr. Visits Relatives After Pacific Navy Service
Lt. F B Farwell Jr Navy veteran of 14 months in the Pacific arrives on terminal leave to visit relatives in town. He is nephew of Mrs G B Hamilton J H Farrell and James L Parrell. Before the Navy he worked seven years for the Soil Conservation Service and CertainTeed. In the Pacific he commanded LST 828 and took part in the Okinawa campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Farrell, Jr
Pacific
G. B Hamilton
West Sixteenth
H J. Farrell
Washington
James L. Parrell
Navy
Soil Conservation Service and Certainteed Products Corporation
Okinawa
Constellation Transport Delayed by Weather
Pan American said a Constel lation transport carrying 35 U S delegation members to UNO from London was delayed by weather at Gander Newfoundland. Passengers include Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt and Edward R Stettinius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pan American World Airways
Constellation
London
U. S
UNO
Gander
Newfoundland
Eleanor Roosevelt
Edward R. Stettinius
Hobby Fair Exhibits Open at Veterans Hall
The Hobby Fair opened yesterday in the VFW building at Seventh and Taylor under John B. Golding Post 1475. It runs through Feb 24 with hours 4 to 9 on weekdays and 10 to 9 Saturdays, featuring cedar and cactus lamp bases, 35 specimens of minerals, paintings, model airplanes, match stamp covers, hand painted china, and fashion designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Golding
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Seventh and Taylor
Recruiting Officer Assumes Command at Amarillo Station
Captain C. K. Odom, paratrooper with OSS service, takes command of Amarillo Army Recruiting Station. He replaces Captain Eugene Safford who moves to West Texas recruiting sub district in San Angelo. Odom, a Fort Stockton resident, recently returned from China after 32 months overseas and earned the Bronze Star for organizing and training Chinese fighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. K. Odom
Amarillo
Eugene Safford
Rosebud
West Texas
San Angelo
Fort Stockton
Odom
United States
China
Office of Strategic Services
France
Italy
North Africa
Burma
India
England
Scotland
Thawing Guidance For Frozen Fruit Packages
A 1 pound package should thaw 6 to 8 hours in the refrigerator. At room temperature expect 2 to 3 hours for thawing depending on ambient conditions.
Guggenheim Co Plans New 33 000 Sq Feet Building
The A. D. Guggenheim Co. plans a building with over 33 000 square feet of floor space on a 120 by 140 foot tract at 208 210 North Park. The site was bought from the Burgess estate and lies south of the Jones Electric building. Mr. Guggenheim, owner of the transmission machinery supply company, spoke about the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Guggenheim Co
North Park
Burgess Estate
Jones Electric
Guggenheim
Transmission Machinery Supply Company
Building Plans Include Basement and Possible Second Story
The project envisions a full basement with a potential second story. The A. D. Guggenheim Co. currently occupies a building at Seventh Avenue and Tyler Street and an adjacent north building owned by Ren Henson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
A. D. Guggenheim Co
Seventh Avenue
Tyler Street
Ren Henson
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Charles Smith
PURSE
Dow-Jones
NEW York Stock Exchange
Courthouse Records
ER Bayt
West Coast
Cal Farley
Wunstop Duzzitt
Blackbank
Pierce
Amarillo, Texas
F. B. Farwell, Jr
Bill Farmer
Texas Association of Public Accountants
Tavior
Druggista
Laat
Dvarka Water Water CO
Prescription
Polk
White and
Kirk
Kryptok
Lee Optical Co
Guggenheim Co
St. Joseph
Adkisson Hatchery & Feed Store
1100 West 6Th
Bell System
Southwestern Bell
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