Amarillo High students win major state honors in speech meet
Seven Amarillo High School students earned state recognition at the Baylor University Invitational Speech Tournament in Waco. Barney Young and Richard Thompson won first place in debate and each received a $225 Baylor scholarship. Ernestine Mitchell was elected a Texas delegate to the national DE clubs convention in Tulsa. Four other AHS students reached finals in poetry and dramatic interpretation as about 40 schools and 400 participants competed.
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Globe
Barney Young
Hillcrest
Richard Thompson
A Polk
Baylor
Amarillo
Bayne Young
W. B. Thompson
Baylor University
Waco
AHS
Texas
Jessie Mercer
Ernestine Mitchell
Tulsa
Ernestine
John E. Mitchell
Broadmoor
Houston
Ray Cannon
Sandies
Austin
Levine's
AHS DE Ub
Richard
Barney
Margie Greer
Marlene Haynie
Royal Guest Rehearses With Kathryn Grayson
Royal guest and Kathryn Grayson share scenes in MGM production Grounds for Marriage as the star boosts energy with Royal Pudding. The advertisement touts milk energy and seven flavors, highlighting nutrition and appeal to mothers and children alike.
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Royal Guest
Kathryn Grayson
France deports 27 foreigners after Paris riot
The French government deported 27 foreigners arrested in Paris during a Communist led demonstration against German rearmament. Nationalities and identities of the deportees were not disclosed.
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France
Paris
Police raid on Vienna black market yields ashes as evidence
Police raiding black marketeers in Vienna, Austria, found a man cramming bank notes into a stove and obtained only ashes as evidence.
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Vienna
Austria
Tess On HAND JACOBY ON BRIDGE
Hard Luck Joe analyzes a hand for cross ruff in bridge and explains correct play. He foreshadows the eight trump and heart ruff sequence but notes better timing to win a contract by starting hearts before ruffing clubs.
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Joe
West
Dummy
Insanity Plea for Fred Felix Adair in Dallas Case
District Judge Henry King considers transferring Fred Felix Adair to a sanity hearing before his scheduled March 29 execution for the rape of a Vickery housewife. Adair, already under his 30 day reprieve, faces death by electric chair. Texas law allows insanity findings after conviction, which would halt the death sentence.
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Dallas
Henry King
Fred Felix Adair
Adair
Vickery
Anti-Union Shop Meeting Tonight
Kenneth A. Yarbrough was elected president of the group that opposes the union shop provision of the Railway Labor Act. Barney Spaulding, organizer, says tonight’s session at 7:30 in the Potter County Courthouse 47th District Court room will plan to repeal the compulsory union shop and defend workers choice to join or not join a union.
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47Th District Court Room
Potter County Court House
Barney Spaulding
Spaulding
United States
Kenneth A. Yarbrough
North Arthur
Years of Austere Living Predicted by Duff at Houston Dinner
Sen. James H. Duff predicts the nation will face years of austere living. Speaking at a Lincoln Day dinner sponsored by the Houston Republican Women’s Club, he said all sectors including small business, workers, farmers, and government will feel the squeeze.
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Houston
James H. Duff
R-Pa
Houston Republican Women’s Club
Rites for Father of Mrs Nemechek Held in San Diego
Final rites were performed today in San Diego for E Garrick O Bryan father of Mrs Lee Nemechek of 1614 Parker. Mrs Nemechek was at her father's bedside when he died last Saturday. He had visited Amarillo and was a noted Pennsylvania violinist before retiring in Southern California. He is survived by his widow seven children and 32 grandchildren.
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San Diego
E. Garrick O'Bryan
Lee Nemechek
Parker
Courthouse Records Rights transfers and licenses listed
A compilation of warranty deeds including W T Baker to Mrs J A Payne and others with parcel details, plus Frank Wilkinson Construction to Galen Thompson and others. Also includes Denver N Hopson transfer, Elvin Wilson to T J Clauson, and Sadie M O Dell to James T Smith among multiple parcels. Marriage licenses recorded for Bean Chastain, Powell Lynch, Stanford Coffman. Court Domestic Relations notes Lillie B McKinney vs Sidney M McKinney for divorce.
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W. T. Baker
J. A. Payne
Fair, Town
Dothan L. Shelton
Frank Wilkinson Constr. Co
Galen A. Thompson
Wilkinson S/D. Heights Constr. & Dev. Co
Denver N
East Anna
Margaret Anne Hall
Wm. Freeman
G&s
Andrew B. Adcock
W. C. Catron
J. W. Gray
Lollie Hart
T&k
Martin Thomas Bean
Nell Elizabeth Chastain
Jimmie Powell
Katherine Lynch
Thomas Wright Stanford
Mary Frances Coffman
Lillie B. McKinney
Sidney M. McKinney
Argentina Aims Self Sufficiency in Steel 1952 57 Plan
Argentina will pursue self sufficiency in steel production in its upcoming five year plan covering 1952 to 1957. The plan focuses on expanding domestic capacity and reducing reliance on imports, with emphasis on strategic industries and national development.
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Argentina
Bellyweed Star Fined in Spain
Madrid Spain February 20 A local court ordered Hollywood star Madeleine Carroll to pay Suevia Film Company 55000 dollars for reportedly failing to act in a film contracted in 1946 Part of the damage claim was dropped from the original 230000 dollar demand The ruling covers damages and money advanced to Carroll
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Madrid
Spain
Hollywood
Madeleine Carroll
Suevia Film Company
Miss Carroll
El Salvador Projects Record 44 Million Budget This Year
El Salvador government plans a record 44 million dollar budget this year marking the largest allocation in the nation’s history. Officials say the funds target public services and infrastructure amid economic pressures and social programs.
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el Salvador
Post Office Positions Open in Amarillo
Post Office positions in Amarillo will be filled from a substitute clerk carrier examination announced by the US Civil Service Commission. Salary will be at the rate of $1 31 percent per hour. To be eligible to take the examination applicants must reside within the delivery limits of the Amarillo post office or be bona fide patrons of the Amarillo post office. Application forms and additional notices follow.
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Amarillo
US Civil Service Commission
Amarillo Post Office
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Clur Sod
Canaip Dy
Canada
Tess
Jacoby
Oswald Jacoby
NEA Service
SOUTH
AK 106
Nemechek
Courthouse Records
Langlin
Polk
Bellyweod Star
H. M. Timmons
Civil Service
Post Office
Orinoco
Caracas
Venezuela
Orinoco River
Norris Ewing
Travelers of
Hartford Barfield
Cadillac
America
Moi
Amarillo Motor Co., Inc
Tyler
U. S. No
OUR Own
Gerber
Val Sweet
Royal—Asst
Drs. Hyden & Bray
Optometrists
Barfield
Hi-Plains Furniture Co
S. Fillmore
Clary
Taylor
Amarillo, Texas
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