Flames Gut Small House Fire at 803 North Van Buren
A morning fire gutted a three room frame home owned by Mrs. Ollie Bennett at 803 North Van Buren. Her 5-year-old daughter Carol Ann tried to douse the blaze with cups of water and ran for help after the kitchen waste basket ignited. Neighbors saved only a bed and chest of drawers as the roof flames surged.
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Ollie Bennett
North van Buren
Harold Gray
Mr. Gray
Gray
Bennett
Fire guts home. girl hid basket near stove
Neighbors identified Mrs. Bennett as employed at the King Cafa and away from the home during a fire that gutted the residence of W. A. Smith. Gray said firemen kept walls from collapsing after extinguishing the blaze. a little girl told Mrs. J. P. Jeffress of a basket near the kitchen stove.
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Bennett
Gray
Jarman Gets Jail Sentence On Check Charge
W. L. Jarman of Oklahoma City drew a two day jail sentence in county court after pleading guilty to passing a worthless check for 23.95 to Finklea Electric Company at 512 West Fifth on February 13 for an electric toaster. He was arrested by city police at 10 o'clock this morning.
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W. L. Jarman
Oklahoma City
Jarman
Finklea Electric Company
West Fifth
Fire at American Legion Hall and West Eighteenth Blaze
Firemen were summoned to the American Legion Hall at 9 40 this morning after a canvas cover on a heater duct burst into flames. Damage was sighted. Earlier, firefighters responded to 714 West Eighteenth where they found a smoking pot roast in an apartment.
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American Legion Hall
West Eighteenth
Bar Free Plays For Pin-Ballers
Deputy Sheriff Tex Cotter says pin-ball operators will remove free plays from machines after a meeting in the sheriff s office with Jack Grant and Cotter. Grant and Cotter previously disconnected machines at five Amarillo establishments, declaring replays illegal and ordering removal by tonight or face prosecution.
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Tex Cotter
Sheriff's Office
Cotter
Jack Grant
Grant
Amarillo
Miss Merediths Condition Good After Auto Crash
Miss Meredith and her sister Miss Minnie Meredith, both of 604 Adams, were in a collision at 7 45 last night at Seventeenth and Grand. They were in a car going west about to turn left when Walter Cross of 1504 B West Eleventh struck the other vehicle traveling east on Seventeenth. Relatives report Miss Sammie Mere dith’s condition as good this morning.
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Sammie Meredith
Adams
Miss Meredith
Mss
Minnie Meredith
Seventeenth
Grand
Meredith
Walter Cross
West
E D Hamilton Jr Funeral Tomorrow
Edward David Hamilton Jr aged 29 dies from injuries in a Sunday night car crash near Bridgeport Texas. Funeral services are set for 4 pm at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel with pallbearers Ralph Rice Howard Fuqua Sidney Sharp Byron Williams Harold Fowler and Vernie Sharp. Burial will be in Slane Cemetery. Survivors include his mother Mrs Edwina Hamilton a matron at the Children’s Home, two sisters Mrs James D Anderson and Miss Ione Hamilton, and two half brothers C O and Norman 8 Davis.
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Edward David Hamilton
Bridgeport
Tex
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial
Ralph Rice
Howard Fuqua
Sidney Sharp
Byron Williams
Harold Fowler
Vernie Sharp
Slane
Hamilton
Amarillo
Edwina Hamilton
James D. Anderson
Ione Hamilton
Valley
Neb
C. O
Norman
Davis
Wildorado
Readhimer Rites Held At Chapel In McAllen
Rites for J. R. Readhimer 74 of McAllen were at Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel. Rev. W S Sibley and Rev. W C Bryant officiated. Pallbearers included E V Groom and others. burial at Memorial Park Cemetery. Died yesterday after a long illness. survived by wife, two daughters, three sons, six sisters, two brothers, six grandchildren, one great grandchild.
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J. R. Readhimer
McAllen
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial
W. S. Sibley
Summit Baptist Church
W. C. Bryant
Temple Baptist Church
E.V. Groom
E. E. Gray
James Bailey
Harold Griffith
Lowell Jarrett
LeRoy Cox
Charles Cox
James Marvin Readhimer
Prk
Readheimer
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Reachimer
Floyd
Hale
Huge Immunization Drive In Los Angeles Planned
Los Angeles February 28. The county medical association launches a drive to immunize residents against disease to prevent epidemics after an attack. Dr Frank Shade says private doctors will immunize all family members at customary rates. Vaccines cover smallpox typhoid paratyphoid tetanus and for children diphtheria and whooping cough. The program runs through March and April.
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Los Angeles
The
County Medical Association
Frank Shade
Association
Medical Civilian Defense Committee
Shade
Tire and wheel stolen from Bumpus Service Station
Lawrence M. Bumpus of Bumpus Service Station at Third and North Fillmore reported last night the theft of a new tire and a Chevrolet truck wheel from his business.
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Lawrence M. Bumpus
Bumpus
Third and
North Fillmore
Nicaragua Expects 14 Million From 1956 Coffee Crop
Nicaragua projects a 1956 coffee harvest bringing in about 14 million dollars, signaling strong tea prices and a favorable market. The forecast could influence export revenues and payment schedules for farmers and exporters alike.
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Nicaragua
Recharging of Bodies at Hot Springs Hospital
Lola Pedro reports at Leo N Levi Memorial Hospital in Hot Springs Arkansas a new experimental treatment for arthritis heart disease multiple sclerosis and muscular dystrophy. Hospital president J A Robinson explains recharging the body's storage battery by analyzing and restoring substances to sick patients. Studies on 21 heart patients completed and experiments continue with arthritis and other conditions.
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FN Pedro
Cal
J. A. Robinson
Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital
Hot Springs
Ark
B’nai S’rith
National Jewish Welfare Group
Robinson
Death of Harry Armstrong, composer of Sweet Adeline
New York reports the death of 72 year old Harry Armstrong who wrote the music for the famous song Sweet Adeline. Richard Gerard the lyricist died in 1948. The piece, originally titled Sweet Rosalie, was renamed by publishers in honor of opera singer Adeline Patti and written in 1903.
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New York
Harry Armstrong
Adeline
Richard Gerard
Rosalie
Adeline Patti
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