Amarillo ROTC shooter Patsie Northcutt tops high-10 in contest
Patsie Northcutt, sponsor of Amarillo High Company B, fired 201 of 225 to place in the high-10 of the annual ROTC firing contest. Teammates J. D. Fisher and Charles Key scored 211 and 210, with others trailing as final rankings await remaining cadets.
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Patsie Northcutt
Amarillo High School
Patsie
Ernest
Northcutt
Harrison
Company B
Camp Cheley
Estes Park
Colo
J. D. Fisher
James E. Fisher
Fisher
Kay
Sponsor
Bill Pittman
Edward Johnson
Howard Willis
Gordon Culwell
Kenneth Henderson
Eddie Blair
Billy Linkenhager
Frank Gusler
Bill Cain
Charlton Wise
John Khoury
Billy Pat Moore
R. Christopher
John Hood
Ray Wahue
Douglas Moreland
James Holland
Clarence Young
Buddy Knochs
Don Benton
Hugh Haight
Leroy Bagwell
Roy Peterson
Matt Champion
Don Bandy
Jerry Fullerton
Lester Block
Twin Colosseum Plans Advance In Amarillo
Amarillo officials and business leaders reached a unanimous compromise to build two separate facilities: a coliseum at the Tri-State Fair Grounds and a remodeled city auditorium downtown. The plan includes land acquisition for expansion, a broader improvement program at the fair grounds, and a city planning subcommittee to hire planners for both projects.
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Tri-State Fair Grounds
Plannong
Livertock
Fair Grounds
Jay Taylor
Taylor
Municipal Auditorium
Weather summary for Amarillo region and West Texas
The forecast calls for continued fair conditions in Amarillo and vicinity with little temperature change today and tonight. West Texas will be partly cloudy with a slight warmup tonight outside Del Rio Eagle Pass. New Mexico sees intermittent showers or snow flurries west and warmer east of the divide. colder in the west Friday with highs 50 to 76 across regions. Station readings report 24 hours ending 6 30 A M: high 55 low 25 noon 63.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Police Search for Dead Woman Head Near Lake Arrowhead
In SAN BERNARDINO California on January 3 officers scoured brushy canyons below Lake Arrowhead for the head of a woman whose body was found nude and with hands missing. Coroner Dr. Williams said death came from two close range gunshots and the decapitation may reflect medical knowledge. Two bloody twine lengths and a tattered blanket were found. investigators hope identifying marks on the leg and feet aid identification.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Fashionable Lake Arrowhead
R. E. Williams
Emmet L. Shay
Wearings Moody
Stark testimony reopens Pearl Harbor advance knowledge debate
Adm Harold Stark testified that he knew of no official advance warning of the Pearl Harbor attack and no group maneuvered events to invite it. He said efforts were aimed at maintaining peace and rejected rumors of high level foreknowledge as unfounded.
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Washington
Harold R. Stark
Pearl Harbor
Chief of
Naval Operations
Lucas
Illinois
Stark
Senate
House Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
FE. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Admiral Kimmel
Wisconsin
State Department
Barkley
Queen Mary brings 8800 veterans home in large troopship parade
The British liner Queen Mary docked in New York with 8,800 82nd Airborne veterans as part of a 30,837 troop arrival across 11 transports. A later tally shows 62,000 service members due at East and West Coast ports aboard 49 transports. President Truman prepared a radio address on labor and legislative proposals to rally public support for stalled programs.
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New York
82Nd Airborne Division
Wasp
Navy
William O'Dwyer
James M. Gavin
82Nd
Hudson River
Fifth Avenue
United States
Sicily
Italy
France
Netherlands
Normandy
Luciano Released Deported to Italy
ALBANY N Y Jan 3 Lucky Luciano former New York City vice overlord is slated to receive a commutation of his prison sentence to day from Governor Dewey who prosecuted him so that he may be deported to his native Italy Now 47 years old Luciano was at the height of power as a kingpin racketeer whose specialty was organizing prostitution syndicates into a big business when Dewey as Manhattan s racket busting special prosecutor obtained his conviction in 1936 He was sentenced to 30 to 59 years.
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Albany
N. Y
Lucky Luciano
New York City
Dewey
Italy
Luciano
Manhattan
Cabinet Paints Notation by John Maynard Letter Co
Readable note mentions kitchen cabinets and paints Bio Ww Lth as part of a letter from John Maynard Letter Co. The fragment suggests a trade or product reference connected to cabinet finishes and material thinning.
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John Maynard Ltr. Co
Film Star Is Scared By Holdup
Betty Grable testified that six masked robbers held up a Sunset Strip gambling den on New Year’s Eve. The bandits pointed a machine gun at the actress and escaped with about 75000 dollars as guests were kept at gunpoint. Security reportedly lax and witnesses included Harry James and Irene Selznick.
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Hollywood
Betty Grable
Sunset Strip
E. M. Renfro
Renfro
Miss Grable
Harry James
Sam G Wood
Edmund Goulding
Irene Selznick
Leo Fordstein
Miss Greble
Chennault Returns to China as Private Citizen
Maj. Gen. L. Chenault of the Flying Tigers sails from Hickam Field toward the Orient on a secret mission, returning to China as a private citizen, according to Army Air Transport Command at Hamilton Field.
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Honolulu
L. Chenault
Flying Tigers
Hickam Field
Orient
China
Army Air Transport Command
Hamilton Field
Ceal
Top prices paid for used cars
Used car buyer Jack SoRelie advertises top prices for trade ins at 19th and Fillmore, inviting sellers to bring vehicles for appraisal.
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Jack SoRelie
Fillmore
Four Pickets Thrown Into Bay Near Keyport Plant
Four sea going pickets aboard a 26 foot skiff attempting to picket the Western Electric Company Kearney Plant near the Passaic River were thrown into icy New York Bay when the craft sank after striking an ice floe.
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Keyport
N. J
Western Electric Company
Kearney
Passaic River
New York Bay
Kraft and Bing Clash Over Radio Show Agreement
Kraft Foods president John H. Kraft announced a declaratory judgment and injunction suit against Bing Crosby in New York. He alleges Crosby refused to continue appearing on Kraft's radio program, violating company agreements.
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Chicago
John H. Kraft
Kraft Foods Company
Bing Crosby
Crosby
Kraft
New York
Kraft Caida
Contract Dispute Over Bing Radio Services in 1946
A 1937 contract for Bing's radio services allowed annual renewals through 1950. The parties have exercised options through 1946 and Bing asserts no enforceable agreement remains. Kraft sues to have a court decide if the contracts are still binding and enforceable.
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Axegly Mpaim Tiga Alealtintiil
Bing
Kraft
Legion To Honor Leader In Amarillo Visit By John Stelle
The American Legion national commander John Stelle of McLeansboro Illinois will visit Amarillo next Wednesday for his first Texas stop. He arrives about 11 30 A M by TWA from Albuquerque and a public luncheon follows at 12 15 P M in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel Tickets are on sale at the Chamber offices with a 48 hour advance request Amarillo district commander Lewis P Fields leads arrangements Tulsa division commander Henry Teubel will attend as will other division commanders department commander and adjutant The commander will depart that afternoon for Lubbock and
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Washington
Truman
White House
Amarillo
Congress
Charles G. Ross
Democratic National Committee
Capitol Hill
John Stelle
McLeansboro
Ill
American Legion
Stelle
Texas
TWA
Albuquerque
Herring Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Lewis P. Fields
Henry Teubel
Tulsa
Lubbock
Edward N. Scheiberling
Albany
N. Y
Pan American Sets Fast Newfoundland to Eire Record
A Pan American plane landed at Rineanna on January 2 after seven hours and eight minutes from Gander Newfoundland the fastest time for that Pan American aircraft. An American Airlines spokesman noted a seven hour fifty minute flight on November 27.
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Newfoundland
Eire
Rineanna
Pan American
Gander
American Airlines
New York
Regal Co Real Estate and Loans firm profile
A historical notice profiles FE A Regal Co engaged in real estate and loan services. Details include company scope, geographic reach, and references to property transactions and lending operations typical of a local business directory entry.
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FE. A. Regal Co
Two-Headed Infant Still Alive Despite Unclear Parents
In Birmingham a premature girl born with two heads remained alive on her second day. The mother, 21, wife of a repatriated American soldier, pondered naming both as twin daughters. Hospital disclosed no parent names and reported no overnight change. doctors gave only slim hope for a lengthy survival.
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Birmingham
England
Good Weather Bright Spot in Panhandle Nation
Forecast for Amarillo shows continued good weather while much of the country experiences fog and cloudiness. Temperatures rise from a 40 degree daytime high toward 55 by afternoon and 25 at night with normal averages at 33.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Labor strikes mount as Western Electric halted 68,000 workers
The nation's labor turmoil deepens as 68,000 Western Electric employees walk out at 10 am across New York and New Jersey. Stamford Connecticut joins a city-wide sympathy strike to back Yale & Towne's 57 day dispute. Potential 250,000 telephone operators may join in. Additional steel and meat packing walkouts loom.
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United Press
Western Electric Company
New York
New Jersey
New England
Stamford
Conn
Yale & Towne
Western Electric
Riot in Leon leaves 40 dead and 300 wounded in clashes
In Leon Mexico a political demonstration turned deadly as police and federal troops fired on crowds near the municipal hall. Witnesses say the protest opposed PRM mayoral winner Ignacio Quiroz, backing independent Carlos A Obregon. Most congress members and government officials are PRM.
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Leon
Mex
PRM
Ignacio Quiroz
Carlos A. Obregon
Tire shortage hits Amarillo as rationing ends
Western Auto Stores manager John Poole says passenger car tires remain scarce in Amarillo though no license is required now. Ted Lokey reports few tires enter weekly and 75 to 80 percent of local cars need replacements, with supply meeting at most 5 percent of demand.
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John Poole
Western Auto Stores
Amarillo
Potter County
Poole
Ted Lokey
Lokey
Mr. Lokey
Mr. Farley
White
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Hart
Chief of Naval Operations
Congressional Investigating Committee
Kimmel
Lan
82Nd Airborne
Sir Miles Dempsey
Second Army
Free Thug
Holdup
Claire Chennault
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Bing Fuss
Legion To Honor
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