National Legion Commander Won Honors the Hard Way
World War I captain John Steele national commander of the American Legion will be honored at a luncheon in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel. Steele rose from private to captain in France and later led Illinois politics as lieutenant governor and governor. He built Arktex Ceramic in Brazil Indiana and led several businesses while his sons John A and Russell served valiantly in World War II.
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John Steele
American Legion
Legion
Herring Hotel
Steele
Army
The
Illinois National Guard
United States
Germany
France
Fort Sheridan
St. Louis
Horner
Illinois
Washington University
McLeansboro
Western
John A
Russell
St. Lo
Russel
ETO
Windowed Minds Block Dawn’s True Light
A reflective verse fragment contemplates how inner shading of every mind hides the light of truth as people struggle to keep out awakening insight. The lines imply collective hesitation before clarity breaks through.
Themed Word Fill In Puzzle From Lehté Page
A puzzle page presents letters to fill with THE words and definitions. It lists 42 clues including vocabulary like emotion sympathy and physical states, plus names and items such as ETHEL for example.
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Ethel
German Subs Could Roam 22 000 Miles
A Doenitz report to Allied intelligence reveals U-boat fleet subs capable of 22 000 miles and 70 days submerged. Doenitz cites the schnorkel device enabling long underwater endurance, while U S submarines are said to stay submerged one or two days and travel 10 000 miles.
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Washington
Adm
Karl Doenitz
Germany
Doenitz
U. S. Navy
Troops protest delays as Styer defers mass meeting
A 3000 strong parade prompted Lt Gen W D Styer to curb plans for a mass meeting over demobilization delays. Military police reported orderly demonstrations while Styer warned of potential trouble and delayed homeward troop redeployments due to replacement difficulties.
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Tho City
W. D. Styer
Western Pacific
Styer
A. R. Hurd
Word Game Solution List
The list presents solutions for a word game numbered one through twenty with items including Ether theater theft Athens them theory there fore thermostat thread three pathetic synthetic lather lithe weather loathe soathe thresh bathe and father.
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Athens
British Commander Will Speak Tonight at Amarillo Event
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce members and families will hear a 30 minute concert by the Amarillo High School A Cappella Choir directed by Julia Dean Evans at 8 pm in the Municipal Auditorium. Francis H N Davidson, chief of staff on the British army staff, will speak afterward.
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Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Municipal Auditorium
Amarillo
Julia Dean Evans
Francis H. N. Davidson
Chamber of Commerce
Evans
Texas
Waco
Davidson
France
Belgium
British War Office
Order of the Bath
Russia
Funeral Tomorrow for Young John Thomason
Funeral services for Young John Thomason 75 will be held at 2 30 PM Tuesday in Blackburn Shaw memorial chapel. Rev Frank Godsoe and Rev E L Cutsinger will officiate with interment at Memorial Park. Thomason a Amarillo resident since 1929 died Saturday. survivors include widow three sons three daughters two brothers and 12 grandchildren.
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John Thomason
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
Frank Godsoe
Central Baptist
E. L. Cutsinger
Memorial Park
Amarillo
Le Gourmet To Open At Tenth And Georgia Amarillo
Le Gourmet plans a 11 am opening tomorrow at Tenth and Georgia Amarillo with hours from 11 am to 11 pm. The new restaurant will offer full course dinners. Owner L G Reece, an experienced restaurateur, came from Uvalde to build the establishment to his specifications.
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le Gourmet
Tenth
Georgia
Amarillo
L. G. Reece
Uvalde
Hijacks Cabman But Pays His Fare
Douglas Johns, a negro taxicab driver, told District Attorney Jim Lumpkin he was held up by Willie Jones, negro, who robbed him by assault. Jones is jailed in county custody on $1,500 bond after city officers arrested him following Johns report of the robbery last night. The robber allegedly used a gun, took $5, then returned 35 cents for the fare.
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Douglas Johns
Jim Lumpkin
Willie Jones
Jones
Justice of the Peace
C. W. Carder
Johns
Baxter To Speak On Future Growth In Amarillo
Rex Baxter, Amarillo chamber secretary, will discuss future growth at the Real Estate Board installation banquet. About 100 members and wives attend the Capitol Hotel dinner at 7. Fred Seale becomes 1946 president, succeeding T. J. Wagner. Sam Albright is new vice president and W. A. Askew remains secretary.
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Amarillo
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Real Estate Board
Capitol Hotel
Fred Seale
T. J. Wagner
Sam Albright
W. A. Askew
Mickey McGuire
Floyd Weatherall
J. Hal Brown
Seale
C. B. Ashford
Ashford
Jim Judge
Joe Glovier
Colby Davies
Mrs. Minnie Tolley Dies in Amarillo Hospital
Mrs Minnie Lee Tolley 75 widow of Ben Tolley died at 8 45 last night in a local hospital after a year-long illness. She had resided in Amarillo 30 years and belonged to the First Baptist Church. In state at N S Griggs & Sons pending funeral plans. Surviving nieces Gusta Robertson Amarillo Lucille Jones Ethel Thornton both of Atlanta and nephews Sidney Dunn Leon Dunn Atlanta and W H Koenig Washington.
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Minnie Lee Tolley
Ben Tolley
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Tolley
Amarillo
First Baptist Church
Gusta Robertson
Lucille Jones
Apartment House Fire Leaves Four Dead and Eleven Hurt
A four story frame apartment house in Portland Maine caught fire from a rear basement, trapping residents as flames swept up a stairway. Four died and 11 were injured while firefighters rescued 35 others.
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Portland
Australian New Zealand Troops To Go To Japan as Occupation Force
Tokyo reports British Lt. Gen. C. H. Gardiner announced a mixed division of Australian and New Zealand troops to be sent to Japan as an occupation force. Arrival date not provided.
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New Zealand
Japan
Tokyo
C. H. Gardiner
Euclid Fuqua Funeral Rites Planned in Amarillo
Euclid Fuqua 58 a sheriff's office record keeper died Saturday night after a heart attack. Rites set for 2 pm tomorrow at 1410 Polk in uncle W H Fuqua's home. Burial Llano Cemetery. Pallbearers include Sheriff Bill Adams and deputies. Survivors: widow Stella M Fuqua and three sons Olin Harvey Tucumcari NM Marion LaRue Clovis NM Paul Euclid Amarillo. Body to lie in Griggs and then 1410 Polk prior to services.
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Euclid Fuqua
W. H. Fuqua
Polk
FE. B. Fincher
Elwood Park Presbyterian Church
Llano Cemetery
Leo Yielding
Fuqua
Amarillo
Quanah
First National Bank
Stella M. Fuqua
Olin Harvey
Tucumcari
N. M
Marion LaRue
Clovis
Paul Euclid
Griggs Funeral Chapel
Sun pillar observed at sunrise by Amarillo weather desk
A sun pillar appeared near sunrise as a vertical column of light from snow crystals. Weathermen note it indicates snow crystals in the cloud layer. Today in Amarillo, skies will be less cloudy and cool, with fair conditions tonight and tomorrow. yesterday's high was 47 and the low 23. No rain is expected in the coming days.
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Amarillo
Airline Crash Kills Two Pilots in Birmingham
Officials of Pennsylvania Central Airlines investigated a crash at Birmingham Alabama where an airliner overran a runway and plunged into a 20 foot ditch. Two crewmen were killed and six others injured while seventeen passengers sustained minor injuries.
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Birmingham
Ala
Pennsylvania Central Airlines
Labor Unions Plan Jan 16 Walkout Amid Wage Clash
Labor unions from meat packing and textile sectors mobilize 200000 CIO workers for a January 16 strike demanding about a 30 percent raise to offset higher living costs. Western Electric employees threaten sympathy action as telephone unions mobilize 250000 workers. A key GM strike panel could influence wage trends as Detroit negotiations resume with CIO demands of 30 percent.
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Western Electric
National Federation of Telephone Workers
American Communications and Equipment
Washington
Capitol Hill
Amalgamated Meat Cutters
AFL
CIO
General Motors
Detroit
CIO Auto Workers
Sundogs Appear With Sun Over Amarillo Skies
The morning sun displayed sundogs or mock suns as ice crystals refracted light, while Amarillo remained dry though East Texas and parts of Southwest Texas saw rain and a trace of moisture. Weatherman H C Winburn explains the parhelion phenomenon.
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Amarillo
Texas
Lubbock
Clara McCall
Pierce
Globe
H. C. Winburn
Weatherman
Panhandle
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National Legion
Licker
Lehte
Greece
India
Y. J. Thomason
Malurbes
Hi Meddy
Baxter
Minnie Tolley
Dick Turner
Qek
NEA Service, Inc
T. M. Reg
U.S. Pat. Off, Se
Emeneeall
Ozarks
Auto Rental Service
U-Drive
John Garvey
RED Cross
Mfg
Candy Bros Mfg Co
Blackburn-Shaur Funeral Directors
Khoury Bros
West 5Th
Capudine
Hazlewood & Hazlewood
Oliver Eakle Ridg
Grady Hazlewood
John Hazlewood
Amarillo Neon CO
L. A. Pittman
Jay Pittman
Mead Pittman
N. E
P. O
Polk St
Amarillo Retail Druggists Association
Fluenza
Amabile Retail Druggists Assn
Atkinson Drug Store
Beery's Prescription & Vitamin Shop
Polk Street
Brooks’ Drug Store
Cretney
Oliver Eakle
Dickson Drug Store
FOX Drug Store
4Th and
Pierce Streets
H and Y Drug Store
West 16Th St. Herbert Drug Store
Herring
Hollingsworth Pharmacy
West 6Th St
Kendall Drug Store
East 10Th
Lincoln Drug Store
Mark Galloway
Maxor Drug Store
Nelson Drug Store
West 10Th
Jack Phillips Drug Store
West
Santa Fe Ridg
Post Office Drug Store
Taylor Street
Prescription Laboratory
East 10Th Street
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