Tanks for Formosa ships to Formosa from Ohio storage
Lima Ohio dispatch reports 90 carloads of tanks and armored cars destined for Formosa. Shipping originates from a government storage site in Ohio with loading managed by Lt Col Fontaine at Lima Ordnance Depot. Details on buyers and currency remain unclear amid U.S. aid policy and China’s weapon purchases.
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Philadelphia
Lima Ordnance Depot
R. B. Fontaine
Lima
Ohio
Formosa
Tanks for Formosa move by Turkish ship to China
Ninety carloads of tanks and armored cars bound for the Chinese government at Formosa were loaded onto the Turkish freighter SS Mardin at a Philadelphia pier. Reading Company officials said the consignment traveled by rail from Ohio to the Delaware River port in Port Richmond, Philadelphia, and the ship is expected to depart next week under a no-news-release policy.
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Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Far East
United States
Formosa
Truman
Defense Department
Washington
China
Philadelphia
Foreign Freight Department
Reading Company
Reading
Ohio
Delaware River
Port Richmond
Marta T.A.S
Istanbul
Turkey
B. H. Sobelman & Co., Inc
Amarillo
Whites Slay in Negro Home Massacre in Mississippi
In Kosciuszko Mississippi early today three white men allegedly massacred three children and injured a 14 year old stepdaughter after attempting to assault her. Thomas Harris said the attackers were Malcolm Whitt Leon Turner and Wendell Whitt. Police pursued the suspects as a manhunt continued.
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Kosciusko
Miss
Thomas Harris
Mississippi
Dist
Henry Rodgers
Malcolm Whitt
Leon Turner
Wendell Whitt
Malcolm
Rodgers
Attala County
Pearline Thurman
Harris
Whitts
Turner
Whitt
Frankie C. Thurman
Mary Burnside
Ruby Nell Harris
Pearline
Two youths held in Tucumcari burglaries
Two juveniles from Meridian Connecticut, Edward G. Hoth age 17 and Robert Henry Perkins Jr age 16, admitted involvement in several burglaries. They were arrested in Tucumcari New Mexico after the Hays Motor Company burglary. Police say a 1946 Chrysler tied to the case was found at the scene and one boy confessed to thefts in Hartford Waterbury and Danbury among others.
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Tucumcari
Edward G. Hoth
Robert Henry Perkins, Jr
Meridian
Conn
F. E. Newby
Hays Motor Company
Houston Bragg
Newby
Hays Motor Co
Hays Company
Bragg
Kohler Men’s
West Sixth
Merrismeyer Motor Co
Chrysler
Texas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Meredian
Hartford
Waterbury
Danbury
Harrisburg
Wheeling
WoVa
Columbus
Ohio
Joplin
Amarillo
Tireless Amarillo Civic Worker Named Outstanding Young Man
Amarillo junior chamber of commerce named Mr. Humphrey Outstanding Young Man of 1949 for community service leadership. He chairs and funds projects with the Exchange Club and Cerebral Palsy Center, holds church and youth roles, and led a 1949 indoor circus fund drive.
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Umphrey
Humphrey
Amarillo
Florida
Clifford
Janice
Sanders, Scott, Saunders and Smith
Amarillo Exchange Club
Robert E. Hucker
Exchange Club
Exchange Club Youth Fund
National Exchange Club
Board of Control
Weather outlook for Amarillo region today and tonight
Fair skies and cooler temperatures forecast with a high near 53 and a low around 23 tonight. Yesterday reached 66 degrees with a 24 degree low and a trace of precipitation. Tomorrow may be partly cloudy and warmer with a high near 61. U S Weather Bureau forecaster P W Reynolds at Amarillo Air Terminal confirms the outlook.
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P. W. Reynolds
US Weather Bureau
Amarillo Air Terminal
Doctor Says FBI Inquiry Is Politics
Dr E A Rowley told the Potter County Medical Society that DOJ agents have opened probes of more than 20 medical groups nationwide and plan to investigate Texas. He condemned the drive as politically motivated and part of a socialized medicine program opposition. The Texas association files may be opened, with agents already active in the federal anti trust division. The meeting at St Anthony's Hospital featured Dr Will Horn and a Potter County Blood Bank report by Dr T P Churchill.
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Department of Justice
United States
E. A. Rowley
Potter County Medical Society
Rowley
Texas State Medical Association
Texas
Potter County
T. P. Churchill
Judge Hamlin Dies After Illness in Clovis New Mexico
Judge James D. Hamlin longtime Southwest figure died at Memorial Hospital in Clovis NM at 78 after four months in hospital and over a year of declining health. Funeral at 2:30 pm at Hamlin Memorial Methodist Church Texico with Dr Ross Calvin officiating. Burial in Farwell family plot directed by Steed Funeral Home. No flowers requested with donations to Methodist Home in Waco preferred. His life celebrated a career in public speaking and love of beauty. He was born August 5 1871 in St Mathews Kentucky.
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Southwest
James D. Hamlin
Memorial Hospital
Clovis
Hamlin Memo Methodist Church
Texico
Ross Calvin
Clovis Episcopal Church
Judge Hamlin
Farwell
Steed Funeral Home
Waco
Hamlin
Hamlins
Kentucky
St Tsnis
Gable Family Sail Home From Hawaii Honeymoon
Clark Gable and wife are returning to California today after a Hawaiian honeymoon aboard a ship sailing from Honolulu. The couple enjoyed a quiet holiday aboard and plan to resume film work soon.
Windsors Visit Mexican Ranch On Planned Next Month
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor will visit Clint W. Murchison Sr s 115000 acre ranch 90 miles south of Tampico in the mountains likely early next month according to the Dallas oilman.
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Dallas
U.P
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Clint W. Murchison, Sr
Murchison
Tampico
US Warships Stand by Arrow As Chinese Gunboat Lingers
Two American destroyers stood by the Flying Arrow off the Yangtze estuary with escort to any port except Shanghai after the Nationalist shelling. British sloop Black Swan aided firefighting. a second Isbrandtsen freighter was bound for Shanghai as US and British ships faced the blockaded area.
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Wayne Richardson
Associated Press
Flying Arrow
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Yangtze River
Stickell
Bausell
C. L. Stuart
Chico
Cal
Black Swan
David Jones
Chicago
Isbrandtsen Line
Bangkok
Thailand
Siam
Russell S. Berkey
US Seventh Task Force
State Department
Washington
Isbrandtsen
Brooklyn Heights
US State Department
Amarillo Weather Summary For This Afternoon And Beyond
Amarillo and vicinity expect fair weather and not so warm conditions this afternoon with a warmer Wednesday. Daytime high near 53 and a low around 23 tonight with a high of 61 tomorrow. The 24 hour high was 66 with a 24 degree low and a trace of precipitation recorded. West Texas remains fair through tonight and Wednesday with colder readings east of the Pecos. New Mexico outlook shows colder conditions in the east today with fair conditions tonight and Wednesday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Pecos
New Mexico
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