Mail Fraud Convictions Upheld for Boston Mayor Curley
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed the mail fraud convictions of Boston Mayor James M. Curley and his two associates James G. Fuller and Donald Wakefield Smith in a 2 to 1 decision. The trio, indicted in 1944 and found guilty in January 1946, faced sentences from six months to four years for a scheme involving Engineers Group, Inc. and over $60,000 obtained through claimed government contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
James M. Curley
Boston
Court of Appeals
Curley
James G. Fuller
Donald Wakefield Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Wilbur K. Miller
Engineers Group, Inc
James G. Proctor
Proctor
Federal
Smith
Fuller
Lubbock Plans Nursery Near Tech
A proposed day nursery for children of Texas Tech students and staff moves forward in Lubbock. Nine organizers visited Amarillo’s nursery to study management and program, aiming to operate within one or two months. Sponsors may include Texas Tech and the Junior League, with potential future community status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Texas Technological College
Bertha McLellan
Amarillo
van Buren
Mary Ann Duke
Texas Tech
E. Kerr
Enlistments in U S Naval Reserve List Read
Lt Comdr John J Vandale announces the enlistment of men into the U S Naval Reserve V-6 with names and home towns including Bailey Cleveland Bradley Dalhart Browning Brummal Humphreys Carrell Carroll Oliver Coltharp Gilliam Goin Grove and others. Transfers to the local Reserve Division will begin soon. the office is in Room 312 Post Office Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Vandale
Naval Reserve
U. S. Naval Reserve
Lonnie Sam Bailey
Cleveland
Paul Wesley Bradley
Dalhart
Lester Clifford Browning
Hereford
Robert Humphreys Brummal
Palo Duro
Richard Lee Carrell
Florida
Cyrus Brooks Carroll
Yeoman
Pantex Villiage
Raymond George Oliver
Tennessee
Vandel Doland Coltharp
North Florida
James Robert Gilliam
Metalsmith
North Mirror
James Jamar Goin
Claude Philetus Arthur Grove, Jr
Quartermaster
Maryland
Wayne Grover
Engineers To Attend Meeting in Dallas
Six Amarillo and Panhandle engineers will attend the eleventh annual meeting of the Texas Society for Professional Engineers in Dallas Thursday and Friday. Attendees include J. L. Adams county engineer and secretary of the Panhandle chapter, Sam Davis division engineer for Southwestern Public Service, H. B. Mathieus Borger president of the Panhandle chapter, Frank B. Elmore division engineer for Southwestern Public Service, C. A. Edmonds chief gas engineer for Gulf Oil, and George W. Thompson Borger city engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo and
Cabot Company
Frank B. Elmore
Borger
Southwestern Public Service
C. A. Edmonds
Gulf Oil Company
George W. Thompson
Highway 66 Group Installation Jan 24 in Amarillo
Officers of the New Mexico and Arizona units of the National Highway 66 Association travel to Amarillo on January 24 to inaugurate the Texas unit. Bob Clark of Shamrock is elected president with A Reville of Amarillo as vice president and Judge G W Hefley of Wheeler as secretary treasurer. Directors include Boyd Meador McLean Frank Burgin Groom F Walker Shamrock Dr O H Loyd Vega Tom Watson Wildorado Dallas Smith Amarillo M W Standis Alanreed and Edgar Jacobson Adrian. A Conway director will be named later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Arizona
National Highway 66 Association
Amarillo
Texas
Amarillo Hotel
Bob Clark
Shamrock
A. Reville
G. W. Hefley
Wheeler
Boyd Meador
McLean
Frank Burgin
Groom
F. Walker
O. H. Loyd
Vega
Tom Watson
Wildorado
Dallas Smith
M. W. Standis
Alanreed
Edgar Jacobson
Adrian
Conway
Gift From CIO to Buy Radios for 116 Veterans Hospitals
General Omar Bradley of the veterans administration received a $10,000 check from the CIO today to purchase radios for all 116 veterans hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO Washington
Omar Bradley
CIO
Naval Reserve seeks 15 year armory lease approval
The Naval Reserve steering committee led by Lt. Comdr. John J. Vandale will ask the city commission to approve a 15 year lease for an armory site. The 200 by 200 foot city owned parcel on West Eighth fronts city property and has been approved by Eighth Naval District inspectors. If signed, documents go to the district in New Orleans for final processing. The lease carries a nominal yearly rent, typically one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Reserve
John J. Vandale
Naval Armory
West Eighth
Eighth Naval District
New Orleans
December Tax Collections Exceed Twenty Thousand
More than 20 thousand dollars in state and county taxes were collected in December, reported by County Tax Collector Frank Hoyt. Total receipts were 20 139 05 with current taxes at 15 005 19 and delinquent taxes 1 882 12. Other major sums included liquor licenses 1 301 15 beer and wine licenses 899 50 poll taxes 666 remitted 13 610 22 to county treasurer and 5 370 51 to state treasurer. District schools received 565 57 and State liquor control board 498 75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hoyt
State Liquor Control Board
City Dog Licenses For 1947 Go on Sale
City dog licenses for 1947 went on sale this morning at the city tax office. Robert B. Foster of 4250 West Eleventh purchased the first license for his Dalmatian. Dalmatian dogs are white with black spots and often serve as fire station mascots. Licenses cost 1 for males 2 for females and 1 for spayed females, and dogs must have rabies vaccination within six months before issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Foster
West Eleventh
Mr. Foster
Amarillo
Cleveland
West Texas Chambers Plan 1947 Convention in Pampa
Rex Baxter of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce announced that West Texas chamber managers will hold their 1947 convention in Pampa from April 10 to 12. The date and program were set at a directors’ meeting in Lubbock. Supervisory officers will also convene in Dallas January 25 to finalize the convention site and date, with Baxter serving as president of the Texas association and directing roles in related fair managers meetings January 23 to 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas Chambers of Commerce
Pampa
Rex Baxter
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
West Texas Association
Lubbock
Texas Chamber of Commerce Managers Association
Dallas
Baxter
Texas Association
Texas Fair Managers Association
Mr. Baxter
Ira Myers Receives Permanent Citations for Valor
Lt. Comdr. Ira Myers USNR son of Ira E. Myers of 3707 Tyler recently received permanent citations for the Distinguished Flying Cross and Gold Stars in lieu of the second, third, and fourth Air Medals. Secretary James Forrestal presented the awards for meritorious aerial flight during operations against Japanese forces near the Nansei Shoto. The Distinguished Flying Cross covered combat from June 15 1945 marking Myers 20th mission. The Gold Stars covered March 27 to April 2 1945 and April 4 15 and April 17 to June 16 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Myers
USNR
Ira E. Myers
Tyler
Secretary of the Navy
James Forrestal
Nansei Shoto
Myers
Retail Sales Up 12 Percent in November Amarillo
Amarillo's November retail sales rose 12 percent over October 1946, outpacing the state average of 2 percent. Air express shipments gained 7 percent for the month and 12 percent for the year. Telephones in service totaled 20116, up 2 percent from the state, while postal receipts fell 10 percent. Bank debits reached 66.465 million, down 7 percent from October but up 30 percent from November 1945. Employment placements climbed 4 percent from October, with unemployment rising 9 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Texas Bureau of Business Research
Texas
Air Express
Texas State Employment Service
Grayson Charged With Attempted Assault Near Amarillo Club
Ivan Grayson 30 faces charges of assault with intent to commit a criminal attack filed by a 17 year old girl. Grayson held on $2,500 bond in Potter County jail after arraignment before Justice J D Cazzell. Police arrested him after an incident Saturday night near a nightclub east of Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Grayson
Grayson
Potter County
Justice of the Peace
J. D. Cazzell
Amarillo
Country Club Boys Build Two-Headed Bicycle Spectacle
Stanley Davis aged 12 and George Lakey aged 11 of West Amarillo merged their bicycles to make a two rider contraption by removing a front wheel. Their test ride through San Jacinto neighborhoods drew attention and two policemen stopped them for inspection. Stanley called them two little geniuses who got their heads together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
West Amarillo
Stanley Davis
Sunset
George Lakey
San Jacinto
Stanley
Minor Street Damage From Cold Spell Not Extensive
Amarillo city streets suffered some damage during a recent cold snow spell but the damage was not extensive, said city manager A. P. Hancock. He noted the snow and ice didn’t remain long, preventing severe cracking as water froze in pavement cavities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
A. P. Hancock
British combat Haifa blast kills four policemen
In Haifa a Jewish underground operative blew up the city police station, killing four policemen. An official report said two British and two Arab officers died, with about 100 British, Jews, and Arabs injured. Civilian casualties remained uncertain as search continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
U.P
Haifa
Jewish Agency
Dow Jones Averages Mixed Amid Market Fluctuations
Financial brief shows Merrill Lynch figures with mixed moves at 1 PM Amarillo time. Railroads and utilities retreat while sales activity registers a sizable 1,230,000 share total. overall index levels reflect continuing volatility in the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch-Pierce- Fenner & Beane
Amarillo
Goocess
I. Cave Iovenoass
Kansas City Livestock Prices Slow. Cattle, Hogs, Sheep Mixed
Cattle 27 500 head with calves 2600 seen. trade slow and prices generally weak to 25c lower than last week. Bulls steady. stocker and feeder activity fair with prices steady. Slaughter steers 19.50 24.50. heifers 20.00 24.00. cows 12.00 15.75. Hogs 32 00 head, activity fair. top 24.00. sows around 20.50. Sheep 22 000 head slow. bids lower, good lambs above 23.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
USDA
Chicago
Market Report Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices Change in Chicago
Chicago market update shows hogs 16 500 head with prices up 75c to 1.00 and top at 23.75 for 180 250 lb. cattle 19 000 with steers steady and top 29.00. calves 1 500. heifers and cows weaker. sheep 6 500 with lambs weakly priced. financial fund liquidation at 1.9464 to 2.13.
Courthouse Records Show Deeds and District Court Actions
Warranty deeds record transfers including James G. Skelton to E. E. Hollis for 4350 and C. BE. Weymouth to J. T. Sanders for 50000 with multiple lot references. District Court lists divorces for Wheeler, Keith, Teasley. Marriage licenses issued to Bills Stocker and Sage Scott among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Skelton
E. E. Hollis
Holland
Allen Early
Allen Early, Jr
G&s
John A. Hayes
Mary J. Bishop
Mirror
C. BE. Weymouth
J. T. Sanders
J. W. Sanders
Lillie F. Ratliff
G&s. Geo
W. Maguire
Ernest J. Butler
Nettie Laura Ten Eyck
Harold R. Ten Eyck
Southside
Seale Homes, Inc
John L. Atkinson
E. A. Seal Homes, Inc
Roy L. Jones
E. Ama. Seale Homes, Inc
F. R. Farris, Jr
L. Reeves
Ax Geo
A. Reeves
Alamo Place
Louise Connally Wheeler
B. M. Wheeler
Jack W. Keith
Margaret Marie Keith
E. C. Teasley
Pearl Brown Teasley
Harold Lee Bills
Helen Cathryn Stocker
Robert Orman Sage
Winnie Scott
Albert Leland Wood
Marjorie Lavone Stone
Bennett Allen
Theda Samuels
Alton R Ellsworth
Pegny Jean Gabel
William N. Thompson
Joan White
Tom C. Harris
Ona Thrash
Government recaptures Anping on Peiping Tientsin road
Government troops retook Anping on the Peiping Tientsin highway, but a road section remained in Communist hands and unusable for U S Marines at both ends, according to today’s reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
Anping
Peiping- Tientsin
U. S
Belle Abandoned Trawler Sought by Planes in Atlantic
Three search planes scoured a vast Atlantic area for the Belle trawler with 17 aboard, unreported since Thursday. Coast Guard units from Quonset and Salem reported favorable conditions and clear visibility as the vessel, ice laden, drifted about 100 miles east of Boston after an engine breakdown.
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Boston
Atlantic Ocean
Coast Guard
Quonset, R. I
Salem
Standard Fisheries of
Will Rogers Memorial Park to Undergo Remodeling
Will Rogers Memorial Park formerly North Buchanan Park is being remodeled. City park superintendent Mark Miles says improvements include a 15 by 25 foot wading pool several playground pieces a new tennis court and general landscaping. A formal central garden with cedar backdrop and shrub wings is planned plus redesigned interior sidewalks and shrubbery banks. Preliminary work also starts on Memorial Park south of Amarillo College with sidewalks and recessed parking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Rogers Memorial Park
North Buchanan Park
Mark Miles
Miles
Eighth Avenue
North East Eighth
Lincoln
Buchanan
Memorial Park
Amarillo College
Japanese Defense To Seek Dismissal Of War Crimes
Tokyo reports that defense attorneys for former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and 25 others will seek outright dismissal of war crimes charges. They contend Japan’s war preparations were justified by post 1939 breakdown of world security and argue Japan acted in self defense by strikes at Pearl Harbor and Singapore due to Allied conspiracies to curb Japan’s power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Singapore
America
Britain
China
Netherlands
Pacific
Asia
Survivors of Quadruplet Birth in Cabin Given Chance
Three baby girls survived a quadruplet birth in a Suck Creek Mountain cabin on Sunday. Dr Tom Johnston told Jess Moore the quads had three living, with the mother resting comfortably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Suck Creek
Jess Moore
Tom, Johnston
Lane McAfee Attending Chicago Furniture Mart
Lane McAfee of McAfee's Inc is in Chicago attending the Furniture Mart. He will return via Dallas and Austin for the inaugural of Gov Elect Beau Ford Jester on January 21. He is expected home January 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane McAfee
McAfee’s, Inc
Chicago
Furniture Mart
Dallas
Austin
Beauford
Villages Ordered Evacuated Near Mayon Volcano
Two towns near Mayon volcano were ordered evacuated as lava flowed down the eastern and southern slopes and black smoke rose three miles above the crater, the provincial governor announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Mayon Volcano
Massachusetts Tax Levy on Men Over Twenty
A Massachusetts measure taxes all male citizens over age 20 at one dollar annually to fund the indigent and old age pension program. The law outlines collection and uses of the revenue to support elderly and needy residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Review Board Calls for Public Help in Amarillo Fund Drive
The Amarillo Review Board, led by Norris Ewing and supported by the Chamber of Commerce, the junior chamber, the City, the Community Chest, and the Amarillo Credit Association, seeks public cooperation to regulate fund raising campaigns. It aims to prevent overlapping campaigns and improve timing. Headquarters are at 1234 West Sixth in Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Virgil Patterson
First National Bank
Patterson
Oklahoma City
Norris Ewing
Chamber of Commerce
C. R. Woodburn
Junior Chamber of Commerce
J. C. Lilly
City of
Homer K. Wheeler
The
Community Chest
Lowell Munday
Amarillo Credit Association
West Sixth
Court finds no double jeopardy or cruel punishment in case
The court states there is no double jeopardy that amounts to federal due process denial in the proposed execution and finds nothing in Francis' case that amounts to cruel and unusual punishment under the Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Francis
Kilroy Spotted in Potter County Visit
Kilroy was here inscriptions found in the Canadian River bed north of Amarillo on Highway 287. The message in large letters on the river sands marks a playful roadside stop during Kilroy’s travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilroy
Potter County
Canadian River Bridge
Amarillo
Highway 287
Twins Born to Paralyzed Mother in Chicago
A Chicago mother Harriett Wynn, 34, paralyzed from polio, gave birth to twin daughters at Little Company of Mary Hospital. Officials said mother and babies are doing fine and the crippling condition did not affect the birth. The woman already has two other daughters, aged 6 and 20 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Little Company of Mary Hospital
Harriett Wynn
Tito Guizar concert at Municipal Auditorium features a guitar innovator
Tito Guizar, famed guitarist and singing idol, appears with his Troubadours at the Municipal Auditorium January 18. He credits Segovia as a mentor and highlights his guitar slapping technique becoming a Latin American orchestral force. Tickets at Panhandle Concert Bureau box office. Prices $1.20 to $3.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tito Guizar
Municipal
Americas
Segovia
Guizar
Tito Guitar
Panhandle
Polk
Rabbit and Cavy Breeders to Install Officers
New Texas Panhandle Rabbit and Cavy Breeders Association officers will be installed tomorrow night. The show catalog for the rabbit and cavy show to be held with the Amarillo Fat Stock Show in early March will be completed. Meeting starts at 7 30 o clock in the county court room. Charles King is president with Matt Hudson as vice president and Don Donathan as secretary treasurer. Charles O Dell retiring president will supervise the show and Sam Daniel retiring secretary treasurer will assist as superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Panhandle Rabbit and Cavy Breeders Association
Amarillo
Charles King
Matt Hudson
Don Donathan
Charles O'Dell
Sam Daniel
Life saving love advice from Sir Arthur Thompson
Sir Arthur Thompson the noted British biologist warns that forming loving bonds can boost resilience and safety, suggesting emotional attachment as a practical safeguard for personal well being. He emphasizes connection as a protective factor in stressful times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Arthur Thompson
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Buckley
Canada
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U.S.A
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Food News
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H. C. Winburn
Plato
Thomson- King
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