Amarillo Burlington Officials Tour Highlights Fort Worth Line
Six Burlington dignitaries including C. E. Carlson and R. Armstrong toured Amarillo to study terminals and industries. They noted Amarillo’s line revenue as a standout on the Fort Worth and Denver route and discussed dieselization, planned Zephyr services, and future railroad plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Amarillo
B. C. Milliken
Oklahoma City
C. ©. Warrell
Memphis
R. Wright Armstrong
F Worth
C.E. Carlson
Kansas City
Robert
Brown
A. C. Bintz St
Fort Worth
Denver
C. E. Carlson
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Co
Texas
Carlson
Denver City
A. C. Bintz
St’ Louis
Freight Department
Robert S. Brown
Commercal
Burington
Dallas
Houston
Galveston
Texas City
Warrell
South Plains
Armstrong
Chicago
San Francisco
South Texas
W. M. Gray
O. B. Sandidge
K. B. Pecken- Paugh
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Abilene
No Ruling on Appeal For Change of Venue
Stratford dispatch reports Judge Harry Schultz delaying ruling as defense seeks change of venue in a Sherman County case tied to the arrest of a 75-year-old Texhoma woman. Testimony from witnesses occurred amid contention over impartial jurors and a request to move trials away from Sherman County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
Harry Schultz
Lloyd E. Howard
Texhoma
C. R. Hawkins
Hawkins
Howard
Sherman County
Schultz
State
Tulsa
Farmer's Barn Has Jinx on It in Kansas
Keith Knetzler of Chanute faces annual barn-building as a tornado and a fire have destroyed his 40 by 159 foot barn within nine months. Carpenters had just completed repairs when flames struck again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Chanute, Kan
Keith Knetzler
Knetzler
Kansas
Juvenile Not Guilty Verdict In Amarillo Stabbing Case
14 year old Gilbert Samorra was found not guilty by a county court jury in Amarillo on juvenile delinquency charges stemming from a Jan 6 stabbing of 17 year old Freddie Bryant near the Sports Arena at Tri-State Fair Park. The hearing before Judge E E Jordan lasted over seven hours with 40 minutes of jury deliberation. Samorra was represented by Paul Speer. O M Calhoun argued for the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Samorra
Amarillo
O. M. Calhoun
Weather and outages hit North-Central Texas towns hard
Widespread outages hit 650 Southwestern Bell circuits across North-Central Texas above Dallas. Towns Gainesville Salina Frisco McKinney Italy Forreston isolated as six exchanges failed. Airlines faced delays and cancellations with TWA Pioneer grounding. Amarillo schools opened then closed. 1,768 students absent versus 2,600 Monday. Livestock losses none reported. cattle grazing improves with moisture boosting wheat optimism.
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Pampa
McLean
Clarendon
United Press
Texas
Bonham
Denison
Gainesville
Texas Power and Light Company
Sherman
E. Amarillo
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Dallas
Southwestern Bell
Salina
Frisco
McKinney
Italy
Forreston
Braniff
TWA
Pioneer
Amarillo
Chas. AM. Rogers
Art Brasley
Pilots Sought for Berlin Airlift at Sheppard AFB
Sheppard Air Force Base seeks volunteers from Texas for airlift duties in Berlin. Brig. Gen. John H. McCarmick says the call is the first of its kind from Sheppard and will use volunteers with the least overseas duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Wichita Palls
Sheppard Air Force Base
Sheppard
John H. McCar Mick
Property owners vow mass evictions over rent control
Landlord leaders from Denver Chicago Michigan and Tulsa promise to remove rentals or evict tenants if federal rent controls take effect. James Renner says 5000 tenants could be evicted in his area while 14 vacancies exist in Lewendowski's portfolio. Tulsa owners threaten court action after 60 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Association
James E. Renner
Denver Property Owners Association
Chicago
W. Lewendowski
American Property Owners Association
Ernest J. Ansted
Michigan Property Owners Association
Grand Rapids
Murphy
Tulsa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Amarillo Station
Monroe Ethridge
Sperman
Ethridge
Simpson
R. A. DeFee
Athens
General Staff
Globe-News
Smith
Northwest Texas Hospital
Edwards
Morrison
Deason
Dell City
Tex
Brownfield
Channel
Hill
Kentucky
LE Sage CO
Lor
Polk
America
Diamond Importers
Othe
Zale’s
Antwerp
Belgium
Zale
Southwest
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