Two Die As Truck Hits Train At Etter Crossing
A freight truck collided with a Rock Island freight train near Etter crossing one mile north of Dumas Moore County. Blant B Mills 33 of Pantex Village and H R McMillan 38 of Pueblo Colo died in the blaze. The Denver Amarillo Express truck carried 14000 pounds of mixed cargo and burned beyond salvage.
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Peck Island
Etter
Moore County
Rock Island
Etter Crossing
Dumas
Blant B
Tex
Mills
Pantex Village
H. R. McMillan
Pueblo
Colo
Fillmore
Arillo
Delbert Dalby
Denver
McMillan
Cactus Ordnance Works
Dalhart
Denver-Amarillo Express
Amarillo
W. R. Rutherford
E. E. Mathes
W. M Martin
Soaring Meet Opens at Wichita Falls With International Flight Crews
At Sheppard Field 27 pilots from the United States, Germany, and Britain gather for the 14th National Soaring Meet. The 17 day event begins July Fourth, with German and British Olympia models and local and Allied crews testing Texas thermals for long motorless flights.
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Wichita Falls
Sheppard Field
Army Air Installation
War Assets Administration
Soaring Society of America
Elmira
August Rasper
Long Island
Texas
Bats Resemble Mystery Planes Seen Over Leone Star
Ted Oliver of Leone Star Supply Company reports three silver bats at about 50 feet altitude flying in a star-step pattern at roughly 40 mph. He compared them to Gisks and noted silvery fur, short tails, and circular wings. The sighting suggests Megadermidae bat species common in tropical regions.
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Ted Oliver
Leone Star Supply Company
East Thirty-Sixth
Africa
Asia
Philippines
Australia
Pacific
Fleeing Woman Shot in Dallas Residential Area
Police identify the victim as Mrs. Thomas L. Bacon 39. Four shots fired as she fled from an assailant toward a vacant Hockaday School for Girls building in a Dallas suburb. Witnesses recalled a Negro man seen fleeing the scene along a sidewalk.
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Dallas
Thomas L. Bacon
J. A. Bohart
T. O. Pope
The
Hockaday School For Girls
Train Robbers Halt Rock Island Rocket Near Amarillo
A westbound Rock Island Rocket was halted in East Amarillo by about 20 mounted men identified as Will Rogers Range Riders. They boarded with an unseen group from the Amarillo Exchange Club and staged a ride with mock trials before the train continued to the station.
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Amarillo
Rock Island
Amarillo Cotton Oil Co
Will Rogers
Joyce Hightower Not Canyon Woman In Blackjack Fine
The Globe reports the Joyce Hightower in Canyon is not the same as the woman fined $100 and costs in county court for carrying a blackjack. The latter, a waitress living at 1202 B West Eighth, was arrested Tuesday night.
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Globe
Joyce Hightower
The
Canyon
Louis K. Patton
J. H. Carroll
Harrison
West Eighth
Garssons Convicted In Wartime Influence Scandal
Former Congressman Andrew J. May is found guilty of selling influence as wartime chairman of the House Military Committee. Munitions financiers Henry and Murray Garsson are convicted of paying more than $50 000 in bribes during the war years. Jury deliberated 1 hour 50 minutes. Sentencing deferred. defense plans appeals and motions.
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Washington
Andrew J. May
House Military Committee
Henry and
Murray Garrison
Kentucky
George E. Wells
May
War Department
Garsson Munitions Combine
Charles J. Margiotti
Margiotti
Henry A Schweinhaut
Wilson Denies Letter Charge in Dooley Nomination Case
Judge James C. Wilson of Fort Worth denied writing a letter urging Joe B. Dooley of Amarillo be named to a federal judgeship. He said he urged Dooley only for quick confirmation to let a successor retire him. Senator O Daniel sought Truman's confirmation records amid Dooley debate.
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James Wilson
Amarillo
Joe B. Dooley
Wilson
Dooley
Sen
Tom Connally
Connally
Truman
O’daniel
Senate Committee
Congress
Judge Wilson
James C. Wilson
Northern
District
Texas
Germany
Japan
Senate Judiciary Committee
Washington
O'Daniel
Fort Worth
Tom Clark
Senate
North Texas
Ama rillo Summer Heat Promises Stifling Fourth
Weatherman H C Winburn forecasts very hot conditions for Ama rillo with tomorrow reaching about 98 degrees under clear skies. He notes the heat is favorable for working folk in the wheat fields and for a hot but near perfect rodeo in the area. Tonight’s low is expected around 70 after today’s 95 degree maximum.
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Amarillo
H. C. Winburn
Mr. Winburn
Truman Leaves for Virginia to Speak at Jefferson Home
President Truman departed by car for Charlottesville Virginia to deliver a Fourth of July address at the home of Thomas Jefferson. The trip follows the holiday observance plans and highlights national leadership during Independence Day events.
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Truman
Virginia
Washington
U.P
Charlottesville
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Free on Bond Pending Fourth Trial
Thomas Free, who earned a life sentence for murder in the Dr Roy Hunt case, is free on a $5,000 bond after a Nolan County District Court reversal. He awaits a possible fourth trial and has asked to be tried locally.
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Thomas Free
Sweetwater
Jim Thomas
Roy Hunt
Littlefield
Nolan County
Thomas
A. Ss
Mauzey
Pronerius Bill Adams
Potter County
Dist
Charles L Nunn
Nolan
Lubbock County
State Penitentiary
Hunt
Plainview
Lamesa
Court of Criminal Appeals
House Ways and Means Committee clears GOP tax cut plan
The Republican bill to cut income taxes by four billion dollars annually passes the House Ways and Means Committee by an 18 to 6 vote. Railroads seek about one billion ten million dollars added yearly from higher freight rates. British UN staffers in Lake Success take July 4 off to celebrate U.S. Independence Day.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Too Lake Success
N. Y
Rhythm Roundup dazzles Amarillo crowd at Municipal Auditorium
A capacity crowd is planned for the Rhythm Roundup at the Municipal Auditorium with 2641 seats. Lucky Moeller and his Western Oakies open, followed by Westward Whoa starring Brent Flenniken. The event closes with a local square dance exhibition as Waddy Week ends.
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Municipal Auditorium
Your Own Ticket Your License a Privilege
Texas license is a privilege to drive on streets and highways. It may be suspended if you break driving laws or become unable to drive. Automatic suspension applies if the court finds you guilty of killing or injuring someone while driving, intoxicated driving, prison-eligible driving violations, or hit and run.
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Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
Suit Filed On Truman Dismissed
Federal Judge David A. Pine dismissed with prejudice the Kilian suit seeking Truman to restore Kilian’s name to the Army promotion list. The ruling bars Kilian from reopening the case as Kilian had a court martial conviction for cruelties to prisoners in England. Pine held the court lacks jurisdiction over the President.
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Washington
U.pi
David A. Pine
Col
James A. Kilian
Truman
Kilian
Senate
England
Pine
United States
George Morris Fay
The Fourth Program Highlights City Events
Morning events start at Thompson Pool with free admission for children then Kiwanis Club picnic at San Jacinto Park. Gov Beauford Jester leads Waddy Week Parade at 11. Range Riders Rodeo returns to Tri-State Fair Grounds at 2. Air armada of 27 B planes to pass over city at 2 58. Barbecue by John Snider at 5. Evening dances at YWCA and more rodeo activities.
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Polk
Carlie Price
Price
Ralph Jones
Jones Bros
Amarillo
Johnnie Douthitt
Roswell
Baby
Buck Robinson
Bill McBrayer
Arena
Buss Carson
Hollywood
Carsons
Thompson Pool
Kiwanis Club
San Jacinto Park
Beauford Jester
Lawrence Hagg
Tri - State Fair Grounds
John Snider
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo and vicinity report clear hot harvest weather for the Fourth. West Texas areas remain clear to partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Highs around 93 degrees in the last 24 hours ending 6 30 AM, lows near 67 and noon at 92 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Pilot May Have Aimed Plane at Wife's Home
Deputy Sheriff Claude High investigated a theory that Torris V Siegle 27 year old flight instructor crashed in Miami to strike his estranged wife s home. The plane flew low over the area twice and crashed two blocks from the home near a bakery with 15 workers nearby.
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Miami
Fla
Claude High
Torris V. Siegle
High
Wallace C. Jefferson
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Floyd Vance
Army
America
Wadda
Garssons
Murray Garsson
Henry
Henry Garsson
Tire
Russell Staty. Co
Bulletins
Lucky Moeller
Billy Foust
Dixie Dice
Brent Flenniken
Oklahoma
Flenniken
Nib Noble
Grady Wilson
Boone Moreland
Twelfth
Taylor
Rock Island Depot
Taylor Street
Tex Thornton
Waddy Week
Billie Frost
Summer Park
E. A. Regal Co., Insurance Real Estate
John Maynard
Neely-Greenhill- Lowndes— Insurance
YWCA
Lincoln
Thursaday Night
Roller Palace
6Th and Jefferson
Seigle
O. K
Jefferson
Army Air Forces
Cades Aviation Company
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