Store Robbery Leads to Arrest at Kinney Shoe Store
Police held a man in connection with a burglary at Kinney Shoe Store 620 Po. He entered through a transom and was cut while fleeing. A filing cabinet with about $20 and company records disappeared, with $18 in dollar bills missing from the shoes in the window. Entry was gained via broken window at West Texas News Agency 1026 West Sixth.
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Kinney
West Texas
West Sixth
West Texas News Agency
Americans To Work In Japan Under War Department Drive
War Department recruiting in Amarillo seeks civilian clerk-stenographers and clerk-typists for Tokyo positions with free transport, salary, per diem, housing, meals, and medical care. Base pay around 2,168 dollars with 25 percent supplement, overtime, and US facilities including language study and cultural instruction. Information available from a War Department representative at the US Employ.
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Japan
War Department
Amarila
Tokyo
Continental
United States
Training Union Picnic At Birch Hollow
Members of the Progressors and Comrades Training Union of the First Baptist Church enjoyed a Friday evening picnic at Birch Hollow. Attendees included Wanda Lee Anderson Rosalie Messenger Margaret Stone Carolyn Clouse Opal Carolyn Williams Essie Lee Thelma Denney Eugene White Kenneth Everett Bobby Burnett John Carlton and Parker Fairey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressors and Comrades Training Union
the First Baptist Church
Birch Hollow
Wanda Lee Anderson
Rosalie Messenger
Margaret Stone
Carolyn Clouse
Opal Carolyn Williams
Essie Lee
Thelma Denney
Eugene White
Kenneth Everett
Bobby Burnett
John Carlton
Parker Fairey
Wedding Plans Revealed for Teubel and Holcomb
Miss Annabelle Teubel daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Teubel of Tulia will wed Norman Holcomb in the First Presbyterian Church Tulia on Sunday July 21. Teubel is a Tulia High School Amarillo College Gamma Theta Chi Sorority member and attended Texas Tech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annabelle Teubel
Henry Teubel
Tulia
Norman Holcomb
First Presbyterian Church
Miss Teubel
Tulia High School
Amarillo College
Gamma Theta Chi Sororority
Texas Tech
Boy Reveals Green Creek Mystery In Tres Ritos
A Creek near Amarillo town Tres Ritos turned emerald green last week prompting investigations by Nell Gunn and others. A 14 year old lodge worker confessed he used dye marker from a naval flyer cousin to create the green color.
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Amarillo
Tres Ritos
N. M. Nell Gunn
W. B. Gunn
Lowell Munday
Carl R. Echell
Nichols
Notice of Real Estate Sale Under Court Order in Amarillo
Sheriff W M Adams of Potter County Texas announces sale of Lots 1-6 in Block 103 Original Town of Amarillo on August 6 1946 between 10 AM and 4 PM at the Courthouse Door. Sale follows an order from Dallas County District Court 68th Judicial District judgment against George L Williams and heirs. One sixth of judgment amount plus interest and costs to be paid in cash.
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State OF Texas
Potter
District Court
Dallas County
68Th Judicial District
Texas
Claude C. Gray
George L. Williams
Anna Hrabe
Amarillo
Potter County
H. J. Farwell
May Wiseman
A. Ray Wiseman
Jim Tesar
Oscar Hrabe
W. M. Adams
J. P.leneveu
Man Kills Rival Then Telephones Police in Houston
Joseph W Waite 29, an ex seaman, shot Marvin B Smith 23 outside his estranged wife Gloria Waite's Houston home after returning from Galveston. Gloria witnessed the shooting and aided by keeping vigil as Waite explained he acted to protect his home. Bond set at $1000.
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Houston
U.P
Jospeh W. Waite
Marvin B. Smith
Gloria Waite
Waite
Merchant Marine
Smith
Galveston
Gloria
Marvin
Joseph
Waites
Panama hat sold for one dollar at Moskey’s store
Cash and Carry in Atlanta reports Moskey Ya lovitz bought a $10 Panama hat at a different shop but his own salesman sold it for $1 at Moskey’s store. The incident highlights pricing mix ups in the hats department and a dramatic price miscue.
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Moskey Yalovitz
Bowlin Accepted For Navy V-6 Program
Robert F. Bowlin son of J D Bowlin 3610 Van Buren has been accepted for enlistment in the Navy V-6 training program Chief M E Pierce recruiter said Also accepted for active duty were David L Yearwood Tulsa enlisted four years and Shipfitter Second Class Michael C Bedner Bushland reenlisted for two years service
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Robert F. Bowlin
J. D. Bowlin
van Buren
Navy
M. E. Pierce
David L. Yearwood
Tulsa
Michael C. Bedner
Bushland
Tiny town sells jail to ease housing shortage
ENON VALLEY Pa July 154 The Lawrence County community population 375 offered its two cell jail for sale at an unannounced price. Burgess George Andrews quipped that people are so law abiding they don’t need a jail and the clinic hadn’t had a guest in 10 years. The calaboose sits in a good neighborhood between a church and a lodge hall.
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Enon Valley
Lawrence County
George Andrews
Chile Rightists Adjourn Without Unity Candidate
Chile's three rightist parties, unable to reconcile their differences, adjourned their week-old joint convention without nominating a common candidate for the September 4 election to choose a successor to the late President Juan Antonio Rios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Juan Antonio Rios
Cairo Police Nab About 80 in Communist Probe
Police in Cairo announce the arrest of about 80 people in an investigation of the Egyptian Communist movement. Among those taken into custody is the son of a Jewish banker of Italian origin.
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Cairo
Fresh Paint Odor Eased by Water in Room
A simple remedy for a new paint odor is a pail of water left in the room. The water helps absorb and reduce the smell as the space air circulates.
Funeral for Thelton L. Walker at Buchanan Street Baptist
Thelton L. Walker aged 38 died Sunday night at Northwest Texas Hospital. Funeral held at 4 pm at Buchanan Street Baptist Church with Rev A E Wilson and Rev Dr F B Fincher officiating. Burial in Llano Cemetery. Survivors: Ada Walker widow Patsy Marie daughter Adrian Floyd J brother Mrs J C Price Gladewater Miss Florrie Wade Dallas. Pallbearers Hymie Clayton W A Oliphant F M Graham Nathan Fowler Lon Fanning Henry Kinslow. Arrangements by Blackburn Shaw.
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Thelton L. Walker
Northwest Texas Hospital
Buchanan Street Baptist Church
A. E. Wilson
EF. B. Fincher
Ellwood Park Presbyterian Church
Llano Cemetery
Walker
Hymie Clayton
West Seventh
Ada Walker
Patsy Marie
Adrian
Amarillo
Floyd J
el Paso
J. C. Price
Gladewater
Florrie Wade
Dallas
W. A. Oliphant
F. M. Graham
Nathan Fowler
Lon Fanning
Henry Kinslow
Blackburn- Shaw
British Housewives Petition King Over Bread Ration
Three hundred fifteen thousand housewives asked King George VI to repeal bread rationing in petitions delivered to the Minister of Food John Strachey. The protests marched from Trafalgar Square to the Home Office voicing discontent with the rationing regime.
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London
George VI
John Strachey
Trafalgar Square
Home Office
Britain
U S Discovers Leading Nazi Physicians in Bavaria
In Munich on July 15 the United States Military Government announced that top Nazi physicians were allowed to practice in Bavaria despite Army rules. As an initial step two prominent German doctors in the region have been placed under house arrest.
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U.S
Bavaria
Munich
Germany
United States
Balance Sheet Figures For Potter County Bank In 1946
W D Smiley vice president and cashier swears the bank statement is true. Deposits secured by pledged assets and total liabilities are listed with specific amounts. Notary Esther Jennings certifies the date July 8 1946 and directors attest to correctness.
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United States
State OF
Texas
State OF Texas
County OF
Potter
I. H. J. Farwell
H. J. Farwell
Adra Lamons
C. T. Ware
R. C. Ware
S. D. Vaughan
I. W. D. Smiley
W. D. Smiley
Esther Jennings
W. P. Patterson
A. D. Lidia
Chas. A. Fisk
Dallas visitor Gladys Tyson visits Amarillo
Mrs. Gladys Tyson of Dallas spent a weekend in Amarillo visiting and meeting with Lewis Walker of the Larrymore Dance Studio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Tyson
Dallas
Amarillo
Lewis Walker
The
Larrymore Dance Studio
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F. B
Abe
Martin
Oliver Eakle
Business Men's Assurance Company
Kansas City
AYDS
Leta Hawkins
White G
Kirk
Ment Service Office
L. J. Smith
U. S. Department of Labor
Boy
Jin
Ae Fanrat
Atlanta
Moskey’s
Charley Seymour
N. van Buren
By Galbraith
NEA Service, Inc
T. M. Reg. U. S. Pat
George
Red
Link Tschudy Company
St. Amarillo
T. L. Walker
King
Alotabs Statens
TE Enversat PeLion Label
Otreerions
America
Eureka Springs
Arkansas
Reserve District No
American National Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
Amarillo National Bank
Optometrist
Polk St
Buchanan
Ol Vernon Sez
Oriental Cleaners
Vernon Hancock
First National Bank
Lewis Caddell
Amarillo, Texas
Mrs. Tyson
Cretney
Oewe
Panhandle
L. A. Pittman
Mead Pittman
S. Arthur
Jay Pittman
Raymond Lawrence P. O
Allied van Lines, Inc
Arthur
Tela Wel
Marillo
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