Plans for $85,000 two story warehouse and office building
Plans for an $85,000 two story warehouse and office building by Louis Weksler at Second and Lincoln were filed with the city engineer by Floyd Richards. The 60 by 120 foot masonry building will house Ponca Wholesale's Amarillo warehouse at 316 West Sixth. John Hannon is the architect. July building totals reach $1,991,006, with year total at $12,255,246. Other permits include Noble Paulk store at 505 Westth and Gulf Oil filling station at 1 Taylor.
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Louis Weksler
Second
Lincoln
Floyd Richards
Weksler & Company
Grant
Ponca Wholesale
Grant Street
Amarillo
Ponca
West Sixth
John Hannon
Stanton Field
Weksler
Noble Paulk
Westth
Gulf Oil Corp
Taylor
Business Visitors Tour Amarillo From Fort Worth
A Fort Worth business delegation will visit Amarillo for a two day Northwest Texas tour. Martin Dies, former congressman, will address a public dinner at 7:30 PM Thursday in the Crystal Ballroom, Herring Hotel. Tickets cost 2.50 and are on sale at the Chamber of Commerce. The group departs Amarillo the next morning.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Amarillo
Bill Lansing
Air Crash Update Brings Grief and Vigil at Capital
Crowds gathered outside the adjutant general's office and at the state capitol as planes returned. Families were told their loved ones were dead, including Cpl Emmett Clifton Brown, 19, a suburban Antioch resident and high school graduate. A woman near the wreckage claimed two men parachuted away but drowned in the flames, a detail unverified amid the ongoing clearance work.
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State Capitol
Mary N. Brown
Antioch
Adjutant General's Office
General
Cpl
Emmett Clifton Brown
Corporal Brown
GIs Post Tents as Front-Line Rations Improve Morale
In Korea the fighting men endure nights on ground or trucks while noting improvements over World War II. C-4 canned rations now include ham creamed chicken fruit salad and toilet paper with popular cigarette brands. Jelly on dog biscuits eases taste and field stoves water and hot food reach near dawn and dusk, though fear and memories persist as soldiers crouch in fox holes.
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Korea
Stock Market Quotation Fragments From Amarillo Merrill Lynch List
The page shows a dense roster of stock quotes and percentage changes from Merrill Lynch in New York, with numerous company names and prices. It also includes farm market notes from Kansas City with cattle and hog prices, reflecting a busy market day across equities and livestock.
Chicago Livestock Prices Steady to Lower Across Hogs Cattle
Chicago July 24 cattle and hog markets show hogs steady to 25 cents lower while slaughter steers and heifers rise up to 50 cents. Cows weaken slightly with good and choice fed steers quoted around 30 to 32 dollars per hundredweight, high-choice steers near 32.25, and heavier weights mixed between 26 and 31 dollars. Sheep gains small with old crop prices up about a cent.
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Kansas City
Simo
Chicago
Businessmen Get Tips On Selling To Military Men
A 1950 article outlines how U S defense officials advise businessmen to pursue military contracts. It lists three steps: obtain three procurement booklets detailing offices and items bought, arrange notification with offices, and monitor the consolidated daily bid list. It notes security clearance is needed for classified work and explains where to request each booklet.
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Vincent J. Burke
Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Sam
Defense
United States Air Force
Air Material Command
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Navy
Army
Consolidated
Commerce Eut
Presidential Protector Dies in Los Angeles
Lucien C Wheeler who led White House security during Roosevelt Taft Wilson and Harding eras died Sunday in Los Angeles at age 73.
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Los Angeles
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Harding
Lucien C Wheeler
Man Hurt In Fall At Tri-State Advertising
Walter Brown aged 107 from Maryland was seriously injured this afternoon after falling at Tri-State Advertising 1205 West Sixth. He was unconscious when an ambulance arrived after a 1 50 call. Brown serves as district adjutant for the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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Walter Brown
Maryland
Tri-State
West Sixth
Mr. Brown
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Doctor marks 50 years delivering babies with six twin pairs
Constantine Michigan news remembers Dr. L K Slate celebrating half a century of practice. He has delivered 2000 babies over his career, after a slow start with only singles in the first three decades, then in one year producing six pairs of twins. The tale highlights long service in a rural community.
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Constantine
Mich
U.P
L. K. Slate
Musical typewriter aims to revolutionize song composing
James Reno of Manchester England unveils a musical typewriter promising to transform how composers write songs. The device is pitched as a breakthrough for the music industry and could change standard practice for creators and publishers.
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James Reno
Manchester
England
Guerrilla attack destroys Chinese troop train en route to Manchuria
A Taipei dispatch reports anti Red guerrillas using a land mine destroyed a Chinese Communist troop train traveling toward Manchuria. The incident highlights ongoing civil conflict and border tensions involving Communist forces in Asia.
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Hong Kong
Taipei
Manchuria
YMCA Opens New Swimming Class For Boys
A YMCA organized swimming class starts tomorrow with Paul Fowler stating instruction for beginners and advanced swimmers. Boys ages 9 to 17 should call 3-1716 to enroll. classes meet Tuesdays and Thursdays at Gem Lake with 9:30 am for beginners and 10:30 am for advanced sessions led by John Whinnery. The program is free. swimmers pay only 25 cents pool admission.
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YMCA
Paul Fowler
Prince Returned Home After Plea From Boy
Nine year old Lance McDonald of 2401 Harrison rejoices as his black Cocker Prince is found after a woman near his home spotted his plea in The Amarillo Sunday News Globe. She had worried the pup might be endangered in traffic and contacted Lance following his sign seeking the dog’s return. Mrs. Margaret McDonald said four people offered another pup if Prince was not found.
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Prince
Lance McDonald
Harrison
McDonald Home
Lance
Amarillo
Tex Ritter to Bring Four Daily Shows to Capitol Theater
Tex Ritter brings his company to town for four daily shows at the Capitol Theater. Performers include The Southerners Dorothy Fay Quincy Snodgrass ITI and Texs horse White Flash. Showtimes are 3 00 5 15 7 30 and 9 45 with admissions 60 cents adults 40 cents juniors and 25 cents children.
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Capitol Theater
Tex Ritter
Ritter
Dorothy Fay
Quincy Snodgrass
ITI
Tex
White Flash
Bread production enough for 100 loaves per person a year
The American Bakers Association reports that annual bread output in the United States suffices to give every man, woman, and child roughly 100 loaves.
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American Bakers’ Association
Battle Report: North Korean Assaults Press US Positions
US forces, holding key footholds, faced intensified threats from North Koreans attacking from Kum valley and Yongdong areas. Artillery roars persisted as guerrilla groups moved south, with camouflaged squads probing American outposts while infantry, airmen, and armor fought to hold the line amid shifting troop concentrations.
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Kum
Taejon
Yongdong
Seoul
Korea
Youngdok
Kwangju
United Press
Gene Symonds
Yongdok
Gi’s
Symonds
Phos
Reopening of Air Field Not Imminent In Amarillo
The report notes no immediate plans to reopen the Amarillo Air Field or Pantex Oertand, with officials in Washington saying the Air Force has no current schedule for these facilities. Mayor Klein and chamber officials presented facilities to defense, while officers said planning is in formative stages and pending further guidance.
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Amarillo Army Air
Klein
Ordnance
Pantex
Air Force
William F. McKee
K. P. McNaughton
Denuty
C. M. Myers
General Myers
W. G. Walker, Jr
W. EF. Rentz
Technical Training Command
Robert W. Harner
Walter H. Tisdale
Ammunition Branch
Chief of Ordnance
Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Mafanen Manartment
Obituary Notice for Mrs Harris in Pampa High School Era
The junior at Pampa High School is survived by parents Mr and Mrs M A Jones of 1117 South Clark Street five sisters Dorothy Gladys Virginia Nancy and Jeanette and three brothers Bobby Jimmy and Richey The body rests at Blackburn Shaw Sims Funeral Home.
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Borger
Martyn Fern Brown
Dorothy Jones
Jimmy Judd
Pampa
Virginia Sanford
Dallas
Roy Lee Dunn
Jack “Pinky” Brown
Miss Sanford
Judd
Jones
Brown
Fellowship Baptist Church
Wilson
Okla
Minton Funeral Home
B. P. Whisenhunt
J. D. Whisenhunt
Spring Creek
Duenkel-Charmicael Funeral Home
Pampa High School
M. A. Jones
South Clark Street
Dorothy
Gladys
Virginia
Nancy
Jeanette
Bobby
Jimmy
Richey
Harris
Blackburn - Shaw - Sims Funeral Home
Burial in Kansas for wreck victims in Tulia
Tulia July 24 The body of a wreck victim from a Kansas burial is reported as the body is transported for funeral rites.
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Kansas
Tulia
War era controls would curb profiteering says Symington
Taxestee W Stuart Symington, head of the National Security Resources Board, described a five point controls bill as aimed at taking profiteering out of war. He told senators prices of 28 basic commodities rose 10 percent since the Korean War invasion and said the bill’s controls are essential to ease inflation. He warned against creating new wartime agencies, noting wartime practice from World Wars I and II.
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Tee
Stuart Symington
Symington
National Security Resources Board
South Korea
Civil defense and manpower plans for wartime needs
Symington warns agencies must bear the load and avoid piecemeal wartime measures. He cites a pressing manpower shortage as crucial to factory, farm, and transportation sectors and highlights civil defense as a new real requirement for U S security in the air-atomic age. Chairman Maybank says the Senate panel will move quickly with Baruch set to testify Wednesday.
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Symington
United States
Maybank
South Carolina
Senate
Rard Baruch
Free Book on Arthritis From Excelsior Springs Clinic
An advertisement from Excelsior Springs Missouri promotes a free book titled Rheumatism explaining why drugs fail and how The Ball Clinic has helped rheumatic patients for 31 years. Readers can request the book with no obligation by writing to The Ball Clinic Dept. 2301.
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Excelsior Springs
Missouri
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Land of Oz
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Central Division Engineering Bidg
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Roland Dean Combs
Larned
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Here
Combs
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Wallace Funeral Home
Panhandle Aundry and’ Bay
Cicawne
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