Ex Convicts Admit Thefts In Dallas Drug and Food Stores
Three ex convicts Luke Scoma Henry Day and Robert Lee O Neal signed statements in Amarillo admitting the July 14 burglary of Food Store No 6 and C E Drug Store on Line Avenue. They were arrested in Dallas with over 1000 in cash and tools. they also confessed to stealing a cafe safe in Texarkana later. District Attorney Jim Lumpkin filed charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Dudley White
Texas Ranger
J. L. King
Amarillo
Line Avenue
Luke Scoma
Henry Day
Robert Lee O'Neal
Texarkana
Furr Food
Jim Lumpkin
Panhandle 4-H Club Opens Annual Encampment
Gray County hosts the Panhandle 4-H Club encampment at Lake McClellan starting tomorrow for a three day event. County Agent Art Brasley will lead the Potter County group with 19 eligible. harvesting may keep some away. About 250 boys and leaders are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle 4-H Club
Lake McClellan
Gray County
Art Brasley
Potter County
Conner family enjoy vacation at Possum Kingdom Lake
Sgt. C. G. Conner of the state highway patrol and Mrs. Conner with son spent a week vacationing at Possum Kingdom Lake. They returned home to a desk piled high with work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgt. C. G. Conner
State Highway Patrol
Missing dog appeal and mixed personal notices in reader column
A reader asks Tack for help locating a medium sized mixed color dog lost Wednesday night wearing a leather collar. Several personal notices follow: a job seeker seeks driving work, a reader offers a three month old Collie pup, a man seeks a caretaker and housing for $75 monthly, and a lost five-dollar bill near Whiteway Grocery on Fillmore Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
68021
B. J
Rosemont Street
East 23Rd Avenue
Polk Street
Arwell Meador
Whiteway
Fillmore Street
Taylor Street
LA Rue Beeler
Lost billfold and ID pass reported on Amarillo streets
Person states lost billfold containing an identification pass and ration points. Provided last Saturday night near Tenth Avenue Jefferson Street block and Washington Street toward Fannin Street. Requests contact and return of items.
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Tenth Avenue
Jefferson Street
Washington Street
Fannin Street
Hollywood Notes and Letters Show Kindnesses and Fable
A Hollywood column recounts acts of generosity from soldiers and a paying patron at a cafe. Letters praise Amarillo’s patriotism and community spirit. A fable frames Hollywood as a city of dreams, with idols and industry satire. Short society items list welcomes and visits to local residents.
Three Men Wanted Here Held in Other States
Sheriff Bill Adams reports three warrants cases in custody in other states. Ulysses Booth is held in Laramie Wyoming for check fraud and desertion of a $4000 $1300 and $300 payments. Lloyd Chad is held Bakersfield California and Edward Keel Los Angeles California on child desertion charges. Cadet John K Boyce Jr to spend two days at home Aug 6 7 before returning to West Point for final year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Adams
Los Angeles
Cal
Bakersfield
Laramie
Wyo
Amarillo
Ulysses 8
Booth
Adams
Lloyd Chad
Edward Keel
Boyce
John K. Boyce, Jr
West Point
Ft. Belvoir
Ft. Benning
Camp Davis
N. C
Plan Park for Country Club and City Expansion
Mayor Joe Jenkins and the city commission announced the seven acre triangle south of Sam Houston Junior High School will become a new city park. Canyon Road will be removed to form one plot for the park with Line Avenue paved and utilities rerouted. Landscape architects Hare and Hare will design the grounds joining Memorial Park. The project serves five city districts including Country Club Terrace and San Jacinto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Jenkins
City Commission
Sam Houston Junior High School
San Jacinto and Country Club
Line
A. P. Hancock
Canyon Road
Line Avenue
Ninth Avenue
Hare and Hare
Memorial Park
Amarillo College
Country Club Terrace
Summers
San Jacinto
Roberts
Denver Police Hold Prouse on Swindling Charge
Denver police hold J. G. Prouse wanted on a felony swindling charge by worthless check. Sheriff Bill Adams said Prouse would fight extradition and Gov. Coke Stevenson would be asked to issue papers to return him to Amarillo for trial.
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Denver
Prouse
Bill Adams
J. G. Prouse
Adams
Coke Stevenson
Amarillo
New Legion Commander Announces Appointments
Hanson Post American Legion commander Folsom Jackson announces two staff appointees Roy Beard is reappointed post adjutant and acting service officer Sol Levine is named finance officer Other appointments will follow as made.
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Folsom Jackson
Hanson
American Legion
Roy Beard
Jackson
Sol Levine
Hitler Approves Plan for Robot Bombing of New York
Madrid dispatch reports Adolf Hitler has approved an imminent attack on New York City using robot bombs launched from submarines in the Atlantic. Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz allegedly submitted the plan to Hitler, with torpedoes flying toward Manhattan from deck platforms before submerging.
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London
Madrid
Adolf Hitler
New York City
Atlantic
United Press
Ralph Forte
Hitler
Karl Doenitz
Manhattan
Absentee Voting Set for Second Democratic Primary Aug. 5 22
County Clerk Hubert Cole announced absentee voting for the second Democratic Primary will run from August 5 to August 22. Voters will decide in two contested races: attorney general with Grover Sellers facing Jess Martin, and state supreme court with Richard Critz opposing Gordon Simpson. No local runoffs are planned as all winners are by plurality.
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Hubert Cole
Grover Sellers
Jess Martin
State Supreme Court
Richard Critz
Gordon Simpson
Pilot Lt Oldham Visited by Family Before Transfer
Lt. W. J. Oldham visited sister Mrs. T. E. Rhoton and family at 421 Arch Terrace. He is being transferred from Roswell New Mexico to Lincoln Nebraska to complete pilot training for a Flying Fortress. His parents Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Oldham of Mobeetie accompanied him to Amarillo. London Again is Target by German Bombers. London suffered night attacks with some robots falling in southern counties. attacks were lighter than before.
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Amarillo
H. A. Dantel
W. J. Oldham
T. E. Rhoton
Arch Terrace
Oldham
Roswell
N. M
Lincoln
Neb
R. W. Oldham
Mobeetie
Rhoton
London
Combines Needed in Kansas Wheat Fields
Kansas wheat stands uncut due to shortage of combines. County Agent Art Brasley reports calls for owners of combines in Kansas and parts of Oklahoma to lend equipment. Wet weather has left thousands of Panhandle acres unharvested with rain and weeds taking over. Regions hardest hit include Claude Washburn area southeast of here and Follett territory. Charlotte Miner, daughter of Mr and Mrs H W Miner of 1908 Monroe Street, visits Kate Williams in Oklahoma City this week.
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Kansas
Art Brasley
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Bralley
Claude and
Washburn
Here
Follett Territory
Oklahoma City
Charlotte Miner
Grant Delay in Custody Suit Over Susan Waroff
Judge Henry Bishop in 47th District Court granted a defense motion to postpone a custody hearing for three year old Susan Waroff, now with grandparents after her mother was killed nearby. The hearing is rescheduled for Aug 10 as Mrs. Helen Haight’s defense investigates, with John Waroff of Los Angeles seeking custody. A. W. Haight, Mrs. Waroff’s former step-father, faces charges related to the death.
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Susan Waroff
Here
Henry Bishop
47Th District Court
John Waroff
Los Angeles
Helen Haight
A. W. Haight
Waroff
Lieutenant Halley Here Visits Wife While En Route South
Lieutenant Halley visiting his wife Mrs John Halley at 702 Florida Street en route to Florida. Cpl and Mrs Charles Alverson at 3504 East Sixteenth Avenue returned Monday from Childress. Alverson stationed at Camp Van Dorn Mississippi.
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Lieutenant Halley
John Halley
Florida Street
Florida
Childress
Charles Alverson
East
Sixteenth Avenue
Cpl
Alverson
Camp van Dorn
Mississippi
Visits with mother and departures noted in Texas listings
The notice lists Sgt. W. S. Mays visiting his mother in Amarillo, Mrs. W. S. Mays, and Mrs. J. P. Hackley leaving for Detroit to visit relatives. It also mentions June Melton hosting Marilyn Sawyer from Clarendon, Manila Olivia planning a Hot Springs trip, and Harry Cayler visiting Amarillo on business. A separate item reports violent eruption at Pari cutin volcano near Mexico City intensifying over two days.
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Manila Olivia
Arthur Street
Hot Springs
Ark
Mexico City
Paricutin
Communications Ministry
Pimples Vanish Overnight With Kleerex
An ad claims a safe medicated liquid Kleerex dries pimples overnight. Users who applied it nightly report clear complexions and newfound confidence. Buy now for 50 cents with a money back guarantee. Sold and recommended by local vendors.
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Morrow
Girls Service Organization
Borger
Cora Lee Morrow
GSO
Wnew
Lincoln Street
Collie
Billfold
Butler Fannin
Betsy Wynne Livermore
Maj. F. S. Livermore
Australia
Betsy
Buchanan Street
Jimmie Fidler
Hollywood
Alice Faye
Cary Grant
Ingrid Bergman
TNT
Charles Winninger
America
Betty Grable
Louise Fazenda
Gary Cooper
Roy Rogers
California
G. F. Gahn
Mary Ann
Carolina Street
Chico
Calif
Sylvia Gahn
Portland
J. G. Smythe
Jackson Street
Ethel Kline
Portland, Oregon
Northens
R. D. Sells
Roy, Jr
H. S. Worth
Portales
R. D. Northen
A. B. Shaffer
Georgia Street
Bernice
Mozelle Stevenson
Thornton & Minor
Cretney Druas
Morris Browning
Seaman Ernest Girard
South Pacific
Alice Girard
Rule Street
Seaman Girard
Delbar
Pvt
Everett Gray
Camp Rucker
Ala
Paul H. Gray
North Pierce Street
West Nineteenth Avenue
Paul Gilliland
Syracuse
N. Y
Legion
Keith
A. C. Keith
Clark
Dias Allegres
Las Vegas
Salt Lake City
Frontier
Emil V. Pratt
Karen
Alabama Street
Mrs
E. H. Willis
Broadmoor
Trinity University
June Melton
Karl Adams
H. C. Prestler
New York
Kansas Wheat Fields
W. S. Mays
Sgt. W. S. Mays
Lubbock
Detroit
J. P. Hackley
West Tenth Avenue
Bill Savidge
Clarendon
Marilyn Sawyer
Harry Cayler
Perryton
Freon Ares
Resdey
Polk
Cretney Drug
Alline Moore
Polk Stret
B. E. Adams
Kerl
Fir&t National Bank
Cretney Drug & Walgreen's
Frank Hoyt
Texas
The
Griggs Burial Association
Griggs & Sons
N.s.griggs & Sons
Lel NO Hei
Seiberling
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