Red Build Up Reported In Korea After Cease Fire Talks
The Army said unists in Korea have used cease-fire talks to strengthen troops and move supplies south. Artillery and supplies are nearer front lines. a new North Korean army is being sized up as two to three times larger than the 1950 force. UN and Communist negotiators were to clash over a demilitarized zone, after UN outlined a proposed line at Kaesong.
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Washington
Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
Senate
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Burnet R. Maybank
South Carolina
House
Defense Production Authority
Cairman Maybank
Sorting Ausatanths Pheadie Amarillo The Friendly City
A fragmented news page notes postwar tensions with Chinese and North Korean military activity. It mentions cease-fire talks, UN forces in Korea, and a UPI voice on supply needs and troop movements.
Woman carpenter Gladys Brumfield joins Amarillo base crews
Gladys Brumfield becomes the first woman hired as a carpenter at Amarillo Air Force Base. She works with her husband B. E. Brumfield on the enlisted men’s barracks project, earning praise for skill while coworkers react with surprise. Gladys recalls 5:45 am starts and 7 am work by daylight, sharing chores at home after shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louise Broome
Amarillo Air Force Base
Gladys Brumfield
Carpenter's Union 665
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Gladys
B. E. Brumfield
Brumfield
Bill Warriner
del E. Webb Construction Company
Warriner
Lee Carpenter
Vote To End War With Germany
The House voted to end the war with Germany that began in 1941 and unofficially ended in 1945. The resolution, at the President's request, declares the war officially terminated once the President signs the legislation. Few opposed, with debate over Germany’s postwar role and material support to Communists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Germany
Senate
Sabath
Illinois
Javits
New York
Republican
Foreign Affairs Committee
Richards
South Carolina
Free World
Frank Helvey Named Division Head in Red Feather Drive
Amarillo appoints Frank Helvey to chair the individual subscribers division for the Red Feather Campaign. Announcement came from Robert E. Clements and H. R. Budke. Helvey, now VP and GM of Don McMillian Inc, moved from Houston in 1950 and leads Amarillo Chamber goodwill efforts.
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Red Feather
Frank Helvey
Robert E. Clements
H. R. Budke
Community Chest Board of Directors
Helvey
Amarillo
Houston
Don McMillian, Inc
Man Arrested Here on Federal Contract Charge
Gordon Thomas Riatt, 39, of Gardena California, held in Potter County Jail on federal charges of conspiring to defraud the government. Riatt allegedly awarded meat contracts totaling more than 475000 to Los Angeles dealers, who returned 5000 to him and profited 55000, with Riatt receiving gifts and a deep freeze. Bond set at 5000. arraigned before Justice Carder as LA authorities sought papers.
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Gordon Thomas Riatt
Gardena
Cal
Potter County
Marsall Bill Lampe
Riatt
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Tobias Klinger
Holmes and Harver, Inc
Eniwetok
Fred Charles Kalmos
Irving Keith
Klinger
Marshal Lampe
Ama Tillo Air Force Base
Federal District Court
Justice of Peace
C. W. Carder
Carder
Mary K. Harty
Frontline Activity Increases on Eastern Front
United Nations infantrymen attacked at night on the eastern front after being driven from high ground during the day. UN forces captured two hills in the Yanggu sector in two assaults, facing stubborn enemy battalions and heavy artillery. Allied planes, using clearing weather, bombed Pyongyang freight yards in over 800 sorties to disrupt transport. Reds moved units toward the Kumsong sector as talks in Kaesong continued.
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Eighth Army
Korea
U.P
United Nations
Yanggu
Kaesong
Pyongyang
Kumsong
Amarillo Weather Summary From US Weather Bureau
The Amarillo area reports partly cloudy conditions with continued warmth today through Saturday. Expect a few scattered thundershowers and highs near 95 to 96 degrees with lows around 71. Panhandle outlook is generally favorable for outdoor work with minor shower interference. West Texas and New Mexico regions show similar warm, partly cloudy conditions with scattered storms mainly in western areas.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
New Mexico
Son Succeeds Father As Firm President
Stanley Blackburn becomes president of Blackburn Bros Inc at a board meeting, Walter Blackburn named chairman. Nat O. Glenn retires due to ill health. Warren O. Tuckness becomes vice president. Howard and Walter remain on the board as officers. The firm expands and integrates adjoining space after Jan. 1. The horseshoe tradition at 812 Polk remains a stock symbol of the company.
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Blackburn Bros., Inc
Stanley Blackburn
Walter Blackburn
Blackburn
Nat O. Glenn
Glenn
Warren O. Tuckness
W. H. Oliphint
Howard Blackburn
Oliphint
Polk
Blackburn's
Lincoln
Fourth
Buchanan
Taylor
Seventh
Blackburn Brothers
Walter
Howard
Jeff
C. J
Perry
Stanley
John Ed Blackburn
Youth Admits Starting Fire That Killed 8
A San Francisco teenager, Kenneth Skinner, 17, admitted starting a lobby fire with a cigarette lighter that killed eight people in a four story apartment building. He said he paused to smoke and then there was a flash. Insisted he unintentionally triggered the blaze, he faces man slaughter charges.
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Frank Ahern
Kenneth Skinner
Skinner
Ahern
Louise Skinner
Plane With 46 Skids in Safely
New York July 27 A Northwest DC 4 airliner from Detroit carrying 46 persons landed tail down at Idlewild after skidding 2000 feet in a shower of sparks and flames. Pilot Capt Arthur Antilla said a nose gear fault light flashed red though nose gear functioned normally after inspection. No fire and no injuries.
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New York
Idlewild
Detroit
Arthur Antilla
This Driver Is Fast on Pick up
INDIANAPOLIS July 27 A highwayman in a black automobile used quick hands to snatch a billfold containing $75 from Leverett Henshaw as he tried to recover it after a door swung open in traffic. Henshaw reported the thief sped away and vanished into the city street bustle.
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Indianapolis
Leverett Henshaw
Henshaw
Globe To Present Series on Princess Margaret In August
The Globe announces a series on Princess Margaret beginning next Monday through August. The articles promise entertaining and revealing depictions of royal life focusing on the king's other daughter.
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Globe
Princess
Margaret
England
Night Baseball Schedule and Insurance Note
All night games listed for the American League include Cleveland at Boston Chicago at New York Detroit at Philadelphia and St. Louis at Washington. National League notes Philadelphia Chicago with rain delay. Other night games feature New York at Cincinnati Boston at Pittsburgh Brooklyn at St. Louis. Also mentions auto public liability and property damage insurance and a Williams Boyce reference.
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Cleveland
Boston
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Washington
Church
Seminick
Hiller
Burgess
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Auto
Williams-Boyce
Advocates Seek Seven Member Amarillo City Commission
Two civic clubs in Amarillo sponsor petitions for a seven member city commission citing city business of over 32 million dollars annually and a need for a larger board. They argue a three member body is overburdened and a seven member panel would provide more quorum. The petition circulates for a special charter election and has about 2,500 signatures across 24 copies.
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Amarillo
North Randall County
Ruthelle Bacon
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Reds
Pheadie Amarillo
Great Plains
Japan
United Press
Aenarute
Texas
Ipsl
Senate House
Conference
Lady Carpenter
A la
Rep. A. S. Herland
Florida
Maybank
Office of Price Stabilization
Congress
Michael V. di Salle
US Weather Bureau
Globe News Station
Blackburn Bros
Son
Father
John Walter
Lynn
Rip
Harrison
Ong
New Mexico Military Institute
Air Transport Command
Lee Blackburns
SAN_FRANCISCuly
J. W. Stephens
West Fortyfirst
North Randall Group
Glenn A. Davis
Forest Hill Group
Gunn Bros
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co
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