Two Weeks Among Hostile Indians and Alligators
Lieut Ray Riseden and eight men spent two weeks in the Panamanian jungle searching for a lost army flier. They faced unfriendly Indians, storms, malarial mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, and alligators while fording rivers and living on sparse rations. They found wreckage of a cayuco but no survivor, and a return by boat failed when engines quit leaving them adrift on rubber rafts.
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Balboa
C. Z
Ray Riseden
Thornton
Tex
Riseden
Chucunagie
Darien
Canal Zone
Cuna
San Blas Islands
Panama
Caribbean
Panama City
OPA Seeks Rent Office Site In Amarillo Area
The Office of Price Administration aims to locate a federal rent control office in Amarillo to serve the surrounding region. The move would appoint a local administrator to oversee rent controls.
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OPA
Amarillo
Polk Street Values Hiked by City Board of Equalization
Ground values on Polk Street rose from 15 to 20 percent for city taxes, announced by Henry Beverley, chief deputy assessor. The joint city school board finished protest hearings. Ehrenborg’s survey set key corners, prompting stormy sessions and mixed adjustments. current rolls cap at 84 000 for the Seventh Avenue and Polk Street corner, down from 84 640 but up from 68 500 last year. Work on the tax roll began at city hall as the new fiscal year starts October 1. Board members Lyles Shenefelt and Elliott were paid ten dollars daily during sessions.
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Polk Street
Henry Beverley
City-School Board of Equalization
George Ehrenborg
Ehrenborg
Equalization Board
Ehrenberg
Seventh Avenue
Board of Equalization
L. E. Lyles
F. M Shenefelt
C. P. Elliott
Blackout Car Lights Draw Palm Beach Visitor to Amarillo
J W Menoher from Palm Beach Florida arrived in Amarillo with gas ration cards and blackout headlights. He works with Palm Beach police identification bureau and says identification cards with photos and fingerprints are common there. He and his wife recently bought property in Amarillo and expect to locate things here.
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J. W. Menoher
Amarillo
Palm Beach
Fla
Menoher
Florida
County Democratic Convention Set for Saturday Afternoon
County Democrats will meet in the county courtroom at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon. Delegates were named at precinct conventions last Saturday after noon. County Chairman Bob Stone said the county executive committee will soon complete its canvass of returns from Saturday’s aes.
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Democratic Party
Bob Stone
Stone
Aes
Defense argues test of democracy in saboteur case
In a Berlin saboteurs case, U S Army colonels defend eight accused who attended a sabotage school and deny guilt. The defense cites constitutional privileges, while Justice Morris denied habeas corpus petitions. Haupt, a U S citizen by birth through naturalization, contends his citizenship remains intact.
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United States Army
Cassius M. Dowell
Kenneth C. Royall
James W. Morris
United States District Court For
District of Columbia
German Reich
Herbert Hans Haupt
United States
Haupt
America
Mexico
Nicaragua
Japan
Germany
Chicaco
Germans’ U S Submarine Espionage Plot Revealed
Prosecutors recount seven petitioners and Dasch sent by German government to aid wartime sabotage. They wore fatigue uniforms aboard submarines, planned to pose as civilians, and buried explosives near Amagansett Long Island and Ponte Vedra Florida before capture by FBI agents.
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America
United States
George John Dasch
Long Island
Florida
Dashh
Amagansett
Ponte Vedra
Fla
Dasch
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ace Pilot Follows Fatal Dive At Sea Patrol
Ace and radioman Willie crash their aircraft during a patrol after signaling a second plane to join up. The lone surviving pilot reached the surface as a glove floated nearby and the radioman crawled from the wreckage in icy water.
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Ace
Willie
Markets Close Mixed As Dow Jones Edges Down
The Dow Jones Industrial Average sits at 105.52, down 0.96, with 30 industrials 1 P M at 105.52 down 0.96. Railroads trade near 25.87 down 0.16 and utilities at 11.44 lower by 0.17 as 65 stocks fall 0.29 to 35.22. City livestock prices at July 29 show hogs up 10-25, cattle steady to higher, calves active, grass cows around 12 to 14 while sheep rise in early sales. The report notes hogs top around 14.15 and open cattle demand for fed steers around 13.50 to 14.25 with regional price variations.
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Dow-Jones
Merril Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
City Livestock Y
Colorado
NEW York Stock Exchange
Merrill Lynch
Allis Chalmers
Anaconda Tees
Armour & Co
Seteeee
Aviation Corp
Baldwin
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Gen Fports
Gen Motors
Greyhound
Int Harvester Sete Ai
Kennecot Copper
Marshall Field
Oryee Oy
Montgomery Ward
Nash Kelvinator Wee
National Biscuit
New York Shipbuilding
North New York Central Railway
American Aviation
Olio
Pan American Airways
Paramount Pictures
JC Penney Ra
California
Indiana
New Verse
Studebaker i
Texas Corporation
Texas Gulf
Tex Pac Coal & Oil
Union Carbide
United Aircraft
BS Steel
Chicago Livestock Prices Slip and Rise Across Markets
Hog prices rise about 14 to 20 cents with most hogs at 10 to 20 cents higher than Thursday. Cattle and calf activity strong with weighty steers above 15.75 and best heifers around 14.50. Sheep and lambs steady to lower with native spring lambs around 13.75 to 14.15 and light Idaho yearling loads neglected.
Aspirin Savings Promote St Joseph Brand Multisize
An advertisement claims St Joseph Aspirin is safer than generic and highlights its status as the world’s largest seller at 10¢. It promotes big savings on larger bottles with 36 tablets for 20¢ and 100 tablets for 35¢.
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St. Joseph
Johnnie Lou Kelly Dies at Local Hospital
Three year old Johnnie Lou Kelly, daughter of Mr and Mrs John E Kelly of Channing, died at 2 25 this morning after two weeks illness. She is survived by her parents and sister Mary Frances Kelly aged six months. The body lies in state at N S Griggs and Sons Chapel and will be moved to New Boston near Texarkana for burial. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Johnnie Lou Kelly
Mre
John E. Kelly
Channing
Mary Frances Kelly
N. S. Griggs and Sons
New Boston
Texarkana
Warm and Gusty Weather Report Highlights Heat
The weather bureau notes a warm and gusty day with yesterday's high reaching 93 degrees and this morning's low at 69 degrees. Strong winds and heat persisting across the area were forecast to continue.
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Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau Seeks Junior Observers for Fort Worth Training
The U S Weather Bureau needs junior observers. Accepted applicants will receive Fort Worth training after obtaining application forms from the Amarillo bureau at English Field.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Fort Worth
Amarillo
English Field
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Canadian White House Lumber Co
Clovis, N. M. Panhandle Lbr. Co., Inc
Canyon Thompson Hardware Co
Dalhart Steele
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Lbr. Co
Dimmitt Higginbotham-Bartlett Co
Dumas Phillips & Son
Boxwell Bros. Howe, and Furniture
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Groom Fraser Howe
Grover Grover Lumber Co
Hereford Hereford Lumber Co
Kress Rockwell Bros. & Co
Matador Higginbotham-Bartlett Co
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White House Lumber Co
Pampa Panhandle Lumber Co., Inc
Panhandle Panhandle Lumber Co., Inc
Perryton White House Lumber Co
Plainview Higginbotham-Bartlett Co
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Spearman White House Lumber Co
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