Pastor Ends Long Career Of Service In Waco
Joseph Martin Dawson concludes a 31 year pastorate at First Baptist Church in Waco known as The Mother Church of Baylor University. He departs to serve as executive secretary for a joint Baptist public relations committee. Dawson’s career includes edits at Baptist Standard and pastorships in Temple Albany Lampasas Hillsboro and Temple. He was nearly kidnapped in 1914 to take the Waco post, and leaves after delivering his farewell sermon.
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Dave Cheavens
Waco
Joseph Martin Dawson
First Baptist Church
Baylor University
Washington
Northern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Convention
National Negro Baptist Conventions
Joined Baptist
Dawson
South Fork
Italy
Ellis County
First Baptist
Baptist Standard
Albany
Lampasas
Hillsboro
Temple
First Church of
S. P. Brooks
Peace Conference Convenes in Paris
The 21 nation conference convened at Luxembourg Palace after World War II in Europe. President Bidault of France addresses 1,500 delegates, urging an end to war and seeking reasonable peace solutions for a suffering world.
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Paris
Luxembourg Palace
Europe
George Bidault
France
Bidault
Britain Accepts U S Plan to Unite German Occupation Zones
Washington reports Britain accepts in principle the U S plan to unify occupation zones in Germany. The State Department hopes Russia and France will join, while the United States and Britain begin detailing economic unity efforts.
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Washington
State Department
Britain
Germany
Department
Russia
France
United States
Appropriation Approved for Ex-GI Terminal Leave Pay
The House Appropriations Committee backed legislation providing 2.4318 billion dollars for terminal leave pay to ex-GIs. Enlisted men would receive pay for unused furloughs retroactive to September 8, 1939, at 30 days per year, up to 120 days, plus quarters allowances. Payment type (cash or bonds) remains under discussion between chambers.
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Washington
U.P
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
Army Lieutenant Sentenced Three to Five Years
Army Lt. Thomas Farrell was sentenced to three to five years in state prison for branding an 18 year old, with bail set at $15,000 cash or $20,000 surety. He faces concurrent terms on charges of assault and battery with a lighted cigarette, a razor blade, and assault with intent to maim disfigure. The sentence was stayed pending his appeal to the state supreme court.
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Boston
Army
Thomas Farrell
Helen
State Supreme Court
Parrell
Pacific
Suffolk Superior Court
Unopposed candidates sweep Potter County race outcomes
Election judges failed to count scratches by unopposed candidates making full vote totals uncertain. Roy Snodgrass won the county attorney post with no opponent, succeeding Tom Seay who held the office four terms. Other unopposed officials include Henry Bishop Jim Lumpkin William Boyce Blake Timmons Ernest Northcutt Frank Hoyt L. D. Hevser Ben Smith J. D. Cazzell Jess Adams Jack Swann Ray Daniel and more. Ben Smith also delivered ice cream to Globe-News staff.
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Roy Snodgrass
Potter County
Tom Seay
Henry Bishop
Jim Lumpkin
William Q. Boyce
Blake Timmons
Jack Little
Ernest Northcutt
Frank Hoyt
L. D. Hevser
Ben Smith
Justice of the Peace
J.D. Cazzell
Jess Adams
Jack Swann
Ray 8
Daniel
Markets and Livestock Prices From Kansas City and Chicago
Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets report July 29 with cattle calves hogs and sheep active. Prices rise with record July run of grass cattle at Kansas City and high hog and lamb bids in Chicago, including top hogs at 22.10 and steer tops near 27.00.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
A Few Things In Common At Northwest Texas Hospital
Mrs C B Christian and Mrs Donald Rose shared a maternity ward at Northwest Texas Hospital both red headed and mothers of girls. Each has a son about three years old and both husbands are Texas A and M College graduates who served overseas in the war with the engineers and field artillery.
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C. B. Christian
Donald Rose
Northwest Texas Hospital
Texas A. & Mt. College
Christian
Engineers
Rose
Field Artillery
Prisoner Released To Georgia Sheriff
Gene Eaves 20, held on a fugitive murder warrant since July 22 at Potter County jail, was released Saturday to the Dallas Georgia sheriff. He had been arrested here by military police on suspicion of illegal use of the army uniform and was transferred from the Amarillo field base hospital after a man claiming to be a Georgia sheriff tried to gain custody. The incident triggered an investigation and led to murder charges.
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Gene Eaves
Dallas
Eaves
Potter County
Amarillo Field
Georgia
Ambulance rushes woman to hospital after noninjury crash
An ambulance sped from a Georgia Street home at 10 45 PM to Northwest Texas Hospital. Residents on West Sixth Avenue saw two cars collide and assumed injuries but police said no one was hurt in the wreck.
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Georgia Street
Northwest Texas Hospital
West Sixth Avenue
Bus Crashes From Highway Into Vernon Riverbed
A Continental Trailways bus left Amarillo after 10 PM and crashed through a railing into the Red River bed near Vernon. Driver James A. Napier, 31, Wichita Falls, is critically injured with severe leg lacerations. several passengers including Mrs. Charles Singleton and Frances Hastings are listed among the injured. Fort Worth Continental Trailways investigators arrived to probe the cause as the bus slid 102 feet from highway, brushed a tree, and never reentered the roadway before plunging across the railing. The riverbed is shallow with quicksand and remains an unstable danger.
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Vernon
James A. Napier
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Continental Trailways
Amarillo
H. N. Stephens
Stephens
Charles Singleton
Roswell
N. M
Frances Hastings
Borger
W. B. Brooks
Robert Fowler
Dumas
E. H. Scott
Canyon
Courthouse Records List Warranty Deeds and Divorces
A compilation of warranty deeds transferring parcels in Ridgemere Aldition Belmont Park and related areas, with lists of the grantees and grantors. District Court entries include several divorces: Ovida B Robinson vs E Robinson Theola Mitchell vs Lonnie Mitchell Medwin Groomes vs R D Groomes. Marriage licenses issued to Thurman and Hugh Rippy Noble Christie Thacker Mitchell Price Brookfield and Louis.
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Vv. L. Finedum
Denford Coburn
G. H. Pickard
Ollie M. Streit
San Jacinto
W. M. Schofield
G. D. White
Sunset Park
Paul H. Jinings
C. H. Needham
C. T Chas
R. Wilson
T. A. Hurley
Bivins Estates
Ovida
Latham Buys Weapons Carrier At Surplus Vehicle Sale
War Asset Administration sale at Childress Army Air Field drew 32 vehicles. 23 claimed by invited veterans. Bill M. Latham of 4241 West Eleventh bought a weapons carrier for 485 dollars along with pickup trucks carryalls and platform trucks offered at the event.
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War Asset Administration
Childress Army Air Field
Bill M. Latham
West
Latham
Senate Banking Committee approves Truman price decontrol board
The Senate Banking Committee unanimously approves three nominees for the new price decontrol board. Roy L. Thompson as chairman, Daniel W. Bell, and George H. Mead will join, with two members from the same party limited. They face a August 20 deadline to decide which commodities return to price controls or have ceilings restored.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Senate
Roy L. Thompson
Federal Land Bank of New Orleans
Decontrol Board
Daniel W. Bell
Treasury
George H. Mead
Dayton, C
Paper Company
Congress
Mead
Thompson
Bell
Torrid Dallas Torrid Dallas
The mercury peaked at 115 degrees in Henrietta and hit over 100 in several Texas cities including Seymour Quanah Memphis Bridgeport Childress Graham and Muleshoe Fort Worth and Dallas. Cloudiness was noted statewide with only isolated showers expected in the north and northwest areas.
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Texas
Henrietta
Seymour
Quanah
Memphis
Bridgeport
Childress
Graham
Muleshoe
Fort Worth
Dallas
Amarillo
Amarillo Forecast Sees Dry Heat With Scattered Traces
In Amarillo H C Winburn predicts continued dry hot weather with partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday. Rain totals around the region include Plainview 0.36 inches Hereford 0.23 Dumas 0.13 Childress 0.05 Adrian 0.07 and traces in Pampa Clarendon. Lows near 71 tomorrow morning and highs near 98.
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Amarillo
H. C. Winburn
Plainview
Hereford
Dumas
Childress
Adrian
Pampa
Clarendon
Administration Leaders Lose Hope For Housing Bill
Washington July 29. Administration leaders have virtually abandoned hope for passage of the Wegner Ellender Taft long range housing bill in the current session of Congress.
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Washington
Congress
British Proposal Is Spurned by Moslems
The Moslem League rejects the British cabinet mission proposals for Indian independence and directs a program of direct action toward an independent Moslem state Pakistan. It accuses Britain and the Congress Party of breaching faith after exhausting peaceful avenues.
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Bombay
Howard Killian Discharged to Open Furniture Store
Howard Killian son of Mrs Maude Killian Route 3 has re entered civilian life and plans to operate a furniture store. He was discharged from the Navy at San Pedro July 23 after enlisting May 12 1945 and serving four months overseas earning Asiatic Pacific American Theatres and Victory medals. He graduated from Amarillo High School and worked at the post office prior to service.
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Howard Killian
Maude Killian
Navy
San Pedro
Amarillo
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Pierce, Fenner & Beane
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Courthouse Records
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Geo. W. Maguire
Co. L. Munday
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Ed Mills
Belmont Park Annex
Gorman Weatherstrip CO
Florida
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PIG Inn
Fair Grounds
Grand St
By Galbraith
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NEA Service, Inc
T. M. Reg
Idlewild
George
Alice
Marian Martin
Amarillo News
Pattern Department
West 18Th Street
New York
N. Y
United Press
India
New Delhi
World Bank
Central Legislative Assembly
Globe News
Ansley's Cleaners
South
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Blackburn-Shall
Pierce
Norito
Jerry's Cleaners
East 4Th Ave
Amarillo, Texas
Texaco Products
van Buren
Vice Station
Don Wyatt
the Friendly Franklin Life Insurance Co
The
Amarillo Retail Druggists Association
Macist
Amarillo Retail Druggists' Association
Atkinson Drug Store
Polk St
Beery's Prescription & Vitamin Shop
Brooks' Drug Store
Draghead Drug
Santa Fe
Cretney
Oliver Eakle
C. & E. Drug Co
Dickson Drug Store
FOX Drug Store
4Th and
Pierce Streets
H and Y Drug Store
16Th St
Herbert Drug Store
Herring
Hollingsworth Pharmacy
6Th Ave
Kendall Drug Store
East 10Th
Maddox Drug
Taylor St
Lincoln Drug Store
Mark Galloway Drug
Polk
Maxor Drug Store
SAN Jacinto Pharmacy
6Th
Nelson Drug Store
West 10Th
Jack Phillips Drugstore
Pleasant Valley
Post Office Drug Store
Taylor Street
Prescription Laboratory
Polk Street
S & M Drug CO
North Fillmore
Wilson Drug Store
East 10Th Avenue
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