Teens on the Rampage Part Two in Junior Gangland
A Brookyln boy recounts a terrifying encounter with rival gangs the Robins and Nits detailing gang structure from Baby to alumni, girl auxiliaries, initiation rites, and planned brawls. Police and ADA Cone document organized teen gang warfare with names of leaders, locations, and dates.
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Horton
Brooklyn
John E. Cone
Freddie Horton
Robins
Cone
New York State
Nits
Robin Debs
Beavers
Brewery Rats
Commanches
Gestapos
Jolly Stompers
NEA
Kansas
America
Census figures show population shifts in Panhandle region
Walter Shaller announced unofficial 1950 counts for five Texas Panhandle counties led by Hansford gaining to 4168 and Donley dropping to 6201 from 1940. Gruver and several county seats posted growth while Briscoe and Donley counties fell. Gruver more than doubled to 798 residents.
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Shaller
Gene Klein
Amarillo
Washington
Potter
Randall County
Panhandle
Walter Shaller
Hansford
Oldham
Briscoe
Hemphill
Donley
Gruver
Grover
Briscoe County
Silverton
Quitaque
Hansford County
Donley County
Spearman
Oldham County
WO Assss Gee Ene
Hemphill Clarendon
Desperate WWII Veteran Foiled From Jumping From Amarillo Buildings
Amarillo police and firefighters halted a young World War II veteran from leaping to the sidewalk, pulling him back from the sixth floor window at the Rule Building. He was taken to the police station for observation and later released to his mother, after notes to his mother and a girlfriend were found. The man, treated at the Veterans Hospital since October after a traffic accident, had fled a squad car and was found on a bank scaffold before being restrained again.
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Amarillo
Jim Keith
W. C. Spier
First National Bank
Veterans Hospital
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
The Weather Bureau reports generally partly cloudy conditions for Amarillo and vicinity with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers and mild temperatures. High today around 84, low 57, with a forecast 85 max and 59 min yesterday. West Texas sees considerable cloudiness and scattered storms, El Paso area lighter, with no major temperature changes. Mexico expects fair northern areas and widely scattered storms in east and south, warmer in the northeast.
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Amarillo
West Texas
el Paso
Pecos
Mexico
Judge vows tough stance on Brooklyn teen gangs
In New York on June 1 Magistrate Benjamin Brenner warned 12 gun wielding youths from the Greene Avenue Stompers Nits Chicos and Gay Nineties gangs that authorities will crack down. Bail ranged from 500 to 15000 for most. Harvey Charles 18 was held without bail for a hearing next Tuesday after allegedly shooting a 15 year old during Memorial Day violence that left two others wounded. The clashes stem from ongoing fights in Bedford Stuyvesant culminating in a fatal stabbing on April 28 of a Greene Avenue Stomper.
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New Yor
Brooklyn
Benjamin Brenner
Greene Avenue
Bedford-Stuyvesannt
Brenner
Harvey Charles
Tents Go Up at Fair Park for Gainesville Circus
An advance crew of 15 set up equipment at Fair Park Pavilion as the Gainesville Community Circus prepares a two night stand sponsored by the South Amarillo Lions Club. Proceeds go to crippled children, cerebral palsy and polio funds. Approximately 60 performers plus caretakers are expected.
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Fair Park
Gainesville Community Circus
Gainesville
Tri-State Fair Park
Paul McGehee
South Amarillo Lions Club
McGehee
Globe
Fair Park Pavilion
Derrell
Lefty” Harlow
Bobby Collie
Everett Skaggs
Robert Shell
Governor Shivers Visits Madisonville For Civic Event
Governor Allen Shivers attended the Madisonville side walk cattlemen association convention and planned to visit his Woodville farm before returning to Austin. He will deliver the principal address at the University of Texas commencement on Saturday.
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Austin
U.P
Allan Shivers
Madisonville
Woodville
Shivers
University of Texas
French President Auriol to Visit United States in March 1951
President Auriol of France will visit the United States for a state visit in the second half of March, 1951. Madame Auriol will accompany him, with details to be arranged later by Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross.
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Washington
Auriol
France
United States
White House
Madame Auriol
Charles G. Ross
Mershall Plan Mill Destroyed by Fire in France
Nancy France June 1 Fire destroyed the La Rochette Paper and Cardboard Mill near here, a Marshall Plan funded plant recently upgraded with new equipment in use for two years. Damage is estimated at about six million dollars. The Rochette mill was the most modern in France.
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Nancy
France
Here
Marshall Plan
la Rochette
Rochette
Cabbie Fights Mad Dog To Save School Kids
Atlanta June 1 A taxicab driver and father of five, Rick Parker, wrestled a snarling mad dog to shield 82 kindergarten pupils as they changed classes. He was bitten on a hand and received a rabies shot. A neighborhood youth ended the threat with a rifle. the dog’s head was sent for testing. Parker, an Air Forces veteran, was hailed as a hero by the children.
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Atlanta
Rick Parker
Parker
Air Forces
Showers Begin June Across Tri-State Area
Rain swept the Tri-State area starting last night with .42 inch at Amarillo Air Terminal and .32 inch at Globe News gauge. Clovis reported 1.5 inches, others ranged from .01 to .26 inches. Walter Watts notes more thundershowers today and tomorrow with highs near 87 and lows around 57.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-State
Amarillo Air Terminal
Amarilo
Globe News
Fillmore
Walter Watts
Claude
Dalhart
Vega
Clayton
Des Moines
Tucumcari
Clovis
Watts
Reds Clamp Down On Berlin Traffic
Soviet frontier guards slowed Western truck traffic on the Berlin highway at Helmstedt checkpoint. Officials implied the slowdown was retaliation for detention of four East German barges in Western Berlin canals and stated the restrictions were countermeasures against alleged mistreatment of Communist youth returning from Sunday’s East Berlin rally.
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Berlin
Helmstedt
Eddie Cantor Puts Jewish Relief First
Eddie Cantor says he has reached a turning point and will devote most of his time to the United Jewish Appeal as he sails on the Queen Elizabeth for his first trip to Israel. Cantor, national campaign chairman of the UJA, announced the shift during the voyage departure from New York.
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New York
Eddie Cantor
United Jewish Appeal
UJA
Israel
Rice Pistol Robber Arrested After Gunpoint Heists
Hong Kong reports police arrested a holdup artist who had robbed several places at gunpoint. They considered letting him bring a pistol to jail, noting it was made of rice.
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Hong Kong
Shanghai
Gunn Bros Thrift Stamps Olver Wiggins Lumber Co
Gunn Bros Thrift Stamps are offered alongside Wiggins Lumber Co at 1200 West 6th. The notice lists Olver and LBR as participants or contributors in the ad.
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Gunn Bros
Olver
Wiggins Lbr
Dallas Census Estimate Put Dallas Population Near 450000
Associated Press report shows district census director W Russell predicting Dallas will reach about 450000 in the 1950 count excluding nearby enclaves Park Cities University and Highland Cockrell Hill and Fruitdale. Waco rises to 83797 or 27815 more than 1940. Tomball gains to 1032 today from 668 in 1940.
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Associated Press Co
W. Russell
Dallas
Russell
Park Cities
University and
Highland
Cockrell Hill
Fruitdale
Throckmorton
Hardeman County
Waco
Tomball
Garris County
Amarillo Sees Surge in New Homes in 1950
More than 1,000 homes had begun in Amarillo during the first five months of 1950, totaling 1,117 new residences and doubling 1949's pace. May permits reached 196 with a total May cost of 1,564,753. Total 1950 construction now stands at 8,562,004 as major projects like warehouses, hospital expansion, an overpass, and new schools are planned for summer and fall.
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Amarillo
Clyde Crump
Oldham
Wolflin Addition
Northwest Texas Hospital
Eighth Avenue
8 Cents Per Man! Globe News Ad Boosts Hiring
An advertiser touts hiring efficiency from a Globe News Want Ad claiming they could interview 32 qualified men at about 8 cents per man, suggesting strong cost effective results and value in the recruitment approach.
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Globe News
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Bory
US Weather Bureau
Lemalt Tall
Mirror Enterprises Syn
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Mershall
Cabbie
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