Five Juveniles Sentenced in Federal Case
Five boys under 18 pled guilty to transporting stolen vehicles in interstate commerce before Judge James C. Wilson. Behr and Willis, both 16, got four years nine months and sixteen days to serve until age 21 at El Reno reformatory. Mortrude, 17, Clift, 16, and Walker, 15, received four year terms. Additional pleas were heard this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Wilson
Federal Reformatory
el Reno
Okla
William F. Behr
Donald Leroy Willis
Behr
Willis
Ellwood Mortrude
Allen Dale Clift
Robert Lacy Walker
Mrs W M Stratton 62 Dies at Home
Mrs Margarette Stratton aged 62 died at 1 o clock this morning at 412 North West Third from a heart attack. Surviving are husband W M Stratton two sons William H Stratton and Cecil Henry Stratton of Amarillo two daughters Mrs B O Hooker of Lubbock and Mrs E L Stratton of Fresno two sisters Mrs J A Forbis of Coleman and Mrs Ollie Cowan of Lampasas and a brother Joe Dennis of Lampasas Funeral services are pending Boxwell Brothers handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margarette Stratton
North West Third
Lubbock
E. L. Stratton
Fresno
Cal
J. A. Forbis
Coleman
Ollie Cowan
Lampassas
Joe Dennis
Boxwell Brothers
Disabled Veterans State Meeting At Amarillo
High ranking national officials of Disabled American Veterans will attend a state convention here with auxiliary leaders from the SteneRention chapter. Registration opens Friday in the Herring Hotel and events include a luncheon honoring Ann Weber and a banquet with dance in the Crystal Ballroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
SteneRention's Auxiliary
Herring Hotel
DAV
DeWitt Kirby
Waco
Amarillo
Jimmy Moore
Roy Beard
Goodman
Col
Homer Carrico
Dallas
Lee Brown
Corpus Christi
Clem Smith
San Antonio
Fred T. Lee
el Paso
Sol Glickman
Wichita Falls
J. E Pietzsch
Wayne E. Tomlinson
Morris Lively
Otto Landis
Richard Crawford
Women’s Auxiliary Convention
Old Tascosa
National Adjutant
Ann Weber
Colorado Springs
Weber
Catherine Early
Estelle Wolfe
Eva Moore
Ilene Jackson
Jennie May Roberts
Austin
Marianna Gharis
Evelyn Sibley
Marie Gorman
Stella Beard
Maxine Tomlinson
Crystal Ballroom
Amarillo Man Held in Las Vegas on Warrants
L. W. Dunn of Amarillo is jailed in Las Vegas on warrants from El Paso and Wichita for swindling by worthless checks. Sheriff Bill Adams said Las Vegas police alerted him after a noon contact and Dunn was reported in custody this morning. Dunn’s home is 500 West Twenty-ninth, Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Dunn
Amarillo
Las Vegas
Nev
el Paso
Wichita
Kan
Bill Adams
Potter County
Adams
Dunn
500 West Twenty-ninth
Three New Firms Join Chamber of Commerce
Three new firms joined the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce at a chamber membership committee meeting. The new members include John McCarty, Vaughn Plumbing Company, and B. R. Gardner. Total new memberships since April 1946 exceed 200 firms and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
John McCarty
Vaughn Plumbing Company
B. R. Gardner
Young pianist Frank Howard Jr to give Thursday recital
Janet M. McNeil presents 14 year old Frank Howard Jr in a piano recital at Trinity Lutheran Parish Hall 1800 Harrison at 8 15 p m. He earned superior plus in auditions and will perform four of his own children's compositions along with works by Bach Mozart Schumann Chopin Clementi and include Russian pieces and a guest soloist Ramona Rae Gilbert sings Dawn. Interested friends invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet M. McNeil
Frank Howard
Trinity Lutheran Parish Hall
Harrison
Frank
Frank R. Howard
Ramona Rae Gilbert
Folsom D. Jackson
Curran
Bach
Ph. E. Bach
Mozart
Haesche Mann
Schumann
Chopin
Clementi
pBots
Martha Beck
Plans for Amarillo Market Week Return Next Spring
Virgil Patterson president of the Amarillo chamber announces the resumption of Market Week designed to connect wholesale manufacturers and buyers in the Amarillo trade territory. The event aims to involve about 675 firms and encourage broad participation from local and out of town wholesalers. A committee of local wholesalers will be formed to organize the market week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Virgil Patterson
Chamber of Commerce
Patterson
Hearing in Quadruple Slaying Awaits York Girl Recovery
In New Braunfels on June 4 Sheriff W A Scholl said the preliminary hearing for murder charges against Dr Lloyd L Ross of San Antonio in the May 25 killing of four members of the Tullard York family will wait until 13 year old Ann York recovers from gunshot wounds. Ann York is hospitalized in San Antonio after being wounded in the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Braunfels
W. A. Scholl
Lloyd L Ross
San Antonio
Tuillard York
Ann York
York
Chinese Civilians Naturalized In Amarillo Federal Court
The first Chinese civilians to be naturalized in Amarillo took the oath of allegiance this morning in federal court. The three Chinese nationals are James and Thomas Fong and Charley Wong, with ties to local groceries. Also naturalized were Pitchios, Campbell, Dakis, Gallegos Quintero, De La Garza, and Morin, from Greece, Britain, Syria, and Mexico, with service in the US Army noted for some. Judge James C. Wilson presided the oath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
James
Thomas Fong
Oriental Grocery
West Sixth
Charley Wong
Asia Market
Fourth
Fillmore
Fong
United States
Bers
George Engelos Pitchios
Greece
Arthur Columbus Campbell
Great Britain
Arthur Fadlow Dakis
Syria
Rafael Gallegos Quintero
Domingo de la Garza
Pilar Florez Morin
Mexico
James C. Wilson
Jury Selected and Witnesses Testimony in Trial
Jury selected in morning session and testimony introduced as the case nears jury deliberation. Defendant McDonald enters a not guilty plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald
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Disabled Veterans
Nevada
Etteched Howe
Frank Howard, JR
Smith & Sons
N. Filmore
Old Reliable Companies
C Taylor
Amarillo Venetian Blind Co
Taylor St
Pho
Optometrist
Polk St
Tex Smith
Radio Renue Shop
West 6Th St
Adssintans
Williams McDonald
Howard Trigg
47Th District Court
South
Fillmore St
Doc's
Essex
England
County Hospital Planning
County Hospital
Northwest Texas Hospital
Harry Daily
O F H. A
Chrysler « Equipee
Southwestern Motors, Inc
Polk
Chrysler-Plymouth
Bir
Lincoln Coe
Mercury
Lincoln
Lincoln and Mercury
Polk Street
Garner-Randall Motors, Inc
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