Chicago LaSalle Hotel Fire Claims 58 Dead
A fast moving blaze engulfed the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago's Loop, killing 58 and injuring over 200 as guests slept. Fire officials described three elevator shaft explosions and a chaotic lobby inferno with many victims found on the fourth to sixth floors and some unidentified. Firefighters battled the flames for hours as rescue nets and ambulances aided survivors.
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Loop Hotel
Chicago
LaSalle Hotel
Loop
Michael Corrigan
John Flanagan
House
The
LaSalle
Edward McNamara
McNamara
A. L. Brodie
Bread Lines In Big Cities Grow As Wheat Shortage Hits
Bread lines stretched across major cities as the United States faced its worst wheat shortage. The Millers National Federation forecast relief in two to three weeks, while Herman Steen, executive secret ...
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Chicago
Millers National Federation
Herman Steen
Executive
Tary
Federation
Texas
Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture
Steen
Miss Annie L McDonald Named to Texas Primary Study Committee
Miss Annie L McDonald elementary grades supervisor in Amarillo schools is named by state officials to a committee drafting a new primary grade course of study for Texas. She will write the first three grade curriculum with Dr. Thomas Pierce and a steering panel guiding the effort.
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Annie L. McDonald
Amarillo
Texas
Chas. M. Rogers
Thomas Pierce
Texas State College For Women
L. A. Woods
Pierce
Miss McDonald
Deputies Arrest Two Men in Clovis False Pretenses Case
After a four day hunt sheriff's deputies arrested two men in Clovis N M on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses connected to a wheel chair fund drive. One suspect was identified as Paul Cramer and the other as Howard D Chase both arraigned on fugitive warrants with $5 000 bond.
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Clovis
N. M
Ted Rathbone
Sateurday
Rathbone
Paul Cramer
Charlie Hamlin
Bill Adams
Howard D. Chase
Charley Carder
Justice of the Peace
Long Beach
Adams
Cramer
Amer
Slim Summerville
J. C. Vaughn
Lem Pourxis
North Buchanan
North East Eighth
Sheriff Adams
Churchill accuses Kremlin commissars of directing Europe
London reports cite Winston Churchill charging that nearly a third of Europe's population is directed by the Kremlin commissars and that seeds of a new world war are being sown. He denounces Soviet propaganda and urges non intervention in Spain while praising British actions in Greece. Attlee echoes calls for broad Western friendship and a path to a new Spanish government.
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London
Winston Churchill
Europe
Kremlin
Churchill
Ernest Bevin
Labor Party
Britain
Clement R. Attlee
Fight for Negroes Vote Rights Expanded
The Justice Department announced an extensive effort to aid Negroes voting in primaries and general elections. Attorney General Tom Clark directed U S attorneys to protect civil liberties, with actions based on filed complaints and no witch hunts, as some primaries have already occurred.
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Washington
U.P
Justice Department
Tom Clark
U. S
Clark
South
Ladies Form First All Women Legion Post in Texas
In Houston on June 5 a group of thirty World War II women veterans formed a new American Legion post named for Emma Jane Windham a San Antonio WAC who died in a plane over England last night. It is Texas first all women Legion post.
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Houston
American Legion
Emma Jane Windham
San Antonio
WAC
England
Legion
Texas
Dead in Hotel La Salle Fire Victims Named
Cook County morgue identified a list of victims in the La Salle Hotel blaze led by Delbert A Roush of Newton Iowa and Louis Marco of Chicago with multiple other named residents from Illinois Iowa Kentucky New York and Utah among 24 still unidentified at 1 30 pm.
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Chicago
Cook County
Delbert Allen Roush
Newton
Bill Denniston
Frank Fenton Evans
Hartville
Effie Harmon
Brice McBride
Provo
Utah
Louis Marco
Rex M. Gaynor
Elmwood Park
Til Man
Hugh W. Huddleston
Green County
Wis
Nathan Adelson
Douglas L. Boyer
St. Louis
A. F. Schmitthenner
Chambershore
Edward Farrar
Ruth O Feely
Springfield
Samuel Unger
Henry G. Miller
Duane M. Beaty
Florence
San Antonio
Tex
Joseph F. Barton
Leonard Austin Salter
Perry Swern
Ridgeland Ave
Oak Park
Til
Oe McCarthy
Akron
Julia Barry
Annie Diamound
Edward J. Schneidman
Quincey
St. George Delp
Jane Collins
LaSalle
Severn W. Korn
Battle Creek
Mich
G. G. Taylor
Eldon Adams
Martin Heinen
Quincy College
Fire at Elmhurst Hotel 1929 Tragic Anniversary
Elmhurst Hotel at Fourth and Taylor burned in the early hours of May 29 1929 killing five people marking a major Amarillo fire tragedy not matched since 1929.
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Amarillo
Elmhurst
Fourth and Taylor
Italy Votes to Become Republic Ending Savoy Rule
Rome reports an official announcement that Italy has chosen a republic, displacing King Humbert II and the House of Savoy. War and Aviation ministers said the referendum produced a clear majority for the republic with about 1.8 million votes more than the monarchy, sealing the king's departure after 26 days on the throne.
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Rome
Italy
Humbert II
House of Savoy
Pietro Nenni
Manlio Brosio
Humbert
Victor Emmanuel
Egypt
Body of Lubbock Druggist Found
Clyde A. Sanders a 49 year old Lubbock druggist was found dead in a shallow grave near a highway in southeast Oklahoma. Ex convict Harry Hicks confessed to the killing after arrest in Lone Wolf Oklahoma following bloodstains found in his car.
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Hobart
Okla
Clyde A. Sanders
Hicks
Nicks
Sanders
Sayre
State Reports Three May Records in Fiscal Affairs
State Comptroller George Sheppard announced May set three all time highs in state fiscal affairs. Charette tax revenue reached 1 745 689 dollars. Motor fuel tax gross rose to 6 347 626 dollars and general revenue cash balance stood at 31 323 309 dollars. The largest gain was in motor fuel tax gross. The prior record was 6 030 814 dollars set in August 1941.
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Austin
George Sheppard
McNarney Raises Germany Occupation Time to Fifteen Years
Gen. Joseph T. McNarney announced in Frankfurt that his estimate for the minimum period of the occupation of Germany has been increased from ten years to fifteen.
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Germany
Frankfurt
U.P
Joseph T. McNarney
Penate Bill Moves to Boost Soldiers Pay Amid Draft Debate
The Senate voted to extend the draft to May 15 and raise pay for enlisted personnel to encourage volunteering. It also allowed drafting 18 to 45 year olds if goals allow, and exempted fathers, students, teachers, and veterans with certain service. The House opposes extending the draft for teens and may strike a compromise.
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United States
House
Senate
Baby Talk Wins $125000 in Irish Sweepstakes
A Washington waitress and her Army veteran husband win $125,000 after buying Airborne in the Irish Sweepstakes. The couple credit their 3-year-old nephew James Peter Smith, nicknamed Uncle Pearlie, for luck. Taxes estimated at about $64,006 will go to the Internal Revenue Service. The winning ticket came from Irene O Rourke of Dublin.
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Washington
Pearl Nault
Epsom Downs
Pearl
Treasury
Internal Revenue Bureau
Naults
Nault
Irene O'Rourke
Dublin
Ireland
Newton Jury Dismissed in Deadlock in Plainview
Plainview June 5 Special The jury deliberating the case of Dr. W R Newton charged with assault with intent to murder was dismissed by District Judge C D Russell at 9 33 this morning after more than 36 hours without a verdict. Jurors reported they were hopelessly deadlocked 11 to 1. It was not announced whether the majority favored conviction or acquittal. Dr Newton is accused of shooting Dr Roy C Hunt near Littlefield on May 20 1942. A prior seven year penitentiary sentence was reversed on appeal. Testimony began last Saturday after the judge overruled a defense motion for change of venue.
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Plainview
W. R. Newton
C. D. Russell
Newton
Roy C. Hunt
Littlefield
Russell
Polio Victim Robert Ross Satisfactory After Admission
Robert Ross a two year old polio patient and Amarillo’s third polio case this season was described as satisfactory in condition this morning. He was taken to Northwest Texas Hospital last Saturday after an infantile paralysis diagnosis. The attending physician cited mild attack and noted improvement.
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Robert Ross
Amarillo
Northwest Texas
Burglaries At Preeman Motor Co Reported
Burglars broke into the Preeman Motor Company at 223 West Sixth last night entering through a south window and stole a radio a safety razor and five or six cartons of cigarettes.
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Burgars
Preeman Motor Company
West Sixth
Weather outlook Amarillo and region with warm trend
The Weather reports fair and continued warm conditions this afternoon tonight and Thursday. Winds reach 20 to 30 mph. West Texas remains clear to partly cloudy with little temperature change. New Mexico shows little change with highs around 92 and lows near 62.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Goodwill Tour Tickets on Sale in Amarillo
Tickets are available at the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce for a goodwill tour to Clovis. Roundtrip is 8 dollars. The special train departs Santa Fe Depot Friday at 8 AM and returns about 6 PM. About 50 Hereford High School Band members and 50 Hereford business men join the Amarillo delegation.
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Amarillo
Sandie
Bob Epperson
Notorious Outlaw Pete Norris Gets 10 More Years
GALVESTON June 5 Pete Norris Texas notorious outlaw today added 10 more years to his prison term for escaping from a federal prison in February 1945 and kidnapping a federal game warden.
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Pete Norris
Galveston
U.P
Texas
Regal Co Real Estate and Loans Buff Brick Siding
A. Regal Co. Real Estate and Loans buff brick siding and slate shingles. See John Maynard Lumber Co., 800 W. 5th.
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John Maynard Lbr. Co
W. 5Th
Warren Wins Re election in California Governor Race
San Francisco June 5 Attorney General Robert W. Kenny conceded the reelection of Governor Earl Warren. Warren led the Republican primary by a large majority and held a steady lead over Kenny for the Democratic nomination.
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San Francisco
U.S
Robert W. Kenny
Earl Warren
California
Warren
Kenny
Plainview Soldier Breaks Silence in Lichfield Beating Case
Pfc. Thomas E. Warren of Plainview Texas testified in the Lichfield brutality trials, reversing prior witness reluctance by stating he would tell the truth. He described beating prisoners on orders from Lt. Granville Cubage and cited his own prior acquittal in 1945 for mistreatment charges. Warren, a D-Day paratrooper wounded at Normandy, testified about incidents at the Lichfield Reinforcement Depot between 1944 and 1945.
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Bad Nauheim
Thomas E. Warren
Plainview
Tex
Lichfield
Warren
Granville Cubage
W. E. Warren
Army
Normandy
Death claims Otho Thompson pioneer Amarillo family head
Otho Thompson 53 longtime Herring Hotel director manager died of heart ailment in his Amarillo suite shortly before noon. He was brother of Col Ernest O Thompson state railroad commissioner and former mayor. Survived by wife Florence daughter Mrs Billy Reeves son Charles T Thompson and brother Colonel Thompson. Body at N S Griggs and Sons Funeral Home.
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Otho Thompson
Amarillo
Mr. Thompson
Col
Ernest O. Thompson
The
Herring
Europe
142Nd Infantry
142Nd
Thomas D. Barton
Thompson
Florence Thompson
Charles T. Thompson
Herring Hotel
Billy Reeves
Greenville
Tenn
Colonel
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R. T. Howle
Howle
VFW
Hereford
el Paso
Lubbock Druggist
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Sen
Chapman Revercomb
West Virginia
Congress
Revercomb
Robert
C. M. Ross
Cleveand
Russell Stationery Co
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Cubage
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