Diplomas Delayed as Strikes Force IOUs to Graduates
School officials report diplomas could not be issued due to strikes and work stoppages and distributed IOUs to 258 graduates. Lt. Roy L. Vineyard visits with parents before heading to Houston for Navy discharge then plans to return to the University of Texas. Local society items note visits, arrivals, and moves from Amarillo and nearby towns.
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Roy L. Vineyard
R. L. Vineyard
Harrison
Houston
University of Texas
A. D. Steed
Hayden
Kerrville
Nita
Camp Waldemar
Hugh Currie
Hugh Bob
Jimmy
Washington
Lub‘bock
Jerry R. Ratcliff
Tommy
Jackson
Louis Yarborough
Midland
Roy Burke
Travis
Dallas
New Water Use Record Set As Mercury Soars In Amarillo
Amarillo used 18,000,000 gallons of water yesterday setting a new daily record. Temperatures reached 101 degrees mirroring Wednesday’s high. Previous record stood at 17,200,000 gallons from July 25. City water chief N V Moss notes 1945 average daily use about 9,000,000 gallons with last month at 11,645,000 and April at 10,240,000. Consumption runs from 8 a.m. to 8 a.m.
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Amarillo
N. V. Moss
Amarillo Hereford Merchants Begin Clovis Goodwill Tour
Amarillo and Hereford business leaders arrived in Clovis New Mexico for a pioneer celebration. Nearly 100 Hereford residents joined the goodwill train with 50 merchants and the Hereford High School band. The party travels back to Amarillo this afternoon aboard a special train.
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Clovis
N. M
Amarillo
Hereford
Sandie
The
Chamber of Commerce
Local Notes and Visits Across Garden City and Amarillo
Community notices list visitors and guests including H A Booher of Garden City and Booher family ties, Mrs J A Watson hosting cousin Cpl Melton E Stevens en route to Yuma, and Mrs Sam Davis visiting Crosbyton. Northwest Texas Hospital News cites patients and staff including Margaret Cassleberry, Maude Yeager, Robert Townsend, Dorothy Lockweed, Owen Caussey, Jane Paul, and patients in surgical wards across Dumas Sunray and surrounding towns.
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Foot
J. A. Watson
Kentucky
Watson
Cpl
Melton E. Stevens
Yuma
Ariz
Bill Merriman
Prospect
Sam Davis
Crosbyton
Northwest Texas Hospital News
Margaret Cassleberry
Parker
Maude Yeager
Arthur
Robert R. Townsend
Virginia
Dorothy Lockweed
Belleview
Owen Caussey
West Sixteenth
Jane Paul
Fannin
Constance Cunningham
Jean Jackson
North Wilson
John G. Hurdle
North Adams
H. J. Tyra
Dumas
Jess Tate
Front
S. M. O'Dell
West Nineteenth
Canyon Rim Land Is Sold
Tom W. Cotten Amarillo realtor led a four way land exchange linking Randall County 20 sections to New Mexico 22 730 acres. Newton Harrell and Ben Lewis changed large ranch holdings on Palo Duro Canyon rim near West Texas State College joining two states properties valued at about half a million dollars.
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Tom W. Cotten
Amarillo
Jim Hedgecoke
Randall County
Newtorm Harrell
New Mexico
Mr. Harrell
Julian Bivins
Ben Lewis
Bivins
Cotten
Palo Duro Canyon
West Texas State College
Canyon
Harrell
Armstrong County
Old Home Ranch
Charles Goodnight
Ed Harrell
University of Texas
Board of Regents
Palo Duro State Park
Newton Harrell
Randall
Bun Lewis
Bigtime
Panhandle
Sunshine State
Milk price rise hits Potter County in Amarillo
Retail milk will rise by half a cent per quart in Potter County as the OPA increases prices for milk and related dairy products. Producers gain about 20 cents per 100 pounds, while local retail milk moves to 15 and 16 cents per quart depending on type.
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Amarillo
OPA
Potter County
Amarillo Dairies
A. F. Madison
Plains Creamery
Dallas
Pinkey Vineyard
Borden Co
Denver
Texas
Panhandle
el Paso
Oldham
Potter
Carson
Deaf Smith
Randall
Dickens
Garza
Borden
Howard
Midland
Hutchinson
Armstrong
Donley
Palmer
Castro
Swisher
Yoakum
Kent
Scurry
Dawson
Martin
Mitchell
Glassock
Gray
Briscoe
Bailey
Lamb
Hale
Floyd
Terry
Gaines
Andrews
Winkler
Sterling
Motley
Cochran
Lubbock
Crosby
Lynn
Ector
Hockley
Ward
Klux Klan Flogging Allegation Reported in Georgia
Georgia Assistant Attorney General Dan Duke announced that members of a revived Ku Klux Klan allegedly flogged a 21 year old Negro Navy veteran at gunpoint near Atlanta. The victim said he endured 52 lashes in February by nine attackers, after being coerced into a car and driven to a desolate area near the municipal airport.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Dan Duke
Ku Klux Klan
Duke
Here
Protests Price Act Leads to Higher Household Costs
Price officials warn that the proposed act could raise consumer costs by at least two billion dollars over six to nine months. They say every person would pay about 15 dollars more than under current price controls. Senate Banking Committee sent the bill to the floor with no objection or enthusiasm, with no start date until Monday.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Senate
OPA
Senate Banking Committee
Chrysler halts work for 4400 at noon amid Kercheval plant strike
Chrysler Corporation sent home 4,400 workers at noon today due to a strike involving 80 employees in the Kercheval plant's body finishing department in Detroit. The note adds a cultural aside explaining Yugoslavia's meaning as south Slavia.
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Chrysler Corporation
Detroit
U.P
Kercheval
Beaten Man Out of Danger Says Sheriff
W. J. Gower, 76, who was beaten and robbed of $200 in a grocery store near his East Seventeenth tourist camp, was reported out of danger at St. Anthony's Hospital. Deputies seek two attackers who used soda pop bottles about 3 AM in the assault.
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W. J. Gower
St. Anthony's Hospital
Sheriff's Deputies
Gower
East Seventeenth
Edward Pearce to Perform with Mystic Shrine Quartet
Edward Pearce former Globe carrier returns to Amarillo tonight as part of the India Temple Mystic Shrine quartet. The group traveling to Denver will arrive about 9 oclock on a Rock Island train and give a brief program on the station platform. Pearce is son of D. T. Pearce of 1007 North Taylor.
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Edward Pearce
Globe
Amarillo
Oklahoma City
India Temple
Denver
Rock Island
D. T. Pearce
North Taylor
Intercity boxing bouts at Elks Club Monday night
Five boxers from Stinnett will meet Amarillo boxers under the direction of Duke Nally, Amateur Athletic Union secretary. Henry C. Lyle, secretary, said this morning. The event follows the lodge meeting at the Elks Home.
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Elks Club
Elks
Henry C. Lyle
Stinnett
Amarillo
Duke Nally
Amateur Athletic
McPherson Dies in Iowa Acharillo man passes away in Brooklyn Iowa
C E McPherson longtime Amarillo resident 65 died last night in Brooklyn Iowa after a brief illness He was secretary of the Amarillo lodge of Modern Woodmen of America and longtime secretary of the Amarillo Odd Fellows Lodge A charter member of the local Brotherhood of Painters Decorators and Paperhangers He came from Iowa native of South Bend Indiana veteran of the Spanish American War He survived by his wife a son DeWitt McPherson and a daughter Iola Colling Funeral arrangements not announced.
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C. E. McPherson
Amarillo
Brooklyn
Modern Woodmen of America
South Bend
Ind
Guy V. Henry
United Spanish War Veterans
Methodist Church
DeWitt McPherson
Iola Colling
Seek To Avoid Open Break With Spain
The United States and Great Britain sought to avoid an open break with Franco Spain while not blocking mild anti Franco measures from five other UN Security Council members. A planned big power clash failed as the U S and Britain asked for more time to study a sub committee's Spain recommendations. Debate was postponed to June 11 at the earliest.
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New York
U.P
United States
Great Britain
Spain
United Nations Security Council
Council
Waddills Attend Petersburg Wedding Tonight
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Waddill and granddaughter Pamela Price left for Petersburg to attend the wedding of Doris Waddill to Donald R. Fox in Cleveland. They will stay with Mr. and Mrs. Allen W. Waddill and return Monday.
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George M. Waddill
Taylor
Pamela Price
Petersburg
Mr. Waddill
Doris Waddill
Donald R. Fox
Cleveland
Allen W. Waddill
Moreell Nominated for Four Star Admiral Rank
Vice Admiral Ben Moreell nominated by President Truman for promotion to four star admiral. Moreell, head of the government oper ator of the coal mines, serves as civil engineer in the Navy and directs soft coal mines under Interior Secretary Krug.
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Washington
Truman
Ben Moreell
Moreell
Krug
Six Boys Held After Burglary Attempt at Butler Field
Six youths were held after an attempted burglary at Butler Field. They entered the Yannigan club house around 7 PM, fled toward the Western Stock Yards after being frightened by caretaker George Cox, and were arrested by two police cars. Two claim 17 years old. four may be juveniles. They remain in custody of county juvenile officer Mrs. O. W. Moore.
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Butler Field
Yannigan Club
George Cox
O. W. Moore
Union Delegates Expected To Take Action On Constitution
Galveston June 7 delegates to the 12th annual assembly of the National Federation of Telephone Workers will act on a new constitution. The proposal aims to create a single national union replacing the federation of 47 member unions. The constitution was returned to the committee for revisions after its initial presentation.
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Galveston
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Constitutional Committee
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Boise City
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Polk
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N. Y
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Jeanne
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Pampa
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Amarillo Army Air Field
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Bobbie Dean
Phoenix
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Stockton
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H. A. Booher
Garden City
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State Department of Bank
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Talgy Wedmore
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