Weather Wars in Amarillo Forecast Duel
The town debates rain forecasts between Mr. Winburn and Mr. Tack. Tack claims a five day wet spell, Winburn predicts only scattered showers with no heavy rain. Local readers mock pseudo forecasters Wes Izzard and others while noting historic accuracy of the Weather Bureau and Mississippi River floods.
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Winbur
Winburn
Tack
Mr. Winburn
Weather Department
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Panhandle
Amarillo
Wes Izzard
Mr. Izzard
Santa Fe
Izeard
Fragmented World War of Words In Brief Snippets
A garbled column sketches office chatter about weather broadcasts, Winchell disputes, Arline Judge and Bob Topping marriage hints, and a plan to dynamite Pantex Lake. It notes farmer ire over catfish damage and jokes about sewage fertilization, gambling, and insurance sales.
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Winchell
Miami Sun
Arline Judge
Bob Topping
Arline
Tex Thornton
Pantex Lake
Thornton
Noisy neighbors and hard times in Amarillo markets
A Shiite column-like monologue notes neighbors draining a family financially through purchases while the grocer silently monitors trouble. It asserts lawyers and doctors as talkative professionals and hints Amarillo faces few strikes, a likely Truman veto on income tax, and a looming bumper row crop with calls to plant wheat in 1947.
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Amarillo
United States
Washi
Truman
Tack
Markets Close: Major Stocks Mixed After Merrill Lynch Run
Merill Lynch closing figures show Industrials at 174.67 up 3.56, Railroads 44.71 up 1.29, with Edgs at 34404 up 54. Major names listed include American Radiator, American Smelt and American Tel, Anaconda Copper, Bethlehem Steel, Boeing, Chrysler, General Electric, GM, Goodyear, Lockheed, North American Aviation, and Union Pacific among others. Trading volume noted as 1,350,000 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Serer Oeereseee
Packard Motors
Pan American Airways
Paramount Pictures
Pennsylvania
RR Penney
J. C
Phelps- Dodge
Phillips Petroleum
Radio Corporation
Keith
Republic Steel
Teehee
Sears Roebuck
Willys-Overland
Woolworth
RAM Table
Chicago
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Amarillo
Dnc
American Radiator
American Smelt & Re
American Tel & Tel
Anaconda Copper Armour & Co
AT & SF
Cata Aviation Corp
Baldwin Locomotive
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Stee
Bian-Knox
Borden Foods
Brain
Airways
Briggs
Burroughs
Chrysler Corporation
Commercial
Continental Motors
Continental Oil Co
Curtiss Wright Deere & Co
Douglas Aircraft
General Electric
General Motors
Gillette Razor
Goodrich Motor Ace
Goodyear Motor Ace
Gulf Petroleum
Ilinois Century
Interlake
Tron International
Harves International
Kansas City Livestock Activity Mixed Amid Higher Priced Steers
Kansas City market reports show cattle and hog trading active with higher prices. Slaughter steers and heifers sold at mixed gains up to 25 cents, hogs up to 25 cents higher, while calves, cows, and lambs showed varied demand and price levels across weight classes.
Chicago Livestock Markets Show Mixed Gains Across Classes
Chicago livestock totals show hogs about 8,000 with gains 25 to 50 cents, top at 24.75, cattle around 9,000 and calves 800 with firms in several categories, beef cows and bulls rising, vealers steady, sheep about 2,000 with slaughter lambs up 25 to 50 cents and feeder lambs steady to higher.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Rosary Tonight for Mrs Julia Turner
Mrs Julia O'Brien Turner longtime Panhandle ranch woman dies at 82. Widow of A L Turner she came to the Panhandle in 1909 and moved to Tascosa in 1910. Pallbearers named Ross Sullivan Howard Sullivan Pat Edwards Tom Collins Johnnie Stevens Roy Turner O B Simpson. Mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral follows rosary in Boxwell Brothers Chapel.
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Julia O'Brien Turner
Panhandie
Boxwell Brothers
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Father Francis Smyer
Ross Sullivan
Howard Sullivan
Pat Edwards
Tom Collins
Johnnie Stevens
Roy Turner
O. B. Simpson
Turner
A. L. Turner
Tascosa
St. Anthony's Hospital
Panhandle
Mr. Turner
Hugh Donnell Sues Over Auto Crash Damages
Hugh Donnell sues Clyde Lee LaFay in 108th District Court seeking 1300 in damages from a traffic accident. The suit cites a collision on November 23, 1945 along US Highway 60 east of Amarillo involving a car driven by George W. McGee.
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Hugh Donnell
Clyde Lee LaFay
Bexar County
George W. McGee
108Th District Court
Amarillo
Boy Bit by Rattlesnake Hospitalized in Amarillo
Eleven year old Jackie Merl Lee son of J F Lee of 600 North Taylor was bitten by a rattlesnake while a Maverick Club outing near Amarillo. He was rushed to Northwest Texas Hospital in a fair condition. The incident occurred after a flat tire delay on the club trip from Boys Ranch.
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Jackie Merl Lee
J. F. Lee
North Taylor
Jackie Lee
Northwest Texas Hospital
Maverick Club
Boys Ranch
Amarillo
Ralph Dykeman
Jackie
Thomas Pangle
Paramount Theater
Pangle
Jackie Merl
Cigarette Plants Surpass Rivals in North Carolina Output
Four North Carolina cigarette plants produce more cigarettes than all remaining plants combined in nine other states. This shows NC's dominance in tobacco manufacturing despite a dispersed national plant network.
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North Carolina
China and Outer Mongolia clash over captured Mongolians
China blames Russia for Outer Mongolia aggression after eight Mongolians and a horse were seized. Mongolian attack targets Pietashan provincial center as Beijing prepares to send a senior official to Sinkiang to manage the dispute.
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Pietashan
Y. Z. Chang
Foreign Office
China
Russia
Outer Mongolia
Soviet Union
Chang
Sinkiang
Amarillo Western Week Sets Contest for Name Ideas
The Range Rider's committee offers a $50 western boots prize for the best name for Amarillo's July 4 week. Entries due by Monday midnight to Box 1188, Amarillo. The event features daily parades, afternoon rodeos, Western dances with Billy Foust and his Western Oakies, and a downtown street dance.
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Sandie
Billy Foust
Western Oakies
Municipal Auditorium
Amarillo
Range Riders
Western Institution
Range Rider
Dalby
Tex
Southwest
Nat
Malcolm Wyatt
Exchange Club
Reralia
Wyatt
Will Rogers Range
Ambitious Texas pioneer Woodlief's varied career spans rail, oil, real estate
The article chronicles Woodlief’s life from a Denver conductor in 1906 to Ottawa farmer, Amarillo auto parts owner, and Borger oil ventures. He entered real estate development in Amarillo, acquired DeShong Motor Freight Lines in 1935, sold it in 1940, and engaged in Republican politics and chamber work during Panhandle road growth.
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Denver
Colo
Woodlief
Borger
Twin-Sixes Oil Co
West Texas Oil Co
Amarillo Auto Parts Co
North Fillmore
West Sixteenth
DeShong Motor Freight Lines
Miller & Miller Freight Lines
Panshandle
Chamber of Commerce
Memorial for local highway official details funeral plans
The obituary notes a longtime highway committee member and familiar highway builder on trade trips. He was a Masonic and Shriner with ties to New Orleans and Leavenworth. Surviving relatives include a widow, a Los Angeles brother J A Woodlief, and Marceline sister Mrs P L Patrick. Funeral at 10:30 a m in N B Griggs & Sons chapel with Dr R Thomson officiating. Body to Ottawa for burial.
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Masonic Order
New Orleans
Leavenworth
Kan
J. A. Woodlief
Los Angeles
P. L. Patrick
Marceline
N. 8
Griggs & Sons
R. Thomson
First Presbyterian Church
Ottawa
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United States Weather Trust
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Iszard
S&y
Japan
India
Europe
Norris Ewing
Hubert Cole
MR. Tack
Pamela Jean Pollard
J. M. Pollard
North East Seventh
G. W. Wright
Dallas
J. W. Pollard
Greenville
Snake
Lottie
Blackburn-Shaur Funeral Directors
PieaceEe
Coolerators
Lockerators
Progress Vitalaires
Amarillo Ice CO
Monroe
Ollege
Pacis
Oxford
Pacific Mills
Cece Cole Ca
Tyler
Harrison
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