Old Man Dry Weather and Migrant Workers in Amarillo
A fragmented town column notes a bleak weekend outlook and a Minnesota man scouting wheat from south of Vernon to Canada. It mentions migratory workers, a veteran nerves letter, worries over newsprint shortages, and local anecdotes about money and crime including hi jacking. Price Brookfield from West Texas State is mentioned as a rising basketball star planning college or professional play.
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Minnesota
Vernon
Canada
Wash‘em
South America
Europe
Brazil
Price Brookfield
West Texas State
Roy Spence Price
Price
Friona
Missing $400 Not Recovered in The Flats Incident
A man reports $400 lost in The Flats and remains shocked and consternated as authorities have not recovered the money. No further details are provided.
Call for Immediate Fund Drive by Local Community Group
A statement urges a committee of respected Black residents to assume leadership and organize a quick recovery of $400. It proposes a local subscription to raise the amount and highlights the positive example set by such action.
Heat Outpaces Wheat in Burning Field Labor
Drought conditions push outdoor workers in hay fields to extreme heat as balers and harvest crews endure the hottest temperatures yet. Farmers report heat stress and reduced work hours while crops await harvest under blazing sun.
Texas Governor Urges Quiet Ahead of Mexico Election
Gov. Coke R. Stevenson asks Texans to refrain from activities that could affect Mexico's upcoming election. He sent a letter to R. E. Smith and conveyed the appeal through the Texas good neighbor commission chaired by Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.P
Coke R. Stevenson
Texas
Mexico
R. E. Smith
Houston
Texas Good Neighbor Commission
Colonel Joel O Neal Attends Western Command Conference
Col Joel O Neal commander of Amarillo Army Air Field flew to Keesler Field for a conference of base commanders from the Army Air Forces Western Technical Training Command. He traveled with staff members. attendance included representatives from Barksdale Sheppard Buckley Keesler Amarillo fields and the Technical Training Command Headquarters in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel O'Neal
Amarillo Army Air Field
Keesler Field
Army Air Forces Western Technical Training Command
Barksdale
Sheppard
Buckley
Keesler
Amarillo Fields
Technical Training Command
St. Louis
Youth Held in Potter County Jail Indicted for Assault
Bernice Tiny Alexander, 19, is held in Potter County jail awaiting transfer from Randall County authorities on an indictment for criminal assault of a 15 year old girl. Deputies arrested him at 404 North Van Buren after the girl testified he took her to a farm near Umbarger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice
Tiny
Alexander
Potter County
Randall County
North van Buren
Pampa
Umbarger
Thief Steals $255 From Hotel Rooms
Two men staying at the same hotel reported cash thefts totaling 255 dollars in the early morning. F. E. Kehoe lost 60 dollars from his room between 2 and 7 am, while P. D. Bury of Clovis reported 195 dollars taken from his room about 5 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Kehoe
PD. L. Bury
Clovis
State and Defense File Briefs in Varnell White Case
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals received briefs from both sides in the case of Varnell White an Amarillo Black man appealing a 20 year penitentiary sentence for a murder conviction stemming from the shooting of Crutcher Hawkins.
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State and Defense
Varnell White
State Court of Criminals Appeals
Amarillo
District Court Docket Set for Trial on June 24
Judge Henry Bishop announced the 47th District Court criminal docket will go to trial June 24. About 25 cases remain on the docket with a jury panel of 150 men summoned for that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
47Th District Court
Henry Bishop
Kansas City Visitor C A Holmes Heads Railway Express
C A Holmes of Kansas City is a business visitor here and serves as superintendent of the Railway Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Holmes
Kansas City
Railway Express
Hospital cost projections rise with double and 75 percent increases
Basis figures from 1938–40 estimate a hospital bed cost of 3400 dollars. A 1946 scenario with costs doubled yields 6800 dollars per bed while a 75 percent rise from 1939 costs gives 5950 dollars per bed. A 75-bed hospital and nurses’ home cost 310000 in 1939, with the nurses’ home at 55000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlander
Dow Jones closes mixed as Merrill Lynch prices seen
Stock averages show 30 Industrials at 208.96 down .09 and select issues mixed with gains and losses. Closing sales reach 970,000 shares as traders digest limited but varied moves across the list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
SSC eLiva Ovecabeda S
Seta Bckeuree
SU Ecane Acasd
Closing stock averages ease on thin futures trading
Futures activity was light on the Board of Trade with few transactions. Wheat deliveries closed at the ceiling price of 1.98 and corn at 1.465, while oats figures show limited movement across the August September and November contracts.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Kansas City Livestock Market Report June 12
Cattle kilns 4 500 head calves 1 000 active fed steers steady to strong heifers and yearlings strong with 10 15 cent gains. Cows steady bulls steady to weak in late week, weaners weak to 50 cents lower. Hogs 1 100 active at ceiling. Sheep 13 500 opening moderate to shippers, lambs 16 17 dollars, Texas shorn lambs 10 75 11 50, slaughter lambs 8 50 8 75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
USDA
Texas
Chicago Livestock Prices Show Steady Hogs and Higher Bulls
Chicago market reports hogs 9,000 head active and steady with ceilings at 14.85 for hogs and 14.10 for sows. Cattle 7,000 with calves 500. strictly choice fed steers steady to strong 17 to 18 dollars. other grades up to 25 cents. Sheep 2,000 with slaughter lambs steady to shippers and city butchers, best shorn lambs around 17 dollars, native springers 17.50, ewes 8.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
USDA
Courthouse Records Warrants Deeds and Marriages
Court notices list warranty deeds transferring parcels in several additions including Southside, Mirror, Sunset, Old Town, River Road Gardens, and Pleasant Valley Unit No 1. Divorces shown include Kuyava Counts Rosenbaum and Shaffer Shaffer. A number of marriage licenses issued and pending in the district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Gottshall
Jim Whitehead
Southside
A. M. Rodgers
L. C. Anderson
Jose Carmen Perez
Guy Mullin
Addie R. Whitcomb
A. L. Blankenship
C. C. Ter
Pat R. Davis
L. D. Jackson
Charles A. Green
William Arrington
Mirror
J. H McCue
Charles E. Spangler
Sunset Adda
Howard Payne College
Joseph Aime
Lucille Irene Kuyava
Joe Kuyava
William Vernon Counts
Mary Frances Counts
Patricia Y. Rosenbaum
C. W. Rosenbaum
Frances Shaffer
Jack Shaffer
T. H. O'Daniel
Doris Jarringer
Lawrence Barash
Ruby Fehner
Joe Garrett
Arlene Baingrover
Wh H. Nall
Virginia Nan Barrett
Morris E. Giles
LaVada Weeden
S E. Inman
Lois Faye Jones
City Police Hold Man in Attack on Clarence Taylor
City police have in custody a man described as a Negro in connection with an assault on Clarence Taylor. Taylor, wounded with knife to the chest, right side and thigh, was treated at the Hospital and Clinic. His address is 405 West Third Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Taylor
Taylor
North Hayden
West Thirde
Navy approves battleship USS Texas gift to Texas memorial
The Navy approves presentation of the battleship USS Texas as a memorial at the San Jacinto battleground. The ship, currently at Norfolk, Va, will move to Baltimore later when Texas officials are ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Texas
Estranged Husband Slays Wife and Himself in Houston
In Houston on June 12, estranged husband William Van Rice killed his wife Essie McGuire Rice, a 30 year old Y M C A coffee shop cashier, after co signing a $90 tax refund check for him and fatally wounding himself. News notes his unemployment and a grim demeanor as the tragedy unfolded near six sailors in the cafeteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
U.P
Essie McGuire Rice
William van Rice
Rice
Essie
British Backed Him Says British Backed Him
Gen Draja Mihailovic testified at treason proceedings that a British liaison colonel Bailey ordered him to liquidate Tito’s rival Chetnik forces and fight Partisans to the death. He recalled Bailey visiting in 1942 to plan invasion aims. London denied British agents urged a united front against Germany.
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Belgrade
U.P
Draja- Mikhailovic
Bailey
London
Foreign Office
Mikhailovic
Marshal Tito
Germany
Wash Up Labor Law Campaign Fails to Gain Momentum
In Washington on June 12 the drive for a broad new labor law stalled as supporters paused to await public pressure or a major strike crisis before pushing a long-range measure. Spokesmen from both parties guardedly warned that only a public demand or new upheaval could secure votes for enactment this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
House
Telegraph Rates Raised in Amarillo After War Board Decision
Amarillo residents faced higher telegram prices starting at 12 01 pm with a 10 percent rise on Western Union messages. A Dallas telegram rose from 60 to 66 cents, supported by the National War Labor Board award boosting employee pay by 25 million dollars. The FCC approved the rate change and elimination of some service classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
Amarillo
Dallas
National War Labor Board
Federal Communications Commission
Telegraph Company
Wrong Flip Delays Jet Flight Lunch Mission
Four P eighty aircraft planned a round trip breakfast in California lunch in Washington and dinner back. Lt Dean C Cox of Manhattan Beach Cal flipped the wrong switch at Tinker Field Oklahoma City during refueling causing auxiliary fuel tanks to drop but no fire. He was grounded while the other three jets continued to Washington.
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March Field
Cal
California
Washington, D. C
Oklahoma City
Dean C. Cox
Manhattan Beach
Tinker Field
Amarilloan Featured in Magazine on Ranger Battalion
Sgt J B Coomer of Amarillo is highlighted as the oldest soldier selected for the First Ranger Battalion in 1942 in the June 15 issue of the Saturday Evening Post Mil ton Lehman notes Coomer was 35 when he joined the Ranger volunteers Of 2000 applicants 700 were chosen The article details the Rangers who fought in the Mediterranean Theater Normandy Philippines and earned the Presidential Unit Citation
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J. B. Coomer
Amarillo
Saturday Evening Post
Rangers
Milton Lehman
Coomer
Mediterranean
Normandy
Philippines
Governor Admonishes Texans To Stay Out Of Mexican Politics
Governor Coke R. Stevenson urged Texans to refrain from meddling in Mexican politics. He said Mexico’s internal affairs are no more our concern than Texas politics is Mexico’s concern. The remark was made in Austin on June 12.
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Austin
Coke R. Stevenson
Texas
South
Mexico
Firefighters kindle backfire to halt Arizona blaze
A mile long wall of backfire was lit to stop a fast moving forest fire that Ranger W. H. Dodge said had burned about 7,600 acres of pine on the San Carlos Indian Reservation and in Apache National Forest, sixty miles north of Clifton.
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Clifton
Ariz
W. H. Dodge
San Carlos Indian Reservation
Apache National Forest
Here
Suave Young Car Thief Apt at Eluding Police
Amarillo asks help identifying a dapper young thief who stole a 1942 Oldsmobile from 904 Fillmore and a 1942 Chevrolet on trial. Aimed for Denver, he fled with two women after engine trouble and also took a 1938 Dodge from 614 North Polk earlier that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Luther Hough
Fillmore
North East Eighth
Allen and Edwards
Denver
Fred Hickman
North Polk
Mr. Hickman
Shot At Last Night Says H L Baker
H L Baker of 2032 North West Twelfth told police someone fired at him on his porch last night around 9 30 a car drove by and he heard a gunshot believed to be from a .25 or .32 calibre weapon the shot likely struck a stone fence with no motive known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Baker
North West Twelfth
Sullivan Named Under Secretary of the Navy
Senate Naval Affairs Committee approved John L. Sullivan of New Hampshire as under secretary of the Navy in a speedy, unanimous vote. The nomination moves to full Senate for final confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Navy Post
Washington
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
John L. Sullivan
New Hampshire
Navy
Stickup Men Still At Large
A pair of armed robbers robbed H. L. Brackeen, an insurance agent, of 75 dollars last night at a Fillmore street rail underpass. A short man with a pistol and a taller accomplice searched Brackeen and escaped with part of the money. both suspects are described as about 30 to 35 years old, the taller man over six feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Brackeen
Fillmore
Bracken
Chaplain Morris Lively to Speak at Elks Flag Day Service
Chaplain Morris A. Lively of Veterans Hospital will address Flag Day services Friday at 8 p.m. at the Elks Home. The event is open to the public and features a soprano solo by Mrs. Lively and an Elks Lodge chaplain Ed Green delivering a flag eulogy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris A. Lively
Veterans Hospital
Elks Home
Lively
U. S
Sanger
Pacific
Jim c- Knight
Ed Green
Amarillo Elks Lodge
St Joseph Aspirin Ad Promises Utility Purity Strength
An old advertisement touts St Joseph Aspirin as the world’s largest seller offering 100 tablets for 35 cents, claiming high utility purity and quick effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Uy St. Joseph
Chinese Reds Drive Toward U S Base Near Tsingtao
In Shanghai on June 12 American observers warned a full scale Communist drive to seize Tsingtao, base of the U S Seventh Fleet and Marine garrison. Maj. Gen. Keller E. Rockey ordered a 24 hour alert, as fighting intensified outside the city. He and Brig. Gen. William T. Clement weigh withdrawal versus defending to protect American lives and property if attacked.
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Shanghai
U.P
Tsingtao
U. S. Seventh Fleet
U. S
Keller E. Rockey
China
Rockey
William T. Clement
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Smelt & See
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Nor Am Aviation Tee
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Paramount
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Penney
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Phillips Steee
Pure Oil Essen
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Kansas City Livestock
Courthouse Records
State of Texas
O. W. Beck, Jr
Elna Ruth Beck
Don Bagot
Harrison
W. J. Barbour
J. M. Donaldson
W. H. VanShaw Co
Wash Up Labor Law Campaign
Globe News
Albuquerque
Los Angeles
Union Bus Center
Fillmore Sr. Ph
Dumas
Cactus Ordnance Works
W. E. Crawford
War Assets Administration
McKinney Avenue
R. A. Harris
Mckinney Ave
Telephone Riverside
O.T
Dubuque Hotel
Dubuque
Canfield
Bert la Casey
Moline
Ill
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Coca-Cola Company
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