New York Fight Hype Builds Around Louis Conn Bout
New York crowds fill the town paying a hundred dollars a seat to see Joe Louis and Billy Conn as betting favors Louis. Most attendees are out of town with television parties planned. Promoter Mike Jacobs controls both fighters and ticket scalping runs high. Louis is described as broke yet popular, while Conn is seen as fading in speed and weight. Russian money reportedly floods New York real estate as the sports world forecasts the big clash.
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New York
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Harry Gilstrap
Tack
Associated Press
Conn
Louis
East
New Jersey
Mike Jacobs
Jacobs
Louis Ee
Jacob
Detroit
United States
Mexico
South America
Europe
Louis and Conn Fight Sparks in New York Rumor Mill
The piece notes a real estate boom yet focuses on lavish Russian emissaries in New York, housing the UNO delegate at Ogden Mills estate for $5,000 a month with 15 servants. It cites Harry Gilstrap of The News-Globe as a key predictor, claiming Conn’s only chance lies in Gilstrap doubting Conn’s win. Louis is described as ice cream hungry, praised by handlers for big wins.
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New York
Harry Gilstrap
News- Globe
Louis
Conn
Amarillo
Gilstrap
Harringtons travel notes mix with New York baggage woes
The letter describes Mr. and Mrs. Don Harrington of Amarillo visiting New York for a fight, his planned Johns Hopkins surgery in Baltimore, and a hospital stay. It also covers travel delays, missing baggage at La Guardia, shopping in Manhattan, nylon hosiery prices, airline customer polls, and baggage handling complaints.
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Don Harrington
Amarillo
New York
Harrington
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins
Chesapeake Bay
New York City
Kansas City
Chicago
la Guardia Field
News-Globe Covers Free Trip for Prospects
A speaker denounces paying for the fight and reveals that Paul Allingham Grady Camp and Wes Izzard are covering costs from the News-Globe bank account. The visit aims to secure more newsprint and accompany a party for several prospects, with three tickets funded by the News-Globe.
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Paul Allingham
Grady Camp
Wes Izzard
News-Globe
News- Globe
Laundry Care Tip for Fluffy Blankets
To revive a blanket nap, hang it over the shower rod or towel rack near the bath tub. Fill the tub with hot water and let the steam fluff the fibers.
Itching First Application Of Blue Star Ointment
Agonizing itching from eczema rash tetter ringworm pimples and scabies. Toe itch relief promised on one application of Blue Star Ointment with repeat use as needed for healing. Money back if first attempt fails to satisfy. Try it today.
Kansas City Livestock Market Report June 19
USDA cattle sales total 4 300 with 2 800 salable. hogs 900. sheep 15 000. Active slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady to higher. cows 15 16 per hundred, feeders steady. Spring lambs 16 50 to 16 75, Kansas Spring lambs 15 25 to packers. market generally active with various price ranges across classes.
Chicago Livestock Market Report June 19
Hogs 5,500 active and steady with good and choice barrows and gilts at 14.85 as ceiling. sows at 14.10. Cattle 5,500 with calves 400. fed steers and yearlings up to 25 cents higher. strong market, about 50 percent steers and heifers. Slaughter steers mostly above 17.25, cows and bulls strong. stock cattle scarce, 16.00 to 17.25. Sheep 1,000. shorn lambs weak to 25 cents lower. best pelts 16.50, mid grades 15.00, spring lambs 16.50–17.00.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
USDA
Property transfers and court notices listed in district records
Warranty deeds for multiple lots and tracts in various townships plus district court divorces and marriage licenses are recorded. Names include T Ware Riley Sneed Frank Adkisson and William Arrington with parcels in Mirror Seale and Old Town. Marriage licenses list many couples and a note cites the Robinson Crusoe origin with Alexander Selkirk.
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Riley Sneed
Ga&s. R. C
Neely
Frank Adkisson
Bs&f
T&no Ry
Charles A. Green
William Arrington
Mirror, Seale Co
Roger X. Scheihagen
Ridgemere
Old Town
W. C. Newman
James v. Huggins
C. C. Ter
Alonzo London
Nellie Mae London
Pegey Lee Clark
James Leonard Clark
Opal Maye Segers
L. L. Segers
Charles J. Black
Lyla LaVerne McMinn
Harold Blake Ivins
Betty Jane Meyers
Kenneth Roy Harris
Wilma Perue
James Edward Estes
Sadie Summers
Norman R. Hann
Ruth Green
John Howard Miller
Mary Rhenanna Pratt
Billy Frank Davis
Lilah Gaye Eastham
J Lowell LaFon
Julia A. Kasinec
A. H. Hancock
Doxie Keeney
Morris R. Affkind
Anna Grace Redelson
Legion of Merit to McDonald at Amarillo Air Field
Lt. Col. T. H. McDonald will receive the Legion of Merit at 4 30 this afternoon at Amarillo Army Air Field. The award covers exceptionally meritorious service from April to September 1943 during which he commanded the 3rd Battalion 142nd Infantry, 36th Division, as a demonstration unit at Port Aut Polouz Algeria. He previously earned the Silver Star for Salerno actions and the Purple Heart from D Day Salerno. He also received the Army Commendation Ribbon for Camp Croft service. He lived in Amarillo 12 years and led the Amarillo High School ROTC from 1934 until active duty in 1940.
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T. H. McDonald
Amarillo Army Air Field
McDonald
142Nd Infantry Regiment
36Th Division
Fifth Army
Port Aut Polouz
Algeria
Sicily
Italy
Salerno
Camp Croft
Amarillo
Mrs Huddleston Dies in Amarillo Hospital at 62
Mrs Lennie Stella Huddleston 62, longtime Amarillo resident, died at Northwest Texas Hospital at 3 40 am. Born February 28 1884 in Comanche she was a Methodist. Survived by husband M I Huddleston four sons and one stepson, three sisters and a brother. six grandchildren. Funeral 2 pm tomorrow at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel with burial Llano Cemetery.
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Amarillo
Northwest Texas
Comanche
Texas
Huddleston
Methodist Church
Monroe
M. I. Huddleston
Louie C., Ellis
Ben Johnson
Lonnie J. Johnson
Hollywood
Cal
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Redondo Beach
Dick Herbst
L. R. Blake
Woodward
Okla
Pearl Chrisman
J. B. Stephenson
San Angelo
Blackburn- Shaw Funeral Home
Blackburn- Shaw Memorial Chapel
E. B. Fincher
Ellwood Park Presbyterian Church
Llano Cemetery
Crash Victims Still Critical Near Pullman Switch
Three of the six victims in yesterday's automobile crash near Pullman Switch remained unconscious at St. Anthony's Hospital, with Jimmy Welborn aged 6 in the most critical state. Roy Eugene Welborn 36 and Paul C. Welborn 37 had head injuries and were unconscious, while Dolores Welborn 14 Leroy Welborn 10 and Don Allen Welborn 8 were seriously injured. The children, from Amarillo's Children’s Home, were en route to Wichita Falls to visit their ill mother. Driver Harold Lee Erwin, 17, was involved in the collision.
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Pullman
St. Anthony's Hospital
Jimmy Welborn
Roy Eugene Welborn
Paul C. Welborn
Dolores Welborn
Leroy Welborn
Don Allen Welborn
Paul Welborn
Roy Eugene
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Harold Lee Erwin
Court reverses White murder sentence over jury note
The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed a 20 year murder sentence given Varnell White after a Potter County trial. The jury had sent a note to the judge during deliberations, which the appeals court ruled must be made in open court with the accused present.
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Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Varnell White
Potter County
Crutcher Hawkins
Bidault Elected President of France Interim Government
Paris June 19 Georges Bidault, already foreign minister, was elected president of France's interim government by the Constituent Assembly. An unofficial tally gave him 383 votes with Socialists adding 128 votes to secure the result.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
France
Constituent Assembly
Bidault
Weather Chills Hit Panhandle North Hardens Into Rain
A cool air mass moved in from the north around 2:30 PM creating a clash with warm air and triggering rain across the area. Rain this morning brings June totals to 1.27 inches and year totals to 4.68 inches, well below normal. light hail was reported in spots with no extensive damage. Downstate areas anticipate thundershowers as the cool front moves through.
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Hereford
Panhandle
Walla Ray Allen Dies at 19 in Amarillo
Walla Ray Allen age 19, daughter of Mrs Estelle Allen of Amarillo and Walter R Allen of Borger, died this morning at 8 at St Anthony's Hospital. Born April 7 1927 in Amarillo she was a Baptist. Surviving parents two brothers James and Nelson Borger a half brother Jack H Allen Amarillo and Mr and Mrs C S Slaton Amarillo plus grandparents. Body in state at Boxwell Brothers with funeral arrangements yet to be announced.
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Walla
Navy Dischargee Bert Matthews Enters Amarillo College
Bert Matthews son of Mr and Mrs G Carter Matthews of 213 West Thirteenth is attending Amarillo College after a Navy discharge. He graduated from Amarillo School in January 1944 and entered service 28 months ago serving eight months in the Pacific and five months in the Atlantic as an electronics mate.
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G. Carter Matthews
West Thirteenth
Amarillo College
Navy
Amarillo School
Pacific
Atlantic
Loggers Strike Settled in British Columbia
The 37 day strike of 35 000 BC loggers and mill workers ends on Chief Justice Sloan's recommendations. Wages rise 15 cents an hour with a 44 hour work week and voluntary irrevo cable check off of union dues.
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Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia
Gordon Sloan
Code Experts Decode Navy SAI(TR) Symbol
The Navy rating SAI(TR) is decoded as specialist artificer instrument typewriter repairman first class. The News and local Navy recruiting station initially had no data on the symbol and puzzled civilian journalists.
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Navy
Amarillo
Youngster Reported Missing From Home
Robert Cooper, 10, is missing from his grandmother Mrs. Jerry Gamble at 312 West Seventh. He was last seen yesterday morning. Gamble suspects he may have gone to Denver or El Paso while staying with her this summer. His mother Mrs. Floyd Brown and Mr. Brown recently moved from Rawlins, Wyoming to Denver.
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Robert Cooper
West Seventh
Jerry Gamble
Robert
John Eural Smith Charged With Desertion
John Eural Smith was arrested last week and charged with wife and child desertion. The 47th District Court dismissed the charges due to venue being in Wichita County. Smith was released on bond last Friday.
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47Th District Court
Wichita County
Smith
Airline aims Amarillo as northern terminal for Texas Airline
Texas Airline plans Amarillo as the northern terminal for its Houston based carrier. The cargo focused line will connect Amarillo via Lubbock Big Spring San Angelo Del Rio Laredo to Brownsville with offices at English Field for cargo and passenger service.
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Amarillo
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
C. P. Erwin
Texas
Houston
Lubbock
Big Spring
San Angelo
del Rio
Laredo
Brownsville
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Britain Pledges Full Cooperation on Atomic Control Plan
Great Britain pledged fullest possible cooperation with the United States to shape a complete plan for outlawing the atomic bomb as a war weapon and for punishing violators of the international control scheme. Sir Alexander Cadogan, British representative on the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, welcomed the U.S. plan in an address to its second session.
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New York
Great Britain
United States
Alexander Cadogan
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Seaman James Ford Home on Leave From Boot Camp
Seaman James Ford, son of Mrs Velva Ford of 811 North Cleveland, is home on leave after boot training. He is stationed at San Diego and attended Amarillo College before enlisting in the Navy. Graduated Amarillo High School in January 1946.
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James Ford
Velva Ford
North
Cleveland
San Diego
Amarillo College
Amarillo High School
Early French Dry Cleaning Plant Origins
The first dry cleaning plant originated in France in 1845 when Joly Belin developed the process. The innovation marked the beginning of commercial garment cleaning techniques and established a new trade in European cities.
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France
Joly Belin
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