Death notices for Ball and Scudder families
First Lt. Robert G. Ball aged 29 and husband of Leona Fay with fatherhood to Glenn. Body arrives 4.50 PM Tuesday and service pending with Blackburn Shaw. Everette Scudder, 54 of 3506 E 14th died Monday, father of Harold and brother of Russell, Edgar, Mrs Eva Morris. body to Vevay Indiana for service and burial.
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Ball
Robert G. Ball
Leona Fay
Glenn
Glen Ball
Blackburn Shaw
Scudder Everette Scudder
Harold
Russell
Edgar
Eva Morris
Vevay
Ind
Obituary notices list multiple families tied to Dumas area
The page lists obituaries and memorial notices for George W Banks 72 of Dumas and Mattie Lou Banks 66 of Dumas with family relations including Mrs L B Green Mrs W M Mitchel Pauline Katz and others. Medlock David E 57 of Fritch died Monday with services planned at Boxwell Brothers Ivy Chapel. Ackerman infant son of Mr and Mrs HT Ackerman 1512 A Pork to be buried at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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BANKS
George W Banks
Dumas
Texas
L. B Green
W. M Mitchel
Pauline Kotz
E. E. Jones J T Dee
Dovie
Lee
Jim
First Baptist Church
Mattie Lou Banks
L. B. Green
Pauline Katz
Jones J. Dee
Doyle
Ed Wyatt
Medlock
David E Medlock
Amarillo Safety Council to Meet Thursday Night
Directors of the Amarillo Safety Council will meet tomorrow at 8 o clock in city hall. Hal Miller, newly appointed city traffic engineer, will attend. A round table discussion of traffic problems will follow. All members of engineering educational and enforcement divisions are invited.
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Amarillo Safety Council
City Commission
Hal Miller
Amarillo Parks Welcomed About 40000 Visitors Last Week
Attendance figures released by the park and recreation office show about 40,000 people used Amarillo parks last week. Ellwood Park drew 12,767, North Heights 3,910, and Benton Park in the southeast logged 1,507 visitors.
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Amarillo
Park and Recreation
Ellwood Park
North Heights
Benton Park
Paul Boler Toins Police Department Officer Baker Joins Force
Paul FE Baker, 32, of Chil dress, has been employed by the city police department. Baker worked the third shift from midnight to 8 am and has previously served as an extra officer with the Childress Police Department.
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Paul FE. Baker
Childress
Baker
Roquet courts to open at Ellwood Park tonight
Ellwood Park will light roquet courts for public use tonight noted by city recreation director Jack Hans. He described roquet as a croquet style game. Sealed bids for Hedley sewerage improvements due July 3 1951 with plans in Hedley City Secretary office and from engineer George W Thompson.
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Ellwood Park
Jack Hans
Hans
Hedley
Texas
George W. Thompson
W. Kingsmill Ave
Pampa
Henry Moore
Senate Turns Heat On Florida Governor Warren Hearings Demand Answers
The Senate Crime Committee urged Governor Fuller Warren of Florida to appear in Miami for hearings on crime and narcotics. If no satisfactory response is received by noon June 21, the panel warned of further action. Warren proposed Tallahassee as the hearing site, which the chair dismissed as impractical.
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Washington
Senate Crime Committee
Fuller Warren
Florida
Miami
O’conor
Maryland
Tallahassee
Fla
O'Conor
Warren
Lieutenant Campbell Flown to Tokyo Hospital
Lt. Tom Campbell, serving in Korea, was evacuated to a Tokyo hospital with a kidney infection. His wife reports improvement and expects return to Korea soon. Campbell was assigned to Korea in January, while Mrs. Campbell and their children stay this summer at their in law’s ranch headquarters.
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Tom Campbell
Korea
Tokyo
Beating survivor recalls kidnapping near Canyon
Riley describes two men who abducted him after a truck ride from Big Spring to Canyon. He was tied with a lariat, gagged with a towel, and narrowly escaped after an hour of struggle. One assailant, 30 to 32, 5 feet 10, 165 pounds in blue polo and khaki. the other 5 feet, 7, 140 pounds with blond hair in tan shirt. He identified wine purchases and an ice plant past employment as possible leads. Officers pursue angles and seek clerk recognition.
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Big Spring
San Angelo
Riley
Canyon
Cantrell
Tremor Felt Across Panhandle March 11 1948
A 10:30 p.m. earthquake rattled offices from Dalhart to Memphis in a 90 mile front spanning 300 miles. People in Amarillo and surrounding towns reported shaking and minor damage including cracking plaster. Officials noted it did not act like an explosion and lines were busy as residents checked in.
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Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association
Barfield
Robert M. Adams
Beverly
John Z. Mitchell
Exell
Amarillo
The
Globe
Mr. Mitchell
Ruby Nelson
van Buren
Panhandle
Temb
Dalhart
Memphis
Markets and stock listings from a 1947 newspaper page
A dense clipping lists markets and stocks with numerous company names and figures. It includes New York curb prices and Chicago wheat closing quotations, mentioning firms like Anaconda, Allied Stores, General Electric, and Texaco, along with commodity values and percentage changes.
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New York
Curb Amer
Humble Oil
Inv
Arkan Nat Gas
Kaiser Fraser Dea Atlas Plywood
Lone Star Gas
Catalin Corp
la Lad & Expl
Cessna Airerft
Na Bellas Hess
Claude Neon
Niles-B-Pond
Corron Rey Co
Northrop
Avia Ea Cosden Petrol
Pacific Petr
Mindago Sinoh
Ectrica
Fairchild Eng
Hazeltine Corp
Tokian Royal
Selegerskawes
Hug
Sulor Gor
Southern Union
Chicago
Uhlmann Grain Co
Kansas City Livestock Market Report June 2014
Kansas City livestock prices show cattle and hog activity with steady to firm trends. Cattle include steer and heifer ranges from 27.50 to 38.00, cows 22.50 to 28.00, mixed yearlings 30.50 to 34.50, and kill calves 29.00 to 35.00. Hogs move 21.75 to 22.35 for 180–260 lb, sows 18.00 to 20.00, with stags around 17.90. Sheep feature spring lambs at 32.00 to 50.00 and other kill classes scarce.
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Kansas City
Chicago Livestock Market Report June Prices and Totals
CHICAGO June 20 cattle slaughter slow but steady dealers active with higher prime and high grade steers and heifers. Hog prices show mixed ranges from 19 to 23.35 per cwt across weight classes while sow prices span 18 to 21.35. Sheep receipts steady with top lambs reaching 34.50 and bulk at 32 to 34.00. FINANCIAL INDUSTRIAL FUND indicates asset value at 2.4804 and offering price.
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Chicago
Guide urged for landslide safe building in India
An article urges creating a large scale con tour style map showing soil depth and related factors to guide future construction in India. The map would help safeguard deforested areas from landslides by informing planners and engineers.
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India
Greeks Shot Up When Allied Paths Cross
Greek battalion in Korea reports two wounded as an American Sherman tank unexpectedly engaged Greeks on patrol. Lt. Edwin Watkins notes language barriers and radio miscommunication led to the incident. A third Greek was lightly wounded, while medics tended the unconscious man atop a hill near Chinese territory. The wounded faced a strenuous four mile trek to aid. The Greeks vow lingering bitterness over the clash.
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Stan Carter
Korea
Edwin Watkins
Burlington, Mich
Tillery
Watkins
Woman Sentenced on Theft Charge in Potter County
Patsy Salmon of Lubbock received one day in county jail after pleading guilty to stealing five bed sheets from Omega Gray at 620 Hill on May 16. Restitution was paid and the sentence followed the recommendation of County Attorney John Peterson.
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Patsy Salmon
Lubbock
Potter County
Omega Gray
Hill
John Peterson
Cost of dying higher now in Ohio funeral costs
Ohio funeral directors at their annual convention in Columbus report the average cost of a US funeral at 513 dollars, more than 100 dollars higher than a decade ago.
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Columbus
Ohio
Soviet Submarines Turned Over to Red China
The China Union Press reported that 28 submarines were transferred from Soviet Russia to Red China at the end of May. The delivery occurred at Dairen, a Russian-held Manchurian port, according to the agency.
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China
Taipeh
Formosa
China Union
Russia
Red China
Dairen
Manchurian
Truman to Hold Weekly News Conference Tomorrow
President Truman will hold his weekly news conference at 9:30 oclock tomorrow morning in Washington.
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Truman
Press
Washington
Germany's Nazi Birth Boom Faces West Berlin Job Gap
West Berlin graduates born 1934 36 under Hitler's maternal policy face bleak outlook as more than half of the 25 000 high school students scheduled to graduate may join the jobless rolls. U S taxpayers fund relief amid rising youth unemployment and concerns over juvenile delinquency through 1955 56 projections.
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West Berlin
United States
House of Deputies
Berlin
Malays warned on Reds in Islam and Malay race
A Malay Sultan warned Malays that Communism threatens Islam and the Malay people. He said Communists seek to destroy religion and freedom and urged unity against the enemy. In London, Mrs. Ida Moggridge won a divorce on grounds of infidelity to her husband.
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Singapore
Kelantan
London
Ida Moggridge
Ireland Rejects Atlantic Pact
In Dublin on June 20 Irish Premier Eamon de Valera stated his new government cannot consider joining the Atlantic Pact while Northern Ireland remains separated from the republic. He cited partition as the overriding political factor and said government policy mirrors that of predecessors that no Irish government can enter the pact while partition endures.
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Dublin
Ireland
Eamon de Valera
Northern Ireland
Republic
Rabbis Open Convention in New London Tonight
The Central Conference of American Rabbis, the world’s largest rabbinical group, begins its annual convention in New London Connecticut this evening with members from across the country gathering for meetings and sessions.
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New London
Conn
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Amarillo Chamber Split Over Truck Line Expansion
The chamber backs continued centralized service for Amarillo and its trade area while O B English of the Red Ball Company argues the path to better service lies in allowing expansion. Amarillo officials fear chamber opposition hampers progress as the firm warns it would hire more equipment and staff to grow business for local firms.
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Perry
Amarillo
Mr. Perry
O. B. English
Red Ball Company
Chamber of Commerce
C. M. Lamb
Chamber
Truman silenced witnesses in Far East dismissal inquiry
Senator Knowland of California accuses President Truman of stifling pertinent witnesses and blocking the inquiry panel from obtaining the full facts about his dismissal from Far Eastern commands.
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Truman
Far Eastern
Senator Knowland
California
Hurley Presses Diary Access in Forrestal Inquiry
Republican Hurley urged the panel to seek diary portions of the late Forrestal relevant to the probe, noting parts reportedly held at the White House and others with Forrestal heirs. He recalled Forrestal’s 1949 death and warned against delays as two more witnesses, Maj. Gen. Emmet O Donnell and Maj. Gen. David Barr, are due. He attacked Acheson’s Yalta paper and argued the US should have shown power and kept allies’ agreements, accusing officials of secret concessions.
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Defense Forrestal
White House
Forrestal
Bethesda
MacArthur
Hurley
Emmet
Rosie” O'Donnell
Far Eastern Air Force
David C. Barr
China
O'Donnell
Barr
Fort Knox
Hoover
Roosevelt
Yalta
Acheson
State Department
Japan
Secre
Cohen Guilty in Tax Dodge
Cohen, a noted Las Vegas gambler, was convicted in Los Angeles by a federal court jury on four counts for evading 156000 dollars in income taxes for 1946 to 1948. The verdict followed a 12 day trial with seven women and five men on the panel.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Dapper Cohen
Treasury Department
John F. O’rourke
West
Iran ready to move to fields if necessary
The government would withdraw its tanker fleet from the oil fields area to cut off oil exports unless Tehran eases its stance. Morrison avoided full crisis details in a speech, urging Conservatives not to press him. amid their roar he warned of his duty to British lives and security worldwide.
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Iran
Tehran
Morrison
Blue Star Ointment Ad Promises Itch Relief
An advertisement touts Blue Star Ointment for relief from itching disorders including eczema rash tetter ringworm pimples and scabies. Claims one application controls symptoms and urges repeat use with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
Gold Sox Name McLaughlin Manager as Mulcahy Steps Down
Clyde Crump president of the Gold Sox confirms last night’s rumors naming McLaughlin as manager and reliever, succeeding Les Mulcahy who remains a catcher. McLaughlin, 39, has coached at Round Rock High in the off-season and begun his pro career in 1933.
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Gold Sox
Clyde Crump
McLaughlin
Sox
Les Mulcahy
Amarillo
Robert “Buck” Fausett
Mulcahy
Round Rock High
Detroit Tigers
Philadelphia Athletics
Bob Mircovich
Sacramento
Mixed arms clash near Onjong and Wonsan bombardment
Allied forces report heavy fighting in northwest Korea with ground advance in the east mountains near Kansong. Ten B 29s struck Onjong airfield while 24 Mustang and 32 Sabrejet fighters joined the first mixed propeller and jet combat. Wonsan endured a 125th day of naval bombardment by US destroyers Brinkley Bass Evans Canadian Sioux and Thai Bankapong.
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Onjong
Pyongyang
North Korea
Red Air Force
Korea
Eighth Army
Kansong
38Th Parallel
Nangang River
Kosong
Japan Sea
Wonsan
Brinkley Bass
Evans
Detroyer Sioux
Bankapong
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Blackburn
Griggs & Areaes
Pe Niacle Brothers
Osgood
Monument CO
Buchanan
Buthker’s
Jefferson
Llano
Safety Council
Paul Boler
Senate
Lieutenant Campbell
Berrill
Lynch
Tim Adel
Louis & N Co Na Allied ‘Btores
Mack ‘Trucks
Allis ‘Natenes
Mekatonbine
Ies
Nash
NY Fee Co
Avia
Benoit Aviary
Sethieneen
Packa Corp
Parke
Budd
Burrough
Butler
Addie
Dodg Co
Philip Corn
Phillips Petrol
Canis
Nica Loures
Con Vulte
Advante
Con Motors
Sears
Crucible
Shell
Steel Ag
Summona Ce
Curtiss Publish
Secon Ke Abe
Routhern
Alverel
DuPont
Uastma
Astern Airiin
Ewart
Studebaker
Pruchauf
Sylvan Elect
Oods
Spots Aou
Greest Oor
Oller
Greyhound
TranWorld Ale
Oil Co Air
Heveen
Cengral
Ual Kerthie
Interlake
Piperary
Ernatae
Peeernes
Walworth Corp
Internat Tar
Warner Bros Io
Theca Wanean
Wesson Oil
Kennecotscom i Arses
Uni
Lion
Willys
Youngs
Chicago Livestock
Financial Industrial Fund
Dick Winger
Master Barbers
Keepy Hte
Eas
WU See
Lewis Jewelers
Trop Martin
Jack Wyatt
Wyatt
High Plains
Amarillo Air Force Base
Veterans Hospital
Tary Acheson
America
Stalin
Balkan States
Poland
Cohen
Palm Beach
O'Rourke
O’rourke
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