New Library Books Listed at Ama Fillo Public Library
Public library announces new circulation titles at Ama Fillo Library Municipal Auditorium. Notable reads include The Transient Hour by Marcel Ayme The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer The Foolish Gentlewoman by Elizabeth Sharp Reunion at Mead s by Kathleen Wallace Miss Abbie s Honor by Jan Fortune How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie Water Treatment and Purification by Havilah Babcock Using and Managing Soils by A F Gustafson and other fiction and non fiction titles.
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Ama- Fillo Public Library
Municipal Auditorium
Alice Green
Marcel Ayme
King Dawn Powell
Ramon J. Sander
Norma Mailer
Ethel Hueston
Gentlewoman
Sharp
Meads
Kathleen Wallace
Karin von Wahl
Cecil Roberts
Abbie
Jan Fortune
Dale Carnegie
Evelyne Barkins
Gene Byrnes
David Dodge
Hanson Post Climbs to Seventh in State Ranking
Jean Legion has been a top ten post since formation. Publicity director Rhce Smith notes Hanson Post rose from ninth to seventh in Texas Legion News after the last membership drive through May 15, adding 9 new members and totaling about 41,219 in state figures. Amarillo stayed strong by keeping members in one post rather than splitting.
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Amarillo
Mr. Smith
Quirino Grants Amnesty to Hukbalahap Peasant Dissent
President Elpidio Quirino issues unconditional amnesty in Manila in a ceremony with Hukbalahap leader Louis Taruc. The pardon covers all Hukbalahap members and PKM Peasants Union members in a bid to end postwar unrest.
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Manila
Elpidio Quirino
Philippines
Quirin
Louis Taruc
Hukbalahap
P. K. M. Peasant’s Union
Sunspot Explosions May Power Cosmic Rays
In Pasadena on June 21 experts propose sunspot related explosions act as natural atom-smashers accelerating particles that bombard Earth. Mexico City physicist Dr Manuel Sandova Vallarta suggests sunspot accelerators contribute to cosmic radiation with acceleration near other stars potentially accounting for the rest. The idea was presented at a California Institute of Technology symposium.
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Pasadena
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Manuel Sandova Vallarta
Mexico City
California Institute of Technology
Villarta
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Scientist links sun activity to cosmic ray increases
The report notes Carnegie Institution records show higher cosmic radiation during peaks in solar activity. Dr. Vallarta and Carnegie scientists collaborate on a theory about how the sun could produce cosmic rays in the universe.
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Amarillo
States voting strength at the GOP convention
With 548 delegates needed to nominate a candidate, 1 094 ballots are cast at the Republican National Convention. The apportionment lists Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Alaska District of Columbia Hawaii Puerto Rico.
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Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Alaska
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Treatment for Atomic Bomb Victims Listed
A national defense guide for doctors outlines proven treatments for atomic casualties presented at the American Medical Association meeting in Chicago. It cites nursing care, high protein calories, fluids, whole blood, antibiotics, sedatives, and vitamin therapy as proven measures, with unproven options including vitamins C and B6, adrenal hormones, rutin, and toluidine blue for clotting control.
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Chicago
Department of National Defense
American Medical Association
National Defense
Rites for Adm. Adolphus Andrews in Dallas Today
Final rites for Adm. Adolphus Andrews a 69 year old retired naval officer were planned for 4 p m in Dallas. The former naval aide to Presidents Roosevelt Harding and Coolidge died in Houston after 44 years of active duty including wartime command of the Eastern Sea Frontier.
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Adm
Adolphus Andrews
Dallas
Annapolis
Eastern Sea Frontier
Houston
Harry T.moore
Andrews
Theodore Roosevelt
Harding
Coolidge
China
Negro American Legion Seeks Funds To Pay Debt
Amarillo's Negro American Legion post pleads for funds to cover a deficit from Emancipation Day events. District commander Gabriel Carthen appeals after a barbecue sponsored by Hanson Post No. 54 failed to cover costs. Public appeal seeks donations to settle the shortfall.
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Negro American Legion
Amarillo
Gabriel Carthen
van Buren Street
Colored American Legion
Hanson Post No. 54
White American Legion
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