Can Dewey Do It Amid Chicago Convention Tumult
Chicago June 29 delegates depart as the GOP eyes a united front behind Dewey while Bricker and Stassen are among preferred alternates. Campaign strategy forms in the Stevens Hotel with talk of unity, integrity, and possible investigations of New Deal aspects. Hoover is noted as absent amid bustling downtown scenes. New York June 29 TM bans Dont Change Horses during conventions.
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Dewey
Chicago
Welizzard
Republican Party
Wendell Willkie
GOP
Bricker
Stassen
Stevens Hotel
North
Roosevelt
Clare Booth Luce
Time-Life-Fortune
Connecticut
Drake Hotel
Herbert Hoover
United States
New York
Mairzy Doats
al Hoffman
Milton Drake
Jerry Livingston
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
Blue Network
Mutual
Liberator Express Converts to Ambulance Type Plane
Fort Worth story reports Consolidated Vultee converting the Liberator express transport into an air ambulance combining air clinic cargo and transport roles. It features 15 demountable litters with on side oxygen access and a medical team of two attendants alongside the regular crew.
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Fort Worth
Consolidated Vultee
Armed Services
Toda
Air Ambulance
Six Inches of Rain Destroys Nazareth Area Crops
In Nazareth area a four mile square section suffered a flash flood dropping six inches of rain in about two hours. Crops were leveled or washed out including cotton and wheat. Birds and rabbits were killed or drowned as row crops stood over two feet high before being ruined. Dirt roads flooded while outside farmers saw only light showers.
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Nazareth
Albert Gurber
Amarillo
Life of a Good Samaritan Isn't Always All Sunshine
Hubert Cole the Potter County clerk ends up with three badly bruised and skinned fingers after a bus stop good deed. He often picks up passengers in heat and today a door slammed on his fingers when two riders left and they shut the door together. Cole advocates bus stop shelters.
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Hubert Cole
Potter County
Nye Overtakes Stambaugh In North Dakota Primary
Incumbent Gerald P. Nye led Lynn A. Stambaugh by 64 votes in the North Dakota Republican U.S. Senate primary as late returns from Tuesday’s election came in. With 300 precincts to go Nye stood at 35,621 to Stambaugh 35,557 while Burdick had 31,982 and Robertson 592,361,238.
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Fargo
N. D
Gerald P. Nye
Lynn A. Stambaugh
U. S
Nye
Stambaugh
Asher L. Burdick
A. C. Robertson
Nazis Lose 292 Tanks Since D-Day in Normandy
The Supreme Allied Command announced 292 German tanks have been disabled or destroyed in Normandy since D-Day. Allied air forces say enemy fighter bases in the battle area have been driven back 100 miles by air attacks.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Supreme Allied Command
Normandy
Enid Sgt Maurine Cansler Returns Home From Overseas Duty
WAC Sergeant Maurine Cansler of Enid Oklahoma comes home today after a visit with Pvt Marvin Hutcheson and his wife at 1401 Van Buren Street She has served two years and recently completed a year of overseas duty in Algiers as a Signal Corps editor.
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WAC
Maurine Cansler
Enid
Okla
Marvin Hutcheson
van Buren Street
Cansler
Algiers
Signal Corps
Yard work available weekly at 3407 West Ninth Avenue
Mrs Avery seeks a man for about one day of yard work per week. Pay by hour or by job. Call 9750 or visit 3407 West Ninth Avenue. Imogene Carriker.
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West
Ninth Avenue
Amarillo Tennis Courts Need Better Court Etiquette
A reader critiques Amarillo public tennis courts noting ongoing court hogging by local high school players who dominate timeslots after 5 pm. The letter urges respectful court ethics and invites fair access for other residents and workers.
Ironing Board Fire Damages Home in Buchanan Street
A fire at 1407 South Buchanan Street caused by a plugged in iron burned the ironing board and floor in a small area. Three fire trucks responded and quickly extinguished the blaze, causing only superficial damage to the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Moore.
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South
Buchanan Street
B. L. Moore
Turn Anklets Instead of Washing Them Out
A reader laments juvenile delinquency literature and warns that youths focus on fun and games. He cites a home with two juveniles who neglect work or study, wear anklets, and “la-de-da” behavior. He argues proper upbringing and Bible guidance are needed to teach responsibility and avoid failed marriages.
Biggest single day for war bond sales recorded
War bond sales yesterday set a record with $3,569,000,000 in one day and total purchases reaching $9,374,000,000. Ted R. Gamble, national war finance director, announced the figures as the Fifth War Loan neared 59 percent of its $16,000,000,000 goal after 14 days.
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Washington
U.P
Ted R. Gamble
National War Finance
Son Writes From French Beachhead
Mrs. Sophia Wardlaw of 1223 Pierce Street received a letter from her son Staff Sgt. Hubert W. Wardlaw of the Army Medical Corps, reporting he is safe and that their time is measured by work, with overseas service since last October in northern Ireland and now in Normandy.
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Normandy
Sophia Wardlaw
Pierce Street
Hubert W. Wardlaw
Army Medical Corps
Wardlaw
Northern Ireland
Stamps Due Tomorrow for Auto Use on Public Roads
Postmaster W. D. DeGrassi expects a rush at stamp windows as tomorrow is the deadline to secure automobile use stamps for all vehicles on public roads. The $5 stamp must be visible on the vehicle and not kept in a wallet. A vehicle check will begin next week and under inflation can shorten vehicle life by 20 to 26 percent.
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W. D. DeGrassi
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