Stolen maroon and cream trainer on aerial chase across Missouri
A maroon and cream training plane stolen from Amarillo was tracked across Missouri toward St. Louis. The craft, owned by Leslie D. Atterbury, was reported over Vichy and landed in Springfield before the pilot, signing a gas receipt with an Albuquerque address, prompted authorities to detain him. CAA agents and St. Louis officials issued alerts as the theft investigation expanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Loehner
CAA
St. Louis
Leslie D. Atterbury
Potter County
Albuquerque
Leslie D. Atterberry
North
Buchanan
Plane Taken From Missouri Hangar Last Saturday Night
A recently repaired plane with a 65 horsepower motor was stolen from a hangar between 8:30 and 9:00 PM last Saturday. A five gallon fuel can went missing, and witnesses heard a plane take off in the darkness. The aircraft bears wing number N-37413 and flies about 65 mph for up to four hours on regular car fuel. Authorities asked farmers and airport operators to watch for Interstate craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Winstead
VA to fire 7800 employees nationwide
The Veterans Administration announced it will dismiss 7,800 workers across the United States due to insufficient funds. About 3,000 in hospitals and homes and 4,000 in miscellaneous activities are affected, with 800 more to be distributed among divisions. Total VA staff would be about 181,000. Dismissal notices go out by March 10 as field managers are briefed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterans Administration
Nurse Selma Maxwell Kidnapped and Slain in Burma
US embassy reports Miss Selma Maxwell an American missionary nurse was tortured and killed by Burmese bandits near Moulmein after a failed ransom demand of rupees and gold. Ten villagers died with her in an ambush as rescue efforts intensified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rangoon
Burma
Selma M. Maxwell
Washington
Senatobia
Dust Storm Warnings Like West Texas Areas Spread
West Texas and neighboring regions face renewed dust storm warnings as drought persists. Soil experts cite 2.5 million acres lacking cover across West Texas and Oklahoma with critical zones near Littlefield, Lubbock, Lamesa, and areas west of Guymon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill
Texas
Oklahoma
Littlefield
Lubbock
Lamesa
Guymon
Boise City
Oklahoma Panhandle
John A. Perrin
SCS
ELOPES HOLLYWOOD DUO DRAWS NOTICEFUL REACTION
Dolores Ethel Blyth aged 19 daughter of the late John Barrymore and Dolores Costello elopes with 24 year old writer Thomas Alexander Fairbanks in Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Dolores Ethel Blyth
John Barrymore
Dolores Costello
Thomas Alexader Fairbanks
Truman to seek power to seize coal mines this crisis
President Truman planned to ask Congress for authority to seize and operate the strike bound soft coal mines on a temporary basis. The move followed an 80 day Taft Hartley injunction against United Mine Workers actions as the White House pressed for a rapid report from the fact finding board on concessions and positions of operators and the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
John L. Lewis
John S. Lewis
Richmond B. Keech
Reech
David S. Cole
Atty
J. Howard McGrath
Oscar L. Chapman
Philip Perlman
White House
Mr. Truman
Chapman
Charles G. Ross
Bundling plan on Michigan State College rejected
East Lansing March 3 A push to revive bundling on the Michigan State College campus to fight a coal shortage was dismissed by Dr Judson T Landis as not fitting current moral standards Yet students debated the idea with mixed views Robert Voges favored the old Puritan custom while Barbara Zylstra doubted its relevance Mary Smith voiced support for trying the practice as explained
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lansing
Mich
U.P
Michigan State College
Judson T. Landis
Robert Voges
Brockton
Mass
Barbara Zylstra
Elmhurst
Ill
Mary Smith
Detroit
Missing Mother of Three Returns Home
RENSSELAER NY March 3 Mrs Helen Overlander returned home today to a tearful reunion with her husband and three children. She said she left last Friday to get away from herself and doubted she had cancer. Her husband Sherrell Overlander 33 a truck driver reported she left believing she was ill. She said she had gone to Stillwater Oklahoma to stay with her brother Weiser Bates and arrived in Albany before 7 am today. They were not reunited until about four hours later. She cried and said she missed her family and did not want to be a burden. She learned she did not have cancer from radio and newspapers and her brother and sister in law urged her to return. Police Chief Charles Stewart said she left after saying she would go away when she felt like it. The story notes she gave each child a toy and kissed them goodbye. See BACK HOME-Page 6
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Miss Maxwell
Donnell
Rensselaer
Helen Overlander
Sherrell Overlander
Overlander
Stillwater
Okla
Weiser Bates
Albany
Hudson River
Charles Stewart
Stewart
Laborites Stand Pat on Steel Nationalization Policy
London reports the Labour government will not back away from its stance on steel nationalization. The Attlee cabinet held a brief meeting, with a press lobbyist noting there is no basis for expectations in the King's speech to Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laborites
400 Due At Youth Meeting
Polk Street Methodist Church hosts the West Texas District Hi- and Tri-Hi-Y Conference with about 250 delegates registered by 11 am and expectations of surpassing 400. Pampa sends 102 youths under Virginia Vaughan and Cameron Marsh. sessions at Amarillo High School begin 3:45 pm with Dr A M Meer as main speaker and 7:15 pm with Allen Early Jr. presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Street Methodist Church
West Texas
Paul Fowler
YMCA
Pampa
Virginia Vaughan
Pampa High School
Cameron Marsh
PHS
Plainview
Phillips
Big Spring
Borger
Abilene
Lubbock
Mineral Wells
Odessa
Vernon
Wichita Falls
Amarillo High School
AHS
A. M. Meer
Amarillo
Rain Gives Us The Run-Around
Amarillo chief meteorologist H C Winburn reports fair skies for the city and area today through Saturday. Temperatures will rise to 63 today and 67 tomorrow with a low near 30 tonight and 28 last night. Expect averages two to four degrees above normal for the next five days with little change and no precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Winburn
Amarillo Air Terminal
Amarillo
Winburn
Broken Leg Is a Snap to This Youth
Young Bill Helms a 17-year-old cowhand at Boys Ranch was found to have walked on a broken leg for a month after a horse kick. He weighs 127 pounds and helped in a Boys Ranch vs Amarillo High wrestling match while driving ranch trucks when not in school. He is from Shamreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Helms
Boys Ranch
Bill
Amarillo High School
Shamreck
Death pallor in mercy killing case described
Defense witness Mrs. Smith testified she found Mrs. Borreto without a pulse during an initial visit. Dr. Snay later confirmed the patient was dead, and Dr. Sander is accused of injecting air as a mercy measure. The woman displayed an awful death pallor, was cold and clammy, and was not breathing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Snay
Amarillo Weather Summary For Friday Through Saturday
Amarillo and vicinity expect fair skies this afternoon tonight and Saturday with warmer afternoons. Highs near 63 today and 67 tomorrow, Lows around 30 and 28. A 3 percent precipitation trace recorded yesterday. Panhandle agricultural outlook calls for generally fair conditions with rising temperatures. West Texas and New Mexico regions show partly cloudy skies with light showers or snow flurries mainly in mountains and eastern areas.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
New Mexico
Gunn Bros Thrift Stamps Uses Local Businesses
Thrift stamp drive spotlights Gunn Bros Olver and Wiggins Lumber Co at 1200 West 6th as community supporters. The effort aims to raise funds through local business participation and public donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunn Bros
Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
West
Reds Say Captives Russians
Moscow reports the United States accuses Russia of holding 38 American citizens in the Soviet Union while the Soviet reply claims only one is an American. The note cites that 37 claimed Americans are mostly Soviet citizens or stateless. The exchange also notes four Soviet citizens with US connections may depart the USSR.
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Moscow
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
Andrei Gromyko
Alan Kirk
Europe
Middle East
Kirk
Gromyko
Germany
U States
Cholokian
Armenia
Gruver Reaches Class B Finals in Narrow Win
In Austin on March 3 Gruver edged Cayuga 48 to 47 to advance to the Class B finals of the 30th annual schoolboy basketball tournament. Gruver broke a 26 to 28 halftime tie while Cayuga center Kelly Jim Duncan scored 17 points for the high point honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Gruver
Cayuga
Kelly Jim Duncan
Canyon Forges To Finals In Class A Spotlight
Canyon reached the Class A finals with a 38-19 victory over Fort Worth. Troy Burrus led Canyon with 14 points while Gorman Wiseman scored 13 for High Birdville, as the other Class A finalist was to be determined later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Canyon
Fort Worth
Troy Burrus
High Birdville
Gorman Wiseman
Tyler grabs win to reach JC finals 90 47
Tyler Junior College advances to the State Junior College Basketball Tournament finals by defeating Amarillo College Badgers 50 47. Buddy Travis scores 19 to lead, while Gerald Rogers is held to 10.
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Oe Station
Tyler Junior College
Amarillo College
Badgers
Buddy Travis
Gerald Rogers
Badger
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Pate
Moulmein
Mama
Kamanet
G. A. Soord
American Bap
Louis P. Merrill
Soil Conservation Service
High Plains
Jesse D. Jenkins
Marshall W. Howard
Wheeler
Ervin Schmutz
the Gov’ment
Rec
Collegians
Helen B. Overlander
London
Attlee
British Press Association
US Weather Bureau
Mirror Enterprises
Canyon Forges
Tyler
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