Cemetery Bait Comes Home From Sea Stormy Cast
In a Damon Runyon style scene, the narrator recounts a storm bound voyage on the Castilla with Colonel Samuel B. Venus and wife. A tense rescue unfolds as the narrator frees Venus from a locked cabin during a fire alarm while salvaging valuables from the ship.
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Tommy Entrata
Samuel B. Venus
Tommy
New York
Jesse Owens
Count Tomaso
Tomaso
Mre
Count Tomasco
Castilla
Samuel
Venus
Samuel B Venus
Samuel Venus
Jersey
Samuel V. Venus
Samuel B Venesus
Texas House Passes Open Shop Bill Amid Labor Debate
The Texas House approved a right to work style bill outlawing the closed shop by 96 to 37 and sent a Minnesota patterned labor conciliation measure back to the labor committee. Rep. Marshall O. Bell of San Antonio leads the open shop bill, with Rep. George O. Nokes Jr. backing the conciliation measure. The package heads to the Senate for action as amendments to exclude Railroad Brotherhood were rejected.
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Austin
Texas House Today
Minnesota
House
Marshall O. Bell
San Antonio
Texas
Labor Committee
George O. Nokes, Jr
Corsicana
Senate
D W Mays 67 dies after brief illness in Amarillo
D W Mays 67 died at Amarillo hospital at 1 25 AM following a two day illness. He came to Amarillo 38 years ago from Tennessee and ran the Auto Store at Sixth and Van Buren from 1918 to 1926. He later managed real estate and engaged in Masonic work. He was a Master Mason and Royal Arch Mason, a Knight Templar and Shriner, and a member of First Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, daughter, granddaughter, two brothers, six sisters, a niece and three nephews. Funeral service will be tomorrow at 4 PM at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel with Masonic graveside rites at Llano Cemetery.
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Mr. Mays
Amarillo
Tennessee
Sixth and van Buren
Mays
Amarillo Lodge
First Baptist Church
Waverly
Tenn
Ohio
Cumberland
J. E. Bryant Co
Liccl van Buren
Bertha Lee Mays
Juanita Katherine Craig
Joan Houck
Clyde Mays
W. C. Mays
W. C. Pace
Kennet
J. A. Pace
R. L. Strickland
Madison
Denton Woods
Marrison
Kruett Jones
Orson Mield
Bennie Clyde Mays
Gary Mays
Thomas Thompson
Royce L. Thompson
Washington, D. C
Blackburn-Shaw
Ross Rogers
Ben Stone
Drichard Keys
Karl Wegener
Rolla Cartwright
M. EF. Eisenhower
Fat Stock Show draws crowds at Amarillo fairground second day
Amid colorful western crowds the Amarillo Fat Stock ShowEntered its second day at Tri State Fair grounds. Judges named grand baby beef champion Stan Smith Lawton Oklahoma and fat mutton lamb grand Ray Greig Plainview with Johnny Gregg Hale Center as reserve. Quarter horse judging by Sig Jernigan Lampasas progresses. 4 H and FFA youths compete while a grand hog winner from yesterday falls ill.
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Stan Smith
Lawton
Okla
Amarillo
Roy Largent
Merkel
Oklo
Feder
Sargent
J. B. Kidd
Kidd
Mr. Kidd
Ray Greig
Plainview
Ray
Johnny Gregg
Hale Center
Elan John Bridges
Hart
Swisher
Sig Jernigan
Lampasas
FFA
Wayne Dale Harrell
Ralls
Burglars Steal Tickets From Casey's Dance Hall
Thieves took twelve tickets to the Policemen's Ball, a watch, one carton of cigarettes, and about four dollars in pennies from Casey's Dance Hall and Bar at 511 North Fillmore. Owner R. S. Case reported the break in. police believe a side door left unlocked allowed entry.
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Casey's Dance Hall
North Fillmore
R. S. Case
Amarillo Philharmonic Concert Tonight At 8:30
Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra presents a concert tonight in Municipal Auditorium at 8:30 directed by Robert Louis Barron featuring contralto Louise Lackland. Box office sales end at 5:00 with tickets at Panhandle Concert Bureau 109 East Ninth. Main floor $2.40 balcony $1.80 $1.20 for students 60 cents.
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Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra
Louise Lackland
Panhandle
East Ninth
Amarillo Philharmoentie
Municipal Auditorium
Robert Louis Barron
Underground Jewish militants escalate attacks in Palestine
The Jewish underground opened a fierce campaign against British rule in Palestine with bombings and gunfire. Seven casualties were reported from two British Army trucks blown up, while other raids targeted camps near Haifa Tel Aviv and Ramla injuring soldiers and civilians. The group pledged continued, intensified actions outside martial law zones.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Jedera
Haifa
Tel Aviv
Irgun Zavi Leumi
Menahem Beigin
Rishon le Zion
Royal Air Force
Ramile
Mea Shearim
Weather forecast for Amarillo and vicinity and nearby regions
The forecast calls for fair and mild conditions this afternoon in Amarillo and vicinity with increasing clouds tonight. It turns colder with strong winds and light snow flurries possible Wednesday. Across West Texas and New Mexico, expect partly cloudy skies, colder temperatures, and scattered snow flurries in the mountains and northeast areas with highs around the mid 60s and lows in the 20s.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
North Portion
Orchid Birthday For 93 Year Old Mrs. Mollie Carlton
Mrs. Mollie Carlton of Amarillo celebrates her 93rd birthday with an orchid tribute. A Texas pioneer and longtime First Baptist member born in Missouri, she lives with daughter Mrs. Bertie Simpson and enjoys sunlit Bible reading.
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Roy Ann Cullum
Mollie Carlton
East Tenth
Tom Breneman
Carlton
Bertie Simpson
Amarillo
First Baptist Church
R. N. Stewart
Caddo
Okla
Edna Alexander
James Alexander
Negro Charged In Tire Tool Attack In Amarillo
Tommie Grayson charged in county court with assault and battery after an attack with a tire gouge on Howard M. Wilson a Navy man on terminal leave. Wilson suffered a minor wound but was not seriously hurt after a collision involving a taxi cab.
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Tommie Grayson
Amarillo
Navy
John Peterson
Grayson
Howard M. Wilson
East Twelfth
Wilson
Sixteenth and Harrison
New York Companies Post 1946 After-Tax Income Rises
Combined net income after taxes of 840 manufacturing corporations in 1946 totaled 2.049 billion dollars, up 37 percent from 1945, according to a compilation by the National City Bank of New York released today.
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New York
National City Bank of New York
Students Seek Uninstitutional Recreation Near High School
Amarillo High School students favor a nearby leisure venue with private booths and a dance floor, serving soft drinks and snacks, supervised or unsupervised options, and priced for teens. They believe such a space would curb drinking and provide a relaxed social atmosphere, with plans to involve the Amarillo Junior League.
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Amarillo High School
Sandstorm
Amarillo
Frances Allman
Student Congress
Louis N. Brown
Snow Flurries Forecast as March Warms Then Cools
Chief weatherman H. C. Winburn predicts March reach radical weather swings with light snow flurries tomorrow. Today's noon temperature hit 66 degrees after a 63 degree high and an expected afternoon peak near 71 degrees. Tonight will drop to about 22 degrees before colder conditions return tomorrow. Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
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H. C. Winburn
There Judge Mattson Brings Humorous Reprimand
In Portland on March 4 Matt Mattson faced a jail sentence for drunkenness after pleading guilty. Municipal Judge John B. Seabrook questioned him about dairy work and where cows are milked. Mattson replied with a joke and earned a fine.
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Portland
Ore
Matt Mattson
John BR. Seabrook
Mattson
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