Blue Ribbon Sale at Tri-State Fair Park Draws Wide Region
An estimated 110 cattle 84 bulls and 26 females were lined for the Blue Ribbon Sale by Panhandle Hereford Breeders Association at 1 PM at Tri-State Fair Park Amarillo. Auctioneers G H Shaw and Col Walter Britten to conduct with Col Earl Gartin ill.
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Panhandle Hereford Breeders Association
Tri-State Fair Park
Amarillo
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
Kansas
G. H. Shaw
Walter Britten
College Station
Farmers of America
Ralph Dykeman
Maverick Club
Herring Hotel
Municipal Auditorium
The
Panhandle Livestock Association
Ten Treated for Rabies After Dog Bite in Temple
Ten children are under treatment in Temple after a dog was diagnosed as rabid. Four were bitten, while the others had played with the animal, prompting medical precaution and observation.
Wealthy man argues sanity to dodge death sentence
In New York a man calling himself the Messiah seeks to prove his sanity by cross examining a psychiatrist who declared him insane. If he succeeds, he faces a murder conviction and the death penalty. if not, he could be sent to a hospital. A court ordered two more psychiatrists to assess him.
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New York
Lewis Wolfe
Montreal
Jesus Christ
Kings County
Brooklyn
Louis Goldstein
Wolfe
15 Die as Airliner Crashes Into House
A Northwest Airlines twin-engine plane struck a flagpole in a blizzard and crashed into a Minneapolis house, killing 15 people including an 8 year old boy and his 10 year old sister. Three crew and ten passengers perished. one heart attack victim died while rushing to help. The crash drew 3,000 onlookers as flames spread to adjacent homes.
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Minneapolis
Minn
U.P
Northwest
Northwest Airlines
Washington
Winnipeg
Wold-Chamberlain
Donald B. Jones
Fort Snelling
Midwest Storms Close Towns Halt Travel and Schools
The Associated Press reports a Midwest blizzard across the Northern Plains to Lake Michigan isolating hundreds of towns. Sleet and heavy snow cripple travel, force many school closures, strand tourists and children, and cause widespread property damage as cold March weather follows.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Plains
Towa
Lake Michigan
Midwest Storm Wrecks Rail Air Travel In Blind Snow
A blizzard disrupted rail and air travel across the Midwest yesterday. Communication services failed over North Dakota and parts of South Dakota Nebraska and Minnesota. Fifteen people died in a Northwest Airlines crash in Minneapolis amid whiteout conditions. Winds reaching 35 to 65 mph with gusts to 100 mph battered the plains. the storm shifted from the Dakotas and Nebraska to Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan. Amateurs stood ready to relay emergency messages as lines failed.
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North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Northwest Airlines
Minneapolis
Midwest Prairie
Plains States
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Iowa
Ilinois
Midwest
Dust Lingers as Farmers Seek Rain in Panhandle
The Panhandle dust storm leaves farmers anxious for rain though erosion remains limited. Potter County agent Art Bralley notes most land stays in good shape thanks to crop residue and tillage, with about 20 percent of county wheat possibly lost. The wind drifts south toward Louisiana while temperatures drop across the region. a gradual warming trend is forecast.
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Theroner County
Bralley
Pleasant Valley
Oklahoma Panhandle
Bulgarian spy sentenced 15 years in Sofia court
Michael Shipkov, former Bulgarian translator at the US legation in Sofia, was sentenced to 15 years for spying for the United States. Four co-defendants received 12, 10, six years eight months, and four years six months ten days. State Dept officials alleged torture and disputed Shipkov's confession as coerced.
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London
Michael Shipkov
Sofia
United States
On People’s Court
Shipkov
US State Department
Kivka
California U Prof s Oppose Special Loyalty Oath
Nine hundred University of California professors voted unanimously to oppose a special non Communist oath, arguing it discriminates against faculty and threatens academic freedom. They favor the standard loyalty oath and will seek contractual letters as substitutes, with southern campus faculty to act in Los Angeles today.
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Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Board of Regents
Academic Senate
Senate
Los Angeles
United States
Oxford
England
990
Communist Party
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
The United States Weather Bureau reports fair conditions across Amarillo and vicinity with continued cold tonight and Thursday. Temperatures rise to the mid fifties by Thursday, with Panhandle and South Plains areas remaining colder and near single digits to mid twenties at night. New Mexico shows fair conditions with warmer Thursday, and a general northwestern warming tonight. Gunn Bros Thrift Stamps and Olver Wiggins Ltr Co. are noted in the advertisement section.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Louisiana
Amarillo
Dalhart
Clayton
Gage
Okla
Lubbock
West Texas
del Rio Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Gunn Bros
Olver Wiggins Ltr
McCarthy charges Kenyon linked to 28 Communist fronts in State Dept
Senator McCarthy accused Dorothy Kenyon, a State Department official and member of UN and other commissions, of affiliation with at least 28 Communist front organizations. He named nine cited as subversive by the attorney general and asserted the inquiry targets a supposed Soviet spy ring in the State Department. The hearing opened amid sharp partisan tension as Tydings urged action against any shielding of disloyal employees.
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Washington
McCarthy
Wisconsin
State Department
Dorothy Kenyon
Senate Foreign Relations
Tydings
Maryland
Senate
Congress of American Women
Miss Kenyon
Cular
Subcommittee
Bandits Net About 3000 In Houston Holdup
In Houston on March 7 two bandits robbed Lead Products Company Inc and escaped with about $3000. Police searched for suspects as the company assessed losses and reviewed security footage from the downtown business.
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Houston
Lead Products Company, Inc
Okay School Bonds Pass in Big Spring Vote
A $950,000 bond issue for a new high school in the Okay School District won approval yesterday. The tally was 1,378 to 33.
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Big Spring
Horse meat confusion grips Texas beef supply
Thousands of pounds of horse meat processed to resemble beef tenderloin were seized in Houston and Dallas amid a federal probe. City officials said some meat labeled beef tenderloin entered Houston restaurants, with about 1,000 pounds seized there and over 4,000 pounds confiscated in Dallas. Officials in Beaumont and Corpus Christi denied horse meat sales for human food.
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Associated Press
Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
Health
W. V. Bradshaw
Kansas City
Gulf Coast
Martin
Beaumont
Corpus Christi
City Health Department
Sam Passman
Dallas Meat Acker
Texas
Dallas City
J. W. Bass
Confab on Loot Bared Ties Young to 1949 Freemans Slaying
A parade of state's witnesses in the murder trial of Don ald Young linked him to the Oct 6 1949 slaying of Charles Lee Freeman at Kelley Oil Co service station. Dist Atty Lloyd King said the state will rest soon as the 47th District Court resumes after noon recess.
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Donald Young
Dwight Hoskins
Young
Charles Lee Freeman
Lloyd King
47Th District Court
Freeman
Kelley Oil Company
North East Eighth
Hoskins
John Brownfteld
Biltmore Courts
Dwight
Brownfield
Doni
Office Building on Tyler Slated for 10-Room Office Space
City building inspector issues permit to G. C. Odom for a $20,000 30 by 80 foot office building at 812 Tyler. Leased to a local firm, to be used as office space. Randall Construction Company to erect the structure. Lease details not announced.
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Tyler
G. C. Odom
Odom
Randall Construction Company
Free food program runs into millions in government aid
The Agriculture Department reports a multi million dollar free food distribution to 47 states. Surplus dried eggs and milk totaling millions of pounds are provided at no charge to welfare agencies with states like Arkansas Iowa Kansas Louisiana Missouri New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas receiving large portions. Arizona is the only state with no orders so far.
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Washington
W.P
Agriculture Department
Arizona
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Arkansas
Colobrado
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Missouri
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
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Communist Underground
Slayer
Psychiatrist
Solon
Wolff
See Slayer
Tery
Cal Benham
Jones
GLOBE
United Press Dispatches
Donald R. Heath
California
the Weather
US Weather Bureau Report
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes— Insurance
U. S. Office
Freeman Lee
Vincent J. Burke
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