Crashed Plane Off Its Path Near Mt Benford
ANCHORAGE Alaska March 15 Civil Aeronautics Administration officials said a Northwest Airlines Douglas DC-4 crashed into Mt Benford while well off course. The 30 aboard are believed dead after the airliner plunged 3,000 feet into a glacier side amid wreckage sighted from the air. Investigators study terrain to determine removal feasibility and cause.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Northwest Airlines
Mt. Benford
Airlines
CAA
Organized Naval R ates Tigh t at 7 30
Organized Reserve to meet at 7 30 tonight in the new US Naval Reserve Training Center at Ninth and Rusk. Lt Comdr John J Vandale says uniform will be dress blues and white hats for enlisted personnel, service dress blues with white cap covers for officers. First armory session follows prior Amarillo meetings.
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Organized Naval Rats
Organized Reserve
US Naval Reserve Training Center
Ninth and
Rusk
John J. Vandale
Reserve
Amarillo
Amarillo Plans Friday Night Barn Dance Crowd
Square dance fans organize weekly events in Amarillo at Pair Park arena from 8 to 11 PM with performers Peewee Albright Orchestra and instructor Jimmy Clossin. Clossin will conduct a two hour course next week at Amarillo High School gym, followed by nightly classes through Friday.
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Unicago Nas
Saturnay Nigi
Amarillo
Pair Park
Noble Fowlkes
Hayden
Fauare
Peewee Albright
Jimmy Clossin
el Paso
Clossin
el ‘Ll
Lubbock
Texas Technological College
Amarillo High School
Rupert Taylor
Dallas
Sherrie Fowlkes
Gene Kersey
Hoyt Houck
Nelma Gilbreath
Gene Greer
Betty George Eddleman
Ernest Bads
Adrienne Pinkerton
Income Tax Deadline Here in Panhandle Region
Amarillo Internal Revenue office manager L. P. Herndon urges timely filing of 1947 income tax returns by midnight tonight. To handle last minute rush, Amarillo offices stay open this evening while there are people waiting.
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L. P. Herndon
Amarillo
Internal Revenue Office
Panhandle
Two Killed in Car Wreck Near Fredericksburg
Two men, Arthur Leon Settles aged 31 and Roy Norman Leasure Jr., 28, both from Texas, died when their car overturned after hitting a tree on a curve near Fredericksburg. State trooper Ivan Lawrence said the auto was demolished and papers on the bodies showed Settles lived in Levelland and Lubbock, Leasure in Lubbock. Meredith Willson and Ralina Zarova wed in Palos Verdes Estates, with child actress Margaret O Brien as flower girl.
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Fredericksburg
Arthur Leon Settles
Roy Norman Leasure, Jr
San Antonio
Funance
Ivan J Lawrence
Lawrence
Settles
Levelland
Lubbock
Leasure
Meredith Willson
Palos Verdes Estates
Calalarch
Ralina Zarova
Margaret O'Brien
Flying Dollars Stop Pursuit
Dallas reports a man named Thomas Williamson pursued a wallet thief after $60 went missing from him while he slept in a cafe. He chased the thief, who dropped $12 and vanished, leaving Williamson with $48 as the other money was recovered.
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Dallas
Thomas Williamson
Williamson
To Train Volunteer Hospital Workers Orientation Course Held
Veterans Hospital will host a two day orientation for volunteers on Tuesday and Wednesday March 30 31. Hospital executive Paul M. Clauser announced the program to all interested organizations and individuals.
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Veterans Hospital
Paul M. Clauser
Firefighter Kermit Swadley Dies in Grand Prairie Blaze
Kermit Swadley, 39, one of Grand Prairie's two paid firefighters, died of a heart attack yesterday while battling a house fire that damaged a home and surrounding area. The March 15 incident marks a fatal event in the city’s fire response.
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Grand Prairie
Kermit Swadley
Service and Supply at 1301 West Sixth Street
A brief notice lists Sewice and Supply located at 1301 West 6th with contact phone 5304.
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Sewice & Supply
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Ueay National Bldg
Griggs
N.S. Griggs & Sons
Fillmore
Eighth
Globe-News
Floyd V. Studer
American United Life Insurance Company
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L. C. Pope Distributing CO
Washington ST
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Fairbanks
All Con
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