Red Cross Nears Halfway to Annual Fund Goal
Red Cross reports total pledges and donations nearing half of the $45,000 target with $22,189.55 raised. Davis urges individuals and firms to deliver envelopes or arrange pickup, noting uneven pledge returns and ongoing solicitations by the women’s division and gifts chair.
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Red Cross
D. Davis
Clude
Davis
Algo
Jim Huds
Ung
Hudson
MgeDavis
Markets Stock Averages and Kansas City Livestock Prices
Market roundup shows iComputer index at 176.05 down 0.35, railroads up, utilities steady. Kansas City livestock report: cattle slow to slaughter with steady to higher feeder and cow values, vealers steady. hogs active with gains around 25 cents. sheep and lambs mostly steady with higher slaughter lambs and ewes selling above quoted levels.
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Jill
Lynch-Pierce- Fenner & Beane
Amarillo
Chicago Live Stock Market Report March 25
Cattle receipts about 3 000 with prices uneven to 30 cents higher on slaughter cattle due to Monday storm. Hogs about 4 000 with top hogs at 28 1 4 and 270 to 300 pound ranges 26 75 to 27 75. Calves and stock cattle limited by weather, feeders holding steady.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
USDA
Good
Chalice
Monnay
English Bride Kidnapped by Liberal Celebrators in Kansas
A British bride, Betty Phipps of Compton California, was kidnapped at Amarillo English Field by a crowd of Liberal Kansas air enthusiasts in a staged welcome for the world premiere of Trail Street in Liberal. One organizer led the effort while pilots and locals joined a gala day featuring a parade, barbecue, and film stars.
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Liberal
Kan
Amarillo
Mutual Broadcasting
Los Angeles
Betty Phipps
Compton
Cal
Paul
TWA
English Field
Paul Raekde
al Pyatt
Garden City
Mutual
Pyatt
Phipps
Joe Pittman
Reading
England
Will Rogers
Trail Street
Billy House
Madge Meredith
Ray Whitley
Nan Leslie
Bill Williams
Absentee Votes Mount in Amarillo City Election
Mounting interest in Amarillo elections shown as 103 absentee ballots filed with City Secretary Katheryne Burwell. City reports 217 total votes cast in the last election. Many absentee voters are railroad workers veterans and travelers planning vacations. Friday is the last day for absentee voting.
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Amarillo
Katheryne Burwell
Sea Scout Ship Tumbleweed Plans Abilene Bivouac
Sea Scout Ship Tumbleweed sponsored by First Christian Church held an overnight cruise led by Pat Meholin. Plans were made for the Senior Scout bivouac in Abilene April 18 to 20. Crews worked on rowing Morse code quartermaster tasks rope work and cooking with practice sailing planned by next Saturday. Crewmen at the meeting included Leslie Balmain Ross Bruner Bobby Clement Amos Hamilton Melvin Jayroe and Doyle Quisenberry.
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First Christian Church
Pat Meholin
Abilene
Leslie Balmain
Ross Bruner
Bobby Clement
Amos Hamilton
Melvin Jayroe
Doyle Quisenberry
Time running short on Soviet threat, Bullitt tells House
Former Ambassador William Bullitt warned that Russia plans to assault and conquer the United States as the House committee on un American Activities convened. Chairman Thomas urged an immediate showdown to tighten U S relations with the Soviet Union while Bonner and Rankin proposed stronger US actions including a large atomic and air power buildup. Bullitt said the moment is not ripe for outlawing the Communist Party.
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William C. Bullitt
Russia
United States
House Committee On un-American Activities
Thomas
Soviet Union
Bonner
North Carolina
America
Rankin
Mississippi
Bullitt
Communist Party
Local car crash report notes two vehicles involved
A brief item records a minor road incident with two cars mentioned and a 95 pound load described as medium. The report lists a $623.00 amount and indicates steady progress amid the scene.
Green Seeks Exposure Plan to Fight Communism
William Green AF of L president testifies before the HUAC urging a seven point program to curb Communism. He warns banning the party could push it underground and trigger witch hunts while advocating exposure, border safeguards, vetting of officials, and addressing poverty and fear to deter subversive influence.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Congress
House un-American Activities Committee
Green
Communist Party
Truman
William Don Moore Held On Charges of Robbery
William Don Moore of Amarillo is jailed in Potter County in lieu of $2,500 bond on robbery charges. He and co defendant Ivan Grayson are accused in the March 9 beating and robbery of Richard Anderson in Paris Texas. Anderson reported he was struck with a heavy stick and robbed of about $1.25. Grayson faces an indictment and has been freed on $3,500 bond.
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William Don Moore
Amarillo
Potter County
Pounds
Paris
Tex
Moore
Ivan Grayson
Richard Anderson
Anderson
Grayson
Britain Netherlands wartime payment pact signed
Britain and the Netherlands signed an agreement providing for a 34 million dollar British payment to Holland for the use by British or Dutch merchant vessels during the war.
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London
Britain
Netherlands
Holland
Fires damage multiple homes in local housing area
Kitchen fire on Mrs. Warren’s rental home gutted the back portion and left two rooms destroyed. Neighbors saved some furnishings while Warrens plan to live with a cousin. Nearby Lester Hudson residence at 4169 Van Buren suffered heavy damage in two north rooms and den. Fire alarms rang at Central Station 12 09 and 1 06 with only radio damage at 1604 West Nineteenth.
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Carl Banks
North Wilson
Lester Hudson
van Buren
Central Fire Station
Gas Tax Battle Looms as Texas House Debates Revenue
In Austin the Texas House recesses to 2 30 pm as a 36 million dollar gas tax faces debate. Prominent figures including Paul H Griffith urge universal military training while lawmakers push probes into gasoline price hikes and state revenue sources. The open shop issue advances to a conference committee with a five member investigative panel authorized to subpoena.
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House
Paul H. Griffith
American Legion
Senate
Marshall Bell
National Railway Labor Act
Davis Clifton
McKinney
Amarillo students to compete in typing and shorthand contest
Fourteen Amarillo High School students will be chosen from 30 candidates to represent Amarillo in the district interscholastic league typing and shorthand contest in Amarillo on April 2. Five shorthand and five typing winners will advance to the regional meet in Lubbock with state qualification possible.
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Berger
Pampa
Childress
Quanah
Lubbock
Betty Coffee
Merita Brummett
Lynn Whitten
Louise Irwin
Natalie Wright
Horton Russell
Dorothy Broaddus
Carl Johnson
Harold Orr
Corrine Wells
Ruth Peffley
Phyllis Herrington
Levora Manning
Helen Zweig
Betty Baldridge
Melba Morris
Arline Baltzell
Denny Willis
M. C. Bradford
Bettye Smith
Virginia Irwin
Nancy Bocock
Jean Barnard
Doris Nickell
Nancy Bachman
Carolyn Parker
Virginia Shannon
Betty Jean McCully
Peggy Harrington
Chains Are Evidence In Trial for Theft
Four heavy chains and attachments known to truckers as booms were offered in evidence in the case of Gib Kenney in 47th District Court on theft charges. Kenney allegedly took the chains from El Paso contractor Jack C. Vowell around March 30, 1946. a prior June 1946 trial ended without a verdict.
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47Th District Court
Kenney
Jack C. Vowell
el Paso
H. H. Cooper
Archbishop Offered Pardon to Leave Yugoslavia
A Croatian official said Archbishop Alojzije Stepanic could receive pardon if he departs Yugoslavia immediately. The offer was conveyed to the imprisoned prelate by a source close to the government in Belgrade.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Vladimir Bakaric
Alojzije Stepanic
Building Trade Talks Resume Over Major Labor Standstill
The Building Trades Council reported no clear plan after a morning session on a dispute halting all construction by Associated General Contractors and the Texas Panhandle Home Builders Association. An international union official attended talks at a federal housing expeditor office. Estimates place workers affected between 500 and 1800 as some resume small alteration jobs or seek work in nearby cities.
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Building Trades Council
J. E. Nicholson
Oliver Wright
Construction General Labor Union
Federal Housing Expeditor
Associated General Contractors
Texas Panhandle Home Builders Association
Charles Bogle Faces Robbery Trial In 47th District Court
Charles Bogle goes on trial this afternoon in 47th District Court on robbery charges. Prosecutors say he robbed L. O. Darnell on October 12, 1946, entering a hotel room at 312 East Fourth, threatening with a knife and taking $125, a watch, a radio and two suitcases. Defense attorney is W. F. Nix.
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Charles Bogle
47Th District Court
L. O. Darnell
Bogle
East Fourth
W. F. Nix
Foster Tours Balkans Belgrade on European Mission
William Z. Foster national chairman of the Communist Party USA left Belgrade after an unpublicized visit to Yugoslavia’s capital. He arrived from Rome on a European tour and details of his meetings were not disclosed.
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Foster
Balkans
Belgrade
William Z. Foster
Communist Party
United States
Yugoslavia
Rome
Congress in Session Rates Over Time
The record notes that Congress has been in session 94 percent of the time since 1939, compared with 47 percent prior to that year. It highlights shifts in legislative activity across eras and implies changing parliamentary productivity.
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Congress
Townsend Named Secretary at General Capital Corporation
Tarlton B. Townsend formerly of Amarillo has been named secretary of the General Capital Corporation based in Sanger California. He was elected to the board of directors and the Townsend family lived at 900 Carolina in Arkansas? for several years while Townsend worked with H. V. Robertson accounting firm.
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Tarlton B. Townsend
Amarillo
General Capital Corporation
Sanger
Cal
Carolina
Townsend
H. V. Robertson
Townsend secretary backs equipment financing trust
The lending agency chaired by Mr. Townsend serves to finance purchase of machinery and heavy equipment and to facilitate installment buying of General Nailing Corporation products. It has authority to issue $100,000 in capital stock.
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Townsend
General Nailing Corporation
Mexican Dinner Planned at First Christian Church
A Mexican dinner will be served in Fellowship Hall at First Christian Church Eighth and Taylor Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. Women of the Mexican Christian Church will prepare and serve. Reservations are $1 per plate and can be made by calling Mrs Fidel Reyes at 7178.
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Fellowship Hall
The
First Christian Church
Eighth and Taylor
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