Teamwork in Building Pay Offs for Air Base Contractor
Del E Webb, head of a major construction company and part owner of the New York Yankees, led swift erection of 119 dormitories at Amarillo Air Base. The firm’s WWII projects, Fort Huachuca and a Japanese evacuee relocation camp, set speed and savings records.
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del E. Webb
Phoenix
New York Yankees
Yogi Berra
Yanks
Amarillo Air Force Base
Tury
10Agayne
Pacific
Atlantic
Webb
Amarillo Air Base
Fort Huachuca
Arizona
del Webb
Amarillo
Kraft Foods Processing
Fillmore
Plains Gets a Taste of Rain
Plains wheat farmers awaited rain as weatherman warned limited showers before winds shift moisture away. scattered showers noted across the Panhandle and South Plains with variable amounts, from .02 to 2 inches in spots, while Rio Grande regions reported needed relief amid drought.
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Harry Hoare
Globe Regional
Plains Wheat Farmers and Ranchers
Panhandle
South Plains
Perryton
Childress
Dalhart
Hereford
Plainview
Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Amarillo Air Terminal
H. C. Winburn
Winburn
Rio Grande
Associated Press
Kingsville
King Ranch
Cottulla
San Antonio
del Rio
Victoria
Palacios
Alice
Abilene
Austin
Big Spring
Brownsville
el Paso
Houston
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Laredo
Lubbock
Presidio
San Angelo
Bryan
Salt Flat
Wink
Junction
Marfa
FBI Chief Backs Probe Into Crime and New Laws
Senate crime hearings featured FBI chief Hoover and Attorney General McGrath urging a yearly grand jury review of justice administration and tighter perjury laws with witness immunity. McGrath warned against overreach, urged banning gambling via communications facilities while preserving press freedom. Indictments for perjury were returned in New York as Moran and Weber faced charges from committee testimony. The panel plans further legislative recommendations and hearings including Guzik’s contempt question.
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Hoover
Administration of Justice
McGrath
Senate Committee
Congress
New York
James L. Moran
New York City Water
Louis Weber
Brooklyn Numbers
Frankie Costello
Italy
Justice Department
Costello
Federal Crime Commission
Wayne Coy
Federal Communications Commission
Kefauver
Crime Committee
Mrs. J. L. McReynolds Wins News Tip Prize
Mrs. J. L. McReynolds of 1101 Jackson called in a News Tip about a boy nearly injured when a car door opened during a ride with his mother. She wins the $5 first prize for News Tips this week, with $3 second prize to Mrs. A. L. Huff and $2 third prize to Bill McCrary for related reports.
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J. L. McReynolds
Jackson
A. L. Huff
West Ninth
Bill McCrary
Route 4
Box 316
Wayne Hamilton
J. C. McCurley
Bellaire
L. R. Burklee
West Third
R. A. Mitchell
Carolina
Mary Gae Parr
Harrison
T. C. Todd
Polk
S. L. Edwards
Hayden
Ticking Man Faces Indirect Draft Still Eligible
Oklahoma City March 26 UP Draft officials declare Jack Husband physically qualified despite a mysterious 11 year ticking in his head. More than 200 doctors failed to locate the source while Selective Service found him fit for service. Husband recalls discovering the sound at age nine after wrestling with a partner. His parents Dr and Mrs Roy H Husband of Donna Texas arranged extensive examinations across several cities.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
U.P
Jack Husband
Selective Service
Roy H
Donna
Tex
Teen marijuana use linked to beds for veterans
Washington March 26 Several hundred veterans lose hospital beds as teen marijuana smoking rises. Dr G Halsey Hunt testifies before an appropriations subcommittee citing admissions rising from 26 under 21 in 1944 to 700 in late 1950 at Public Health Service hospitals in Fort Worth and Lexington. Fort Worth plans to add 300 beds to meet demand.
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Washington
Public Health Service
House
G. Halsey Hunt
Fort Worth
Lexington
Hunt
Hospitals pull beds for veteran neuro-psychiatric patients
Hunt reports Lexington hospital crowded with about 500 neuro-psychiatric servicemen awaiting care. Dr. Masur notes no space to separate young first-time patients from repeaters, while Dr. Vogel cites a 200-person waiting list and a flow of applicants from Chicago and New York. He warns heroin availability near schools drives teen use and a switch from marijuana.
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Hunt
Jack Masur
The
Health Service
Medical Service Bureau
Lexington Hospital
Victor H. Vogel
Masur
Chicago
New York
Vogel
Carpenters Common Laborers Needed Hiring Opens Tomorrow
Amarillo Air Force Base site work begins as Del Webb Construction hires carpenters and laborers for 8.2 million job building 119 two story barracks. About 1,000 workers expected with field office opening tomorrow near Highway 60 second gate. many details about staffing and timelines given by Jack McPhee and company managers.
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Lewis Nordyke
Amarillo Air Force Base
Jack McPhee
del Webb Construction Company
McPhee
Mr. McPhee
Bob Johnson
Los Angeles
Jim Miller
Phoenix
Ed Davies
Jerry McLain
Highway 60
Amarillo
del Webb Company
Judge frees Davis in Gosselin burglary case
Noah E. Davis, charged in the burglary of the Gosselin Store on North Fillmore, was released by Judge Henry S. Bishop in a habeas corpus hearing. Davis, held since March 11, faced a $2,000 bond. he said he could raise $500 to $1,000 and would return to work for a building contractor if freed. Deputy Woody Riner arrested Davis upon leaving the courtroom for alleged burglary of Star Lumber Co.
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Noah E. Davis
Gosselin
North Fillmore
Henry S. Bishop
47Th District Court
Bishop
Davis
Woody Riner
Star Lumber Company
Justice of the Peace
C. W. Carder
Atty
Hermon Pipkin
Justice of the Peace Court
Pipkin
Justice Court
J. E. Anderson
Amarillo
Jaycees Elect B. F. Shepherd President in Amarillo
B. F. Shepherd, owner of a local Amarillo printing company, was elected president of the Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce at a luncheon meeting. Other officers named include Henry Daniel as executive vice president, T. G. Hull Jr as second vice president, Leonard Nussbaum as third vice president, E. R. Finney as state director, Fred Brien Jr as treasurer, and Chandler Rush as secretary.
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B. F. Shepherd
Amarillo Printing Company
Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Henry Daniel
T. G. Hull, Jr
Leonard Nussbaum
E. R. Finney
Fred Brien, Jr
Chandler Rush
Historic Hotel Burns at Jacksboro After Fire
The Jacksboro Hotel a 56 year old landmark burned yesterday seven guests and owners Mr and Mrs James Brandenburg escaped unharmed Firemen traced the blaze to a lobby corner quickly engulfing the 22 room two story frame structure Brandenburg could not estimate the loss The hotel built in 1895 stood west of the town square
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Jacksboro
U.P
Jacksboro Hotel
James Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Brief
Weather Bureau report for Amarillo and West Texas notes considerable cloudiness with light rain this afternoon and tonight. Expect mostly cloudy skies, occasional rain, and minor temperature changes through Tuesday with highs near 68 to 70 and lows around 44.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
New Mexico
Link-Up Puts Reds on Run
American tanks and infantry drove the last large body of Communist troops from South Korea as of Monday though signs pointed to a possible stand along the 38th parallel. Two Allied columns north of Seoul linked up near Uijongbu as the Eighth Army eyed a cross and fighting tapered along the front.
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Tokyo
South Korea
38Th Parallel
Seoul
Arthur
Eighth
Uijongbu
26Th Army
First Corps
United Nations
Eighth Army
Chunchon
Hangye
Fifth Air Force
Douglas
Holiday Death Toll Reaches 224 Across Nation
Over Easter weekend 224 people died due to traffic and other accidents. Between Friday 6 PM and Sunday midnight traffic fatalities totaled 159 and other causes 65. Among the casualties were four siblings from Toledo, Barbara Root seven and her brothers Donald nine Edward six and Michael three who perished in a cottage fire. States reported varied totals with Ohio twelve and New York nineteen as part of the nationwide tally.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Ohio
Barbara Root
Donald
Edward
Michael
Deadline at 5 In School Race Amarillo Board
Last day for filing to run for Amarillo school board ends at 5 p m today. Two seats open in April 7 election. Incumbent R A Wilson seeks another term. E M Blackburn Jr does not seek re election. Other candidates: W N Durham Jr Alward White Tol Collins. Remodeling Loans ose ene Lumber Compa 12
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Amarillo
Johnson
R. A. Wilson
Tom Wingate
E. M. Blackburn, Jr
W. N. Durham, Jr
Alward White
Tol Collins
Tax Gutback in Defense Production Draws Fire
Senate investigative move targets tax concessions worth billions for defense production. Sen. Burnett Maybank seeks $100,000 to probe who gains most from tax amortization certificates guiding new steel, railroad and aircraft facilities. Officials report heavy lobbying and complex rules as dates and beneficiaries blur.
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Washington
U.P
Sen
Burnett R. Maybank
South Carolina
Joint
Congressional Mobilization “Watchdog
Congress
Defense Production Administration
National Production Authority
Defense, Interior and Agriculture Departments
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