Draft law would exempt National Guard from draft
Lt. Col. Hobart Murphy announced a proposed draft bill exempting National Guard members from Selective Service registration and service and from Universal Military Training. Guard service would count toward federal longevity pay and retirement eligibility, with enlistment urged for 17 to 35 year olds amid a Texas recruiting drive in Amarillo. Public Army Day inspections begin April 6 with open houses to follow.
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National Guard
Hobart Murphy
Harry Colonel Murphy
Texas National Guard
Congress
Murphy
Guard
Army
Navy
Air
Coast Guard
Marine
Amarillo
142Nd Infantry Regiment
36Th Division
City May Buy New Street Sweeper This Week
City commissioners may order a new street sweeper within weeks as two city employees return from inspections in Seymour and Dallas. City Manager N V Moss noted bids from four companies remain valid if inspectors recommend this week. Maine is noted as the leading potato state.
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N. V. Moss
H.R. Smith
Public Works
Orville Deavers
Seymour
Dallas
Moss
Commission
Wiley To Aid Music Clinic With Golden Sandie Band
Dr. D O Wiley director of the Mata dor Band of Texas Tech will guest conduct a spring music clinic hosted by the Golden Sandie Band in the second week of April. The April 9 concert closes the clinic with the Sandie Band Parents Club hosting its fifth annual banquet and dance April 8 at the Country Club. Gary Garner and Pat Wills lead the student arrangement committee.
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Texas Tech
D. O. Wiley
Golden Sandie Band
Dr. Wiley
Sandie Band
Parents’ Club
Gary Garner
Pat Wills
VEW To Induct New Officers At 7:30 Thursday
Cleo G. Clayton Jr. Amarillo lawyer will be installed as commander of Golding Meadows Post 1475 VFW at 7 30 Thursday night in the new VFW home 1401 West Eighth Jack Isaacs retiring commander said today New auxiliary officers will take their oaths Wallace Heath senior vice commander Johnny Wilson junior vice commander Chris Butler chaplain Jason Bennett quartermaster Warner T Kelley 3 year trustee Roy Lowder judge advocate H B Todd installing officer A dance with Charley Grimes and his orchestra will follow both events open to the public
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Cleo G. Clayton, Jr
Amarillo
Golding-Meadows
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
West Eighth
Jack Isaacs
Auxiliary
Wallace Heath
Johnny Wilson
Unior
Chris Buter
Boy Scout Troop 24 Annual Outing at Palo Duro Camp
Members of Boy Scout Troop 24 from First Christian Church held their annual outing at Palo Duro camp. Scoutmaster Leslie F. Smith led with aid from Leslie Balmain Tuck Cornelius and Neil Singleton. The program covered Scout advancement hikes to historical sites and an Indian council fire on Friday night. The group returned Saturday with attending scouts listed.
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Boy Scout
First Christian Church
Palo Duro Camp
Leslie F. Smith
Leslie Balmain
Tuck Cornelius
Neil Singleton
Indian Council
Billy Neal Cross
Bennie Mosley
Cornelius Mack
Clyll Smith
Gene Macrander
Jim Macrander
Don Ely
Carl ‘Hudspeth
Elmer Lusby
Charles Tomme
David Tomme
Bill Berry
Bruce Weaver
Billie Johnston
Robert Pricer
Marvin Clark
Leroy Clark
Tommy Forgerson
Garry Robertson
Jimmie Stover
John Stover
Jerry Gaither
Jerry Masterson
Don Singleton
Ted Singleton
Bill McCrary
Grady Nutt
Ted Stewart
Jimmie Painter
Alan Roberson
Funeral for Vandever Child at Dumas Chapel
Funeral services for Orie Travis Vandever 2 of Du mas were held at 2 pm in Boxwell Brothers Chapel Dumas. He died Saturday night at Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital. Survived by parents Clarence and, Rosa Lou 7, Johnnie Francis 6, Charles 5 months. Interment at Dumas cemetery. Also note Yangtao Valley China expects 1 500 000 to 1 750 000 goat skins for export this year.
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Orie Travis Vandever
Clarence Vandever
Dumas
Boxwell Brothers
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
Rosa Lou
Johnnie Francis
Charles
Dumas Cemetery
Yangtao
China
Meeting Called By Tri-State Fair Heads Next Afternoon
Jay Taylor president of the Tri State Fair Association calls a meeting of all fair department heads for tomorrow at 2 PM in the chamber of commerce offices to submit recommendations on exhibits and shows for the fall fair. Rex B Baxter reports 80 percent of advertising copy and 90 percent of premium copy completed. 5000 catalogs are being printed with a June 1 publication date and a three color cover for the 1948 catalog. Live stock industry and civic development will be portrayed symbolically.
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Jay Taylor
Tri- State Fair Association
Chamber of Commerce
Rex. B. Baxter
Tri-State Fair Association
New Clues In Hit-and-Run Case Reported
Officers describe a red Chevrolet loaded with lumber as the vehicle that struck Dan Martin, 15, at 4226 West Thirteenth and fled. He suffered only minor injuries. Police seek a Negro woman believed to have driven a car that hit an Amarillo youth two weeks earlier.
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Dan Martin
West Thirteenth
West Sixth
Amarillo
Admiral Ernest Gunther Dies After Long Illness
Menlo Park California March 29 Rear Admiral Ernest L Gunther aged 60 veteran Navy airman and wartime air commander of the Pacific Fleet died at his home after a year long illness He led the Navy air offensive in the Solomons campaign and served in World Wars I and II rising from command of the destroyer Jarvis to commander of all naval air operations for the Pacific Fleet against Japan
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Menlo Park
Cal
Ernest L. Gunther
Navy
Solomons
Jarvis
Police To Enforce Dog Law In City crackdown
City police plan strict enforcement of leash or penned dog rules after numerous dog related complaints. Judge J A Kirkman cites incidents of damage and disturbances prompting the campaign to remove dogs not leashed or penned. The ordinance bars running at large even if licensed.
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J. A. Kirkman
Divinity Student Charged With Murder Is Under Guard
Santa Rosa California March 29 AP report says Laszlo Varga former divinity student charged with the rape murder of a minister's wife remains under guard in jail as prosecutors prepare a case awaiting further action.
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Divinity
Santa Rosa
Cal
Laszlo Varga
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