Two American airmen freed by Chinese Communists
The Peiping radio said Marine Master Sgt. Elmer C. Bender of Cincinnati and Navy Chief Electrician William C. Smith of Long Beach were released after 18 months in prison and will be deported. They had been captured near Tsingtao in 1948 during a mission to reconnoiter railways and Red base sites.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio
E. C. Bender
W. C. Smith
Elmer C. Bender
Cincinnati
Navy
William C. Smith
Long Beach
Cal
Tsingtao
Hsu Shihyuh
Shantung Military District
Bender
Smith
Shantung Peninsula
Laiyang
Red Base
Kiaochow
Kiaotung
Shantung
Chinese People’s (Communist) Liberation Army
Central Asks New Routes From Amarillo to Dallas and OKC
Keith Kahle president of Central Air Lines announced filing for six new routes before the Civil Aeronautics Board to serve about 32 Southwestern cities. Two routes would connect Amarillo with Oklahoma City via El Reno Weatherford Clinton Elk City Pampa Borger and Amarillo with the Dallas Fort Worth area via Clarendon Childress Vernon Wichita Falls Electra Graham Breckenridge Mineral Wells and Weatherford. Central plans to consolidate all new route applications into a single CAB hearing.
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Keith Kahle
Central Air Lines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Amarillo
Central
Tulsa
Pampa
Woodward
Oklahoma City
el Reno
Weatherford
Clinton
Elk City
Borger
Dallas-Fort
Frank Erdman Dies at Hospital
Frank A. Erdman 67 of 12 miles southwest of Amarillo died at 6 15 this morning in St Anthony s Hospital. A retired farmer and Iowa native, he is survived by two sons John and Lawrence Erdman of Amarillo and two daughters Mrs Walter J Luke Hereford and Mrs Doc Camp Friona. Funeral arrangements are pending at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
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Frank A. Erdman
Amarillo
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Erdman
Iowa
John Erdman
Lawrence Erdman
Walter J. Luke
Hereford
Doc Camp
Friona
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Cameras replace eyes to read telescope declination marks
The U S Naval Observatory announced that cameras photograph the division marks on the declination scale of the meridian circle telescope replacing eye readings. This technological shift is designed to enhance precision in astronomical measurements and data recording.
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U. S. Naval Observatory
Fair Skies Forecast With Cooler Temperatures Ahead
A calm weather outlook shows fair skies and cooler tonight with highs near 85 tomorrow and a 43 degree low. Yesterday topped 93, with a 47 low last night. Five day outlook runs about 5 degrees above normal, then cooler Thursday before heating again Friday and Saturday. Panhandle residents fret tornado chatter as officials urge watching clouds and sheltering if warned. Rain totals across towns show varied amounts, including Childress 0.16, Shamrock 1.53, Beaver 0.26, Woodward 3.13 inches.
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H. ©. Winburn
Amarillo Air Terminal
Panhandle
Winburn
Weather Bureau
Childress
Follett
Miami
Shamrock
Beaver
Okla
Buffalo
Gage
Hobart
Woodward
Dallas man named Amarillo industrial wholesale manager
Earl Z Allmond of Dallas is appointed the new industrial wholesale manager of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce succeeding Jim Roberts who resigned to lead the Plainview Board of City Development. Allmond, a 1925 Michigan graduate, comes highly recommended and has strong industrial Midwest and East contacts. He will report next weekend.
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Earl Z. Allmond
Dallas
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Jim Roberts
Roberts
Plainview Board of City Development
Insurance Company
Chamber of Commerce
R. Earl O'Keefe
Amarillo Chamber
Allmond
Midwest
United States
University of Michigan
Mr. Allmond
W. ©. McCord
Southland Life Insurance Company
John E. Mitchell
John E. Mitchell Company
Pat Henry, Jr
Republic National Bank of Dallas
Robert M. Olmsted
Olmsted-Kirk Company
Paul Penland
Reynolds-Penland Company
Rex B. Baxter
The
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Sete
Folger's Coffee
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Snowdrift
Texas Concrete Works
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Kraft’ S
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Vienna
Sea Side
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Southwests
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Beery
Prescription Shop
Corsicana
Austin
P. F E. Womack
John C. Calhoun
Texas Executive Committee
Globe News
Freestone County
J. E. Blalock
Route 1
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Cleveland
Texas
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Archer City
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