Builder of Panhandle Cattle Empire Dies
Terry Thompson, a leading Panhandle cattleman born December 27, 1879 in Ellis County, died at 6 a.m. at his Amarillo home aged 68. He helped build a major Moore County cattle empire after moving to Amarillo as a boy, later expanding to a large ranching operation with up to 100000 mother cows and enduring the 1918 blizzards before rebuilding. He married Georgia Sneed in 1908 and lived at 1200 Tyler for over two decades.
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Railroads Remain Running Under Army Oversight as Strike Threat Eases
Railroads kept rolling under Army supervision while President Truman pressed unions to accept a settlement. Army control is largely symbolic with private carriers operating. a federal court no strike order ended the dawn walkout. About 150,000 rail workers remained at their posts as experts warned it would take days to clear food backlogs and embargoes.
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Rail Lines Resume Normal Service After Short-Notice Strike Cancelled
Regular operations resumed on Amarillo area lines as strike threats ended. Santa Fe Fort Worth and Denver and Rock Island lines report normal schedules this morning after embargo on perishables and livestock was lifted. Colonel J D Farrington of Chicago will serve as administrator for lines in the Southwest following recent officer appointments.
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Lions Elect Rutherford District Governor at Des Moines Meet
The Panhandle rainfall report shows Hereford Adrian and Vega as the heaviest contributors with 80, 45 and 41 inches respectively. The Lions International convention in Des Moines announced Bill Rutherford of Dumas as district governor and honored N. W. Durham with the Key of Nations award for 100 new members. Temperatures cooled with rain totals easing drought, water flooding near Hillsboro and Itasca, and rainfall boosting Lake Travis prospects.
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Chest To Name New Directors
Amarillo Community Chest directors meet at 7 30 pm in the organization offices at 607 Taylor. The meeting aims to elect new directors from the heads of 13 chest agencies. Funds will be exhausted by June 30 and about 23000 in pledges may still be outstanding.
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Jester Seeks Southern Western Bloc Against Truman
Gov Beauford H Jester proposes forming a southern western Democratic bloc within the party to push for greater regional influence. He plans talks with Robert W Calvert and awaits replies from Southern Governors Conference leaders before seeking executive committee action.
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Truman Renews Firm Stance as Molotov Talks Loom
President Truman and the State Department reject Russia's peace overture claim and reaffirm U S resolve to aid Western Europe. He said Smith's May 4 note shows no new policy change and urged Russia to revise its stance before any talks.
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Mud in His Eye Packs a Wallop
Edward Farrell 62 at San Pedro emergency hospital after a water pressure blast from a dredging pipeline sent mud to his chest. He voted today that sidewalk supervision should be kept at a safe distance while inspectors kibitzed workers cleaning a harbor pipe.
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Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas regions
Partly cloudy and cool today with tonight’s continuation. Wednesday brings fair skies and rising temperatures in Amarillo and vicinity. In the Panhandle and South Plains expect mostly cloudy conditions with some showers in northern mountains and the east, and warmer readings midweek.
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street opens at Municipal Auditorium
The Amarillo Little Theater Players present The Barretts of Wimpole Street at 8 15 tonight with three night tour starting at Municipal Auditorium. Tickets go on sale at the box office with adults $1 30 and students 60 cents including tax.
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Pardonee Jailed After Dallas Slaying Amid Pardons Row
Marshall F. Morris jailed in Palestine after his friend A. W. Smalley was shot to death in a Dallas County tavern. Morris, once pardoned for slapping nurse Miss Jimmie Gantt, says the pistol discharge was accidental while Smalley reportedly borrowed the gun for protection. The pardon controversy followed his conviction and state high court ruling upholding it.
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Grand Jury Ponders Ochiltree Slayings
Ochiltree County grand jurors consider two counts charging Derby A Cronister with murder. Sheriff Bill Lance says deliberations may not finish today. Cronister, 40, of Ochiltree County, has been free on bond since last Thursday. He is accused in the killings of C. W. Barker, 83, and his son W. H Barker, 26, on a country road about 26 miles southeast of Perryton last Thursday around 11 30 a.m.
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