Accent on Youth Promotes Kid Day at Amarillo High
Effie Burhalter describes a lively Kid Day at Amarillo High School where about 450 seniors and younger students gather for a parade and a student-led pageant. Winners include Ray Bingham cutest boy Madge Moreland prettiest girl Ray Barron most typical boy Shirley Salmon most typical girl Claire Smith and John Southwood cutest couple.
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Ray Bingham
Madge Moreland
Amarillo High School
AHS
Ray Barron
Shirley Salmon
Claire Smith
John Southwood
Disarmament Is Real Test Of Peace Plan
Eleanor Roosevelt comments from Geneva on MacArthur testimony linking World War III to Soviet actions. She argues for international disarmament and inspections, UN armed forces, and constitutional abolition of war, noting geopolitical divides and Marshall Plan gains in Western Europe.
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Efleanor Roosevelt
Geneva
Paris
New York Herald Tribune
Washington
MacArthur
Korea
Soviet Union
United States
Free World
Russia
Anc
United Nations
William Autrey Taken by Death
William Edward Autrey, 47, died this morning at 2 at his home 804 Hill Street. He worked in the soft drink business and had lived in Amarillo for about three years. Born February 3, 1904, he is survived by his mother Mrs. Fannie Autrey and his sister Miss Addie Autrey of Amarilla. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
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William Edward Autrey
Hill Street
Autrey
Amarillo
Fannie Autrey
Addie Autrey
Amarilla
Blackburn- Shaw Funeral Home
Property and plants ad in Amarillo area
Classified notice offers 40 acre tracts or parcels of 0 acres for sale near the city limits on an all weather road in irrigation area. For details call 6624. Also advertise flowers including petunia snapdragons asters salvia verbenia and lobelia 50 cents a dozen at 4003 N. Mirror.
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Amarillo
N. Mirror
Major Stadta assigned to Amarillo Base Catholic program
Major Raymond M. Stadta, after two years as Catholic chaplain at Goodfellow Air Force Base San Angelo, reports to Amarillo Air Base to lead the Catholic program. A native of New York City, he was ordained in 1935, served as a missionary in Puerto Rico, and joined the 65th Infantry Regiment as chaplain in 1941. He saw combat in multiple theaters earning the bronze star and the European theater ribbon with four campaign stars.
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Goodfellow Air Force Base
San Angelo
Amarillo Air Base
Major Stadta
New York City
Mt. Alphonus Seminary
Esopus
Catholic University of America
Washington
65Th
Stadia
Italy
Corsica
France
Germany
North Africa
Korea
Stadta
New Orleans
Hospitals Host Open House Across Amarillo Area
Amarillo hospitals Northwest Texas and St Anthony s host open house 1 to 4 pm Saturday for National Hospital Day and Florence Nightingale s birthday. May graduates of Panhandle high schools are invited to tour. Nurses training prospects discussed with Miss Ann Tapkin and Mrs Frances Walters. Three year RN programs start in September at both hospitals. A two year college linked hospital course is also offered.
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Amarillo
Northwest Texas
St. Anthony's
Florence Nightingale
Panhandle
Ann Tapkin
Frances Walters
Northwest Texas Hospital
Smith Commands Motor Squadron at Amarillo Air Base
Captain Michael L. Smith, in charge of the Motor Transportation Squadron at Amarillo Air Force Base under Col. Ray H. Clark, began service in 1941 as an enlisted man, earned his pilot commission in 1943, served as a fighter pilot in England with the 9th Air Force in 1944, and later flew with the 20th Air Force on Guam. He is married and resides at 2201 Sanborn Avenue in Amarillo.
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Amarillo Air Force Base
Ray H. Clark
Michael L. Smith
Jacksonville
Fla
Smith
England
9Th Air Force
20Th Air Force
Guam
Sanborn Avenue
Amarillo
Sewer Line Installation on Wolflin Avenue
City sewer department crews replace a smaller line with a 10 inch main on Wolflin Avenue from Milam Austin alley to Georgia Street. The new line will be paved over when Wolflin Avenue repaving finishes, per H R Smith director of public works.
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City Sewer Department
Wolflin Avenue
Milam- Austin Alley
Georgia Street
H. R. Smith
Public Works
Hawaii trip contest amid Indochina politics twist
Indochina politics foreground Bao Dai Ho Chi Minh rivalry with U S aid noted. A Globe-News contest offers a free Hawaii vacation worth about 1000 dollars to the nearest guess of shells in fish bowls touring its circulation area. May 21 deadline extended, open to anyone 16 plus, with Globe News carrier boys earning subs and a reporter accompanying the group.
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Bao
Vietnam
Dalat
Indochina
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Red China
Kremlin
Vietminh
Ha Waii
Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Pearl Harbor
Globe News
Carrier Boys
Globe News Carrier
Amarillo
Purse Thief Pleads Guilty in Potter County Court
Henry Meyerson 19 pleaded guilty to theft in Amarillo case after a purse stolen from Pattie Leach was recovered in the Amarillo Building. A draft registration card found inside the purse led officers to Meyerson, who received 30 days in jail. He argued the charge should be theft under $5 since the purse held 80 cents.
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Potter County
Henry Meyerson
North Hughes
Gene Jordan
Meyerson
Pattie Leach
West Haven Drive
Amarillo
Aged canary claims Methuselah title in Birmingham
Bootsie the canary, owned by Mr. and Mrs. William F. Schaefer in Birmingham Alabama, is 19 years old and still chirps. The aging bird surpasses the typical canary lifespan of eight to ten years, making him a remarkable example of longevity.
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Birmingham
Bootsie
Canaries
William F. Schaefer
Youth Held in Extortion Plot at Belmont Track
A 15 year old boy, aiming to extort 10000 dollars from wealthy sportsman Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt at Belmont race track, was arrested by the FBI. The youth, wearing a blue sweater and jeans with a toy cap pistol, admitted writing the letter dated May 3 and was held in his parents’ custody pending court action.
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New York
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Belmont Race Track
FBI
Edward E. Scheidt
Vanderbilt
Scheidt
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