Methodists in Meeting Here in Amarillo District Conference
Buchanan Street Methodist Church hosted the Amarillo district annual conference with pastors elders and delegates in attendance. Dr Earl G Hamlett opened sessions and Chaplain Lester Hill spoke after returning from European duty. Reports praised the Methodist Crusade and Wildorado Adrian led with 275 percent of quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan Street Methodist
Amarillo
Earl G. Hamlett
Lester Hill
Friona
Hill
Luther Kirk
Slaton
Golden Cross
John Eldridge
Spearman
Lloyd Jones
Buchanan Street
Wildorado-Adrian
Talks Push UN Conference Toward June 1 Adjournment
The United Nations Conference aims for June 1 adjournment after a three point compromise over regional security links linking the inter American system to a proposed world body. Latin American ministers back the plan seeing strengthened hemispheric security with U S backing for another inter American conference to draft a permanent treaty.
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San Francisco
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Ezequiel Padilla
United States
Six POW Escapees Sought After Amarillo Breakout
Six Italian prisoners of war escaped from Amarillo field between 4 30 and 5 00 this morning and were not recaptured by early afternoon. FBI and local authorities search for the missing men described as Eric Comurri Luigi Tripine Attilio Definia Donaldo Brauneis Luigi Manchipia Michelne Definia. Most can speak some English.
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Amarillo Fiela
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Amarillo
Eric Comurri
Luigi Tripine
Attilio Definia
Donaldo Brauneis
Luigi Manchipia
Michelne Definia
Allied forces use Doenitz to aid German disarmament
Supreme Headquarters announced on May 16 that Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz and other selected German officers are being used temporarily to assist in feeding disarmament and medical care for German forces and are not recognized as a constitutional German government.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Karl Doenitz
Grand Jury Returns Two Indictments
Potter County Grand Jury returned two indictments at noon today. Neither named individual has been arrested. Jurors convened yesterday morning for the first session since charges were filed last Tuesday, with several cases presented by the district attorney’s office.
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Potter County
Grand Jury
Stocks and Livestock Markets Report Narrow Gains and Mixed Prices
Wall Street indexes show the Dow Jones Industrial Average up at 164.56 early, while rail and utility leaders rise modestly. Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets report steady to higher prices for cattle, calves, and hogs with selective demand. sheep receipts remain light and bids weaker.
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Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Pteer
Kansas City
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Iowa
Courthouse Deeds Record Transfers Through Local Property Deals
Henry J Funk and spouse transfer 50 by 150 foot parcel at bik 231 Plemons to William L Bagwell. Truman Henderson and spouse convey lot 9 in bik 8 Glenwood Addition to Richard Frazier. M N Twaddell and spouse deed property to E D Rute.
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Henry J. Funk
William L. Bagwell
Plemons
Truman Henderson
Richard Frazier
Glenwood Addn
M. N Twaddell
E. D. Rute
Property transfers and court notices in district filings
A list of property transfers includes several lots and blocks in multiple neighborhoods. District Court actions show divorces filed for Henry A. Garrett versus Muriel E. Garrett, Alta Mae Hassier versus T. A. Hassier, and Walter Raleigh Teague versus Mattie Erma Teague. Marriage licenses issued to Robert E. Gatten Jr. and Dorothy Jean Costley among others.
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Miller Hts
Henry A. Garrett
Muriel E. Garrett
Alta Mae Hassier
T. A. Hassier
Walter Raleigh Teague
Mattie Erma Teague
Robert E. Gatten, Jr
Dorothy Jean Costley
Blasca
Vitarelle
Nell K. Tyler
Charley Edwin Weatherly
Stella Mae Pack
Harold L
Hit-Run Driver Remains Free in Military Fatality Case
Body of Albert Lee Willis U S Navy machinist's mate third class will be sent to Fayette Alabama for burial. Pvt. Hubert Weldon Elkins U S Marine Corps to Santa Fe New Mexico for burial. Driver of the car is not identified. officers pursued tips about a 1941 black Mercury now contradicted by a 1938 green Pontiac report.
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Albert Lee Willis
U. S. Navy
Panhandle
Fayette
Ala
Blackburn-Shawn Funeral Home
Pvt
Hubert Weldon Elkins
U. S. Marine Corps
Santa Fe
N. M
Elkins
Pikeville
World War I Hero to Prosecute the Nazis
Maj. Gen. William J. Donovan, head of the OSS, will aid in prosecuting Europe’s war criminals. Justice Robert H. Jackson named Donovan and two assistants Sidney S. Alderman and Francis M. Shea as experienced trial lawyers to lead the war crimes case. Donovan, a Medal of Honor recipient and famed “Fighting 69th” veteran, was long known as the “Mystery Man” of World War II.
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Washington
William J. Donovan
Office of Strategic Services
Europe
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Truman
Donovan
Sidney S. Alderman
The
Southern Railway
Francis M. Shea
Jackson
War Department
69Th
Long
War Production Board lifts civilian golf club ban
Washington May 16 The War Production Board lifted its ban on civilian golf club manufacture but warned no immediate supply. Through July 1 materials for civilian production must come from idle or excess inventories. After July 1 manufacturers may obtain materials if delivery does not interfere with war production.
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Washington
War Production Board
Drowning Victim's Body Sent to Ohio for Burial
The body of Lt. Thomas Coleman Amarillo Army Air Field officer who drowned at Buffalo Lake Sunday afternoon was sent to Cleveland Ohio for burial. A military escort accompanied the body.
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Thomas Coleman
Amarillo Army Air
Buffalo Lake
Cleveland
Ohio
Weather cools fire alarms fall quiet in Amarillo
Weather and fire alarms have been at opposite ends in Amarillo the past two days. With the cold snap in sharp contrast to the season, not a single fire has been reported for the past two days. Early this season, when the weather was warm, there were as more a hall. Gozen calls a day, when a flurry of grass fires broke out.
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Amarillo
Gozen
Nazi Looters and Torturers Move Unchecked in Rhine Occupation
American forces face civil authorities and legal limits as Nazi looters and torturers roam freely in occupied Germany. A Rhineland safety officer says counter intelligence can only arrest higher Nazi officials, while lower ranks and pre occupation crimes remain largely unprosecuted. The public remains convinced Allied leaders are soft, and many crimes go unpunished.
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Rhine
Allied Justice
Germany
Rhineland
Counter-intelligence Corps
National Socialist Party
Sturmbannfuehrer
Reicharbeitsdienst
Landrat
Hitler
House Debates Assistance On Old Age Welfare Funding
The Texas House debated old age assistance and public welfare spending with motions to concur or not concur with a Senate joint resolution to amend the constitution. The proposal would raise the state maximum for old age assistance to 20 dollars a month and cap annual old age, aid to the blind, and dependent children spending at 35 million dollars. Concurrence would put the measure to a August 25 referendum. A joint session to hear Marine Cpl Hop Halsey of Lubbock was postponed.
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Austin
House
Senate
Marine Cpl
Hop Halsey
Lubbock
Rationing Board Office Will Close Saturday
The Potter County Ration Board offices on the third floor of the courthouse will be closed all day Saturday for regular inventory. Regular closings fall on the 20th, but this month the date is a Sunday. Call Friday or before, or wait until Monday. offices will not open Saturday.
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Potter County Ration Board
Switzerland Punished Non-Voters in 1835
Historical records show that as early as 1835 Switzerland imposed penalties on those who did not participate in elections. The measure reflects early efforts to enforce voter turnout and civic participation in the region.
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Switzerland
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World Organization
Doenitz
Fibber McGee and Molly
Lichty
Abner
NEW York Stock Exchange
Financial Industrial Fund
Pierce Fenenr & Beane
Armour & Co
Aviation Corp
Bendix Aviation
Ween
Bethlehem Steel
Borden
Goodyear
Int Harvester
Kennecott
Glenn L. Martin
Gulf Oils Ee Ee
Mid Cent Pet
Montgomery Ward Thee
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Nor Am
Ohio Oil
Inc
Studebaker
Spiegel
Texas Corp
Tidewater Tex Guilt
Courthouse Records
WPEB
Daniel DE Luce
House Debates
John Law
Polk
St. Joseph
Zale
Blackh
Ors
Pierce
Yael
Ware
Kem
KCAQ
Sherwin-Williams
Sherwin-Williams Screen Enamel
Sherwin- Williams
SuHer Win-Williams
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Taylor
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