Death Claims J. D. Wrather
Funeral services for John Devere Wrather longtime Overton Refining Company president and East Texas oil pioneer will be held at 10 Saturday in Dallas. He died today after a long illness from a head injury in 1935. Survived by widow Mazie, two sons, five grandchildren, three sisters, and several brothers. Burial in Dallas cemetery.
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John Devereaux Wrather
Overton Refining Company
Kilgore and Tyler
J. R
Frank Wrather
Amarillo
Dallas
Wrather
Overton
East Texas
Panhandle
Kingsmill
Pampa
Oklahoma City
Borger
J. R. Wrather
Europe
Honolulu
Texas
Kentucky
Tyler
Mazie Wrather
J. D. Wrather, Jr
Pacific
J. E. Wrather
Longview
Molly O’daniel Wrather
A. A. Williams
W. H. Carwile
Los Angeles
Cal
Fred Ingham
T. B
Kilgore
Bitter Battle In New Guinea
Japanese forces fight to stem the drive of Sixth Australian Division Infantry and Commandoes south of Wewak Peninsula. An Australian force threatens to cut the Japanese retreat into the Prince Alexander Mountains. Wirui Mission south of Wewak captured with large stores. Capes Boram Moem shelled. In Bougainville, tank supported infantry encircle Japanese positions west of the Hongorai River. Guerrillas inflict heavy casualties.
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Melbourne
Australia
Wewak Peninsula
North New Guinea
Australian Army Department
Prince Alexander Mountains
Wirui
Wewak
Capes Boram
Moem
Bougainville
Hongorai River
Buin Road
Tito Considers Postwar Troop Positions Near Trieste
Tito proposed to the United States that Yugoslav troops remain in occupation of Austrian Carinthia but come under Field Marshal Alexander. Belgrade said Yugoslavs moved into parts of Venezia Giulia after no reply from Washington or London, citing Allied agreement with Russia on the issue.
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Belgrade
Tito
Josip Broz
U. S
Carinthia
Harold Alexander
Richard C. Patterson
United States
Trieste
Venezia Giulia
Yugoslav Foreign Office
Yugoslavia
Austria
Russia
Tri-Hi-Y Club Outdoor Party At Amarillo High
Tri-Hi-Y Club of Amarillo High School held an outdoor yard party hosted by Mrs. Cy Clemmons at 3801 Polk. Viola Ramzel led arrangements while club members cooked over a camp fire and presented a gift to the hostess. Attendees included Carol Ann Clemmons and Velma Shows among others.
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Amarillo High School
Cy Clemmons
Polk
Viola Ramzel
Clemmons
Willene Christopher
Reena Deitiker
Louanna Beattie
Carolyn Clouse
Dorotha Bradford
Muriel Bangs
Khiva Temple Bi Monthly Dance Tonight At Eight Thirty
Khiva Temple plans a reg nar bi monthly dance at 8 30 tonight in the temple building. Art Miller entertainment chairman confirms event details.
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Art Miller
Entertainment
Grey County Judge Sherman White Visits Omerilla
County Judge Sherman White of Grey County was a business visitor in Omerilla yesterday afternoon, meeting local officials and observing commercial activity in the area.
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Sherman White
Grey County
Omerilla
Return to normal life in Germany amid refugees and labor shifts
HAL BOY WITH AMERICAN TROOPS DESCRIBES German refugees and returning prisoners moving toward home as war ends. German men women and children seek shelter amid food shortages and economic upheaval while Polish and Russian workers linger on farms, creating tension for landowners and prompting appeals to Allied authorities.
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Germany
Paris
Nagoya Devastation in Second Staunch Allied Raid
In the Nagoya industrial district Japan’s third largest city endured a second massive Allied air attack. Sixteen square miles burned as 575,000 fire bombs dropped by a 500–plane fleet hit factories, warehouses, and workers’ housing along a four mile gulf estuary. The Mitsubishi aircraft plant and five other key war works were targeted including Atsuta and Nippon plants, with destruction rivaling prior raids.
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Guam
U.P
Nagoya
Japan
Comei
FCC
Tokyo
Fujisawa
Mitsubishi Aircraft
Atsuta
Nagoya Arsenal
Nippon Insulator Company
Nippon Vehicle Manufacturing Company
Mizuko
Aichi Aircraft Company
Death of Mrs. Emma Felts Mother of Bonita Verner
Mrs Emma Felts 82 died at 5 am in Paris Tennessee after eight years of ill health. She lived with daughter Mrs Daisy Chadwick in Paris and formerly resided in Clarksville where her husband died. She leaves son E D Felts and granddaughter Beatrice Van Meter of River Road.
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Emma Felts
Bonita Verner
River Road
Paris
Tenn
Clarksville
Verner
E. D. Felts
Beatrice van Meter
Weather warms with pleasant upper sixty nineties expected
Amarillo rose from sub forty temperatures to 69 degrees by noon and should rise a bit more this afternoon. Tomorrow's forecast calls for a similar mild, warm day per the Weather Bureau.
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Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Patrolman Jack Miller Injured at Home Fall
State patrolman Jack Miller is confined to home with a broken bone in his foot and a badly sprained ankle from a slip on a porch step Sunday night at his residence.
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Jack Miller
Romanian generals go on trial for war crimes in Bucharest
Tass report from Bucharest says three Romanian generals Magic Trestiorianu and Kalotescu faced a peoples court for alleged executions burnings and hangings of Russian citizens in Odessa during the German Romanian occupation. I Zabrya presided as crowds gathered.
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Moscow
Tass
Bucharest
Odessa
Magic
Trestiorianu
Kalotescu
I. Zabrya
Resistance ceases in Yugoslavia as war in Europe ends
A Yugoslav communique broadcast from Tito’s headquarters says organized resistance has ceased in Yugoslavia and that the last battles of the war in Europe were fought between German forces and Marshal Tito’s troops. It adds that the destruction and capture of small enemy groups continues.
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London
Yugoslavia
Europe
Marshal Tito
Tito
Judge Delivers Papers as Substitute Carrier in Sioux City
Municipal Judge Richard Jenson fills in as morning delivery boy for about 100 homes after his 4 year old son falls ill with mumps. Residents greet him with good morning jokes and praise his multitasking effort.
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Sioux City
Richard Jenson
Kansas City Livestock Market Report May 17 1939
Livestock totals show cattle salable 1 000, calves 100, hogs 500, sheep 5 000. Cattle prices firm with yesterday, good and choice steers 15.60 to 16.85, heifers 15.00 to 16.10, cows 9.50 to 13.50, bulls 7.25 to 13.25. Hogs steady, good and choice around 14.50, sows 13.75. Lamb demand strong with opening sales 10.00 and up, good to choice wool lambs 15.50 to 16.00, clipped lambs higher. Overall market active with light supplies clearing.
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Kansas City
Philadelphia, Greek Name of a Province in Palestine
The article notes that Philadelphia was the Greek name used for a province located in eastern Palestine. It identifies the place as part of historic regional nomenclature.
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Philadelphia
Eastern
Palestine
Chicago Livestock Prices Report May 17
Chicago livestock figures show hogs at 140 plus for 140 pound and up with ceiling, sows at 14, cattle with fed steers and yearlings steady at 17.50, cows firm, bulls up to .25, sheep steady with good to choice lambs around 15.25, pelts 15.25 and ewes around 8.50. Nebraska lambs near 16.00 per hundredweight and clipper pelts noted.
Courthouse records list Amarillo deeds and licenses
Warranty deeds show Amarillo Housing Co transferring multiple Sunnyside and Wolflin lots to buyers including E Wyrick Corne lius Brown and Satterwhite, with other transfers to Kirk, Martinez, Meyers, McDowell and more. Marriage licenses list J Price to Roberta Lee and Henry F David to Elaine Pahl.
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Amarillo Housing Co
Carney E Wyrick
Sunnyside
J. O. Cornelius
Herbert R. Brown
Sunnyside Thomas
Aldridge Et Ux
W. J. Satterwhite
Wolflin
Henry Curtis Pond, Sr
J. Hts
R. Cgc
Ware
Clarence Jene Cook
Milford Shores
Chas. W. Smith
S. J. Hts
Arthur G. Frost
W. W. York
J Price
Roberta Lee
Henry F. David
Elaine Pahl
Seek Garden Tools For Hospital Cases
Red Cross Camp and Hospital Committee appeals for spare garden tools and lawn furniture for convalescent service men at Amarillo Army Air Field. Volunteers may call Miss Agnes Ullman or Mrs Louis Seewald. items will be called for.
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Amarillo Army Air Field
The
Red Cross
Agnes Ullman
Amarillo Field
Louis Seewald
Myers Seeks New Trial In Assault and Robbery
Myers appeared in 47th District Court seeking a new trial. Judge Henry S. Bishop postponed ruling until tomorrow morning after both sides were asked to present additional facts. He was found guilty of robbery by assault and sentenced to 11 years in the penitentiary.
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Co. O. Myers
47Th District Court
Henry S. Bishop
Myers
Notable Couples Named in Local Notices
Clarence Howell and Margaret Lavone Alford Clifford E. Julian and Myrtle Virginia Hood Woodford White, J. R. and Ophelia Jo Green are listed as participating parties in a local public notices segment.
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Clarence Howell
Margaret Lavone
Alford
Clifford E. Julian
Myrtle Virginia Hood Woodford White
J. R
Ophelia Jo Green
Falls on stairs Form 63 Percent in Homes
Statistics show that 63 percent of all falls in the home occur on stairs. The data highlight safety concerns for residents navigating stairways and the need for preventive measures to reduce injuries.
Amarillo Man Wounded Seriously in Germany Action
Charles W. Altsman technical sergeant with the First Army in Germany was wounded seriously on April 18. He joined the service last December and served with the 69th Division. A fellow Amarillo recruit Raymond McMurtry also served with the 69th and is wounded. Altsman, a Santa Fe railroad employee before enlistment, is a Amarillo High School graduate and nephew of the Brewers.
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J. W. Altsman
North Pierce
Charles W. Altsman
First Army
Germany
Altsman
69Th
Amarillo
Siegfried Line
Rhine
Raymond McMurtry
Clifford McMurtry
West Twelfth
Sergeant Altsman
Amarillo High School
J. W. Brewer
North East
Santa Fe Railroad
Mrs Arthur Ball Calls Meeting of Social Agencies
Mrs Arthur W Ball president of the Amarillo Council of Social Agencies invites laymen to a 7 45 o clock May 29 meeting at the USO auditorium. Local meetings replace the no this year National Conference of Social Work. Globe News Want Ads Get Results.
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Amarillo Council of Social Agencies
USO
Arthur W. Ball
Amarillo Council
One Act Farce Presented by Amarillo High Dramatics Class
The final dramatics class performance at Amarillo High School featured Sparkin a one act farce with Ruth Marie Rogers as the grandmother who offers tips to a lovelorn youth. Bennie Clyde Mays Bob Shelford and Essie Lee Denney also starred. Student directors were Dorothy Jacobs and Natalie Wright with Mrs N N Whitworth as sponsor. The article notes the Solomon Islands total land area estimated at 17000 square miles.
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N. N. Whitworth
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New Guinea
Gorizia
Isonzo
Hal Boy
William Foran
Chicago
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Merrill Lynch
Pierce
Fenner S. Beane
Ewer
NEW York Stock Exchange
Pierce, Enner & Beane
Briggs Mig
Bud See
Deere & Co Setae
Kennecott Copper Wee Eee
Lockheed
Long-Bell Lumber Eee
Glenn L. Martin Eee
Gulf Oils
Montgomery Ward
Nash Kelvinator Ee
Nat Bise
Senor Hee
Y Shipbuilding
Ohio
Packard
Pan Amer Airways
Paramount
Penn RR Re
Nor Pac Ry
Radio Corp Ate
Chicago Livestock
Nebraska
Courthouse Records
Amarillo Hotel
C. S. Pryor
Arthur Ball
Globe News
Solomon Islands
Opsil
Dept
Blackburne Funeral
Ors
Nanios
Einz
Globe - News
America
Alstaff
Bre “Thor
Falsto Brewing Corporation
St. Louis
Omaha
New Orleans
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