Around Town and More Local Notes Page
Around Town highlights arrivals and visits as Mrs Harvey E Larson arrives from Washington DC to spend summer with her mother Mrs Frank J Hopkins. Other items note short stories guests. birthdays at Northwest Texas Hospital. survey reads. hospital news. and community notices across multiple addresses with names, places, and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey E. Larson, Jr
Washington, D. C
Frank J. Hopkins
West Eleventh
Harvey
Pat Hopkins
Hopkins
University of St. Louis
H. H. Finnell
Joe
Bowie
Canadian
Wyoming
Colorado
Army Navy Accept Three for Enlistment
Three Amariboeans were accepted for enlistment in the Army and Navy, announced by recruiting officers. Gordon D. Hendrick and Willie D. Hardin enlisted in the Army for 18 months each, Allen Watson joined the Navy as a Steward's Mate Third Class. Also note a large cotton warehouse at New Orleans port with capacity near 500,000 bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Gordon D. Hendrick
Sylvia Ann Hendrick
Louisiana
Willie D. Hardin
van Buren
Allen Watson
North Hughes
New Orleans
Not Guilty Plea in Dietrich Massacre Case
In Dachau May 17, Col Gen Sepp Dietrich and 73 other guardsmen pleaded not guilty to charges of killing and ill treating unarmed American GIs and Belgian civilians. Prosecution said a blanket order for ruthless reprisals followed Hitler’s Dec 11 1944 directive as the Ardennes battle raged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dachau
Sepp Dietrich
Dietrich
Ardennes
Burton Ellis
Mariposa
Cal
Adolf Hitler
Ellis
Hitler
Bad Nauheim
Karl von Rundstedt
Pat Ryan Dies Suddenly in New York Hotel Room
Basil A. Pat Ryan aged 37, heir to part of the Ryan copper fortune, was found dead of heart disease in a Concourse Plaza Hotel room. His life included sensational court battles over his first wife's child and a 1941 marriage to Margaret Herzog Ryan shortly after a divorce settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Basil A
Pat) Ryan
Concourse Plaza Hotel
John Barry Ryan
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Pat
Morgantown
N. C
Martha Barkley Ryan
Ryan
Margaret Herzog Ryan
Harkness Pavilion
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Bronx
Putnam
Conn
Santa Fe
Martha Ryan
Myron Taylor Recall Demanded by Baptist Delegates
About 4000 Southern Baptist delegates from 19 states urged President Roosevelt to recall Myron C. Taylor, the Vatican ambassador, alleging the appointment violated an act forbidding use of Congress funds for an American legation. The resolution, led by Dr. Louie D. Newton, calls Taylor and his staff home, noting protests since 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Southern Baptist Conventiont
Myron C. Taylor
Vatican
Taylor
Roosevelt
Congress
Rome
Louie D. Newton
Georgia
Atlanta
Druid Hills Baptist Church
Pat M. Neff
Baylor University
Waco
Display Reminders Of Poppy Day Sale
Red paper poppies will decorate downtown store windows next week for Poppy Day on May 25 in Amarillo. American Legion Auxiliary members plan to visit civic clubs to promote selling poppies on the street to aid disabled veterans. The slogan for 1946 Poppy Day is They made it you wear it. Local chairwoman Mrs J C Lilly is leading with aides Mrs Will Benton Mrs Henry Cusick Mrs Granville Routh and Mrs Jimmy Moore. Each poppy is handmade by disabled veterans at the Legion hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
American Legion Auxiliary
J. C. Lilly
Will Benton
Henry Cusick
Granville Routh
Jimmy Moore
Legion
Agent Clears the Rails for Violin Concert
Charleston dispatch reports railroad agent John J. Murray saved a concert by violinist Erica Morini. Morini boarded an ACL train in Florida with a briefcase of music. after a train stop the case was retrieved and returned by a northbound run within ten minutes, keeping the performance on schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erica Morini
Charleston
S. C
John J. Murray
Atlanta Coast Line
Florida
Murray
Woman in court disputes speeding claim in Minnesota
In Mankato on May 17 a woman accused of speeding argued with a police officer over the speed. The motorist claimed 60 mph while testifying 55 mph. The judge interjected and set the fine at 15 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mankato, Minn
New Wrinkle To Fish Story Casts and Catches Bird
Centerville Pa. reporter Art Gross returns from Florida with a curious tale. He says a six foot flamingo dived for his bait, was hooked, waited calmly while released, then walked about 20 feet and flew away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Florida
Art Gross
Gross
Unswallowable safety pin touted by Portland maker
Portland manufacturer C. W. Johnston mass produces an unswallowable safety pin described as two pins linked by a chain. The design aims to cause a baby to cry from the first pin so that the mother rushes in and pulls the second pin free by tugging the chain to recover the swallowed pin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
C. W. Johnston
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M. F. McComas
Blackwell
Oklo
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W. M. Hale
Lubbock
Anita
Texas Tech
Jack King
Washington
San Antonio
Joan
Francille
Incarnate Word High School
Paul Norman, Jr
Henry Calvert
George T. Moore
Reba Nell Mulkey
Marilyn Lee James
Jack Mothershead
J. M. McMahon
Janene Wrather
George W. Campbell
Fountain
Northwest Texas Hospital
George Dean
B. B. Elkins
Pasadena
A. C. Hales
John Copeland
Jackson
W. D. Greer
Fillmore
Bert Deaver
East Thirteenth
Woodrow W. Winsett
West
Ochis Whitfill
East
R. A. Keener
Stratford
Arthur McCracken
West Fifteenth
St. Anthony's Hospital
E. C. Wagner
Cincinnati
A. E. Roberts
East Tenth
Monroe Wilson
Marie
Gainsville
Virgil Wilson
Bobby
Janie
Grand Prairie
Roberts
Wilson
F. M. Padgett
West Eighth
Allen McCarroll
Borger
McCarroll
Mrs. Padgett
H. P. Palmer
G. L. McCoy
Rockwell City
McCoy's
McCoy
Palmer
Channing
W. C. Nollner
Guymon
Nancy Mae Alexander
Charles E. Crowell
Alabama
Lois MccGulloch
Memphis
Charlett D. Anderson
Fannin
J. H. Shollenberger
Logan
N. M
Floyd Hershinger
Houston
K. C. Bell
Bell
John Brown
White Bear Lake
Minn
Jake Kroll
Milam
Tulsa
Ora M. Holley
Helen Williams
T. H. Armstrong
Central
Dallas
J. L. Latta
Dan Buxton
Mississippi
Los Angeles
Cortney B. Kingsland
Jeannette C. Kingsland
Hughes
Camp Beale
Marysville
Cortney
Pacific
Ella Lampton
Ford
Joe Immel
Billy Joe
Lewis McDonald
Jimmie
Vernie Immel
Vickey
Higgins
A. M. Sims
River Road
Johanne Nelson
Louisi
Ana
Topeka
Kan
Security Benefit Association
Sylvia Bilbrey
I. B. Stark
Tennessee
L. E. Stark
Marshall
William Stark
Escondido
Don Stark
W. L. Baker
Forest
Leslie L. Gibson
Jackie
Dalphia Stark
Tyler
Florence Stark
Northwest Texas Hospital News
G. P. Wilson
Army Tech Village
J. M. Burns
Dalhart
DeWitt Parker
Tom Oatis
Dumas
E. E. Burnett
John W. Hollis
North Arthur
P. K. Baker
East Fourth
Polk Street
SEC
MR O . Grille
DRY Cleaners
Lost Forest
Andy
Pal
Hubba
Vary Sunta
Hornrers
Quiet Harvey
Shoold
Little Eva
Snag
Th’ Sassos
Nas
Ghoor
Gogh
Mark
Dad
Heath Furniture
Plainvie
Clarendon
U.S. Pat
NEA Service. Inc
Galbraith
Butcher
Pat Ryan
Myron Taylor
Virgil Reeb
Polk St
Park City Liquor Store
6Th St
America
Eureka Springs
Arkansas
Globe News
Cornel Wilde
Anita Louise
Ban Meek Brown
Matton
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