Marooned motorists start picking their way forward
Hundreds of travelers remained stranded in Amarillo overnight as high water closed major highways and disrupted bus rail and air travel. By morning many motorists were abandoning enforced stops and packing to continue, with hotels near capacity and rail lines slow to clear.
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Amarillo
Globe
Frank Hobgood
AAA Automobile Association
Capitol Hotel
Herring
Rock Island Railway
Oklahoma City
Santa Fe Railway
Canadian
Waynoka
MOVIES ACE SWASHBUCKLER SURRENDERS TO HIGH WATERS
Actor Louis Hayward and party were stranded en route to Hollywood in Texas as high water forced multiple stops. They stayed overnight at Del Camino Motel in Amarillo and planned to wait until routes cleared before continuing to New York and then back to Los Angeles for additional horror scenes.
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Globe
Louis Hayward
Amarillo Motor Court
Hayward
John Hayward
England
Tom Casey
Hollywood
Texas
West Coast
Mr. Hayward
New York
London
Dr. Jekyl
Creek Flood Forcing Plainview Evacuations
Floodwaters from Running Water Draw threatened Plainview as 6.39 inch rainfall caused water to swell toward the city. Evacuation crews moved trailers and furniture from vulnerable homes while Police Chief Hoyt Curry and Sheriff Ted Andrews coordinated response by radio as the rise neared mid afternoon.
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Harry Hoare
Globe Regional
Plainview
Hoyt Curry
Ted Andrews
Curry
Truman rails at MacArthur and Taft over war talk
President Truman attacked General MacArthur and Senator Taft for advocating an all out war. He warned such a move would cost 10 to 20 times more than arming and containing Korea. He urged support for price and rent controls and proposed a two year extension of these measures. He emphasized the need for allies and warned against politics influencing defense and foreign aid decisions. He spoke in the Statler Hotel with Mrs. Truman to standing applause.
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Truman
General MacArthur
Taft
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Far Eastern
Congress
Statler
Mrs. Truman
Plan to move Arm strong to 100th District sparks talk
Hazlewood announced a recall plan after studying public sentiment on shifting Arm strong from the 47th to the 100th District in the eastern Panhandle. He indicated a majority opposed the change and that signatures and opposition from local officials pushed back the proposal. Flooding worsened across Plainview and Running Water Draw with 6.39 inches in 48 hours, stranding travelers and washing out rail lines and highways. Two Oklahoma youths were reported missing in Palo Duro Canyon as rain and high water halted travel and communications.
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Armstrong
Panhandle
Hazlewood
The
Globe
Andrews
Plainview
Curry
Claude Hutcherson
Hereford
Santa Fe
Amarillo
Cuvier Lake
White Deer
Super Chief
el Capitan
Kansas
Colorado
Canyon
Highway Patrol
Will Rogers Range
Miller Camp
Tiny traveler stranded but she has fun
Little Sonji Massey eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Jimmy Massey of Clovis was stranded when a Santa Fe train could not reach Waynoka Oklahoma due to a washout. Special officers took her off the train and she spent hours at Bea S Shoppe in Polk Avenue making friends and dressing up with beads. She rode back to Clovis in the evening still upbeat about the unexpected adventure.
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Sonji Massey
Jimmy Massey
Clovis
Sonji
Santa Fe
Waynoka
Okla
Shattuck
Senji
Massey
Mrs. Moore
Remodeling Loans Olver Wiggins Lumber Company
Remodeling loans discussed for Olver Wiggins Lumber Company located at 1200 West Sixth Avenue. Details focus on financing options for renovations and cost considerations for the business.
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Olver Wiggins Lumber Company
1200 West
No Ball Game Here Tonight Postponed in Muddy Conditions
The Pampa Amarillo doubleheader was postponed due to muddy field at Gold Sox Field. The game was set for tonight, and the Gold Sox will begin a six day road trip starting tomorrow night in Abilene.
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Pampa
Amarillo
Gold Sox Field
Gold Sox
Abilene
Barfield in Line for Air Base Contract
B T Barfield Amarillo contractor named apparent low bidder in a series of contracts at Amarillo Army Air Base for rehabilitation of over 40 WW II buildings. Bids were opened yesterday at Tulsa Corps of Engineers office and resumed this morning after no final papers.
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B. T. Barfield
Amarillo
Amarillo Army Air Base
T. J. Dupont
Corps of Engineers
Tulsa
Barfield
Amarillo Air Force Base
Reds threaten UN lines on East Central front in Korea
Around May 17 Tokyo report says 96,000 Chinese attacked along a 25 mile east central sector while 25,000 more Reds gathered in the Pukhan Valley. Allied forces countered as waves felled a hilltop defense and Chinese dug near the Han Pukhan river junction amid air and artillery barrages.
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Clen Clements
Tokyo
United Nations
East Central
Pukhan Valley
West Central
Han
Pukhan
Pinch to Steel consumer durable goods shift
Edwin T. Gibson and Charles Wampler announced plans to cut steel for consumer durable goods by one third below pre Korean levels. The National Production Authority will allocate steel, copper and aluminum for defense starting July 1, with civilian needs falling sharply. Third quarter demand for military and industries totals 135 percent of supply, while auto and durable goods may receive about 10 percent of the total.
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Edwin T. Gibson
Defense
Charles Wampler
DPS
National Production Authority
Wampler
Arrested in Theft After Police Chase
James Shofner age 26 was arrested after a two block foot chase with city police during which shots were fired. He faced a theft charge for a May 11 spray paint gun theft and entered a not guilty plea with bond set at 500. He was jailed in Potter County Jail awaiting trial.
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James Shofner
Shofner
Monroe
Polk
Cecil Robertson
Cleveland
Gene Jordan
Potter County
John Peterson
Cow Call Contest Postponed by Rain Belief
County Judge Woody Pond of Miami excuses rainfall as caused by local cow callers practicing for the Roberts County Cow Calling Contest. He postpones the event to May 26 at Red Seitz Grove by Red Deer Creek, with old timers registering until noon and a basket lunch at noon before the contest at 2.
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Tri-State
Woody Pond
Miami
Roberts County
Judge Pond
Red Seitz Grove
Red Deer Creek
Baseball League News and Schedules
National League highlights list Brooklyn Chicago with Palia Edwards Hiller Burgess HR Jackson Chicago. Pittsburgh Kiner. Boston vs Cincinnati later. Philadelphia at St Louis tonight. American League mentions Wynn Tebbetts Reynolds Berra Weaver Hutchinson White Ginsberg Marrero Guerra Chicago at Boston postponed by rain. St Louis at Philadelphia tonight.
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Edwards
Hiller
Burgess
Jackson
Jansen
Noble
Queen
Koski
McCullough
Kiner
Pittsburgh
Boston
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
St. Louis
American League
Civics Caives Esinns
Wynn
Tebbetts
Reynolds
Berra
Hutchinson
White
Ginsberg
Marrero
Guerra
Weekly Contests For Photographers
Amateur photographers may submit snapshots between 3'4 by 4 inches and 16 inches to The Globe News weekly contests. This week’s entries close Saturday night. For the national contest four best pictures will be mailed next fall if taken since Oct 1, 1950. Mail entries to Snapshot Editor The Amarillo Globe.
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Globe News
The
Amarillo Globe
Ohio legislature passes alimony bill for husbands
Columbus May 17 The Ohio legislature today passed a measure allowing husbands to sue for alimony. The action enables husbands to seek financial support from wives after marital dissolution under specified conditions.
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Columbus
Ohio
Weather update for Amarillo and surrounding areas
The forecast shows more rain today with showers fading. expect cloudy to partly cloudy skies through Friday. High today 63, low 53, tomorrow 69. Yesterday’s 24 hour high 57, low 52 with 3.58 inches of precipitation. Agricultural outlook notes more local thunderstorms delaying field work. West Texas and Panhandle expect partly cloudy conditions with isolated storms, few temp changes. New Mexico: partly cloudy today through Friday with scattered eastern showers and warmer northeast today.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
Yahandie
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Iran deputy warns Britain may trigger world war
Abolhassan Haerzadeh, a National Front deputy in the Majlis, warned that British pressure on Iran could spark World War II. He cited reports of a possible British parachute troop intervention to block the nationalization of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.
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Tehran
Iran
National Front
Majlis
Abolhassan Haerzadeh
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Claybrook Home Damaged by Fire
Fire damaged two rooms of J. F. Claybrook's home at 105 Skyline Drive Pleasant Valley this morning. Blaze found about 8 by neighbors. no one was home. Firemen reported greatest damage in a rear bedroom and kitchen. water and smoke damage extensive. No damage estimate available at noon.
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J. F. Claybrook
Skyline Drive
Pleasant Valley
Claybrook
Cleveland
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