Romney Sentenced for Concealed Office Shortage
Kenneth Romney former House sergeant at arms receives a one to three year federal prison term for concealing a 143 863 shortage in his office accounts. Judge Holtzoff noted the long-ago act and considered leniency. associate John H. Smithwick involved though immunity due to statute of limitations. Defense plans appeal.
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Romney
Washington
Kenneth Romney
House
William H. Collins
United States Court of Appeals
Holtzoff
Federal District Court
Alexander Holtzoff
John H. Smithwick
Florida
Georgia
Smithwick
Smith
Panhandle Weather Drenches Panhandle With Light Rain
The Panhandle again sees drizzle and light rain after a three day dry spell. Walter Watts reports general morning moisture with scattered showers or thunderstorms likely this afternoon and cool highs around 65.
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Panhandle
Walter Watts
H. C. Winburn
Miami
Muleshoe
Pampa
Spearman
Amarillo
Woodward
Okla
Des Moines
Clayton
Roswell
President Truman's mother in Grandview unchanged
President Truman said his mother Martha E Truman remained about the same in Grandview Missouri as of this morning with no notable improvement and a poor night. The chief executive and Mrs Truman left their Kansas City hotel to return to her bedside amid cautious hopes of gradual improvement from Brig General Wallace H Graham.
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Grandview
Truman
Martha E. Truman
Kansas City
Wallace H. Graham
Waitress Bernice Oliver Serves Insight Along With Coffee
Comely, efficient Bernice Oliver at the Silver Grill in Amarillo claims no mind reading. She reads customers by mood and habit, knowing their preferences, names, and routines from years serving 30 to 35 businessmen at noon. Her Texas roots, family, and hobbies color her busy counter world as she balances wit with discretion.
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Globe
Ray Moore
Amarillo National Bank
Bernice
Dewey Ashcroft
Silver Grill
Leslie Neal
Vincent Foster
al Banasik
Morris Spicer
Thomas Thompson Comely
Bernice Oliver
Amarillo
Joe Jenkins
Herb Willborn
Dick Ware
Ben Burkett
S. Lambie
John Cowan
Abernathy
Joe Dooley
C. S. Lambie
Charles Ware
Arthur Ware
Don Marsailis
Texas
Joe Oliver
Canyon
Lubbock
Philco
May Denies Pressure on Army Officers in Garsson Trial
Congressman Andrew J. May testifies he did not pressure Lt. General Levin H. Campbell to win war contracts for the Garsson munitions firm. May, wartime Military Committee chair, faces bribery conspiracy charges with Henry and Murray Garsson, accused of taking $55,000 for favors. Campbell, now International Harvester vice president, previously testified about frequent May calls regarding Garsson contracts.
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Washington
Andrew J. May
Levin H. Campbell
Army Ordnance Chief
Garsson Munitions Company
May
House Military Committee
Henry
Murray Garsson
War Department
Garssons
Campbell
International Harvester Company
Chicago
Garsson
Romney Bank Shortage Saga Reveals Twenty Two Years
United Press reports Kenneth Romney, convicted of concealing a House of Representatives bank shortage, carried a two decade mystery. Once a Montana Democrat and Washington insider, he stayed cashing checks for lawmakers, dabbled in Florida real estate, and used House funds to cover losses until the shortage persisted through the 1930s.
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Romney
United Press
Kenneth Romney
House of Representatives Bank
Montana
University of Washington
Seattle
Washington
House
Romneys
Kenneth, Jr
House Bank
Florida
Mary Evans to retire after four decades in teaching
Miss Mary Evans a fifth and sixth grade teacher at Margaret Wills School plans retirement this month after more than 40 years in education. Her career began in 1904 in New Sharon Iowa and she recalls frigid winters and a diverse first class including a 19 year old student. She expects to avoid teaching gaps and will pursue study while leaving teaching behind for now.
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David Rasco
Mary Evans
Margaret Wills School
Miss Evans
Iowa
New Sharon
Pella
Longtime Amarillo teacher Evans recounts career path
Evans recalls starting in Iowa teaching 36 pupils with half related to her, note of Dutch speakers and English instruction by older students. She moved to Abernathy then Mule Shoe as principal, teacher and janitor, arriving in Amarillo around 1921 or 1922. At Wolflin since 1926, geography was her specialty and she remains after a long career with many rewards.
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Miss Evans
Panhandle
Abernathy
Muleshoe
Seizure of Black Man From North Carolina Jail Sparks Outrage
Sheriff A C Stevenson reports Godwin Bush 24 taken by masked armed men from Northampton County jail. The incident follows a reported rape attempt on a white woman near Rich Square. Governor Cherry orders swift investigation as authorities hunt for the suspects and potential lynching.
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Jackson
N. C
A. C. Stephenson
Northampton County
Godwin “Buddy” Bush
Rich Square
North Carolina
Greenville
S. C
E. W. Edwards
Edwards
Herald-News
Tulsa oilman elected chairman of Mid-Con API division
William L. Horner of Barnsdall Oil Co. Tulsa elected chairman of the Mid-Continent District American Petroleum Institute Division of Production succeeding H. S. Kelly of Phillips Petroleum. Officers include R. P. Moserip J. H. Field and J. R. Phillips. Convention drew over 400 oil men with a banquet tonight. Papers covered unitization and water flooding in Haynesville and other fields.
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William L. Horner
Barnsdall Oil Co
Tulsa
American Petroleum Institute
H. S. Kelly
Phillips Petroleum Co
Bartlesville
R. P. Moserip
Shell Oil Co., Inc
Wichita, Kan
J. H. Field
Sohio Petroleum Co
Oklahoma City
J. R. Phillips
Borger
Jack Abernathy
Big Chief Drilling Co
Herring Hotel
Col
Ernest O. Thompson
Amarillo
Texas Railroad Commission
K. E. Beall
West Pampa
Beall
House Appropriations Committee trims Agriculture Budget
The House Appropriations Committee recommends a 32 percent cut to the Agriculture Department, reducing the fiscal year 1948 request to 805 million dollars and totaling a net reduction of over 468 million from the current year. Major targets include Farmers Home Administration Soil Conservation Service crop insurance and school lunch programs. Republican senator Bridges previews a further one billion dollar cut to reach a four and a half billion dollar Senate pledge, without naming agencies.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Agriculture Department
Department
House
Farmers’ Home Administration
Old
Farm Security Administration
Soil Conservation Service
Capitol
Congress
Senator Bridges
New Hampshire
Republican
Senate
Bridges
Evacuation of Consular Families from Changchun
An Army plane evacuated the wives and children of the American and British consuls from Changchun as Communist forces pressed within two miles of the city’s railroad station. Mrs Edmund O Clubb and others departed for Peiping, while Clubb and his son remained.
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Nanking
Chanachun
Peiping
Edmund O. Clubb
UNRRA
Clubb
Changchun
Weather synopsis for Amarillo region and nearby areas
Partly cloudy this afternoon with scattered showers or thunderstorms and little temperature change. Warmer conditions expected Saturday across West Texas and Panhandle with mainly clouded skies. East of New Mexico sees cooler, cloudy conditions with light rain possible this afternoon, then partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers Saturday. High 64, low 50, noon 54. Precipitation trace. Local ads include Abingdon art pottery and roller skating at Priday night.
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Amarillo
West Texas
South Plains
Panhandle
New Mexico
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New API
John Maynard
Haynesville
P. S. Erwin
Ervin
Abingdon
Russell Stationery Company
AHS
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Roller Palace
Sixth and
Jefferson
Williams-Boyce Agency
B. A. Regal Co., Insurance-Real Estate
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