Direct Automotive Show at Dallas Fair Name Thatcher President Pro Tem
Stanton Thatcher of McDonald Auto Supply named president pro tem of the Seventh Annual Southwest Automotive Show to be held at Dallas Fair Park early in April 1949. Dean A. Johnson announced officers including L. W. Barnett and Frank J. Brogan, with 160 sponsoring jobbers and 200 exhibiting manufacturers. The 1948 show drew 16,307 attendees. it is a trade fair with the public not admitted.
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Stanton Thatcher
McDonald Auto Supply
Dallas
Dean A. Johnson
Johnson
Dallas Fair Park
Thatcher
L. W. Barnett
Fort Worth
Frank J. Brogan
Amarillo
Automotive Supply Co
E. S. Cowie Electric Co
Dalton Auto Supply Co
Hon Supply Co
Jupe Motor Co
Motor Supply Co
Smyth Auto Supply
Wilson Battery and Electric Service
Ten Million Words in Tokyo War Crimes Trial
The Tokyo tribunal reviewed about 10,000,000 words of trial manuscripts and summations from 452 witnesses. Witnesses included Americans Britons Russians Germans Chinese and Japanese among others. The article notes Howie Odell’s coaching career at Yale Washington Pitt Harvard Penn and Wisconsin at age 37.
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Tokyo
Yale
University of Washington
Howie Odell
Pitt
Harvard
Penn
Wisconsin
Seniors Hold Final Banquet for Amarillo Class of 1948
More than 400 seniors gathered in Amarillo at the Crystal Ballroom of the Herring Hotel for the final class banquet. Clifford Bradley acted as toastmaster welcoming Supt. Charles Rogers Principal R B Norman and others. Mrs. Taylor received a corsage as she retires.
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Amarillo High School
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Clifford Bradley
Chas. M. Rogers
R. B. Norman
Liner Rescue After Child Reaches Ship Rail
A child snatched up a doll and was carried to the ship's rail to hand the toy to a tearful mother. The liner lay 40 feet from the wharf when the rescue occurred. At the Herring Hotel attendees from the recent Dallas state convention reported. Mrs Ethaline Walker presided as first vice president. Music by Georgia Ket chum Pat Paschal and Claude Hedspeth entertained attendees.
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Herring Hotel
Dallas
Ethaline Walker
Georgia Ketchum
Pat Paschal
Claude Hedspeth
Doll Overboard Rescue Delights Passengers in Melbourne
A doll dropped from the liner Moreton Bay prompted a dramatic rescue as the ship pulled away from the dock in Melbourne. Constable William Coe seized a hook on a 100-foot wharf crane and descended to the water to retrieve the cherished toy for a grateful girl aboard.
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Melbourne
Australia
U.P
Moreton Bay
William Coe
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News-Globe
Kentucky
Sunny Brook
Sonny Brook
LE Sage CO
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