Memphis Safe Blown Open With Nitroglycerine Heist
Police search for suspects after a large safe was blown from C F Grocery to an adjacent warehouse with nitroglycerine. Between 800 and 1000 dollars in cash checks and currency taken. Noise covered by bran sacks. FBI notified to assist Memphis authorities. A related break in at Farmers Union Supply’s warehouse appeared to be a possible distraction.
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Memphis
Hall County Sheriff's
Globe-News
Federal Bureau of Investigation
W. C. Anderson
W. D. McCreary
Farmers Union Supply Company
Sheriff's Department
Farmers Union
Lakeview Highway
Daylight Bombing Campaign Rattles Ruhr and Rhineland
A broad daylight assault battered the Ruhr and Rhineland as fires from overnight air raids by RAF heavy bombers and Mosquito raid crews continued to smolder, signaling a major bombing offensive in the region.
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Ruhr
Rhineland
Lost items and requests appear in reader notices
A column of lost and found notices includes dry cleaning curtaining requests, a Shaefer Junior fountain pen, a brown leather zipper billfold from Mexico, a missing black wool coat from a taxi, a sewing job request, and a $35 taxi loss with a reward offered, listing names and contact calls.
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Mexico
Housework and Yard Help Wanted Inquiries
A reader seeks light housework duties and yard work assistance. Tasks include spading and shrub relocation with potential evening or weekend work. Respondents may contact by telephone for hourly pay. A separate note requests morning work three to four days weekly at 517 West 2nd Avenue, mornings.
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Tack
West 2Nd Avenue
Shepherd mix dog seeks home for family with kids
A reader offers a large Shepherd mix dog good with children and suitable as a family pet or farm dog. Owner asks for two small children to care for and can provide day or night supervision. Contact 804 or 806 North Buchanan Street or 306 North Houston Street, call 9995.
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Harrison Street
Tack
North
Buchanan Street
North Houston Street
Several Kittens Seek Good Homes Now
Persian kittens available for adoption, call 2-4038 after 6 pm. A reader reports a full grown male black cocker spaniel has arrived at a household, likely a lost pet.
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Tack
Few Concert Tickets Left for Philharmonic in USO Auditorium
Tickets for the Philharmonic Orchestra concert tomorrow night feature guest soloist Grace Moore. Prices are 4.80 and 3.60 for adults and 2.40 for children and students. The 8 pm performance will include Beethoven Fifth Symphony under conductor Robert Louis Barron. The 1944-45 edition comprises 80 pieces with over a dozen former pros now at Amarillo Army Air Field.
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Philharmonic Orchestra
Grace Moore
Southwestern Public Service Company
USO
Orchestra Association
Miss Moore
Thousands of military planes to be sold to civilians in Texas
Dallas Reconstruction Finance Corporation announces that several thousand airplanes stored in five Texas depots will be sold to civilians. Planes at Lamesa, Fort Stockton, Vernon, Stamford and Fort Worth were bought for training and transport use during the civilian flight ban. Eleven aircraft trained Civil Aeronautics Administration staff will manage sales through Defense Plant Corporation.
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Dallas
Texas
Dallas Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Army Air Forces Fields
Lamesa
Fort Stockton
Vernon
Stamford
Fort Worth
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Armed Forces
Defense Plant Corporation
RFC
Powell D. Harris
Dallas Rfc Loan Agency
Secretary of Commerce
Jesse Jones
DPC
Potter County Tax Office Nears Tax Payment Deadline
Frank Hoyt reports 64 percent of the Potter County tax roll paid in advance with $245000 banked and many checks pending. Tonight at midnight is the deadline for full payment to receive a 3 percent discount. the office closes at 5 30 PM but letters postmarked by midnight are accepted.
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Potter County
Frank Hoyt
Officer Killed in Crash Was Son of Famous Architect
Flight Officer Grosvenor Gilbert, killed in a training plane crash near Amarillo Army Air Field, was the son of Cass Gilbert Jr. renowned architect who designed the U S Supreme Court Building and worked on the West Virginia State Capitol and New York City U S Court House.
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Grosvenor Gilbert
Amarillo Army Air Field
Cass Gilbert, Jr
Gilbert
France
Army of Occupation
U. S. Supreme Court
West Virginia State Capitol
New York City
U. S. Court House
Greenwich
Conn
Cattle Killed as Truck Overturns Near Hollywood Station
Two cows were killed when a large cattle truck overturned on the Canyon highway near Hollywood Station during an early morning crash. Several cattle were injured and others went missing. authorities continued to round up the stray cattle as the truck was badly damaged and no human injuries were reported.
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Hollywood
Canyon Highway
Another School For Peace Officers Is Announced
A Panhandle peace officers school will be held in Pampa starting next week for four weeks. Evening classes run 4 to 7 Tuesday through Thursday with fingerprint classification and filing instruction. Amarillo Police Department members may attend. Ray Dudley, Pampa chief, sponsors the program.
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Panhandle Peace Officers
Pampa
Amarillo
Lost dog seeks owner near Tyler Street
A friendly dog found by residents is ready for return to its owner. Call 4543 or visit 3506 Tyler Street to claim the animal. Mrs Buckley urges anyone missing a pet matching the description to come forward.
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Tyler Street
Buckley
Three Cute Kittens up for Adoption at Fillmore Street
Three healthy two month old kittens available after 6 pm at 1204 B Fillmore Street. House broken and friendly, ideal for homes seeking new pets.
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Fillmore Street
Lost brown dress in shop bag finder call
A message requests the return of a newly purchased brown dress left in an Accessory Shop bag. Call 5850 with any information. The note also cites a historical statistic: from 1929 to 1935 Americans borrowed over eight percent of the national income.
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Tack
Jackie Hamrick
The Road To Berlin Front Distances Report
The Associated Press provides distances to Berlin from three fronts. Western front shows 301 miles from west of Duren. Russian front lists 304 miles from north of Warsaw. Italian front notes 557 miles from southeast of Bologna.
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Associated Press
Duren
Warsaw
Bologna
Doughboys Enforce Eisenhower ban on talking with Germans
In Germany the order against fraternizing is enforced tightly. Doughboys face fines up to 65 dollars for unnecessary contact, with strict police vigilance for any socializing with German civilians.
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James McGlincy
Paris
U.P
Eisenhower
Germany
Washington
C. P. Russell
Carthage
Miss
36Th Armored Infantry Regiment
Canada Defense Minister Resigns Over Overseas Service Policy
Ottawa reports Col. J. L. Ralston resigned as defense minister protesting the government's refusal to compel conscripts to serve overseas. Lt. Gen. A. G. J. McNaughton succeeded him.
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Ottawa
Canada
Col
J. L. Ralston
A. G. J.mcnaughton
Absentee Votes Pile Up As Deadline Nears
County clerk reports 780 absentee ballots sent and received while overseas ballots total 179. County officials urge precinct transfers for movers to vote. Yesterday additional overseas ballots listed for Lt Glynn Morris and others at multiple street addresses.
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Hubert Cole
Frank Hoyt
Glynn Morris
Travis Street
Gene Kaufman
West Fifth Street
Pfc
C. W. Davis, Jr
Fairmont Street
Comdr
W. N. McMillen
West Eighteenth Street
Suit Against Oil Company Continues in Federal Court
Dr. Clay Johnson sues Phillips Petroleum in federal court over royalties. Judge T Whitfield Davidson sits in Fort Worth while Judge James C Wilson recuses himself. A jury was selected and testimony began yesterday afternoon.
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Clay Johnson
Phillips Petroleum Company
T. Whitfield Davidson
Dallas
James C. Wilson
Fort Worth
Johnson
Moore County
Phillips
Negro Held in Jail On Assault Charge
Wilford Smith, a Black man, is held in county jail on a $1000 bond set by Justice of the Peace Co W Carder. The district attorney’s office filed charges of assault with a deadly weapon after taxi driver R B Carson said the man fired four shots at his cab Tuesday night, two entering the car body.
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Wilford Smith
Lell
Justice of the Peace Co
W. Carder
Smith
District Attorney's Office
R. B. Carson
Cold snap forecast with freezing near 35 Friday morning
The bureau predicts a colder spell with a low near 35 degrees Friday morning and highs not reaching 50 for many hours. Expect partly cloudy skies and chilly conditions after yesterday's high of 81 and this morning's low of 48.
County Faces Bond Challenge Over Hospital Debt
Potter County goes to 108th District Court tomorrow to stop bond payoff actions on 1927 hospital bonds. Judge W E Gee to preside. plaintiff Mrs Laura Hill Gavin of St Paul and three insurers seek injunction against county commissioners over cancellation and refund of bonds saving about 102000 dollars.
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Potter County
108Th District Court
W. E. Gee
Laura Hill Gavin
St. Paul
Gee
Tom Seay
Roy Snodgrass
Panhandle Plains Museum Curator Visits Amarillo
Boone McClure curator of the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum in Canyon was a visitor in Amarillo yesterday afternoon.
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Boone McClure
Panhandle Plains Historical Museum
Canyon
Amarillo
2000 Planes Hit Germany In Major Daylight Raid
London reports that over 2,000 American warplanes bombed Nazi oil and rail targets from the Ruhr and Rhineland to central Germany in a daylight follow up to RAF night strikes. Forces included about 1,100 Fortresses Liberators fighters and Mustang Thunderbolt fighters. Major target was the Leuna synthetic oil complex at Merseburg. other refineries and freight yards also attacked.
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London
U.P
Ruhr
Rhineland
Germany
RAF
Oberhausen
Cologne
Berlin
Reich
Merseburg
Bielefeld
Rhine
Leuna
U. S
Eighth Air Force
USO Folk Dancing Class Moves to 8:45 Tonight
The downtown USO club hosts a one night only time change for the folk dancing class to 8 45 pm led by WAC Lt. Alpha Adams a former Texas Opera Company performer from Houston. Dances taught include the schottische polka and square dances.
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USO
WAC
Alpha Adams
Texas Opera Company
Houston
Texans Ballot Tips Explain Splitting Across Races
Page 1 notes electors listed at top and candidates for state, district, county and precinct offices at bottom. Voters may split ballots by voting straight Democrat for some races and selecting others in remaining columns. Ballot secrecy is stressed and party pledges are not enforceable in primaries.
Chairman Fly Resigns From FCC to Return to Law Practice
Chairman James Lawrence Fly of the Federal Communications Commission announced his resignation effective November 15 to return to private law practice in New York. The move ends a contentious tenure amid GOP criticism and industry pressure.
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Washington
James Lawrence Fly
Federal Communications Commission
New York
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Shaefer
Jackson Street
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Dorothy Brown
Minnie
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Panhandle
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Maude Watson
Tax Office
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Polk
Texans
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