Indonesian Defeat Intensifies Java Unrest Near Batavia
A 1000 Indonesians were repelled by British Indian troops near Batavia in a fight at a camp for internees. At Talisitan airfield a 300 strong Nationalist force was beaten back after a near hour battle. Casualties included 14 dead at the camp, plus wounded from both sides and a captured Indonesian. Magelang residents evacuated amid rising tensions as Soekarno plans to travel to Jogjakarta to unite Nationalist forces.
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Batavia
Java
Talisitan
Magelang
Soekarno
Jogjakarta
The
Indies
Suprvadi
Netherlands East Indies
Caldwell Wins $100 For Best-Kept Yard
In Amarillo, Texas, M L Caldwell of 718 Van Buren won first prize of $100 for the best kept yard among rental homes, with Mrs J A Whitley of 107 Wayside taking second for her yard. Three judges including City Commissioner R H Epperson selected winners after inspecting entries.
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M. L. Caldwell
van Buren
J. A. Whitley
Wayside
R. H. Epperson
Tom B. Holman
Amarillo
Junior Welfare League Plans Community Center
The Junior Welfare League committee meets at noon in the Herring Hotel to discuss a community center project. Led by Mrs. Norwood West the plan would locate a small auditorium crafts rooms and cultural recreational facilities in the proposed memorial park in South Amarillo pending city approval of architectural plans.
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Junior Welfare League
Herring Hotel
Norwood West
Memorial Park
Amarillo
Stamps To Honor Alfred E. Smith
Three cent stamps honoring Alfred E. Smith go on sale in Amarillo November 27 as a purple portrait issue with 1875 and 1944 dates. Postmaster W. D. DeGrassi notes limited first day cancellations for collectors who mail addressed envelopes with payment to New York.
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Alfred FE. Smith
Amarillo
W. D. DeGrassi
New York
Nature Gently Supports Body Balance Sales Pitch
An advertising notice promotes CTIT-ROG and CITROS as aids to balance body pH and ease symptoms like irritated bladder and swollen ankles. The sales copy claims natural fluids and quick relief for athletic or daily discomfort, listing a price of $1.00 for Citros.
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Nature
King Mihai Birthday clash in Bucharest turns deadly
Troops fired on demonstrators before the royal palace in Bucharest on King Mihai birthday, killing or wounding six. The incident deepens a rift with Premier Petru Groza, as Mihai refuses to sign Garza decrees and seek Western recognition for Romania.
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Bucharest
Romania
Mihai
Royal Square
Petru Groza
Garza
United States
Britain
Groza
Stores To Remain Open Here Monday Armistice Day observance affects closures
The post office, banks and city offices will be closed all day Sunday for Armistice Day. County officials have not announced closing plans. Amarillo stores will stay open with no coordinated shutdown, per G E McDavid of the Amarillo Credit Association. Thanksgiving is observed November 22.
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Amarillo
G. E. McDavid
Retail Credit Committee
Amarillo Credit Association
Harold Stephens Discharged After Two Wounds in Europe
Harold Stephens, 13 months combat infantry duty with the 30th Division, returned home on discharge at Fort Bliss. Son of Ozro and Mrs. Stephens of 922 Crockett, he was wounded by artillery near northern France on Sept 6, 1944 and again near Aachen three days later, after five months in hospital he rejoined duty and fought until the German surrender.
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Harold Stephens
Europe
Fort Bliss
Ozro Stephens
Crockett
Stephens
France
Aachen
Lusk Returns to Old Job After Navy Discharge
Benny E. Lusk, long time city trash department employee, was discharged from the Navy and will return to work as an automotive equipment operator for the city on November 16. His home is 2100 West First.
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Benny E. Lusk
Navy
West First
Milligans Visit in Amarillo With Moore Family
Mr and Mrs Melvin Milligan are in Amarillo visiting her parents Mr and Mrs F D Moore at 901 North Grant They recently left the Navy in Farragut Idaho with their two children Regina five and David four accompanying them
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Melvin Milligan
Amarillo
F. D. Moore
North Grant
Navy
Farragut
Idaho
Regina
David
Athens Greek relief drive prompts clothing shipment
Evelyn Boyd of the US Information Service in Greece seeks winter clothing for six young Greek women unable to buy warm apparel since 1939. The Globe News office gathered coats dresses jackets and sweaters and will mail six wool outfits and coats to Greece on Saturday.
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Evelyn Boyd
Athens
Greece
Boyd
United States Information Service
Olive Childers
Globe News
Marsh Electric to Erect $23,000 Warehouse
Marsh Electric Supply plans a new warehouse at 922 West Sixth. A permit was issued for a building 130 feet long and 90 feet wide with a 30 by 50 foot basement and seven rooms.
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Marsh Electric Supply
West Sixth
Salvation Army Plans National Drive to Rebuild War Damage
Maj. Fred Cherb says the Salvation Army will launch a nationwide drive next month to raise funds for rebuilding bombed and destroyed buildings overseas and expanding domestic facilities. The Dallas council also discussed aiding returning soldiers and helping them reenter civilian life.
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Salvation Army
Fred Cherb
Dallas
Texas
Mexico
Cherb
Alice Cherb
Margaret Hill
Council
Edmund Notestine Joins Amarillo School Tax Office
Edmund Notestine, field inspector for the Wage Hour Public Contracts Division of the Labor Department since April 1943, has joined the Amarillo School Tax Office staff. He succeeds H. E. Kinkead as deputy tax assessor to Horace Lindsay.
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Edmund Notestine
Department of Labor
Amarillo
H. E. Kinkead
Horace Lindsay
Judge Bishop To Swear in New Potter County Grand Jury
Judge Henry S. Bishop in 47th District Court will swear in a newly chosen Potter County grand jury on Monday morning. The jury commission named 15 panel members including Charles L. Smith Leon M. Hill A. W. Nicklaus John D. Barton Jeff M. Neely Dallas Reeves Herman Rietman Howard Blackburn C. H. Nunley J. B. Stark O. E. Todd B. M. Bruckner L. W. Young S. M. Ratliff and Carl W. Miller. A petit jury is set to report at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning with Bernie Moore named as the first docket case defendant charged with murder.
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Potter County
Henry S. Bishop
47Th District Court
Stanley Zimmerman
H. S. Stephenson
H. A. Nobles
J. W. Reneau
Charles L. Smith
Leon M. Hill
A. W. Nicklaus
John D. Barton
Jeff M. Neely
Dallas Reeves
Herman Rietman
Howard Blackburn
C. H. Nunley
J. B. Stark
O. E. Todd
B. M. Bruckner
L. W. Young
S. M. Ratliff
Carl W. Miller
Amarillo Students Audition For Musical Scholarships
Three Amarillo youths auditioned for North Texas State College musical scholarships in Denton after the college opera troupe tour ends. Barbara Johnson, 1945 Amarillo High School graduate, Margaret Bromert from Amarillo College, and John Wise performed Balfe's The Bohemian Girl to a capacity crowd at the high school auditorium last night.
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Amarillo
North Texas State College
Barbara Johnson
Amarillo High School
Margaret Bromert
Amarillo College
John Wise
Denton
North Texas State College Opera
Balfe
Greyhound Bus Strike Near End In Fort Worth Meeting
Settlement efforts loom as Greyhound drivers strike nears resolution after wage dispute talks between company and union officials in Fort Worth. Amarillo reports say union leaders await news while Northland Greyhound Bus Lines drivers join in sympathy, demanding 5.25 cents per mile versus 4.60 offered.
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Greyhound
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Northland Greyhound Bus Lines, Inc
Northland
Chicago
Minnesota
Lester Morrison Visits Amarillo Veteran of Bataan and Corregidor
Sgt. Lester Morrison, son of Mr and Mrs. Harvey Danceilis of Clovis New Mexico, arrived in Amarillo to visit relatives Mrs. Irene C. Park A R Morrison and Mrs. Carl Hamilton. He survived the Death March and labor on Jap airfields after Corregidor fell and served in the Asiatic Pacific with five battle stars and the Oak Leaf Cluster. His wife Mrs. Irene Morrison serves in the WAVE in Washington DC.
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Lester Morrison
Harvey Danceilis
Clovis
N. M
Amarillo
Irene C. Park
West Eleventh
A. R. Morrison
Fillmore
Carl Hamilton
Washington
Morrison
Bataan
Corregidor
Philippines
Japan
Lester
Irene Morrison
Washington, D. C
Mrs. Brust to Visit Relatives Then Move to Chicago
Mrs. R. R. Brust of 1502 Lipscomb leaves today for Quanah to visit relatives for several days before moving to Chicago to make it her home.
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R. R. Brust
Lipscomb
Quanah
Chicago
Llano Estacado Council Holds Court of Honor Tonight
Boy Scouts of the Llano Estacado Council gather at First Baptist Church tonight at 8 o clock for the regular Court of Honor. Awards will be presented for advancement merit badge work and Star Life and Eagle ranks. John S. Knight council chairman.
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Boy Scouts of the
Llano Estacado
Scouting
First Baptist Church
John S. Knight
Local official to preside with three assistants named
The presiding official will be assisted by F. L. Hunter, J. E. Spann and Allen Farly in the proceedings.
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F. L. Hunter
J. E. Spann
Allen Farly
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Colwort Table
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Junior League
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Lusk
Milligans
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Tyler
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Llano Estacado Council
Hunsley’s
House OF Color
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Eats
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Amarelo
Pierce
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