Pioneer Groceryman Harris Dies at 86 in Amarillo
John Henry Harris, 86, pioneer Amarillo grocer and founder of Harris Food Stores, died at 1 48 PM yesterday at his son's home, after about a week of illness. He opened Amarillo’s first store in 1909, later expanding to nine Rolling Stone stores and three Harris Food Stores. He served on the city commission and school board, helped build several school facilities, and left behind two sons, a daughter, four grandsons, four granddaughters, and two great granddaughters. Funeral at First Baptist Church tomorrow at 4 PM with burial in Llano Cemetery.
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Amarillo
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Travis
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Ideal Food Stores
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Berger
Willard
Mr. Harris
Clayton
N. M
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San Jacinto
Sanborn
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Eugene S. Blasdel
Lee Bivins
First Baptist Church
Atlanta
Arkansas
Mary Jennie Willard
Melville
Ark
Portales
Mary McCormick
Texas State College For Women
Denton
Ray Rozelle
FE. B. Fincher
Southern Presbyterian Church
Glen Curtis
Ted Ferguson
W. D. Sides
B. E. Finch
L. Wood Jackson
Jerry Ratcliff
Kimbrough Bible
N. S. Griggs and Sons
Truman lifts all price ceilings except rent sugar rice
President Truman orders a sweeping end to the OPA removing price ceilings on most goods while rent ceilings may be adjusted. Wage Stabilization Board is dissolved and wage controls end except where government seizure applies. Housing Expediter Wilson Wyatt comments on potential rent changes.
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Price
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National Housing Agency
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Congress
Washington
Wilson Wyatt
Amarillo Opens Education Week With Open House
About five thousand parents businessmen and Amarillo residents will attend open house events across the school system in observance of American Education Week. Civic clubs PTA churches and civic groups join in. Local leaders including Miss Annie L. McDonald coordinate committees and programs across multiple schools and activities.
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News-Globe
Amarillo
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Amarillo High School
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PTA
Amarillo Kiwanis Club
Margaret Wills
Lions Club
Sanborn
North Amarillo Kiwanis
Horace Mann
McKinley
Iursday
Rotary Club
Wilson School
San Jacinto Kiwanis Club
Larg Houston Junior High
American Business Club
R. A. Selby
Effie B. Burkhalter
The
American Legion
Business & Professional Women’s Clubs
American Association For Childhood Education
Delta Kappa Gamma
Potter County Federation of Women's Clubs
Elizabett Nixson
Glenwood
Johnson and Wison Pta
Horace Mann Pta
Rumpheys Highland
Alice Lander
Annie L. McDonald
Suspect Held Pal Sought In Tucumcari Robbery
William Dykstra a 23 year old Omaha sailor was robbed of $80 in Tucumcari after two hitchhikers abducted him. The car overturned near Vega and burned. One suspect was jailed in Amarillo and a companion is being sought by Southwest investigators. Officers planned extradition and filed charges.
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Tucumcari
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Omaha
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Dystra
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Beasley
Sheriff Haliburton
J. V. Gallegos
Two Children Hurt in Collision
A car bus collision near Buchanan and Seventeenth injured two children, 16 months and 4 years old, in the car driven by Mrs. Paul Proffer. They suffered facial cuts and bruises and were taken to a doctor’s office for treatment. The bus was driven by J W Mc Candless, 37, of 2711 Garfield.
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Buchanan
Paul Proffer
West Twenty
Seventeenth
Pastor J E Anderson to Preach at River Road Church
Rev J E Anderson pastor of River Road Baptist Church resumes pulpit duties after three weeks as patient in the Veterans hospital. Sermons set to begin at 11:00 a m and 7 30 p m today.
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J. E. Anderson
River Road Baptist Church
Veterans’ Hospital
Attlee Flags U N as Ideology Forum Threat
Prime Minister Attlee told Lord Mayor’s banquet that obstruction and propaganda at the United Nations risk discrediting the body if it is used to air ideological differences. He urged settlement on Germany and warned that disarmament must follow a general security system. He defended British policy in India and Burma and stressed export drive and external balance of payments as ongoing challenges.
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World Peace Organization
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United Nations Organization
Ernest Bevin
United States
28 Degree Low II Forecast
Two waves of cold air hit Amarillo with a forecast low of 28 degrees the coldest of the season. The first front arrived about 6 30 yesterday morning and the second around 5 00 yesterday afternoon. The day’s high reached 57 degrees as moisture fell north of Amarillo with snow in Denver and precipitation toward Chicago.
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Rocky Mountains
English Field
Denver
Chicago
Strauss Festival piano soloist Erwin Straus to headline in Amarillo
Erwin Straus son of Oscar Straus performs as piano soloist in The Strauss Festival at Municipal Auditorium on Wednesday night November 13. The program features melodies by Johann and Joseph Strauss and by Erwin and Oscar Straus with a concert orchestra and four soloists. Tickets available at Panhandle Concert Bureau Tolvien Music Store 819 Polk with prices from 60 cents to 3.60.
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Municipal Auditorium
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America
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Joseph Strauss
Evelyn Case
Barbara Moser
Howard van den Burg
Oscar
United States
Panhandle
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Polk
Decontrol Lifts Price Ceilings On Broad Range
President Truman lifts price ceilings nationwide covering building materials lumber textiles apparel consumer durables including refrigerators washing machines and furniture heavy machinery farm equipment automobiles metals newsprint tires chemicals drugs coal and coke transportation and laundry services.
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Truman
Two killed and two critically hurt in head on collision
Cecil Page of Shreveport died after a Friday night head on crash on U S Highway 287 near the Canadian River bridge. A. G. Clay was killed and Jack Bain and John Willingham were left in serious condition at Northwest Texas Hospital with multiple injuries. Page 31, 1942 Plymouth versus 1936 Ford. funeral plans set for 4 p m today for Albert Gordon Clay in Alvord. Page survived by wife Amy.
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Northwest Texas
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Dumas
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John Willingham
Cavilla
Tex
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Willingham
Page
Shreveport
Amy Page
Amarillo
Blackburn- Shaw Funeral Home
Albert Gordon Clay
Alvord
Fort Worth
Denver
Blackburn-Shaw
Dave Clay
Ray Finchum
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