Piano charity work aids wounded veterans in hospitals
Elizabeth Toomey profiles Sara Sandros, a singer who plays piano for wounded and recovering veterans at Halloran General Hospital and other facilities. The piece notes her three weekly hospital performances with the American Theater Wing volunteers, her husband’s recovery, and her aim to own a grand piano as they settle into their first home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Agro Sara Sandros
Miss Sandros
Halloran General Hospital
Staten Island
Voluneer
American Theater Wing
Marie
Lorenzo
Allen Buttrick
Infantry
Saipan
Forest Hill
Theater Wing
Investigating Atrocities Is His Business
Maj. Robert E. Brown, 36, former Marion County prosecutor aide, led a task force with the First Cavalry Division in Korea. From Aug 17 to Oct 25 he gathered evidence on 25 atrocity cases, documenting the killings of about 350 American POWs and 1,200 Korean civilians with photographs and witness statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Quigg
First Cavalry Division
Korea
Indianapolis
Robert E. Brown
Marion County Ind
First Cavalry
Brown
38Th ‘Parallel
Red Army
Chinnampo
Peoples Army
Chongju
Drawing For Field Trials Friday Night At Buffalo Lake
Panhandle Bird Dog Association hosts a two day field trials event at Buffalo Lake with puppies derby and all age classes. Earl Jackson of Lawton Oklahoma will judge with P D Moseley of Canadian as assistant. Entries 3.50 for puppies 5 for derbies and 7.50 for all age dogs.
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Panhandle Bird Dog Association
Buffalo Lake
Herring Hotel
Panhandle
Southwest
Earl Jackson
Lawton
Okla
Jackson
Wichita Falls
P. D. Mosely
Jim Bell
Oliver Austin
Pat Bourassa
Mrs Parish 60 Dies At Home In Whitewright
Rosa Estelline Parish aged 60 died at 6 30 yesterday at her home 1309 North Lake Whitewright. She had lived with brother W W Judd for two months having moved from Lubbock. In ill health for years the funeral and burial will be in Whitewright Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home in charge Survivors include five brothers Howard Judd Amarillo I O Judd Borger Ralph Judd Borger D C Judd Amarillo and G W Judd Whitewright
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Estelline Parish
North Lake
W. Ww. Judd
Lubbock
Howard Judd
Amarillo
I. O
Ralph Judd
Borger
Highest Ocean Waves Reported by Reliable Observers
Reliable observers measured waves reaching 70 feet from trough to crest, marking record high ocean conditions. The height was recorded during extreme weather events, underscoring dangerous seas and potential navigation hazards.
Store Santa Is Master of White Lies
Washington dispatch profiles Percy J. Bobbitt, veteran store Santa at Hecht Company, detailing his craft of telling mild falsehoods to children and the psychology behind his role. The piece notes his Santa training, techniques for engaging kids, and a humorous anecdote about a department store stunt.
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Store Santa
Washington
U.P
Percy J. Bobbitt
Bobbitt
Hecht Company
Albion
Conder
Bobbit
Santa
Aaron
Zebediah
Kris Kringle
Catholic Welfare Bureau drive set for Nov 29 to Dec 9
Father Edmund Hartigan accepted the chairmanship succeeding Father Tom Drury who has been recalled to Air Force chapel duty. The board approved final campaign plans and a committee will release a year in review to show the agency’s welfare work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Welfare Bureau
Edmund Hartigan
St. Mary’s Chapel
Father Hartigan
Tom Drury
Air Force
Father Drury
H.C. Vincent
F. J. Kelly
John Laughlin
G. T. Nussbaum
Friends of the Bureau
Remarkable elephant tail-hair diameter noted
An elephant tail-hair can reach a diameter of nearly one eighth of an inch. Finger rings can be made from a single hair.
Motor Bus Group Names Lubbock Man Reelected President
Jess C. Levens of Lubbock was reelected president of the Texas Motor Bus Association at its close. New officers include Henry Mathews of Austin as vice president and J. Manleyhead of Austin as secretary manager. Directors named from Galveston Fort Worth Dallas Oklahoma City Brownwood and Fort Worth. The group backed legislation to raise the legal bus length from 35 to 40 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Jess C. Levens
Lubbock
Texas Motor Bus
Henry Mathews
J. Manleyhead
R. EK. Bowen
Galveston
Jack Hancock
Fort Worth
T. S. Reese
L. C. Burch
Dallas
Moss Patterson
Oklahoma City
W. A. Lee
Brownwood
E. F. Freeman
Texas
Tire Workers Get 12 Hour Pay Hike
Akron Ohio November 8 General Tire and Rubber Co and the CIO United Rubber Workers announced a 12 cent hourly raise for 2 600 employees in Akron and Waco Texas The package includes a 10 cent across the board increase plus a further cent to correct Akron inequities and 1314 cents and a half cent for Waco inequities The settlement follows the pattern set by other rubber companies
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
General Tire & Rubber Co
CIO
United Rubber Workers
Waco
Tex
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By Elizabeth Toomey
Claude M. Bristol
Twain
Mark Twain
Shakespear
Emile Cone
Prence
Napoleon
United States
Pyote Johnnie
Pete Maxwell
Mack
Uncle Phil
Hun
Phil
Michael
Clancy
Mrs. Parish
Globe-News
By Harman W. Nichols
Christensen
Bes Moines
Lows
Anahtist
Depervironne
Tomate Melief
OLS & Hay Ferre
Genesee
Eme
Peer
Ema
Ees Roetnes Ex Pee ‘Care
Anahist
Anahist Co., Inc
Yonkers 2, N.Y
America
Motor Bus Group
Lubbock Man
Deason
Diei
Amarillo National Bank
Amarillo Mational Bank
Orshardis
F.d.1.c
Globe News
Neane
Raines L. Fox
Western Fence CO
Clarence L
Willmering
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