Captain Kritser Home From Army Discharge
Captain Tom Kritser aged 24, son of Mrs. D S Kritser of 2401 Van Buren, returns home a civilian after three years in the Army. He spent two years and two months in the European Theater, served with the Sixth Cavalry and General Patton’s Third Army headquarters, and named the jeep SS Amarillo during Second Army maneuvers. A New Mexico Military Institute graduate, he studied at the University of Texas before enlisting in 1942.
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Tom Kritser
D. S. Kritser
van Buren
Camp Fannin
Tyler
Kritser
Sixth Cavalry
General Patton
Third Army
Amarillo
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell
N. M
University of Texas, Austin
Army
Joint Planning Group To Meet On Coliseum Plan
A Tri-State Fair Association Coliseum committee meeting with Amarillo city commission county court and school board is planned to outline a general building plan for a coliseum. Bill Beechler says two committee members will present definite suggestions. Attendees will include Mayor Jenkins City officials County Court and School Board representatives.
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Coliseum Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Tri-State Fair Association
Amarillo
Bill Beechler
the Fair Association
Gay
Joe A. Jenkins
Beechler
Ben Manning
A. P. Hancock
FE. O. Northcutt
George Wadill
Education Is Cure for War Says School Leader
R A Selby, director of guidance and curriculum in secondary schools, told the Lee Bivins Parent-Teacher Association that education can be the cure for war. He warned that Germans and Japs used education to mold youth into aggressors, born without innate hate or love. A business meeting adopted the purchase of a new piano for the music room led by Mrs. E M Broome.
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R. A. Selby
Lee Bivins Parent-Teacher Association
Selby
E. M. Broome
Latta Dies in Local Hospital at 77
Thomas E. Latta 77, a groom wheat and stock farmer and father of Mrs. G. O. Helm of Amarillo, died at 5 05 this morning in a local hospital. Born December 9 1967 in Plainfield Ontario Canada he had lived in Groom since 1930 and was a Methodist. Survivors include the widow Mrs. Cora Ellen Latta two daughters Mrs. Helm of Amarillo and Mrs. C L Dolsby Las Vegas Nev three sons George H and Stanley F both of Groom and John D Brookfield Mo and one granddaughter Ellen Marie Latta Groom. Funeral arrangements by Dunkel Carmichael Funeral Home Pampa are pending.
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Thomas E. Latta
G. O. Helm
Amarillo
Plainfield
Ont
Canada
Groom
Missouri
Latta
Methodist Church
Cora Ellen Latta
Helm
Drivers Escape Injuries When Automobiles Collide
Two cars were badly damaged about 8 o'clock last night 19 miles east of Amarillo on Highway 66. The drivers escaped with minor bruises. Vehicles were driven by Joseph W. Turney of Bristol Oklahoma and Thara F. Carroll of Lamont California. Police said the cars sideswiped and neither vehicle overturned.
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Amarillo
Joseph W. Turney
Bristol
Okla
Thara F. Carroll
Lamont
Cal
Rule Letter Out of Trial in Thompson Murder Case
Judge rules out a state introduced letter as evidence in the Miran Thompson murder trial in Childress on day three. The letter allegedly written from Thompson to Elbert Day while jailed in Amarillo was read to the court without the jury present. Prosecution plans to recall Day to the stand after addressing legal technicalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miran Thompson
Lem Savage
Luther Gribble
Childress
Elbert Day
Thompson
Amarillo
Chicago Livestock Prices Report Steady Demand Across Species
USDA market release shows 22 000 active barrows and gilts at 14 85 per 100 weight, sows 14 10, calves 800 and 12 500 head mainly fed steers and yearlings 975 to 1400 pounds with ceiling price paid for some feeder cattle. Beef cows tops 13 75, slaughter sheep steady with native lambs 14 25 to 14 50, yearling bucks 12 25, Bucks 5 0006 50, OH pounds included.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
USDA
Courthouse Records and Notices Across Deeds and Divorces
Deeds record transfers of multiple lots in various subdivisions including Uni versity Heights Forest Hill Ter Ridgemere and Old Town. Divorce filings list Fisher Spiller Sullivan Goodwin Knight and others with several suits. Marriage licenses issued to multiple couples including Teems Shields and Lindley Roodey Gyrich Diffie Crowell Jackson.
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Jack C. Snider
John W Sherwood
University
William Freeman
W. L. McMinn
Florence Hardin
Hattie Price
Ga&s
Oliver W. Bivins
C. R Garner, Jr
Bivins Cecil Wise
Brawner
Mullen
Anne Clifton Summers
R. E. Choate
Old Town
Horace B. Gooch
A. B. Hall
S. J. Hts
Jack Hamlin
J. A. Nix
Ridgemere
G. Swain
J. R. Austin
Paul O. Dixson
Dennie H Reynolds
Forest Hill Ter
Edward Clay Martin
Bertha C McGee
Forest Hill Park District Court
Lula Bea Fisher
J. H. Fisher
Jesse Spiller
Okla Spiller
Ethel Sullivan
B. R. Sullivan
Lorence Goodwin
Melvin L. Goodwin
D Knight
Ella Myrtle Knight
James P. Teems
Texene
Shields W. T. Seitz
Mary Jane Vaughn
Neville Gwin Lindley
Ettie
Eileen Roodey
Clarence Massey
Mabel Dolores Nicholson
William D. Watson
Monic M Honeycutt
Darrell Dean
Hazel Snow
M. Ray
Edna Lucille
Henry Gyrich
Mary Lou Diffie
Roy EF. Crowell
Giadya Jackson
Dr J E Watley Opens Seven Day Revival Tonight
Dr J E Watley will open a seven day revival with the topic War Declared on Sin and Disease at 213 Madison Street preaching at 8 30 tonight. The event promises a series of sermons addressing moral and health themes in a local religious gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Watley
Madison
Rites Tomorrow for Child Killed by Car
Funeral services are set for Larry Gene Hudson six with burial in Llano Cemetery. He died at St. Anthony's Hospital after a Panhandle Highway accident when a pickup driven by Hugh Hamilton failed to yield at the North Fast Eighth and Buchanan intersection while Larry Gene crossed the road on his way home from Horace Mann School. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Lester T Hudson and siblings Patsy Maxine Bobby Truett and Mary Anne as well as grandparents Mr and Mrs Matt Sadler Amarillo and Mrs J T Hudson Childress.
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Larry Gene Hudson
Lester T. Hudson
North Buchanan
St. Anthony's Hospital
Blackburn- Shaw Memorial
Texline
Larry Gene
Panhandle Highway
North Fast Eighth and
Buchanan
Hamilton
Griggs
Patsy Maxine
Bobby Truett
Mary Anne
Horace Mann
Meteor Show Predicted For Amarillo Area
Local reports anticipate a meteor shower tonight and tomorrow night as clear skies aid viewing in Amarillo and surrounding areas. Youth observer Tommy Gruver reported a basketball sized fireball with a long tail spotted in the west part of town early this morning. Meteorologist H C Winburn noted no bureau data but suggested meteors are best seen around sunrise and that Leonid showers are linked to dates in April August and November.
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Amarillo
Tommy Gruver
North Polk
H. C. Winburn
U. S. Weather Bureau
Associated Press
New York
Visiting Auxiliary Head Icie Shoop in Amarillo
Mrs. Icie Shoop of Corpus Christi, president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, visits Amarillo to survey District 9 Auxiliaries 1907 and 1475. She arrived last night and stays until Saturday and will attend the District 9 meeting in Borger on November 18.
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Icie Shoop
Corpus Christi
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Amarillo
Auxilaries
District 9
Borger
Security Benefit Association Thanksgiving Dinner Planned
The Security Benefit Association will hold its annual Thanksgiving dinner at 7 o clock Monday night in the Woodmen of the World hall on Seventh and Taylor. Members are asked to bring a covered dish and Mrs W W Duke is in charge of arrangements.
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The
Security Benefit Association
Woodmen of the World Hall
Seventh and
Taylor
W. W. Duke
Lawrence Ross Sustains Knee Injury in Collision
Lawrence FE Ross age 17 of 717 Lincoln sustained a slight knee injury yesterday after his motorcycle collided with a truck driven by R T Jameson at the intersection of Tenth and Grant.
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Lawrence FE. Ross
Lincoln
R. T. Jameson
Grant
Break-in at Horace Mann School Damages Cafeteria and Offices
Police investigate a break-in at Horace Mann School last night. Damage includes destroyed cafeteria materials and office areas with papers scattered across floors. Authorities say several offices were searched.
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Horace Mann School
Crosley Manager Here on Business in Amarillo
George C. Tanty Crosley regional manager visits Amarillo for talks with Panhandle distributor Glen Frazier. They plan to expand Crosley sales force and dealer contacts across Texas Oklahoma Louisiana Tennessee and Mississippi with Tanty to reside in Dallas.
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George C. Tanty
Crosley Corporation
Cincinnati
Amarillo
Panhandle
Glen Frazier
Southwestern Appliance Co
Crosley
Mr. Tanty
Chicago
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Tennessee
Mississippi
Dallas
Dallas Writer Charles Cates Plans Panhandle Tour
Feature writer from the Dallas Times Herald Charles Cates arrived in Amarillo today to visit points of interest across the Panhandle over the next few days.
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Charles Cates
Dallas Times Herald
Amarillo
Panhandle
British Press Accuses Japanese of Arms Surrender in Java
In Batavia British Major General Hawthorn accuses Japanese generals Nagano and Yamamoto of handing over arms to Java insurgents. Fighting rages in Soerabaja as British Indian troops attack Kota rail yard, with 15 000 to 18 000 Indonesians opposing them. Japanese officers are flown to Singapore to face charges as Hawthorn administers a stern rebuke at a surrender ceremony. Vehicle thefts are noted in local police reports.
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Batavia
Soerabaja
D. C. Hawthorn
16Th Army
Java
Associated Press
Vern Haugland
Kota
Haugland
Soerabaya
Singapore
Hawthorn
Yiuchiro Nagano
Moichiro Yamamoto
Six Vehicles Stolen In Amarillo With Two Recovered
Six vehicles were reported stolen in Amarillo yesterday and last night. Two have been recovered. A 1941 Ford was reported stolen by military police and a green army scooter was stolen from Amarillo Army Air Field. A 1939 Ford was stolen from D. Watkins at 4235 West Fifteenth.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Army Air Field
D. Watkins
West
Fifteenth
Snow Mushrooms Form in Selkirk Timber Peaks
Snow mushrooms twelve feet across grow on tall-cut timber in the Selkirk mountains of Canada. The snow caps persist through the winter, forming a striking natural feature observed by locals.
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Selkirk Mountains
Canada
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Thomas Latta
Merrill Dow-Jones
Lynch
Pierce, Beane
NEW York Stock Exchange
Merrill Nch
Pierce, Fenner & Eane
Tel & Tel
Armour & Ee Ee
Aviation Corp
Baldwin Loco
Bendix Aviation Sheen
Bethlehem Ae
Gilerta Razores
Goodyear Ee
Etme Ewes
Glenn L
Ind
Studebaker
Spiecel, Inc
Texas Corp
Tex Gulf
Dewater
Union Carbide
United Aircraft
USS Steel
Wilson & Co
White Motors
Warner Bros
Willys-Overland
Western Union
Woolworth
Courthouse Records
Pontiac Streamliner
Globe
J. G. Teeters
Dock Coffey
Pontiac
Matt Sadler
J. T. Hudson
Lawrence Ross
Gordon’s Shoe Dept
Polk St
Couge
London's
Polk Street
Ford
F. F. Bennett
Travis
Chevrolet
L. H. Griffith
Hughes
J. E. Aldridge
Blackburn
Shaur
Firth
Pierce
Man
Z. i LE
Knights of Pythias
E. Ellis Lodge
Polk
Superior Service System
Banner Waterproof Watch
Zale’s
Zale
Arly
Avalon
Baylor
Gal i Niche
Fay Weekly
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