VFW Officials to Visit Amarillo and Borger for District Meeting
Department commander Horace H. Shelton of Houston and state service officer Bob Claypool of Waco will visit Amarillo late next week before traveling to Borger for a district meeting. E. R. Bruce, VFW district commander, announced the tour. Both Amarillo posts report growing VFW membership.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Department
Horace H. Shelton
Houston
Bob Claypool
Waco
Amarillo
E. R. Bruce
VFW
Borger
Raymond Scheetz to Perform Tomorrow at Senior High
Magician Raymond Scheetz will give a show tomorrow morning at 10 15 in the Senior High School Auditorium as part of a series promoting rent rooms with want ads.
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Raymond Scheetz
Burglars Stay Overnight At Indiana Home
In Tipton Indiana burglars broke in while the resident was away. They slept in beds ate food from the kitchen and ransacked the house. Shotgun shells and a gun were missing, suggesting a planned theft. The incident ended when Mrs Redman returned home to find the scene. The report notes the unusual “weekend guest” phrasing.
Syracuse Football Practice Highlights and Freshman Standouts
Harvey Meehan of Omaha made a 50 yard run but fell seven yards short of a first down after a penalty loss and blocked punt. Meehan recovered and returned the ball. Newcomers Johnny Piro Bob Ferri Luke LaPorte Joe Skurka and Angie Insolaco show early contributions in Syracuse football practice.
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Harvey Meehan
Omaha
Neb
Meehan
Syracuse
Johnny Piro
Whitey Piro
Bob Ferri
Luke LaPorte
Joe Skurka
Angie Insolaco
Grant Shogun Banyan Tree in Nagasaki Gone
An AP report recalls General Ulysses S. Grant's 1879 Nagasaki visit and the planting of a Banyan tree that stood as a memorial. By 1941 it was listed as a foreign visitor attraction, but during World War II locals cleared a mound of rubble and dirt for air raid shelter debris, and the tree was chopped down three years earlier.
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Grant
Japan
Ulysses Simpson Grant
White House
Nagasaki
Suwa Park
Riverside Drive
Glenn Babb
Associated Press
Temple
Plays With Fire Reduces Man to Burn Injuries
In Fort Wayne a Kendallville man Fred L. Smith was burned when a 16 year old Chicago youth disrupted his sleep. The assailant removed Smiths shoes doused socks with lighter fluid and set them aflame sending Smith to hospital with second and third degree burns. The youth was taken into custody by authorities. In Hammond a man awoke to find a stranger under his bed after a maid had been hidden there the man fled and locked the door reporting the intruder could not explain how he got there.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
U.P
Fred L. Smith
Kendallville
Chicago
Smith
Hammond
Povert G. Olvarez
Olvarez
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