Sorority Drives Support for Girlstown Cattle Drive
Beta Sigma Phi and Theta Pi sororities in Amarillo spearhead a statewide cattle donation drive to stock Girlstown USA in Buffalo Gap Texas. Miss Amelia Anthony notes only 30 dollars from milk and eggs sales last month. the group seeks livestock to make the ranch self sufficient and expand to serve hundreds of girls seeking refuge and future education.
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Girlstown
Beta Sigma Phi
Business Girls’ Sorority
Theta Pi
Amarillo
Miss Anthony
Hazel Husted
USA
Amelia Anthony
Buffalo Gap
Tex
Bonanza
Lubbock
Whiteface
Anthony
Texas Technological College At
McWhorter
Missing items and requests posted in local notices
A collage of missed connections and wanted items includes soldiers seeking letters from Korea Pfc Harry W Beach Pfc Ronald Sparks and Cpl Chester Rushford with unit 326th Communications Reconnaissance Co APO 301. lost engagement ring with matching band. retrieved items like a gray winter coat hood, two large suitcases with A.L.O initials, a gray Persian cat, a white poodle for a child’s pet, various home services offerings, a baby bed, a stock trailer and pony, sewing and ironing services, babysitting, rooming house work, a high school student seeking an apprenticeship, and Christmas crochet gifts. several phone numbers and addresses listed for contact.
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Korea
Pfc
Harry W. Beach
Ronald W. Sparks
Cpl
Chester A. Rushford
326Th Communications Reconaissance Co
APO
Care P. M
San Francisco
Cal
Fifteenth
Fannin Streets
A.L.O
Sheriff's Effice
Hughes
Sanborn
A. W. Brown
North Seminole
Reginas Lac La Ronge Sets Fishing Record This Year
Regina reports Lac La Ronge drew about 6,000 visitors, mostly Americans, who harvested over 270000 pounds of fish including lake trout, pike and pickerel, marking a record year for the spot.
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Regina
Sask
Lac la Ronge
Hoof Mouth Blight Strikes in England
A serious outbreak of foot and mouth disease in eastern England has forced the slaughter of 1,754 farm animals in five days. Movement of livestock banned in parts of 13 counties. Eighteen outbreaks reported since Wednesday. Diseased animals killed include 742 cattle 566 sheep and 446 pigs, ministry reports.
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London
England
Ministry of Agriculture
Wife Accused of Attacking Husband With Car in Oakland
Edith Ray, 29, is charged with assault with a deadly weapon after using the family car to attack husband George Ray during a Sunday morning dispute in Oakland. A police collision killed Patrolman Eugene Oneto, 28, responding to the scene. Ray was injured along with a bystander. Robert A. Farroll, 18, is held for manslaughter investigation after his car hit a police vehicle.
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Oakland
Cal
Edith Ray
Ray
George
Robert A. Farroll
Eugene M. Oneto
Pelican editor invites Churchill to visit Texas
London dispatch reports James Carter of The Galveston News asked Winston Churchill at Downing Street to visit Texas during his U.S. trip in January to see President Truman. Carter said a secretary indicated Churchill would come to Galveston if possible, delivering four pelicans to St James Park to publicize the event.
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London
Winston Churchill
Texas
Pelican
James Carter
Galveston
Carter
No. 10
Downing Street
England
United States
Truman
Secretariat
Churchill
St. James Park
Dutch Vice-Counsel Weds Siamese Princess at Singapore Consulate
Arthur Janzen the Dutch vice-consul married Siamese Princess Puckpring Pramoj at the Netherlands consulate in Singapore. The couple plan to depart for The Hague, where Janzen will assume a new diplomatic post.
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Singapore
Arthur Janzen
Puckpring Pramoj
Netherlands
Janzen
Brice
Hague
Courthouse Records and Marriage Licenses Summary
Courthouse records list warranty deeds involving many properties in Amarillo areas such as Beverly Gardens Denver Heights and Westview No 1 with owners including O'Dell Vandiver Ingram Rob inson Ridenour Taggart and Coffey. Marriage licenses issued for Bruce Harrison Alma Aligire David Perry Ann Britton Robert Durrett Patricia Patton and others. Court of Domestic Relations entries show several divorces including Mills Mills Pemberton Pemberton Eagleston and Nichelson.
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O'Dell
W. T. Robert
Beverly Gardens
Whitfield L. Vandiver
Lowell H. Stapf
Denver Heights
J. D. Ingram
Mattie C. Ingram Cook
J. M. Vaclav
Charlie W. Robinson
San Jacinto Heights
Hayden E. Weaver
Fred O. Ridenour
Bivins
Lawrences. Smith
A. ©. Taggart
Westview No. 1
Geraldine McCracken
D. B. McCracken
Roberts Place
Lillian A. Stone
Frank E. Duncan
Plemons. Co
D. Powell
Shelton White
G&s. BE. L. Adams Et al
Dock Coffey
Pontiac
Old Town
Quincy Ford Et al
R. G. Tomberlin
Pleasant Valley No
C. Johnson, Jr
E. H. Klein
O. L. Johnson
Edwin L. Hart
L. M. Murphy
Sunset Park
Omar
Reed
Myrtle J. Brown
Morningside Subdivision
Bruce C. Harrison
Alma Jean Aligire
David Lee Perry
Ann DeWayne Britton
Robert Delmar Durrett
Patricia Patton
Edward Norman Lussier
Martha Frances Robinson
Irma Mills
Edwin Lee Mills
Effie Mae Pemberton
William Harvey Pemberton
Evelyn Louis Eagleston
Ivan Leron Eagleston
Gertrude Nichelson
Ellis Mnichelson
Warn Unions Of Wetbacks
National Farm Labor Union official warns unions that Mexican immigrants labeled wetbacks are moving from farms into industrial jobs. He cites reports of Mexicans picked up in Chicago and found in Carnegie and Republic Steel plants, meat packers, and construction. He warns unions may face large numbers as strike breakers in crises.
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Washington
National
Farm Labor Union
Mexico
United States
H. L. Mitchell
Farm Workers’ Organization
Farmers
Mitchell
Chicago
Carnegie
Republic Steel
Sweden grows 272 tons of tobacco leaf last year
Sweden reported production of 272 tons of tobacco leaf in the previous year, highlighting a notable agricultural yield. The figure reflects quarterly harvests across main growing regions and underscores ongoing tobacco cultivation alongside regulations and market factors shaping the crop.
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Sweden
In Korea With Tank Battalion
Corporal Paul D. Robinson, son of Mrs. Etta Robinson of Amarillo, arrived in Korea with the First Tank Battalion, 11th Marine Division. He joined the Marines on October 26, 1950 after carpentry work and Amarillo High School. His brother Leon R. Robinson serves with the Navy on Guam.
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Cpl
Paul D. Robinson
Amarillo
Korea
11Th Marine Division
Etta Robinson
Buchanan
Corporal Robinson
Marines
San Diego
Amarillo High School
Leon R. Robinson
Navy
Guam
Lots of Brass at Wright Patterson Base
Xenia Ohio reports military payroll figures from Wright Patterson Air Force Base. The Public Information Officer cites 3,900 enlisted men 4,450 officers and 24,850 civilian workers. Biweekly payroll totals reach 3,800,000 dollars.
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Xenia
Ohio
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
South Africa Rail Workers Stage Go Slow Strike
About 16,000 railway artisans staged a go slow strike demanding wage raises across South Africa, disrupting services and prompting labor action across the sector.
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South Africa
Don't Quit Watering Grass in Winter
City park superintendent Mark Miles warns against winter neglect of watering for grass trees and shrubs. He notes ground should stay moist though evaporation drops in winter and Bermuda bluegrass stay green if watered. prune shrubs in spring and avoid fall trimming of flowering buds. He advises autumn cleanup leaves compost mulch and cautions about fire hazards. Miles promotes moisture for transplanted trees and explains best transplant times fall dormancy and spring dormancy.
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Mark Miles
Bermuda
Miles
Messiah Chorus Rehearsal Tonight at Philharmonic Hall
The Messiah chorus meets at Upshaw Music Company in Philharmonic Hall at 1513 Tyler tonight at 7 30. Director A Clyde Roller urges all singers to attend the final rehearsals before the Handel oratorio, with the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra performing under the Furr Food Stores public service banner on the scheduled date in December.
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Philharmonic Hall
Upshaw Music Company
Tyler
A. Clyde Roller
Amarillo
Kinugasa Maru sinks after 10 days at sea
The 8,669 ton Japanese freighter Kinugasa Maru sank in the mid Pacific 10 days after crew abandoned ship. The Daio patrol boat radioed the sinking about 1,000 miles east of Japan and safety officials believe the 42 crew members were aboard the Kamikawa Maru, which was escorting Kinugasa from Vancouver. The vessel carried iron ore and sprang a leak on November 9, with heavy weather reopening the leak after patches. Kinugasa Maru was owned by Hashimoto Steamship Co of Kobe.
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Tokyo
mid-Pacific
Maritime Safety Headquarters
Japan
Safety Headquarters
Vancouver
Cotton fields in Sudan dusted by airplanes
Cotton fields in the Sudan are being dusted by airplanes in an aerial crop treatment effort. The initiative aims to protect yields and control pests across large agricultural areas, with pilots executing targeted dispersal over multiple districts.
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Sudan
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Forest Hill Addition
Polk
North Taylor
Travis
Nora F. Fancher
A. Bolton
North Buchanan
Globe-News
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Bill McClendon
Courthouse Records
Globe News
Phillips
Maghesia
Venus Queen OF Planets
SOLAR
Venus
Astro
Annie
Tom
Laredo
the Register and Tribune Syudie
Raven Forrest
Earth
Luke
Sabinal Smith
State Department of Banking
Finance & Thrift Corporation
South Park Street
Community Investmont
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