Amarillo YMCA seeks 500000 for new building drive
Allen Early Jr president of the Amarillo YMCA announces a campaign February 5 to 19 to raise 500000 for a new YMCA building at Van Buren and Ninth. Arthur Truitt chairs the finance committee with Rex C. Kelley and Homer A. Gould from the National YMCA loaned as directors. The plan includes gym, pool, locker rooms, chapels and residence rooms for young men.
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YMCA
Allen Early, Jr
Amarillo
Early
Arthur Truitt
van Buren and
Ninth
Truitt
Big Gifts Committee
Rex C. Kelley
Homer A. Gould
National Board
The
Municipal Audi
Edw. J. Smith
AIA
Ninth and van Buren
Zweifel named GOP national committeeman from Texas
Fort Worth attorney Henry Zweifel, 67, named Republican national committeeman from Texas after rivals withdrew in the interest of harmony. He succeeds the late R. B. Creager of Brownsville, a Texas GOP stalwart for 30 years, with Jack Porter of Houston aiding Zweifel's acclamation.
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Austin
WUP
Henry Zweifel
Fort Worth
Texas
Harmony
Zweifel
R. B. Creager
Brownsville
Jack Porter
Houston
Fire devastates Hoarel Firm building and apartments
Fourteen people escaped a $100,000 blaze that consumed the Hoarel Sign Company and an adjoining apartment building at 813-19 North East Seventh. Firefighters fought flames that trapped upper floors while tenants fled in freezing dawn air. Total losses included stock, tires, and neon tubing with owner hospitalized and rebuild costs estimated above six figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoarel Firm
Hoarel Sign Company
North East Seventh
Glenn Miller
Roswell
Nashville
Liles
Millers
Mr. Davis
Rich
Iva Keeler
Hack Allard
W. F. McDowell
Sign Company
L. F. Hoarer
Hoarer
Hoarel
St. Anthony's Hospital
Globe
Hoarer Sign Company
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo and vicinity fair this afternoon tonight and Tuesday. A little warmer Tuesday afternoon. High today 45 low 24. high tomorrow 50. 24 hour period ended 6 30 this morning 79 high 22 low. West Texas generally fair and colder tonight Panhandle little change. New Mexico fair today tonight and Tuesday colder east portions this afternoon and southeast tonight. Warmer northeast Tuesday afternoon.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
California's Worst Flood Kills Two in Central Valley
Fresno reports two dead as a week end flood floods the Central Valley with 8500 evacuated. Damaged crops pegged at over 10 million dollars while rivers Kings Kaweah Tule Kern Saint Johns Chowchilla Merced Stanislaus and American overflow. Some communities isolated and looting reports noted.
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Fresno
Cal
California
Central Valley
Weather Bureau
Sierra Nevada
Sacramento
San Joaquin
Uthorities
Kings
Kaweah
Tule
Kern
Saint John’s
Chowchilla
Merced
Stanislaus
San Joaquin Valley
American River
Sacramento Valley
Sacramento County
Resi
Sanrancisco Bay
Piedra
Kings River
John Dixon
Phone Strike Settled and TV Tieup Averted
An 11 day telephone wage dispute ended with a 15 month deal raising wages for 17 000 Western Electric workers and 17 000 Michigan Bell operators. TV and radio worker strikes were settled minutes before deadlines with the NBC CBS ABC and other unions agreeing on two year wage scales and regional pay increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Communications Workers of America
CIO
CWA
Western Electric Co
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Detroit
Mich
Michigan Bell
Western Electric
National Broadcasting Company
TV Authority
AFL
Columbia Broadcasting System
American Broadcasting Company
Dumont Television Network
Wor-Tv
American Federation of Radio Artists
APL
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Chicago
Hold Driver in Hit-Run Death
Raymond Arlie Williams, 22, of 400 East Thirteenth, remained in Potter County jail on murder without malice charges for a fatal hit-and-run on North East Eighth near Aviatrix Night Club. Bond set at 2500. arraigned before Justice Bonita Wilkinson. Anding and a woman walked when struck about 1:30 Sunday. Anding died after car knocked him 50 feet. Funeral home sent body to Monroe, Louisiana.
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Raymond Arlie Williams
East Thirteenth
Potter County
North East Eighth
Williams
Olton Hearn Rnding
Bonita Wilkinson
Aviatrix Night Club
Anding
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Monroe
Fair and Warmer Weather Forecast for Amarillo
A little warmer weather is on tap for Amarillo and vicinity tomorrow. Fair skies are forecast with a high of 50 degrees and a low tonight of 24. Yesterday’s high reached 79, a record for this late in the season, and the low last night was 72.
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Amarillo
Carpenters Picketing at Borger Ends
Borger, Nov 20 Special. Picket lines at seven construction sites were removed at 1:30 pm as United Brotherhood of Carpenters Local 1201 negotiates wage talks with North Plains Contractors Association. Representatives scheduled to meet at Hotel Borger at 2 pm. no strike occurred.
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Borger
Carpenters Union
North Plains Contractors Association
Local 1201
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Contractors’ Group
Hotel Borger
C. R. McGee
Wes-Tex, Braun, Gohman and
Lee Carpenters
Wet Leaves Danger Warned By Keystone Auto Club
Philadelphia reports the Keystone Automobile Club warned drivers about wet leaves on pavement. The release compared slick leaves to an eel and a rattlesnake, noting a quick stop on leaf coated pavement can cause loss of control similar to slipping on a banana peel.
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Philadelphia
Keystone Automobile Club
Auto Club
Grass Fires Hurt Trio in Fort Worth
Fort Worth firemen R. H. Knight and G. H. Brown were overcome by smoke as they battled a six block grass blaze in northwest Fort Worth. Dallas Thompson suffered a cut knee dragging a hose on the east side fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tarrant County
R. H. Knight
G. H. Brown
Dallas Thompson
Burglars Raid Polk Street Drug Store
Thieves broke into Mark Galloway Drug Store at Fifth and Polk last night stealing narcotics valued at about 50 dollars in regular trade but worth far more on the illicit market. Morphine and codeine tablets were taken. robbers pried open a door lock and the narcotics drawer, discovered this morning by Mrs. Ruby Davis.
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Globe
Logan Haynie
Mark Galloway
Fifth and
Polk
Polk Street
Ruby Davis
Pierce
West Texas State Buffs Earn Sun Bowl Bid
West Texas State College, led by coach Frank Kimbrough, earned its first bowl invitation as Border Conference champions to host the Sun Bowl in El Paso on January 1, 1951. A team meeting is set for tomorrow at 2 45 PM to decide whether to accept, with Lehigh mentioned as a possible opponent if the bid is accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas State College
Frank Kimbrough
el Paso
Mhia
Hardin- Simmons
Buffs
French Employ American Bombers for Indochina War
In Saigon on November 20, French air forces received three four engine Privateers as part of a military aid program. US Navy pilots will train the French crews who already fly 40 Hellcat fighters recently delivered.
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Saigon
Indochina
US Navy
Bonnie Prock Wins News Tip Contest This Week
Bonnie Prock of 1222 Harrison wins 5 prize dollars for reporting a California girl shot accidentally in an Amarillo garage. A possum in a chicken roast triggers the tip. Third prize of 2 dollars goes to Jimmy Bates for a safe found in San Jacinto Park. Several others submitted tips last week.
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Bonnie Prock
Harrison
California
Amarillo
N. Finley Martin
North Woodland
Jimmy Bates
Carolina
San Jacinto Park
American infantry near Manchurian border in Korea advance 2 miles
American forces led by tanks push through snow toward the Manchurian border, closing to about two miles from Hyesanjin as 10th Corps and Seventh Division units press the line. Red resistance wanes while advances unfold near Kaplan, Changjin, and coastal sectors with supply drops reported.
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Seoul
10Th Corps
Seventh Division
Hyesanjin
Changjin
Central
Korea
Republic of Korea
Kapsan
Associated Press
Tom Stone
Sid Col. Her
Bert B. Powell
Kaplan
David G. Barr
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Zweifel Gop
Lile
Louis Rich
R. A. Miller
Edwards Studio
Curtis Kitchen Cabinets
Gunn Bros
Aoeeene, Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
Sixth Street
Alvarado
Alameda County
Nan
Amarillo Lumber Company
Sun Bowl
Trinity University
San Antonio
Corpus Christi University
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes—— Insurance
Laura Walker
Tennessee
Melba Jean Winters
Grand
Fred Bailey
S. L. Edwards
Hayden
A. W. Thompson
North East Tenth
M. A. Walker
Jackson
Claude Curb
W. D. Irby
Mississippi
Joe Lomax
Tyler
Russell Killingsworth
North Cleveland
E. D. Hawkins
Manchuria
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