Dope Runner Dies on Airliner with $3 Million Heroin Luggage
A dope runner died aboard a U S airliner en route to San Diego with more than eight million dollars worth of heroin in his luggage. Two pounds of pure heroin were found. the man identified as Ralph Masey carried a draft card and a London labeled bag. Authorities say he was likely a messenger for an international smuggling ring.
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Los Angeles
San Diego
Cians
Ralph Masey
East 52Nd Street
New York City
New York
United Airlines
East 50Th Street
Airlines
la Guardia Field
Masey
Denver
Hawthorne
Cal
Orice
Yoakam
H. J. Anslinger
Washington, DC
Anslinger
Widows Awarded 529 500 Each in Rail Collision Case
Three Amarillo widows received 529 500 each in district court for the Higgins freight train wreck of April 12 that killed engineer Anthony Spohrer fireman Thomas Murphy and brakeman William Bagwell. The judgments stemmed from a friendly settlement against Panhandle & Santa Fe Railroad. The plaintiffs Ruth W Spohrer Virginia Lee Murphy and Ina Pearl Bagwell were represented by W J Flesher. the railroad by H C Pipkin.
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Amarillo Railroad
Higgins
108Th District Court
Panhandle & Santa Fe Railroad
Ruth W. Spohrer
Anthony Spohrer
Virginia Lee Murphy
Thomas Leroy Murphy
Ina Pearl Bagwell
William L. Bagwell
Higging
W. J. Flesher
H. C. Pipkin
Congressional argument on inflation and wartime price controls
Farrington urged broad authority for emergency grain procurement and rationing powers to curb inflation and ensure foreign aid. He cited wartime measures for soy, beans, peanuts, and wool and urged price ceilings to maximize grain savings during a wheat shortage.
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Truman
Farrington
Parrington
Mrs. George Dunn Dies at Mobeetie
Mrs. George B. Dunn aged 80 of Mobeetie died there this afternoon. Funeral services will be at 2:30 P M tomorrow in the Mobeetie Methodist Church. She was a relative of Amarillo people and left grandchildren Elizabeth Dunn F A Dunn and Mrs Russell Davenport and daughter in law Mrs May Grimes of Amarillo.
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George B. Dunn
Mobeetie
Amarillo
Mobeetie Methodist Church
Dunn
Elizabeth Dunn
West Tenth
F. A. Dunn
Tyler
Russell Davenport
Bonham
May Grimes
Dr Nell Healy Black Fractures Wrist in Fall
Dr Nell Healy Black chiropodist in the Oliver Eakle Building suffered a fractured wrist after a fall on Friday. She had left home at 2210 Pork and was heading to the bus when the mishap occurred due to a prior weak ankle. She hopes to reopen her office soon. Argentina aims to export 9,000,000 domen eggs by June 30, 1948.
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Nell Healey Black
Oliver Eakle
Dr. Black
Pork
Argentina
City to consider bids on water inflow main despite annexation item
The Amarillo city commission, meeting at 8 pm in city hall, will bypass annexation talks to open bids on a new 11 mile inflow water main. The 36 inch concrete line aims to boost the city water supply and be in service by next summer. Mayor Lawrence Hagg was absent during last week’s annexation report review.
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Amarillo
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Lawrence Hagg
Enforcement debate on prohibition impact in Potter County
Officials from Amarillo and Potter County discussed enforcement as liquor laws shift under repeal. Southern Furniture Company signer, George Ordway, Sheriff Bill Adams, Police Chief Sid Harper, and Texas Liquor Control Board Deputy D. W. Lowe expect enforcement to rely more on local officers amid tighter budgets. Federal agents say laws remain unchanged and workload would not notably increase.
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Southern
George Ordway
Sid Harper
Amarillo
Bill Adams
Adams
Liquor Control Board
Sheriff
D. W. Lowe
Texas Liquor Control Board
Panhandle
Nquor Control Board
Bill Lampe
Potter County
Marshall Opposed To Separate Peace
London dispatch reports Secretary of State George C Marshall firmly rejects any separate peace with Germany. Officials say he views such proposals as unrealistic and contrary to American policy to restore Europe as a community of nations. The Big Four Foreign Ministers Council meets tomorrow to discuss strategy.
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London
U.P
George S. Marshall
Germany
Big Four
Council of Foreign Ministers
Russia
Marshall
Europe
Blackburn Subdivision Approved North of North East Eighth
Potter County Commissioners Court approved the plat of a new subdivision named Black burn Subdivision north of North East Eighth Avenue and west of Forest Hill School. The area borders Amarillo city limits on three sides with 50 by 180 foot and 50 by 130 foot lots, 50 foot wide streets. Walter Blackburn is the owner opening the subdivision.
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Eighth Avenue
Forest Hill School
Blackburn
Potter County Commissioners Court
Amarillo
Walter Blackburn
British Ulster Palestine Plot Claims A UN Bid
Russia accused Great Britain of working against a UN plan for Palestine during the 57 nation Palestine Committee debate. Soviet delegate Semyon Tsarapkin said Britain refused responsibility in transforming the mandate into Arab and Jewish states, undermining a settlement.
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Lake Success
U.P
Russia
Great Britain
Palestine
United Nations General Assembly
Holy Land
UN Palestine Committee
Semyon Tsarapkin
Britain
Mandate
Murder charge filed against Pampa man
James Thomas Oglesby aged 26 was charged with murder in the death of Homer McIlvain 40. McIlvain died in a Pampa hospital from injuries from a fight on South Cuyler Street, a bloody shovel and knife were found near the scene, and Oglesby was treated for knife wounds. Services for McIlvain have not been announced.
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Pampa
James Thomas Oglesby
Homer McIilvain
McIlvain
South Cuyler Street
G. K. Kyle
McIilvain
Kyle
Oglesby
MclIlvain
Amarillo Firemen Elect New Union Officers
Amarillo firemen of Local 542 in the International Fire Fighters Association elect new officers today by secret ballot. Present officers include Clyde Gibbins as president H H Hunter as vice president J C Stanley as secretary Wilson Frazier as treasurer and Jake Fletcher as sergeant at arms. Election results date not set.
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Amarillo
Markets Stock Averages and Kansas City Livestock Report
Merrill Lynch stock averages shown with mixed changes amid rail and utilities notes. Kansas City livestock data cover cattle calves hogs and sheep with prices, sales, and shifts. Chicago hogs and cattle trade details and a financial fund liquidation offer are listed.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Erect Supports for Third Water Tank in Amarillo
First sections of column supports for a new overhead city water tank at Twenty seventh and Pierce have been erected. The tank will hold a million gallons and match two others built in the last year to provide uniform water pressure citywide. City manager N V Moss says the modified grid system allows bidirectional flow to avoid dead end mains.
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Pierce
N. V. Moss
Amarillo
Confederate Veteran 101 Buried in San Augustine
John Calvin Matthews San Augustine County's last Confederate veteran and a staunch Confederate, died and was buried in San Augustine Texas. He served from April 1863 to May 1865 and celebrated his 101st birthday on November 11. Matthews migrated from Alabama to Texas in 1849, a journey of about three months. Traces of human occupancy in Carlsbad Caverns New Mexico go back at least 4 000 years.
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San Augustine
Tex
John Calvin Matthews
Matthews
Texas
Alabama
Carlsbad Caverns
New Mexico
Perdue and Hand Bodies Return from Europe
Two Amarillo servicemen dead in the European theater have been returned to the United States aboard the transport Robert Burns. Pfc. Jack Hand, son of Herman Hand of Canyon, and Pvt. James T. Perdue, son of Thomas F. Perdue of North Roberts, are listed among about 250 Texans aboard the Burns. Most died in the D-Day Omaha Beach assault and are buried in Saint Laurent-sur-Mer Cemetery. others were moved from Henri Chapelle Cemetery near Eupen Belgium.
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Amarillo
United States
Robert Burns
Jack Hand
Herman Hand
Canyon
James T. Perdue
Thomas F. Perdue
North Roberts
Omaha Beach
Normandy
Saint Laourent-sur-Mer
Henri Chapelle
Eupen
Belgium
Plane Aids in Convict Hunt
A California pilot rented a plane to join Texas peace officers in a manhunt for two escaped convicts, Gene Ballard and Glenn Whitley, from Throckmorton County. The pair, unarmed and handcuffed, are sought after escaping custody near Saint Jo and are believed to have fled toward the area, with roadblocks and bloodhounds deployed.
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Gainesville
Montague County
Rankin
Paris
Throckmorton
Ballard
Whitley
Texarkana
Bowie County
Bridger Given Six Years for Lumber Company Burglary
George T. Bridger of Dallas was sentenced to six years in the penitentiary after pleading guilty in 47th District Court to burglarizing the Beverly Bauman Lumber Company at 901 Georgia. He had prior lumberyard burglary sentences in Lubbock Abilene and Waco and was brought to Dallas by Raz Rit fro Texas Ranger.
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George T. Bridger
Dallas
47Th District
Beverly Bauman Lumber Company
Georgia
Bridger
Lubbock
Abilene
Waco
Raz Rentfro
Texas Ranger
Two Go On Trial On Burglary Charge
Calvin Wilson and Herbert E. Chambers go on trial in 47th District Court for burglarizing Barnes Sandwich Shop at 114 Fillmore on Nov 7. The 17 and 18 year olds were arrested inside the shop by city officers and provide Rock Springs Wyo as home. They are not represented and not eligible for court appointed counsel due to prior convictions.
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Calvin Wilson
Herbert E. Chambers
47Th District Court
Barnes
Fillmore
Rock Springs
Wye
Swarthout Concert Tickets By Mail
Tickets for the Gladys Swarthout concert on December 5 must be ordered by mail only. Reservations are handled through the Panhandle Concert Bureau in Amarillo, Box 1214. Prices include tax and range from 3.60 to 1.20 dollars depending on seating and student status.
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Gladys Swarthout
Miss Swarthout
Amarillo
Panhandle
County Offices Closed for J D Cazzell Funeral
Potter County offices closed this afternoon to allow employees to attend the funeral rites for J. D. Cazzell justice of the peace who died Saturday at his home. Skeleton crews remained on duty in a few offices.
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Potter County
J. D. Cazzell
Norito Relief Claims for Neuritis and Pain
Advertising copy touts NORITO as a fast acting remedy for rheumatism sciatica lumbago colleine and neuritis. It promises quick relief with a money back guarantee if the first three doses fail and urges readers to buy from their druggist.
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Norito
Pot County Plans Hard-Surface Areas At Tri-State Fair
Potter County commissioners announced plans to hard-surface two large areas at Tri-State Fair Park. One section between the Quarter Horse building and the race track will serve as carnival grounds, while the existing carnival grounds will be converted to display grounds for farm implements and machinery.
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Tri-State Fair Park
Potter County
Hodges Sentenced to One Year in Oklahoma Penitentiary
Lee Roy Hodges of Amarillo recently paroled from Potter County jail after serving a $500 fine for passing a worthless check. He was sentenced in Oklahoma City to one year in the state penitentiary on bogus check charges. Hodges, 20, of 1306 East Ninth, was released here a month before his conviction and had prior convictions for check and juvenile offenses.
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Lee Roy Hodges
Amarillo
Potter County
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Penitentiary
Hodges
East Ninth
Businessman Jim Reynolds Returns from Texas Trip
Jim Reynolds of Walter Irvin Inc. returned from a combined business and hunting trip with a 10 point buck. He conducted business in San Antonio and hunted near Brady Texas. the deer was brought home as a trophy.
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Jim Reynolds
Walter Irvin, Inc
San Antonio
Brady
Thurston Funeral Set for Tomorrow
Funeral services for James Grady Thurston a Amarillo Yellow Cab Co employee will be held at 4 tomorrow afternoon at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel Rev Robert L Smith will officiate Pallbearers are Ben Ratliff A H Miracle Jr W W Mills B Howard C Purcell and Tom Fong Burial will be in Llano Cemetery He died yesterday at 621 Spring aged 53 a World War I veteran and Masonic member Surviving are his widow Mrs Hannah Thurston a son Truman Thurston and other relatives
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James Grady Thurston
Amarillo Yellow Cab Co. Employe
Blackburn- Shaw Memorial Chapel
Robert L. Smith
Fairview Baptist Church
Ben Ratliff
A. H. Miracle, Jr
W. W. Mills
B. Howard
C. Purcell
Tom Fong
Llano
Mr. Thurston
Thurston Family Listed Across States in Obituary Snippet
A brother J. B. Thurston of Monett Missouri is named along with four sisters in a partial obituary fragment. Myrtle Kouri of Herrington Kansas Dora Mountain of Tahlequah Oklahoma Glenn Giewacki of Leonia New Jersey and Florence Minor of Pendleton Oregon are identified as siblings.
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J. B. Thurston
Monett
Myrtle Kouri
Herrington
Kan
Dora Mountain
Tahlequah
Oklo
Glenn Giewacki
Leonia
Florence Minor
Pendleton
Ore
Franklin completes enlistment physical for Marine training
Billy Joe Franklin son of Joseph J Franklin residing at 1500 West Seventh has passed his physical for service. Sgt Leonard W Smith Amarillo US Marine Corps recruiter says he was transferred from Oklahoma City center to San Diego recruiting station for an eight week instruction course.
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Billy Joe Franklin
Joseph J. Franklin
West Seventh
Leonard W. Smith
Amarillo
US Marine Corps
Franklin
Oklahoma City Center
San
Closner Visits Aunt in Amarillo During Texas Stop
George Closner of San Antonio is in Amarillo visiting his aunt Mrs. Jinks Mode at 2105 Van Buren. He is joined by his brother Jack Closner during the trip.
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Mode George Closner
San Antonio
Amarillo
Jinks Mode
van Buren
Mr. Closner
Jack Closner
Drugless Rheumatism Cure Promoted By Ball Clinic
Excelsior Springs Missouri reports a new drugless treatment for rheumatism and arthritis using mineral waters and baths. A free book titled Rheumatism explains why medicines provide only temporary relief and outlines the treatment. Readers may request the book and another volume Good Health, Life’s Greatest Blessing, with no obligation.
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Excelsior Springs
Ball Clinic
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Nancy Louise Foster
Dwain Foster
Wilson
Kate Fowler
Silverton
W. Foster
Bryan
Donna Patton
Eunice L. Quillin
Pittsburg
Congress
George Dunn
Nell Healy Black
The
Southern Furniture Company
Black Palestine Solution
Firemen’s Union
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Seevcegess
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Financial Industrial Fund
Armour & Co
AT & SF
Avco
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Blaw-Knox
Borden Foods
Braniff Airways
L‘ Ll
Burroughs
Chrysler Corporation
Commercial Motors
Continental Ove
Continental Ou Co
Sta
Curtiss Wright Deere & Co
General Douglas Aircraft Electric
General Motors
Gillette Razor
Goodrich
Gulf Petroleum
Interlake Iron
Inter Tel
Jones-Laughlin ‘Steel
Ee” Copper Weer
Lone Bell Lumber Ee
Glenn L. Martin
Mid Continent Petroleum
Mongomery Ard
Nash Kelvinator
National Biscuit
National Gypsum
National Can
NY Central
North American
St. Jo
Corporation
Texas Gulf
Winm
Woolworth
Chi GO
Grai
Chicago Board of Jade
Aere
Plane
Buralar
Pew
Oklahoma
Thurston
Condon Ozners
Polk St
Shaw
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