Farmers Vote In City Dec 7 For ACA Committee
Potter County farmers and ranchers will vote December 7 to elect three regular and two alternate members to the county agricultural conservation committee. Eligible voters are participants in the 1946 conservation program the sugar program or the federal crop insurance program. Balloting will be at the ACA office Room 7 Post Office Building with secret ballots by mail or in person.
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Potter County
County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Amos Walker
ACA
Walker
54 Per Cent Meat Increase
A Bureau of Business Research report notes after OPA price controls ended in October livestock shipments rose 54 percent from September. Carloads totaled 12,388 in October versus 8,025 in September, with hog shipments up 145 percent calves up 95 percent and cattle up 86 percent. sheep declined 46 percent. October 1946 remained 9 percent below the prior year.
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Austin
OPA
Bureau of Business Research
University dormitory cafeteria boycott over food prices
At the Texas University dormitory, students voted unanimously to boycott the cafeteria protesting price hikes on butter bread and eggs. Dean Dunham and Miss Rosalie Godfrey discussed price cuts or smaller portions as possible solutions, with five students appointed to direct the boycott.
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Austin
Texas University
Little Campus
Charles V. Dunham
George Bradford
Dallas
Association
Dunham
Rosalie S. Godfrey
Death verdict in Baylor County judge’s suicide case
In Seymour, Justice Claude Fancher returned a verdict of death by own action for Baylor County Judge Robert Jones 53 who died from a 12 gauge shotgun wound in Seymour City Park. Jones served 12 years as county clerk and six years as county judge and recently lost in the Democratic primary for the 113th District legislature.
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Wichita Falls
Baylor County
Robert Jones
Temple
Seymour
Claude Fancher
Jones
Baylor
Deportation of Refugees Faces Legality Test
In Jerusalem the Palestine Supreme Court heard a case challenging the legality of deporting Jewish refugees. The ruling paused deportations to Cyprus for uncertified refugees arriving in Palestine while judges study the issues, with Sir William Fitzgerald not giving a final decision date.
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Jerusalem
Palestine Supreme Court
Holy Land
Wiliam Fitzgerald
Cyprus
Palestine
Army Engineers May Retain Some Laid Off Workers
Dallas November 27 UP The Southwest Division of the U S Army Engineers may retain many of about 3000 workers given layoff notices. A $70 million increase in funds for flood control and rivers and harbors projects was announced by Col Henry Hutchings Jr division chief.
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Dallas
Southwest Division
U. S. Army Engineers
Henry Hutchings, Jr
Rayburn backs McCormack for Democratic House Leader
Speaker Sam Rayburn announced support for Rep. John W. McCormack of Massachusetts as Democratic leader of the House in the new Congress. Rayburn's endorsement marks a key front in the leadership contest within the party.
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McCormack
Washington
W.P
Sam Rayburn
Rep
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Congress
Market Report From Amarillo Livestock Auction
The Kansas City Livestock market lists hogs sheep and cattle with supply totals around 1 200 to 3 200 head and steady to higher bids. Prices range with top hogs near 24 75 and cattle mostly in the 21 to 28 dollar per hundredweight area, including top good and choice steers around 28 00 to 29 00.
Chicago Livestock Prices Report November Market Movements
Chicago livestock market report shows hogs up to 25 dollars 00 cents per head with top at 25.00. cattle and calves mixed with steer prices around 19.00 to 33.00. beef cows 10.50 to 12.50. hogs 16,000 head traded and sheep 6,000 head with lambs 24.50 to 24.65 for good quality wooled varieties.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
USDA
Courthouse Records and Transfers Highlight Deeds and Marital Actions
Warranty deeds list transfers in Old Town Glenwood and University Heights with amounts from 275 to 12 000 dollars. A district court docket shows four divorce petitions and two marriage licenses for Leland Shhumake with Joann Vaught and George Cannedy with Jeanice White.
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H. W. McAlister
Ardell Allen
Old Town
Mathias J. Gerber, Jr
H. W. McCain
Thelma F. Crafton
Albert K. Crafton
Glenwood
Lollie Ties
Everly Alken
Ford
Horace B. Gooch
Aileen Kirkpatrick
Amarillo Heights
Joseph R. Shackelford
Lucy E. Shackelford
Morningside
Ww. A. Glick Et Ax
Thomas L. Murphy
University Heights
Minne Frances Murphy
Sarah D. Cleveland
Perry
Byars, Jr
San Jacinto Heights
William W. Wilkinson
Bivins
Mazzie M. Snee
Esther M. Lewis
Plemons
R. A. Moore
Marie Moore
Helen Frances Farmer
Thomas Farmer
N. B. Drake
Minnie Lee Drake
Mary Lee Sewell
Watt Sewell
Leland M. Shhumake
Joann Vaught
George F. Cannedy
Jeanice White
Civilian Production Agency Considers Clothing Controls Lift
Washington officials say the Civilian Production Administration is weighing removal of rules prohibiting two pants suits and double breasted vests, announced today.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
Texarkana carpenter loses 5600 in cash he hid
Texarkana carpenter Ed Forrest buried 56 crisp $100 bills worth 5600 to hide war earnings. After a delayed tire and bank closure he found the money missing. he had warned his wife and offered a reward, saying the cash could have bought many self made items.
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Texarkana
U.R
Ed Forrest
Texas
Arkansas
Forrest
Mrs. Ronnie Settle Dies at 46 in Amarillo Hospital
Mrs. Ronnie May Settle 46 wife of J M Settle of 811 Russell Amarillo died at 10 15 this morning in Northwest Texas Hospital after a two week stay. Survived by husband and two sons Edwin Lee and Jessie of Amarillo. Funeral arrangements are pending. Body held by Boxwell Brothers.
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Ronnie May Settle
J. M. Settle
Russell
Northwest Texas Hospital
Christmas Party Planned for Reclamation Children in Amarillo
The entertainment committee of the Reclamation regional headquarters announced a children’s Christmas party for December 19 in Amarillo. The exact location is to be announced. Santa Claus will preside at the gift distribution.
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Bureau of Reclamation
Amarillo
Entertainment Committee of Reclamation
Santa Claus
Doing His Homework in Jail Keeps School Balance
James Slaughter a Kalamazoo Central High School student is jailed for 30 days on burglary charges but may leave daily for school. Judge George Weimer made the unprecedented ruling after Slaughter said he would likely make the honor roll if schooling continued.
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Kalmazoo
Mich
U.P
James Slaughter
Kalamazoo Central
George Weimer
Weimer
Slaughter
Bureau of Reclamation Adds Two New Employees
Daniel Havelka and E. W. Rowland transfer from Denver to regional offices. Both join the hydraulic section of the project planning office. Rowland buys a home in Country Club addition. Nicaragua described as land of lakes and volcanos.
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Daniel Havelka
E. W. Rowland
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
Denver
Rowland
Country Club Addition
Theft Suspect Captured After Trail From Liberal to Amarillo
A 15 year old runaway from Guthrie Oklahoma was chased by duck hunters and service station owners, aided by Canyon Happy and Tulsa officers and state patrol, then found five miles from the abandoned car. The youth, armed with a pistol, was jailed in Amarillo and to be turned over to federal authorities for transporting a car across state lines.
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BE. A. Bartlett
Liberal
Kan
Amarillo
Bartlett
Lawrence Heckman
Heckman
Canyon
Clyde Williams
J. A. Balogh
Balogh
Williams
Happy- Nazareth
Happy
Tulsa
Jenkins To Preside At Mayors Meeting
Mayor Joe Jenkins and Commissioner Oscar Hargett depart Amarillo for Harlingen to attend Texas Construction Council and Texas League of Municipalities meetings. Jenkins chairs both bodies and will preside at sessions and deliver an address. Meetings run through Wednesday with engineers, contractors, and municipal leaders attending.
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Joe Jenkins
Oscar Hargett
Harlingen
Texas Construction Council
Texas League of Municipalities
Jenkins
League of Municipalities
Construction Council
Amarillo
Hargett
Texas Society of Professional Engineers
The
Municipal Construction Contractors Association
Absentee Votes Count in Amarillo Airport Bond Election
Forty eight absentee ballots were cast in the municipal airport bond election totaling half a million dollars to be voted on Saturday. It ranks among the largest absentee turnouts in Amarillo bond elections in two years. Absentee voting closed yesterday at 5 p.m.
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Amarillo
British note 1000 Jewish refugees enter Germany monthly
British authorities report that about 1,000 Polish Jewish refugees are slipping into the British occupation zone in Germany each month as efforts to derail a European underground railway to Palestine continue.
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Berlin
Palestine
Germany
Wildorado relief drive aids stricken Faust family
Wildorado residents seek to raise about 1000 dollars to help Roy Faust his mother Maude and the late Cris Russell Faust’s family after a highway crash and house fire. Neighbors have already contributed 150 dollars and further support is sought from local farmers and Boys Ranch which will provide quilts for the mother and son.
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Wildorado
Roy Faust
Maude Faust
Cris Russell Faust
Faust
West End
Arkansas
Tom Watson
Relief Committee
Watson
Mittee
Tal Farley
Boys Ranch
Building Code Appeals Board Postpones Meeting
The Building Code Appeals Board postponed a meeting scheduled for yesterday to tomorrow. A petition from F. P. Works concerns the setback distance from property lines for construction.
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Building Code Appeals Board
F. P. Works
Firemen Responded to Three Alarms Yesterday
Firemen answered three alarms yesterday. The first alarm came in at 8 48 a m about an arcing wire at 2010 Monroe. At 10 10 a m a small fire occurred in a wrecking yard at First and Van Buren. The final alarm came two minutes before noon from Ninth and Polk where a car had a minor blaze.
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Monroe
van Buren
Ninth
Polk
Records Enter Alcatraz Case
In federal court today the defense objected as the criminal backgrounds of three Alcatraz inmates were admitted into the trial record. Milan B. Thompson received life for kidnapping in Amarillo Texas Sam Shockley was convicted of robbing and kidnapping at Poala Oklahoma bank teller Clarence Carnes was given 99 years at 18 for kidnapping in Oklahoma City. Jurors viewed a full pictorial description of the island fortress where the trio aided a bid to escape that led to Guard William A Miller’s death.
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San Francisco
U.P
Alcatraz
Milan EB. Thompson
Amarillo
Tex
Sam Shockley
Poala
Okla
Clarence Carnes
Oklahoma City
San Francisco Bay
William A. Miller
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