Tragedy Strikes Pleasant Valley Boy After Bike Crash
Larry Benny Gammill eight dies within hours after bicycle collision with a southbound truck on Highway 287 near Pleasant Valley. Alton Fox rides as passenger. driver Si J. Harrell and wife involved. Speed about 30 mph. Boy rushed to St Anthony’s Hospital then Griggs & Sons Funeral Home. Family details and distant relatives listed.
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Larry Benny Gammill
T. N. Gammill
Mountain Drive
Pleasant Valley
Alton Fox
Pleasant Valley School
Larry
Si J. Harrell
Perryton
Amarillo
Lerry
Valley Drive
Goldin Harrell
Highway Patrol
Harrell
Polk Ivy
Blackburn-Shaw
St. Anthony's Hospital
Griggs & Sons Funeral Home
Perry
S. L. Gammill
Portales
W. A. Kalrouth
Yale
Ore
Jews Accept Partition Hope Maintains Readiness to Defend
The Jewish Agency announced it is prepared to accept the Holy Land partition into separate Arab and Jewish states, warning enforcement will be needed. It said Palestine Jews would defend themselves as a nation if required. A separate report notes a daylight bank robbery in Sandia, Jim Wells County, Texas, with $1,000 to $1,500 stolen.
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Partition Lake
Jewish Agency
Voice of
Palestine Jews
Holy Land
Texas
Austin
Sandia
Jim Wells County
Texas Department of Public Safety
Black owner seeks evicting whites in Memphis housing case
In Memphis on October 2, Necro woman Anna Rollin, owner of a house in a white residential area, asked general sessions court to evict 36 white tenants so she and relatives can occupy the property. Testimony from Mr and Mrs Del Pontes claimed they wish to keep the home to protect 12 subleasing families. Judge Francis Holmes took the case under advisement.
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Memphis
Tenn
General Sessions Court
Anna Rollin
Chicago
Francis Holmes
A. B. del Pontes
Holmes
Six Week Carter Carburetor Strike Ends
The Carter Carburetor Corp and CIO United Automobile Workers union announced a settlement on October 2, ending a six week strike by 2,400 workers. Wage increases of 14 percent were agreed and production will resume next year.
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ST. Louis
Carter Carburetor Corp
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
Railroads Order More Boxcars to West Texas
Officials told Senator Connally that the Association of American Railroads directed that additional boxcars be hurried to West Texas to handle an emergency from insufficient grain storage space for the grain sorghum harvest.
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Texas
Washington
West Texas
The
Association of American Railroads
Senator Connally
Comparative Study Of City Budgets On Page Six
The Globe presents a condensation of the new city budget with figures comparing it with the prior fiscal year. Readers can view the comparative study on page six and may request the detailed budget when available. Copies will be on file at city hall for public inspection.
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The
Globe
Imposter Solicits Cash Posing as Community Chest Worker
“It is the most despicable thing I have ever heard,” said Gordon Morrison of the Better Business Bureau. In San Jacinto, women Community Chest workers found door to door soliciting housewives but locals had already been approached. A racketeering scheme was uncovered with grafters posing as Chest representatives. Genuine Chest workers carry credentials pledge cards red feather pins and a “We Gave” window sticker.
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Gordon Morrison
Better Business Bureau
San Jacinto
Community Chest
Robbery at Kelley’s Service Station Nets About $158
Two armed men held up Kelley’s Service Station on North East Eighth Avenue at 4:50 AM, escaping east on Highway 60 or 66 in a blue 1946 1947 Cadillac. Attendant Alvin Daniels described the leader as tall and dark, about 40, in a striped suit. the second man 5 foot 6, 140 pounds, dark with a small mustache. A woman waited in the car. Officers issued a Southwestern warrant for three suspects. Oklahoma plate No. 9 6231 noted. Loss later fixed between $155 and $158.
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Kelley's
North East Eighth Avenue
Alvin Daniels
Oklahoma
Daniels
Wornie T. Kelley
East Eighth
Memphis
Social Welfare Association Aids Needy With 1287 Garments
The Social Welfare Association supplied 1,287 pieces of clothing to those in need last year, distributing warmth and essential wear to disadvantaged residents through their charitable program.
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The
Social Welfare Association
Adventure in democracy shapes wartime rationing push
President Truman presses self rationing to avert Europe hunger. Henderson calls for Congress to resume rationing. Harriman warns 70 million extra bushels needed. Luckman leads a nationwide campaign urging buying wisely eating sensibly wasting nothing with housewife tips to save wheat and reduce poultry and dairy use.
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Washington
Truman
Europe
Leon Henderson
Congress
Harriman
Charley Luckman
Bulgaria accuses US at UN of backing Balkan penetration
Bulgaria accuses the United States of using the United Nations to hide its penetration of the Balkans and Near East, terming the Truman Doctrine an effort to establish bases and influence. Bulgaria and Albania push their case as the UN committee resumes debate on the Greek crisis. The US seeks a Korean troop withdrawal date and a UN supervised evacuation.
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Lake Success
Bulgaria
United States Today
United Nations
Balkans
Near East
Balkan
Nissim Mevorah
United States
Albania
Menorah
Greece
Mevorah
Walter Lippmann
William Shirer
Assembly
General Assembly
Korea
Russia
Stork Visit Delays Arrival After Emergency TWA Landing
A 31 year old Italian wife of Corporal Ralph Youngblood rushed to Northwest Texas Hospital after a TWA Constellation made an emergency stop at Amarillo English Field. Nurses expected the baby to arrive in several hours with limited updates as the couple’s long international history emerges from Naples to Decora and Rome.
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Amarillo
Ralph Youngblood
Mather Field
Cal
Northwest Texas
English Field
Youngblood
Northwest Texas Hospital
Nanvles
Italy
Youngbloods
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Vicinity
The forecast calls for fair weather with southwest winds 25 to 30 mph this afternoon and mild conditions through Friday. High today around 88 with a tonight low near 55, and a Friday high near 87. West Texas remains fair this afternoon through Friday with little temperature change. New Mexico expects partly cloudy skies today and Friday with scattered afternoon showers in northwest areas. Overnight lows range 35 to 45 in the northwest and 45 to 55 elsewhere, with Friday highs from 80 to 90.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Bus Targeted Near Hattiesburg Amid Strike Violence
A Southern Bus Line passenger bus, whose former drivers are on strike, was fired on north of Hattiesburg as Governor Wright warned guardsmen would shoot to kill if violence continued. No injuries reported among the three passengers and crew aboard.
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Jackson
Miss
Southern Bus Line Co., Inc
Hattiesburg
Fielding L. Wright
National Guardsmen
State Highway Patrol Office
Wright
Truitt Buys Polk Street Half Block in City
G. S. Odom & Company announced Arthur Truitt purchased the Polk Street half block between Eleventh and Twelfth Avenues for $90,000.
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Truitt
G. S. Odom & Company
Arthur Truitt
Polk Street
Eleventh
Twelfth Avenues
Memphis Censors Ban Curley Provokes SAG Protest
The Screen Actors Guild board adopted a resolution protesting Memphis Tennessee censorship of the film Curley. The group condemned intolerance and prejudice against a wholesome comedy showing white and colored kids playing together.
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Hollywood
Board of Directors
The
Screen Actors Guild
Memphis, Tenn
Curley
Wiley College students strike over faculty removals
Wiley College in Marshall reports a student strike with 168 pupils walking out after senior representatives Joseph Willie and Fred Jones named three faculty members for removal. Picketing occurred at the administration building as the walkout seeks changes including student representation and end to campus segregation by sex.
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E. C. McLeod
Willie
Jones
McLeod's
McLeod
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Bulletins
E. L. Selby
Kelley
North East Eighth
Selby
Cleveland
W. T. Kelley
John Maynard
Roller Palace
6Th and
Jefferson
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
Russells State'y. Co
Commerce
Riman
Citizens Food Committee
Western
Presidential
Secretary of Commerce
Luckman
É&T
Othman
Wea
Nna
U.S
Daddy
Maria Peters
Hos
Pital
Francis Youngblood
Stork
Peters
Pompeii
Naples
Corporal Youngblood
States
Actors’ Guild
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