Dixie Demos Plan for 1952 Presidential Campaign
Jackson Mississippi October meeting planned by anti Truman Southern Democrats to map 1952 strategy. Walter Sillers, speaker of the Mississippi House, says the event will include Alabama leaders and high state rights officials in Selma, with a move to elect a President friendly to the South.
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Jackson
Miss
Walter Sillers
Byrd
Virginia
Selma
Ala
Sillers
Mississippi
House of Representatives
South
States Rights Movement
Alabama
Democratic Party
Truman
Eleven Escape Iron Curtain to Seek Asylum in US
A leaking boat carrying 11 refugees from behind the Iron Curtain docked in Fort Pierce Florida. Immigration officials arranged their transfer to Ellis Island New York for detention processing aboard a train. The group included four men four women and three children all Estonians except for one Polish woman. They left Sweden on July 22 after a stop in the Dominican Republic and had no travel papers.
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Fort Pierce
Fla
United States
Immigration Service
Ellis Island
New York Harbor
Sweden
Dominican Republic
New Plant for Guided Missiles at Bristol Tennessee
The Navy announced a 25 million dollar plant for undisclosed guided missiles will be built at Bristol Tennessee by Sperry and Company as general supervisors. Land acquisition is underway and construction will take about 15 months, employing about 1,500 workers.
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Washington
Bristol, Tenn
Navy
Sperry and Company
Two Women Join Amarillo City Accounting Office
Two women began work this week as account clerks in the city accounting office in Amarillo. Lois Bell Holloway and Madeline Read fill openings, with Holloway formerly with Merit Mills and Read previously with the Social Security Board.
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Amarillo
Lois Bell Holloway
Tyler
Madeline Read
North East Ninth
Holloway
Merit Mills
Read
Social Security Board
Miller Returns to Fire Department
John F. Miller 3612 North East Twenty second has returned to the Amarillo Fire Department after military leave since December 31 1950. He was a department member several years before joining the military.
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John F. Miller
North East Twenty-second
Amarillo
Time Running Out For Yale Greetings
Postmaster Gordon Jordan urges Amarillo families to mail Christmas packages to service members in remote areas by Oct 15 and to those in Japan Korea and the Pacific by Nov 1. Overseas mail to Army post offices or Fleet Postmaster points should arrive by Nov 15. Pack shipments in strong boxes with tight wrapping and tying.
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Gordon Jordan
Amarillo
Japan
Korea
Pacific Islands
Army
New York
San Francisco
New Orleans
Seattle
Fleet
Electricians State Meeting Observes 50th Anniversary in DC
Seven Panhandle representatives of the National Electrical Contractors Association attend the 50th anniversary event October 9 through 12 in Washington at the Shoreham Hotel. Attending are L. V. Lively of Borger and wife. George E. Broome of Amarillo. Harold J. Hamilton of Amarillo and wife. and John Burt of Amarillo and wife.
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Panhandle
National Electrical Contractors Association
Washington, DC
Shoreham Hotel
L. V. Lively
Borger
George E. Broome
Amarillo
Harold J. Hamilton
John Burt
Insurance Men Meet in Abilene Event Highlights
An Amarillo insurance man Roy L Sessions 2007 Tyler will preside at an afternoon session of the Sales Congress of the American Society of Chartered Life Underwriters in Abilene today and tomorrow. The CSU conferment banquet is scheduled for 7 30 tonight in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Wooten.
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Amarillo
Roy L. Sessions
Tyler
American Society of Chartered Life Underwriters
Abilene
Insurance men from Amarillo seek membership with two firms
Billy Curry and Joe Martin of Amarillo are among candidates for membership. Curry links with American General Life Insurance and Martin with Southwestern Life Insurance. A morning session begins at 9 30, followed by an afternoon session at 1 30 after lunch. Fifteen Amarillo insurance men attend.
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Billy Curry
Joe Martin
Amarillo
Curry
American General Life Insurance Company
Martin
Southwestern Life Insurance Company
Amarillo Insurance
Car Strikes Back When Hit in Rear
Indianapolis Oct 4 A rear end collision involving Joseph A Strauss’s auto prompted a second impact after he slowed for a turn on West Washington Street. Edward C Houchin’s car struck Strauss from behind, sending his vehicle into Emma Hall’s car, which then rear ended Houchin’s.
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Indianafusis
Joseph A. Strauss
Strauss
West Washington Street
Edward C. Houchin
Emma Hall
Houchin
Two Spanish Newspapers in the United States in 1880
In 1880 the United States hosted two Spanish language newspapers serving immigrant communities. The early press reflected cultural ties and local affairs, offering readers news, politics, and cultural content in Spanish.
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United States
Monkey Paper Faces Larceny Charges
In Jacksonville on October 4, L. McDonald accused Ray Krug of kidnapping his pet monkey Oscar. Constable Woodward could only book larceny, after McDonald chased Krug from Columbus, Ohio, and the case was explained as a non kidnapping offense.
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L. McDonald
Constanble W. O. Woodward
McDonald
Oscar
Ray Krug
Columbus
Ohio
Krug
Woodward
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City Accounting Office
Miller
Yale Greetings
Electricians State Meeting
Am Rustain Products, Inc
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Jacksonville, Fla
Globe-News
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Dean
Polk
Rayon Taffeta
BAS
Plaid Ginghams
Mintomey
Sleeping Eyes
Beau
Pioneer
Chambray
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