Mail theft case yields federal prison terms
Perry Tolios, formerly a substitute letter carrier at Amp arillo post office, was sentenced in federal court to a year and a day for two counts of embezzling mails. Judge Dooley ordered the terms concurrent. Adolphus Archer of DeQueen Arkansas also pled guilty to altering a post office money order and received a year and a day.
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Joe B. Dooley
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DeQueen
Ark
My Day Too Little Attention To Campaigns
Eleanor Roosevelt urges focus on domestic campaigns amid World War II era foreign policy concerns. She praises Senator Herbert Lehman’s record, warns of Korea war stakes, and notes a Hyde Park speech on education within a growing Long Island community.
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Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Hyde Park
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Leo Perlis
Long Island
United Nations
Kansas City Livestock Market Report October Prices
Kansas City stock report shows cattle 300, calves 100, hogs 800 with steady to firm tone. Hogs 200-270 lb or 170-190 lb ranges cited at about 18.75 and 18.75, sows 16.50-18.00. sheep about steady with good to choice native lambs and slaughter ewes noted.
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Kansas City
Chicago Livestock Market Report October 6
Chicago livestock prices show hogs five thousand headed, up to 50 cents higher with tops around 16.895 and 220-300 ands at 19.25. Cattle about fifteen hundred head with calf prices weak, steers scarce. cows and heifers range 18.50 to 33. Calves light. sheep around one thousand with lambs slow but steady to weak, tops at 27.50 and yearlings 23.50.
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Chicago
Mrs. Nora H Elizabeth Blanton Funeral Set
Funeral services for Mrs. Nora H Elizabeth Blanton who died yesterday morning in her home North Polk will be tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Ivy Chapel of Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home Rev Mack A McCoy pastor of Ridgemere Baptist Church will officiate Place of interment not yet decided Mrs Blanton 80 had lived in Amarillo since 1912 moving from Canyon She was a member of the Baptist church Woodmen Circle Royal Neighbors Rebekah Lodge and the Pythian Sisters Survivors include two sons Harold C Blanton Amarillo and Dan H Gardner Rock Springs Wyoming and three daughters Mrs M H Orr Pendleton Oregon Mrs F D Haynes Concordia Kansas and Mrs Ora Easum Los Angeles
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North Polk
Ivy
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Mack A. McCoy
Ridgemere
Profits From Amarillo Dog Show Aid West Texas Children
The Panhandle Kennel Club will donate yearly to the Children’s Home Boys Ranch and the Preventorium from profits of the second Amarillo Dog Show. The 1950 show will net about 300 dollars, with an option to raise funds to reach the total. Lee First leads civic projects and will organize drives for Community Chest and Salvation Army.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Community Chest
Salvation Army
Jim Blodgett
Lubbock
Mason
Airplane used to bag 172 pound black bear in New Hampshire
Harry Scott of Connecticut lake camp employed a seaplane bird-shot and a club to kill a 172 pound black bear. He spotted the bear swimming on a lake near Pittsburg on October 6,taxied to shore, fired two rounds misusing bird-shot, then climbed a pontoon and beat the bear to death after nearly an hour.
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Pittsburg
Harry Scott
Connecticut Lake
Scott
Yankees Phillies game summary continuation
In the seventh inning the Phillies Hamner singled, Seminick sacrificed, Goliat singled to score Hamner, Heintzelman sacrifice, Waitkus flied out, Mize’s long fly caught by Ennis, and Johnson struck out. Earlier, the Yankees showed one run on Coleman’s single, Berra fouling, DiMaggio’s fly, and Bauer popping to Goliat. There were no runs in the later frames and no errors in the sequence.
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Bauer
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Lopat
Heintzelman
Waitkus
Ennis Caugh
Auditors Find 77 Cent Discrepancy in Tax Books
Four auditors from the state comptroller's office completed a section of the annual audit of Potter County Assessor-Collector Hubert Cole. They report a 77 cent difference in the accounts amid several million dollars handled, confident it will be resolved and corrected.
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State Comptroller’s Office
Potter County
Hubert Cole
Lank Halstead
Glenn Forman
L. L. Shoffit
Arthur L. Fuchs
State Office
Cole
Session led by Guill with Amarillo chamber official in charge
Guill spearheaded the session with Earl Allmand, industrial director of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce, coordinating arrangements. The report notes that eight gallons of special oil are used to give each elephant at the London zoo its annual beauty bath.
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Earl Allmand
Amarillo
London Zoo
Stars Start Over Amid Breaks In Summer and Smoke Tour
John Ireland and Una Merkel lead the cast with plans shaped by recent films. Ireland, fresh from Vengeance Valley and All the King’s Men, seeks sleep and a quick hotel rest after arrival. Merkel recalls helping Ann Lee push her Santa Fe and Phoenix stage roles, and hints at a TV project post tour while visiting family in Mexico and New York.
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Red River
Una Merkel
Miss Merkel
Ann Lee
el Teatro de Santa Fe
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Phoenix
Miss Lee
Ann
Santa Fe
Eileen
Swanson Steps Into Supporting Role in Film
Gloria Swanson joins Bradford Hatton Lilian Hamilton and Hunter Gardner in a new production with Pegsy O'Connor Anthony Roux Paula Morgan and Bill Erwin in minor but notable parts. The ensemble promises a lively screen dynamic as shooting progresses.
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Bradford Hatton
Lilian Hamilton
Hunter Gardner
Pegsy O'Connor
Anthony Roux
Paula Morgan
Bill Erwin
Proclamation on Medical Registrations Issued by White House
The White House released a proclamation detailing medical registrations for a limited group of physicians and dentists trained at government expense or deferred during World War II. It states all under age 50 must register unless in the reserve or with active service, with initial registration dates and future steps left to selective service decisions.
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Truman
War Casualties Reported Amid Frontline Fighting
Amid ongoing combat, officials estimate casualties on both sides with reports acknowledging single and multiple deaths. Details remain sparse as troops exchange fire across disputed front lines and humanitarian agencies assess civilian impact.
Allies press into North Korea as Red defenses hold
U N forces push toward parallel 38 with South Korean spearheads driving to Yongdae and near Yachon while the capital Seoul area hosts British Australians and U S Marines. Reports note 14 028 captives and thousands more killed or imprisoned as North Korean lines at Haeju and Hwachon resist. Russian advisers aid North Korean defenses near Wonsan and western fronts under strain.
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Red
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Rhode Island High Court Rules on Cow Hit by Car
The Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled livestock does not have a right to be running at large on the highway in a case involving a cow struck by an automobile.
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Providence. RI
U.P
Rhode Island Supreme Court
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