Overstreet and Cash families two deaths service details
Howell S Overstreet age 47 of Lamar 1003 Lamar husband to Lila father to Imo Jo Wilkenson Mildred McKinley Roy Martin Amey Martin and Bill Casey. Service 2 PM Thursday Quitaque Baptist Interment Quitaque Cemetery. Charlie Clifford Cash 43 of McLean father to Robert and Charlie Marie Cash brother to Clayborne Walter Clyde J R Phillips Maude Carpenter LeRoy Freeman W F Harrel Jessie Nixon. Service 2 30 PM Thursday Church of Christ McLean burial Hillcrest Cemetery under directions of Boxwell Brothers.
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Overstreet Howell S. Overstreet
Lamar
Lila
Imo Jo Wilkenson
Mildred McKinley
Roy Martin
Amey Martin
Bill Casey
Quitaque Baptistae
Quitaque Ceme- CA
Charlie Clifford Cash
McLean
Robert
Charlie Marie Cash
Clayborne
Walter
Clyde
J. R. Phillips
Maude Carpenter
LeRoy Freeman
W. F. Harrel
Jessie Nixon
Church of Christ
Portales Growth Highlighted By Amarillo Trip
Portales leaders and boosters, led by Porter Phelps and Gordon Graves, describe the town as an agriculture centered community with 11,000 population and diverse industries. The Amarillo delegation toured Clovis and Portales, noting peanuts, plow works, cannery, broom factory, and a thriving dairy and sugar beet sector. The rail trip progressed via Clovis to Lubbock with stops and an overnight stay, as Clovis’ livestock trade surged to 77 million dollars in the past year.
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Tate
Portales
Phelps
Porfale Chamber of Commerce
Gordon Graves
Portales News
Coe Howard
Chamber of Commerce
King
Amon Carter
Irrigaon
Amarillo
Clovis
Fred Brooksher
Clovis Chamber of Commerce, and Co
Green
Amarillo Group
Santa Fe
Sunshine Theater
Bob Vineyard
KICA
New Mexico
Curry County
Open Convention of Motor Court Men in Herring Hotel
Motor court operators from California to Illinois gather at the Herring Hotel for the annual Main Street of America Courts Guide meeting. A banquet caps the day with speakers Jean Jacques and Ted F. Jones, noting traffic for Highway 66 and a one-court-per-town rule.
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Illinois
Herring Hotel
Crystal Ballroom
Jean Jacques
Los Angeles
Hotels and Courts
Bill Markwardt
Joplin
W. B. Amacker
AAA
Ted F. Jones
Jones
Blue Swallow Court
Tucumcari
Main Street of America
United States
Canada
Amarillo
Pueblo Court
A. E. Regal
Markets Kansas City Livestock Trade Report
Kansas City market notes show cattle steady amid meager supply with 1036 lb fed steers at 30.00 and 975 lb steers at 29.00, plus varied prices for heifers cows calves and hogs up to 50 cents higher. Chicago livestock data list hogs and cattle gains with top hogs at 20.25 and steers around 32.75, while sheep values hold near 28.50 with no major shifts. Financial notes mention an asset value of 2.1725 with offering price.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Chicago
Brooklyn Brogue Is Worst in US
New York reports Brooklyn as having the nation's sloppiest speech in a Linguaphone Institute survey. Ypsilanti Atlanta Chicago and Hollywood also labeled sloppy, with comments noting careless speech, lazy southern patterns, gangsterlike tones, and potatoy diction.
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Brooklyn
New York
Linguaphone Institute of America
Ypsilanti
Mich
Atlanta
Chicago
Ill
Hollywood
Cal
Ohio Supreme Court Denies Tax on Dog Inheritance
In Columbus, Oct 12 the state lost a case over $70 inheritance taxes claimed from a dog named Trixie that inherited $1,000 from George P. Searight. Probate court ruled no tax on property passing to an animal, a precedent in inheritance tax questions.
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Columbus
Ohio
Trixie
Ohio Supreme Court
State Department of Taxation
George P. Searight
Court of Appeals
Pigeon a Peck of Trouble for Girl
In Texarkana on October 12, a peanut pecking pigeon caused a four year old girl, Betty Jean Sava, to have a swollen lip after sticking her head out of a car window while eating peanuts. The bird reportedly pecked both the peanut and her lip. Betty’s mother said she is no longer fond of peanuts or pigeons.
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Texarkana
Pouter
Betty Jean Sava
Betty
Mrs Langston Back in Pen After 10 Day Leave
Mrs Pearl Langston, convicted murderer, is back in the Texas penitentiary after a 10 day leave granted in August for the death of her mother, with a 30 day extension later. Attorney George McCarthy said the return date is unclear, and district attorney Lloyd King denied filing a protest. Langston was sentenced to 22 years for the pistol slaying of Bud Allison at her Dallas highway tourist court east of Amarillo in 1949.
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Pearl Langston
Texas
George McCarthy
Dallas Highway
Scaffolding Collapse Kills One in London Street Crash
A five story steel scaffolding structure collapsed on a busy London street. One person was killed and at least nine injured as scaffolding used for repair work on war damaged buildings came down. Six automobiles were smashed in the incident.
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London
Texans Invovled in Interstate Kidnapping Case Near Carthage
Tyler reports an interstate kidnapping case involving four Texans and four Shreveport residents. Most suspects share the last name Jones but are not related. Victims include a 13 year old girl and a 5 year old boy. A Houston man and a Terrell woman pursued relatives with court orders and a car financing link. Investigators seek charges as US Attorney Moore weighs actions.
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U.P
Joneses
Shreveport
Carthage
Tex
Jones
Warren G. Moore
Houston
Tern
Dallas
Terrell
Texas
Louisiana
Pee
Sabu to Test for Paternity in High Profile Suit
In Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rich orders blood tests for Sabu and dancer Brenda Julier and Michaela, the two-year-old daughter claimed by Julier. Sabu, denied paternity. Julier seeks $500 monthly support and $1,000 medical costs. Trial recessed for Columbus Day. Barry Wood of Calgary fined for drunkenly punching a horse.
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Los Angeles
Sabu
Philip H. Richards
Brenda Marina Julier
Michaela
Miss Julier
Sydney M. Williams
Dublin
Ireland
Williams
Julier
Frank Ernst
Hill 88 Valor And Loss From Dog Company fight
Hayes recounts dog company assault on Hill 88 where 26 reached the top out of 44, with 28 killed and 100 wounded. He helped evacuate the wounded and carried them on improvised stretchers. Hayes, son of Mrs. C. C. Hutto, entered service in 1949 after schooling in Humphrey’s Highland and other towns, training at Camp Pendleton.
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Young Hayes
Dog Company
Hayes
C. C. Hutto
Lamar
Camp Pengleton
Ore
Humphrey's Highland
Sanborn
Elizabeth Nixson
Marine Corps
Legion Would Outlaw Reds In America
Aft er demanding that the Communist Party be outlawed, the American Legion ends its 32nd national convention with a stand on Universal Military Training and a likely unanimous UNIT vote. Delegates may urge ouster of Secretary of State Dean Acheson. election and regional vice president races loom. Rabbi Lefkowitz as chaplain.
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Los Angeles
Communist Party
American Legion
Dean Acheson
Erle Cocke, Jr
Dawson
Farmer
Donald Wilson
Clarksburg
Wva
Legion
Arthur J. Connell
Middletown
Conn
George Craig
Harry Bridges
House
AFL
William Green
He's Riding High A Little Too High Headlines
Newark police revived an old statute to charge Harold B. Wilder with being drunk while on horseback after the 47 year old junk dealer outran a squad car for five blocks from his wagon. Today's hearing marks the first time the antique charge has been used at present city hall memory.
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Newark
Harold B. Wilder
Truman speaks at Kiel Auditorium in St Louis
Miss Trumen introduces her brother at a large Eastern Star event in Missouri where over 12 000 attendees, mostly women in evening gowns, hear President Truman. He voices hope for world peace, notes Civil War lessons, and discusses future nonviolent dispute resolution while white house aides lament disclosure of the Wake Island meeting site.
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Defense
Stalin Telegraphs Pep Talk to North Koreans
Moscow reports commemorate the second anniversary of Soviet North Korean diplomatic ties with Stalin wishing the North Koreans a successful, united, independent democratic Korea. Kim Il Sung thanks the Soviet Union for support in achieving independence and ongoing help amid the anti US campaign. Pravda calls Stalin's telegram a historical document showing peace loving policy and support for liberation. Red China says it cannot remain indifferent as UN troops advance into North Korea.
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Russia
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North Korea
Kim Il Sung
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Truman
MacArthur
Pacific
Red Korea
Siberian
Kumchon
Ex-Cop Accused Of Heading NY Gambling Syndicate
An ex New York City police officer James Reardon 33 held in protective custody accused of running a 20 million dollar a year gambling syndicate while boss Harry Gross traveled to California. Reardon admitted taking over for Gross for a period last year and used a fake name to store valuables. Senate crime probes linked New Jersey and Saratoga County gamblers as hearings opened in New York with witnesses including ex mayor William O Dwyer and Anthony Guarini.
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California
Plains
James Reardon
Brooklyn
Samuel S. Leibowitz
Reardon
Harry Gross
Julius Helfand
Gross
Helfand
Department
Westport
Conn
US Senate
New Jersey
Saratoga County
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Senate
Upstate
Miles F. McDonald
Grand Jury
Hereford barber cleared in slaying case
Garron S. Wheeler, Hereford barber, was no-billed by the Deaf Smith County grand jury in the slaying of his brother Tony Wheeler. The May 1945-like shooting occurred after threats for money. the grand jury ruled the act justified as self defense and defense of Wheeler’s mother, Myrtle Willingham.
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Hereford
Garron S. “Mutt” Wheeler
Tony Wheeler
Ralls
Myrtle Willingham
Bataan
His Job's Ready After 18 Year Wait
Frank Szabo finally learned the date of a civil service exam after 18 years. In 1932 he sent a card to City Hall asking to be informed about laborer in charge tests, and on October 12 1950 he received the notice. The Civil Service Commission said no exams were held for that position in the interim. Szabo, age 51 and a county yard superintendent, will stay at his current job.
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Cleveland
Frank Szabo
Szabo
Civil Service Commission
Boy Loses Lunch as Coyote is Killed
In Fort Worth on October 12 a boy chased a hungry coyote that snatched his lunch from a sack. The animal turned on him and bit his hand until James Cole 25 intervened and knocked it down. Charley Hurd then shot the coyote nine times with a .45 pistol.
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Fort Worth
Red Riding Hood
Charley Harrell
James Cole
Charley Hurd
White corn share fades as yellow varieties dominate
The article notes a shift in U S field corn, with yellow varieties now prevailing while white corn accounted for about half of production a few decades ago. It highlights changing farmer preferences, breeding outcomes, and potential market implications for color specific corn crops.
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United States
War Per Cent Accurate On Red Targets In City Bombardment
Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, commanding the UN task group, reported that the bombardment began with fires seen blazing in the city within an hour and that the war percentage accuracy on selected Red targets was notable.
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Arthur D. Struble
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