Escalators and Breakfast in Bed in Mrs Bennett's NYC Debacle
Mrs Bennett imagines breakfast in bed in New York while shopping with Poke Bonnett. They ride Macy’s escalators tasting city life, chase a hat at Macy’s for $15 to $458, compare Saks, discuss expenses, and plan gifts for their kids before heading back to the hotel.
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New York
Cafe Rouge
Oklahoma
Namin
Gimbels
Macy's
Bonwit Teller’s
Saks
Ever Department
Macy’s
Poke
Ond
Markets Blend Preliminary Averages And Livestock Quotes
Market report shows Merrill Lynch led averages with up 4.81 in 30 industrials. Livestock in Kansas City and Chicago on Oct. 15 saw cattle, hogs, and sheep active with gains on many classes, including steers and hogs, while feeders and cows moved mixed. Financial and fund notes close with a liquidation showing 1.9435 and offering 2.13.
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Dove-Jones
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Kansas City
USDA
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
AA Buys Home For Showpiece in Top of Texas
Alcoholics Anonymous unit in Top of Texas announces purchase of the S. A. L. Morgan residence at 2024 Washington. The home will be renovated and landscaped to house all activities under one roof with meetings open to the public only occasionally. Members will furnish much of the interior and tradespeople donate skilled labor for the remodel and operation.
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Philadelphia
Poke
Settlin
Top of Texas Group
Alcoholics Anonymous
Washington
S. A. L. Morgan
Johnny Now Glad He Declined Leap
Five year old Johnny Morgan of Pasadena saved himself by refusing to jump from a store tenth floor window. Moments later a gray haired woman, Mrs Florence Busby, 60, leaped to her death in an apparent suicide.
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Houston
U.P
Johnny Morgan
Pasadena
Johnny
Florence Busby
Coker Brings Home Massive Colorado Elk and Bears
J D Coker of 1703 Buchanan returned from a 14 day hunt in Chrome Valley Colorado with a 1125 pound 13 point elk a 210 pound six point buck deer a 200 pound brown bear and a 250 pound bear He transported the game by car and trailer and said the elk was shot on the opening day and the 13 point elk on the 13th He plans locker space as friends help clear storage for his private stock of meat.
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J. D. Coker
Buchanan
Cokers
Chrome Valley
Colorado
Coker
Moisture Predicted Here Tonight in Panhandle Weather
The English Field weather forecast predicts scattered showers tonight and tomorrow across the Dust Bowl region. Heavier spots possible as a cold front moves in from Garden City Kansas, with temperatures dropping tonight and again tomorrow. Preliminaries reached Clayton New Mexico with light rain and hail.
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Swamp Panhandle
English Field
Garden City
Kan
Clayton
N. M
Burglars Failed to Steal at Local Floral Shop
Burglars broke into Buthker's Flowers at 605 Taylor last night by breaking a rear window. They rifled a desk but took no money. Roy Esson reported theft of an iron slippers and $2.50 yesterday. A microphone was stolen from a Southwestern Public Service Company service truck yesterday.
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Buthker
Taylor
Roy Esson
Arthur
Southwestern Public Service Company
Kiwanis Club Sees Film on NCR History
Amarillo Kiwanians enjoyed a Monday meeting with a film by Warren Babb of National Cash Register. The documentary traced NCR’s history and detailed machine components, plus a look at the national factory and recreation center in Dayton Ohio. Ballots were circulated for officer nominations to be announced next meeting.
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Amarillo Kiwanians
Warren Babb
National Cash Register Company
Yton O
Want Ads Daily And Bank What You Save
Classified notice urges readers to read the Want Ads daily and shop to save money. It promotes finding bargains, secondhand goods, and local offers to maximize savings and value.
Lamp Shade Is Latest in Hats in Fort Worth
Fort Worth on Oct 15 reports Mrs. R. W. Hester wearing a lamp shade as a hat during a shopping trip. She says few people notice the difference and now wears the shade daily. Her husband supported the idea and helped carry bundles as they bought the shade.
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Fort Worth
Texas
R. W. Hester
Kalgan's Fall a Deadly Blow to Communist Prestige
Kalgan fell today as Kuomintang extremists gain new hope to persuade Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to press for final extermination of Communist armies. The capture signals the deadliest blow to Communist military prestige, leaving three main pockets in China exposed to government action.
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Shanghai
Kalgan
Kuomintang
Chiang Kai-shek
Communist Party
China
Cardinals and Red Sox in a tense page one baseball exchange
The continued play-by-play describes fielding gems and close outs as Frank Kurowski doubles for the Cardinals, DiMaggio makes a backhand stop, and Bud Parson? No, the Red Sox answer with Moses retired, Pesky grounded into a fielder’s choice, and Walker making a running center catch. The score stands 1 1 entering the Red Sox fourth.
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Ferriss
Kurowski
DiMaggio
Garagiola
Doers
York
Walker
Williams
Marion
RED Sox
Moses
Schoendienst
Pesky
Dickson
Moore
Willias
Doerr
Slaughter
Aginst
Meat price decontrol and markets surge under Truman move
Hog prices hit new highs at Midwestern centers rising from nine to thirteen seventy five per hundred pounds. Chicago steers and yearlings up two to eight dollars, cows up two to three fifty to twenty eight per hundredweight. Stock market gains exceed four points as wage controls move toward removal with rent kept long term. AFL calls for ending all price controls except rent and dissolving the wage stabilization board. Political reaction split, with Republicans greeting the change but calling it a pre election trick.
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Chicago
Truman
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Wage Stabilization Board
AFL
AFL Resolutions Committee
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Repub
Dog’s burial service marks end for city’s canine pal
Davis and Swann arranged a burial for their dog with the city pound and Pat is now laid to rest. Bicycle riders and motor car crators can approach the road depots without fear of liability or obstruction.
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Davis and Swann
City
Pat
Truman lifts meat price controls amid political debate
Critics from both parties condemn the decision as politically timed while supporting action under pressure. CIO leaders lament losses to consumers, farmers call it a turning point, and Seattle housewives threaten boycott unless prices stabilize. Mexican cattle exports could surge after border policy shifts.
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Lican
Jack Kroll
CIO
Mr. Truman
James G. Patton
National Farmers Union
Ralph Helstein
CIO Packinghouse
Meat Trust
Pacific Coast
Seattle
R. F. Hogan
Mexico City
United States
Truman
Mexico
Local markets weigh meat price outlook after decontrol
Local Markets survey finds prices likely to rise then stabilize. Households trimming purchases could curb gains sooner than in July and August. Butchers urge fair public judgment, noting Summer decontrol trends and fall packing supplies may limit fluctuations. Hog shortages push pork purchases to national packers, affecting consumer centers near packing plants.
Park shoppers face first choice as price pause looms
Neighborhood meat dealers weigh in on beef and pork prices with supply concerns. Harve Williams notes packers need to fix employment after layoffs, Badin Vetesk sees prices staying high until appetites are met, Claude Eudy expects beef in counters soon but pork slow, W D Walsh says Amarillo has better supplies, Fred Nunn forecasts prices easing in days as supplies rise.
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Texas
Harve Williams
Furr Foods No
Amarillo
Badin Vetesk
Claude Eudy
McCartt’s
W. D. Walsh
Walsh Food Stores
Fred W. Nunn
Whiteway Food Stores
Prison reports on possible gallows at Landsberg detention
A prison spokesman denied or avoided confirming whether a gallows was erected at Landsberg with reports of two gallows and a quick two step execution plan. Master Sgt. John C. Woods, a veteran hangman, was reportedly en route to perform the duties, following previous work at Dachau.
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Frank
Ludwig Thoma
Rosenberg
Frick
John C. Woods
San Antonio
Woods
Landsberg
Munich
Press Conference Stalled as Berlin Controls Information
Correspondents report the Allied control council in Berlin has sealed Colonel Burton C. Andrus’s lips, delaying comment on planned executions. A later press briefing for the eight world press correspondents will precede the executions as they are removed from public circulation like wartime secret operatives.
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Allied Control Council
Berlin
Burton C. Andrus
Pat Amarillo Mourned by Rail Workers After Tragic Loss
Pat Amarillo, longtime Rock Island railman, trusted with the baggage room duties, died leaving many mourners among fellow railroaders and mailmen. He was known for his close ties with Carol Davis of Rock Island and A. T. Swann of Fort Worth and Denver.
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Pat
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Penney
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Teen
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Tex Gulf
Tidewater
Union Carbide Eee
United Aircraft See
Decca
Kiwanis Club
Clark
Edgers
Glen L. Casey
Mgr
Hinsley's House OF Colors
East 6Th
Safers
Blackburn
Shaw Funeral Directors
Pierce
Amarillo Exchange
Amarillo Insurance Exchange
Askew & Brown
G. G. Black
J. C. Burkhalter
Rolla V. Cartwright
Finch & Gavin Freeman Insurance Agency
Oakes-Fyfe
Ordway-Saunders CO
D .Owen Panhandle Ins
Thomson-King Agency
Jia Freeman
King’s Guard
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