Hodges Re Arrested In Car Theft Probe
Kent Hodges is the second alleged member of a theft ring that stole and wrecked more than a dozen cars locally over the past year. He was arrested on charges of stealing Opal Norton of Hereford's automobile after a prior suspended sentence for auto theft. The case ties to other arrests and indictments including Earl Chism and the Hodges/Wall group, with multiple vehicles recovered damaged.
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Kent Hodges
Hodges
Opal Norton
Hereford
Earl Thornton Chism
J. R. T. Bassett
Tyler
Charles Haggerton, Jr
William “Skeeter” Haggerton
Richard James Walls
J. C. Oliver
Chism
R. T. Hodges
Amarillo
Bassett
Thirty-fourth Avenue
Llano Cemetery
Chages
Fred Houser
Jackson
Fifth and
Arthur
Condi
Army Band To Play Monday at Senior High Auditorium
The Army Ground Forces Band a 90 piece unit with a 25 voice chorus and swing section will perform for two hours starting 8 o clock Monday night in the Senior High School auditorium. Capt Chester E Whiting directs the group which travels widely and has performed before President Truman and General Eisenhower. No admission fee urged attendance by the public.
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Army Ground Forces
Army Field Forces
Mitchell
Chester E. Whiting
Washington, DC
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Students Tour Panhandle North Plains Museum
Forty-seven Humphreys Highland School students traveled by train to Canyon to visit the Panhandle North Plains Historical Society Museum and planned to return by bus. A Jam Jar Party with games and dancing was set for Friday at 7 30 p.m. in the YWCA gymnasium led by club president Miss Sue Hanlie.
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Humphreys Highland School
Panhandle
North Plains Historical Society Museum
Can- Tan
Canyon
Ywca Gymnasium
Sue Haynie
Funeral services set for Oran Brown Saturday
Private Oran Brown 31 died in action on Luzon April 10 1945 while with Company B 82nd Chemical Motor Detachment. Survived by widow Estelle, daughter Carol Ruth, father J C Brown, sister Mrs Murray Markham. Burial at Llano Cemetery. service at Blackburn Shaw Chapel with arrangements pending.
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Oran Brown
Estelle Brown
Harrison
Blackburn- Shaw Chapel
Llano
Brown
Luzon Island
82Nd Chemical Motor Detachment
Pacific
Merit Mills
Carol Ruth
J. C. Brown
Roaring Springs
Murray Markham
Tulia
Progress on anti freeze investigation in Amarillo
Amarillo Better Business Bureau led by Gordon Morrison with City Chemist Jack Wyatt analyzes about one hundred anti-freeze brands. The project aims to label each as good bad or indifferent and has drawn inquiries from Clovis Plainview Dalhart and Shamrock. Dealers have cooperated and some even paused sales pending analysis.
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Amarillo
Dalhart
Shamrock
Morrison
Bureau
Texas Panhandle
Dudes and Janes Club Plans Guest Night at 8
Nat Max Weston says the Dudes and Janes Club will host a guest night at 8 on Thursday featuring out of town dancers and square dance callers. A regular business meeting will follow the dance. Among babies whooping cough is fatal in one case out of ten.
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Dudes and Janes Club
Nat
Max Weston
Mechanics Herald Cotton Farm Loans Question
In Lubbock on Oct. 15, Chester C. Davis of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis outlined farm credit plans to back gradual cotton mechanization. He said full modernization will come as sharecroppers exit and new machines appear, with step by step financing for advancing stages. Dr. R. D. Lewis also spoke, while demonstrations showed rotary hoes, harvesters, and new defoliants and tools. Frank Ahlgren urged the South to embrace mechanization to fuel industrial growth and minimize hand labor displacement.
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Lubbock
Chester C. Davis
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Davis
R. D. Lewis
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Don L. Jones
Lubbock Experiment Station
H. P. Smith
College Station
Frank Ahlgren
Memphis Commercial Appeal
South
Navy College Training Program Seeks Amarillo Applicants
Amarillo College invites men to apply for a four year US Navy college training program with full expenses paid plus a $50 monthly stipend. Candidates will attend a summer training cruise and, after completion, receive commissions as Ensigns or Marine Corps second lieutenants. Exams are Dec 11 at the college. apply in Dr. Meyer's office.
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US Navy
Amarillo College
A. M. Meyer
US Marine Corps
Co-Ed Club Announces Second Anniversary Formal Dance
The Co-Ed Club will host a formal dance Saturday night at 8 in the YWCA gymnasium to mark its second anniversary. Sonny Cooper and His Orchestra provide music with Ama rillo College singers and Beverly Smith and Jim Worrall performing solos. Admission is $1 per couple and dress is optional for women.
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Ywca Gymnasium
Henry Chowning
Sonny Cooper
Amarillo College
Howard Dill
Beverly Smith
Jim Worrall
Ruth Starker
Bill Jackson
Henry McDaniel
Amarillo Delegation Attends 31st State Convention
The 31st Annual Convention of the five state association opens at the Skirvin Hotel in Oklahoma City. Amarillo’s delegation is led by Avery Rush of Arm Strong Transfer and Storage Co and includes E F Leachman of M & L Transfer, and R C Jordan Jim Howard and Tom O'Brien of McKnight Transfer and Storage Co.
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Skirvin Hotel
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
Avery Rush
Arm Strong Transfer and Storage Co
Five State Association
Association
E. F. Leachman
M & L Transfer and Storage Co
R. C. Jordan
Jim Howard
Tom O’brien
McKnight Transfer and Storage Co
Biggest refinery in Curacao employs ten thousand workers
The largest oil refinery in existence is located in Curacao in the Dutch West Indies. It employs about 10,000 people and handles a daily capacity of over 295,000 barrels.
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Curacao
Dutch West Indies
Clyde Barrett Dies at 40 in Amarillo Hospital
Clyde Robert Barrett age 40 of 604 Madison died at North West Texas Hospital at 7 30. Funeral arrangements are pending at Blackburn Shaw Funeral. He worked as a pressman for Amarillo Printing Company and was a Wichita Falls native who moved to Amarillo five years ago. He belonged to the Amarillo Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union. Survivors include wife Norma Barrett a daughter Vicki Rae a son Charles Robert his mother Mrs M Huey of Amarillo a sister Mrs H V Whatley of San Antonio and a brother Charles G Barrett of Amarillo.
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Clyde Robert Barrett
Madison
Northwest Texas
Pendad
Blackburn-Shaw
Barrett
Amarillo Printing Company
Wichita Falls
Amarillo Printing Presmen
Asistants Union
Norma Barrett
Vicki Rae
Charles Robert
M. Huey
Amarillo
H. V. Whatley
San Antonio
Charles G. Barrett
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C. W. Carder
Justice of the Peace
Army Band
Canyon Museum
Fit Stariig
Lady Hamilton
Glenn
Spicer’s
Edna
Polk
Luzon
Texas Histor
GOP
Harold E. Stassen
Jack Porter
U.S. Senator
Coke Stevenson
J. Evetts Haley
Alvin Lane
Naval
Oklahoma
Southwest Warehouse and Transfermen
Associa
PTAA
the American Distilling Co., Inc
PEKIN
Ill
G. M
Curly" Spearman
Crocus
Gouldy Bros
S&h
Narcissus Jonquils
Southwest
Panhandle Paint & Body
Canyon Highway
The
Atlas Perma Guard
DuPont
Zerex
Esso-Rad
G. M. Canada
G. M. Ethylene Glycol
Sinclair
Cities Service
Frost Cop
Firestone
Lee Foe
Prestone
Stet
Zeroz
Better Business Bureau
Army
Navy
AIR Corps
Hughes St
Boxwell
Oumas Perry
TON
Spearman
B Taylor
Ervice Co
Amarillo National Bankee 2
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