Army Veterans Sue Over Pacific Forced Landing Injury
Four defendants named in a 1.1 million dollar damages suit by three Army veterans for injuries from a forced landing in the Pacific Ocean a year ago. Plaintiffs Tobin Haydel and Mitchell seek 400k, 350k, and 350k against Consolidated Vultee Aircraft and crew, alleging fuel miscalculation led to the crash during an Army-ordered flight between Hickam Field and Fairfield California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry L. Janek
West, Tex
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
California
Pacific Ocean
Harry D. Tobin
Philadelphia
Ernest A. Haydel
New Sarpy
Donald R. Mitchell
Cambridge Springs
Corporation
John R. Patrick
Tulare
Cal
Harley E. Mast
Hickam Field
Hawaii
Janek
Army
Fairfield
Stevenson Would Fire Dobie If He Were UT Boss
Governor Coke Stevenson said he would remove University of Texas English professor J Frank Dobie from the faculty if given control of the UT board of regents. He noted he has not tried to run the university and would not make recommendations to the regents.
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Austin
Coke Stevenson
Board of Regents
University of Texas
J. Frank Dobie
Dobie
Texas Spectator
University Press
Cattle Car Shortage Halts Amarillo Trade Traffic
Western Stock Yards and Amarillo Live Stock Auction report an acute cattle car shortage with about 8000 head in pens and 3000 head set for sale. Officials warn no outlet for cattle arriving by truck and rail lines struggle to move stock to packing centers. Car unavailability and wartime constraints limit shipments across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Johnson
Western Stock Yards Corp
Amarillo Livestock Auction Co
Amarillo
R. C. Martini
Santa Fe Railway
Introduce New Evidence in Third Trial of Jim Thomas
Sweetwater reports new evidence in the third murder trial of Jim Thomas. Texas Ranger Levi Duncan testified about a car belonging to Red Craig loaned to Thomas and later found in Amarillo. Duncan linked car tracks and a broken fender piece to Craig and Thomas, tying them to the Hunts deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Thomas
Sweetwater
Levi Duncan
Texas Ranger
Wellington
Lubbock
Roy Hunt
Littlefield
Thomas
Duncan
Aubrey Fawyer
Red Craig
Craig
Amarillo
Hunts
Hunt Home
Irene
Manny Gault
Trial details link car parts to murder case evidence
Testimony described a right rear car wheel impression and metal fragments linked to a fender as evidence of a blow. Defense cross examines prior statements while other witnesses place the accused near Littlefield at the time of the H un t murders.
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Duncan
Thomas
Littlefield
Dr. Hunt
Roof-Cutting Burglars Fail to Take Value in Amarillo Safe Break-ins
Two Amarillo firms saw roof-cutting burglaries last night. The thieves entered Spicer Jewelry Store’s building via a roof hole and breached a wall to reach the office safe but left without taking items. A tear gas bomb and alarms may have deterred them, as wires were avoided by inches. A similar entry at Furr Food Store No 1 yielded no theft despite rifling a desk and an unlocked safe.
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Amarillo
Spicer Jewelry Store
Polk
Furr Food Store
Tenth and
Fillmore
Amarillo Lad Sees World From Box Car Door
Eight year old Norman Cross ran away from home and rode a box car from Amarillo to Exell, 32 miles north, for more than 12 hours. He viewed cattle loads, rode a cowpony, and returned home after being cared for by residents at Exell. His parents and police were alerted. he was found safe around 9 p.m. and slept at Exell before being brought back.
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Amarillo
Norman Cross
Albert Cross
Crockett
Norman
Exell
Santa Fe
J. Weems
Recommends Negro Police For Dallas
Dallas City Council weighs a plan to hire 14 black police for negro districts. City Manager W R Smitham cites hope the move would help arrest a gunman linked to the fatal shooting of two liquor store operators and injuries to others. He says black officers can obtain information from their communities that white officers cannot.
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Dallas
U.P
W. R. Smitham
Smitham
Molotov Angles Ship Off Course on Queen Elizabeth
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov steered the Queen Elizabeth off course for New York by taking a turn at the wheel. Commodore Sir James Bissett said Molotov briefly steered the world's largest ship two degrees off its course before the wheel was handed back and the vessel returned to course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.P
V. M. Molotov
Elizabeth
New York
James Bissett
Molotov
James
Surgeon warns atomic bomb survivors face cancer risk
Cleveland Oct 17 Col A W Oughterson American Cancer Society director said many survivors of the Japan attack have scar tissues likely to develop cancer within ten years.
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Cleveland
Col
A. W. Oughterson
American Cancer Society
Japan
Amarillo Weather Outlook and Regional Forecast
The Amarillo area forecast calls for fair and cooler conditions this afternoon. Partly cloudy skies and mild to warmer temperatures Saturday across West Texas and the Panhandle. New Mexico expects partly cloudy conditions with scattered mountain flurries. highs around 72, low 35, noon 53, with a regional note on a Regal Real Estate and Loans awning storage business.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
A Regal Co
Amarillo Tent & Awning Co
New Airline Outlined for Region by Texas New Mexico Leader
C P Shropshire president of Texas New Mexico Airlines outlined a feeder service to cover 51 cities across 3 000 miles during the Southwestern Aviation Conference at the Herring Hotel. The Civil Aeronautics Board decision on the feeder line was expected soon. The plan envisions DC 3 aircraft with cabin upgrades and a bottom hinged door for quicker disembarkation while Boeing Beechcraft and Lockheed prepare models for feeder operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Shropshire
Texas-New Mexico Airlines
Southwestern Aviation Conference
Herring Hotel
Civil Aeronautics Board
Shropshire
H. O. Starks
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Joe Jenkins
Texas-New Mexico
Aviation Enterprise
Central Airlines
Boeing
Beechcraft
Lockheed
Seek removal wage cut ban and wage decontrol urged
Industry and AFL push to lift all wage cut controls and allow increases in new wage price orders. They expect Truman to restore free bargaining and price fixing while abolishing authority over wage cuts, citing the 1942 stabilization act as outmoded. Steelman to present wage decontrol plan to Truman within days.
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Washington
U.P
AFL
Truman
War Labor Board
Wage Stabilization Board
Industry
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Wage Board
W. Willard Wirtz
Labor
Walter Mason
Carl Shipley
CIO
Byrnes to Speak on Peace Terms and Russian Relations
Secretary Byrnes will address the nation from 9:00 to 9:30 Amarillo time, broadcast on NBC and various stations. The speech, originally a Paris Peace Conference report, will emphasize Russian relations, with a major portion devoted to that topic. Lumber ads conclude the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Byrnes
Amarillo
NBC
Mutual
Paris
Formula For Peace Is Topic For Byrnes Radio Address
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes will tell the nation that peace requires a US policy toward Russia that is firm yet patient. The broadcast aims to signal Moscow and the world the United States will balance resolve with restraint in dealing with Soviet affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James F. Byrnes
United States
Russia
Moscow
Byrnes Talk Tonight On KGNC At Nine
Secretary Byrnes talk may be heard tonight at 9 over KGNC. The broadcast invites listeners to tune in for remarks from the secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KGNC
Byrnes
Woman in Jail for Hit-Run Death Tries To Take Own Life
A Texarkana boy, 12, died after a hit and run struck a group of children. The suspected driver, held in the city jail, attempted suicide with a gas hose but was found unharmed. Albert J. Kelley died at a local hospital from injuries sustained at the intersection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Tex
U.P
Albert J. Kelley
Major Markets See Heaviest Friday Livestock Movement
United Press reports the heaviest Friday livestock shipment of the year into big corn belt stockyards amid a railroad car shortage. Hog prices rose to record levels after price ceilings were lifted, then fluctuated. cattle opened lower in Chicago while yearlings sold around 32 to 35 per hundredweight. Commodities markets remained nervous with wide price swings across cotton grains and eggs.
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United Press
American Meat Institute
Big City
Chicago
New York
Institute
New Orleans
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Rock Island
Jinks
Fort Worth & Denver
Burlington
Farmer
Waco
Plainview
Lamesa
Alvis Veazey
Marie Hall
Galveston
Betty Gose
Russell Stationery Co
Cretney
Jaycee
Tokyo
Imperial Household
Allied Headquarters
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Clifford Holt
Globe
Tradewind Airport
Tradewind
Thirty-fourth Avenue
Southwest Aviation Conference
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