City completes sewer outfall right of way near Thompson Park
City Manager N V Moss said majority of right of way for the new sewer outfall line has been obtained and construction by P E Construction of Plainview will start within 10 days. Bid is 121849.55 dollars for pipe laying. clay pipe supplied by the city. Line runs about 7 miles northeast of Amarillo to the Thompson Park area with deviations near the park. Diameter ranges from 36 to 24 inches. old line is 18 to 15 inches. Deliveries expected by next June and service before next summer.
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New City
N. V. Moss
P. & E. Construction Company
Plainview
Amarillo
Thompson Park
Moss
Park
Third
Hayden
Twenty-second
Monroe
Youngest Traffic Offender Is Freed
Boonton New Jersey October 20 The nation’s youngest traffic offender five year old Tommy Marotta was freed on a technicality. He was tickets Aug 21 for operating a three quarter horsepower gasoline car without a license. In court Recorder Gerald R Fowler dismissed the case citing a discrepancy between complaint and summons dates.
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Boonton
Tommy Marotta
Gerald R. Fowler
Eleven presidential candidates listed for November election
Washington reports eleven candidates seeking the U S presidency on November 2 but not all names appear on every state ballot due to party filing issues. Truman Democrat Dewey Republican Wallace Progressive Thurmond States Rights Thomas Socialist Teichert Socialist Labor Watson Prohibition Scott Greenback Smith Christian Nationalist Dobbs Socialist Workers Maxwell Vegetarian.
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Washington
United States
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Henry Wallace
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
States Rights
Norman Thomas
Edward A. Teichert
Pennsylvania
Claude A. Watson
California
John G. Scott
Gerald L. K. Smith
Michigan
Farrell Dobbs
Socialist Workers
John Maxwell
Illinois
Shamrock Man Assigned to Amarillo Army Induction Center
Corporal James W. Jewell formerly of Shamrock has been assigned to the Amarillo Army Induction Center at the Amarillo Air Field as administrative non commissioned officer. The center opens this week and can process up to 60 men daily once fully operational. Jewell’s transfer took effect Wednesday morning.
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James W. Jewell
Shamrock
Amarillo
John Tilton
Corporal Jewell
Army Induction Center
Amarillo Air Field
Death Comes in Second Century
Milwaukee obituary notes John Nowak died Sunday at Muirdale Sanitorium in what records call the 17th year of his second century. Born in Poland in 1832, he immigrated to America in 1871 and worked as a watchmaker. He outlived his wife and four children, with only doctors, nurses, and attendants as visitors. he was described as a kindly old gentleman.
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Milwaukee
John Nowak
Muirdale
Nowak
Poland
America
Marshall Pledges Personal Handling of Greek Military Problem
Greek government radio quoted Secretary Marshall promising to personally tackle and solve Greece's war against Communist guerrillas. The claim, said to be made on Sept. 30 to Foreign Minister Tsaldaris at the United Nations session in Paris, prompted calls for more U S aid as Greece seeks to expand its armed forces. State Department officials said they had no knowledge of such statements by Marshall or Ambassador Grady.
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Washington
Marshall
Tsaldaias
Tsaldairas
United Nations General Assembly
Paris
Athens
Greece
Tsaldaris
Henry F. Grady
Athens Radio
United Nations Organization
United States
Britain
State Department
Grady
Gypsy Violinist Margitza Laid To Rest With Music
Pittsburgh mourns violinist Andrew Margitza called king of Gypsy violinists. At his deathbed he urged his son to assemble all generations of musicians to play grandly at his funeral procession from St Michael's Church to the cemetery.
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Pittsburgh
Andrew Margitza
Margitza
William
St. Michael's
Four Japs Get Life For Killing Yanks
In Yokohama on October 20, Capt. Minoru Nomi received a life term for causing the deaths of four American prisoners. Navy Lt Akira Suzuki Lt Yutaka Yokoyama and civilian Misayoshi Shiinoki drew eight years at hard labor for killing an unidentified American prisoner at Kodokan Hainan Island in 1945.
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Yokohama
Japan
Navy
Minoru Nomi
Robert F. Burgie
John Holbrook
David H. Dorgan
Eighth Army Commission
Akira Suzuki
Yutaka Yokoyama
Misayoshi Shiinoki
Kodokan
Hainan Island
Prince Larry the 15th top Hereford sire at American Royal
Prince Larry the 15th, a curly-coated Hereford bull entered by Milky Way Hereford Ranch of Phoenix, Arizona, was chosen champion at the American Royal Livestock Show in Kansas City. Ranch operator Alan Feeney valued breeding worth at about 250,000 dollars. A brown stallion from Texas, Paco Bueno, won the Royal Stallion Quarter Horse Championship, owned by E. Paul Waggoner of Arlington, Texas. Also noted are Chiang Kai-shek’s upcoming birthday and Don Babers becoming master councilor of the Tucumcari DeMolay chapter.
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Kansas City
Prince Larry
Milky Way Hereford Ranch
Phoenix
Ariz
Alan Feeney
Texas
Paco Bueno
E. Paul Waggoner
Arlington
Tex
Mortgage Paid Off for Medal of Honor Hero in Bessemer
In Bessemer Alabama an unidentified donor paid the $3 000 mortgage on Henry E Red Irwins home clearing the debt President Lee Moody of the First National Bank of Bessemer announced the liquidation The hero had taken a down payment of 6500 raised by residents and had been promised a VA job and later promoted to a higher paying post for saving 11 men aboard a B 29 during a combat mission
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Bessemer
Ala
Henry E
Red) Irwin
Lee Moody
First National Bank of
Moody
Irwin
Saturday Evening Post
Veterans Administration
Army
Child’s plea to God as note shows sorrowful message
A Cedar Rapids item reports a young child handwriting a note reading Please bring Mommy and Daddy back to me again I love both of them Dorothy addressed to God in Heaven. The fragment reflects a family distress context and emotional impact in the community.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mommy
Dorothy
Pilot heroic act over Japan ends in severe burns
A World War II airman evacuated from a burning bomber in 1945 after a smoke bomb exploded. He grabbed the device, threw it clear, and sustained critical burns while saving fellow crew members.
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Japan
Texas Designates Bible Week National Observance
Governor Beauford H. Jester named October 18 to 24 as national Bible week in Texas aligning with the national observance. The proclamation highlights the Bible’s influence in the state and nationwide.
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Austin
Beauford H. Jester
Texas
Scottish lass in charge takes command of 100 men
Elizabeth Heatlie of Dundee Scotland is placed in charge as manager overseeing 100 men in her new role.
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Elizabeth Heatlie
Dundee
Scotland
Head Office Roles Named in National Insurance Scheme
In Edinburgh the head Scotch Office of the Ministry of National Insurance is highlighted for its operations. Officials oversee policy administration and regional coordination under the national scheme.
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Ministry of National Insurance
Edinburgh
Marines Trialed Dive Bombing in Haiti 1920
U S Marines conducted early dive bombing experiments in Haiti during 1920. The tests explored new aerial tactics and weapon delivery, marking a formative step in the development of marine aviation and close air support concepts.
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U. S
Haiti
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Spurs
Yanks
Champ Bull
American Royal
Chiang Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
Don Babers
Tucumcari
Hero
M. Goff Company
Lubbock
Broadway
Khoury Bros
West &K Avenue
Kohler
Capehart
Merchant OF Musik
Polk
Bible Week
Optometrist
Polk St
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Paul & Chaney
TYLER
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Coca-Cola
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Blackburn ‘Bros
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