Notice to the Public Listing Local Board Members
Public notice lists board members including Wes and Paul Arlinghame D Bart lett Mrs Bob Babb Grady Been Mrs Sarah Winter J P Black Lewis Mordyke and Charley Underwood for local governance matters. The notice appears to be a formal roll call or eligibility statement for a municipal or organizational board.
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Ne Lobe
Wes
Paul Arlinghame
D. Bartlett
Bob Babb
Grady Been
Sarah Winter
J P. Black
Lewis Mordyke
Charley Underwood
Weather and politics mix in Hatched Texas notes
A garbled weather and political column recounts a tight Johnson-Porter race in Higgins and nearby areas with a three to three straw vote. Letters express farmer support for Jack Porter and concern over juvenile behavior in Amarillo, while Zack Scott stars in Ruthless at The Paramount.
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Lipscomb
Higgins
Porter
Johnson
Tack
Jack Porter
Tex
Zack Scott
Amarillo
Paramount
Ruthless
Two Texas fliers chase world endurance record
Dallas aviators Pred Vinmont and Bert Simons aim to fly 1500 hours starting from Love Field. They will work four hours on and four off, refueling via hook and rope, targeting a Christmas ground return. Californians Bill Harris and Richard Riedel race in parallel for the 725 hour mark set in 1939.
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Dallas
U.P
Texas
Pred Vinmont
Bert Simons
Love Field
Civic
Long Beach
Wes Carroll
American Airlines
Clyde Schliepper
Vinmont and
Simons
Luscombe
Texas Private Fliers Association
Mrs W H Tharp Dies in Washington
Mrs W H Tharp 80 a early Amarillo resident died Oct 12 at her Walla Walla Washington home Friends in Amarillo report The Tharp family came from Kansas in 1906 and moved to Walla Walla in 1909 Her husband led Polk Street Methodist Church in Amarillo She is survived by her husband two daughters Mrs Oliver D Robins and Mrs Jessie Allen both of Walla Walla and many grandchildren great grandchildren
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W. H. Tharp
Amarillo
Walla Walla
Wash
Amarillo Thursay
Tharp
Kansas
Polk Street Methodist Church
Jessie Allen
Townsend Club to Meet Sunday at Courthouse
The Townsend Club will assemble at 2 30 Sunday afternoon in Potter County Courthouse. B Wyatt will preside over the first meeting since his election as president last Sunday. Everyone is invited to attend.
Checks Lost in Transit at Seventh and Polk
About $3,000 in endorsed checks and $40 in cash vanished Thursday near Seventh and Polk from a deposit for J. Ernest Stroud and Company. A firm employee was walking to the bank when the loss occurred around 12 30 p m.
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Seventh and Polk
J. Ernest Stroud and Company
Poe Back in Jail On Check Charge
Elwyn A. Poe, released a month ago from Potter County jail for writing worthless checks, is jailed again after a third offense indictment. He faces charges of passing a $5 worthless check to Homer Davidson at the Lido Drive-In, with two prior Potter County convictions and the grand jury awaiting action.
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Elwyn A. Poe
Potter County
Homer Davidson
Lido Drive-In
Five Prisoners Transported to Huntsville Penitentiary
Five inmates were moved from Potter County jail to The Walls at Huntsville on a chain wagon. The group includes Bob Ogle and Cecil Landon Pepper, plus Richard Alexander, Earl Ross Bayes, and Eddie Fleming. Pepper and Alexander list Amarillo addresses. Bayes is from Dumas. Fleming from Lubbock. Ogle from Atoka Oklahoma.
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Potter County
Huntsville
Bob Ogle
Cecil Landon Pepper
Richard Alexander
Earl Ross Bayes
Eddie Fleming
Pepper
Alexander
Amarillo
Bayes
Dumas
Fleming
Lubbock
Ogle
Atoka
Okla
Elissa Landi Dies Ex Actress At 43 In Kingston
Former screen star Elissa Landi died in Kingston Hospital at age 43 after a cancer battle. She had been unconscious for a day. Husband Curtiss Kenny Thomas was by her side. Landi later found success as a novelist and was linked to Austrian-Hapsburg lineage through her mother Countess Zanardi Landi and possibly Empress Elizabeth.
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Kingston
UPR
Elissa Landi
Hollywood
Kingston Hospital
Curtiss Kenny Thomas
Miss Landi
Count of Monte Cristo
Countess Zanardi-Landi
Empress Elizabeth of
Austria-Hungary
Australia expects 20300 displaced to enter next year
About 20 300 displaced persons are projected to enter Australia in the year ending next June as part of ongoing refugee intake and resettlement efforts.
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Australia
Dallas Girl Solves Pressing Problem
A Dallas eyewitness reports a neatly dressed young woman stepping from a car during the morning rush hour. She inspected her appearance, stepped into a skirt, zipped it up, and walked toward her office without apparent delay.
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Dallas
U.P2
Mrs F Cretney Dies in Colorado
Mrs Fred L Cretney mother of the late Warren Cretney of Amarillo died at 3 o clock Thursday morning in Leadville Colorado after months of illness. Funeral services are set for 2 Friday afternoon in Leadville. She was about 69 and had lived in Leadville 40 years. Survived by husband a daughter Alvin Nelson of Leadville a grandson Warren Cretney of Booneville Missouri and two granddaughters Susan and Sally Cretney of Amarillo.
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Fred L. Cretney
Warren Cretney
Amarillo
Leadville
Colo
Cretney
Alvin Nelson
Booneville, Mo
Susan
Sally Cretney
Legion candidates vie to succeed ONeil as commander
The Legion race centers on S. Perry Brown of Beaumont backed by the old guard and James F. Green of Omaha favored by most World War II delegates. George Craig of Brazil Indiana is an outside contender as voting proceeds this afternoon. Also noted is Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg saying the Berlin airlift faces dangerous winter flying but will continue, calling it the air force's top achievement since becoming a separate service. Early publishers thought illustrations in ads were wasteful.
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Torney
James F. O'Neil
S. Perry Brown
Beaumont
Old Guard
James F. Green
Omaha
Neb
George Craig
Brazil
Ind
Legion
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
US Air Force
Air Force
Stock Quotations From Amarillo Merrill Lynch Data
Quoted stock prices from the New York market show many firms with varying percentages. Names include Lockheed, Boeing, General Electric, Ford, General Motors, Texaco, and Union Carbide, among others listed in the Amarillo Merrill Lynch and Co offices.
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New York
Tan ‘Amarillo
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Alaska
Juneau
Lehigh Portid
Air Reduction
Libby McN&l
Allegheny Crp
Lockheed Aire
One Lud Re Loews Inc
Eoiees
Long Bell Lba
Allis Chalmers
Alsy & Amer Cable&r
Mack Trucks
NY Cent RR
Bendix Aviatn
North NavGas Best Foods
North Pac RR
Bethlehem
Ohio Oil
Blaw-Knox
Oliver Cor
Bliss Co
Packard
Boeing Airpin
Pan Am Alien Bohn Alumnin
L ‘ Borden Co
Panhand
P&r
Barge Warner
Paramount
Braniff Airway
Penney
Bridgeport
Penn Pow&Lt
Briges Mig
Pennsley RR
Bucyrus Erie
Pepsi
Cola
Budd Co
Phelps Dodge
Hs Ad
Philco Corpus
Phillips Petrol
Butler Bros
Pittsby&Bolt Canada Dry
Plymouth Oil Canadian Pac
Pure Oil Carrier Corp
Pullman ' S Case Co
Radio Co Caterpillar Tr
Spiegel Inc
Curtiss Wright
Deer & Co
Distillers Corp
Stand Oil Ate
Doehler Jarvis
OilInd
Stand Oil NJ
Douglas Airer
Dupont
Stewart Warn
Eagle Picher
Swift & Co i
Eastern Airlin
Stone &Webst
Eaton Mfg
Studebaker Electric Autol
Sunray Oil Electric
Pw&l
Sunshine B
Erie Railroad
Symington Gd
Farsworth
Texas Co
Mtr T
Tex GulfProd
Flinthote
Tex Gulf Sulp
Foster Wheels
Tex Pac Co
Freeport Sulp
Tex Pac Landt
General Electr
Tidewater Aso
General Foods
Transam Corp
General Motor
Transec &Wa
20Th CentFox
Glidden Co
Union Bay&p
Union C&c
Goodall Sans
Goodrich
Union Pacific
United Aircrft
Goodyear T&a
United Air
Hudson Motor
Interlake Iron
Nick
T&t
Johns Manvil
Woos (Gar
Jones &Laugh
Weeworth
KC Southern
Wyendotte
STOCK AVERAGES AND LIVESTOCK PRICES ACROSS MARKETS
Merrill Lynch stock averages at 1 PM show declines in Industrials and Railroads with slight gains in Utilities. Chicago Livestock reports steady to lower hogs and steady calves with various weight classes, while cattle and veal prices edge mixed. Kansas City notes steady demand for slaughter steers amid mixed cattle and calf activity.
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Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Amarillo
Bess Rin
Dennas Econ
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Hoss
Kansas City
Beersheba Seized by Israeli Forces in Southern Palestine
Israeli troops captured Beersheba after a bitter battle as Egypt bombed Tel Aviv. The cabinet said fighting would continue in the Negev and Gaza remained a target of the southern offensive, with Beersheba opening routes to Beit Eshel and Nevatim.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Beersheba
United Nations
Negev Desert
Palestine
Gaza
Holy Land
Abraham
Isaac
Cairo
Beit Eshel
Nevatim
Clerk Admits Defeat In Battle of Ballot
Wichita Falls reports County Clerk Ford Albritton cannot fit an oversized 17 by 24 inch ballot into six container sizes. Attempts to fold bend or roll fail. He hopes someone will invent a can stretcher for the ballot on November 2.
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Wichita Falls
Ford Albritton
Albritton
Sarnoff Outlines Ultrafax Vision for News and Mail
David Sarnoff envisions Ultrafax enabled instant newspaper transmission to TV homes, a broadcast mail system called Radio mail, and full motion picture distribution from one studio negative to thousands of theaters. He argues Congress should set a national communications policy addressing these advances and related societal issues.
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Sarnoff
Congress
Bluhm to Speak on Fate of Man at Temple Service
Rabbi Arthur Bluhm will address Temple Bnai Israel Friday night at 8 on The Fate of Man. He will discuss The End of the Matter Sunday at 8. A children’s service is set for Monday at 7 30.
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Bluhm
Arthur Bluhm
Bnai Israel
Man
Poll Tax Transfer Deadline and Market Prices Notice
Transfer deadline for poll tax moves is Thursday October 28 per Frank Hoyt the tax collector. Also listed are livestock price ranges with hogs lambs and cattle described as steady or declining, detailing top prices for hogs sows and slaughter lambs.
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Frank Hoyt
Candidates Woo Gotham Voters Across Nation Tonight
President Truman and Governor Dewey campaign in New York and nationwide programs ahead of final personal appearances. Truman speaks from the White House on an International Ladies Garment Workers Union broadcast with Tallulah Bankhead introducing. Dewey attends a memorial dinner honoring Alfred E. Smith.
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Associated Press
President Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Mr. Truman
White House
Truman
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Tallulah Bankhead
Dewey
Alfred E. Smith
Children Visit Furr Bakery On Kiwanis Tour
Thirty one children from Chil dren's Home toured the Furr Food Bakery at 307 Jefferson on a weekly Amarillo Kiwanis Club educational tour. Jeff Neely and W H Gattis led the group. Afterward they visited Lane Ice Cream Company at 1201 West Seventh and were served refreshments by Ben Lane. Next Saturday they will visit Pinkney Packing.
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Furr Food
Jefferson
Amarillo Kiwanis Club
Jeff Neely
W. H. Gattis
Kiwanis Club
Lane Ice Cream Company
West Seventh
Ben Lane
Pinkney Packing Company
Republicans plan to hire watchers as election clerks
Potter County Republicans nominated election watchers for 11 precincts to fill clerk positions. County Clerk Loren Jones said the move aims to secure enough clerks and, where needed, replace Democratic workers. Precincts targeted include 1 46 7 10 13 14 17 18 21 and 23.
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Potter County
Republican Executive Committee
Loren Jones
Frank A. Robigett
Republican Ecutive Committee
Mr. Jones
Jones
Grand jury continues probe into automotive theft ring
Potter County grand jury met Thursday to continue consideration of charges against Earl Thornton Chism and Kent Marion Hodges. Amarillo youths, who pleaded guilty in county court to driving cars without owners consent, belong to a ring linked to over a dozen thefts in the past year. Hodges resides ten miles northeast of Amarillo and Chism near Liano Cemetery southeast of the city.
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Potter County
Earl Thornton Chism
Kent Marion Hodges
Amarillo
Hodges
Chism
Liano Cemetery
Hire Probation Deputy Soon
Potter County Commissioners Court is set to hire a deputy probation and juvenile officer at the next meeting. The reg ular Monday session authorized two new deputies and received multiple applications led by chief probation officer Mrs. O W Moore. The committee urged creation of a Family Relations Court to handle juvenile and custody cases and other welfare matters, but salaries for the positions were not fixed.
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Potter County Commissioners Court
O. W. Moore
J D Bear Held On Federal Charge
Jimmie Doyle Bear of Amarillo is jailed in Potter County on federal charges for driving a stolen vehicle in interstate commerce. He allegedly drove a stolen car from Amarillo to Hope Arkansas while employed as a downtown cafe cook. Bear has no permanent address. Lloyd Bolan resigned as Carlsbad New Mexico chief of police.
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Jimmie Doyle Bear
Amarillo
Potter County
Bear
Hope
Ark
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