Refugees report three days of terror in Caracas revolt
American refugees arriving in Miami describe a violent Venezuelan uprising with looting and street fighting. They recall hoodlums terrorizing the city, police wiped out, and bodies in the streets as looters sacked homes and shops. Estimates of deaths ranged widely.
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Miami
Fila
Caracas
Ity
Miss Francis
Maracay
Madge Davis
Clark Brown
Allentown
Brown
la Guaira
Venezuela
Dixon brothers visit Amarillo parents in furlough
Lt. William J. Dixon and Pvt. Grady Dixon spent last weekend in Amarillo with their parents Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Dixon. The lieutenant, formerly a special services officer at Fort Thomas, Ky., heads to an Army Air Forces hospital in San Antonio as Special Services and Public Relations officer. Private Dixon is on furlough from Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls.
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William J. Dixon
Grady Dixon
Amarillo
W. G. Dixon
Fillmore
Fort Thomas
Army Air Forces
San Antonio
Dixon
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
Freshmen visitors stay in Amarillo this fall
Miss DeGrassi accompanied home by Miss Marge Hayes of Minneapolis a freshman at the University of Colorado. They arrived in Amarillo Friday and will remain until November first.
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Marge Hayes
Minneapolis
University of Colorado
Miss DeGrassi
Miss Hayes
Amarillo
Navy Rejects War Navy Merger Plan As Unsound
Secretary Forrestal said the proposed merger of the War and Navy Departments is revolutionary and unsound He proposed a postwar alternative with both departments intact plus a National Security Council consisting of the current secretaries of State War and Navy and the National Security Resources Board chairperson The President would preside as commander in chief
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Washington
Navy
James V. Forrestal
War and Navy Departments
War Department
Senate Military Affairs Committee
National Security Council
State, War, and Navy
National Security Resources Board
The
United States
Carnival at Cathedral Hall November 19-20
A two day carnival at Cathedral Hall 1110 Washington offers a gift shop fish pond and candy booth. Sponsored by St Marys Academy PTA led by Mrs Fred Schupp and Amarillo Council 1450 Knights of Columbus led by John H Raef. Proceeds fund playground equipment for St Marys Academy and costs for the Knights of Columbus state convention next May.
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Cathedral Hall
Washington
St. Mary’s Academy
Parent- Teacher Association
Fred Schupp
Amarillo Council
Knights of Columbus
John H. Raef
A. T. O'Neal
PTA
George Nussbaum
St. Mary's Academy
Monroe A. Tidwell Dies in Hospital
Monroe A. Tidwell 72 a retired Clovis New Mexico farmer died at 4 35 this morning in a local hospital The body was sent by Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home today to Clovis Funeral arrangements are to be announced later He is the father of Sam M Tidwell chief clerk in the Santa Fe public relations office Other survivors include Rex in Houston W J in Newbern Tenn and several relatives including grandchildren
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Monroe A. Tidwell
Clovis
N. M. Farmer
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Mr. Tidwell
Sam M. Tidwell
Harrison
Santa Fe
Rex
Houston
W. J
Newbern, Tenn
Brymer To Confer With Kerr On Paving Highway 287
Wade Brymer chairman of the chamber highway committee will confer with Governor Bob Kerr in Boise City Oklahoma tomorrow. They plan discussion on paving Highway 287 from the Texas border to Boise City in Cimarron County. The article also notes persistence of vision in television operation.
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Brymer
Kerr
Wade Brymer
The
Chamber of Commerce
Bob Kerr
Boise City
Okla
Texas
Cimarron County
Unification Idea Draws Support From White House Veterans
Former senator Hill noted his views from the Senate on unifying the armed services. He has discussed the measure with the President, Secretary Patterson, General Marshall, Army chief of staff, and General Arnold, who head the air forces and endorse the plan. The piece also defines sugar as a term for over 100 distinct substances with specific scientific names such as sucrose, glucose, and lactose.
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Armed Services
Senate
Hill
White House
Patterson
George C. Marshall
Army
H. H. Arnold
Air Forces
Amarillo Admiral Left Off Texas List
Rear Adm. Ralph Riggs of Amarillo, son of Judge J. N. Riggs, received the Legion of Merit and the Navy Cross. A 1918 Naval Academy graduate and former football captain, he served in World War I and in 1942 his ships outmaneuvered a Japanese force near Kuriles, affecting reinforcements to Kiska and Attu. Navy Day is Oct 27.
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Amarillo
Ralph Riggs
J. N. Riggs
Monroe
Admiral Riggs
Kuriles
Kiska
Attu
Amarilo
U. S. Naval Academy
Ralph, Jr
Texas
John Whiteley attends sister Bernice Whiteley funeral
John R Whiteley of 207 North Virginia returned from Abilene after the funeral of his sister Miss Bernice Reese Whiteley longtime head of the English department at Pampa High School She died in Abilene where she taught at South Junior High School The lotus is one of the world’s rarest flowers growing in Egypt China and the United States.
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John R. Whiteley
North Virginiia
Abilene
Bernice Reese Whiteley
Pampa High School
Miss Whiteley
South
Countries
Egypt
China
The
United States
Committee to Plan Victory Loan Drive Opens in Amarillo
War Bond committee chairmen will meet Tuesday at 4 in Amarillo National Park to plan the Victory Loan Drive opening on Oct. 29. Charles T. Ware regional director called the meeting. Guy Saunders, who directed the Seventh War Loan in Amarillo, named to handle the Victory Loan Drive.
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War Bond Committee
Amarillo National Park
Charles T. Ware
Guy Saunders
Amarillo
Miss DeGrassi Returns Home From University
Miss Betty Jane DeGrassi daughter of Mr and Mrs W D DeGrassi Jr returns home to 1503 Jefferson from the University of Colorado. The brief item notes her homecoming.
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Betty Jane DeGrassi
W. D. DeGrassi, Jr
Jefferson
Mid
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Oklahoma City
Avila Hotel
William Grady Dixon
Cretney
Polk
Beaty
Goodwi
Order of Eastern Star
A. E. Shirley
Port Arthur
Robbie Dyer
Shirley
Dye
Truman
Alabama
Tyler
Gouldy
Anthony
Polk Amarillo
Cohama
Platina
Coham
Gracie
Harper’s Bazaar
VOGUE
Town & Country
National
Atkinson Drug CO
Bi-Rite, Inc
S,s
Ol’ Vernon Sez
Oriental Cleaners
Vernon Hancock
Gskey
John Whiteley
Hobbsco
Department C. Kilmer & Co., Inc
Stamford
Conn
Swamp Root
Burt
Church
A. J. Kelly
Nfl
Associa
Khoury Bros
Consolidated
Amarillo Laundry
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