Official of FW and D Is Killed In Fatal Wreck
QUANAH Oct 26 A diesel power expert died in tangled wreckage as rescue workers cut him free with torches. Jack E Hollis 54 of Fort Worth was fatally injured and three others hurt when the Fort Worth and Denver City Gulf Coast Limited collided with a boxcar on a siding around 12 45 pm yesterday. Hollis died about 2 05 pm His body was removed about 20 minutes later. Also injured were Engineer Ira M Littrell 64 Fireman C L Hamrick 45 both of Wichita Falls and Mrs C R Barr of Texarkana a passenger. Mrs Barr treated for shock and bruises. Littrell had a compound fracture of his right foot and superficial body lacerations. Hamrick suffered cuts and bruises. Hollis boarded the train at Childress to observe the engine performance. See WRECK Page 8.
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C. L. Hamtick
Wichita Falls
C. R. Barr
Texarkana
Legion's Top Man To Visit Amarillo Tonight Banquet at Legion Hall charts pace of national commander Erle Cocke Jr touring west in quick campaign
In Amarillo Legion post hosts national commander Erle Cocke Jr at a banquet in Legion Hall at 7:30 p.m. He arrived via a 3,000 mile, two week tour since his Oct 12 election in Los Angeles. Cocke, 29, the youngest in Legion history, maintains a gruelling schedule averaging a speech every 100 miles. FBI arrests former mental patient Herman Kinner in El Paso for dynamiting Voice of America transmitters in Mason Ohio on Sept 17 and other railroad sabotage. Kinner, a Wilmington Ohio carpenter who served in the Army, admits the VOA blast and a derailment incident. faces federal charges with potential penalties.
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Hanson
American Legion
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Legion
Legion Advance
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Jack Cesnar
Indianapolis
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EL Paso
FBI
Herman Floyd Kinner
Voice of America
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Ohio
D. K. Brown
Kinner
Brown
Wilmington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wilberforce
Henry C. Clifton
United States
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Report
The Weather Bureau reports fair conditions for Amarillo and vicinity through Friday with a high near 84 and a low around 50 tonight. Tomorrow’s high about 80. West Texas and New Mexico expect fair weather with little temperature change.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo Chief vows crackdown on criminals from other cities
Amarillo's police chief Sid Harper announced an intensified push against petty crime amid an influx of prostitutes and thieves. He said Dallas and Fort Worth are cleaning up and warned cross‑city offenders not to use Amarillo as a winter haven. Twenty prostitutes were fined and told to leave, with most saying they came from or were run out of Fort Worth and Dallas.
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Sid Harper
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Nation bans new amusement structures to aid armament drive
Washington based report says the National Production Authority barred constructing any new buildings for amusement, recreational or entertainment purposes effective at midnight to conserve materials for armaments. The order aims to free resources for defense production.
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National Production Authority
Nations restrict building as part of defense drive
The NPA bans 44 types of structures including theaters amusement parks race tracks golf courses and night clubs. The order targets new starts after midnight and applies to public and private projects while allowing repairs maintenance and small jobs under five thousand dollars. It also requires steel output for 10000 freight cars monthly for six months with allocations to petroleum mining and farm machinery sectors under renewed distribution rules.
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NPA
William H. Harrison
Harrison
Congressional Score on Our Men in Washington
The Congressional Quarterly reports Lyndon Johnson of Texas edged Tom Connally in party alignment during the 81st Congress. Johnson aligned with the Democratic majority 90 percent, 235 of 284 party-line votes, while Connally matched 88 percent with 233 of 264 votes. House member Ben Guill of Texas’s 18th district voted with his party 22 times and against it 6 times, a 79 percent rate.
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Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Tom Connally
Johnson
Connally
Ben Guill
UN Troops Reach Yalu River Front in Korea
United Nations forces including American troops reached the Yalu River border with Manchuria on Thursday, amid uncertain reports on how far non Korean units would advance and whether Chinese forces would openly aid North Korea. Col Noble Wiley Jr stated UN forces may operate anywhere in Korea as needed, while Truman suggested limits to border movement.
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Korean War Front News and Communist Involvement Denied
The US Eighth Army spokesman downplayed Korean Republican reports of Chinese Communist participation in the conflict. He stated no evidence of overt Chinese support for North Korea. A Republican spokesman had cited Chinese prisoners claiming three Chinese battalions fought near Onjong, 50 miles inside Korea.
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North Korean Prisoners and Inter-China Invasion Claims
The prisoners wore North Korean uniforms as the Eighth Army Command probes their statements. Chinese Reds allegedly attacked while 20,000 inmates were said to have crossed from Manchuria into Korea. South Korean units rushed to the Yalu boundary near Chosan and others moved up the east coast ahead of a 50,000-man American landing at Wonsan. Correspondent Stan Swinton reported from the east coast front.
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First Cavalry to Sea for Korea Aid Mystery
A cryptic dispatch from Tokyo late Thursday night claims the American First Cavalry Division is moving by sea to aid South Korea. The unit had been active around Pyongyang, with no explanation from Eighth Army in Seoul.
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David Rasco
Globe-News
Marines Led Wonsan Landing Breaks Allied Plans
A rapid South Korean Third Division stride to Wonsan on Oct 9 averted a deadly trap that threatened a 50,000-man US landing. Marines and 20,000 Seventh Infantry Division forces began shore assaults behind the front, while planners admitted intelligence gaps and strategic constraints shaped the doomed Oct 20 invasion plan.
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Allied flotilla sails to Wonsan after Pusan stop
A multinational naval group began an 830 mile voyage around the peninsula to Wonsan, pausing at Pusan to pick up the Seventh Infantry Division. For six days the flotilla of United States, British, French, Canadian, New Zealand, Australian and South Korean ships waited as minesweepers cut a channel through the harbor area.
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Pusan
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Miracle saves 50 000 Yanks from Wonsan death trap
Admiral Doyle authorized action as troops crowded landing ships neared Wonsan. The convoy faced scarce food and aboard the Marine Phoenix 450 acute dysentery cases were reported. Major General Clark Ruffner of the 10th Corps deputy command described the peril and the miraculous rescue as relayed on page 8.
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Wonsan
Wonder Plains Leathernecks
Doyle
Marine Phoenix
Clark Ruffner
10Th Corps
Marines land at Wonsan amid questions and jokes
In Korea at Wonsan on Oct 26 Marines of the First Division land after a 10 day sea move from Inchon. They voice doubts about the operation as mines clear the harbor and battleships loom, while ROK forces already control nearby shores.
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Tokyo
O. P. Smith
Edward M. Almond
10Th Army Corps
Northeast Korea
Inchon
Seoul
South Korea
Inchgn
David Rasco
Globe-News
Korea
Panhandle
Siberian
Marines Named From Panhandle on Pickaway List
Four Panhandle boys are listed aboard the Pickaway: T. P. Groves, Stinnett, Charles W. Jackson formerly of Spearman, Kenneth R. Twigg, George A. Patterson formerly of Canyon. All the Marines are inspired. See RASCO Page 8.
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T. P. Groves
Stinnett
Spearman
Kenneth R. Twigg
George A. Patterson
Canyon
RASCO
Stocks Feed Sudden Market Slump On Wall Street
New York stock prices fell sharply as a rapid selling wave drove losses beyond two dollars a share. Steel and auto shares slumped while selling orders overwhelmed price reporting systems. Traders cited nerves over potential new controls from Washington and unfavorable global developments, alongside President Truman’s hint at a possible special session for tax and rent control proposals.
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Truman
Congress
Russians announce invasion of Tibet to join China
AP reports a Communist liberation army invaded Tibet, with Kalimpong correspondent noting troops inside the priest ruled land. Lhasa broadcasts say Tibetans are shocked and determined to resist. Reds advance from Dongma Pass toward Neiwutsi while Tibetans reinforce with 10,000 troops. Pravda says liberation orders target Tibet as the last region still under foreign rule. Moscow claims US plans against Tibet.
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