Second screen writer Dalton Trumbo refuses to reveal Communist ties
Dalton Trumbo the second screen writer testifies before a House committee refusing to answer if he is a Communist and is cited for contempt after his exchange with chairman J Parnell Thomas. Trumbo leaves the stand amid applause while police stand nearby and the case may proceed to court.
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Washington
Dalton Trumbo
House Un-American Activities Subcommittee
Trumbo
John Howard Lawson
J. Parnell Thomas
Lawson
Thomas
Amer
Gerald L. K. Smith
Esquire Theater Opens Tonight with Haver and Stevens
Preparations complete for gala opening of the Esquire Theater at Eighteenth and South Washington at 7:30 PM. June Haver and Mark Stevens star in I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now with Amarillo Badeer Band providing music. Officials including Mayor Lawrence R. Haey attend along with Interstate circuit staff. Tickets 40 cents for two shows. capacity limited.
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Esquire
Eighteenth
South Washington
June Haver
Mark Stevens
Amarilo College Badeer
Lawrence R. Haey
Amarillo
Dallas
Interstate Circuit
William O’donnell
B. A. Susan
Interstate
Kendall Way
Tamount
State
Bennett assails Trieste censorship over American casualties
Missouri Congressman Marion T Bennett accuses a brass curtain of military censorship hiding 63 Communist armed incidents against US forces in Trieste. He warns the cold war could engulf the world and urges strong air and naval power with measured aid.
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Trieste
Washington
Marion T. Bennett
Missouri
Europe
Near East
United States
Yugoslavia
Bennett
Springfield
Kremlin
Destructive Woodward Fire Leaves Block Damaged
A large fire in Woodward Oklahoma started by an explosion swept two thirds of a main business block. Nine people treated for injuries with no deaths reported. Damage nears three million dollars as two stores and several others suffered heavy damage. Firefighters from multiple towns battled the blaze continuing after a second explosion near the Trego Store.
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Woodward
Okla
Woodward Hospital
Oliver Shoe Store
Penney
West Air Base
Here
Seiling
Buffalo
Moreland
Shattuck
Enid
Fairview
Newecomb-Frost Department
Oliver Shoe
Trego’s Men’s Wear
Brown Drug
J. C. Penney Co
Boyle Hardware
George Trego
Kenneth McCollum
John Laughan
H. C. Butler
Boyd Blacktop
Willard Guthrie
O. L. Goff
Billy Hooper
Trego
Newcomb-Frost
Local option prohibition petition signers certified
Loren Jones county clerk reported 987 signatures certified for the local option prohibition election. About 400 signatures remain to be checked. many were rejected for missing full name or untransferred poll tax address. Jones estimates around 1,200 certified signatures after completion in two to three days.
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Loren Jones
Jones
Mr Jones
Taft Plans Oklahoma Campaign Stops Next Week
Sen. Robert Taft, seeking the Republican presidential nomination, will address audiences in Tulsa on Nov. 5 and Oklahoma City on Nov. 6 after accepting invitations announced by Tulsa County Republican Committee secretary G. H. Blankenship.
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Tulsa
Okla
Robert Taft
Oklahoma
Tulsa County
Republican Committee
Oklahoma City
G. H. Blankenship
Weatherman Away Brings Rain Hope to Amarillo
In a playful recall of last year, chief weatherman H. C. Winburn is on vacation in Missouri. Panhandle residents await his return around November 15 hoping his absence will trigger rain to end the current dry spell. The tale mirrors a heavy rainfall record set during a similar leave last October.
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H. C. Winburn
Amarillo
Panhandle
Mr. Winburn
Missouri
Winburn
Missing Man Telegram Deepens Amarillo Mystery
The disappearance of Amarillo man Mr. M H Richards grows more puzzling after a telegram to his wife from Kansas City says he is staying at the Tanner Hotel. Richards, 51, formerly manager of Zack's Five and Ten Cent Store, left without a forwarding address and has been missing since Monday of last week.
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Amarillo
M. H. Richards
Tay Lor
Richards
Tanner Hotel
Kansas City
Betty Richards
Miss Richards
Mr. Richards
Zack
North Fillmore
General Vandegrift Seeks Retirement From Marines
General Alexander A. Vandegrift, who has served as commandant of the Marine Corps since January 1, 1944, announced his request to retire from active duty effective January 1, 1948. He expressed confidence Secretary Sullivan will grant the request, made by letter.
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Washington
Alexander A. Vandegrift
Marine Corps
Secretary of the Navy
Sullivan
Vandegrift
Ernie Pyle on Kalaupapa Leper Colony Life
Nov issue of Reader’s Digest features Ernie Pyle explaining why despair is muted at Kalaupapa and describes the leper colony on the Pacific isle. Also listed are 39 other articles of lasting interest and a note on FHA repair loans with no down payment through John Maynard Lumber Co.
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Reader's Digest
H. Reimann
Russell Stationery Co
Ernie Pyle
Pyle
Kalaupapa
Pacific
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Bakery Plant Sold By Houck Brothers In Amarillo Deal
Charles Newman of Fort Worth will assume active management of the Amarillo Baking Company after its sale by Hoyt, Bob Houck, and Mrs. J W Houck. Newman is secretary treasurer of Holsum Bread in Fort Worth but the Amarillo firm will remain independent. All current employees will be retained. The Houck family built the business since 1911 starting as Pioneer Bakery in Cherryvale and expanded to serve a 100 mile radius around Amarillo.
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Globe
Thompson Park
J. O. Whittington
Terry Thompson
Thompson Pool
Ross Rogers Municipal Golf Course
Charles Newman Baking Company
Newman
Fort Worth
Holsum Bread Company
Holsum Concern
Amarillo Baking Company
Hoyt
Bob Houck
J. W. Houck
Houck
Cherryville
Kaw
Panhandle
Pioneer
Amarillo
Parent Baking Company
KAMQ
Houck Brothers
Lubbock
Baking Company
Samuel Crowther Dies at 67, Noted Author and Economist
Samuel Crowther 67 of Sunapee New Hampshire died yesterday at New England Baptist Hospital. He was a nationally known author and economist who collaborated with Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone on several works.
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Boston
Samuel Crowther
Sunapee
Henry Ford
Harvey Firestone
New England Baptist Hospital
Weather summary for Amarillo and surrounding regions
Fair weather continues today tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies this afternoon tonight and Wednesday. New Mexico reports fair conditions today and Wednesday with warmer southeast areas this afternoon. High 71 and low 39 in the past 24 hours, noon 65. Local ads for skate instruction and home goods follow.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Communists seize town at Brazilian border Guapore frontier
The Justice Ministry said Col. Joaquim Rondon informed that Communist elements captured the Bolivian border town of Guayara in Guapore. Senate investigators tentatively schedule Monday for the second round of hearings on Howard Hughes war contracts in Washington.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Justice Ministry
Col
Joaquim Rondon
Guapore
Guayara
Hughes
Washington
Senate
Howard Hughes
War Office silent on Patton junior comment headline
London reports the War Office refused to comment on Field Marshal Montgomery’s claim that Gen. George S Patton Jr made a momentous error. In Galveston Texas Billy Hempel, 16, Ball High School football player, died from a dislocated neck after Friday night’s game against Orange High School, the season’s first Texas football fatality.
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Patton
London
War Office
George S. Paton, Jr
Current Magazine
Lord Montgomery
Galveston
Billy Hempel
Ball
Orange High School
Texas
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Bruce Miner
Robert Cairns
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Polk
Montrose, Cole
Screen Writers Guild
Robert E. Stripling
House
Russia
The
Missourian
Stalin
Potsdam
Yalta
Paencsine
22Nd Avenue
Taft
E. C. Allison
South Amarillo
General Vandegrift
Marines
Eell
Hoyt Houck
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
Roller Palace
Sixth and Jefferson
Steel
Matt’l Co
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