Guest Artist Praises Orchestra For Philharmonic Night
Joseph Battista, guest artist from Dallas, arrives with wife for the 8:30 p.m. Philharmonic concert at Municipal Auditorium. He praises the amateur orchestra after rehearsal and performs Rachmaninoff C minor, with supporting pieces by Wagner and Herbert. Victor Alessandro of the Oklahoma City Symphony attends, promising a musical surprise. season tickets only, prices $6 to $15, box office opens at 7.
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Philharmonic Orchestra
Joseph Battista
Dallas
Municipal Auditorium
Battista
Rachmaninov
Victor Herbert
Victor Alessandro
Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra
Alessandro
A. Clyde Roller
Amarillo
Roller
Oklahoma Orchestra
Southwestern Public Service Company
Fifth and Polk
Marshall Begins London Trip on Private Visit
Secretary of State Marshall departed by plane for London today for a purely personal visit. The US embassy in London said he would remain in Britain until Monday, with no announced itinerary beyond a private stay.
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Marshall
London
Britain
Double Size of Grain Elevator in Texas Plan
Amarillo will add to its PGC elevator and a new two million bushel elevator is planned for Lubbock with completion before next wheat harvest. Estimated Lubbock cost is about one million dollars, Fort Worth addition around 300000 to 375000 dollars, and Amarillo addition about half a million. PGC facility sits east of Amarillo.
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Amarillo
Lubbock
PGC
Fort Worth
Triplett
Iil
Lubbock and
Poison Found in Billie Wortham Death Report
Traces of cyasmite were found in the stomach of Billie Irene Wortham 33 wife of Garland L Wortham a Santa Fe Railroad brakeman after autopsy at the Texas DPS lab in Austin. She died Tuesday morning following a night out with her husband and suffering a severe headache and nausea. The coroner withheld verdict awaiting lab results and local investigators questioned relatives and the sister and her husband. Funeral services were held Thursday with no charges filed as investigation continues. Mrs Wortham is survived by her husband a daughter and several relatives.
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Billie Irene Wortham
Spruce
Texas Department of Public Safety Laboratory
Austin
Ivy Wilkinson
Lloyd King
Bill Adams
Frank Probst
Texas Ranger
Wortham
Betty Jean Clark
Arvie Miller
W. R. Gann
Olen
A. W. Gann
B. L. Kenney
Harlem hears chief boost rights plan
President Truman and Gov. Wallace campaigned in New York urging civil rights reforms. Dewey and Speaker Martin pledged White House Congress cooperation if Republicans win. Truman called equal rights a high government duty and noted a momentous civil rights report from a special committee.
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Truman
T. Wallace
Harlem
Dewey
House
Jomas E. Dewey
Henry Ails
New York City
Esident
Question Jails Him Question Jails Him
John Joseph Flanagan alias Joan Joseph O Malley is held in Potter County Jail on a federal impersonation charge with a 2000 dollar bond after FBI agents arrested him at the City Cab Stand. He claimed to be an FBI agent when Turner asked for ID during a house deal at 1005 Fannin. Turner, owner of city cab, had questioned him prior to a meeting at the stand.
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John Joseph Flanagan
Joan Joseph O'Malley
Potter County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Flanagan
FBI
City Cab
Tyler
George Turner
Turner
Fannin
Mr. Turner
Mornl Pbi
Weather Forecast for Amarillo Weekend Showers Expected
Amarillo air is set for weekend rainfall as showers are predicted by H C Wimburn of the US Weather Bureau at English Field. Local numbers show recent rainfall light with scattered totals across nearby towns and a brief five day outlook cools into the low to mid 40s mornings. Highs will reach the mid to upper 70s, then cooler conditions Sunday into Monday.
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Amarillo
H. C. Winburn
US Weather Bureau
English Field
Childress
Increased Prizes Announced for Christmas Decoration Contest
The Globe News and the Amarillo Garden Club will revive the city wide decoration contest with higher prize money and easier access to lighting supplies. Mason King plans to lead efforts to restore Amarillo as a premier Christmas city, urging retailers to stock wiring and electrical gear. A meeting with Mrs. J A Kendall and Garden Club officers is set to outline rules and planning for the contest.
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Globe News
Garden Club
Mason King
Mr. King
Amarillo
Hearing on temporary injunction against union picketing at Tri State Fair livestock pavilion
A hearing set for next Thursday at 4 p m seeks a temporary injunction against the Construction and General Trade Union Local 688 to prevent hindering construction work on the new livestock pavilion at the Tri State Fair grounds. Byron Singleton represents Stephenson in the petition filed to stop picketing during steel installation by Ira ontrace tor crews from two former airplane hangars moved from Delhart Army Air Field. The injunction would constrain union activity at the site while the dispute over steel handling terms remains unresolved.
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Tri-State Fair Grounds
W. E. Gee
108 Court
Tor
Delhart Army Air Field
Byron Singleton
Stephenson
Construction and General Trade Union
Local 688
Lly
Air Field
Potter County
Way Cleared for Transfer of Warplant to College
Texas Technological College at Lubbock is set to receive the Pantex Ordnance Works property of 17 000 acres and 414 buildings early next year as officials push final transfer through War Assets Administration. The college already farms 8 500 acres under lease with ten ex GI cooperators. President D M Wiggins and other college leaders visited Amarillo to inspect the site and plan broader use focusing on agriculture and engineering.
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Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Pantex Ordnance Works
D. M. Wiggins
Amarillo
J. P. Smith
College Bonnet Ordnance Works
Mccattle
Gregor
Wiggins
Dean W. L. Stangel
Division of Agriculture
President Wiggins
Frank Junell
Dean Stangel
W. T. Gaston
Texas Tech
Texas A&m College
Russell's
Taylor
Retreat For Chiang Forces Across North China Front
Nationalist troops under Chiang Kai-shek fall back from Mukden toward Yingkow as Communists push along a 130 mile front. Six divisions bolster the escape corridor to the Yellow Sea port while authorities rush transports to evacuate the army. Chinese officials indicate no rear guard action will be made and advance units threaten to seize Yingkow. Meyers Motor Co Chrysler-
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Peiping
Chiang Kai-shek
Yellow Sea
Yingkow
Mukden
China
Wei Lihuang
Meyers Motor Co Chrysler
Ailing youth in Amarillo vows eye donation if needed
Oliver Howard, 23, of Columbus Georgia, recently moved to Amarillo and worked at Panhandle Appliance Service Center. Stricken with a painful affliction, he told Dr. A D Foreman Jr that he wishes to donate his eyes to help a sighted recipient if something happens to him. He left work Oct 8 and was hospitalized Oct 14, with Baptist Church members visiting.
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St. Anthony's Morvennne
Oliver Howard
Ibus
Amarillo
Panhandle
A. D. Foreman, Jr
First Baptist Church
Howard Sid
Foreman
Howard
Columbus
The
Baptist Church
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