Obituary notices from three Oklahoma families published
Obituaries detail A Hannam of 1616 Harrison whose spouse Almira survives with a 2 PM Wednesday service at Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel and burial at Llano Mausoleum. Opal Walker of Amazone Courts dies Tuesday with service later. Charlie Carter of Walker's Convalescent Home dies Tuesday. service pending. Judy Allgood, 2, daughter of Vern and family, dies. service 10 AM Tuesday at Boxwell Ivy Chapel with Llano burial. John Henry Allgood, 47, brother of Pete D Elmer and Mrs. Jack Kennedy, service pending at Boxwell Brothers.
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A. Hannam
Harrison
Almira
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
Liano Mausoleum
Walker
Opal Walker
Carter Charlie Carter
Blackburn
Allgood
Judy Allgood
South Park
Vernon D. Allgood
Charlotte
Verna Kay
P. D. Allgood
A. F. Churchill
Boxwell Brothers Ivy Chapel
Llano
John Henry Allgood
Pete P. D. Elmer
Jack Kennedy
Boxwell Brothers
Obituaries for Samuel Friend and Harmony Newberry
Samuel FE Friend 65 of Ross Hotel died Sunday. Body to Hazen Arkansas for service and burial. Harmony Newberry 63 of 7028S Cleveland died Saturday. Wife of Charles Edwards and mother to multiple children including W W Lee Jimmie Earl Beveridge and Ray Dudley. Brother Bob Walter. Service 2 PM Tuesday at Griggs Pioneer Chapel.
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Samuel FE
Ross Hotel
Hazen
Ark
Newberry Harmony
Newberry
Cleveland
Sarah
W. W
Lee
Jimmie
Earl
Charlies Edwards
Andrew Beveridge
Ray Dudley
Eerl Turley
Bob
Walter
Letha McMullins
Griggs Pioneer Chapel
Underwriters Plan Course for Amarillo Area
A 26 week life underwriters training course will be offered in Amarillo with classes each Monday at 8 30 am at the Amarillo Center 2101 Harrison. Roy L Session and Joe L Martinx announced the program funded by the National Association of Life Underwriters and hosted by the local group. Virgil Curry of American General Life Insurance will teach the first year of the two year LUTC course. Thirty four members of the Amarillo association are enrolled including Selvin Allen D C Ash Herbert H Bailey Jeff D Bearden John C Brown and Roy L Session among others.
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Life Underwriter Training Council
Amarillo
Roy L. Session
American General Life Insurance Company
LUTC
Amarillo Association
Selvin Allen
D. C. Ash
Herbert H. Bailey
Jeff D. Bearden
John C. Brown
L. R. Cloninger
Lowry W. Crook
Virgil E. Curry
A. D. Nance
Alvin Newman
Robert A. Parr
Arlee Roland
Eddie Sorseth
Deward C. Walker
Suspect in Gunnish murder linked to Heisler in California
Charles B. Broadway of Fontana California is named as a suspect while Heisler faces murder charges in Gunnish slaying. Sheriff Mancus said fingerprints were sent to San Bernardino for comparison with the man held. Heisler, about 30, is identified by Shamrock witnesses as Gunnish’s companion, and a cafe matchbook tie points toward Wisconsin. Gunnish, a Martins Ferry Ohio resident en route to California for work, was killed by seven shots from a .22 rifle. his car and clothing were later recovered in Amarillo.
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Charles B. Broadway
Fontana
Cal
Heisler
Gunnish
San Bernardino
Mancus
California
Shamrock
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Wisconsin
Amarillo
Adrian
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Churchill Expands Troop Move to Suez Zone
London reports Prime Minister Churchill orders another infantry division to the Middle East to bolster the Suez Canal defense as Egypt seeks to oust Britain. The Third Infantry Division likely heads via Cyprus to Egypt with carrier support planned. Eden to host Big Three talks in Paris.
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Churchill
Suez Zone
London
Winston Churchill
British Empire
Middle East
Egypt
Suez Canal
Canal Zone
War Office
Cyprus
Admiralty
Illustrious
Triumph
Britain
Mid-East
Anthony Eden
France
Paris
Downing Street
Commons
Harry Crookshank
Harold MacMillan
Air
Supply Ministry
Lord Leathers
Scotland
James Stuart
The
Treasury
Selwyn Lloyd
Foreign Office
Patrick Buchan-Hepburn
Express Rate Hike Explained by ICC Action
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized Railway Express Agency to raise rates. First class shipments under 100 pounds increase 30 cents, minimum per shipment 1.50, miscellaneous charges up 25 percent. ICC response to a 57 cent request replaces 1 pound graduations with five pound steps, affecting 11 pound shipments. New rates take effect on or after Nov 7, replacing May 3, 1951 temporary 20 cent rise. Chamber of Commerce Traffic Department offers further details.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Railway Express Agency
Traffic Department
The
Chamber of Commerce
ICC
Commission
Railroad Retirement Reform Expands Benefits and Credits
The railroad retirement system, separate from Social Security, will rise from 6 to 6.4 percent and expand benefits. Provisions include higher survivors and spouse benefits, revocable selections for enhanced annuities, 25 percent larger lump sum payments, and credits for workers past 65. The measure also allocates Social Security adjustments and cross-payments to balance long term savings.
Kalakala Feryboat Enters Service Between Seattle and Bremerton
The Kalakala, the world’s first streamlined ferry built in 1935 at Lake Washington shipyards in Seattle, began operation on the Seattle to Bremerton route, marking a milestone in naval design and local transportation.
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Lake Washington
Seatle
Seaggle
Bremerton
Brilliant atomic test lights up Las Vegas dawn
A bright flash and rising mushroom cloud marked the third test in a series near Yucca Flat. Las Vegas observers saw the flare from about 75 miles away while residents felt no shock waves. Photographer Dennis Schieck, flying at 7000 feet with special clearance, reported a white light with a purple tinge and an ice-capped cloud.
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Las Vegas
Nevy
Dennis Schieck
Schreck
Henderson
Nev
Here
Hoover Dam
Yucca Flat
Port Arthur Police Deny Licensing of Minor in Vice Case
Port Arthur officials denied issuing any prostitution license to a 14 year old girl after she claimed to be licensed by local police. Assistant Police Chief J C Enright said authorities photograph and fingerprint suspects but do not license call houses or prostitutes, stressing no such license exists.
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Port Arthur
J. C. Enright
Houston
Police Department
Enright
Strikers End Boycott at Military Docks in New York
Insurgent stevedores halted their pier boycott, restoring defense loading by regular crews. Picket lines vanished at Staten Island Jersey City and Brooklyn Army base as 500 rebels returned to work. Elsewhere, dock idle lines remained with limited non striker access on one Hudson River pier.
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New York
Staten Island
Jersey City
Brooklyn
Army Base
Hudson River
Shivers Heads to Mexico For Highway Planning Talk
Governor Allyn Shivers flew to Chihuahua City to attend a luncheon and highway planning conference with Governor Soto Maynez. Officials will discuss a proposed highway linking Chihuahua City to Ojinago across the Rio Grande, connecting to US Highway 67 from Presidio to Texarkana.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Chihuahua City
Soto Maynez
Chihuahua
Shivers
Ojinago
Rio Grande
Presidio
Texas
Texarkana
Two Killed as Car Rams Truck in Heavy Fog
In Gainesville on October 30 a car crashed into a milk truck in dense fog, killing Willis R. Garner 26 of Gainesville and James Marshall Brewer 21 who lived north of Springer, Oklahoma. Hubert Walker 20 of Springer was injured with numerous cuts. Louis B. Sicking of Route 2, Muenster drove the truck and was not hurt.
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Gainesville
Here
Willis R. Garner
Jamesarshall Brewer
Springer
Okla
Hubert Walker
Louis B. Sicking
Route 2
Muenster
Sicking
Truck Driver Pleads Innocent Over Train Crossing Blockage
Baltimore October 30 Edwin Kessler a truck driver pleaded innocent to charges that he uncoupled a freight train blocking a crossing He said it must have been someone else who got impatient and caused the disruption.
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Baltimore
Edwin Kessler
Evidence unborn baby begins breathing and swallowing early
A dye and X rays show the fetus begins breathing and swallowing by the twelfth week, revealing early autonomous activity in utero.
Caribou Stampedes Through Cattle Field in Illinois
In ROCKFORD ILL October 30 an aggressive caribou stomped a herd of cattle through a corn field scattering stalks and uprooting fence posts. Hunters and sheriffs tracked the moose-like animal as locals noted .22 caliber shots failed to stop it, comparing the scene to throwing peas at an elephant.
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Rockford, II
U.P
Canada
Oklahoma Supreme Court affirms women jury rights
The Oklahoma Supreme Court upheld the right of women to serve on juries, ending years of effort to secure equal jury service with men. The ruling marks a milestone in state gender equality and reinforces juror eligibility across Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Supreme Court
A Turn for the Worse in Crawfordsville Crash
Martin Winebruner, 19, swerved to avoid a black cat and struck two parked cars in Crawfordsville Ind on the eve of Halloween. Police estimated damage at 150 dollars.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Martin Winebruner
Price Rulings Meeting Set in Amarillo
A meeting on price regulation affecting laundries dry cleaning and washaterias will be held tomorrow at 8 PM in an Amarillo hotel. L R Shaddix of the Office of Price Stabilization will explain the rules post prices and filing requirements and take questions. Sponsored by the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce and OPS. Operators are invited to attend.
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Amarillo
L. R. Shaddix
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Office of Price Stabilization
Shaddix
Lubbock
Texas Avenue
Cigarette Machine Hit By Thieves Outside Lottaburger Stand
Thieves damaged a cigarette machine at the Lottaburger Stand 1600 Fillmore overnight and took an undetermined amount of cash and cigarettes. The device sits outside the building and was jimmied during the night.
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Here
Albuquerque
Lottaburger Stand
Fillmore
Districts Assigned for Halloween Window Contest
The Retail Merchants Committee of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce announced the Halloween window painting contest. Students will paint windows on Polk Street from Third to Eleventh Avenues, with divisions for grades one to three, four to six, seventh to ninth, and tenth to eleventh. Registrations at Sixth and Polk, prizes up to 10 dollars plus two special parade prizes, and a post‑event carnival and radio show with additional gifts.
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Retail Merchants Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Polk Street
Polk
Amarillo
Third
Ellwood Park
KAMQ
Chamber group to meet at chamber conference room Thursday
John Ballard leads the tourist and publicity committee of the chamber of commerce scheduling a 10 30 AM Thursday meeting in the chamber conference room. Elizabeth Allen age 21 from Northern Ireland achieved a hat trick by winning Carrickfergus May Queen Miss Monkstown 1951 and Festival Queen of Carrickfergus.
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The
Chamber of Commerce
John Ballard
Chamber
Elizabeth Allen
Northern Ireland
Carrickfergus
Rail unions split as most accept terms from board plan
About 1.2 million railroad workers, over 90 percent, accepted terms equal to or better than board recommendations. Three operating unions led a refusal, with roughly 130,000 members, while 140,000 others mostly belong to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Arbitration and 40 hour week plans loom amid ongoing quibbling.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Standard Railroad
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
Order of
BLE
Blf&e
ORC
Deer Shot After Subway Chase in Philadelphia
An eight point buck was chased through Philadelphia streets by about 30 police officers for two miles before entering a Broad Street subway station. It was blocked by a turnstile at the change booth and killed by a police officer. The 200-pound deer likely originated from Fairmount Park.
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Philadelphia
Broad Street
Fairmont Park
Erie Avenue
Bond market fuels school bond bids in Texas areas
Rousher, head of the committee and Dallas bond broker, comments on disapproval while several Texas cities rush large bonds. Amarillo ISD lacks future building sites for expansion as boards seek locations in growing residential zones. Record bid interest in school bond issues shows a surge in buyers.
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Rousher
Dallas
Texas
Waddill
Amarillo Independent
Bond sales drive bids and school additions planned
At tonight's meeting high interest in the bonds is shown by many bid forms requested since the issue was advertised. The board will consider preliminary plans for three school additions funded by the bond sales at Lamar, San Jacinto and Pleasant Valley Schools, with earlier approvals for Glenwood School and Sam Houston Junior High School.
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Lamar
San Jacinto
Pleasant Valley
Glenwood
Sam Houston Junior High
Postal and federal leave and rate changes outlined
The plan tallies military service in federal totals and raises annual leave for non postal workers to 20 days with a 26 day provision through January. Postal workers gain 15 days annual leave and a uniform 13 day sick leave. Sick leave may be accumulated indefinitely with a 90 day current cap. The postal rate hike will not erase the Post Office deficit, estimated at 520 million dollars this year. A 10 percent rise on bulk postal cards is set, aimed at advertisers. Nonprofit and specific religious education and labor groups are exempt from rate increases, as is classroom or religious instruction mail from for profit entities.
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Railroad Retirement Fund
Post Office Department
Congress
Department
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Vy Chiape
Haxwell Brothers
Griggs
Osgood Monument CO
Buchanan
Ruthker
Jefferson
Gews
Liberation” of
Governor Shivers
Mexico
Globe-News
Emergency Board
White House
Cieshea
BRT
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