Polio Clinic Plans Return in Amarillo Meeting
A revival of plans for a polio clinic at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo is set for a special meeting tomorrow night. The hospital board and Amarillo Jaycees will attend, with prior discussions noting opposition to a separate building and suggesting an isolation ward within the current hospital expansion. About $20,000 is available from local subscriptions and infantile paralysis funds to equip the clinic.
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Amarillo
Northwest Texas Hospital
Roosevelt Memorial Committee
Potter County
Jaycees
Hospital Board
B. M. Puckett
Roosevelt
Family flies to Tripoli to join Nettles in Africa
Jack Nettles and two children Peggy aged 3 and Don 10 months depart English Field by air to Tripoli Africa to join husband and father, district traffic manager for Trans continental and Western Airlines. Nettles previously worked for TWA and was stationed in Amarillo before July. Since his departure, Mrs Nettles and children live with her parents, Mr and Mrs R N Miller. Nettles is son of Mrs Beulah Nettles of Borger.
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Jack Nettles
Arthur
English Field
Tripoli
Africa
Transcontinental and
Western Airlines
Nettles
TWA
Amarillo
African Post
Peggy
Don D
R. N. Miller
Mr. Nettles
Beulah Nettles
Borger
Man Survives 30400 Feet Without Oxygen, Nazi Experiments
Washington reports reveal Nazi medical research from Dachau showing subjects, described as Jews or criminals, survived at altitudes up to 30,400 feet without oxygen in gas chamber tests. Higher than Everest, death occurred only above 33,600 feet without supplemental air.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
Mt. Everest
AAF
Dachau
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Ochsner to Enroll at Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Ann Ochsner will leave Saturday September 7 to enroll in Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg Virginia. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Erwin C Ochsner of 2402 Hughes. A yellow flag on a ship signals a contagious disease aboard.
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Randolph-Macon
Ann Ochsner
Globe Trotting Band Leader Brings Musicians to Avalon
Al Donahue brings his Low Down Rhythm in a Top Hat to the Avalon Club Friday night. Admission is $2 plus tax. Donahue and his orchestra are described as clean and zestful. The group favors sweet melodies with four violins and Al on lead violin.
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al Donahue
Donahue
Patched eggs hatch duckling after mishap in Carrollton
Nine year old Arnold Crotchet received two duck eggs from his aunt Mrs Henry Hyde. While carrying them home he bumped them and cracked one. He patched the crack with adhesive tape and placed both eggs under a setting hen. One duckling hatched from the patched egg.
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Carrollton
Arnold Crotchet
Henry Hyde
Arnold
Nelsons Return From California Vacation Move
Mr and Mrs J Verne Nelson and daughter Elaine have returned from a three weeks vacation in California They have recently moved to 1606 Lipscomb.
Paris Air Crash Death Toll Rises to 21 in Day of Disasters
Twenty one people die as an Air France liner crashes on takeoff from Le Bourget en route to London, part of three separate French air disasters over three days. A factory roof collapse and another crash near Copenhagen add to the grim toll, with workers and crew among the victims.
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Paris
Air France
London
le Bourget
Copenhagen
Villacoublay
Grenoble
Loot Found in Cork Leg After Hempstead Cafe Robbery
In Brenham on September 4 a state highway patrolman and a Hempstead officer arrested a one legged suspect and his Houston friend after a cafe robbery. In a final attempt, the man was ordered to unscrew his leg and the $50 in loot was recovered from the cork limb.
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Brenham
Hempstead
Houston
15 Year Old Soldier To Be Discharged Anew
FRANKFURT Germany September 4 A 15 year old twice wounded war veteran is to be discharged from the U S Army for the second time Army headquarters said today Pfc Robert E Kelso of Houston Texas first enlisted in July 1944 claiming he was 18 and fought with the 12th Armored Division in the Siegfried Line His true age was found when redeployed to the United States in July 1945 and he was discharged He enlisted February
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Army Headquarters
Robert E. Kelso
Houston
Tex
Army
12Th Armored Division
Siegfried Line
United States
Jerry Malin Expected Home From Singapore This Week
Jerry Malin, long stationed in Singapore by the State Department, is expected home Thursday or Friday. A former newspaper man, Malin began government service with the Office of War Information, moved to the State Department when O W I was dissolved, and after training in New York was sent overseas.
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Jerry Malin
Singapore
State Department
Malin
Office of War Information
New York
Mayans Used Cacao Beans as Coin
In ancient Mesoamerica cacao beans functioned as a form of primitive currency used in daily trade and ceremonial exchanges, reflecting the cacao tree's valued status in Mayan society.
Peanuts Shipped To Chicago Lead World Trade
The report notes that Chicago receives more peanut shipments than any other city annually, highlighting Chicago as the top global destination for peanut exports and suggesting strong trade ties and processing capacity.
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Chicago
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