Globe-News offers reward for newspaper thefts
The Globe News offers 500 dollars for information leading to arrest and conviction of vandals who stole about 800 copies from spotting stations in the southwest part of town. Bundles were opened and scattered near Canyon highway causing delivery delays to subscribers. Readers with tips should contact Walter Andrews, circulation manager.
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Globe-News
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Globe News
Walter Andrews
Amarillo Schools Welcoming Return For New Semester
Amarillo’s refurbished schools opened with large crowds of pupils and waiting families. Supt. Rogers expects enrollment to rise, with elementary grades seeing the biggest jump and 12,318 students recorded last year. New Lamar and Avondale Elementaries ready, River Road registrations to start tomorrow.
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Amarillo
Chas. M. Rogers
Amarillo Air Force Base
Pantex Defense
Lamar
Avondale
Robert E. Lee
River Road School
Allied Push in Korea Hits Red Forces on Punchbowl
United States forces led by the First Marine Division and Second Infantry Division encircled Punchbowl Valley on the eastern Korean front while Seventh Infantry and Allied artillery bombarded Kumsong and Bloody Ridge remained under pressure. Gen Ridgway warned of large numbers of Caucasian Soviet troops and other satellite specialists aiding a possible Red offensive as Van Fleet reported 850000 enemy troops with 1000 planes and 500 tanks in the buildup.
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Inje
Seventh Infantry
Punchbowl
Kumsong
Yanggu
Matthew B. Ridgway
UN Stupreme
East Germany
Korea
James A. van Mied
Eighth Army
United Press Front
van Fleet
Ridgway
Manchuria
Wehrmacht
Horse Stolen Near New Orleans Restaurant
New Orleans police are hunting a horse thief after Lloyd Martin left a horse tied outside a restaurant to get a sandwich and found it missing when he returned. The incident occurred late yesterday in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Lloyd Martin
Ridgway drafts new cease-fire proposal in Korea
General Matthew Ridgway drafts a note to Communist leaders aiming to break the truce deadlock. Indications point to proposing a switch of venue to a tent city in no man's land between UN and Communist forces as talks resume.
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Matthew B. Ridgway
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C. Turner Joy
No Man’s Land
Millionaire Hosts Lavish Venice Costume Ball
An unknown Spanish millionaire hosted a grand party at a one million dollar marble palace in Venice. About 906 notable guests including Barbara Hutton, Gene Tierney, Irene Dunne, Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles attended the "party of the century" with hosts, costumes, and tableaux from the 18th century.
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Haynes Thompson
Venice
Italy
Woolworth
Barbara Hutton
Don Carlos
Charley” de Beistegui Y Iturbi
Diana Duff Cooper
Cleopatra
Frederic Cabrolle
Anthony
Arturo Lopez
Gene Tierney
Irene Dunne
Joseph Cotten
Orson Wells
Winston Churchill
Britain
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Weather bulletin from the US Weather Bureau notes fair and hot conditions for Amarillo and vicinity with high today near 96 and 95 tomorrow. 24 hour low 68, high 97 yesterday morning. Panhandle agricultural outlook remains favorable for outdoor work. New Mexico shows partly cloudy skies with isolated afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
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Panhandle
West Texas
New Mexico
Doctor, Lawyer, But Not Indian Chief
A humorous Muster of hay fever myths and cures in the Panhandle season. The piece riffs on Indian stereotypes while explaining hay fever symptoms and pollen sources. It cites Dr Harry Swartz noting 2 to 3 percent US adults affected, and outlines testing and avoidance or serum injections as remedies.
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Panhandle
Harry Swartz
Reds Conference At San Francisco Opens With Warning
President Truman arrives for a conference with 51 delegations in San Francisco as he warns of possible Communist offensives in Korea Europe or Asia. He stresses continued defense buildup and notes the Japan peace treaty is key to the free world’s security.
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Washington
Korea
Asia
Europe
Texas
Russia
San Francisco
Pacific
Middle East
Free World
Japan
Author Louis Adamic found dead in burning farm home
A mysterious death is reported as author Louis Adamic is found shot, with a .22 Mossberg rifle across his knees, in a fire set at his Milford area farm home near Flemington New Jersey. Autopsy underway to determine cause.
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Flemington
Louis Adamic
Russell Snook
State Police
Adamic
Milford
Here
America
Yugoslavia
Brighter Flying Dots Reported Over Lubbock Nights
Residents report three sightings of star like flying objects over Lubbock Thursday and Friday from 8:40 to 10:37 pm. Witnesses described 20 to 30 bright dots moving north to south for only moments with a rustling sound and V or U shaped formation at high speed in Matador.
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Lubbock
Matador Tos
Charges Filed In Shooting Case Against Grover Gerard
Grover J. Gerard, 37, was charged with assault with intent to murder by Justice of Peace Bonita Wilkinson after the Friday night shooting of his wife Hazel. Gerard had not been arraigned by noon as officers questioned him, while Hazel Gerard was listed as improving at Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital. The shooting occurred on the porch of the couple’s home at 1609 Pierce and the husband claimed it was accidental.
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Justice of Peace
Bonita Wilkinson
Gerard
Hazel
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
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