Italy Reverses Wetback Racket Arrest of Smuggler in Genoa
Genoa police arrested Antonio Romano of Palermo on forgery and smuggling charges for creating forged Mexican visas to move Italian citizens into Italy. Investigators found three passports with missing pages, forged Mexican consulate stamps, and fake bank certificates stating Italian citizens held funds in Mexico.
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Genoa
Italy
Antonio Romano
Palermo
Sicily
Romano
Milan
Commerce Bank of Mexico
Mexico
Yellow center lines to guide Amarillo street markings
Traffic engineer Harold Miller announced future Amarillo roadway updates using yellow center and white lane lines with the new program starting next week. He urged drivers to stay right of the yellow line. In London, a department store barred men from fashion shows, reserving all 600 seats for women and asking arriving men to wait outside.
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Amarillo
Harold Miller
London
Amarillo High Names Billy Jacob New Drum Major
Billy Jacobson, son of J. Homer Jacob, 5701 West Highway 66, is chosen as Amarillo High School Sandie Band drum major by judges Clyde Rowe Charles Emmons and Stanley Pittman. He previously played in Sam Houston Junior High Band. Band queen is Claris Spencer. majorettes include Betty Elliott Anne Joyce Johnson Nelda McClanahan and Pat Loflin. Also noted are French stamps marking 50th Colonial Troops anniversary and centenary of Vincent d Indy's birth.
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Amarillo High School
Billy Jack Jacobson
J. Homer Jacob
West Highway 66
Billy
Clyde Rowe
Charles Emmons
Stanley Pittman
Sam Houston
AHS
Claris Spencer
C. H. Kercher
West Ninth
Betty Elliott
Boyd Elliott
LaSalle
Anne Joyce Johnson
G. L. Johnson
Fairmont
Nelda McClanahan
W. D. McClanahan
West Eleventh
Pat Loflin
J. L. Loflin
West Thirteenth
Truman's Oscar Dies Aboard Ship
Capetown dispatch reports Oscar the young bull elephant sent by King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia to President Truman died aboard the Steel Surveyor as it docked in Capetown. The tropic-born animal had been cared for with warm air in its box and two tons of cane sugar aboard at Dunban. Oscar will be buried at sea after the ship sails.
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Capetown
South Africa
Oscar
Cambodia
Truman
Norodom Sianhouk Varmen
Indochina
Washington
Dunban
Hollywood Stars Face Money Troubles and Legal Claims
Hollywood figures confront debts and mortgage battles. Errol Flynn faces Los Angeles County back taxes of 3230.01 on his yacht Zaca, assessed at 49880, with Kingston Jamaica as a noted anchor. Joan Bennett sues Bank of America to halt foreclosure on Holmby Hills home claimed not to be secured by the Wanger loan, contending Wanger guaranteed only 35 percent of a 570000 loan for a film project.
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Hollywood
Errol Flynn
Los Angeles County
Flynn
Kingston
Jamaica
Joan Bennett
Bank of America
Holmby Hills
Walter Wanger
Wanger
Potter County budget shown for 1952 with public hearing set
The Potter County budget for 1952 has sat uninspected for over three weeks. A public hearing is scheduled for Monday at 11 in the commissioners court room. The 1952 total is 3,066,725 up from 2,299,709, with 275,000 earmarked for Northwest Texas Hospital construction and most of the rest for hospital operations.
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Potter County
Potter County Commissioners Court Room
Northwest Texas Hospital
New VFW Posts Install Officers
Officers of two new Veterans of Foreign Wars posts were installed at a business banquet at the VFW Hall 1401 West Eighth. Gabriel Carthen named temporary commander of a Negro post with Jimmie Anderson as temporary quartermaster. Mike Martinez named temporary commander of a Latin American VFW post and Frank Antonio as temporary quartermaster. Permanent officers to be named later this week at post meetings. Posts organized by J O Lonon, state field representative.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
West Eighth
Gabriel Carthen
Jimmie Anderson
Mike Martinez
Frank Antonio
J. O. Lonon
College completion rate among American men over 18
The US Census reports that 12 percent of American males aged 18 and older have completed at least one year of college.
Fort Worth Pastor Kandidate Nominated by Highland Park Church
Dr Loyed R Simmons of Fort Worth has been called by over 450 Highland Park Baptist Church members to become pastor if he accepts. He would succeed Dr Robert Baker who resigned to devote full time to teaching at Evans Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Worth.
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Dallas
Loyed R. Simmons
Fort Worth
Highland Park Baptist Church
Evans Avenue Baptist Church
Robert Baker
Amarillo Woman Hurt in Crash
An Amarillo woman, Miss Pat Collier, was injured when the car she rode in blew a tire and overturned 29 miles west of Tucumcari on Highway 66. Cpl. Ross R. Stephens and Staff Sgt. William T. Stephens, from Camp Roberts and Bakersfield, were uninjured. they were traveling to Amarillo to see their father, C. H. Stephens, as their brother Douglas Earl Stephens was killed in Korea. The crash occurred about 6:30 pm with the vehicle traveling about 45 mph.
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Tucumcari
Amarillo
Highway 66
Pat Collier
Taylor
Tucumcari General Hospital
Ross R. Stephens
Camp Roberts
Cal
William T. Stephens
Bakersfield
C. H. Stephens
North
Florida
Stephenses
Douglas Earl Steph
Residence permits issued for two brick houses
A $22 000 permit was issued today for a six room brick veneer residence at 3208 Bowie to Frank D. Prettyman with an attached garage. Plans show a 79 by 61 foot structure, contract by Herbert Stalock. A second $14 000 permit was issued for a five room brick veneer residence at 108 Goliad to Robert E. Hucker with an attached carport, Oliver Construction Company the contractor.
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Bowie
Frank D. Prettyman
Herbert Stalock
Goliad
Robert E. Hucker
Oliver Construction Company
Italy's Premier Al Gasperi Visits Paris En Route to Ottawa
Premier Alcide de Gasperi of Italy arrived in Paris in the morning as part of a North American tour. He planned talks with Rene Pleven and a path to the Atlantic Pact conference in Ottawa and meetings with U S officials in Washington before continuing by train to Cherbourg to board the Queen Elizabeth.
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Paris
Alcide de Gasperi
Italy
Canada
United States
de Gasperi
Ottawa
Washington
Rene Pleven
Cherbourg
Funeral for Mrs Mason P Hayes Held Today
Services for Mrs. Mason P Hayes age 82 mother of Jere R Hayes sports editor of The Dallas Times Herald were held today. She died Tuesday.
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Dallas
Mason P. Hayes
Jere R. Hayes
Dallas Times Herald
Janior Denies Handling Money. Claimed It Was Ready for Payment
In a brief exchange, Janior asserts he did not touch the funds prepared for payment to Jim, while others say results will soon reveal the truth. The remark hints at an investigation or financial dispute within the group.
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Jim
Janior
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