Book claims four flying saucers landed in the United States
New York reports Frank Scully, famed show business columnist, released Behind the Flying Saucers claiming four saucers landed nationwide with crews of little men. He cites a magnetic scientist under the pseudonym Dr Gee, linking to Silas M. Newton and George T Koehler, who were unavailable. The publisher calls the book timely and exciting though none have seen a saucer.
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New York
Frank Scully
Lucely
Amusement Weekly
Variety
Denver
Koehler
Henry Holt & Co
Scully
Red drive toward Taegu peters out amid supply limits
US Eighth Army said the Red offensive against Taegu, main Allied base on the central front, has “petered out” due to shortages. Reds reached within seven miles of Taegu before US First Cavalry and South Koreans stalled them. Generals warned of possible new offensives elsewhere as buildup grows around Pusan and Masan.
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Eighth Army
Taegu
First Cavalry Division
MacArthur
Pusan
Korea
Masan
Reds build strength near battle-scarred south coast
A dispatch from General MacArthur's Tokyo headquarters reports the Reds rapidly reinforcing forces along the Sea of Japan coast near the allied airfield six miles away. The Oriental front lines and air operations are emphasized as the war persists, with observers noting growing strength in the south.
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Sea of Japan
MacArthur
Tokyo
X Leaves Its Mark On Reds In Naktong River Battle
A US Army Second Division regiment, unnamed by policy, fought a stout action near Changnyong during the second Naktong River bulge. Facing an estimated reinforced regiment, Maj. Frank Mezar reported waves of assaults to seize the main American line and road.
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Battle Mountain
Masan
Bill Ross
Korea
Naktong River Bulge
Naktong
Changnyong
Frank Mezar
Tuscaloosa, Ala
Attorneys Wrangle as Case Hears the Jury
The trial of a 22 year old man for the March 18 fatal shooting of his wife at the Little Inn Cafe continued with lengthy cross examination by Assistant District Attorney Branch T. Archer Jr. Mason’s lawyer E. T. Miller objected to many questions and remarks by Judge Henry Bishop. Mason described moments of blacking out during the shooting and claimed his wife had hinted at leaving. He said he later did not remember handling the gun and admitted uncertainty about his mental state.
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Asst. Dist. Atty
Branch T. Archer, Jr
Mason
E. T
Dusty” Miller
Archer
Henry
Bishop
Little Inn
Buchanan
Miller
Judge Bishop
Murphy Hurd
Galveston Police Seek Missing 14 Year Old Helen Porth
Galveston police search for Helen Marie Porth a 14 year old girl from Dallas reported missing since September 1. The father E C Porth said she disappeared from a beach front tourist court the night of September 1. She is five feet three inches tall weighs 120 pounds with brown hair blue eyes and plastic rim glasses.
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Galveston
Helen Marie Porth
Dallas
E. C. Porth
Prison inmate admits 10 year old death murder charge
In Carrizozo New Mexico a prison inmate confession led to murder charges against him and a Texas druggist in the death of a man long believed a suicide. Glen Thornton said he was part of a plan with Leon Todd of Mineral Wells to kill the victim and stage suicide. Sheriff Ortiz of Lincoln County noted the slaying is now under investigation and moved the case to page 21.
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Carrizozo
Texas
Ruidoso
New Mexico
Glen Thornton
Lon Walters
Arizona State Prison
Leon Todd
Mineral Wells
Thornton
S. M. Ortiz
Lincoln
Unidentified man found dead near Amarillo oil plant
An unidentified man, aged 65 to 78 and about 5 ft 7 in, was found deceased on a dirt road near the Amarillo Cotton Oil Company plant between Grand and Rock Island tracks. Justice of the Peace ruled natural causes. Police fingerprinting sought identity. body held at Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home.
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Amarillo Cotton Oil Company
Grand
Rock Island
Justice of the Peace
C. W. Carder
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, DC
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Amarillo Records Narrow Rain Totals Across Panhandle
Early morning rainfall varied from a trace in Clayton to .15 inch in downtown Amarillo and .05 inch at the air field. Dalhart reports fog, Amarillo forecasts call for partly cloudy skies and cooler temps, with highs around 75. Yearly Air Terminal rainfall stands at 19.92 inches, 4.99 inches above normal.
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Amarillo
Clayton
Dalhart
Panhandle
Cugat Loser in Alimony Dispute
Xavier Cugat must continue alimony payments of 2000 dollars a month. Superior court rejected a bid to set aside the order, ruling the bandleader was properly served in Lorraine Allen's separate maintenance suit. Allen accuses him of avoiding legal process while touring.
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Los Angeles
Xavier Cugat
Superior Court
Cugat
Lorraine Allen
Entries Sought for Tri-State Fair Queen Contest
A shortage of entrants prompts an entry deadline set for next Thursday noon. Mail or deliver letters to The Globe News for consideration. The chosen queen will have a busy schedule at the fair. Details appear in Amarillo Sunday News Globe.
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Globe
Mr. Big
Mr. Little
Dan Johnson
Canyon
R. C. Storrs
North
Lincoln
Amarillo
Fair Park Pavilion
Tri-State Fair
The
Globe News
Fir 2x6, eS per hungred. Olver
Wiseins Lbr Co offers fir 2 by 6 at a lowered price per hundred with delivery from 1200 West 6th. The terse note references a lumber supplier and a bulk unit price.
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Olver
128 Miners Trapped as Scottish Mine Collapses
Rescue crews fought 24 foot mud and rock walls at Knockshinnoch Castle colliery as 128 miners 200 feet underground endured in flood and gas risk. Despite telephones and makeshift walls the mud pressure persisted with air and black damp fears, while families waited in desperation.
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New Cumnock
Scotland
Knockshinnoch Castle
Glasgow
Amarillo Area Weather Summary From US Weather Bureau
The US Weather Bureau reports partial cloudiness this afternoon tonight and Saturday with warmer readings today and cooling by early Saturday. Forecast high today 75 with a low 57 and a peak 76 in the 24 hour period ending this morning. Precipitation noted at .05 inch. Widespread clear to partly cloudy conditions extend across western Texas with warmer air in the sema to 2 Denes and upper portions today and tonight.
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Amarillo
Wist Texas
Anhandle
Upper South
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