Street Suffers Back Injuries in City Collision
W G Street sustained minor back injuries in a truck automobile crash at the Wolfin Avenue Georgia Street junction last night. He was in a pickup that hit a sedan carrying three Amarillo Army Air Field officers, Capt. Charles E Anderson Capt. Palmer Shelburne and Maj. William Jarmon. Shelburne and Anderson had minor cuts while Jarmon was uninjured.
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Wolflin Avenue
Georgia Street
Northwest Texas
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Amarillo Army Air Field
Charles E. Anderson
Palmer Shelburne
William Jarmon
Shelburne
Anderson
Jarmon
Local Weather Quietly Reports A Moist Trend Yet To Materialize
The Amarillo area saw a tiny isolated shower away from the weather bureau and air field indicating a moist mood in the clouds. Forecasters caution it does not reflect widespread rain while suggesting a wet early fall for farmers and producers nearby.
Honest man in Amarillo returns lost briefcase
Dear Mr. Tack I left a briefcase at a curb near the Amarillo post office. A man who remained unnamed retrieved it and gave it to Mr DeGrassi the postmaster. I recovered it and thank the finder. Harry T Warner Bureau Internal Revenue 329 Federal P O Bidg
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Diogenes
Amarillo
Texas
News-Globe plans new building and lighthearted plans
The author discusses selling the News-Globe building site at Sixth and Fillmore, jokes about a bass tagging contest for soldiers, and outlines hopes for a new office that feels homey. He contrasts banks and public utilities with a newspaper office and notes his preference for a nonstandard, welcoming design.
Dallas Hunter Finds Doves And Leaves Them There
Amarillo visitor Paul Scribner from Dallas sought doves near the city with a shotgun and hunting coat. He traveled about 36 miles west and spotted many birds. He realized too late that the shotgun shells were not in his coat from a new box.
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Amarillo
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Sour Puss
Big D
DUCKS AND GEESE HEAD SOUTH OVER AMARILLO
Mrs. Mamie Sneed reports two flights of ducks and geese heading south over Amarillo early this morning as observed in Globe News Want Ads.
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Thirty-sixth Avenue
Globe News
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Allied Breakthrough Near Rhine as Patton’s Men Push East
Allied air power pins German forces as U S armies drive toward the Rhine from the Moselle front. Patton’s Third Army seizes Neufchateau and Chaumont while engaging heavy resistance at Moselle crossings. Sixty miles to the east, Vittel internment camp is liberated with about 500 American, mostly women, freed.
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Body of Hobgood To Be Sent Here
Lieutenant Gano L Hobgood 20 died in a B 24 crash near Walla Walla Washington Tuesday night. The Amarillo native will be buried here with no funeral plans yet. He was co pilot, Texas A M College alumnus and former Globe News route boy. Survived by wife Elizabeth Ann Jordan parents W E Hobgood and sister Billy Ruth. Six crew members perished.
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Amarillo
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Washington
Texas A. & M. College
Globe News
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Afrika Korps Member Escapes McLean Camp
A 26 year old German prisoner of war escaped this morning from the War Prisoner Camp at McLean. He stands about five feet nine inches with fair skin and reddish blond hair and has a swollen knee when active. He belongs to the Afrika Korps and was captured in May 1943 and brought to McLean last month. Serial number 81681019. Anyone seeing him should contact the FBI in Amarillo or the Amarillo police.
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Afrika Korps
FBI
Amarillo
Mrs Zella Caldwell Dies at Family Home
Mrs Zella I Caldwell wife of John F Caldwell died at the family home in Pleasant Valley at 2 o clock this morning She came to Canyon in 1909 and moved to Amarillo 25 years ago She was 176 years of age and a Presbyterian Church member Survivors include her husband three sons Cliff Bruce Caldwell Amarillo Earl Caldwell Ogden Utah three daughters Mrs Bernice Laughery Canyon Mrs J C Jordon Houston and Charlie Herd Riverside Ala Funeral arrangements announced by N S Griggs and Sons.
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Ogden
Utah
Bernice Laughery
J. C. Jordon
Houston
Charlie Herd
Riverside, al
N. S. Griggs and Sons
New Rules for Field Visitors
Civilian guests must enter through gate 1 on Highway 60 and obtain passes at the Pass House. Visits restricted to 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. with dormitory guests leaving by midnight on weekdays and 1 a.m. Sundays. NCO club guest hours differ. officers and guests with officers exempt from passes. club members must show cards. Saturday nights require 1:30 a.m. Sunday departure for some. overall rules govern entry and exit times. Also notices on Army enlistment appeals for young men and a 5:45 a.m. fire at 1009 Polk Street with an electric sign burning.
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Amarillo Army Air Field
NCO Club
Former Southwestern president Scarborough listed in poor condition
Northwest Texas Hospital attendants said at noon that Dr. R. L. Scarborough has been a patient here for the past month with a poor condition. The former president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is hospitalized.
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R. L. Scarborough
Northwest Texas
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Staff Sgt Asleton Killed in Action in France
Raymond D. Asleton 30, nephew of Miss Dixie Brazell of Sunset Golf Course, was killed in action in France on August 23. Telegram received in Amarillo reports he served in infantry, joined the army in 1940 and went overseas in April this year. Surviving relatives in Amarillo include three aunts and two uncles, plus a brother Ovie of Dallas and a sister Mrs. Maurine Valentine of Terrell.
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Sunset Golf Course
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Amarillo
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Ovie
Dallas
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