Battle Flags to Be Returned to Guardsmen at Amarillo Fair
The Texas National Guard 142nd Infantry will return battle flags from nine campaigns in two wars during a noon ceremony at Sandie Stadium following a downtown parade in Amarillo. Lt Gen Ernest O Thompson of Amarillo will present the colors to Col Selden Simpson as Lt Col Vincent Lockhart leads troops. The parade includes Guard units from Wellington Borger Canyon Pulia and Amarillo in the annual opening day pageant. The 142nd Infantry traces to Camp Bowie and fought in Meuse Argonne Champagne Marne Salerno Anzio and other battles in World War II.
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Texas National Guard
Amarillo
Ernest O. Thompson
Selden Simpson
National Guard
Tace
Wellington
Borger
Canyon
Pulia
Sandie Stadium
Vincent Lockhart
142Nd Infantry
America
Old Camp Bowie
Fort Worth
Tri-State Fair Parade Promises Colorful Pioneer Theme
A Panhandle Panhandle parade opening the Tri-State Fair will start at 11 am Monday, featuring rival Amarillo floats, business entries, and many mounted delegations from Lubbock, Curry County, Clovis, Pampa, Plainview, Post, and Dalhart. National Guard units lead, with Ben Andis as marshal. parade route from Rock Island station along Polk, Taylor, and First.
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Panhandle Plains
Delbert Dalby
the Fair Association
Amarillo
Dalby
Horsemen
Lubbock County
Curry County
Buck Hines
Plainview Rodeo
Q. Long
Post Stampede Cowboys
Post
Texas
Phil Bouchier
Mounted Plains Club
Dumas
Charles Shelton
Dalhart Xit Rangers
Amarillo National Guard
Col
Seldon Simpson
Ben Andis
Polk Street
Rock Island
Polk
Tenth
Taylor
First
Texas Baby Custody Rivalry Reaches Court Feud
In Houston a custody dispute over 13 month old Eugenia Leon pits Mrs. Edward Hartman against Mrs. Farrie Lee Bell. Tests to determine parentage proceed as Hartman ally may testify. In Washington Senator Taft signals GOP opposition to General Marshall's Defense Secretary appointment to counter Acheson over China policy.
Mother at 13 Thrilled to Death in Memphis
Memphis, Sept 14 A sensational birth story says Mrs. Charles Ray Parker delivered a daughter Tuesday night just after turning 13. The 18 year old father, an electrical company worker, met his wife when he played with a hillbilly band at a school where she was in sixth grade, a classmate of his sister.
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Charles Ray Parker
Oivilawmy
Hollywood Babies Adopted Through Controversial Agency
A Tennessee inquiry targets Dick Powell over his adoption of a child via the Tennessee Children's Home Society amid allegations the agency profits from adoptions. Joan Crawford and others reportedly used the agency. governors and investigators vow full examination of adoption charges and agency records.
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Memphis
Tenn
Dick Powell
Children’s Agency
Tennessee Children’s Home Society
Joan Crawford
June Allyson
Richard Quine
Hollywood
Quine
Susan Peters
Powell
Miss Crawford
Gordon Browning
Joseph Orgill, Jr
Shelby County
Society
Orgill
Robert L. Taylor
Chief to Be Feted at Banquet in Amarillo Hotel Ballroom
National president of American Business Clubs will visit Amarillo tonight for a 7:30 banquet at the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel to honor Lyle A. Smith of Huntington West Virginia. He will speak and lead delegation to Odessa tomorrow for District 8 meeting with visits to Lubbock and Odessa. Judges Gene Jordan and Harry E. Hoare will accompany. new officers to be installed. Semireet entertainment includes Wel don Bright piano and the Fourth Period Choir directed by Tennie Thompson. President Smith will be the sole speaker.
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American Business Clubs
Amarillo
Lyle A. Smith
Huntington
Wva
Herring Hotel
Smith
Odessa
Lubbock
Gene Jordan
Harry E. Hoare
Weldon Bright
Amarillo High School
Tennie Thompson
Amarillo Air Terminal
Johnny Ekelund
National First
Jordan
Navy reports heavy Inchon bombardment by Allied ships
Allied sources say US and British warships pounded Inchon and the western coast for two days, inflicting superficial damage on three US destroyers while targeting airstrips, gun emplacements, and troops. Ground action remained limited as North Korean forces held or gained ground along Taegu and Taegu Kyongju routes.
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Inchon
Seoul
Navy
Tokyo
Reds
Far East Naval Headquarters
Task Force 77
Taegu
Taegu-Kyongju
First Cavalry
Sea of Japan
Pohang
Judging Tomorrow for Tri State Fair Queen Hopefuls
Tomorrow the Tri State Fair Queen judging will determine the winner from candidates including Miss Cherry Rhody a 1949 Amarillo High School graduate. A panel of three judges will select the Queen at 8 p.m. in the Crystal Ball room Herring Hotel with formal wear and early interviews assessing eligibility. Traffic officials propose a citywide survey Oct 23 27 to improve safety, including 24 hour signals and pedestrian actuated crossings, potentially one way streets and reduced downtown parking during rush hours.
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Tri-State Fair
Cherry Rhody
Georgia
Amarillo High School
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Kansas City
Welty
Amarillo
Thirty-sixth
Washington
Tenth
Arthur
Weather forecast and regional outlook from US Weather Bureau
Amarillo and vicinity shows gradual improvement with clearing this afternoon and evening then fog tonight. Friday clears and warms with a 44 tomorrow. Panhandle outlook predicts more fog and drizzle Friday but good weekend weather. Texas estimates partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers in Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico sees light showers in northeast with generally fair conditions.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Labor mobilization shapes up in wartime hiring push
Washington September 14 AP A national manpower program began shaping up as war plants gained top priority in hiring at 1 800 federal state offices The Labor Department reported that expanding the labor force could meet President Truman’s defense goals but warned full mobilization could force civilian industry to lose about 6 600 000 workers The director of Employment Security Robert C Goodwin told industrialists that manpower may again be a major problem and estimated the total labor force home and in uniform could be boosted by 5 600 000 in a war emergency The plan emphasizes publicizing defense jobs recruiting and directing workers to defense plants with priority over civilian factories and notes 2 000 000 to 3 000 000 currently unemployed could be drawn into jobs
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Washington
Labor Department
Truman
Robert C. Goodwin
Wayne University
Detroit
Goodwin
Art Today Features Old Familiar Name
The Globe page 1 highlights the Smith family with Lyle A. Smith. Carolyn Sue Smiths. and William Wayne Smith among the clan featured on page 1. The column notes a familiar name appearing prominently in the current issue.
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Smith Brothers
Lyle A. Smith
Carolyn Sue Smiths
William Wayne Eng
H Bomb Explosive Is Found in Water
Philadelphia report announces discovery of tritium in water at Temple University Research Institute. Tritium is a rare, heavy hydrogen used in H-bombs and priced near a half billion per pound. Du Pont may build reactors to produce it for heavy water and deuterium use.
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Philadelphia
Research Institute
Temple University
du Pont Company
Local Lumber Prices Listed by Olver and Wiggins Lor Co
Olver and Wiggins Lor Company advertises framing lumber at 2x4 and 2x6 stocked at 7.95 per hundred. Located at 1200 West 6th, the listing notes bulk pricing for builders and contractors.
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Olver & Wiggins Lor, Co
Reds offer reward for Lahaut killers in Belgium
In Brussels on Sept 14 Belgian Communists announced a $2000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the assassins who killed Communist Party President Julien Lahaut on August 18. The reward was set by a committee named by the party to erect a Lahaut statue.
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Brussels
Communist Party
Julien Lahaut
Drapeau Rouge
Lahaut
Wounded in Korea Amarillo Soldier Pvt William W Smith
An Amarillo youth, Pvt. William Wayne Smith, 18, son of Mrs. Gertrude B Smith, was wounded in action in Korea with the First Cavalry Division. He was wounded Saturday Sept 2 near Taegu after amphibious landings in mid July and reaching the Far East in early July. He lived in Amarillo from 1940 until enlisting in July last year and attended Amarillo High School. His older brother Walter, 23, a World War II veteran, lives at 110 Sunnyside in Pleasant Valley.
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Amarillo
William Wayne Smith
Gertrude Barbara Smith
Belleview
Korea
Smith
Defense Department
First Cavalry Division
Taegu
House backs probe of excess profits tax plan
Washington action centers on adding a multi billion dollar excess profits levy to a general tax bill. The House vote 225 to 106 sent the measure to a House Senate conference while debate weighed timing and potential adjournment until action on a separate profits tax. A later step could delay Oct 1 income tax boosts. See TAX-Pages.
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Eberharter
Pennsylvania
House
Rules of Congress
House-Senate
Senate
House Action
Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Treasury Department
Tax Drafting Committees
Congress
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