Amarillo Letters and Local Happenings Preview
A collection of local notes from Amarillo including housing hints, a movie talk on The Southerner starring Zach Scott, upcoming hunting plans in South Dakota, and community letters criticizing school traffic and civic manners. Five Texas game wardens visit Buffalo Lake to depopulate bull head catfish and restock with bass crappie and channel catfish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Game and Fish Department
Austin
Buffalo Lake
Roosevelt and Pearl Harbor sparks roiling political debate
A columnist discusses journalist boundaries and a fierce Pearl Harbor controversy aimed at Roosevelt. The piece notes supporters and critics, arguing Roosevelt's wartime leadership shaped U S resolve and raises questions about atomic policy and future history.
No Smoking Habit Spurs Car Buying Surge
A correspondent notes over a month without smoking with constant hunger and weight gain. He observes many people buying new automobiles or trucks and expects delivery within weeks.
General MacArthur to Visit U S in October Detour via Amarillo
The article notes General MacArthur is due in the United States late in October with a possible stopover over Amarillo on the way to Washington. It also discusses Amarillo Air Field’s fate among three sites, with two to close, and hints at union wage trends and a pending daylight saving plan ending next Sunday.
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Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Alrege
United States
General MacArthur
Amarillo
Washington
Army
Dolcater’s Saddle Shop Burglarized Last Night
Dolcater's Saddle Shop at 411 Polk was burglarized last night. Thief took cash, a gold overlay belt buckle set, engraved aluminum spurs, aluminum bridle bits, and postage stamps worth over 50 dollars.
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Bnd Dolcater
Polk
Emperor Visits MacArthur Stirs Mixed Feelings in Tokyo
In Tokyo many view the Emperor's call on General MacArthur as a shift in prestige and a step toward peace. A university student says it deepens occupation forces ties with Japan while others fear a loss of imperial dignity. An elderly man hopes for lasting peace.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Hibiya Park
General MacArthur
Japan
United States
Convicts Sought in New Mexico Kidnap Case
Two escaped Arizona Florence penitentiary inmates who abducted three girls near Winslow last Sunday are missing in northern New Mexico mountains. One victim, Willine Gilbreath, 14, is Amarillo kin. others aged 10 and 12. Suspects seen in Gallup in a black 1941 Oldsmobile with Sage Memorial Hospital on doors.
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Arizona
Florence
Winslow
New Mexico
Willine Gilbreath
Frank Shaw
North West Eighth
Amarillo
Panhandle
Gallup
N. M
Sage Memorial Hospital
Negroes to Hold Three Day Church Meet in Amarillo
Negroes of the Amarillo district Churches of God in Christ will meet tomorrow for a three day session at the church on Madison Street. J. L. Langston, pastor and district superintendent, said a highlight of the Saturday night gathering would be a program titled Hitler and Mussolini funerals.
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Amarillo
Churches of God In Christ
Madison
J. L. Langston
Thieves Steal Furniture From Truck in City Theft
A load of household furniture was stolen from a truck owned by W. H. Woods at 901 North Pierce. The theft occurred while the vehicle was parked at the intersection of Eighth and Buchanan.
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W. H. Woods
North Pierce
Eighth and Buchanan
McConnells Rites Set After Amarillo Plane Crash
Double funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. H. W. McConnell of Amarillo killed when their plane crashed ten miles southeast of Wichita Falls will be held at 4 PM in First Baptist Church Wichita Falls. Burial at Riverside Cemetery.
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H. W. McConnell
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
First Baptist Church
Riverside Cemetery
McConnell
Amarillo Field
McConnells
Tom J. Garners
Jackson
Dallas
Forest C. McConnell
Fort Worth
Farm Boys Will Show Prize Pigs in Amarillo
Panhandle and South Plains farm youths attend the sixth annual Sears Gift Show at the Tri-State Fair grounds in Amarillo. Judging starts at 1 pm Saturday with about 500 FPA and 4-H exhibitors and others expected. lunch for exhibitors at noon and dogs shown by 10 am. Potter County individual show precedes the district event.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Amarillo
Sears
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Potter County
President Truman invites Zhukov to visit White House
The White House announced President Truman invited Marshal Zhukov of Soviet Russia to the United States and Zhukov accepted. He will arrive October 4.
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Zhukov
White House
Washington
the White Hous
Truman
Marshal Zhukov
Soviet Russia
United States
Strikes and plant closures ripple through industry and auto sector
Strikes push up idle workers with about 90 000 in Detroit and 75 000 nationwide while CIO UAW and Chrysler debate a 30 percent wage increase for 80 000 workers. Texas oil cuts of 400 000 barrels daily prompt warnings of further nationwide reductions.
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Westinghouse Electric Company
Detroit
Cio-United Automobile Workers
Chrysler Corporation
Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
Strike Call Looms After Mediation Conference in Chicago
The CIO Oil Workers International Union says its executive council authorized a nationwide strike if mediation fails. Texas regulators shift oil fields to a 12 day month replacing 21 days, as OWTU president A night awaits clarification. Negotiations continue at Humble Oil Baytown plants with the Baytown Employees Federation moderating demands to 52 hours pay and a 40 hour week.
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CIO Oil Workers International Union
Chicago
The
Railroad Commission, Texas’ Oil Regulatory Body
OWTU
Humble Oi and Refining Company
Baytown
Horizontal travel and the elevator strike in New York
The piece contrasts Amarillo bus service with New York elevator worker strikes showing how vertical travel disrupts city life. It notes Manhattan as a vertical city with tall offices and high-rise woes while Texans long for plains where travel is horizontal and less dependent on vertical movement.
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Amarillo
New York
Wide Plains
Manhattan
United States
Empire State
RCA
Plains of
Texas
East Texas Oil Field Strike Threatens More Jobs
The report notes possible walkouts by East Texas workers amid wage demands aligned with OWI UI aims of a 52 hour pay for a 40 hour week. Kilgore’s Fast Texas Salt Water Disposal Company workers set a midnight walkout while Gulf pipeline staff voted, results pending. About 17 area firms would be affected and 22 000 Gulf Coast workers already faced plant shutdowns. In New Orleans CIO locals backed possible strikes for higher pay, affecting about 506 workers. Descriptions mention east coast pickets around Houston bulk stations as CIO leaders say little has changed.
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East Texas
Kilgore
Fast Texas Salt Water Disposal Company
Gulf Pipeline
Texas Gulf Coast
New Oreans
CIO
OWTA
Houston
Twins nephews of Amarillo families reach Los Angeles home
The twins nephews of Mrs. David M. Warren Panhandle Mrs. J. C. Phillips Borger Mrs. Boone K. McReynolds Kansas City and grandnephews of Mrs. Pauline A. Little and Miss Sophie Meyer Amarillo arrived at their grandparents home in Los Angeles in time for their first birthday They are 14 months old now.
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David M. Warren
Panhandle
J. C. Phillips
Borger
Boone K. McReynolds
Kansas City
Pauline A. Little
Sophie Meyer
Amarillo
Mikado's Visit Stuns Japan As Foreign Ambassador Meets Emperor
Reporters and photographers mobbed the embassy area as the emperor traveled to greet a foreign envoy. American guards halted bystanders within two blocks while over 50 correspondents remained on the scene, despite general orders against loitering.
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Peror
James C. Pickett
Dallas
Emperor Receives Salute as Cavalry Guards Secure Gate
As cars moved through the gate two First Cavalry Division sentries presented arms and the emperor tipped his hat to a waiting figure beyond the gate. The scene conveys formal ceremony amid a guarded approach.
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First Cavalry Division
Brief Glimpse of the Little Ruler by Green Helmed Soldiers
A quick parade shows a small ruler among soldiers with green helmets and bayonets. The event ends so fast that correspondents catch only a fleeting view of the figure.
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