Legion Policies Under Attack at National Convention
San Francisco Sept 30 Thirty eight hundred delegates to the 28th National Convention of the American Legion gathered for the opening session as opposition to traditional Legion policies grew among labor groups and World War II veterans. Delegates represent 3 300 000 ex service men and women of two wars and will hear speakers from the Army Navy and Air Forces a governor and a senior British officer.
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San Francisco
U.P
The
American Legion
Legion
Army
Navy
Memorial Service Honors Hoover and Hope with Distinguished Medals
A memorial service honored FBI Chief J Edger Hoover with the Legion of Merit Distinguished Service Medal and awarded Bob Hope a medal for entertaining troops overseas. Attending were Fleet Admiral Nimitz Acting Secretary Acheson Gen Spaatz Wilson Gov Martin Parks and other senior officials.
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Hee FBI
J. Edger Hoover
Bob Hope
Chester W. Nimitz
Dean Acheson
Carl A. Spaatz
U.S. Army Air Forces
Sir Henry Maitland Wilson
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Floyd L. Parks
Dwight Eisenhower
Oklahoma Man Sues Armstrong for 8000 Damages
W. S. Webb of Seminole Oklahoma filed suit in 108th District Court seeking eight thousand dollars from William McLennan Armstrong of Potter County. Webb and his wife allege they were seriously injured in a car wreck on August 19 1945 six miles east of Amarillo involving Armstrongs car.
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W. S. Webb
Seminole
Okla
108Th District Court
William McLennan Armstrong
Potter County
Webb
Amarillo
Armstrong
Car Stolen in Amarillo Police Seek 1941 Ford Coupe
Police investigated a theft reported by Jean France of Hereford. A 1941 Ford coupe was stolen from the 600 block on Taylor in Amarillo last night, and officers pursue leads.
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Amarillo
Taylor
Jean France
Hereford
Ruben W Thresher Found Dead in Yard
Ruben W. Thresher, 69, a retired farmer, was found dead in the yard of his home at 2300 North West Fifth this morning around 9:30. Officials say a heart attack likely occurred between 6:30 and discovery. survivors include two sons, two daughters, and a brother. Funeral services are pending with N. S. Griggs & Sons handling arrangements.
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Ruben W. Thresher
North West Fifth
Mr. Thresher
Edgar R. Thresher
Amarillo
Lester Thresher
Clarice David
Poteau
Okla
Angie Burger
Saratoga
Cal
S. M. Thresher
Keller
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Mrs Kellam visits Amarillo before Munich departure
Mrs Guy Kellam a Sunray teacher was in Amarillo visiting her aunt Mrs Inez Sullivan of 1012 Carolina. She plans to leave in mid November for Munich Germany to join her husband a captain in the air force.
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Guy Kellam
Sunray
Amarillo
Inez Sullivan
Carolina
Kellam
Corsicana
Munich
Germany
Call Special Venire For Murder Trial
A 250 member special venire summoned for the 47th District Court will return tomorrow at 9 o clock for two capital cases. Oscar Lowe faces murder charges in the death of Tom Keith after a postponed trial due to a missing material witness. Ray Dawson is also set for trial this week on criminal assault charges.
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47Th District Court
Oscar Lowe
Tom Keith
Two Charges Filed Against Loren Edwards
Loren R. Edwards faces theft under 50 dollars and embezzlement under 50 dollars in Potter County Court. He also faces embezzlement over 50 dollars in district court. Edwards, extradited from Jefferson City Missouri last week, is held in Potter County jail in lieu of bond for theft and embezzlement of merchandise and equipment from the Transport Company of Texas.
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Potter County
Loren R. Edwards
Edwards
Jefferson City
Transport Company of Texas
Triplett Attends National Grain Cooperatives Meeting
J. Frank Triplett general manager of Producers Grain Corporation attended a two day National Federation of Grain Cooperatives meeting in Washington DC. The session appointed Roy F. Hendrickson as Washington representative. Hendrickson previously served two years as UNRRA deputy director general. The federation comprises 15 regional grain cooperatives, owned by 350000 farmers, handling about 400 million bushels annually.
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J. Frank Triplett
Producers Grain Corporation
National Federation of Grain Cooperatives
Washington, D. C
Roy F. Hendrickson
Washington
Cooperative Federation
Hendrickson
UNRRA
District Court Officials At Canyon Grand Jury Session
Judge Henry S. Bishop of 47th District Court District Attorney Jim Lumpkin Assistant District Attorney Lloyd King and Court Reporter W R Frazee of Randall County are in Canyon today where the grand jury is in session.
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Henry S. Bishop
47Th District Court
Jim Lumpkin
Lloyd King
W. R. Frazee
Canyon
Randall County
Grand Jury
Seventeen Applicants For Firemen Civil Service Exam
Seventeen men filed applications to take the city firemen civil service examination. The test is set for 1 p m next Thursday at Amarillo Center, 2101 Harrison. Last Thursday twelve applicants took the police civil service test in the city's first such exam. Appointments for both firemen and policemen are expected before October 16.
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Clifford Davis
Amarillo Center
Harrison
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Amarillo Retail Druggists Association
Atkinson Drug Store
Polk St
Moterteta
Beery's Prescription & Vitamin Shop
Brooks’ Drug Store
Draghead Drug
Santa Fe
Cretney
Oliver Eakle
C. & E. Drug CO
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FOX Drug Store
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Burns
Amarillo Retail Druggists' Association
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East 10Th
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Mark Galloway
Maxor Drug Store
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North Fillmore
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Globe News
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Plainview
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Memphis
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