Amarillo Railroaders To Be Host At John Snider Barbecue
The Amarillo News Globe invites all railroad men to a Friday barbecue at Municipal Auditorium beginning at 6 PM with A F Whitney of Cleveland, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, as guest of honor and main speaker. The event includes a program inside the auditorium at 8 PM and broadcasts on KGNC.
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Amarillo
News-Globe
John Snider
A. F. Whitney
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad
Whitney
Huh Nnstn
KGNC
Mason King
Frosty Hamrick
Cedar Falls
Brotherhood
Henry George Ideas
Elk, Mason and Woodman
Army To Probe Charges on Lee
General Dwight D. Eisenhower announced an investigator, likely Inspector General Ire T. Wyche, will travel to Italy to probe Gen. John C. H. Lee’s Mediterranean theater administration. Wyche would leave Washington soon and conclude the inquiry in about ten days to two weeks.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Italy
John C. H. Lee
Mediterranean
Eisenhower
Washington National
Lee
War Department
Ire T. Wyche
Wyche
Arab and Jewish Armies Mobilize on Jaffa Tel Aviv Border
Arab and Jewish forces mobilized tonight along the Jaffa Tel Aviv border as unrest continued in the Holy Land. The Jaffa side Arab Youth Organization and the Tel Aviv Haganah enforced peace while remaining alert for attacks. The week’s toll rose to 34 dead with 21 Arabs and 13 Jews. Hagana claimed two Arab assaults repelled and listed other incidents including a fire at an Arab house near the Natikvah quarter and the alleged Arab bandits’ meeting place.
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Palestine
Tel Aviv
Holy Land
Jewish Haganah Defense
Arab Nevada Youth Organization
Hagana
Natikvah
Ramat Gan
Miracle survival amid Britain mine disaster draws long vigil
In Whitehaven England rescue teams recovered 54 bodies from the William coal mine after a blast. Three men trapped for more than 21 hours were found alive and treated for shock, raising hope for others still missing as gas hindered operations.
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Eng
William
Britain
Irish Sea
England
Coal Board
John Birkett
National Coal Board
Birkett
Daniel Hinde
James Weighman
Tucumcari Sheriff Posse Brings Roundup to Amarillo
The Tucumcari Quay County Sheriff's Posse toured Amarillo to promote the Tucumcari Roundup set for Aug 22 24. Officials announced Queen Joan Ward and Mrs Mary Plenty to greet shoppers as the city hosted a morning downtown jamboree. The caravan planned stops in Canyon Hereford Friona Bovina Farwell Clovis Portales and returns to Tucumcari last night. About 200 300 Amarillo residents were expected for opening day with Will Rogers Range Riders and other groups involved.
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Amarillo
Polk Street
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New Mexico
Quay County
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Nara Visa
Maryssa Plenty
Los Angeles
Plenty
West Coast
Jay Taylor
Tri-State
Chamber of Commerce
Canyon
Hereford
Friona
Bovina
Farwell
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Portales
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Rogers
Coronation to Close Perryton Birthday Party
Perryton hosts a two day birthday celebration with a Nations Wheatheart coronation among contestants from Kansas Colorado Oklahoma and Texas. Frankie Masters and his band perform at the Southwestern Industrial Building nightly 9 PM to 2 AM. Events include Air Show Fliers Breakfast Rodeo prizes totaling 2300 dollars and a massive Friday parade barbecue and white bread made from local wheat.
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Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
Southwestern
Frankie Masters
Ochiltree County Fair Grounds
Ochiltree County
Amarillo businessmen urge widening of North East Eighth
J. W. Triplett president of the Amarillo Association of Highway Businessmen says members authorize a letter to the city commission asking for 60 feet of pavement on North East Eighth and support for widths beyond that, while opposing a 160 foot right of way or an expressway. Lokey to join letter writing. commission usually meets Tuesday. About 50 members heard report on the Tuesday meeting between the city commission and state highway engineer DeWitt Greer.
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Amarillo
Lakey
Triplett
Commission
North East Eighth
Worley and Burleson to Begin Naval Reserve Cruise
Two Texas congressmen and Naval Reserve members will report at Norfolk Naval Base to start a two week active duty tour. Representatives Gene Worley of Shamrock and Omar Burleson of Anson, both lieutenants commander, served in the Pacific during World War II.
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Washington
Naval Reserve
Norfolk, Va
Gene Worley
Shamrock
Omar Burleson
Anson
Pacific
Free Greek State Proclaimed by Reds
Greek guerrilla leader Markos Vafiades proclaimed a military government in free Greece and the government seized copies of the proclamation. Reports from Salonika say intensified guerrilla activity and heavy mortars in use.
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Markos Vifiades
Free Greece
Greek Third Army
Salonika
Thrace
Macedonia
Napoleon Zervas
Enver Hoxha-Markos
Tirana
Albania
Enver Hoxha
Bam
Elleftheria Ellada
Markos
Vislades
Democratic Army
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Greece
Truck Driver from Happy Killed in Highway Crash
One man, George Grounds 33, of Happy, died when two dump trucks collided head on near Skellytown about 1 50 PM. C D Hill of Levelland survived with serious facial injuries after being thrown from his loaded truck. The crash followed a passenger car swerving between the trucks. Grounds’ body was sent to Amarillo for funeral arrangements.
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George Grounds
Happy
Pampa
C. D. Hill
Levelland
Grounds
Hill
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J. A. Grounds
Homer Franklin
Tulia
H. R. Stone
Aubrey Stinson
Clovis
Otis Grounds
Independence
Amarillo
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Fire Destroys Home Killing Banker Edwin W. McConnell
Edwin W. McConnell 42, vp of The First National Bank of Jacksboro, died in a house fire that destroyed his home. His wife and young son were away on vacation. body found in upstairs bedroom. Funeral planned for tomorrow. Surviving relatives include H. M. McConnell, Bert Noel, Mrs. Murrey Moore, and Mrs. Amy Ravary.
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Edwin W. McConnell
First National Bank of
Upstair
McConnell
Edwin, Jr
Lubbock
Colorado
H. M. McConnell
Bert Noel
Murrey Moore
Dallas
Amy Ravery
Amarillo
Indonesians Get Last Peace Bid
The United States offered Indonesia a final chance to pursue a direct peaceful settlement with the Dutch under American mediation outside the United Nations. Washington warned that insisting on a specific settlement method would force the U S to tell the UN Security Council it rejected U S help. The State Department released the note to A K Kani vice premier of the Indonesian Republic via Walter Foote the American consul general at Batavia.
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United States
United Nations
Indonesia
UN Security Council
State Department
A. K. Kani
Indonesia Republic
Walter A. Foote
Batavia
Overpass Funding Stalled for Amarillo West Eighth Avenue Bridge
City officials deem Rock Island offer of fifty thousand dollars insufficient to cover the ninety two thousand two hundred thirty dollar project cost and reject further involvement. The overpass, once eyed since 1946 with discussions among city leaders and railroad executives, would connect West Eighth Avenue to Western Avenue if built. Eva Peron arrived in Rio from Recife en route to Argentina after a European tour, a separate arrival noted in Rio.
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Fannin Street
Rock Island
Amarillo
Joe Jenkins
West Eighth Avenue
Ernest Thompson
Mr. Jenkins
A. P. Hancock
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co
Chicago
J. D. Farrington
Fred W. Thomas
Western Avenue
Peron
Rio Rio DE Janeiro
Eva Durate Peron
Juan D. Peron
Rio de Janeiro
Recife
Brazil
Argentine
College approves dictionaries Webster Winston Funk Waenall
College committee approves several dictionaries for campus use including Webster and Winston and Funk and Wagnall and Russell’s with plans to adopt one standard reference for English courses.
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College Approved
Webster, Winston, Funk & Waenall
Russell's
Amarillo Man Dies In El Paso Crash
Fred H. Bell 21 of Amarillo was killed when a Hill Lines truck collided with an Army half track near El Paso. His brother Lester Bell was critically injured. the wreck occurred about 4 45 am on the Carlsbad highway. Fred Bell had four months with Hill Lines. funeral arrangements pending.
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East Flighth
Hill Lines, Inc
Lester Bell
el Paso
Paso
Bell
United Press
William Beaumont General Hospital
Hill Lines
Fred Bell
Hill
Amarillo
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Mary Alice Bell
David W. Bell
East Eighth
Guatemala Honors Governor Jester Visit to Chichicastenango
Governor Beauford Jester of Texas and President Juan Jose Arevalo departed Guatemala City for a weekend visit to Chichicastenango. They traveled with four Guatemalan cabinet ministers and the governor's entourage and were slated to return Monday.
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Guatemala City
U.P
Beauford Jester
Texas
Juan Jose Arevalo
Chichicastenango
Sky Streak Near Sound Barrier in West Coast Tests
The Douglas Sky Streak experimental jet nears the speed of sound in West Coast trials. It has completed its 19th test flight and is believed by aviation circles to approach or exceed the Army Air Forces speed record of 623.8 mph.
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Washington
Navy
Army Air Force
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas forecast
Partly cloudy across Amarillo and vicinity with scattered thundershowers Sunday and Monday. West Texas also partly cloudy with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers and little temperature change. yesterday temperatures ranged from 64 to 91 degrees with no measurable precipitation in the 24 hours ending 4 PM. Sunrise was 6 08 AM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Q AW
Hale Pea Cannery Expands with Record Pickup in Hale County
Hale County Foods in Plainview reports a pea rush with trucks unloading over 100,000 pounds at times while the cannery operates at 3,000 cases per 18 hour day. 120 pickers work a 156 acre field at Kress as yields stay strong and plans call for much larger production this year.
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Plainview
Hale County Foods
Plainview Canning Concern
Kress
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