Man Testifies He Found Wife With Tex Thornton in Motel Bed
Evald Johnson testified in 47th District Court that he discovered his wife naked with W A Tex Thornton in Park Plaza Motel Amarillo. He described seizing Thornton’s gun and beating him to death with it after a struggle, claiming his wife was his and not Thornton’s. The defense and prosecution clashed during cross examination as witnesses padded the narrative with details of Johnson’s Air Force past and marriage.
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Norton Spryde
Evald Johnson
W. A
Tex” Thornton
McCarthy
Johnson
Henry S. Bishop
Air Force
Edith Louis
Murphy Hurd
Thornton
Park Plaza
North East Eighth
Amarillo
Miller
Cabin 18
Diana
Thornton’s Reoom
Mr. Thornton
Evald
Vaine
Triao
Bishop
FE. O. Northcutt
Northcutt
Munising
Mich
Arms Air Corps Service
Ose
Army
San Jon
Adrian
Thorton
Ewald
San Jacinto
President Truman Attacks Yes But Boys On Trade Policy
President Truman scorns GOP critics calling them yes but boys who favor isolationism. He argues for reciprocal trade agreements and international cooperation. After touring Fort Peck Dam he urged swift charter approval as he warned against returning to economic isolationism.
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Fargo
Truman
Fort Peck
Mont
Montana
North Dakota
Guill Scents Victory In November
Texas first Republican congressman Ben H. Guill of Pampa declared optimism about defeating his Democratic opponent in November for a full House term. He noted substantial Democratic support and plans to take congression oath Monday after winning a special election to fill an eight month vacancy.
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News-Globe
Washington Staff
Washington
Texas
Ben H. Guill
Pampa
House
Guill
Martin signals no contest for Guils election and panel move
Voting Rep Joseph W. Martin Jr. said Guils’ election is uncontested as formal certification is pending and the oath is expected Monday. Martin planned to press for Guill’s placement on the House Agricultural Committee, noting prior district reps Worley and Marvin Jones served there.
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Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
House
Martin
Guils
Guill
House Agricultural Committee
Worley
Marvin Jones
Diana Arraigned on Car Theft Charge
Diana Arraigned before a US commissioner on federal charges of transporting a stolen vehicle in interstate commerce. Bond set at 2500. attorney says they will not post until after the federal grand jury meets. Her case ties to Ewald Thornton murder trial in the 47th District Court.
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Ewald Johnson
Diana Heaney Johnson
Byron Singleton
Ewald
47Th District Court
W. A
Tex” Thornton
Singleton
Dallas
Diana
Thornton
Amarillo
Dodge City
Kaw
District of Columbia
California
Priton
Priday
Prayer Is Urged On Mother s Day by Gov Shivers
Governor Allan Shivers urged Texans to observe Mother s Day with devotion to better things and prayers for world peace. He noted thoughts of home and mother bring quiet and peace and designated Sunday as the day for reflection in Texas. Shivers and his wife planned to celebrate at the mansion with his mother and mother in law.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Texas
Shivers
R. A. Shivers
Port Arthur
John H. Shary
Mission
Parade Opens Clean-Up Drive With Polk Street March
The annual Clean-Up Fix-Up and Paint-Up campaign starts with a Polk Street parade led by parade marshal Ernest Baison for the Jaycees. Participants include Jaycees and city sanitation trucks. The effort is backed by the civic affairs committee of the chamber of commerce with co chairmen Bill Ford and Edward N. Bliss. Mayor Gene Klein joins civic groups urging church and school involvement.
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Polk Street
Ernest Baison
Jaycees
City Sanitation Department
Civic Affairs Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Ford
Edward N. Bliss
Gene Klein
Civic Affairs
Rail Peace Special Breaks Up Without Settlement
Chicago May 13 AP both sides in the locomotive firemen strike met with a government mediator but broke up without a settlement. ONeill said additional conferences would be held later as the dispute spreads to the East and Southwest with Union Pacific and Pennsylvania Railroad operations affected. Picket lines formed as trains from the Santa Fe route pass under union scrutiny.
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Chicago
Francis A. O'Neill, Jr
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Mara Exnen Centaranaae
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Union Pacific Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Brotherhood
Union ‘Pacific
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
K. B. Walton
Firemen’s Brotherhood
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Santa Fe Plans Layoffs Across Division Amid Strike
Amarillo reports more than 300 non-operating personnel to be laid off across the Santa Fe division this week. In Amarillo about 125 workers in the mechanical and transportation clerks are affected while six machinists two car inspectors and two coach cleaners remain. Most layoffs were announced Friday with informants noting employees are typically told three days prior. The strike began Wednesday morning and service in Amarillo has been limited with supervisory staff aboard most trains.
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Amarillo
Santa Fe
Amarilo
Santa Fe Mechanical
Borger
Canadian
Waynoka
Pampa
H. S. Osborne
Cleveland
Brotherhood
Fatal Scooter Crash Kills Amarillo Teen
Norman Lee Shroff, 17, an Amarillo High junior, died after his motor scooter collided with a car driven by off duty Amarillo police patrolman Reuben Burly by Lafferty at Nineteenth and Monroe. The crash occurred as Shroff was returning home from work at Freeman's Flowers.
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Norman Lee Shroff
L. H. Shroff
Taylor
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Amarillo
Norman
Amarillo High School
Nineteenth
Monroe
Reuben Burly
Lafferty
North East Fourteenth
Amarillo College
Young Shroff
Freeman's Flowers
Blackwell
Oklo
Amarillo Weather Sparks Hail and Tornado Jitters
A late afternoon storm sent Amarillo residents scrambling to storm cellars. The US Weather Bureau recorded 0.70 inches at Aldarillo Airport with unofficial local hail up to 2 inches in the western part. Wind gusts reached 45 mph, and 24 hour totals topped 3 inches in some towns, while many areas reported little rain due to damaged lines.
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Amarillo
US Weather Bureau
Aldarillo Air Terminal
J. P. W. Reynolds
Weather Bureau
Dimmitt
Hart
Olton
Littlefield
Panhandle-South Plains
Hereford
Friona
Muleshoe
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