Relative of Groom Woman Escapes Gloom and War Atrocity
Mrs. Frank Pepple of Groom receives a letter from niece Mrs. Forrest Uptegraft in Drumright Oklahoma detailing that her son Pfe Harold Uptegraft was the sole survivor of his unit in a North Korean outpost massacre. He hid played possum prayed and crawled to safety after being captured and later aided by an American tank.
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Groom
Oklahoma
Frank Pepple
Forrest Uptegraft
Drumright
Okla
Pfe
Harold Uptegraft
Young Uptegraft
Tokyo
Uptegraft
Yanks Press South Korea Front Amid Rapid Breakthroughs
United Nations and US forces push ahead along the Pusan perimeter and toward Sachon and Kumchon as First Cavalry and 25th Division units extend the flank. Reports describe rapid advances, river crossings, and heavy combat as Reds retreat and defenses collapse near Suwon and Taejon.
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Pusan
25Th Division
Associated Press
Stan Swinton
Sachon
US First Cavalry
Suwon
Seoul
Curtain Falls on Tri State Fair After Week of Festivities
The 1950 Tri State Fair closed after a week of parade fun and exhibits spanning cattle, crops, arts, and industry. Wheat contests crowned champions C A Weatherford, Jimmie Weatherford, Danville Moore, and Carolyn Folsom as youth day highlighted the event. Sorghum displays drew attention as a rising royal among crops. Continued on Page 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Tri-State
Brouth
C. A. Weatherford
Stratford
Texas
Jimmie Weatherford
Danville Moore
Crosabyton
Carolyn Folsom Stratford
Porte Arena
Texas - Oklahoma
Four Generations Meet in Memorial Hospital
In Medina New York on September 234 four generations of the Champlin family gathered at Memorial Hospital. D W Champlin of Ridgeway and his son Earl of Knowlesville were patients when Earl’s daughter Mrs William Neider of Lyndonville gave birth to a daughter named Patricia. All were reported doing fine.
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Medina
Champlins
Memorial Hospital
D. W. Champlin
Ridgeway
Earl
Knowlesville
William Neider
Lyndonville
Patricia
Hopital
Congress Overrules Trumans Veto on Communist Controls
The Senate and House override President Truman in a 57 to 10 and 286 to 48 vote, enacting a broad anti subversive bill despite his veto. The session stretched all night with Senators Langer and Douglas reacting to the battle over security measures and FBI powers. President’s veto message argued the bill would aid the Communists and erode liberties.
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Washington
Senate
Wren Yy
Truman
Senator Langer
North Dakota
Douglas
Illinois
Lucas
House
Community church schedule and memorial dedication notes
Today in Amarillo events list multiple gatherings: 2:00 PM Pellowship Singers at Valley Christian Church, 11 East Central Ave. 3:00 PM Sociel Myeiena Society at Firet apa Church. 2:00 PM Pioneer Memorial dedication at Memorial Park Cemetery. 4:00 PM Congregational gathering at the new Southern Presbyterian Church in Wolflin. lunch at 5:00 PM. 7:19 PM Dr Vernon and Broyles speak at Eleventh and Jackson Southern Presbyterian Church.
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Pellowship Singers
Plenaant Valley Christian Church
East Central Avenue
Sociel Myeiena Society
Firetapa Church
Brotherhood
Memorial Park
Congregational
New Southern Presbyterian Church
Wolflin
Lipsey
Parker
Pionte
Vernon & Broyles
Allarite
Southern Presbyterian Church
Eleventh
Jackaen
Chinese Communist anti American play planned in Canton
State Department received word from Hongkong that Chinese Communists plan a four act drama titled The Voice of America. A Moscow prize winner, the play targets the United States with a campaign in South China and features anti American themes and depictions of U S war mongering.
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Washington
State Department
Hongkong
Moscow
Voice of America
Canton
South
China
MacArthur Subject Of New Background In Daily News
The Daily News will publish four weeks of biograph strip backgrounds featuring Gen Douglas MacArthur starting tomorrow. The series, titled Douglas MacArthur destiny's soldier, covers his life in pictorial form and follows the Korea Buffer State theme.
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Douglas MacArthur
Daily News
Korea
Buffer” State
Seoul
Weather and celestial notes for Amarillo and Texas
Partly cloudy with warmer temperatures and widely scattered thunder showers in late afternoon and evening. Overnight low around 58 degrees, high near 85. Texas region shows little temperature change with partly cloudy skies and scattered showers and storms. Moon near full and about to enter Earth's shadow. Mercury and other planets visible, with Mars and Jupiter noted in a general sky tour.
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Amarillo
Texas
PRM
Audi
San Jacinto quizdowners win first KGNC contest
San Jacinto School elementary students missed three questions while Canyon elementary pupils trailed by four as quizmaster J B Uncle Jay Linn hosted the first question bee on KGNC. Jerry Parker Canyon and Bill Scoggan San Jacinto rapidly answered early prompts.
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KGNC
San Jacinto School
Canyon
J. B
Jay” Linn
Bernie Howell
United States
New York
San Francisco
Jerry Parker
Lincoln Highway
Bill Scoggan
San Jacinto
Francis Scott Keyne
McKinley School
World Hook Encvelopedia
Canyon Sevien
Rand
McNally Cosmopolitan World Atlas
Oquirabe
Phantom whistle terror hoax exposed in Parady parish
Sheriff Sean Vial says the nocturnal whistler threat to a bride to be in Paradis is a hoax. He cites an inside job but offers no details or charges, and the story is not pursued further.
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Paradis
Sean Vial
St. Charles Parish
Reunion With Old Classmate Sparks Quiet War Memory
In Tokyo a former Amarilla High School student, now in the Army Air Force, unexpectedly reconnects with a 14-year distant friend during shopping at the Tokyo PX. Old memories resurface as they reminisce about school days and teachers while the veteran shares his wartime service in Tl countries and his postwar Air Force career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Soond
Jack Berry
Norrean
Amarilla High
Jack
Ware
Rob
Air Force
Plains Printers Facing Charges In Federal Case
Three newspaper printers from Hereford Tulsa and Dimmitt Texas were jailed in Amarillo on federal counterfeiting charges. Vernon Roland M L Roland and Homer Dale Russell allegedly produced and possessed across state lines counterfeit silver certificates and ten dollar Federal Reserve notes. Bond set for Roland at 2500, for M L Roland at 1000, and for Russell at 1000.
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Plains Printers
Tulsa Herald
Texas
Federal Reserve
Dallas
Vernon Roland
Hereford Brandh
Hereford
M. L. Roland
Tulsa
Homer Dale Russell
Castro County News
Dimmitt
Treasury
Willam Hradshaw
Hugh White
Roeland
Bradshaw
White
Roland
Russell
Jimmie Gillentine
Eclipse of Moon Stated Monday
The moon will undergo a total eclipse Monday night visible across North America. The event, nicknamed the harvest moon, starts at 7:20 PM Texas time with totality beginning at 1:54 PM and ending at 7:40 PM.
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Washington
North America
Gift Cars Bring Habitual Cheer At Local Fair
Mrs Bante Elliott of 919 Alabama was named winner of a Chevrolet at the Tri-State Fair, a prize echoing her husband Howard Elliott’s four year earlier win from a veteran crane group. The Elliott family, now with a car-pool due to Mr Elliott’s role as district manager for the Motor Carriers Insurance Company, plans to keep the vehicle while Mrs Elliott spent the fair week working the grounds and assisting the Su-vornobile building operated by the San Jacinto Rebekah Lodge.
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Mre Bante Elliott
Alabama
Chevrolet
Millott
Honard Ellott
Elliott
Eiliott
Motor Carriers Insurance Company
Mel Elliott
Fairgrounds
San Jacinto Rebekah Lodge
Suvornobile
Reed from Texas official blocks Constitution Party candidate
State official John Ben Shepperd refused to certify Garrett R. Tucker of Antonia for governor, saying the Constitution Party of Texas filed too late for the New 7 general election.
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Aubtin
John Ben Shepperd
Constitution Party of Texas
Elmetion Shepperd
Garrett R. Tucker
Antonia
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First Cavalry
Sangju
Shangju
Seoul-Inchan
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Kumchon
Taejon
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Boyle
Tabu
Red Field
Taegu
27Th Brigade
Gene Herrick
Naktong
Tri-State Empire
Congress
MacArthur
Daily News Almanac
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Schided
Margaret Wills
Una Merkel
Hollywood
Paramount Theater
Dorothy McGuire
John Ireland
Whistler
LaLca
David Reto
Rasco
Kotes
David Rasco
Japan
PX (Occupational Forces
Ping Center
Alphonse
Gaston
The
Innfantry
Fack Berky
Amarile
Potter County
Jack Blair
Tibia
Blair
Wre
Tulle Herald
Sherff White
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