Military Transport Crashes in Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu reports a four engine Air Transport Service plane en route from Hawaii to California crashed into a mountain near the Lualualei depot killing all 66 aboard. The DC-6, after radio trouble, struck a ridge 20 miles northwest of Honolulu around 2 16 am Hawaii time.
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Honolulu
Military Air Transport Service
Hawaii
California
Navy
Hickam Field
Here
Air Force
Marine
Army
Finnish Tanker Ordered Back To Red Romania
The Finnish tanker Aruba carrying 13,000 tons of jet fuel for the Communist air force turned back from Red China after crew protests against the Chinese Nationalist blockade. The ship was ordered to Constanza in Red Romania where the fuel had been taken aboard, ending global speculation on its next move.
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Helsinki
Finland
Aruba
Red China
Nicobar Islands
Malacca Strait
Singapore
China
High Seas
Peiping
Indian Ocean
Constanza
Red
Romania
Seamen’s Union
Hong Kong
Indo-China
District Scouters To Meet Tonight
Scouters of the Western District Northwest Texas Council Boy Scouts meet at 7 p m at the Hi Way Cafe. District chairman Bob Polson reported this morning. Topics include the Explorer Conclave and the Camporee for the district.
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Northwest Texas Council
Boy Scouts
Bob Polson
Childress 4 H Grass Judging Team Tops State Meet
The Childress 4 H grass judging team won the state contest at Abilene Christian College, securing top honors by a large margin. Local members A V King Gerald Wakefield Charles Holman Earl Willard led the team as 24 FFA and 4 H squads competed in grass dairy poultry and livestock judging. Individual scores saw Richland FFA win first with Willard second Wakefield fourth Quisenberry fifth and King sixth. The team advances to elimination contests at Midwestern University on April 2.
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Abilene Christian College
Childress County
A. V. King
Gerald Wakefield
Charles Holman
Earl Willard
V. E. Hafner
IPE
Childress
W. E. Hafner
Abilene
Brown County
Richland Springs Ffa
FFA
Richland Ffa
Willard of
Wakefield
Wayland Quisenberry
Quanah
King of
Hafner
A&m
Midwestern University
Morris Higley Visits Austin For Luncheon With Gov Shivers
Morris Higley travels to Austin for a luncheon meeting with Governor Allan Shivers at the Austin Club. The event highlights Higley engaging in state affairs and fostering regional ties.
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Morris Higley
Austin
Gov. Allan Shivers
Attys For Reds Struggle To Seat Jury In Smith Act Case
Denver jurors sifted Tuesday to form a panel of 35 to avoid bias against the seven defendants in the Smith Act trial. Judge Jean Breitenstein, presiding at his first major case, will select 12 jurors and four alternates from the pool, with possible months long proceedings ahead. Some prospective jurors were excused for prejudgment. one witness admitted antipathy toward Communists.
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Denver
Jean Breitenstein
Breitenstein
Elmer James Reece
Golden, Colo
Communist Party
New York
Reece
FBI
Flame Proofing Of School Attics Approved By Board
Childress Independent School Board approves flame proofing of school attics after study and discussions with a local contractor from Amarillo. Estimated costs vary by building from East Ward to the high school and junior high, with plans contingent on securing a contract and funds.
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Childress
Vernon
Amarillo
East Ward
J. J Rhodes
Robert E. Lee
Wilson
Atomic blast simulates beach head landing drill by Marines
At the Nevada proving grounds a test detonation on a 500 foot tower simulated a sea assault as 2,000 Marines crouched in trenches two miles away. Dozens of helicopters awaited permission to airlift into the blast area during an 86 hour exercise. The device yielded about 10 000 tons of TNT compared with 25 000 tons for Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
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MT. Charleston
Nev
Nevada Desert
U. S
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Proving Grounds
Yucca Flat
Local VFW Post To Name New Officers
The Veterans of Foreign Wars post will elect officers for 1955 56 at tonight’s bi monthly meeting. Commander Bill Stephens urged all members to attend at 7 30 p m in the Veterans Building to help choose the new slate of officers.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bill Stephens
Veterans Building
Stephens
We will be closed Wednesday for a Big Clearance Sale
Pauline's announces closure on Wednesday for a major clearance event with shopping resumes Thursday through Saturday.
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Pauline
Council Passes Ordinance To Regulate Gas Storage
City council approves emergency ordinance governing liquefied petroleum gas storage and transport vehicles. It bans parking gas trucks in the fire zone and adopts Railroad Commission gas rules with prior written council approval for storage facilities. A 60 day parking meter holiday may be considered.
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Railroad Commission
Vandals Deface FDR Statue in Grosvenor Square
A memorial statue of Franklin D Roosevelt in Grosvenor Square was defaced with the words traitor of Yalta in red paint. Police were alerted by a Ministry of Works inspector at 6 am and launched an investigation with no suspects named. The statue near the US embassy stood as a wartime memorial and the vandalism required three hours of cleaning.
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London
Yalta
Fraklin D. Roosevelt
Ministry of Works
Grosvenor Square
US Navy
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Scotland Yard
Europe
Hong Kong
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
CHS Jamboree Nets About 600 Proceeds Boost Music Groups
The CHS High School music department reports about 600 in proceeds from the second annual Jamboree sponsored by the Band Boosters. About 1,500 attended over Friday and Saturday nights. funds will buy materials for band and choir. D. P. McNailen directed the event with Joe Cooper as master of ceremonies.
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D. P. McNailen
Joe Cooper
Jan Smith
Jimmy Gaines
Darrell Wade
Carolyn Vaughn
Wana Broughton
Alix Hargrave
Linda Carter
Sharon Green
Carolyn Dorsey
Cold snap wipes out Texas peach crop in 1955
A severity freeze drove as much as two thirds of Texas peaches to total loss across a wide swath from Port Arthur to Presidio. Plums near similar fate, Panhandle production halted, Fredericksburg area spared slight damage. Temperatures fell to 10 degrees then rose with forecast fair weather.
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Dalhart
Texas
Port Arthur
Austin
Presidio
Agriculture
John C. White
Arlington
State Department of Agriculture
Panhandle
White
Fred
Ericksburg
Fredericksburg
Shreveport
Texarkana
Abilene
Dallas
Fort Worth
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Brownsville
Amarillo
Kidnapped Newborn Baby Case Brings Memory Lapse Claim
Beaumont reports a 30 year old Houston nurse Pauline Schulze who kidnapped a newborn girl from Baptist hospital said she cannot remember the event. She is held on $15 000 bond in Jefferson county jail with questioning ongoing, and a grand jury review planned in two to three weeks.
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Beaumont
Pauline Schulze
Houston
Carolyn Sue Wharton
George Wharton
Baptist Hospital
Labor Leader Calls Safeguards Needed for Bracero Program
A Texas labor spokesman urged that the bracero program expire December 31 unless new safeguards protect American workers and Mexicans. He accused the government of aiding exploitation and urged public hearings to set prevailing wages, criticizing state agencies for acting as grower groups and failing to enforce the 50 cent minimum. The CIO AFL and others warned wage cutting harms relief agencies and opposed extending the program beyond one year.
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Washington
Texas
Andrew ©. McLellan
Texas State Federation of Labor
Frank L. Noakes
Detroit
CIO
AFL
United Mine Workers and Railway Brotherhoods
Labor Department
Congress
Department
McLellan
Texas State Federation of Geegyi Internal Reservice
Nicholas C. Dragon
Arizona
Salvation Army
National Agricultural Workers Union
House Agriculture Committee
Amarillo Pastor Speaks To Lions
Dr H C Smith pastor of San Jacinto Methodist Church Amarillo was guest speaker at Lions Club on the message that it is the little things in life which count He cited the saying Little drops of water and little grains of sand make the mighty ocean and land He was conducting a revival at First Methodist Church and was accompanied by Dr E E White and Rev C A Holcomb Nomination from the floor for 1955 56 officers named Carl Hudson and Alton
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H. C. Smith
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Amarillo
Lions Club
Smith
First Methodist Church
E. E. White
C. A. Holcomb
Beau Brummell Nominations in Childress Contest
Six men are nominated as Beau Brummells of Childress with an Oscar to be awarded Saturday afternoon at the Gem Theater. The contest is open to all men in the area and nominees include R. L. Ragsdale, C. C. Broughton, Richard Bird, Lee Rushing, Earl Preston, and Alex Saied. Nominations accepted at the theater or The Index.
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Childress
Gem Theater
Rowden Cordell
American Society of Beau Brummells
R. L. Ragsdale
C. C. Broughton
Richard Bird
Lee Rushing
Earl Preston
Alex Saied
Church Crusade Seeks Donations to Finish Expenses
Treas urer Buddy Cordell announced the Church Attendance Crusade will run through Easter and needs about 26 more dollars to cover roughly 94.40 in costs. Donors include the Book Club with a 3 dollar contribution yesterday, while initial pledges from clubs and organizations total 68 dollars. Sunday School and worship attendance figures were reported for several churches, with First Baptist, Calvary Baptist, Baptist Mission, First Methodist, First Presbyterian, and Central Christian detailing Sunday school and service counts.
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Buddy Cordell
Cordell
First Baptist
Calvary* Baptist
Baptist Mission
First Methodist
First Presbyterian
Central Christian
Rioting in Frontera Kills 14 as Mob Ransacks Town
In Frontera eastern Mexico a mob killed 14 people, burned the mayor's home and city hall, and released jailed prisoners. Authorities blamed organized agitators landed from the freighter El Carmen, with related unrest spreading to Villahermosa and Campeche over the weekend.
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Merida
Mex
Frontera
Villahermosa
Tabasco
Mexico
el Carmen
Campeche
Manuel Bartlett Bautista
Death of Mrs Ella Stone at North East home
Mrs Ella Frances Stone 77 wife of F C Stone died suddenly at 8 05 am at their 401 Avenue A North East home Born November 5 1887 in Collins County she had been ill and bedfast five years Married 56 years ago at Antelope in Jack County and lived in Childress since 1921 Survived by husband two sons Lloyd and Ray of Childress three daughters Verna Mae Toon Lubbock Geneva Stewart Corpus Christi and Gladys Stone Childress two sisters Katie Ratter Los Angeles Ruby Noe Weatherford three brothers Newt Roper Dallas E K Roper Benjamin J C Roper Childress one sister in law Mattie Roper Henrietta six grandchildren and three great grandchildren Funeral plans by Newberry Funeral Home remain incomplete.
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Ella Frances Stone
F. C. Stone
Avenue A
Stone
Collins County
Antelope
Jack County
Childress
Clay County
J. C. Roper
Mattie Roper
Henrietta
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Joseph T. Price
Carlsbad
Price
Clarence Hoe
Hoe
Page Six
Higley
VFW
Fdr
Carol Sue Wharton
East Texas Baptist Hospital
Bracero
Beau Brummell
Ella Stone
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