Relatives Seek Identities After Port Deposit Air Crash
Relatives from the south and east travelled to Port Deposit Maryland to identify victims of a DC-4 crash near the Pennsylvania line. The wounded and dead were moved to a Batavia Naval Station facility as investigators and doctors worked on dental and physical identifications amid unclear cause. The Civil Aeronautics Board planned hearings next week while governors urged orderly handling at the improvised morgue.
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Port Deposit
America
Eastern Airlines
Homthorn
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Makher
Batn+ Bridge Naval Training Station
Navy
H Schrifrin
New York City
Edith Start
Orange
N. J
Miami Beach
Donna Iedling
Watertown
Conn
Leo Ald Queenie Machter
Miami
Theodor Lundstrom
Elmont
Helena O'Brien
Newark
United States
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
R. C. Dodson
Cecil County
West Nottingham
Wold
Ous
Derby to Run on Old Miami Road in Pampa
The All American Soapbox Derby will be held on the Old Miami Road site north of Pampa with access via land owned by Homer Taylor. General Chairman Morris Enloc announced arrangements to move cars onto Taylor’s land while traffic avoids hilltop operations. About 31 boys are signed to race and more entries are expected as the field grows.
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Pampa
Homer Taylor
Miami Road
Taylor
Lesa
Gvey
Leer
Enlon
Akron
Ohio
Nals
Pampa Daily News
Citberson Chévrolebeagg
Pampa Lions Club
Spos Hevrolet
Deaks
AOYS
Ealer
Gilbert Klecan
Texas Holiday Deaths Reach Ten Across Texas
A rising toll from the long Memorial Day holiday lasts across Texas with at least 10 deaths. Four people died in traffic crashes and two were killed under wheel or track accidents. Names include Frances Johnston, 59, and other victims across Corpus Christi Highlands and Tioga.
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Associated Press
Texas
Perrons
Cole Frances Johnston
Bhennan Hospital
Satur- Wias
Tioga
APA
Highlands
Secema
Aries
Stes
Betup
Negro Orphanage Heads Convicted On Nine Counts
Brownsville report: Mathes and Ruth Coleman found guilty by a federal jury on all nine counts each for using the mails to defraud in a nationwide fund drive tied to a Santa Rosa Negro orphanage. Trial concluded after twelve days with the couple showing little emotion. Sentencing set for 9:30 a.m. Friday June 6. bond set at $1,500 each pending appeal.
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Brownsville
Mathes
Ruth Coleman
Santa Rosa
Coleman
Allan B. Hannay
Hoon
G. C. Bevil
Brownsvllie Manuger
Pan American Airways
Verdet
Richards
Hannay
Federal
James V. Allred
Hiss cHents
Parade Opens Two Day Rodeo in Pampa
More than 150 horsemen joined a mounted parade opening the two day rodeo celebrations sponsored by the Pampa Roping Club Inc. Lone 70 contestants registered for events including bronc riding bull riding bull dogging steer roping and a girl’s barrel race. First performance was set for 8 p m Saturday followed by a dance at the Junior High School. Final rodeo show to be held on the rodeo grounds this afternoon at 2:30 with roping club officials present.
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Pampa Roping Club, Inc
Coal Strike Threatens As Negotiations Fail
Washington reports a nationwide soft coal strike threat after talks between John L. Lewis and 73 percent of operators collapsed over an 85-cent pay dispute. Talks resume next Tuesday with Southern Producers as others predict further collapse. Lewis seeks eight hour days with higher pay and a welfare fund levy, while North Western operators warn negotiations may end.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Truman
X Velo
Lewis
Lewis 18
Southern Coal Producers Association
Charles O'Neill
United Mini
UN Henground
Child Slightly Hurt When Hit by Auto
Four year old Bessie Lou Qualls was lightly injured yesterday after darting in front of an Interpo del Ford driven by H Mi Thomas of Hereford. She was treated and released from Worley Hospital shortly after admission. COLLIN COMES HOME. A collie belonging to Mr and Mrs R B Hoskins returned home today after hitchhiking from the Missouri Iowa state line.
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Bessie Lou Qualls
H. Mi Thomas
Hereford
Thomas
West Foster
Bessie Lou
Worley Hospital
Collin
Kansas City
R. B. Hoskins
Barthes
Ft. Dodge
Bartness
Hoskins
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Kiwanians Hear Story Behind Boys Ranch Address
Cal Farley, founder of Boys Ranch, told Kiwanis Club members that the sanctuary sits between the state reform school and the judge's court. He detailed the project’s aims, noting 78 Texas boys are enrolled, and featured a Pampa youth now a model resident who spoke about his turnaround. Farley cited truancy and lack of parental support as factors leading to delinquency and stressed youth seek structure, not mischief, and desire for clean competition.
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Boys’ Ranch
State Reform School
Judge's Court
Cal Farley
Kiwanis Club
Farley
Boys' Ranch
Texas
Sqy
Worship Emphasizes Service at Northwest Texas Conference
Bishop Charles T. Selecman urged Northwest Texas Methodist Churches to focus on worship, fellowship, and community service, not grand structures. The conference noted 0,000 new members in recent months, announced preacher appointments late at night, and memorialized two pastors.
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Amarillo
Charles T. Selecmah
North‘west Texas Methodist Churches
Christian Service
Selecman
J. B. McVarley
Stamford
R. B. Walden
Southland
J. B. Lyles
African Methodist Church
Texas
J. M. Radford
Radford Wholesale Grocery Company
McMurry, College, Abilene
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Fragmentary OCR text mentions a weather outlook tied to a car trip and a motor vehicle context. No clear entities or event details emerge to form a full card.
Jester Urges Conservation of State's 47 Bumper Wheat Crop
Governor Beauford H. Tester backs using empty rainproof airfield hangars to store the record wheat crop until shipping catches up. He calls for clear thinking and prompt action, urging warehouse supervision and receipts for farmers unable to move grain by rail. Harvesting begins in North Central Texas with spread to Panhandle areas by June.
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Austin
Indhe Airfield
Beauford H. Tester
Pampa Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Committee
War Assets Administration
Fort Worth
Papa Army Albifield
Dox
Ernest O. Thompson
Railroad Commission
Jester
Benfam City
Railtons
Mississippi
Seaboard
Texas
Crowell
Seymour
Hamlin
Hassell
Jane Land
Brady, Brownwood
Coleman Ant
Texas A
Panhandie
Parthandle
Nove Therm
Mie
Hardeman
Childress
J. B. Klad
Mato Lahar
Dust Storm Warning Comes Again to Great Plains
The Agriculture Department warns droughts and severe dust storms will return to the Great Plains, possibly within five years. A Soil Conservation Service bulletin says soil erosion will worsen in future droughts, especially if sod is plowed for wheat and stock is stocked heavily. Farmers are urged to convert land to grass and plant more trees to prepare.
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Agriculture Department
Great Plains
Department
Soil Conservation Service
Man Arraigned on Kidnapping Charge in Oklahoma
Lloyd Foster Sheehan of Burkburnett Texas was arraigned in Hobart Oklahoma on a kidnapping charge after Steverson 40 of Veron Texas and his companion Mary Catherine 19 were abducted on a highway near Wichita Falls Texas. The suspects allegedly beat Stevenson and forced the couple to ride in the car toward Layton Oklahoma before being captured near Lawton by state patrol.
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Hobart
Okli
Carpenter Hughes
Klawa County
Surney
Lloyd Foster Sheehan
Oklahoma City
Texas
Sheehan
Henry Houston Stevenson
Veron
J. M. Til
Burkburnett
Stevenson
Mary Catherine
Wichita Falls
Bin
Vs. Hilton
Layton
Oklo
Lawton
State Highway Patrol
Pro Communist Lajos Dinnyes Named Hungary Prime Minister
Hungarian cabinet announces Lajos Dinnyes as prime minister replacing Ferenc Nagy amid fears Soviet forces will train and arm Hungarian troops. A high official warns the Communist party now controls Hungary and predicts Western exile for dissenters as new elections are planned for September under tough laws.
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Budapest
Lajos Dinnyes
Ferenc Nagy
Communist Party
Hungary
Cabinel
Higgins Hit Again as Tornado Rips Leedy Oklahoma
Northwestern Oklahoma’s Leedy and Higgins area suffer heavy destruction as a tornado at 8:05 p.m. destroys half the town, kills several, injures many, and cuts water and telephone services. Jack Sapp and local emergency crews scramble for ambulances, medical supplies, and reports. Power lines go down in Berger, leaving darkness from 7:25 to 8:30 p.m. as Borger News-Herald wires fail and crews work to restore service.
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Lendy
Okla
Jack Sapp
Oklahoma City of God
Saan
Leedy
Sapp
Higgins
Westerday
Attett
Oklahoma
Pampe
Berger
APL
Borger News-Herald
Borger
Cork
Lornano
Local News Feature Highlights Pampa Businesses
The Pampa News pursues a new feature on local firms announcing May anniversaries for Hall and Pinson Tire Co Behrman Behrman Furniture Co Foster Pampa Furniture Melody Manor Irving Akst and J O Dantely Motor Co fires rebuild Barretts Proge Foods became Pampa Frozen Foods under Dave Finkelstein May 2
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Pampa News
Ide Cal
Lhe Hall and Pinson Tire Co
W. Yester
O. W. Hall
Dale Pinson
Ithanes
J. O Dantely Motor Co
Barrett
Proge Foods
E. Francis
Anme
Dave Finkelstein
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