Happy McKeown: A man who proves you can do anything
Amarillo feature profiles Frank McKeown known as Happy who lost both arms but learned to play piano and write, inspiring courage in amputees and wartime veterans. He travels to hospitals, entertains troops, and enjoys practical jokes while promoting a positive motto that people can achieve what they set out to do.
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Amarillo
Frank McKeown
Happy
Texas
East Coast
New Jersey
Veterans Hospitals
Glow in bathing suits promises new color shockwave
San Francisco story describes Gantner & Mattern Co plans to market cold fire fabric for swimsuits. The fabric allegedly absorbs ultraviolet light and radiates bright color, making wearers highly visible and colors far more intense than traditional swimwear.
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San Francisco
John O. Gantner
Gantner & Mattern Co
Mr. Gantner
War Department
Ganther Co
Sunday Services At Bethel Baptist Church
Bethel Baptist Church schedules morning and evening preaching by Rev John R Stephens and other pastors in a series of services. Sunday school at 10 00 a m with worship at 11 00 a m and 7 00 p m. Additional notices list prayer meetings and choir practice. Reverend pastors and times vary by congregation.
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John R. Stephens
The
Bethel Church
E. A. Doty
Clifford Taylor
E. P. Wootten
Connie Hollis
Leonard
W. A. Erwin
New Maize Plant Opens in Corpus Christi Texas
Corpus Christi witnessed a groundbreaking for a 12 million dollar Corn Products Refining Co plant that will convert six million bushels of Texas milo annually into dextrose sugar starches and high protein stock feeds. Located on Nueces Bay it spans 100 acres and signals a new era in Texas industrialization as the first of its kind in the South for the firm.
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Texas
Karo
Illinois
Corpus Christi
Corn Products Refining Co
Argo Starch
Linit
Nueces Bay
Chicago
Pekin
Kansas City
Whitewright Holds April 1947 City Election for Two Commissioners
Notice declares an election at City Hall Whitewright on the first Tuesday in April 1947 to elect two city commissioners for two year terms. Polls open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Officials appointed include R C Vestal presiding judge C M Dillon assistant judge Mrs QO L Jones and Mrs L E Alexander clerks.
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City of Whitewright
R. C. Vestal
C. M. Dillon
QO. L. Jones
L. E Alexander
F. M. Echols
Beer-Guzzling Pooch Returns to Army Life
LEADVILLE Colo Casar a beer guzzling Boxer dog forsook a wastrel life to return to the Army. A year ago George Francis owner of Casar introduced him to a scuttle of suds and Casar abandoned a dog life for the prim rose path. After roaming with barkeeps and cadging beers he was chained by Francis then loosed to join the 38th regiment on furlough Casar later found at a bar and sent back to the outfit His unit camp is 18 miles from the nearest beer joint.
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Leadville
Colo
Casar
George Francis
Primrose Path
38Th Regiment
Francis
Army Outfit
Alfalfa on hillside pays big dividends in Nebraska
In Rianova Nebraska Howard Malleck used 22 acres on a hillside for alfalfa after poor wheat returns from clay soil. Over two years he harvested 22 tons of hay and sold 6,000 pounds of seeds for 21100 dollars, plus 70 dollars from a Triple A subsidy and 321 dollars from an AAA seed subsidy. The stand also provided pasture for 50 cattle.
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Rianova
Neb
Republican Valley
Howard Malleck
Malleck
AAA
VET COLLAPSES AS PLANE BUZZES COMMERCE DISTRICT
A war veteran collapsed after a low flying plane over East Texas State Teachers College Commerce caused a protest. The aircraft reportedly dived and buzzed Commerce business district at about 150 feet, prompting a sharp protest to the Dallas naval air station commander.
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Commerce
East Texas State Teachers College
Naval Air Station
Dallas
Foolish to ditch draft cards warns Selective Service
Washington report notes if Congress ends the draft law on March 31 as President Truman proposes, people may discard draft cards but the spokesman warns they are useful identification cards. During the law's duration, destroying draft cards remains a criminal offense.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Selective Service
Post Office Bans Naked Lady Calendars in 1948
Washington The Post Office Dept took a stand against calendars drawing nude women after notices that several 1947 calendars slipped through. It warned postmasters and calendar makers to prevent such images next year. Bread, meat and wine remain basic necessities in many European countries.
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Washington
Post Office Dept
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Herman Bedford
Whitewright
Garland
Jack Nossaman
Allen T. Short
Phone 100
Hannah's
W. F. Caraway
P. O. Box 395
C. P. Johnson
Carpenter's Bluff
Denison
J. W. Speed
West Grand Avenue
R. I. Scott
Philco
Watterson
Johnson Jewelry
Robert DeBerry
Route Four
Hoover
Whitewright Electrical Company
W. W. House
Prop
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H. G. Hayes
East O Whitewright
W. C. Musser
East Whitewright
Tom Barbee
Karo Maxey
Ferguson
J. W. Murphy
Stephens & Bryant
Spivy Paint Store
Bonham
Bill Reeves
Bonham Road
Flowers of
Sherman
Carl May
White
Lee Holcomb
Ralph Wallace
Truman Tomlinson
South Bond Street
White Auto
E. Fritts
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
Ernest Smith
Lewis Cooper
Harold Doss
T. W. Ayres & Son Peters
Presto
Burpee Canners
C. J. Meadow
Wastrel
Rice Laundry
Ayres Store
Whitewright Electrical Co
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Ramwell
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