Kennedy stresses rail labor views in Amarillo visit
Parker Kennedy, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, traveled to Amarillo by air for a chamber of commerce luncheon. He criticizes banker control and slow progress, cites world rail systems, and remarks that U.S. railroading differs from Europe. He notes low fatality rate in 1949 railroad travel.
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Bi Union
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Switzerland
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Texas
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Chesapeake and Ohio
Union
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Chicago
Col
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Chicago Tribune
Mr. Kennedy
Tribune
KGNC to Begin 5 30 A M Broadcast This Week
Exclusive dispatch reports KGNC will start daily programming at 5 30 in the morning this week drawing listener reactions. Readers in Canyon Canadian Tulia and Panhandle share responses while staff note early risers at The Globe. A teaser promises more on motion pictures and a new postal policy.
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KGNC
A.R.N
Canyon
Chicago
Tulia
Paul Gerdes
Truman Proclaims May Days for Child Health and Mother’s Day
President Truman designated May 1 as Child Health Day and May 14 as Mother’s Day, urging national observances and focus on child welfare across the United States.
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Washington
Truman
Mystery Will Faces Lipscomb Grand Jury Under Scrutiny
Lipscomb County grand jury will hear a high profile will forgery case tied to the Sebits Ranch estate once valued around 200000. Eight defendants include Oklahoma State Senator Orval Grim of Cheyenne. Three have been arrested. others may appear, as evidence and statements unfold.
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Lewis T. Nordyke
The
Daily News
Higgins
Lipscomb County
Panhandle
Sherlock Holmes
Oklahoma
Orval Grim
Cheyenne
Lipscomb
Canadian River project hearings highlight ownership clash
At Washington hearings on Panhandle water district plans, Texas officials and national figures debated who would own and operate the dam and aqueduct system. Senators Watkins Johnson Connally pressed to limit federal control while Bureau of Reclamation officials argued 94 percent of costs would be repaid. Budget Bureau decision awaited.
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Budget Bureau
Truman
Senate Interior Subcommittee
Sanford
McFarland
Clarence Whiteside
Lubbock
High Plains
Texas
Canadian River Development Organization
Whiteside
Senate
Watkins
Utah
Bureau of Reclamation
Congress
Harry P. Burleigh
Bureau
Tom Connally
Lyndon Johnson
Arthur Watkins
House of Representatives
Secretary of the Interior
Michael Straus
Nelson
Windmobile of '88 Sailed High Plains Sea of Grass
Hereford report recalls a 1888 wind powered buggy sail by Wallace that crossed a prairie near Palo Duro Canyon. The incident was witnessed by G R Jowell’s family and later echoed in Hereford windswept lore as townsfolk pursued wind driven travel with improvised sails and wagons earning Hereford the nickname The Town of Windmills.
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AEN
Daily News
Hereford
Friona
Wallace
Dawn
Palo Duro Canyon
G. R. Jowell
Minnie
J. C. Cox
Minnie Walker
Texas
Seeds of Treason Chapter Two Highlights
The second installment distills Seeds of Treason by Ralph de Toledano and Victor Lasky. Whittaker Chambers leaves college for Europe in 1923, drawn toward communism after Berlin’s grim politics and street chaos.
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Victor Lasky
Funk & Wagnalls
New York
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Alger Wiss
Mr. Toledano
Newsweek Magazine
Mr. Lasky
New York World-Telegram
Sun
Whittaker Chambers
Meyer Schapiro
Europe
Third annual Texas Weed Control Conference and local meetings
At noon in Amarillo events list the Third annual Texas Weed Control Conference in City Auditorium and multiple noon gatherings including San Jacinto Kiwanis Youth Center Lions Club and Optimist Club venues. Afternoon programs include Independent Land Developers Association luncheon at Herring Hotel Crystal Ballroom and a 4:30 PM Story Hour at Youth Center. An 8:15 PM wrestling event is set for the Sports Arena Tri-State Fair Park.
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City Auditorium
San Jacinto Kiwanis
San Jacinto Youth Center
Amarillo
Bergman Property Dispute Is Settled
Ingrid Bergman and estranged husband Dr. Peter Lindstrom have settled financial and child custody disputes. Their 12-year-old daughter Pia will remain in California with the father for the time being.
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Los Angeles
Ingrid Bergman
Peter Lindstrom
Pia
California
Wide interest grows in National Spelling Bee entries
The News Globe notes broad county participation in the district bee in West Texas with 38 counties possible. Wheeler County and Hansford County plan entrants and contestants from Potter County will compete at Amarillo High School with Amarillo College and school leaders serving as judges. The winner advances to the Washington DC national event May 22.
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The
News-Globe
Hockley
Lubbock and Bailey
Lubbock
Jeff Dwyer
Wheeler County
Jimmie Lee
Hansford County
Potter County
Amarillo High School
H. Grady Wilson
Ray Small
Amarillo College
R. A. Selby
Amarillo
Ross A. Larsen
Elizabeth Nixson
Plainview
Washington
Fruit price down as oranges sold 3.25 to 3.75 a box
Fresh fruit buyers in Lakeland Florida quote 3.25 to 3.75 dollars per box for oranges, a drop of 25 cents from last week.
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Lakeland
Fla
Zodiac shift from Aries to Taurus in almanac
Daily News Almanac notes the zodiac changes to Taurus the bull signaling Taurean traits. It also reports over five million children transported to school annually in the US at a cost surpassing 130 million dollars.
Panhandle highway bids tally for 15 Texas counties
Bids on highway contracts totaling 873980 were tabulated by the State Highway Department in Austin over two days. Construction is ordered in 15 Panhandle counties as part of the largest monthly mileage offered. A seal coat contract covering 270.86 miles in 14 counties drew 256379 from Ned B Hoffman of Fort Worth.
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Highway Department
Ned B. Hoffman
Fort Worth
Dallam
Tdhal
Associated Press
Dallam — Farm High
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