Harriman Named Roving Ambassador Under ERP
Harriman is appointed as roving ambassador under ERP with a cabinet post to a lawyer. He criticizes Russia as a menace, urges European recovery to reduce eastern pressures, and says the Bogota revolt mirrored Communist activity. He has long been involved in railroad shipping and banking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriman
ERP
Russia
Soviet Union
Hitler
Europe
E. H. Harriman
Bogota
Truman offers Sawyer Commerce Secretary post
President Truman named Charles Sawyer a former ambassador to Belgium as a candidate for Secretary of Commerce. Sawyer, a Cincinnati lawyer and longtime ally, would replace W. Averell Harriman who has agreed to become roving ambassador for the European Recovery Program. Harriman’s Senate nomination follows shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Charles Sawyer
Belgium
Sawyer
Cincinnati
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Senate
Antwerp
Augusta
Potsdam
White House
Ohio
Harriman Appointed Commerce Chief in ERP Shakeup
Harriman, age 56, takes over as Secretary of Commerce after Truman ousted Wallace over policy. He previously served as wartime ambassador to Russia and Britain and now leads ERP liaison, earning 25 000 a year to oversee coordination with beneficiary countries under the 5.3 billion ERP program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mmairoid
Bogota
Colombia
Marshall
Paul G. Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
Alex Henderson
New York
ECA
Henderson
War Production Board
Harriman
Borger Reports Record Rainfall Across Panhandle Area
Moisture returned to the Panhandle with scattered rainfall from light showers to heavy downpours. Borger saw 1.30 inches, Amarillo 0.75, and other towns like Dalhart Adrian Claude and Memphis recorded sprinkles or light totals as lightning and thunder occurred with little damage. Temperatures dropped from 75 to 58 as rain moved through.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Dalhart
Adrian
Claude
Memphis
Italian Commies Change Tune on Marshall Plan
After a Christian Democrat victory in Italy, Alcide de Gasperi vows reforms as Rome nears a parliamentary majority. The Communist Party shifts stance on the Marshall Plan with leaders signaling potential resignations and calls for labor autonomy in the WFTU context, while Socialist Lelio Basso protests irregularities citing clergy involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democrat Party
Christian Democrats
Vatican
United States
Popular Front
Milan
Palmiro Togliatti
Italian Communist Party
Giacinto Cardona
Giuseppe di Vittorio
Italian General Labor Confederation
CGIL
World Federation of Trade Unions
WFTU
di Vittorio
Communist Party
Lelio Basso
Texas Democrats back full party nominee support at nationwide convention
The Texas Democratic Executive Committee voted 35 to 14 to back every party nominee at the Philadelphia convention. They rejected removing support for nominees and aligned with Gov. Jester to avoid appearing factional. Proxies and county voting strength were allocated by governor votes in the last primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Texas
Beauford H. Jester
Morris Roberts
Roberts
Fort Worth
Texas Democratic Executive Committee
Texas Party
Truman
Philadelphia
Byron Skelton
Temple
Frank W. Mayborn
Jester
People of
McGregor
Reward Offered in Reuther Shooting Manhunt in Detroit
A nationwide hunt centers on Detroit for the gunman who fired a shotgun at Walter P. Reuther. Rewards totaling 111,600 are posted by UAW CIO, city and others, while Reuther recovers from a near fatal injury and vows no knowledge of the shooter. police and officials pursue leads and question neighbors as an unknown assailant is sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Deroit
Walter P. Reuther
Communist Party
CIO
United Auto Workers
Reuter
Reuther
Uaw-Cio
West Side
Wayne County
Gwen ‘Martinson
Harry
Toy
What Am I Saying Heads By Frank Morcan
Humorous column notes that men lose their heads more often than their hats. The piece jokes about early to bed and rise, warning a head won t feel thrice its size. Copyright 1948 New York Post Corp. Al s Radio Ser Amarillo s oldest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Morcan
N. Y Post Corp
Amarillo Calendar of Meetings and Events
Today in Amarillo PRPC CTT ST TLPOLOODLO PPD lists Weed control exhibit at Municipal Auditorium with special programs at 10 AM. Public 1 PM. 9 AM Wheat Variety School at Episcopal Church. 9:30 AM Royal Neighbors convention registration. IOOF Hall hosts Modern Woodmen auxiliary. 10 AM New Lincoln automobiles on display at Garner Randall Motor Co. 10:30 AM Drama Festival at the high school. Noon Optimists Club Mexican Inn. San Jacinto Kiwanis at Youth Center. Rotary at Herring Hotel. 8 PM Col Joy Dow speaks on universal military training at Amarillo College Auditorium. 8:15 PM Wrestling at Tri-State Fair Park. see High Plains Today, Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PRPC
Municipal Auditorium
Episcopal Church
Fillmore
Royal Neighbors Convention
IOOF
East Fifth
Lincoln
Garner-Randall Motor Co
Polk
Optimists Club
Mexican Inn
San Jacinto Kiwanis Club
Carolina
Rotary Club
Herring Hotel
Joy Dow
Col
Amarillo College Auditorium
Tri- State Fair Park
High Plains
Two Governors to Join Pioneer for First Sunshine Flights
Pioneer Air Lines will host Governor Mabry of New Mexico and Governor Jester along with more than 40 businessmen editors and radio men for weekend sunshine flights. The two planes will tour New Mexico with stops at Clovis Tucumcari Las Vegas Santa Fe and Albuquerque. The Kit Carson will be christened in Clovis with thousands expected for the First Annual New Mexico Cattle Festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Air Lines
Robert J. Smith
Pioneer
Jester
Mabry
New Mexico
Texas
Clovis
Tucumcari
Las Vegas
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
Waco
Austin
San Angelo
Midland
Odessa
Lubbock
Plainview
Amarillo
Kit Carson
Boost in Vets' Training Pay Up to $210 Monthly
The House approved now to the White House a bill raising GI Bill training pay for veterans. Without dependents, total monthly income tops $210 while dependents raise the ceiling to $270 and $290 for two or more. Subsistence and wage rules adjust with earned wages across on the job, school, and farm training programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
White House
Senate
Germans Lost In Red Zone
The American Military Government reports at least 45 Germans missing in Berlin western sectors with many believed kidnapped or arrested by Russians. Some are said held at Sachsenhausen and Buchenwald, while Socialist charges claim over 1,600 disappearances since war end. The Soviets countered the Marshall Plan by boosting eastern zone steel output and declaring denazification complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Sachsenhaussen
Buchenwald
Eastern Zone
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers in Amarillo and vicinity Thursday, with Friday partly cloudy and mild temperatures. West Texas expects similar conditions with a few showers Thursday and some sun Friday, and little temperature change. Yesterday’s temperatures ranged from a low around 51 to a high near 78 degrees, with precipitation in the 24 hour period at 0.46 inches. Sunrise at 6:06 AM, sunset at 7:25 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
Tam Viadeis
Easia
LPM
J.cerdees
O.setee
Accused Flogger Keheley Shoots Self After Alleged Beating
Atlanta dispatch reports Sherman C. Keheley 58 a gray haired utility lineman and alleged Black Raider flogger shot himself at home after being indicted on assault with intent to murder. He left a note saying he did the best for everyone and had no other way out. The case ties him to beatings of ex GI Joe Berry and two Negroes and threats against Luther J Martin. Governor Thompson said the raiders are a new Klan adjunct and ordered state police alert. Also Truman set weekly news conference for tomorrow at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Sherman C. Keheley
L. T. Bullard
Troup County
Luther J. Martin
College Park
Keheley
Berry
Fulton County
Fred Bradford
Bradford
Lawrence D. Fortner
Martin
M. E. Thompson
Ku Klux Klan
Georgia
Collegian Tries European Diet Experiment in New York
William Harrington a 25 year old Manhattan College junior from Dumont New Jersey spent ten days eating a typical overseas food package totaling about 40 000 calories. He reported tiredness slowed mental processes and he ended the experiment with a large cafeteria lunch. The diet was designed as a supplement to European rations per SAFE director Newton Randolph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pac
America
William Harrington
Dumont
Manhattan College
Newton Randolph
SAFE
Save A Friend In Europe, Inc
Harrington
Doolittle Foresees Manned Space Trips Within a Decade
Lt Gen James H Doolittle retired cites a survey backing early space travel and says someday humans may reach the moon or a nearby planet or orbit Earth for research He notes Goddards pioneering rocket work in New Mexico and the exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History and a Guggenheim funded tour of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James H. Doolittle
Robert H. Goddard
Clark Avast
Doolittle
General Doolittle
Earth
Moon
United States
Dr. Goddard
New Mexico
Goddard
American Museum of Natural History
Guggenheim Foundation
Roswell
Army
American Museum
Forrestal Supports Bigger Army and 66-Group Air Force Plan
Defense Secretary Forrestal approved a 66 group Air Force as a balance to Army and Navy sizes, calling for a total defense budget of 14.481 billion dollars for the next fiscal year. He told the Senate Armed Services Committee that a larger Air Force requires bigger ground and sea forces to maintain balance and effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Forrestal
Washington
House
Senate Armed Services Committee
House Armed Services Committee
Armed Forces Research Board
Vannevar Bush
Army-Navy-Air Force Research and Development Board
Defense
Senate
Gurney
South Dakota
Army
Navy
Air Force
Navy- Marine Corps
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Baby brokers charged in Los Angeles infant sales case
Police arrested two California women for selling babies to unmarried mothers after three teens admitted to selling their children for up to 1000 dollars. The alleged ringleader and her cousin faced charges. investigators traced six sales and suspected many more. The ring worked with a social worker and paid hospital costs to keep birth certificates under buyer names.
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California
Los Angeles
Cal
U.P
Marie Chaplin
Ida Drucker
Dist
William E. Simpson
John Barnes
Simpson
Chaplin
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Ed Corwald
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Corwald
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Bane High
Labor Center For Wheatle Society
Dians
Jack Dempsexy
National Guard
Million Man
Auto Workers Union
First Sunshine
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Russells Gift
Taylor
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co
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