UN Orders Dutch Indonesian War Halt and Arbitration
The United Nations Security Council urged the Netherlands and Indonesia to cease fighting and pursue peaceful settlement by arbitration. The historic vote, eight to zero with three abstentions, also recognized Indonesia as an independent state and invited it to a Havana trade conference.
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United Nations Security Council
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France
Britain
Alexandre Parodi
Faris el Khoury
Syria
Netherlands
Republic of
Indonesia
Poland
Soviet Union
United States
Security Council
Republic of Indonesia
Economic and Social Council
Republic
Havana
Eelco N. van Kleffens
C. Thamboe
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Andrei A Gromyko
van Kletfen
T. F. Tsiang
China
B. R. Sen
India
van Klerens
Alfonso Lopez
Colombia
Washington
Hughes inquiry cites Roosevelt overrode air chief contract
Senate War Investigating Committee heard Maj. Gen. Echols recount how Elliott Roosevelt's recommendation helped Howard Hughes secure a 22 million dollar photo reconnaissance plane contract. Publicity man John Meyer testified briefly after arriving from France, denying expense-padding claims as the panel recessed.
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France
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Maine
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Hollywood
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Arnold
Elliott
Roosevelt
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Army Air Forces
War Investigating Committee
Los Angeles
Justice Nt
Pan-American Airways
Trans- World
Pan-American
Paris
Interior
Krug
Ferguson
TWA
Senator Ferguson
Michigan
Weather Sketch for Amarillo and West Texas Regions
Weather notes show fair conditions for Amarillo area Saturday and Sunday with little temperature change. West Texas also fair with minimal temperature shifts. New Mexico expects fair Saturday morning, then partly cloudy afternoon with scattered mountain thundershowers. highs 90 to 100. Yesterday’s temps ranged from 68 to 98 with sunrise at 5 57 AM and sunset at 7 49 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Horses Thrill Fans At First Night Show
Blue ribbon winners from farms and stables across tour states wowed spectators at the Amarillo Horse Show opening night at Tri-State Fairgrounds. Under Ringmaster Bill Rhinehart, 11 contest categories displayed skill and grace as Billy Hewlett led Amarillo to top places in a new Children's Western Class.
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Amarillo
Will Rogres Range Riders
Wee Ewes
Polk
Bill Rhinehart
Houston
Jay Burton
Lancaster
Thomas E
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Scottsdale, Ariz
al Cashman
Tulsa
Josephine Aber
Sailor Who Killed Nine Mates Hangs Self at Naval Station
William V. Smith, 21, of Asheville North Carolina, awaiting court martial for killing nine shipmates aboard LST 172 near Shanghai, is found hanged in his Anacostia Naval Receiving Station cell. Navy officials describe a fatal rampage followed by self injury. seven died on site and two later at the hospital. The court of inquiry is convened.
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Anacostia Naval Receiving Station
William V. Smith
Asheville
Smith
Henry W. Goodall
Navy
Yangtze River
Shanghai
Robert L. Smith
Trio Killed in Chimney Plunge During Construction
In New York a father and son and a third man died after falling 180 feet inside a brick chimney in a Queens housing project. They worked on scaffolding atop the chimney when it collapsed. the structure was for a heating plant. Victims: William Cudd Sr., 50. William Cudd Jr., 24. Lee Boyce Cudd, 33, all from Chesnee, South Carolina.
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Queens
William Cudd
William, Jr
Lee Boyce Cudd
Cudd
Chesnee
Clovis Fliers Missing. Search Shifted to Mountains
Two Clovis airmen, Jimmie Gressett and John Hardesty, 21 and 20, vanished after leaving Clovis for Eagle Nest Lake. A ground search led by State Police Chief H. W. Beasley was planned in the Bell Ranch area after cowhands reported a low flying plane with engine trouble.
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Dawson
Newkirk
Jimmie Gressett
John Hardesty
Eagle Nest Lake
Wagon Mound
Gressett
Aubrie Gressett
Hardesty
Ben H. Hardesty
H. W. Beasley
Bell Ranch
Wool shipment largest since the war sails from Houston
The Carroll Victory prepared to depart Port Houston with the largest postwar wool load leaving Houston. The shipment marks a milestone in wartime production ending, signaling a rise in postwar trade and textile activity.
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Houston
Carroll Victory
Port Houston
KGNC Tunes New Transmitter To Widen Coverage
KGNC activated a 10,000 watt transmitter near Amarillo to expand area coverage. Tests will verify the pattern matches FCC filings, with full operation expected by Sept 1 or sooner. The station will switch from 1440 to 710 kilocycles and operate with a directional antenna at night.
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KGNC
Bill Witte
Dallas
RCA
FCC
Bill Torrey
Amarillo
Kansas City
New York
Witte
Santa Fe
Storm strikes Texas coast as tropical system moves inland
A tropical storm from the Gulf of Mexico hit the Texas coast near Brownsville around 10 p.m. Wind peaks reached 43 mph at Port Isabel and 21 mph at Brownsville with gusts to 25 mph in Corpus Christi. Rain totaled 2.75 inches in a day at Corpus Christi. no damage reported. Port Aransas evacuee advisory by Red Cross. Mustang Island residents advised to evacuate. Port Aransas Coast Guard stands by. Galveston winds at 21 mph.
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Texas
Brownsville
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Corpus Christi
Port Aransas
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Beauford Jester
Austin
Mustang Island
Caller-Times
Coast Guard
Galveston
Pampa Death Trial Set for September in Double Slaying
In Pampa on August 1, the murder trial of Jesse Lee Crawford for the July 4 death of Bertha Bostick was set for September 15. He also faces murder charges in Leonard Bostick's death, same incident, with no date yet set. The Bosticks were shot in their bedroom.
Siamese Twins Die In London Birth Death
Siamese twin girls born Tuesday to a 20 year old London woman died today. Surgeons planned an operation to attempt to separate them. The twins were born with their chests joined together.
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London
Pink pistol child disrupts Baltimore crowd
A 6 year old with a pink water pistol and bubble gum for sound effects fired at 10 women downtown. Police intervened with two officers on scene and the boy refused to answer questions at the station before awaiting their next move.
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Baltimore
Worley Fights Battle of Mail Bags Misnamed Vacation
Representative Worley of Texas says the session is not a vacation as mail piles up. He notes 50 to 60 personal letters daily and a backlog until reconvening in January. Other lawmakers report similar high mail volumes and duties including Rep Leo Allen and Rep Gearhart preparing for events in Boston and district duties.
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Gearhart
California
Congress
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Illinois
Joe Martin
American Dental Society
Boston
Egyptian tourism official briefed on U.S. life
Chimy Bey, a member of Egypt's Higher Council of Tourism, after two months in America, says he likes the country but notes it costs $75 to $80 a day to live as a gentleman. He spoke at LaGuardia Field before flying to Paris.
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New York
Barhat Chimy Bey
Higher Council of Tourism
Egypt
America
United States
Bey
LaGuardia Field
Paris
City Dads Watch Buses Snarl Traffic on Polk
Merchants at the Amarillo Hotel discussed Polk Street congestion and agreed to ban buses from Polk and reroute to Taylor and Tyler Streets. At Third and Polk observers noted buses blocking lanes and causing gridlock as traffic stacked from multiple directions.
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Amarillo
Polk Street
Polk
Taylor and Tyler Streets
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Emond
Amarillo Building
Indonesia Prepares Jogjakarta as Military Area
Batavia Java August 1 The Indonesian supreme command declares the Republican capital Jogjakarta and surrounding districts a military area and orders defense preparations under Lt General Oerip Soemonhardje. Fears rise of Dutch drive if Tjilatjap falls. two Dutch fighters reportedly attack Jogjakarta air field while Indonesians claim repulse near Banjoemas.
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Java
Jogjakarta
Surf Districts
Radio
Devers predicts atom bomb will likely not be used again
General Jacob L. Devers told a Newark audience on the Army Air Forces 40th anniversary that the atom bomb probably will never be used in war. He warned an atomic slugging match would follow if it were used and that final decisions rest with surface forces. He urged a fly-to-fight Army to avoid war.
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Newark
Jacob L. Devers
Army Ground Forces
Army Air Forces
Devers
United States
Attack Suspect Shot to Death in Mississippi
Virginia Hartzog said Versie Johnson, an accused rapist, was shot by a patrolman when he grabbed for a gun during transport after a rape attack on a pregnant white woman. A crowd gathered at the jail and demanded a confession by 8 o'clock.
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Hopkins
Puckett
J. M. Brook Dies at Brady
James M. Brook, 54, a renowned Hereford breeder and six year president of the Texas Hereford Association, died at his mother Mrs. Lewis Brook's Brady home after months of illness. Funeral from his home Saturday. burial in a local cemetery. Survived by his mother, brother Tommy Brook, two sisters Mrs. Maurice Cohen and Mrs. O. K. Kothmann.
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Brady
James M. Brook
Texas
Tommy Brook
Maurice Cohen
San Antonio
O. K. Kothmann
Lumber yard burns in Texarkana fire loss estimated at 350000
A blaze destroyed the FE A Stewart Lumber Yard and Hardwood Plant covering 25 acres in Texarkana last night, causing an estimated loss of 350000. In Britain the polio outbreak led to cancelation of continental holidays for 6000 children.
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FE. A. Stewart
Britain
London
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