Crump Political Dynasty Falls in Tennessee Primary
In Tennessee, E. H. Crump backed machines in Memphis and Polk County crumble as Kefauver wins Senate nomination and Gordon Browning takes the governorship. Official tallies show Kefauver leading with 152,489 votes to Mitchell’s 78,596, while Browning edges McCord 214,465 to 160,142. Troopers moved into Benton after a second ambush amid ongoing election violence.
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Tenn
E. H. Crump
Memphis
Tennessee
Crump
Thhrashing
National Guard
Benton
Polk
Good Government _League
Kefauver
Itchell Mi
Stewart
Bro
McCord
Diplomats Meet Molotov in Kremlin Amid Optimistic Yet Noncommittal Mood
Western diplomats led by American British and French envoys met Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov for three hours at the Kremlin and left smiling but noncommittal. Reports circulated of proposals for a Big Four meeting while Berlin and Paris reported tensions over air violations and French evacuations. In France Premier Mollet sought emergency powers to tackle finances as Canada’s Mackenzie King announced he would not be drafted.
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Associated Press
V. M. Molotov
Kremlin
London
Stalin
Foreign Ministers Council
US State Department
Washington
Berlin
Russia
Danube
Andrei Vishinsky
Europe
Andre Marie
National Assembly
France
Anada
W. L. MacKenzie King
Liberal Party
Ottawa
Final Showing Of Rigoletto At Adams Home Gardens
Second night performance of Rigoletto was held Friday at the home of R W Adams 2214 Hayden in his garden. Ray McDermott led the title role and acted as coach and linguist for the group with Monty Rosenwald as narrator.
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R. W. Adams
Hayden
Adams
Ray McDermott
McDermott
Monty Rosenwald
East Texas County Reunion Invites Former Residents
Hopkins County residents and former residents are invited to a reunion at McKenzie Park this Sunday afternoon. Roy Hooten, president of the East Texas County Reunion Association, says a basket lunch will be served and watermelon between 2 and 6 o'clock.
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Plains
Hopkins County
McKenzie Park
Roy Hooten
East Texas County
Plainview teens steal cars to fund burglaries across four cities
A gang of teen boys in Plainview pulled off burglaries in Plainview Lubbock Amarillo and Orton amassing over 170000 in cash bonds and merch. In Lubbock they took 168500 in non negotiable bonds from Kuykendall Chevrolet with only a five cent piece in cash. A 18 year old Loyd Farmer faced charges while a 16 year old Plainview boy faced a juvenile petition.
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Plainview
Lubbock
Amarillo
Orton
Urithawt Tha Beawsladan Af
WaAlLuVh
Luis Aly Wituys
le Cui Uwtiet
Kuykendall Chevrolet Company
Jarvis-Tull
Ameen and McCreary
Kuykendall
Loyd Farmer
Paris
Ameen and McCreary Supply Company
Farmer
What Am I Saying
Comedic quip on time and gender roles. A line joking that a wife asks the question which story is it this time at midnight. Attributed to Frank Morcan with a 1948 copyright notice.
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Frank Morcan
N. ¥. Post Corp
Metropolitan Opera Cancels Winter Season
A Metropolitan Opera Association spokesman said it is utterly impossible to present an operatic season this winter despite unions and workers efforts to avert a closure. George A Sloan, president of the opera board, said it was too late to reconsider and notified Stars that their services are not required.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera Association
Metropolitan
Association
George A. Sloan
Opera Board
Sloan
Parmer County Hospital Joins Blue Cross System
Friona Aug. 6 Parmer County Community Hospital has joined the Texas Blue Cross Hospital plan officials announce. The affiliation expands services to more people and Blue Cross members and may spur hospital insurance memberships. Benefits include 30 days of hospital care per member with 90 extra days at half benefits coverage for drugs operating room and other stay expenses.
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Friona
Parmer County Community Hospital
Texas Blue Cross
Parmer Hospital
Blue Cross
Shaw Winsor Divorce Fight Moves Ahead
Artie Shaw filed affidavits opposing Kath leen Winsor's counter claim for alimony and counsel fees in the divorce case. Winsor seeks 500 weekly temporary alimony and 10,000 in fees to press her separation counter claim. The couple wed in October 1946. Shaw’s sixth marriage, Winsor’s second.
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New York
Artie Shaw
Kathleen Winsor
Stanley J. Dorman
Shaw
Miss Winsor
Amber
State Supreme Court
Dorman
Supreme Court
US Sent Uranium to Russia in War Time Says McDowell
Representative McDowell told the House that the United States shipped a significant amount of uranium metal to Russia by 1945, following 2720 pounds of uranium compounds in 1943. He spoke as the Un American Activities Committee pursued sensational hearings on wartime espionage and a secret witness rendezvous. Senate probes paused amid loyalty file disputes linked to alleged Communist infiltration.
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Washington
United States
Russia
McDowell
Pennsylvania
The
House
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Mundt
South Dakota
Senate
Ferguson
Michigan
Truman
Planes Crash Kills Four Randolph Fliers Near San Antonio
Four fliers from Randolph Air Force Base died when two AT-6 trainer planes collided during a routine training mission north of San Antonio. The crash occurred about 8:30 AM near the Austin highway, seven miles south of New Braunfels. Victims: First Lt. Jack M. Horner, Second Lt. Richard E. Keeler, Aviation Cadet Robert E. Bialas, and First Lt. Ray M. Hammett. Investigating officers and emergency crews reached the scene within minutes. cause unspecified as the sky was clear.
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San Antonio
Randolph Air Force Base
Here
Austin Highway
New Braunfels
Jack M. Horner
Teague
Tex
Richard E. Keeler
Robert E. Bialas
Birmingham
Ala
Ray M. Hammett
Dallas
Norman Traverso
Randolf Field
Traverse
Canyon Woman Taken to Hospital After Accident
Miss Effie Farmer of Canyon was admitted to Northwest Texas Hospital Friday evening about 4 45 for minor injuries from a collision at Georgia and Wolflin. Her niece June Merchant, about 13, also treated for minor injuries and released. Ambulance crew N S Griggs Sons transported them. details not available Friday night.
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Effie Farmer
Canyon
Northwest Texas
Georgia
Wolflin
Farmer
June Merchant
N. S. Griggs & Sons Ambulance
Brother of Amarillo Man Injured in Fall
W. W. Kuykendall, about 60, suffered hip and shoulder injuries after a fall in the Barfield Building basement. He, a brother of John Kuykendall of Amarillo, tripped on a stool and toppled. He was taken to Veterans Hospital by Boxwell Brothers ambulance. condition listed as not serious. The accident happened shortly after 5 p.m.
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Barfield
John Kuykendall
Amarillo
Kuykendall
Veterans Hospital
Boxwell Brothers Ambulance
Sears Roe Buck and Company July Sales Rise 26.5 Percent
Sears Roebuck and Company reports July sales of 186,792,996 dollars, up 26.5 percent from July 1947. Six months ended July 31 total 1,122,085,543 dollars, a 23.4 percent increase from last year.
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Chicago
Sears Roebuck and Company Today
Congress Prepares To Leave It To The 22
Senate advances housing and anti inflation measures as Congress moves toward adjourning. GOP leaders push to end wartime controls with a 2 PM Saturday vote on the anti inflation bill and a housing package. Taft signals caution on deflation risks while McCarthy crafts a compromise to bypass slum clearance and subsidized projects.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
House
Texas
White House
Taft
Ohio
McCarthy
Wisconsin
NBC Bars New Giveaway Shows Pending FCC Rules
NBC announced it would stop airing any new giveaway type programs until the Federal Communications Commission clarifies rules on radio contests. The FCC proposed standards to determine legality under the Communications Act lottery prohibition, while NBC and other networks welcomed clearer guidance. WOR president Theodor Streibert urged balanced programming to avoid overemphasis on prizes.
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New York
National Broadcasting Co
Federal Communications Commissions
FCC
NBC
Theodor Streibert
WOR
Streibert
Mutual
Prices on Food Will Go Higher
The Agriculture Department said food prices are likely to rise in the next months led by meats and livestock. Two factors push prices up while overall consumption this year remains slightly below the past two years but higher than pre war averages. Late summer and fall should bring more chicken turkey fresh fruits vegetables sweet potatoes beans and rice though meat eggs and dairy may be tighter until October. Prospects for 1948 crops brighten but not enough to change this year’s consumption.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Child Patient Improves at St. Anthony’s Hospital
Robert Dwayne Reid, a 6 year old admitted Thursday with pneumonia, shows improved condition Friday afternoon. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Percy Reid of 1404 North East Eighth.
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Robert Dwayne Reid
St. Anthony's Hospital
Percy Reid
North East Eighth
Paducah Cleans Up After Poliomyelitis Surge
Paducah residents join mayor pro tem Elzie Jones in a mass cleanup after nine polio cases and several under observation. Health officer Dr. Harmon notes three typhoid cases quarantined. W D Powers urges nationwide action. Huburt Lee assigns precinct captains and DDt spray units to targets with 100 trucks hauling trash by noon.
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Paducah
Hubert Lee
Jim Conway
Audrey Russell
Cattle County
Jack Russell
Dick Reed
Harry
Daily News
Elzie Jones
Pro
F. C. Harmon
W. D. Powers
State Health Department
Lubbock
Powers
Mr. Powers
Mr. Lee
Roy Powell
Paducah Motor Company
Rex Keys
Keys Hardware Store
Keys
Frank Bullard
Shorty Long
Long
Cottle County
Jack Hamrick
C. C. Pate
Wreckage Believed From French Flying Boat Found
Wreckage charred and splintered, including seats, found off the African coast in the south Atlantic is believed to be from the Air France Latecreere 631 missing with 62 aboard. The Campbell cutter reported debris strewn across a sea of wreckage and fire likely caused the loss.
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South Atlantic
US Coast Guard
Campbell
Air France
Martinique
West Africa
Dakar
Coast Guard
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers expected Saturday and Sunday across Amarillo, West Texas, and New Mexico. Temperatures show little change with highs near 80 to 100 degrees in various regions and extended forecast calls for 2-3 degree above normal averages with light precipitation and no major daily changes.
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Encooe
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Texas
Gulf Plains
Youth Who Shot At Bishop Is Held
Frederick S. Pike, 19, of Boston, admitted firing at Suffragan Bishop Raymond A. Heron and killing 17 year old Paul Zayka at the prelate's home. He robbed the bishop, then struck Zayka with an ax and took $25 and car keys. Pike pleaded not guilty and was held without bail in Clinton District Court.
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Mass
Raymond A. Heron
Frederick S. Pike
Boston
Paul
Zayka
Pike
Bishop Heron
Higgins
Clinton
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