From 1917 to 1951 What We Share in History
The piece reflects on The Literary Digest June 16 1917 issue and compares World War I era concerns with 1951. It notes debates over Russia China England and socialism, taxation, labor and industry fears, and a recurring cycle of dictatorship and global tension. It concludes humans face similar problems across eras and will endure them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. O. Riley
Blackstone
China
Morris Hillquit
Victor Berger
Stockholm
England
Federal Commission
Raymond B. Fosdick
David Lawrence
US News & World Report
New York Evening Post
Russia
Clipper Restaurant menu era noted in San Francisco record
An 19th century menu from the Clipper Restaurant in San Francisco lists items such as sirloin steak breaded veal chops and tapioca pudding with prices like 10 to 15 cents. The note adds the restaurant is no longer in business and mentions a prior flourish from 1871 to 1884.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Stanberry
Clipper
San Francisco
George W. Dettner
Wage Revision Bid Tanning for Pantex Contracts
Hearings in Amarillo to decide wage scales for Panhandle highway work and road facility classifications at Pantex. Secretaries of Labor will hear two sides in the federal grand jury room, with officials from AGC and Municipal Contractors Association presenting prevailing wage data. Continued on Page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Plains
Pantex Atomic Energy Plant
Secretary of Labor
Panhandle
Pantex
Amarillo
Federal Grand Jury Room
Post Office
W. West Parkinson
Vance Newell
Austin
Texas Highway Bbard
Associated General Contractors of America
R. M. Dixon
Dallas
Municipal Contractors Association, Agc
Martin Harris
Dean Moorehead
Police Hunt Escaped Slayer Williams After Jail Break
Chicago August 15 police squads hunted for Harry Williams a 20 year old Negro after he beat a death sentence by escaping Cook County jail killing guard Turley during his flight Williams 6 feet 2 inches 180 pounds armed with a riot gun he wrested from Turley Sheriff Babb and jail warden Scanlan ordered shoot to kill First Assistant State’s Attorney Green condemned laxity in escape planning and offered a $1000 reward dead or alive Williams had been on death row for the 1950 purse snatching murder of Mrs Mary Scott He escaped by moving to another cell arranging a sheet rope and climbing to the roof and down a vent shaft to the yard and wall outside the 26 foot perimeter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cook County
Harry Williams
Williams
George Turley
John E. Babb
Philip Scanlan
Scanlan
Edwin T Green
Green
Mary Scott
Turley
Body found in cotton field shocks Muleshoe area
The bruised body of Joshua Blocher, 85, was found in a cotton field 11 miles northwest of Muleshoe. Investigators call it murder, with Texas Rangers and a coroner’s inquest planned. A four day search followed his missing report from Progress, the town he founded. Officers found $190 in the cabin, suggesting possible robbery but no sign of a break‑in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muleshoe
Joshua Blocher
Cecil
Clifford Mardis
Ahant
Alalante
Avauy
Uviuek
R. J. Krump
Hugh Freeman
Texas Rangers
Boothe
Blocher
Josh
Lariet
Harold Mardis
Final draft of peace treaty outlined in San Francisco
Aug 15 report notes a final draft peace treaty to be signed in San Francisco amid Cold War tensions. It cites U.S. and Britain reactions to Russia entering the scene, mentions British trade with Red nations and a chorus of political figures including Dirksen supporter activity. Whittaker Chambers faces McCarran inquiries again while Moody gains foreign crisis expertise. England’s trade stance is tempered by expectations of reciprocal returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Britain
San Francisco
Whittaker Chambers
McCarran
Baby
Moody
Michigan
Europe
Racketeer claims O Dwyer hid him before 1945 mayoral race
Irving Sherman testified at the Senate Crime Committee that William F. O Dwyer ordered him to leave New York four to five weeks before the 1945 mayoral election to avoid press exposure. Sherman said the order came via New York detective Jack Gorman, amid whispers of mob and political ties including Frank Costello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Irving Sherman
Senate Crime Committee
Bill O'Dwyer
O'Dwyer
Truman
Admiral Joy
President Truman
Marshall Stalin
Washington
William F. O'Dwyer
O’dwyer
Sherman
Mexico
New
Commodore
Air Force
Jonah Goldstein
Jack Gorman
Gorman
O'Connor
Goldstein
Frank Costello
Love the Lip
Dam Boosters Schedule Another Trip to Capital
Two supporters of the 85 million dollar Canadian River dam near Sanford travel to Washington to press for an early appropriation. Rex Baxter and Clarence Whiteside will meet Texas lawmakers to discuss mechanics and timing. Senators Connally and Johnson and Rep. Mahon join the talks as the project awaits funding blocked by the Korean emergency. Baxter and Whiteside seek definition of emergency in Washington. Continued on Page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford
Washington
Congress
Rex Baxter
Amarillo
Clarence Whitesine
Lupbock
Canadian River Water Users Association
Texas
Walter Rogers
Pampa
Tom Connally
Lyndon Johnson
George Mahon
Lubbock
Baxter
Whiteside
United States
Poland Seeks Return of Sailors From Swedish Port
Poland demanded extradition of 12 Polish sailors who brought a minesweeper to Ystad on August 2 after a Baltic mutiny. Sweden granted asylum to the mutineers and four other Poles who fled by airplane, with five more Poles arriving by fishing boat to Karlshamn. The sailors, mostly enlisted, are lodged at Landskrona citadel with freedom of movement under escort for some.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Poland
Ystad
Sweden
Baltic
Karlshamm
Navy
Landskrona
Potter County Budget for 1952 Tops 3 Million
Potter County plans expenditures of 3,066,725.80 for 1952, up 767,016.47 from 1951, with receipts forecast to fall by 633,106.86. Auditor Boone Moreland released the proposal, filed for public inspection, and a hearing is set for September 10 at 11:00 A.M. in the courthouse commissioners’ courtroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
Boone Moreland
Moreland
Commissioners
Red Chinese force near Kaesong drives on Aug 23
General Ridgway reports 12000 Chinese troops near Kaesong aiming to seize Kimpo airfield near Seoul. Prisoners say a limited objective offensive is planned between Aug 17 and 23 and the force was moved into the area at night with equipment in PW accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivni Post-Hall Syndicate
Tae
Washington
Korea
Ridgway
Kaesong
Kimpo
Seoul
Jap peace terms issued as Dulles vows no Soviet wrecking
Washington August 15 United States and Britain published final terms of the Japanese peace treaty Ambassador John Foster Dulles said Russia cannot force last minute changes by sending a wrecking crew to the signing ceremonies at San Francisco next month The 6500 word draft revises reparations language includes a Japan requested clause pressuring Moscow to account for 340000 missing Japanese POWs The treaty keeps reconciliation principles intact and allows Japan to expand industry and armed forces without treaty limits Nearly fifty nations invited to San Francisco on September 4 to conclude peace on the present terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Yee Britain
John Foster Dulles
Russia
San Francisco
Japan
Dulles
Allies and Reds Meet in Brief Korean Armistice Talks
In Munsan Korea Allied and Communist truce teams held two short sessions totaling under an hour on the buffer zone issue. The UN warned of full scale warfare if talks fail, while helicopters carried the UN delegation to Kaesong and aid of liaison officers continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
Tno
Kaesong
United Nations Command
Defense Department Reveals CIA Style Kill Behind Italian Lines
The Defense Department recounts a 7 year old case of Major William V. Holohan's murder in Italy tied to arms for Italian partisans. Suspects Maj. Holohan’s former associate Aldo Teardi and Sgt. Carl G. LaDolce allegedly plotted to control a fortune and aid communists. The confession details Holohan poisoned with cyanide then shot and dumped in Lake Orta after a dispute over arms to partisans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense Department
Italy
William V. Holohan
Office of Strategic Services
Red Partisans
Aldo Teardi
Pittsburgh
New York City
Carl G. LaDolce
Rochester
Holohan
Ieardi
Holohand
Teardi
LaDolce
Fearch
LoDolee
Ruby
Rochester Institute of Technology
Wa Villa
Hoelohan
LoDolce
Toezini
Amarillo Daytime Club Meetups and Evening Wrestling
A full day list of events in Amarillo includes all day finals from the Vanhandie Women Golfer Association tournament at Amarillo Country Club, various club meetings at the Chamber of Commerce, Youth Center, Herring Hotel, and Globe News Conference Room, plus an 815 PM wrestling event at Amarillo Stadium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanhandie Women Golfer Association
Amarillo Country Club
Veterane Hospital
Amarillo Industrial Plan
Chamber of Commerce
San Jacinto Kiwanis Club
Amarillo Lions Club
Herring
Amarillo Omimist Club
Amarillo
Armiarillo Rotary Club
Amarilo Retail Merchants Association
Globe News
Public
Altrusa Club
Blacksome
Civil Air Patrol
South Hunker
Air Force Base
Reserve Officers Association
Worth
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Germany
J. W. Randolph
Shallowater
Tex
A. J. Kelly
Hudson
District of Columbia
Joseph F. St. Peter
St. Peter
Bill Gilstrap
Marvin Jones
Hub
Wyoming
al Stump
Wes Izzard
Josh Blocher
Freeman
Bill Boothe
Senator Dirksen
Illinois
Pal
O’ Dwyer
York
Herbert R. O'Conner
Maryland
Capital
TODAY
Zack Berch
Meet the Champs
Daily News
Benny Lawrence
W. B. Lawrence
Donna Gail Graham
D. G. Graham
1300 West
Reds
Robert
Alle
Matthew Ridgway
Tokyo
Daily News Almanac
Journal of Commerce
Brooklyn Eagle
Arcturius High
Deneb
Fir
Olver & Wiewins Lor Co
West Firth
Daily News Index
McLemore
Rhine
Hoover
Space Palace
Society
Rardin
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