Marshall Presses Latin Aid Stance Before Hemisphere Treaty
Secretary Marshall confronts Latin American aid requests at the Inter American Conference. He cites U S economic commitments in Europe and outlines a policy line for a hemispheric defense treaty. He meets Chilean Foreign Minister Vergara and Argentine Bramuglia to review positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quitandinha
Brazil
Marshall
United States
Europe
Latin America
Argentina
Chile
Jamie Toerres
German Verga
Bramuglia
Be k er Scribes a Path to Freedom Behind Bars
Edwin J Becker, a convict who forged checks, is earning money from writing while imprisoned at the New Jersey State Prison Farm. He has published books and short stories, earned about 35000, and plans marriage while writing to a University of New Mexico employee. The court reduced his term to parole eligibility in August 1948, with earnings partly used for restitution.
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Bordentown
Edwin J. Becker
New Jersey
University of New Mexico
Red Bank
Becker
R. William Lagay
Sing Sing
Buffalo
Toronto
Canada
Lagay
Cable Hill
Colliers
Esquire
Coronet
Pic
Readers Digest
Bertha Klausner
New York
New Jersey Court of Pardons
Southeast Amarillo Seeks Truck Route Shift
Southeast Amarillo residents petitioned the city commission to stop using Arthur Street as a truck route. They cited hazards from gasoline and cattle trucks and traffic and street-width concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llano Cemetery
Hagg
H. E. Wooten
Arthur
Arthur Street
John L. Britain
Houston
Houston Street
Amarillo
City Commission
Lawrence Hagg
Cemetery Shooting Yields Two Year Sentence
Margarito Diaz of Amarillo pleaded guilty in 47th District Court at Canyon to assault with intent to murder for a non fatal shooting at Llano Cemetery of his common law wife Mary Lou Burrola. Judge Henry S. Bishop sentenced Diaz to two years in the penitentiary and Diaz refused counsel. As a prior conviction may bar an appeal from yesterday's sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margarito Diaz
Amarillo
47Th
Canyon
Henry S. Bishop
Llano
Mary Lou Burrola
Security Council Refuses Balkans Solution After Veto
United Nations Security Council admits inability to solve the Balkan crisis after Russia vetoes two US backed proposals. El Khoury says problem referred to the General Assembly, while US deputy notes possible new steps if no solution emerges. Groymyko vetoes include Ireland Portugal Transjordan admissions. both Balkan measures fail 9 to 2.
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Herschel V. Johnson
United States
Greece
Balkan
el Khoury
Russia
Poland
Andrei A. Gromyko
Ireland
Portugal
Transjordan
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Lee Defends Conduct in Italy Against Abuses Charges
Lt. Gen. John C. H. Lee rejects reports of lavish waste and rank misuse in the Mediterranean Theater. He invites reporters to inspect his command in Leghorn where Army officials will audit finances and confirm discipline follows War Department directives.
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Leghorn
Italy
John C. H. Lee
US Army
United States
Army
Rome
Lee
Robert C. Ruark
Scripps-Howard
Sas Quark
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ruark
Ira T. Wyche
Wyche
Reeds
Lesy
War Department
Arrows Wound Indian Girls in Nevada Reservation
Two ambulance attendants report they were blocked by friendly Indians while attempting to remove two gravely ill girls from a Pahrump Valley reservation after they were shot with poisoned arrows. A friend said a medicine man forbade white men from viewing them. sheriff's deputies planned entry if needed. The girls are said to be daughters of Long Jim.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Pahrump Valley
David Forbes
Lester Burt
Bob Lee
Forbes
Lee
Nye County
Long Jim
Rain on Tap At a Price
Des Moines reports Iowa officials received an offer from Aerial Crop Service of Kansas City to make it rain using a plane dropping dry ice. The service costs 45 dollars per hour plus a 100 dollar rain bonus, 500 dollars for a two inch rain, and 1000 dollars for a gully-washer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa State Department of Agriculture
Kansas City
H. A. Herschfield, Jr
Aerial Crop Service, Inc
Secretary of Agriculture
Harry D. Linn
Herschfield
Buried $2400 Missing From Girl's Home Sparks Search
Arcadia California police hunted Aug 19 for 15 year old Alice McLaren and a stash of 2400 dollars missing from a glass jar in the backyard. Detective Orr quoted the McLarens saying the money was saved for the girl's education and he suspected a possible elopement to San Antonio with 19 year old Army Air Corps member William Willman at Randolph Field.
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Arcadia
Cal
Alice McLaren
W. S. Orr
Russell McLaren
Orr
McLaren
San Antonio
William Willman
Army Air Corps
Randolph Field
Burglars Have Santa Claus Idea
Mrs. Nellie Hagans reported to police that burglars in her neighborhood forced the front door but left behind a total of two suits five sport coats five pairs of trousers and four shirts neatly stacked in a closet in the home
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Washington
Nellie Hagans
Cadiz Blast Kills Hundreds and Paralyzes City
A massive explosion at a naval torpedo and mine factory in Cadiz Spain rockets death tolls beyond 300 with estimates of 400 dead and 5 000 injured as hospitals and orphanages collapse. Rescue teams race to recover victims while the city endures blackout and isolation.
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Cadiz
Spain
Duit
Walter
Naval
Echevarrietas
Larrinaga
Cadiz Naval Base
Huelva
Sevilla
Malaga
Independent Oil forms abroad to run Middle East ventures
The American Independent Oil Company, a 100 million dollar enterprise, was announced in Bartlesville. Eleven independents form the group with over one billion dollars in assets, aiming foreign oil operations led by Ralph K. Davies with offices in Washington and San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlesville
Okla
American Independent Oil Company
Middle East
Standard, Gulf
Royal Dutch Shell
Ralph K. Davies
Standard Oil Company of California
K. S. Adams
Sam B. Nasher
J. Howard Marshall
J. S. Abercrombie
Houston
Allied Oil Company
Cleveland
Ashland Oil & Refining Company
Ashland
San Francisco
Globe Oil & Refining Company
Wichita, Kan
Hancock Oil Company of California
Long Beach
Honolulu Oil Corporation
Los Nietos Company
Los Angeles
Phillips Petroleum Company
Sunray Oil Corporation
Tulsa
New Corporation
Adams
Vernon Barrett
Jack Blalock
L. A. Cranson
Davies
Don Emery
Paul Endacott
Russell H. Green
John W. Hancock
Marshall
A. C. Mattei
Mosher
I. A. O'Shaughnessy
Frank Phillips
Will J. Reid
W. W. Vandeveer
C. H. Wright
Delaware
Washington, DC
Attlee Said to Plan Resignation and Bevin as Successor
The Daily Mail reported Prime Minister Clement Attlee may resign for health reasons and nominate Ernest Bevin, foreign secretary, as his successor. If true, Hugh Dalton would become foreign secretary and Stafford Cripps could move to the treasury after the Washington loan talks wrap. Attlee departed London for a Wales vacation.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Clement Attlee
Wilson Broadbent
Mail
Attlee
Ernest Bevin
Labor Party
Great Britain
the Mail
No. 10 Downing Street
Washington
Bevin
Hugh Dalton
Stafford Cripps
Board of Trade
Dalton
Treasury Post
Souces
Atlee
Wales
Amarillo Weather Summary For Wednesday And Thursday
Weather service notes clear nights and mornings with partly cloudy afternoons in Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas sees partly cloudy days with widely scattered thunderstorms and little temperature change. Yesterday’s temperatures ranged from 72 to 93 with a high near 93 and low around 65. Sunrise 6 11 AM Sunset 7 30 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Tim Ois Ae
Texas
Gulf Plains
Indonesians Prepare for Prolonged War in Java
In Batavia Indonesian commander Soedirman orders troops to wage extended fighting to deny Dutch gains and restore sovereignty. Despite a UN truce, clashes persist in Java Sumatra and Madura as Dutch push near Salatiga and Medan areas.
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Batavia
Java
Soederiman
Netherlands East Indies
Indonesia
United Nations Security Council
Jogjakarta
Salatiga
Pangkalandbrandan
Medan
Sumatra
Tandjongpoera
Netherlands Army
Madoera
Jogjakarta Radio
World Federation of Trade Unions
Republic
Sobsi
Organization For
Hague
Amir Sjarifoeddin
Antara
United States Drops Mediation Offer in Indonesia Dutch Conflict
The United States withdrew its proposal to mediate directly between Indonesia and the Netherlands after Indonesia refused the terms. Soviet representatives in Lake Success accused the move of bypassing the United Nations while Indonesia urged UNSC involvement.
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Washington
United States
Indonesia
Lake Success
United States Security Council
United Nations
United Nations Security Council
Security Council
State Department
Four-Eyed Fish Spotted by Smithsonian Biologist
Smithsonian biologist Dr. Robert R. Miller reports a four-eyed fish seen in Guatemala. The fish has eyes split by a septum, with the upper part above water and the lower part underwater. This unique anatomy helps it view both above and below the surface.
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Smithsonian Institution
Robert R. Miller
Guatemala
Miller
Defense plan proposes unified US defense command
Washington reports a plan for an overall defense commander for the United States and a unified staff under the joint chiefs of staff. The Army Navy Journal cites a board study proposing standard clothing, joint personnel and decorations agencies, and a continental defense command with centralized authority.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Secretary of Defense
Army
Navy
Air Force
Army and Navy Journal
Army and Air Force Board
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army Air Forces Board
William E. Hall
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Agency
Joint
Continental
Army-Air Force
Joint Staff
Kin Proves Futile Search for Hyatt in Dalhart
Sheriff W L Stout ended a week long effort to locate relatives of an elderly man who died in a Dalhart hospital. The 88 year old, believed to be street vendor W F Hyatt, arrived by train from Amarillo and used the name Fred. A rent receipt in his glasses case bore the name W F Hyatt.
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Dalhart
W L. Stout
W. F. Hyatt
Fred
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