Truman credits GOP with one and a half billion savings
President Truman, reviewing the budget, cites a 1.5 billion saving credited to Congress while warning that continued high prices taxes income and employment forecasts could yield a larger treasury surplus. He predicts a current year spending of 37 billion and a 4.667 billion surplus next June 30.
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Truman
Republican Congress
Treasury
Jet Executive
Congress
Uncle Sam
GOP
Atomic Energy Commission
Fight Flares as Fire Flickers in Electra Feud
Smoke from a trash fire sparked a two family brawl in Electra on Sunday. A 72-year-old man his 70-year-old wife their 45-year-old son and a middle aged couple with their 21-year-old daughter clashed with the younger family. Deputy Fraker intervened and a rake was used as a weapon. The elderly man later collapsed from heat while two of the younger family were treated at a doctor’s office. Peace bonds were ordered for five participants with the 70-year-old woman excluded.
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Electra
Harold Fraker
Plywood for Cabinets From Olver and Wiggins Lumber Co
Cabinets require plywood sourced from Olver and Wiggins Lumber Co located at 1200 W. The ad notes inventory and pricing details for cabinetry projects.
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Olver & Wiggins Lbr_ Co
Moons Blame Sun For Fowl Increase
In Dallas a family story tells how three baby bantam chicks appeared after Mrs Moon, returning from an absence, found eggs spoiled by sun heat. The husband had forgotten to gather eggs, leading to the unexpected hatchlings.
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Dallas
J. B. Moons
Hubby
Oil Allowable At Record High
The Texas Railroad Commission set a September oil allowable at an all time high permitting daily Texas crude output of 2,341,526 barrels. The increase follows adjustments to district days and regional baselines, with West Texas and East Texas fields seeing day changes to 25 and 21 respectively. The report lists district by district changes in allowable production from August.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas
US Bureau of Mines
West Texas
East Texas
Southwest Texas
Gulf Coast
East Central
East Texas Field
West Central Texas
North Texas
Panhandle
AT&T Seeks 350 Million Loan to Expand Phone Service
New York August 20 AT&T plans to borrow over 350 million dollars to meet unprecedented demand for telephone service and to upgrade facilities. The move would push total borrowings near a billion in under two years, with stockholders to approve on October 15.
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At&t
New York
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
United States
Iste. Ie
Bell System
Navy Skystreak Sets World Speed Record At Mojave
Navy announces the C-558 Skystreak reached 640.7 mph over 1.86 miles near Muroc Army Base with Commander Turner F. Caldwell Jr. piloting. The four runs averaged to set a new record, eclipsing the 623.738 mph Army P-80 Shooting Star mark. Caldwell wore a pressure suit to prevent blackout during the high G test.
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Washington
Navy
Mojave Desert
Navy Department
Army Air Base
Dry Muroc Lake
Cal
Turner F., Caldwell, Jr
Arlington
National Aeronautical Association
Douglas
Allison
General Motors Corp
Caldwell
Amarillo Nears Acquisition of Amarillo Army Air Field
Amarillo moves toward obtaining 26 field buildings and maintenance facilities at the Amarillo Army Air Field in a $2,000,000 property deal with the War Assets Administration. The agreement, awaiting ratification, could grant possession in 25 to 30 days and unlock extensive airport expansion using federal runway funds and city matching funds.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Army Air Field
Lawrence Hagg
Ira Stephenson
Bud Curtis
War Assets Administration
Carroll Frye
WAA
Grand Prairie
Frye
Ross E. White
Tom Clark
Amarillo Explores English Field Expansion and Airport Uses
City officials toured English Field and discussed acquiring property to create a park and recreation area with swimming pools. Plans include attracting airlines to Amarillo as a terminal stop with shops and plane storage, plus potential National Guard and hospital rehabilitation uses.
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Carl Knupp
Amarillo
English Field
Trans-World Airlines
Bran
Iff International Airways
Pioneer Airlines
Knupp
National Guard
WAA
Amarillo Army Air Field
Frye
White
Britain Rations Dollar Reserves Amid World Trade Strain
Washington reports Britain imposed emergency dollar rationing under the 850 million loan terms. Sir Wilfred Eady indicated Britain may cut imports further and redraw up to 150 to 200 million from remaining funds, with many trade agreements to be rewritten.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Wilfred Eady
Dispatches
London
Hugh Dalton
Washington Treasury
Henry Wallace Plans Crosses With Russian Strawberries
Henry A Wallace says in New Republic he will cross his vigorous New York strawberries with a Russian pistillate variety and later send some offspring back to Russia. At Farvue Farm he conducts strawberry and chicken experiments to improve food and promote peace and plenty for all.
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New York
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
New Republic Magazine
Wallace
Orater
Kid Ghost Returns From Dead In Los Angeles Street Tale
Twelve year old Billy Gilbert now goes by Kid Ghost among friends on Knox Avenue Los Angeles. The nickname stems from a grim highway crash near Amarillo on August 9 that killed Joseph F. Johnson of Texhoma and a man tentatively identified as Donald Louis Drobeck of St Louis as Billy and his parents Mr and Mrs J T Gilbert were involved at the time.
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Billy Gilbert
Kid Ghost
Knox Avenue
Los Angeles
Amarillo
Joseph F. Johnson
Texhoma
Donald Louis Drobeck
St. Louis
Billy
J.T. Gilbert
Mystery surrounds two carnival deaths and identity mix up
Investigating officers seek ID for Drobeck found with Billy Gilbert card from Los Angeles. Billy had been killed in a wreck and his parents with relatives in Panhandle traced the clipping. Drobeck, linked to the carnival, remains unidentified. fingerprints sent to FBI and VA.
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Billy
Julius Meaker
Panhandle
Meaker
Pampa
Drobeck
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Veterans Administration
Washington, DC
Tax Board Speeds Hearings Amid Split Sessions
The city and school tax board ongoing hearings split into two informal groups to speed taxpayer access. Chairman Hugo Loewenstern and members led parallel discussions while addressing equity in property assessments based on Amarillo’s 90 000 parcels with 1942 as a basis and depreciation rules.
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Tax Board
Hugo Loewenstern
P. V. Alexander
Gus
Loewenstern
Amarillo
Dallas
George Ehrenborg
Erik Ehrenborg
OPA
Thomsen
Extermination Campaign Report in Punjab Riots
Maj. Gen. T. W. Rees reports underground leaders orchestrating a systematic massacre in riot torn Punjab. Amritsar and Lahore show mass destruction with refugees still housed in camps. Two British officers killed amid renewed violence as Hindus Sikhs and Muslims flee and perish.
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G. Milton Kelly
Lahore
Pakistan
T. W. Rees
Punjab
Amritsar
India
Fez
Amarillo Weather Outlook Thaws Slightly With Evening Showers
The Weather Bureau reports conditions in Amarillo and vicinity will be partly cloudy with fair skies on Thursday and Friday. Temperatures remain steady with little change, while West Texas sees scattered thundershowers and no major temperature shifts. Sunrise is 6:11 AM and sunset 7:29 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Woman and Dog Repel Prowler in Polk Neighborhood
Mrs. George Thomas and Smoky the two year old cocker spaniel frightened off a prowler who tried to scale the back fence on Tenth Avenue. She fired once over the intruder's head as he fled west, wearing overalls and a blue shirt, leaving faint smoke from his shoes.
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George Thomas
North Polk
Smoky
Mrs. Thomas
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