Western States Await Payoff on Reclamation Programs
The West awaits Congress for large irrigation and hydro power funding. Reclamation officials seek about 535.4 million dollars for next year, rising to 781 million by 1952, with dams and canals to irrigate a mass of land and add substantial power capacity. Senator Gordon urges ample funding for bureaus and engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Reclamation Bureau of the Interior Department
Army Engineers
House Public Lands Committee
Michael W. Straus
Massachusetts
Northwest
Senator Cordon
Oregon
Reclamation Bureau
Barber Shop Quartet Show Charters Amarillo SPEBSQA Chapter
Amarillo High School Auditorium hosted the charter presentation of the Amarillo chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Singing in America. Local groups and visitors performed in a two and a half hour program culminating in a combined chorus from Lubbock, Pampa, and Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo High School
Amarillo
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
Barber Shop
America
Bunny” Shultz
Pampa
Lubbock
Bob Dennis
Bob Hufstedler
Jack Hall
Bobby Robinson
Lubbock, Pampa
Probers Call 1917 Espionage Law Outdated
Washington reports congressional investigators urge immediate overhaul of the 1917 espionage law as gaps allow spying. Nixon and Ferguson press for tightening while Holifield seeks to curb the House Un American Activities Committee. Hiss and Pigman deny charges as Chambers links them to espionage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
California
House UN- American Activities Committee
Congress
Ferguson
Michigan
Senate Investigating Committee
Holifield
Un-American Activities Committee
House
Tom C. Clark
Clark
Budget Bureau
Germany
Japan
Russia
Justice Department
Julian Wadleigh
Alger Hiss
State Department
William Ward Pigman
Bureau of Standards Chemst
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Pigman
Wadleigh
New York
Chambers
National Lawyers Guild
American Jewish League Against Communism, Inc
New York City
Opening of W. L. Taylor & Co. in Amarillo at new home
Amarillo events list a formal opening of W. L. Taylor & Co. at 2200 West Sixth with free prizes from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Also announced is the annual Potter County Agricultural Association committee election in Room 16 of the Post Office building at noon. Advertising Club of Amarillo meets at Old Tascosa in Herring Hotel with 8:00 PM program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Taylor & Co
West Sixth
Potter County Agricultural Association
East Fifth
Advertising Club of
Amarillo
Old Tascosa
Herring Hotel
W. J
Panhandie
Amarillo High School
Globe-News
Amariti College
Badger
Ie Ior Recting
UN Sees Korea Palestine and Berlin In Developments
United Nations ends 12 week Paris session endorsing the Korean government in the American zone while a three nation Palestine commission includes Turkey United States and France. In Berlin Soviet sugar distribution aims to win over residents as China reports a critical railway cut near Nanking. OAS ministers face a 48 hour deadline on Costa Rica Nicaragua invasion response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
United Nations Assembly
Paris
Korea
United Sates
Australia
China
Sweden
New York
Turkey
Security Council
Council of the Organization of American States
OAS
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Rio de Janeiro
Washington
San Jose
Rafael A. Calder
Guardia
Fizueres
Calderon Guardia
What Am I Saying Wages
By Frank Morean the piece discusses living wage concepts in labor disputes noting the difference between the perspective of workers and employers. It observes wages failing to match rising prices even as both sides experience increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Morean
NY Post Corporation
Five Die In Chicago Victoria Hotel Fire
Flames on the fifth floor of the Victoria Hotel at 334 South Clark Street in Chicago killed five people. Eleven injured and 187 evacuated as firefighters confined the blaze to one floor within an hour. Victims include William James Keane Eugene Oyler Allam McCullough Richard W Line and Richard I Alven. An eyewitness helped rescue others from the smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Victoria Hotel
South Clark Street
William James Keane
St. Luke's Hospital
Eugene Oyler
Allam McCullough
Richard W. Line
Richard I. Alven
Great Lakes
Michael J. Corrigan
Keane
George Wilkinson
Rock Island Railroad
Wilkinson
Sanford
Fla
Russells
Taylor
Life magazine banned in Lynn for nude photo
Lynn Massachusetts police banned Life magazine for a picture of two nude girls in a pool. Patrolman Witham called the image an affront to morals and initially ordered dealers to tear out the page before forbidding sale entirely. The image came from an exhibit by the American Society of Magazine Photographers and tied to London Salon of Photography. Meyers Motor Co Chrysler Plymouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Mass
Life Magazine Today
Arthur P. Witham
American Society of Magazine Photographers
Norfolk
England
London Salon of Photography
Life
Boston
Airlines clash over free meals on cross country route
Western Air Lines seeks CAB approval to drop complimentary filet mignon meals citing growing frills, while American Airlines continues offering an elaborate Washington to Chicago dinner service including filet mignon, salad, potatoes, and desserts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Western Air Lines, Inc
American Airlines
Washington-Chicago
Terrell C. Drinkwater
Western Air Lines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Drinkwater
Here
Chicago
Flood Threatens Oregon Town as Willamette Rises
Rain swollen Willamette River nears flood stage threatening Eugene and nearby areas. Officials warn crest levels near 14 feet. 100 trailer families evacuated. four deaths reported from the broader storm and wind damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
Ore
Willamette
Weather Bureau
Glenwood
Red Cross
Pacific
Coquille
Oregon
Salem
Cascade Mountain
Willamette Basin
Willamette Valley
Harrisburg
Middle Valley
Jefferson
Santiam River
Corvallis
Albany
Amarillo Spotlight on Fred Allen Radio Skit
Amarillo gained publicity after a Fred Allen NBC show parody titled Manhat tan Mikado. Two Amarillo tourists ride to New York then head home by Greyhound as the tune Amarillo, Amarillo echoes the town. The News Globe counted ten mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Allen
NBC
KGNC
Allen
Manhattan
Amarillo
New York
Portland
Texas
News-Globe
Tex
US Tax Rules Limit Shifting Gains From High to Low Rates
A Washington report explains how big spenders in radio film and entertainment face unclear rules when selling property versus personal services for tax. It notes Eisenhower's book sale used a capital gains treatment, but many cases depend on whether proceeds come from property, services, or a disguised transaction. If income plus gains stay under 40,000 dollars straight income tax often remains cheaper than capital gains rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Santa Claus
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Amos ‘N' Andy
Revenue Bureau
Eisenhower
Europe
Messiah Performance Shines Despite Auditorium Noise
Handel’s oratorio Messiah returned to Amarillo with a 500 voice chorus directed by Emil F. Myers in Municipal Auditorium. Despite poor acoustics and a noisy audience, soloists Helen Paxton Kight Howard R. Dill and Lean der Campbell delivered memorable parts as the Nativity celebration continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Frederick Handel
Amarillo
Panhandle
Municipal Auditorium
Emil F. Myers
Helen Paxton Kight
Zion
Community events calendar for multiple Texas towns
Noon Plainview hosts a meeting of the League Texas Municipalities at Hilton Hotel. Tulsa corner stone laying for Masonic Lodge. Fort Sumner High School football banquet. Dumas Rotary Club charter presentation and dinner. Childress Greenbelt Officials banquet with Orley Jennings speaker. Mule Shoe Bailey County Water Conservation Association meeting. First high school band concert. Boer Dinds Coaches dinner with Bert... University of New combo. Southwestern Swine Breeders Association annual meeting. Tulsa stage show Personality Portraits sponsored by Storm Windows and Storm Dogis.
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Plainview
Texas
Hilton Hotel
Tulsa
Masonic Lodge Hall
Fort Sumner
Fort Sumner High School
DUMAS
Pico
Dumas Rotary Club
To Woods
Littlefield
127Th District
Rotary International
Gallewe
Bert Wute Eer
University of Newco
Pal
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Salt Lake City
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Okla
Ask ‘Lighter
Spy Law
Dents Amil
Jim Restine
Roy Lowe
Charley Reeves
Ahsa Capella
Julia Dean Evans
Lions International
Fred Waring
Tetratones
Phillips
Emil Kuchera
Herman Oches
Howard Castleman
Bob Barnes
Melody Menders
Spebsqsa
Knox Bartee
Harold Payne
Curly” Minniear
Calvin Jones
Richard Richards
Texas Tech Quartet
Charley Nolan
Gene Alford
Robert Weisz
Jimmie Holmes
Squeaky Door Four
Chick Hickman
Bunny Schultz
Mmm
Amarillo Daily News
Wires Three
Associated Three
DACME
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Holy City
Cairo
Alazhar University
Palestine
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Middle East
Arab Palestine
Nanking
Hwai River
Yangtze
Chiashan
Florence S. Moore
Kingston
Little Red
Henry Freuler
Frank Coffey
Meyers Motor Co
Chrysler-Plymouth
Edward J. Lada
Newark
Ruth Reicki
Berlin
Nancy
Lada
Ruth
Mee
High Plains
Oliver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
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