Bilbo Filibuster Tests Senate Seat Seizure Plans
Senate Republicans move to bar Bilbo from taking his seat with a door challenge as Southern Democrats vow to debate a week or more. Southern leaders claim state rights justify blocking Bilbo amid charges he intimidated black voters and misused war contracts.
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Washington
Mississippi
Senate
Maybank
South Carolina
United States
Bridges
New Hamphire
New Rules Committee
Brooks
Illinois
Brooks’ Committee
Brooks Committee
Senatate
Ex-Convict Sought In Disappearance Of OSU Professor's Daughter
A nationwide search unfolds for Mary Virginia Kimberly, 20, missing after being lured from her Columbus home by Robert Haine Hemming, an ex-convict with a long crime record in California Georgia and Texas. Prof E. E. Kimberly and police confirm Hemming as the suspect.
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E. E. Kimberly
Mary Virginia Kimberly
Kimberly
Robert Haine Hemming
California
Georgia
Texas
Hemming
Ohio State
Sarah Hemming
Ohio State Bureau of Identification
Robert N. Hemming
Upper Arlington
Berry harvest under way in Rio Grande valley
In the Valley, strawberries begin winer harvest on a 100 acre tract near La Villa, grown by veteran grower Orval Stites. The report notes the start of winter harvest in this region and identifies the producer.
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LA Villa
Rio Grande Valley
Orval Stites
Texas Traffic Toll Near 2 000 Mark
Texas traffic deaths in 1946 are expected to total about 2 000 after all reports. Col. Homer Garrison, director of the State Department of Public Safety, said the latest count is 1 910 and the toll is the third highest in state history. He blamed reckless driving and ignored warnings.
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Austin
Texas
Homer Garrison
State Department of Public Safety
Garrison
Winter Storm Paralyzes Panhandle Roads With Zero Target
Warnings issued as wind driven snow at 35 mph swirls across the Panhandle, causing drifts and highway closures from Amarillo to east routes. Three deaths and multiple injuries reported from crashes. zero temperatures forecast with highs near 21 and lows around 6. Airline travel suspended. Lubbock route threatened. rail service delayed. Several separate wrecks near Canyon, Hereford, and Claude linked to hazardous conditions.
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Amarillo
Groom
McLean
Pampa
Claude
Lubbock
English Field
Jean Speed Tyler
Clarendon
Dr. Goodall
Silver City
Daniels
Mercy Train Rescues 10 From Snowbound Motorists in Jericho Gap
A Rock Island mercy train No 111 rescued ten stranded motorists near Jericho and Rockledge after a blizzard blocked Highway 66. About 57 cars were stalled along the tracks three miles east of Jericho. Rescued passengers were fed hot meals in Groom and warmed by the diner as temperatures dropped to six degrees above zero in Amarillo.
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E. C. Boynton
L. B. Burris
Amarillo
McLean
A. E. Gruhlkey
Mr. Lawrence
Lake McClelland
Couple Arrested In Rent Racket in Texas Cities
A man and woman accused of a rent swindle in at least five Texas cities including Amarillo were arrested separately in Ohio on mail fraud charges. They ran for rent ads, took advance payments, and vanished after handing keys to would‑be tenants. Ventures linked to Lubbock Dallas San Antonio Fort Worth and Shreveport. Proceeding to return them to Houston for trial.
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Ohio
H. M. McMillan
McMillan
Lubbock
Dallas
San Antonio
Shreveport
Cincinnati
Columbus
Houston
Missouri Bank
Ernest
North van Buren
Amarillo Weather: Cold Start Then Clearing and Mild Weekend
The Weather Bureau reports a near zero low Friday morning with clearing skies and diminishing winds. Friday and Saturday bring continued cold but more sun and near 50 in western Texas, with a colder Friday except in the Panhandle and South Plains warmer Saturday afternoon. New Mexico sees snow in the northern high country with highs 30 to 40.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Texas Rails Seek 17 Percent Increase in Freight Charges
Texas rail carriers ask the Texas Railroad Commission for a 17 percent intrastate freight rate rise to match interstate increases. testimony cites higher wages and operating costs since 1939, with estimates showing total intrastate gains around 14.28 million dollars, facing mixed industry opposition including lumber and sand firms.
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Robert Thompson
Fort Worth
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Glenn F. Vivian
Statistical Bureau
Western Lines
Chicago
Vivian
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Ernest Thompson
Olin
Culberson
Hills glow as 80th Congress convenes and tax cut debated
The 80th Congress opens with party leaders selected in both chambers. Knutson of Minnesota prioritizes a 20 percent personal income tax cut, aiming to trim 3.5 billion dollars in 1947. Sam Rayburn becomes Democratic House floor leader while Republicans pick Halleck as their floor leader. The Senate names Vandenberg presiding and Wherry as whip. Barkley is minority leader. President Truman frames State of the Union focus on anti strike, taxes, training, and trade.
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Illinois
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Ohio
Clarence J. Brown
Senate
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Kentucky
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Ilinois
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Wallace White
Maine
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
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Truman
United States
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Rayburn
Martin
John McCormack
Massachusetts
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Joseph W. Martin, Jr
State of the Union
Congress
Truman Farley ticket boom hinted by Woodring
TOPEKA Kan Jan 2 Former Secretary of War Harry H Woodring said he aided a movement to boom James A Farley as a running mate for President Truman in 1948 He noted Farley would form the strongest Democratic ticket and referenced a New York Daily News report of an openly launched boom at the Jefferson Day dinner in New York He added he has been a close friend and admirer of Farley since 1932.
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Kan
Harry H. Woodring
James A. Farley
Truman
Woodring
Kansas
Roosevelt
Farley
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