Marines to sail from Morehead City for Mediterranean service
The Navy announced that a group of Marines from the Second Division will depart Morehead City, North Carolina, on January 6, 1948, to join the USS Midway and three light cruisers in the Mediterranean. The move, officially described as a training augmentation, aims to restore shipboard personnel toward normal complements amid ongoing under staffing.
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Navy
Morehead City
Mediterranean
Midway
Piraeus
Greece
Naples
Italy
Portsmouth
Genoa
Providence
Leghorn
Little Rock
Adm
Bernhard Bieri
K. D. Bailey
Gyatt
Salonika
Leary
Trieste
Steinaker
Vogelsang
Geno
Dyess
Venice
H. J. Ellison
Gearing
E. A. Greene
Co. R. Ware
Break in Main Floods Gotham Stops Subway
A burst 4 foot water main on the upper West Side flooded Manhattan causing a morning power shutdown that halted the Broadway Seventh Avenue IRT line for 4 hours 45 minutes. Dozens of basements flooded and 9,000 rush hour riders were led to safety as emergency crews pumped water from the tunnel and service between Times Square and Sixth Avenue remained down.
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New York
Manhattan
Subway
88Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Upper West Side
Times Square
42Nd Street
6Th Street
Landmark Is Now Barfield Building
The Oliver Eakle Building, a 1927 Amarillo landmark at Sixth and Polk, was renamed the Barfield Building effective Thursday. Owned by the Barfield family, the 10 story structure now houses offices of local lawyers doctors and businessmen.
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Oliver Eakle
Amarillo
Sixth and
Polk
Barfield
B. I. Barfield
Polk Street
What Am I Saying Conceit Showdown by Frank Moreau
A 1948 newspaper brief notes a conceited man is said to suffer from I-strain. It adds that many a show-off can be shown up in a showdown, per The New York Post Corp. copyright line.
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Frank Moreau
N.Y Post Corp
Mother's plea for sick boy ends Colorado manhunt
In Canon City a 7 year old boy’s illness prompts James Sherbondy to surrender after a long night of terror. The last Colorado Prison escapee coerced the Bauer family into their home before agreeing to go quietly when police closed in.
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Colorado
Canon City
Colo
James Sherbondy
Little
Siberia
Stone
Sherbondy
Boy Best
Jerry Bauer
George Bauer
Garden Park
Bauer
Cement Company
Myrna
Taft urges GOP unity on European recovery plan
Senator Taft of Ohio urged Republican unity on a GOP version of the Marshall Plan. He favors limiting foreign aid to about five billion dollars for the year starting July 1 and cautions against supporting the Truman proposal in its current form. Taft plans to convene the Senate Republican Policy Committee to review the foreign aid program ahead of Foreign Relations hearings.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Marshall
Germany
Congress
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
House
White House
Europe
Millikin
Colorado
Senate Finance Committee
Eastern ice storm dumps crippling blow across dozen states
The storm blankets the eastern half of the nation with ice and snow, knocking out power lines, halting travel and communications, and causing millions in damages. Illinois reports 1.2 million dollars in telephone losses, 3,500 poles down. New Jersey calls conditions the worst in memory. New York and Chicago exchanges suspend operations. several waterways, stores, and transit services close as freezing rains and heavy snow accumulate. Deaths attributed to the storm reach five in Michigan and many communities face isolation and emergency power use.
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Associated Press
Texas-Oklahoma
New England
Illinois
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Iowa
New Jersey
Jersey Centre, Power and Light Company
New York
Seaboard
Newark
L. Bamberger & Co
Kresge’s
Michigan
Detroit
Kansas
Missouri
Wisconsin
Carey accuses State Dept of fear over Communist labor talks
James B. Carey CIO secretary treasurer bluntly accuses the State Department of being too scared to let Communists attend labor meetings. He says the department blocked CIO plans for the Congress of the World Federation of Trade Unions to be held in Chicago next summer.
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Washington
James B. Carey
CIO
State Department
Carey
Department
Congress of the
World Federation of Trade Unions
Chicago
Ing
Brussels
French Labor Federation
New York
Paris
Wall Street
Weather Outlook Amarillo and West Texas Saturday
The Weather Bureau reports fair conditions across Amarillo and vicinity with warmer temperatures on Saturday and a cooling trend by late Sunday. West Texas also stays fair and warmer on Saturday, with a Panhandle and South Plains rise followed by a cooling trend later Sunday, and a slight chance of precipitation overall.
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US Weather Bureau
Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Texas
Gulf Plains
Carey
Plan To Unkink Traffic Tangles Ready for City
Amarillo plans to submit a master plan for streets and highways to the city commission early next week. The plan focuses on in city traffic about 90 percent of movement and routing of highways. Oscar Koch, planning engineer, prepared the skeleton of the system and studied a Texas Highway Department origin study. The planning commission approved the plan and Jimmie James was authorized to prepare a covering letter.
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Amarillo
City Commission
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Jimmie James
Oscar Koch
Koch
Dallas
Mr. Koch
Texas Highway Department
Clifford McMurtry
West Twelfth
Bryan
McMurtry
Tenth
Georgia
James
John Armstrong
Wood Jackson
Mr. James
Amarillo Banks Hit New Deposit Record at Year End
The three national banks in Amarillo reported total deposits of 102,121,022.26 as of December 31, 1947, up 13,141,394.36 from 1946. Loans climbed to 21,433,305.22 from 16,849,418.75, reflecting increased borrowing and year end expenses amid a prior peak above 100 million since last July.
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Amarillo
Missing Co ed Sought Here
MERCHANTVILLE New Jersey January 2 search was under way for Barbara Virginia Berry 18 from New Brunswick a State Teachers College sophomore reported missing from her home since New Year s Eve Her father Lloyd H Berry a heating and plumbing contractor said he last saw her Wednesday afternoon as she left for a New Year s Eve party in Drexel Hill Pennsylvania He said she might have gone to California a place she visited with her mother after high school graduation in 1946 State police teletype sent to Chicago St Louis and Amerilla to join the search
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Merchantville
Barbara Virginia Berry
New Brunswick
State Teachers College
Lloyd H. Berry
Drexel Hill
Philadelphia
Berry
California
New Jersey
Chicago
St. Louis
Amerilla
Cabbage Advised Against Cold Weather Chill
Indiana health official urges cabbage as a cheap vitamin C source to fight winter cold. Nutritionist Miss Lelia Ogle cites cabbage as plentiful and rich in vitamin C, alongside citrus, canned tomatoes, and raw vegetable salads to ward off the shivering.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Health
Lelia Ogle
House set to pass tax reduction bill this month
Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr. said the House will move a tax cut this month as Congress reconvenes. Knutson's plan seeks a 5.6 billion dollar cut, removing about 7.4 million low income and elderly from tax rolls. Senate views uncertain.
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Washington
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
House
Congress
Tax changes expand personal exemptions and elder relief
The report outlines rising personal exemptions from 500 to 600 dollars and extends elder exemptions. It notes a general application of the community property principle allowing spouses to split family income for lower tax rates. It also mentions increased exemptions for older individuals.
Martin To Run If He's Pushed Declares Nominating Candidacy Not Likely
Speaker Martin of Massachusetts said he is not a candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination and does not expect to become one. He added he would not decline the nomination if pressed, amid a campaign by Rep. Leo Allen of Illinois to push him forward.
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Washington
Martin
Massachusetts
Leo Alien
Ilinois
Schuman on Skids as France Talks Aid Deal
Paris January 2 AP The government of Premier Robert Schuman faces possible collapse over an unpopular income tax bill to raise 125 billion francs while securing U.S. aid. Schuman submitted a compromise measure and warned he would resign if it fails. parliament plans an all-night session as rightist deputies demand changes amid a treaty delivering 522 million dollars in aid to France Italy and Austria with a currency fund to manage aid costs.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
Chamber of
Depu
Finance Commission of the
Assembly
United States
Congress
France
Italy
Austria
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Rail freight carloads drop during Christmas week
Washington January 2 The Association of American Railroads reports 599357 revenue freight cars loaded in the Christmas week ending last Saturday a drop of 232773 cars 28 percent from the prior week. Compared with the year ago week there is a 28610 car decrease 4.6 percent and a rise of 93380 cars 18.5 percent from two years ago.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Cop Subdues Man Under Train After Suicide Attempt
In New York at the 59th Street Lexington Avenue station a man identified as Joseph Giannola leapt before a moving train. Patrolman Timothy Long and Patrolman John Cully crawled under the halted car to stop him as the third rail was shut off. Giannola was taken to Bellevue Hospital for mental observation.
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New York
Joseph Giannola
59Th Street
Lexington Avenue
Timothy Long
Long
John Cully
Giannola
Bellevue Hospital
Employment Totals Echo Plains Boom
The Panhandle and South Plains show a strong 1947 employment picture with 170,000 people employed by December, up from 128,000 in 1941. Amarillo District saw postwar economic uncertainty fade as agricultural and industrial growth peaked, with 12,691 veterans, 4,755 women, and 8,698 non veterans placed in jobs in 1947.
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Panhandle
South Plains
F. A. Wells
FR We | WR Ta
Mr. Wells
Amarillo
Employment Service Division
Wells
Fire damages Sooner Capitol in Oklahoma City
A basement storeroom fire at the Oklahoma State Capitol caused heavy smoke damage to the Supreme Court chamber and the House of Representatives chamber. The blaze was confined to the storeroom, destroying electrical equipment worth several hundred dollars. damage to the chambers will require redecorating. Fire Chief G R McAlpine blamed smoking in the storeroom. total damage was not estimated.
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Oklahoma City
State Capitol
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
G. R. McAlpine
House of Representatives Chamber
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