Connally Named American Member of UN Security Panel
London dispatch reports Sen Tom Connally chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was named the American member of the initial United Nations committee on political and security questions. The group will handle atomic energy control issues at the first UN assembly opening Thursday. Two Republicans, Van denberg and Dulles, were absent from the conference.
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Connally
ANO Post
London
Tom Conally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United Nations Committee
Texas Democrat
United Nations Assembly
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John G. Townsend
Delaware
Vandenberg
Dulles
Frank Walker
Truman
New York
U. S
John Winant
Michigan Republican
Byrnes
Eleanor
Roosevelt
Stettinius
Bloom
Walker
Townsend
Marines Cut Point Score for Officers and Men
The Marine Corps lowered the critical discharge score from 50 to 45 effective February 1, making about 28,000 more personnel eligible for release. No change occurred for women Marines. their critical score remains 18 with control dates for releases set previously.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Amarillo Area Weather and Cattle Sales Update
The Weather Bureau reports fair and warmer conditions in Amarillo and vicinity with partly cloudy skies in West Texas. New Mexico highs reach 55 to 70 degrees east to west, and yesterday's temperatures show a maximum of 68 and a minimum of 24. Cattle sales are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday at the Amarillo Livestock Auction Co. at the Western Stockyards.
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U S Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Fair and Armer
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
China
Amarillo Livestock Auction Co
Western Stockyards
Western
New Commander Takes Over at Amarillo Field
Col. Joel G. O Neal assumed command of Amarillo Army Air Field yesterday replacing Col. Carl W. Connell who went to temporary duty at Scott Field Illinois and Lincoln Nebraska Army Air Field. O Neal is a two war veteran with a long Air Service career from 1917 onward including service on the Gold Coast.
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Amarillo Army Air Field
Joel G. O'Neal
Carl W. Connell
Scott Field
Tll
Lincoln
Neb
Army Air Field
O'Neal
Army
Infantry
Air Service
Gold Coast
Indiana
States
Africa
British West Africa
Cairo
Connell
Air Force
Joel O’neal
Arlington Rites For Col. Connell
Col. Carl W. Connell, Amarillo Army Air Field commander, will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery after being found dead from a bullet wound in his Arlington apartment. Coroner and military board probing his death as Mrs. Connell prepares to travel to Virginia.
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Carl W. Connell
Arlington National Cemetery
Virginia
Amarillo Army Air Field
J. D. Cazzell
Potter County
Colonel Connell
Connell
Talmage Place
van Buren
Rock Island
Arlington
Soldiers in Manila demand demobilization probe
In Manila 12 000 American troops packed Philippines Hall for a mass meeting denouncing demobilization delays. Technicians read a statement from Gen W D Styer after 3 000 protested outside his headquarters. Styer defended slow releases, blamed the world situation, and said Patterson would not visit. A Senate subcommittee would arrive in about a week.
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Manila
Philippines Hall of Congress
Styer
Patterson
Japan
Philippines
Senate
Kaiser and CIO Sign Plan for Output Bonus
Kaiser-Frazer and the UAW-CIO reach a contract with a base wage of 1.19 per hour and a 5 per car production pool. The agreement, called the best ever in the auto industry, ties the bonus to hours worked and matches a potential GM increase. Union shop and dues checkoff are included. strikes void bonus.
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Detroit
Kaiser-Frazer Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers Tonight
R. J. Thomas
Uaw-Cio
Henry J. Kaiser
Joseph W. Frazer
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Go
River Rouge
Thomas
Uaw-Cioq
International Executive Board
Yamashita Counsel Clash Over War Crimes Trial
In Washington on January 7 the Yamashita case dominated Supreme Court arguments. Yamashita's lawyers claimed basic constitutional safeguards were denied, while the government argued he had no rights in wartime. Justices questioned precedents as Yamashita’s fate hangs on review.
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Washington
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Supreme Court
Philippines
Yamashita
Justice Department
United States
J. Howard McGrath
Neighbors Clash Over UNO Hq Site Near Hyde Park
Dutchess County residents oppose placing the United Nations headquarters in the United States. State Senator Frederic Bontecou calls for a county referendum, while the UNO site committee cites broad non political support including the Manufacturers Association chamber of commerce and American Legion.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
United Nations Organization
UNO
United States
Frederic Bontecou
Dutchess County
Bontecou
Soviet A-Bomb Claim Shocks Londonderry Readers
Dr. Raphael Armattoe, head of Lomeshie Research Center, said Russia developed an atom bomb that could outpace the Anglo American device. He described a compact weapon with a 53 mile horizontal range and six miles vertical lift, claiming German physicists aided the effort and predicting a second test later month.
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Raphael E. G. Armattee
Lomehie
Russia
Lomeshie Center
Armat‘oe
Truman Faces Oil Strike Control and Wage Dispute
President Truman confronts oil industry resistance to his strike control plan as Congress debates limiting book disclosures. CIO resumes steel wage talks while Bowles says no steel price increase now. Police probe kidnap death with parts found after cries for help.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
CIO
OPA
Chester Bowles
House Labor Committee
Oil Fact-Finding Board
Socony-Vacuum Company of
New York
Atlantic Refining Company
Philadelphia
Texas Construction Sees Record Year in 1945
The Texas contractor annual survey shows 1945 total construction awards at 245.44 million dollars, up from 1944's 157.8 million and well ahead of prewar years. The peak year remains 1942 with 825.70 million.
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Austin
W.P
Texas
Free Lumber For Homeless In Tornado Hit County
PALESTINE Jan 7 2 J G McLen Anderson County land owner whose timberlands were stripped by a tornado that killed 14 people and wrecked 58 homes offered to donate enough timber to rebuild every destroyed home. He estimated 250000 board feet of pine hardwood gum and cottonwood blown down on his land could supply free lumber for reconstruction. He urged rehabilitation authorities to saw the timber for free distribution to the homeless.
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Palestine
J. G. McLen
Anderson County
Here
McLen
Under sea farmers harvest war crops off California and Mexico
Off the California and Mexican coasts, under sea farmers harvested crops of red alga used to produce agar, a valuable material for scientific war work. Dependable Lumber Olver and Wiggins Lumber Co., 1200 W 6th, Ph. 4222.
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California
Mexico
Dependable Lumber Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co
WU Strike Set This Morning
Mayor William O Dwyer announced that a Western Union strike by 7 000 employees in New York and New Jersey would begin as scheduled tomorrow at 11 o clock. He reported the union accepted his arbitration proposal but Western Union refused. He held separate talks with union and company reps.
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New York
William O'Dwyer
Western Union
New Jersey
O'Dwyer
Cla American Communications Association
Telephone workers vote on sympathy strike with Western Electric
Local telephone workers began balloting last night to decide if they will strike in solidarity with Western Electric employees. Officials of the Southwestern Telephone Workers' Union said voting would finish this morning. If Amarillo workers strike, it would support wage standard demands by Western Electric employees at the plant.
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Armattoe
Western Electric
Southwestern Telephone Workers’ Union
Amarillo Telephone
Lubbock Officials Tour Potter County Courthouse
Lubbock County commissioners P. B. Penney Val Farris T. L. Holt and Ben Mansker with County Clerk Louie Moore visited Amarillo to inspect the Potter County courthouse. They outlined plans for a new Lubbock courthouse and then proceeded to Oklahoma City to review other municipal structures.
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P. B. Penney
Val Farris
T. L. Holt
Ben Mansker
Fron
Top prices paid for Used Cars
Jack SoRelle at 10th and Fillmore advertises top prices paid for used cars, inviting owners to bring vehicles for quick offers.
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Jack SoRelle
10Th
Fillmore
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