Dairymen Carry Fight for 60 Cent Milk Increase to Washington
Amarillo dairymen vote to accept a 26 cent per hundred pound price rise under protest and seek OPA action before Feb 1. They threaten to halt milk supply if demands aren’t met, with Francis Weber of the Dallas OPA to decide if a 60 cent rise is justified.
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Kenneth M. Renner
John Gillham
Amarillo
Renner
OPA
Texas Technological College
Gillham
Clarendon
Dairymen’s Association
Washington
OSA
USDA
Francis Weber
Dallas
Weber
West
Texas
Protost
Lubbock
Dairymen's Association
Truman Holds White House Talks as Steel Walkout Looms
President Truman invited CIO Steelworkers and United Steel executives to continue wage talks at the White House amid failed earlier efforts. About 416,000 workers idle with steel and telephone strikes expanding, GM rejected a presidential fact finding. negotiations with UAW-CIO and Big Steel falter.
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Associated Press
Truman
White House
CIO Steelworkers Union
United Steel Corporation
CIO
Philip Murray
General Motors Corporation
United Auto
Detroit
General Motors
Co. E. Wilson
Five UNO powers elected to steering leadership roles
The United States Britain China France and Russia were chosen as the five key UNO powers, with Venezuela and South Africa gaining seven vice presidencies. The assembly also elected chairmen for six committees and set a plan to extend steering to all 51 nations if Cuba’s proposal is accepted. Spaak noted the San Francisco framework gave big powers a dominant role and urged acceptance pending the legal committee report in eight days.
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London
United Nations Organization
United States
Britain
China
France
Russia
Venezuela
South Africa
UNO General Assembly
Assembly
Pans-Henri Spaak
Belgium
UNO
Ukraine
Poland
Panama
Uruguay
Syria
New Zealand
Group of 14
Guy Perez Cisneros
Cuba
San Francisco
Spaak
High pointers seek U N help as Eleanor Roosevelt promises action
London soldiers and Hyde Park protesters urged faster redeployment to the United States. Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt met a group of nine GI representatives and promised to carry their message to Washington, while a mass demonstration outside Army redeployment HQ preceded the talks. The plan calls for immediate repatriation of men with 50 to 54 points, discharge for 40 to 49 points or three years service by March 20, and release for 18 months service by May 1.
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London
Jan. I
United Nations Organization
Eleanor Roosevelt
United States
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Claridge
Set. J. T. Travers
Dallas
Tex
Connally
Texas
Vandenberg
Michigan
UNO Assembly
Mrs. Roosevelt
Army
United Kingdom
Washington
Marshall
Irate motorist curses at out of order parking meter
Street scene shows a furious driver shaking and swearing at a malfunctioning parking meter as bystanders watch.
Weather Summary Amarillo and West Texas
The Weather Bureau notes Saturday will be cloudy and colder with freezing temperatures all day in Amarillo and vicinity. Cloud break Saturday night and winds diminish but remain cold. West Texas sees partly cloudy conditions Saturday and Sunday with colder Saturday and occasional snow in the Panhandle and South Plains early Saturday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Priya
Treneca Cws
GTR
Ds'eecs
Ad Roar
ENS
Tyne Ae
Ike and Nimitz Headed for Senate Demobilization Meet
Army and Navy plan to send General Eisenhower and Admiral Nimitz to a Senate session on demobilization amid promises of faster discharges. Army trims training for replacement troops from 17 to 13 weeks to free four weeks for overseas exits. Marines, Air Forces and Burma India commands announce automatic or accelerated discharges for long-serving personnel as public scrutiny grows.
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Ike
Nimitz
Washington
Army
Navy
Eisenhower
Admiral Nimitz
Senate House
Air Force
Army Times
Truman
Congress
General Marshall
Edwin GC. Johnson
Colorado
Senate
Kilgore
West Virginia
Fairmont
W. Va
Army Air Forces
AAF
Marine Corps
Pacific
Thomas A. Terry
Burma-India
New Delhi
United States
Frisenhower
Kimmel Claims Pearl Harbor Smear Campaign
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel testified in 1944 there was a deliberate smear campaign against him and Lt. Gen. Walter Short over Pearl Harbor defense. He denied non cooperation claims and said the Roberts commission gave false public statements about Army Navy relations in Hawaii.
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Washington
Jan
E. Kimmel
Navy
Walter C. Short
Short
Pearl Harbor
Kimmel
Senate House Committee
Army Board of Inquiry
Admiral Kimmel
Bloch
Adm
C. C. Bloch
Naval District
Hawaii
Miner
Roberts Commission
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
GI News Gag in Pacific Angers Army Paper Staff
The Daily Pacifican staff said an officer with power to delete articles was installed in their office after demobilization demonstrations. They warned their hands are bound while Lt. Gen. W D Styer offered no immediate comment as soldiers protested War Department slow down orders.
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Manila
Daily
Pacifican
W. D. Styer
Western Pacific
War Department
Pacific
China to Copy American Way in Unity Plan
CHUNGKING Jan 11 AP national delegation at the unity conference announced drafting a formal plan to broaden China's government to include other parties in line with U S policy. Dr Sun Fo said the plan aims to reorganize the state council into the supreme policy making body with multi party membership.
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Chungking
China
U. S
Sun Fo
Legislative Yuan C Council
Yenan
Associated Press
San Francisco
Sun
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese Republic
Kuomintang
National
Propsal
State Council
March Starts In Dime Box
The March of Dimes national kick off for infantile paralysis relief will be broadcast from Dime Box Texas on schedule Sunday. Howard J. London, radio director, said new telephone lines will connect local facilities to Radio Station KNOW in Austin for nationwide ABC relay.
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Dime Box
Hex
Texas
Howard J. London
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
KNOW
Austin
American Broadcasting Company
Amarillo Firm Chartered in Austin
Robb Construction Company of Amarillo is chartered with capital stock of 20 000. Incorporators are H. T. Robb W. C. Evel and Grady Stubbs.
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Amarillo
Austin
Robb Construction Company
H. T. Robb
W. C. Evel
Grady Stubbs
Anderson Advises Cattlemen on Price Controls
Secretary Clinton P. Anderson told cattlemen at the National Western Stock Show convention not to rush price-control removal. He outlined three options for June 30 and warned that food prices would rise if living costs stay high. He urged culling herds to fit long term feed limits amid eight straight years of good range conditions.
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Denver
Clinton P. Anderson
Congress
America
American National Livestock Association
Anderson
State Senator Seeks Quick Resolution on Senate Session Droit
Austin January 11 Early cert resolution questions whether the state senate may convene at will to review recess appointments by the governor. Senator George Moffett of Chilli cothe attended the opening session, which sits at ease until January 21. He opposed the 49th session resolution and urged prompt adjudication, but did not reveal plans for court action.
Sylvia Sidney Seeks Divorce From Luther Adler
Actress Sylvia Sidney files for divorce in Los Angeles from Broadway actor Luther Adler alleging mental cruelty. Public records show the action initiated January 11 with no immediate settlement reported.
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Sylvia Sidney
Los Angeles
Luther Adler
Telephone workers strike nears second day in Amarillo
About 250 ACEW affiliated members of the Southwestern Bell union continued to picket the Western Electric strike in Amarillo into the second day. Pickets dwindled with only two placard carriers near the main South Western Bell office and one at the Bell storeroom. Dial telephones remained operational while long distance calls were blocked. Dallas and Houston saw further action as Dallas employees returned to work and court orders halted picketing. A dissolution petition for the restraining order was set for a special hearing Saturday morning.
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Schwellenbach
Striking
Association of Communications Equipment Workers
Western Electric Company
Labor Department
Southwestern Telephone Workers Union
ACEW
Southwestern Pell
Bell
West Fourth
Amarillo
Mately
Dallas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Houston
W. M. Cramer
101St District Court
Bond Set at 300000 for Alfred Cline in Multi-State Deaths
San Francisco police seek Alfred Leonard Cline in a case tied to the deaths of several elderly women. Three new charges forgery for stock certificates and deeds and grand theft raise his bail to 300000, with Texas murder charges and Cline as a fugitive from Dallas.
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San Francisco
Alfred Leonard Cline
Cline
Dallas
Texas
Eva Delora Krebs
Chicago
Kline's Charters Merchandise Firm In Amarillo
Kline's of Amarillo receives charter in Austin with domestic incorporation. Capital stock set at 40000 dollars. The filing, dated January 11, lists Amarillo as the principal locale and notes merchandise operations.
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Kline’s
Austin
Kline's
Amarillo
Capital
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Benjamin F. Fairless
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Krebs Cline
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