Anderson Pushes Meantime Meat Controls Before Spring
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson asked Congress for power to implement wholesale meat price ceilings and rationing, predicting shortages this spring. He favored selective controls on wages and prices if inflation persists, while retail meat ceilings likely unnecessary. A grand jury probe into milk prices was ordered in St Louis.
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Anderson
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
Flanders
Vermont
Agriculture Department
Morse
Oregon
Justice Department
St. Louis
Senate
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
President Truman
Stassen Plans Texas Swing for 1948 Presidential Bid
Former Minnesota governor Harold Stassen returns to the Panhandle January 19 for talks in Lubbock at Texas Tech at 11 15 AM then in Amarillo and Canyon. He aims to line up Republican delegates while critiquing grain market insiders.
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Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Washington
Panhandle
Lubbock
Canyon
Amarillo
Texas
Municipal Auditorium
Jan. Ly
Stassen
Japan
Roosevelt
United Nations
San Francisco
Texas Tech
English
California Gold Strike Nets 2500 in Week End
Monterey California residents flocked to a dig site where a new school is under construction. Since Saturday a gold strike yielded over 125 twenty dollar coins, mostly dated in the 1880s, with collectors valuing them above face value.
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California
Monterey
Cal
Damon Burgess
Russians Arrest Indiana U. President in Berlin
Soviet occupation police in Berlin arrested Dr. Herman B. Wells, president of Indiana University, briefly detaining him before release. The incident follows a wave of arrests of Americans, including soldiers, amid tensions after a London conference. Also noted: Cpl. Stanley P. Claycomb has been missing since December from Tempelhof Airport.
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Cupation
Herman B. Wells
Indiana University
Berlin
Weils
London
Wells
Charles Rotstein
New York City
Elmsford
Peter A. Fraenkel
Bloomington
Ind
Wade E. Faris
Fraenkel
Rotstein
Cpl
Stanley P. Claycomb
New Enterprise
Tempelhof
Claycomb
Farmer Charged in Strychnine Death of His Mail Order Bride
Lonnie Ambrose Robbins a 49 year old farmer was charged with first degree murder in the strychnine death of his bride Sadie Sue Dudley Robbins 54 who died four hours after arriving at his Robbins farm. Autopsy showed lethal poison. Robbins said he met her via a matrimonial agency. A Little Rock widow held as material witness. Location Clinton Arkansas and Van Buren Circuit Court.
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Clinton, Ark
Lonnie Ambrose Robbins
Atty
R. E. Rush
van Buren
Robbins
Sadie Sue Dudley Robbins
Abilene
Boyce Casinger
Casinger
Little Rock
Truman Seeks Doubling of Soil Subsidies and Farm Aid
President Truman asked Congress to double soil and water conservation subsidies to 300 million dollars for the 1949 crop year. He also urged 1.093 billion dollars for agricultural services and an increase for rural electrification loans, noting overall prices, supports, and policy aims through mid-1949.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Federal Treasury
Rural Electrification Administration
Mr. Truman
GOP
Bridges
New Hampshire
Senate Appropriations Committee
Record Budget Call Prompts GOP Criticism In Congress
President Truman asks Congress for a 39.669 billion dollar budget for the next fiscal year, citing defense and international duties. Republicans denounce the plan as extravagant while Democrats defend it, arguing containment of totalitarianism and a robust economy amid global chaos.
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Truman
Congress
Europe
America
Taft
Ohio
Ferguson
Michigan
Connally
Texas
Last Chance Atlas Sale At The News Globe
The News Globe reports 504 Rand McNally atlases remain at 6 pm. The 16 page tabloid atlas covers disputed territories with up to date maps. Thousands have been given free to teachers. remaining copies cost 10 cents over the counter 15 cents by mail.
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News- Globe
Rand-McNally Company
News-Globe
Frances Lampton
Photog Loser in Run-in With Broom-Toting Women Voters
New Orleans report describes a photographer's camera smashed during a Jefferson parish march of about 35 women waving brooms at the courthouse. The action ties to a Democratic primary dispute between Sheriff Clancy supporters and Autin Labiche rivals as a Jan 20 election nears.
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New Orleans
Jefferson Parish
Independent Voters League
Frank J. Clancy
Logan J. Autin
State Senate
Earl Labiche
Larry Schoenberger
New Orleans Item
Clancy
Autin-Labiche
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Shows Cooler Temperatures
The Weather Bureau reports fair conditions for Amarillo and vicinity on Tuesday and Wednesday with a drop in temperatures Tuesday and little change Wednesday. West Texas including Big Bend and El Paso likewise fair and colder Tuesday with continued cold Wednesday. Readings show daytime 26 to 42 and evening lows around 20s, with trace precipitation in the 24 hour period ending 4 PM. Sunrise is 7 55 AM and sunset 5 57 PM.
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US Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Fair
West Texas
Big Bend
el Paso
Abernathy Man Dies in Wreck
LUBBOCK Jan 12 Clyde Monroe Patterson 23 died in a crash of a truck and a pickup truck one and a half miles north of Abernathy Patterson son of Mr and Mrs J C Patterson of Abernathy Also injured in a separate late Saturday crash near Levelland were E E Mulkey 40 of Lubbock assistant transportation superintendent of George P Livermore Inc Mulkey died Sunday morning Bing Crosby ailing in Monterey after his brother Larry said he may have virus X following a high fever and a pro am tournament participation
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Lubbock
Clyde Monroe Patterson
Here
Patterson
J. C. Patterson
Abernathy
E. E. Mulkey
George P. Livermore, Inc
Bing Crosby
Monterey
Cal
U.P
Cypress Point Country Club
Larry
Fire threatens Levelland Co op Refinery as workers injured
A major blaze at the Consumers Cooperative Refinery in Levelland injures Justin D. Henderson, 24, with third degree burns, while Melvin Ray, a Levelland firefighter, is unconscious from fumes. Fire crews struggle to contain flames near a large oil tank, risking expansion if tanks elsewhere catch fire. Plant valued above one million dollars.
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Levelland
Consumers Cooperative
Justin D. Henderson
Melvin Ray
Moscow Radio Attacks Mount Moscow Radio Attacks Mount
Moscow broadcasts attacking American imperialists and monopolists have risen sharply since the US Congress began debating the Marshall plan. A radio monitor reports a majority of western broadcasts now include anti American commentary and attacks on American monopolists.
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London
Moscow
United States
Congress
West
Monitor
Former Judge Dayton Steed Dies at 78
Sherman obituary reports former County Judge Dayton B. Steed died at his home at age 78. The longtime public official passed away yesterday in Sherman.
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Sherman
Dayton B. Steed
State pays $9 toward record $55 per capita allotment
The Texas State government today disbursed another nine dollars toward the record breaking fifty five dollars per capita allocation.
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Austin
Van
What Am I Saying Letters by Frank Morean
A short humorous feature on love letters by Frank Morean. The piece contrasts how different girls treat old letters with witty observations about gifts like mink coats and the silence they enforce.
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Frank Morean
New York Post Corp
46 Rescued From Burning Army Funeral Ship Connolly
All 46 aboard the Joseph V. Connolly were rescued after the ship burned and heeled in a northeast gale in the North Atlantic. Survivors include 45 crew and one passenger. 27 were taken by Union Victory and 19 by Gen. R. E. Callan. Plans shifted as rescue ships and five other vessels aided, Connolly later reported a total loss.
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New York
Joseph V. Connolly
North Atlantic
Army
Union Victory
R. E. Callan
Coast Guard
Southwest Harbor
Callan
Europe
Halifax
Newfoundland
Connolly
Kindley Field
Bermuda
Argentia
Morrison B. Waite
Icy Breeze Hits High Plains Weather Outlook
Gray skies and a north wind cooled the Panhandle with readings about 20 degrees below Sunday. The US Weather Bureau at English Field reported light snow in spots. temperatures were to drop 5 to 10 more degrees today with moisture in Amarillo Pampa and Childress and Clayton receiving some snow yesterday afternoon.
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Panhandle
US Weather Bureau
English Field
Amarillo
Pampa
Childress
Clayton
Plane Crash Kills 31 in Dominican Republic Flight
In Ciudad Trujillo on January 12 a commercial transport plane crashed in Rio Verde en route from Barahona to Santiago. Thirty-one people died including 28 passengers, mostly baseball players, and 3 crew members. Burial services were held today for the victims.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Rio Verde
Barahona
Santiago
Aged Prospector Strikes Digging for Four Million in Florida Street
Eighty-year-old G. B. Mobley began tunneling under Florida Street in Green Cove Springs seeking four million dollars in gold said to be buried by pirates. He won city permission in 1945 and agreed to pay 10 percent to the city of any finds.
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Green Cove Springs
Fla
G. B. Mobley
Mobley
Jacksonville
F E. L. Bradley
Ultra fast unmanned sled tops 1019 mph at MAROC base
Northrop engineers announced a 1500-pound rocket sled reached 1019 miles per hour on 2000 feet of rail at Cal base. The test, conducted secretly since Sept 1946, showed potential for braking on a longer track and aerodynamics readings for a future model plane.
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Maroc Air Base
Cal
Northrop Aircraft Engineers
Northrop Project
S. F E. Weaver
Weaver
Navy Frees 40 Million Gallons of Fuel Oil for New England
The Navy loaned 40 million gallons of special fuel oil to New England to ease a regional shortage. Hospitals and institutions will receive priority while home heating fuel is freed by diverting the oil, with states assuring future restoration at no cost. Leaders from New England and Navy officers met to finalize the arrangement.
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Navy
Shivering East
Washington
New England
New England States
Senate Commerce
Noj
Farmers Union Conclave Opens This Morning in Amarillo
Texas Farm ers Union holds its 44th annual state convention in Amarillo with 300 to 400 expected attendees. Frank Overturf reports large turnout as initial sessions begin at the Amarillo Hotel with J J Berg and Terrell Sledge among speakers.
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Amarillo
Texas Farmers Union
Frank Overturf
C. H. Huff
Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America
Texas Union
National
Huff
National Farm Group
National Grain Corporation
Hoover
James G. Patton
National Farmer's Union
Patton
Overturf
Homer Duffy
Oklahoma Farmers Union
Gladys Talbott Edwards
The
National Union
R. M. Boswell
Association of Soil Conservation District Supervisors
Dora Haines
Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
J. J. Berg
St. Francis
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Byrd
Virginia
Antwerp
High Plains
Florida Street
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Keogh
William O'Dwyer
Maritime Commission
Peloubet
Russell Stationary Company
FHA
Olvers& Wiggins Lbr. Co
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