City Votes Today On Bond Issues In Amarillo
Amarillo voters head to eight polling places starting at 8 am to decide four separate municipal bond propositions totaling 2.4 million dollars. Eligible voters include city residents and veterans discharged after January 31, 1945, with poll tax receipts dated within the eligible period.
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Amarillo
Potter
Randall
Potter County
Fourth Street
Horace Mann
Sanborn
Wilson
Sixteenth Street
Wolflin
San Jacinto
Eligi
General Fund
Rain and Snow Hit Panhandle and South Plains in Cold Front
Light precipitation spread across the Panhandle and South Plains with heavier snow near Amarillo and southward. Hereford and Plainview report several inches of snow. Lubbock and Kent see snow and accumulating moisture while Pecos area braces for possible highway closures as cold air moves in and forecasts call for more snow Tuesday.
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Panhandle
South Plains
North Panhandle
Amarillo
Wary Byrnes Urges UN to Quick Action on Atomic Power
Secretary of State James F Byrnes urged immediate action by the United Nations Assembly to ensure atomic energy serves human welfare and not warfare. He backed a British US Russian plan for an atomic commission and urged rapid approval of a new international security council armed force.
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London
James F Byrnes
United Nations Assembly
Security Council
Byrnes
Preparatory Commission
Truman
America
L. M. de Souza Dantas
Brazil
Assembly
Trygve Lie
Trusteeship Council
Palestine
Mystery bomb found in St James Park lake near UN delegates
RAF bomb disposal teams worked through January 14 to locate a buried World War II era bomb in the lake at St James Park. Lt. T. K. Hilton said crews had dug to five feet with a 20 foot target and expected to reach deeper, unsure of the bomb's size or condition. Delegates entering Central Hall faced the search operation as the wrecked weapon could be a dud or a 6000 pounder.
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London
U.P
St. James Park
United Nations General Assembly
Royal Engineers
T. K. Hilton
Cotton Price Aid Ready to Stabilize 1946 Cotton
Washington officials announced formal notice of proposed price ceilings on the 1946 raw cotton crop. The ceiling for 15/16 inch middling American upland cotton in Area 1 is 24.09 cents per pound, reflecting current parity with added transport and a cushion for possible parity shifts before year end. If prices stabilize before harvest, ceilings may not be required to take effect.
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Washington
CPA
OPA
Area 1
North
South Carolina
Weather forecast Amarillo region Tuesday and Wednesday
The Weather Bureau reports Amarillo and vicinity expect Tuesday and Tuesday night to be partly cloudy and colder with occasional snow flurries. West Texas inland will be cloudy with possible rain or snow, Rio Grande Valley area differing. New Mexico east of the divide partly cloudy with intermittent snow flurries Tuesday. Temperatures show little change with similar daytime highs and nighttime lows. Sunrise 7 55 am Sunset 5 59 pm.
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Amarillo
Texas
Rio Grande Vaalley
New Mexico
Jack SoRelie
Fillmore
Britain cuts warship program to build merchant vessels
The Admiralty announced that Britain has reduced military ship construction to free resources for expanding merchant shipbuilding. The move aims to bolster cargo capacity and trade during the current wartime period.
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London
Admiralty
Great Britain
Earless coyote shocks rancher in a wild chase
Clyde Byrd on the John Fain ranch north of the Canadian River chased a coyote with his dogs. The animal fought for several minutes and escaped mired in a head wound with ears gone, suggesting a prior bounty theft. Coyotes and rabid wolves have been a local concern, prompting warnings.
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Clyde Byrd
John Fain
Mr. Byrd
Byrd
Motley County
Congress returns to strikes blamed on Moscow
Congress reopened after Christmas to a worsening strike wave. Senators Eastland and O DANIEL claim Soviet inspiration and push for rapid floor action on Truman's fact finding bill. Byrd and Wiley advocate stronger legal responsibility as part of the response.
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Washington
Congress
Eastland
Mississippi
O’daniel
Texas
Moscow
Truman
Byrd
Virginia
Wiley
Wisconsin
Labor Legislation Proposals Stir Labor Debate
Senator Bailey of North Carolina urged revision of the Wagner Act calling it an incentive for strikes. Representative Luce of Connecticut proposed study of industrial profit sharing to gauge government support as a strike remedy. Representative Hoffman of Michigan introduced a bill requiring public utilities workers to file 60 day strike notices or forfeit their jobs under the NLRA. Hoffman's bill defines a utility.
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Bailey
North Carolina
Luce
Connecticut
Hoffman
Michigan
Senators Push Fact-Finding Bill After Union Message
Eastland planned immediate action to move the fact-finding bill from the labor committee but delayed, mindful that the president's state of the union message arrives Thursday. O'Daniel agreed to join Eastland in the maneuver as the Senate weighs commerce and labor concerns.
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Eastland
Labor Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
O’daniel
Fact-Finding Bill Sparks Senate Hearings Amid Labor Strife
A joint statement accuses Moscow of fueling a strike wave as a deliberate bid by the CIO to undermine the U S government. Senator Ellender calls for extensive hearings while the Senate Labor Committee plans to resume discussion tomorrow with William H. Davis set to testify. The House Labor Committee delays action to next week and will first address the U S Employment Service measure.
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Moscow
CIO
Ellender
Louisiana
White House
Senate Labor Committee
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
House Labor Committee
U. S. Employment Service
Associated Press
Richard Leonard
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Leonard
Ford
Ford Company
General Motors
Uaw-Cio
Kaiser Plan
Kaiser-Frazer Corp
United Electrical Workers
Electrical Workers’ Union
General Electric
Westinghouse
Electrical Division
GM Automobile
CIO Steel
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Wallington Soldier's Death Sentence Appeals Pressed
Civic leaders and veterans in Wallington New Jersey appeal to President Truman and Senators to commute the death sentence of Joseph E Hieswa a 20 year old soldier sentenced in Japan for murdering two people. Local officials and neighbors call for mercy and plan protest meetings.
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N. J
Truman
Pfe
Joseph E. Hisewa
Japan
Joe
Joseph
Lodi
Hieswa
Grouth
New Jersey
U.S
Harry L. Towe
Joseph Luna
Hicswa
Nara
Yamashita
Supreme Court
Anthony Gajewski
Joseph Hicswa
Lester Street
Long Distance Lines Hooked Up
Amarillo ends four day strike as installation workers withdraw pickets at 3 40 pm. Southwestern Bell employees begin returning to work within 30 minutes and long distance service should normalize by morning. ACEW leader cites telegram from St Louis and NFTW backed negotiations in New York at the Commodore Hotel.
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Amarillo
Southwestern Bell
A. O. Thomas
District Bell
J. H. Fielder
Association of Communications Equipment Workers
St. Louis
Board of Directors
NFTW
ACEW
Commodore
New York
Fielder
Huff Duff helps locate ships worldwide in WW II
The Navy reveals Huff Duff, a high frequency direction finder that detects radio signals from ships or planes globally. Used with radar and sonar, it helped break up U boat packs before they could converge, aiding the Battle of the Atlantic. The device aboard ships planes and shore stations directed search efforts by locating signal sources in an instant.
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New York
Navy
Navy says Dutch Marines training aligns with US policy
The Navy stated that its role in training and equipping a brigade of Royal Netherlands Marines was thoroughly consistent with the foreign and military policies of the United States Government. The remark came as Washington defended cooperation with Dutch forces amid ongoing defense support.
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Washington
Navy
Royal Netherlands Marines
United States
Gravediggers Strike for Higher Wages in Barrow
In Barrow in Furness England six local gravediggers walked off the job in an unofficial strike over pay. They sought two pence an hour more, about four cents, indicating rising tensions over wages in funerary services.
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Barrow-In-Furness
England
Japanese POW in Texas camp praises life after sinking
Kurato Hashiba, fisherman from Iwate Prefecture, recalled being captured after his boat was attacked near Kinkazan on June 12, 1945. At the Texas prison camp he said meals were abundant, baths easy, and leisure ample with 40 mahjong sets. He described four days of labor per week and eight months of detention as tolerable, expressing a surprising fondness for prison life.
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Tokyo
Kurato Hashiba
Texas
Hashiba
Taramura
Iwate Prefecture
Kinkazan
Kyodo
Stassen to Address Texas Junior Chamber Convention
Harold E. Stassen, wartime flag secretary to Admiral Halsey, will speak at the Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in San Angelo on April 27, announced Fred Lindall, president of the host group.
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San Angelo
Harold E. Stassen
Adm
William F. Halsey, Jr
Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce
Fred Lindall
Senator backs GI protests against demobilization slowdown
Senator Johnson of Colorado, chairing a Senate subcommittee on demobilization, said GI complaints about the slow pace are fully justified. He accused Pentagon generals of delaying demobilization to protect their jobs, claiming the drafted force numbered four million. The remarks were prepared for broadcast. A separate notice promotes Russell’s Tactless Sale at Russell Stationery Co in Amarillo from January 21 to 26.
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Washington
Johnson
Colorado
Senate
Pentagon
Amarillo
Russell Stationery Co
Taylor
Russell
Embargo Halts Livestock Shipments to Fort Worth Yards
Dallas January embargo by the American Association of Railroads stops all livestock shipments to Fort Worth stockyards after 3 PM. Railroads will not accept cattle not processable by 11:59 PM tomorrow due to CIO strike threats. Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe will cooperate. San Antonio and Houston yards unaffected. Swift & Company Fort Worth plant unaffected.
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Dallas
P.C. P. Wasson
Car Service
American Association of Railroads
Fort Worth
United Packinghouse Workers of America
CIO
Wasson
Galveston
J. P. Cowley
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad
AAR
San Antonio
Houston
Swift & Company
Dependable Lumber Co. Olver and Wigging at 1200 W 6th
Dependable Lumber announces Olver and Wigging Lumber Co located at 1200 West 6th Street offers wholesale and retail lumber, building materials, and carpentry supplies with phone number 4222 for orders and inquiries.
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Dependable
Olver & Wigging Lumber Co
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