Fires Hit Panhandle Elevators Amid Wheat Sabotage Rumor
A wave of four fires across Texas Indiana Missouri and Kansas City raises fears of sabotage to stored wheat as Panhandle elevator firms boost guard forces and lighting after anonymous warnings of radicals. Authorities note coincidences with the Quanah Kimbell Mills blaze destroying 25 000 bushels but see no proven link.
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Panhandle
Texas
Indiana
Missouri
Kimbell Mills
Quanah
Homer McCready
Carthage Grain Co
Carthage
Ind
Seco
Huntertown Grain and Lumber Co
Huntertown
Kansas City
London
England
Kansas City Star
Amarillo
Perryton
Tulsa
Dumas
Hereford
Daily News
Fort Worth
Hansford
Ochiltree
Southwest
Santa Fe
Pacific Coast
Nylon shock absorber aims to cut death toll in crashes
Navy researchers unveil a nylon harness designed to cushion pilots in crashes by absorbing shock through controlled stretch. Tests show protection for impacts equivalent to a 500 pound weight dropped five feet, offering a safer alternative to rubber and reducing rebound jolt in simulated plane impacts.
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San Francisco
American Medical Association
Navy
Wainwright in Plea for Peace at Floydada Fourth
Gen Jonathan Wainwright addressed 12 000 to 15 000 at Floydada Fourth of July celebration urging continued military strength and a lasting peace. He noted no peace treaties and warned small nations face intimidation as the parade and rodeo proceeded.
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Floydada
Jonathan Wainwright
West Texas
Jack Henry
McDermott American Legion
MacArthur
Philippines
Corregidor
Wainwright
Legion
J. M. Willson
Floydada Legion Post
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Floyd County
Herman Nami
San Antonio
American Legion
Henry
Gaines Davis
J. M Willson
John B. Stapleton
Walker Collins
E. L
European Peace Parley Set for July 29
The foreign ministers council fixed July 29 as the opening date for the 211 nation European peace conference. The meeting focused on Italian reparations with Russia slated to receive 100 million dollars. Discussion covered sources of payment and how to draw reparations from Italy’s production, with other sources including war material and assets in the Balkans and in the Russian zone.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Russia
Italy
George Bidault
Ters
Bidault
Ernest Bevin
V. M. Molotov
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Molotov
Balkans
Germany
War Contracts Probe Ties Illinois Firm to $78 Million
FBI agents probe the award of more than 78 million dollars in war contracts to the Erie Basin Metal Products Company and 18 affiliates in Illinois. Attorney General Clark said the Senate War Investigating Committee supplied information after a White House call. Army officers testified that Representative May of Kentucky pressed for work for the firm. May defended his actions as aiding the war effort. Secretary of War Patterson offered to testify before the committee.
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Washington
FBI
Illinois
Clark
Erie Basin Metal Products Company
White House
Senate War Investigating Committee
Justice Department
Combine
May
Kentucky
House Military Committee
Patterson
Opening Tri-State Rodeo Draws Packed Panhandle Crowd
Throngs fill Tri-State Fair Grounds grandstand for opening rodeo as Beutler Brothers direct the event sponsored by Tri-State Fair and Will Rogers Range Riders. Afternoon results crown Ed Curtis saddle bronc champ and Johnny Spruell tops Brahma bull riding. Next show at 7 30 p m tonight.
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Tri-State Fair
Beutler Brothers of
Elk City
Will Rogers
Southwest
Plains
Ed Curtis
el Reno
Okla
Silvesta Roane
Johnny Spruell
Jack Jackson
Woodward
David Schellenberger
Marietta
Ed Like
Kim
Colo
Fuzzy Garner
Canute
Ken Boen
Danville
Ill
President Truman Celebrates Independence Day at Shangri La
President Truman and Mrs. Truman spend the Fourth at Shangri La in the Catoctin Mountains. They enjoy strolling swimming and relaxing in the cool mountain retreat as July 4 passes.
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Mrs. Truman
Shangri-La
Thurmont
Truman
Catoctin Mountains
Fireworks Over Frankfurt Mark Independence Day Show
Americans lighted fireworks over bombed Frankfurt as thousands of Germans applauded the U S Army Independence Day display. Hubert Cole is listed for County Clerk with political advertising.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Hubert Cole
Pol
Boston Morals for GI s in Reich Urged
A U S Army lieutenant urged U S occupation forces in Berlin adopt Boston morals to show Germans the army is not a wine and song outfit. In a Stars and Stripes letter he argues Boston standards would lower venereal disease rates and shift focus from sex.
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Boston
Gi’s
Berlin
U. S. Army
Army
the Stars and Stripes
Levelland Fete Draws 10 000 in Weeklong Rodeo
Levelland hosts a three day rodeo with a downtown parade and prize winning floats. Calf roping led by Phillip Williams 15.8 seconds. team tying won by Hede Stewart 20 seconds. bulldogging fastest Glenn Combest 17.4 seconds. Junior Sponsors contest won by Patsy Jean Swanner 64.4 seconds.
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Levelland
Phillip Williams
B. L. Prewitt
Troy Fort
Hede
Patsy Jean Swanner
Ruth McMillan
Plains
Bobby Powers
Sundown
Senate approves new price control bill in 12 to 5 vote
The Senate Banking Committee backed a fresh price control bill 12 to 5 led by Senator Barkley of Kentucky. Meanwhile Americans marked the 170th birthday of the United States as living costs rise with higher rents and meat prices under OPA regulations. A survey across major cities shows meat, bread, butter, milk and rents generally up with wide regional variation.
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OPA
Washington
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Associated Pro Americans
United States
Chicago
Shreveport
Columbus
Atlanta
Birmingham
Arkansas
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Texarkana
Hot Springs
Associated Press
New York
Los Angeles
San Bernardino
Cal
Louisville
Kansas City
ST. Joseph
Wichita
Kan
Memphis
Richmond
D. C
ST. Louis
Denver
Dallas
Brownsville
Weather outlook Amarillo and West Texas Friday
U S Weather Bureau reports partly cloudy conditions across Amarillo and vicinity with little temperature change. Isolated thundershowers possible Friday evening. West Texas partly cloudy with chances of showers. New Mexico sees widely scattered showers and thunderstorms Friday afternoon, otherwise fair with highs 90 to 100. Sunrise 5 38 AM Sunset 8 04 PM.
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U. S
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Rodeo Fatality at Tri State Rodeo
Jerry McWilliams, 18, of Strone City Kansas, died after being stomped by a Brahma bull during the Tri State Rodeo bull riding contest. He died about two hours later at a local hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending as relatives are sought. The four day event is directed by Beutler Brothers.
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Amarillo
Jerry McWilliams
Strone City
Kan
McWilliams
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Abilene
Jerry Ramsey
Lynn Beutler
Beutler Brothers
Earl Fleming Dies After Ladder Fall at Spearman Elevator
The 28 year old Earl Fleming died in a Perryton hospital from injuries after a 75 foot fall from a ladder at Equity Exchange Elevator in Spearman. He worked the night crew on the 250000 bushel elevator. Funeral arrangements were sent to Joliet Illinois by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife.
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Perryton
Earl Fleming
Equity Exchange
Spearman
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Joliet
Ill
Fleming
Barkley Bill Aims To Restore Price Control Provisions
The Senate considers a revised price control bill with changes Barkley sponsors for manufacturers wholesalers and retailers. Ten Democrats and two Republicans report favorably while five Republicans oppose it. The bill would renew price and rent control until June 30 1947 and bar prosecutions for pre enactment price increases. OPA chief backs the measure and Porter says it is workable and likely to be approved. Taft sought to drop meat and dairy controls but the motion failed 9 to 8.
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Ley
Senate
Truman
Barkley
Buck
Delaware
Capehart
Indiana
OPA
Paul Porter
Porter
Taft
Ohio
US struggles to fund Azores base in atomic age defense plan
Washington reports little headway on a global base network as the Azores talks fail over a security alliance. Officials note the Philippines gained independence without derailing Far East strategy, but Lisbon stalemate highlights limits of U S commitments under the United Nations.
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Washington
Philippine Islands
Far East
Azores
United States
Portugese
United Nations
Lisbon
Philippines
Ean
Navy
Congress
Port Lyautey
French North Africa
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Truman
Acheson
Evatt
Global US Base Network Shapes postwar Defense Policy
The text outlines a wide array of defense bases across the Atlantic and Pacific including Azores Iceland Ascension Alaska Hawaii Manus Philippines and the Aleutians. It notes plans for training and equipping the Philippines Army and outlines US control and potential expansion of bases with Britain Australia and Canada while pursuing a joint Pacific strategy and a possible Mediterranean base.
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Ascension Island
Iceland
Atlantic
Philippines
Manus
Hawaii
Aleutians
Pacific
Alaska
Canada
Britain
China
Mediterran
United States
Australia
New Zealand
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Russell Stationery Co
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