Senate approves price control extension with exemptions
The Senate passes a stop gap measure amending the House price law to extend OPA authority until July 20 while exempting livestock meat dairy products grains feed tobacco cottonseed soybeans petroleum unless domestic supply is short. The bill, favored by the White House, preserves cost plus elements for dealers and adds broad exemptions.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
Congress
OPA
Truman
CPA
Mr. Truman
LaGuardia Demands Overhaul of China Relief Handling
UNRRA director general F H LaGuardia cabled Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek urging a straight, nonpolitical overhaul of Chinese relief work. He criticized CNRRA inefficiency, called for more funds and three Chiang appointees to meet with UNRRA to reorganize relief under a long distance plan.
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LaGuardia
Chiang
New York
F. H. LaGuardia
UNRRA
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Senate Committee
CNRRA
Evatt Declares Soviet A Plan Impossible in UN Session
Australian Foreign Minister Herbert Evatt led a three hour closed UN Atomic Energy Commission meeting against Soviet plans for an international atomic control scheme. He rejected the plan as impossible and proposed three drafting committees to advance a multilateral control system with Baruch backing autonomous agency and veto reform. Gromyko challenged nearly every point prompting sharp exchanges as Evatt pressed for concrete steps.
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New York
Russia
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Herbert V. Evatt
Evatt
Bernard M. Baruch
United States
Andrei A. Gromyko
Baruch
Atomic Control Agency
Gromyko
Amarillo Chamber Eyes End to Off Limits Rule
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce moved to petition Col. Joel O Neal to revoke the Amarillo off limits order after clashes between civilians and soldiers hurt business. Leaders backed the Amarillo Plan to attract industries with housing for manufacturers and a 100000 capital corporation to manage leased or purchased land and generate returns.
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Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Charlie Pryor
Hugo Loewenstern
Industrial Committee
Loewenstern
Certified Public
John McCarty
John Boyce
H. O. Starks
Ray Daniels
Ivor Davies
Retail Merchants Committee
Courthouse Square
Tulsa
Plainview
Will Rogers
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Veterans Administration
Tennessee
S. B. Whittenburg
Palo Duro Park Committee
State Park Board
Megs Ag Board
Oo i
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Outlook
The U S Weather Bureau reports fair conditions for Amarillo and vicinity Saturday with partly cloudy skies, warmer highs near 97 and a low around 67. West Texas sees scattered thundershowers in Panhandle and El Paso area Saturday and Sunday, while New Mexico may have scattered showers and thunderstorms Saturday afternoon.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
el Paso
New Mexico
Soves
Brothers in Death Duel in Indiana Woodland Shootout
In Terre Haute two brothers quarreled over beer and pop from their tavern order. They fought with shotguns in a woodlot. Walter Dowell, 27, died from abdominal wounds. William Dowell, 23, was jailed as murder charges were anticipated. Sisters Thelma Carpenter and Audrey Dowell provided the account.
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Terre Haute
Ind
William Dowell
John Jett
Walter Eugene Dowell
Newton Dowell
Detroit
Bud
Thelma Carpenter
Audrey Dowell
Walter
Clinton
Grounding of Constellation Planes Shocks Global Air Travel
The Civil Aeronautics Administration orders a 30 day grounding of Constellation planes after a fatal Trans World Airlines crash in Reading Pennsylvania. Pan American World Airlines suffers most with 24 weekly flights canceled and rescue planes used to recover stranded passengers worldwide. Lockheed technicians join the investigation noting two potential fire hazards in the four engine airliner.
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New York
CAA
Constellation
Pan-American World Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Trans-World Airlines
Reading
Lockheed Aircraft Company
Lockheed
Civil Aeronautics Board
Burbank
Cal
Lockheed Company
Pan-Am
Stephensville
New Brunswick
Pan- American
Miami
Pogrom in Warsaw Escalates Jewish Killings
In Warsaw reports say 22 more Jews were killed in fresh persecutions as outlawed bands hide in forests. Attacks occurred on highways and trains between Lodz and Breslau with Jews dragged from vehicles and shot by groups labeled fascist reactionaries. Some newspapers blame agents of Gen. Anders amid fears of civil war. Officials note many Polish Jews wish to emigrate to America or Palestine.
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Warsaw
Lodz
Breslau
Wladislaw Anders
Italy
Poland
America
Palestine
Barracks Bag Theft Ties To Check Forgery Case
On June 17 Capt. R. J. B. Mauffray reported a barracks bag stolen at Love Field. He now tells police the thief is using his check book with checks for 1700 and 2900 dollars. The case links the theft to forgery activity.
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Dallas
R. J. B. Mauffray
Love Field
May Reach Non-Dads Under 35 Draft May Reach Non-Dads
The War Department said it may be necessary to consider induction of men through age 35 if insufficient personnel remain within the 19 to 29 bracket. It stressed it has not recommended raising the top draft age from 29 to 35. The September restart follows the new draft act setting ages 19 to 45. Col. George A. Irwin noted most under 19 are veterans or nonstudents.
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Washington
War Department
Truman
George A. Irwin
Selective Service
Army
Irwin
American Council On Education
FCC Hearing Probes Rainey Time Limits on Texas Network
The Federal Communications Commission held a six hour hearing on Homer P. Rainey’s charges that the Texas Quality Network limited his air time. Grover Sellers and Case March defended the network, arguing fairness and public interest through time rationing. The session featured tense exchanges and featured Rainey presenting editorials and a Dallas News mimeo statement. The hearing adjourned with continuation planned.
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Federal Communications Commission
Homer P. Rainey
Texas Quality Network
Grover Sellers
Case March
Beauford Ploe
Vester
John Lee Smith
FCC
Rainey
O’daniel News
Dallas News
Houston Post
The
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
WFAA
Dallas
WBAP
Fort Worth
WOAI
San Antonio
KPRC
Houston
W. Lee O’daniel
Sellers
TQN
March
James V. Allred
Allred
Soviet V M Molotov stalls Austrian German settlement at foreign ministers council
The our power foreign ministers council adjourned after Molotov blocked an American plan for a peace draft commission and refused to back a central German administration beyond the Saar. Bevin presided as Byrnes claimed Germany owes 14 billion in reparations while Molotov demanded deportations of displaced anti Fascist elements from Austria. Bidault proposed multilateral participation in a fall meeting. Byrnes supported it.
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Paris
V. M. Molotov
Austria
Molotov
Germany
Saar
Ernest Bevin
United States
Great Britain
France
Russia
James F. Byrnes
U. S
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Byrnes
Negro Proves Right To Vote In Georgia Primary
A 16 year old African American man testified he would pledge his hand if necessary and won the right to vote in Georgia’s Democratic primary. John Baskin, cane in hand, answered questions about property and taxes as Fulton County registrar Ellis McClelland overruled a challenger’s objections. Hearings on black voters’ registration challenges continue across Georgia.
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Atlanta
Georgia
John Baskin
Fulton County
Ellis McClelland
Horace H. Scroggins, Jr
Baskin
House Decision On British Loan Slated Today
In Washington on July 12 the House nears a crucial vote on the 3.75 billion dollar British loan with leaders arguing it will guide world leadership toward the United States or the Soviet Union. Supporters call Britain a vital ally and a buffer against aggression while opponents warn the loan could fuel war and isolationism dangers.
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Washington
Russia
America
Moscow
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
Britain
Representative McCormack
Massachusetts
House
Soviet Union
U. S
Luce
American
Wadsworth
New York
Rayburn
Texas
Senate
Representative Landis
Indiana
Will May Talk Solons Wonder
Washington report on the possibility of Representative May of Kentucky testifying before the Senate War Investigating Committee about his links to a munitions combine. May sought cross examination rights. Mead said such demands stray from normal inquiry practice. Garsson and Fields refused to waive immunity and were dismissed.
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Washington
May
Kentucky
Senate
House Military Committee
War Department
Senate War Investigating Committee
Mead
New York
Senate Committee
Henry Garsson
Munitions Combine
Benjamin F. Fields
Booby Trap Killer Faces Death Sentence In Va Plant
Amon J. Gusler, 52, a furniture plant mechanic, was found guilty of first degree murder in the dynamite death of J. Russell Smith at a Bassett factory. The jury fixed the penalty at death in the electric chair, with sentencing by Judge Joel W. Flood pending. Gusler admitted rigging a trap under Smiths desk after a kiss incident at a party, saying fear drove the plan. The blast wrecked part of the plant and Smith was killed on June 13.
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Martinsville, Va
Amon J. Gusler
J. Russell Smith
Joel W. Flood
Gusler
Smith
Bassett
Brazil to Buy Army Surplus Property Within Its Borders
The State Department announced that Brazil will purchase all U S surplus property remaining in Brazil using an eight million dollar credit. The deal will also hasten the withdrawal of U S troops still stationed at Brazilian air bases.
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Washington
Brazil
United States
U. S
State Department
Inflation Marks Blow Gum Front
Pittsburgh reporters survey shows price hikes in candy for children. Kids report lollipops marked two to three cents but cost ten cents. Some stores require buying nickel candy bars to gain bubble gum purchasing privileges.
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Pittsburgh
Sun-Telegram
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Will
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