Ickes Backs Wrong Side Again on MacArthur Clash
A historical column argues Harold Ickes repeatedly blames MacArthur for Korea set-backs while crediting him with saving Formosa. It asserts Ickes allies and liberal officials misread Beijing’s moves and pressured policy shifts in Tokyo, affecting U S strategy and prompting Kremlin brinkmanship.
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Harold Ickes
Ickes
General MacArthur
New Republic
MacArthur
Korea
Far Eastern
Formosa
Omar Bradley
Defense
Louis Johnson
John Foster Dulles
Tokyo
State Department
Honest men in Panhandle recall mudblocked wagon tale
A Farwell insurance man recalls a Plainview memory of a freight wagon stuck in mud outside Running Water for six weeks with merchandise untouched. The piece blends such reminiscences with footnotes on the Denver sandwich controversy and light quips about politics and local life.
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Panhandle
B. N. Gresham
Farwell
Graham
Plainview
Pir 2x4 Price Notice from Ltr Co
Oliver & Wiggins Lettering Co announces a price listing for Pir 2x4 at five dollars seventy five cents per hundred. The notice notes the company address at 1200 South Street.
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Oiver & Wiggins Ltr
Blind Man Admits 1932 Post Office Robbery
In Monahans a blind man, Stanley E. Hedrick known as Alvie, confessed to taking part in the Quitaque post office burglary on January 1, 1932 and a bank robbery in Havana, Arkansas. He claims innocence about the Quitaque robbery, cites past convictions, and names his brother Jesse as a truck driver. Hedrick is jailed in Monahans as the case is investigated.
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Quitaque
Ed “Perchmouth
Stanton
Glenn Hunsacker
Monahans
Stanley E. Hedrick
Alvie" Hedrick
W. B. McNerlin
Monshans
Havana
Ark
Hedrick
Hunsacker
Harvey Boim
Plainview
Portales
S. T. Bogan
Bogan
Briscoe County
Alvie Hedrick
Pyote
Jesse James Hedrick
S. H. Marks
Snyder
Kum River Front Battles Drive Back Communist Crossings
US infantry smashed three Communist crossing attempts at the Kum River on the Taejon front. American artillery and air strikes, including a record B 29 raid, forced the First Division to yield ground and pushed communications back.
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Tokyo
Kum
Taejon
North Korea
Ameri
Hamchong
Andon
Taeju
Pusan
Korea
Seoul
Manchuria
Truman predicts victory in Korea
President Truman told reporters the Koreans will be driven back to their territory and that the United States will take all steps to bring the war to a successful conclusion. He discussed mobilization plans, reserves, and possible Congressional funding, while Senate moves to speed combat aircraft delivery.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Capitol Hill
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Korea
Defense Department
Nehru Sends Notes to US and USSR Over Korea Peace
Prime Minister Nehru of India dispatched notes to the United States and the Soviet Union seeking a peaceful settlement to the Korean War. Washington officials would not disclose contents, while Delhi indicated mediation hopes and willingness to help end the fighting between North Korean forces and South Korea with US backing.
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Washington
Nehru
India
United States
Russia
State Department
North Korea
South Korea
Mme
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Stalin
Moscow
S. Radakrishnan
Andrei Gromyko
Bomber Crash Kills 11 Men Near Lebanon Ohio
A four engine B-50 from Biggs Field El Paso crashed in a field near Lebanon Ohio this afternoon killing at least 11 crew members. The bomber squadron was identified as the 342nd from Biggs Field and the plane burned for hours. This marked the second B-50 crash today with one man killed three missing and six men parachuting to safety from a separate crash near Tucson Arizona.
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Lebanon
Ohio
Biggs Field
el Paso
State Highway Patrol
Galiuro Mountains
Tucson
Ariz
Bastille Day and notable figures feature in Amarlo weather page
Amaro and vicinity foresees fair and warm Friday, partly cloudy Saturday. Friday temps 52 to 88. Am relocated hourly temps show late morning highs around 66 to 71. Quotations include inspirational lines and Bastille Day notes, with a list of famous cancerarians and a fishing tip of the day.
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Amarillo
Texas
Pecos Valley
Old Ea A
Daily News Index highlights and page maps
Index page shows weather map on page 3, sugar imports up, popcorn sales in Paris, and rabies serum science. Notes on letters to editor, tax decision praise, markets, editorials, and end of US Mexico trade pact study. Also lists features on Panhandle Pantry, old warning on Red alert, and Roosevelt in Retrospect with various page references.
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Paris
Scien Plainview Group
Eh Awoast Hime
Babson Deere
C. C
Pisa
Panhandle Pantry i
Red Aim
Roosevelt
McLemore
Captain Easy Takes Vacation Next Tuesday Return
Captain Easy is on a vacation and will return next Tuesday morning where readers left him last week. The Daily News apologizes for using last week’s strips in error and promises the continued exciting story will resume next Tuesday.
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Captain Easy
The
Daily News
Veto Quitting in Tidelands Fight
Texas officials rejected quitting or compromising in the tidelands fight at a special Texas Property Defense Association meeting. Governor and attorney general led the stand against compromise or secession, reaffirming commitment to the principle of government despite the Korean War.
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Austin
Texas Property Defense Association
Wichita Falls Officials Learn Amarillo Tax System in Session
Wichita Falls civic leaders flew to Amarillo for a luncheon meeting to study how Amarillo raises revenue. Residents asked about equitable values, real estate, mercantile stock, machinery, new construction, and the total tax rate of 4.27 dollars with city and school portions.
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Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Gene Klein
Klein
Tax Equalization Board
R. G. Mills
Equalization Board
Mills
Lubbock
Harold Jones
L. R. Abcott
R. J. Brown
Ray Parrish
Frank Wood
Larry Crow
Roscoe Stayton
Homer Karrenbrock
Emil Kiel
Sheppard Air Force Base
Henry Grace
R. Mills Tittle
P. McGaha
C. F E. McCutcheon
J. E
Wheat Farmers List Complaints In Session Today
Southwestern wheat farmers from the Tri State area meet in Amarillo to press for changes in summer fallow acreage rules under the PMA 1951 allotment program They seek credit for summer fallow and to prevent potential multi million dollar losses Speakers include Thomas J McGuire US Department of Agriculture and Rep Ben Guill though Guill will not attend due to duties in Washington The session aims to rally support for farmers facing reduced acreage and price supports amid a crop failure and evolving legislation
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Garland Smith
Daily News
Southwestern Wheat Farmers
Drouth
Greenbugs
Amarillo
Tri- State Empire
Thomas J. McGuire
US Department of Agriculture
Old Tascosa, Herring Hotel
McGuire
Production and Marketing Administration
Ben Guill
Pampa
House Agriculture Committee
Guill
Washington
PMA
House
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
National Association of Wheat Growers
H.W. Clutter
Holcomb
Kan
Texas Panhandle-South Plains
Tri-State
Department of Agriculture
Kenneth Kendrick
National Wheat Growers Association
Stratford
Department
Vern Reynolds
Dallas County
Dalhart
Albert Law
Law
Dallam
Reynolds
Ralph Trigg
Trigg
Texas Panhandle- South Plains
Amarillo Daily Schedule of Meetings and Events
Amarillo hosts a day full of gatherings including a wheat growers meeting for multiple states at the Herring Hotel, a homemaking class at Horace Mann School, a concert by the Amarillo Summer School Orchestra, and various club and civic group meetings at locations such as the Victory Mission Library, Llano Estacado Council offices, Harrington, Sunset Golf Course, and Allee Landergin School, with a late night motorcycle lime run at Tonkham.
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Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Herring Hotel
Horace Mann School
Amarillo
Et High School
Bexing
Public Library
Llano Estas Aot
Boy Scouts
Harrington
Don
Sunset Golf Course
North Randall County
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