Time To Mobilize The Panhandle Too
Robert S. Allen predicts total industrial mobilization in the United States by year’s start and a larger military mobilization than expected. Texas will play a key role with Amarillo leaders already active to offer resources to the Defense Department, possibly reactivating Amarillo Army Air Field and leveraging Pantex. Local officials Klein and O Keefe, plus Rex Baxter, eye a citizens committee to coordinate support for mobilization. Lubbock and Wichita Falls have already seen air field reactivations.
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Washington
Texas
Amarillo
Department of Defense
Amarillo Army Air Field
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Panhandle
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Heat, shirts, and heat in Amarillo business wear
Residents discuss summer attire as Virgil Ballengee and Mayor Klein push sports shirts for local business men. Heat complaints rise while experts note insulation logic, and one man’s sunlit lawn scene is described in vivid detail. The column blends local quarrels, quirky science, and traffic and billboard notes.
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Virgil Ballengee
Mayor Klein
Amarillo
Candidates Bear Down With Vigor In Home Stretch
In the final days before Saturdays primary Panhandle politics shows peak momentum with candidates touring districts to meet voters. The intense pace aims to cover vast territory while avoiding missteps that could affect turnout. Frank Smith notes candidates face liberation from routine as the political sprint narrows.
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Panhandle
Frank Smith
Veteran Court
Truman Tightens Up On Loans for Housing
President Truman moved to curb inflation on the home front by issuing orders that tighten credit for federal housing, seeking to save construction materials for national defense. He directed a 5 percent cash down payment for all VA loans, limited new mortgage insurance, and urged higher down payments for new construction and repair loans. The actions come as he prepares a war report to Congress amid the Korean crisis.
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Wirr
Raymond Foley
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White House
Offer 100 Year Plan To Erase Communism
In Detroit on July 18, President Walter Reuther of the CIO United Auto Workers proposed a 100-year trillion dollar campaign to rid the world of Communism. He wrote to President Truman praising defense of South Korea and urged a total peace offensive under US leadership with a fully adequate military defense. Reuther outlined a nine point program under United Nations sponsorship costing 13 billion dollars annually to the United States, totaling 1.3 trillion dollars over the century.
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CIO
United Auto Workers
Reuther
Truman
South Korea
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United Nations
United States
Soviet Union
Congress of America
Truman Address Seen Across Theaters Tonight
President Truman to speak to the nation at 9 30 p m relayed to State and Paramount theaters for moviegoers. On screen at State is Daughter of Rosie O Grady and at Paramount Duchess of Idaho held over through Thursday night. Reuther outlines nine point plan to raise seven billion and boost output by using wartime tax rates and job creation.
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Truman
Paramount
Rosie O’grady
Duchess of Idaho
Scholarship Awards Set for Carrier Boys
The News-Globe announces $1,500 in scholarships and educational endowments for carrier salesmen for the 1950-51 school year. Six $150 college scholarships and 12 $50 endowments will be awarded to Amarillo and tri-state area route boys based on a five category 20-point scoring system. Winners must be bona fide carriers continuing route work, with funds usable at any accredited college and conditions for military service delays or overlap with other awards.
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Globe-News Publishing Company
Amarillo
Tri-State
Hereford Flood Drenches Lake Park and Hampers Town
Hereford bore the gullywasher as 5.30 inches of rain flooded Lake Park and surrounding streets. Water stood inches deep in parks and on Main Street while drainage failed and utilities faltered. A truck sank into a cratered Union Avenue pavement as lightning struck a potato shed. damage included undermined paving, stranded phones, and homes flooded. Digging paused for the 1950 potato harvest as processors planned resumption after rain.
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Daily News
Hereford
Lake Park
Ben Leach
Park Avenue
Jim Kirby
Kirbys
Colorado
McKinley Avenue
North Main Street
KPAN
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Airport Road
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Union and
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Dimmitt Highway
Highway 41
Associated Growers
Aid to Europe Hinted as Truman Eyes Five Billion
Washington reports say some of President Truman's advisers urge requesting about five billion dollars for grants to Western Europe. They claim the sum would follow the defense budget request and the 1.2225 billion arms aid for Europe approved or pending in Congress. Officials argue the money would bolster NATO against possible Soviet invasion.
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Russians Aid North Korean Forces Confirmed by Army
The Army disclosed that Russian advisers are with a Korean Red forces unit during the South Korea invasion. About 10 to 20 Russian officers are with the unit, the spokesperson said, insisting they are advisers not combatants. No further details were provided on uniforms, identity, or unit.
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South Korea
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Daily News Almanac Weather and Sky Guide
An almanac brief notes Amarillo area partly cloudy days with scattered night thundershowers and little temperature change. highs around 90. West Texas forecast similar with minimal change and light to moderate precipitation. On this day in 1840 the Cunard liner arrived in Boston for its maiden trans Atlantic voyage. United Nations data list Burma and several nations with populations and capitals. In Tri-State skies the moon sets and Arcturus and Pegasus appear plus a terse verse about aging models.
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First Amphibious Assault Carries Soldiers Inland
U S forces land two divisions in Korea including the First Cavalry on the east coast at Pohang 66 miles north of Pusan. The 25th Division also heads into combat as Gen MacArthur confirms rapid buildup. The operation features unopposed beaching, naval cover, and swift inland advance with three divisions now at hand.
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Pusan
Walton H. Walker
Korea
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Taejon
Associated Press
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King
Amarillo civic and social events today
Today in Amarillo a full schedule of meetings and activities includes the Amarillo Women's Municipal Golfers Association at Ross Rogers Golf Course, noon gatherings by Industrial Committee, Chamber of Commerce in Herring Hotel room 202, and a noon magicians roundtable at Amarillo Hotel. Evening events feature Helium City Motorcycle Club, Mirror Edition Civic Improvement and Spanish-American Club at Dwight Morrow School, Red Cross safety instructors meeting, Gold Wes Pampa Oilers game at Gold Sox Field, Longhorn Motorcycle Club on Tyler, and SPEBSQSA meets at KGNC.
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Mirror Edition
Civic Improvement Club
Dwight Morrow
Red Cross
Gold Wes Pampa Oilers
Gold Sox
Longhorn Motorcycle Club
Tyler
Spebsqsa
KGNC
Airport Condition Survey Requested for Amarillo Air Terminal
L C Elliott, 4th Region CAA administrator in Fort Worth, said Washington asked his office to assess runways and facilities at Amarillo Air Terminal. He called the inquiry unusual for a complete check, noting wartime use by Air Force and later surplus sale to the city.
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L. C. Elliott
CAA
Washington
Amarillo Air Terminal
Elliott
Air Force
Amarillo
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