Uranium Mines in Saxony Under Soviet Control
A Soviet led operation in Saxony has the only known European uranium deposit at Annaberg and Bad Oberschlema sealed off by military authorities. About 35,000 workers are drafted or volunteering, with reports of improved rations and strict controls, while mine equipment remains primitive and access is tightly restricted.
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Saxony
Associated Press
Erz Gebirge
Socialist Unity Party
SED
Chemnitz
Germany
Soviet Union
Pitchblende
Annaberg
Bad-Oberschlema
Schneeberg
Schwarzenberg
Erz
Ore
Europe
Walter Lutz
Aue
Leipzig
SEC
London Bridge in Brooklyn Quarter Escape
A Panhandle wide manhunt pursued four convicts who escaped from the Carson County jail in Panhandle between 3 15 and 3 30 in the afternoon. The escapees Vernon Edward Hill life term Thomas Gathright Binkley Jr Leo James and Don Davis are wanted for burglary tied to the OPA office break in Panhandle January 12 1945 and a White Deer cafe burglary. They fled in a dark colored coupe with two keys fashioned from tin. A detainee in the same cell reported threats as they left. Authorities chased leads across Borger Dumas and US 287 but the suspects appear to have eluded capture. Hill aged 32 is described as a life term habitual criminal. Continued on Page 3.
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Panhandle
Clarence Williams
Vernon Edward Hill
Thomas Gathright Binkley, Jr
Leo James
Don Davis
Carson County
Rockwall
OPA
Williams
Dudley White
Borger
Fuque Younger
Dumas
Hill
State Penitentiary
Burma cabinet massacre triggers curfew and arrests
In Rangoon gunmen killed three followers of former Premier U Saw and arrested him with 19 lieutenants after a raid on his home. A curfew from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. was imposed as ministers died from the attack and a cabinet was swiftly formed in the wake of the killings.
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Rangoon
Burma
U. Saw
Myochut
Thakin Ba Sein
Dobama Asiayone Party
Ba Sein
London
Government House
Sao Sam Htunsawhwa
Mong Pawn
U Aung San
People’s Freedom League
U Saw
Ba Maung
Burma Police
Myochit Party
Aung San
The
Freedom League
Hubert Rance
Dutch Force Seizes Indonesian Establishments in Batavia
Dutch troops launched a midnight operation against the Republic of Indonesia in Batavia, seizing government buildings and the republic radio station with minimal bloodshed. Deputy PM Gam and other leaders were placed under house arrest while censorship and detentions were imposed amid escalating tensions.
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Batavia
Java
Republic of Indonesia
Hubertus van Mook
van Mook
Netherlands
Linggadjati
Cheribon
Jogjakarta
A. K Gam
Tamsin
Ah Boediardjo
Soekarno
Inndonesian
Gani
Tamsii
Republic
Foreign Office and Information Office
Florida pastor holds services in parking lot after church barred
Rev. Ernest L. Wiedenmann and dissident members obtain a temporary injunction to bar services at St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church amid a memorial service attended by Ku Klux Klan members. Services shift to a parking lot tied to bar owner Jimmie Cornick as court hearings proceed. A parallel service continues at St. Pauls with Rev. John L. Vance praising the congregation’s resolve and planning a new church in the area. Judge Holt authorized the injunction with a full hearing pending to formalize the ban.
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Miami
Fla
Ernest L. Wiedenmann
Ku Klux Klan
George E. Holt
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Wiedenmann
Jimmie Cornick
Tamiami Trail
Associated Press
Jesus
St. Paul’s Church
Flagler Street
John L. Vance
Yance
Poland Warns Against Reviving German Industry
Poland fears a revived German industrial base under any Marshall plan arrangement. Ambassador Jozef Winiewicz says Paris talks ignore Poland’s insistence on not benefiting Germany and urges governments to oppose plans favoring Germany or its postwar power. He notes Poland’s credit rejections and seeks 600 million dollars from the international bank to modernize mines and railways.
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Washington
Poland
Paris
Jozef Winiewicz
Germany
Europe
International Bank
Winiewicz
Weather summary and office furniture ad
The report notes partly cloudy conditions in Amarillo and West Texas with modest temperature shifts and specific readings throughout the day. A separate line lists Walnut desks, chairs, tables and other fine office furniture from Russell's for sale.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Es Sowava Pwr
Gee
Ec Deswes
Russell's
Wallace Drive On in California
A California Democratic movement backs Henry A. Wallace for the 1948 Democratic nomination. Robert W. Kenny leads a Wallace slate for the California primary and vows no third party run. A letter to Wallace calls for continued leadership and an advisory committee plans fundraising and nationwide club formations with rallies in Phoenix and Denver tentatively planned.
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Fresno
Cal
California
Henry A. Wallace
Robert W. Kenny
Wallace
Kenny
John A. Despot
CIO
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Ariz
Robert L Owen, Former Oklahoma Senator, Dies
Washington dispatch reports former senator Robert Latham Owen of Oklahoma died in an emergency hospital after a long illness at age 91. A separate Austin notice cites a one million dollar fire destroying a prefabrication plant with cause still undetermined after a preliminary investigation.
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Robert L. Owen
Oklahoma
Washington
Robert Latham Owen
Austin
Jap Plan Cuts Cost of Dying
YOKOSUKA Japan July 20 the post office at the former naval base will start a mortuary service for postal employes. A retired delivery truck will serve as a hearse and funerals will cost 300 yen about 60 dollars, far cheaper than the previous 2000 yen.
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Yokosuka
Japan
Terrorists Blast Lid Off Again In Holy Land
Jerusalem erupted in gunfire and explosions as terrorists clashed with police and military forces. At least one man died and eighteen others were wounded across the region during several attacks linked to unrest following the Exodus of 1947.
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Holy Land
Jerusalem
Holy City of
Palestine Police
Pustashpha
United Nations Investigation Commission
Palestine
Exodus
Raanana
Cable and Public Information Offices
Tel Litwinsky
Tel Aviv
Joaquin Receives Scooter And Artificial Limbs In Nogales
In Nogales Sonora a joint Amarillo Texas and Tucson Arizona delegation gifted two disabled Mexican youths gifts to improve their lives. Thirteen year old Joaquin Carranza received a three wheeled motor scooter funded by the Texas Panhandle and Primitivo Valdez got artificial limbs donated by the Tucson post. The ceremony was led by Amarillo Mayor Lawrence Hagy and included local officials and donors who traveled by plane to Nogales to present the aids amid light rain.
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Nogales
Sonora
Hoeffer Stadium
Amarillo
Tucson
Ariz
Joaquin Carranza
Primitivo Valdez
Texas
Arizona
Lawrence Hagy
Joaquin
Texas Panhandle
Cocio-Estrada American Legion Post
Primitivio
Mario de la Fuente
Sonora Oil Company
Mayor Hagg
J. Harold Dunn
Cal Farley
Tommy Thomas
Stuart Condron
KGNC
F. M. Johnson
F. N. Johnson
Memphis Girl Killed by Train Near Memphis Crossing
Miss Dorothy Mixon seven years old died when a Fort Worth and Denver freight struck the car she rode at a crossing eight miles southeast of Memphis. The child was thrown clear and died at the scene. parents hospitalized in shock. Survivors include relatives in Amarillo Dumas Plainview and Memphis. Funeral services pending.
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Memphis
Dorothy Mixon
Fort Worth
Denver
Miss Mixon
C. L. Mixon
Goodall Hos
Accidental Shot Wounds Woman Near Canadian River Plant
Mrs. O. L. Ellis of the Canadian River Gas Company booster plant at Bivins was shot while the family picked plums nine miles southeast of the station. The bullet pierced her back and intestines and lodged in her leg. Sheriff Bill Adams said the accident occurred when a 5 year old boy knocked over a .22 Winchester pump rifle in the rear seat of the car. Mrs. Ellis underwent surgery at St. Anthony's Hospital and remained in serious condition though slightly improved. Mr. Ellis, a longtime welder for the company and former Seabees, rushed her to hospital.
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O. L. Ellis
Canadian River Gas Company
Bivins
St. Anthony's Hospital
Bill Adams
Potter County
Ellis
Canadian River
Mr. Ellis
Seabees
Proves US Land Of Opportunity
Italian prisoner of war Giuseppe Lo Piccolo walked out of Camp Shanks in February 1946 wearing only underwear. Arrested yesterday by the FBI, he now has a wife child an apartment a union card a social security card and a plasterer’s helper job paying about 60 dollars a week before being turned over to the Army.
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New York
U.P
Guiseppe Lo Piccolo
Camp Shanks
FBI
Lo Piccolo
Army
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Reds
Reet
Gan
Dresden
Joachimstal
Czechoslovakia
Lutz
Stuttgarter Zeitung
Pierre and
Marie Curie
London Bridge
Brooklyn
White Deer
Brooklyn Trust Company
CIO Financial
Indochina
Florida
Chicago
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Olver & Wiggins Ltr, Co
Western States
Joe Scroggins
Plainview
Scroggins
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Tenth and
van Buren
Hayden
Golden Gloves
Maverick Club
Kids Inc
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