Government Halts Civilian Steel Deliveries Nationwide
The National Production Authority ordered an immediate halt to all steel deliveries for civilian projects to conserve supplies for defense amid the CIO United Steelworkers strike. Warehouse shipments to manufacturers of civilian goods are banned, while oil drillers machine tool makers and many other industrial producers may draw from warehouse stocks.
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Washington
CIO
United Steelworkers
National Production Authority
NPA
Amarillo Commuter Contest Sparks Local Debate
A reader contest offers 25 dollars to the farthest daily commuter to Amarillo Air Base from Hereford, 118 miles round trip. A Dumas sender challenges the premise arguing more Amarillo residents commute out for work. The contest runs through next Saturday with a second prize of 10 dollars.
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Amarillo
Sam R. Ratcliff
McKinley
Hereford
Amarillo Air Base
Whitman on Corruption and Democracy in 1870
In a Whitman essay republished by Harper’s and titled Cuffnotes for Candidates, he critiques 1870 American corruption across national state and municipal levels, calling political and social life hollow and hypocritical. He cites a populace obsessed with newspapers, notes Abilene and Eisenhower references, and includes local letters and quips from Amarillo and Houston.
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Walt Whitman
Whitman
Democratic Vistas
Harper's
Ready To Bargain In Steel Walkout
The steel industry says it is ready to resume bargaining with the striking CIO United Steelworkers after a Supreme Court decision voided President Truman’s seizure of mills. About 650,000 steelworkers walked out for the second time this year as wage talks center on a 17 cent-an-hour raise amid price and output constraints.
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NPA
Janda
United States
Revenue Department
Washington
America
Empire
Antique
Alexander
Rome
New York
CIO United Steelworkers
Supreme Court
Truman
John A. Stephens
US Steel
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
N Stephens
Lt Eh
Stephens
Boys Ride 6 Miles Home On Horses After Missing
Two young cowboys Kenney Robbins aged 6 and Frank Renfro aged 4 rode from the fairgrounds to Pleasant Valley seeking refreshments. Parents searched three hours as the youths spurred through traffic and through town before a kind woman picked them up near Thompson Park and delivered them to Mrs Linley.
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Daily News
Kenney Robbins
Otis Linley
Kenney
Frank Renfro
Pleasant Valley
Grady Robbins
Highland
Frank
van EF. Renfro
Tri-State Fair Park
A. D. Linley
Bonitain Pleasant Valley
Fair Grounds
Tenth Avenue
Fullmore Street
Thompson Park
Linley
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy conditions expected Tuesday and Wednesday with little temperature change. West Texas shows no major shifts and scattered thunderstorms possible Tuesday. New Mexico faces storms Tuesday and Tuesday night with highs near 90 and lows around 40. Precipitation for the past 24 hours totaled 0.10 inches. Sunrise was 5 33 AM and sunset 7 57 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Sudan Grain Man on Trial in Lubbock Court
O L Shannon a Sudan grain dealer stands trial in US District Court on 47 counts of converting government stored grain to his own use. A government witness testified that on June 15 1951 Shannon was short 30831405 pounds of grain sorghums and 37676.95 bushels of wheat. The defense pressed objections as seven government witnesses testified before the recess.
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O. L. Shannon
Sudan
Lamb County
Shannon
Joseph BK. Dooley
James O. Cade
EK. T
Dusty” Miller
Amarillo
Kenneth Bowlin
Charles C. Weaver, Jr
Dallas
PMA CC Division
US Department of Agriculture
Ike Gives Up Retirement Army Pay
General Dwight Eisenhower asked to enter formal army retirement and waived his $19 541 retirement pay to participate in the Republican national convention campaign. He asked to be put on the retired list effectively last Saturday to avoid appearances of government or Army impact.
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Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
Defense Secy
Robert A. Lovett
Eisenhower
Defense Department
West Texas New Mexico League shows low scores and high drama
In Lamesa Amarillo won 6 7 2 while Wyberanec, Fortin, Venable, Walker and Jacobs toped for the visitors. Clovis and Lubbock faced rain delays as American League and Texas League results listed. Tulsa routed Shreveport 9 3, Fort Worth crushed San Antonio 12 0, Oklahoma City beat Beaumont 10 2.
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Wyberanec
Fortin
Venable
Walker
Jacobs
Mulcahy
Schradersareranes
Price
Dicks Neva
Nitcholas
Santa
Sullivan
Bowland
Borrego
Perez
Borger
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Bbc
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Payte
Phillips
Moore
Tate
Hair
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Albuquerque
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Shreveport
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Houston
Dallas
Oklahoma City
Beaumont
Maverick Boys Club Seeks Quick Fund Drive to Finish Building
Campaign leaders urge rapid action as Bob Cochran warns that completion hinges on raising $200,000 for the new Maverick Boys Club Kids Inc building at Twenty First and Lincoln. If funding stalls in days, about $15,000 of $25,000 in on site materials could be lost and work halted. Building activity cannot resume until sufficient money and material on hand to finish the project.
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Maverick Boys Club Kids, Inc
Bob Cochran
Cochran
Wedding & Cochran
Tte
Twenty First
Lincoln
British seal off Radio Berlin in dawn action
British military police barbed wire barricade around Radio Berlin at dawn sealing off the red-brick Communist outpost in the British sector. German police join guards preventing passage as a protest followed by evacuation of three communities near the Allied line.
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Berlin
Radio
West Berlin
School Board approves cost of living raises for janitors
The Amarillo school board allocates a $49,723 payroll increase to custodial and maintenance staff with a $100 yearly raise for 12 month workers and $75 for nine month workers. It also expands the age limit for workers to 55, authorizes 10 new teachers, buys athletic equipment for $11,165, and allocates $10,012.73 to equip cafeterias at three schools while deferring a study on a school physician.
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Amarillo
Pleasant Valley
Glenwood
San Jacinto
Mule Train Arrives in Amarillo to Head to Dallas Convention
Colorado Jaycees travel by mule train with four tired white mules, after 37 miles at 4 MPH since May 20, dismounting at Range Riders club west of Amarillo for a stop before continuing toward Dallas. They carry a Conestoga wagon replica and a barrel of Rocky Mountain Spring Water, aiming to echo Colorado’s old days on the way to the national convention.
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Colorado
Dallas
Cripple Creek Express
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