Bernadotte proposes Palestine truce terms and ceasing hostilities
Count Folke Bernadotte announced a Friday morning halt in fighting in Palestine and asked for Arab and Jewish replies by noon. He outlined eight conditions including no new immigration, troop movement limits, UN observers, and Red Cross relief while all war actions cease.
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Egypt
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Greenwich
Texas
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Trans-Jordan
Isdud
Tel Aviv
Israel
Jenin
Associated Press
Bernadotte
Jerusalem
UN Security Council
International Red Cross
Jaffa
Polio Spreads Across Texas as Plains Report Free
Polio cases spread statewide with more than 400 reports and deaths rising in San Antonio and Galveston. Dallas records few cases but outofstate arrivals fill hospital wards while Fort Worth and Wichita Falls report early fatalities. Northwest Texas Hospital alerts Panhandle to potential arrivals.
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Associated Press
Texas
Rio Grande
Red River
Arthur Dyer
Dallas County
National Foundation For
Dyer
Rio Grande Valley
Nueces County
Harris County
Galveston
San Antonio
Cameron
Hidalgo
Nueces
Harris
The
National Foundation
Temple
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Dallas
Houston
Edinburg
Amarillo
Panhandle
F. F. “Buck” Beringer
Northwest Texas Hospital
Beringer
A. J. Dowling
Potter County
Chief Fumbles At Dedication
President Truman dedicates an airfield in Carey Idaho en route to Idaho Falls and Butte, greeting grieving parents of a missing child. A misidentified casualty is corrected when the mother and father explain their 16 year old daughter Wilman was killed in a 1947 plane crash.
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Butte
Carey
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Montana
Sheldon Coates
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Summary
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers in Amarillo and West Texas. Temperatures expected to stay warm with small daily changes. Temperatures yesterday reached highs around 80 and lows near 47. Precipitation was trace in the last 24 hours. Extended outlook shows 2-5 degrees above normal, with scattered showers mainly north and central portions Wednesday and otherwise little rain.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Texas
Gulf Plains
Senate debates two year limit draft bill amid segregation clash
The chamber considers a segregation amendment by Russell and Maybank allowing enlisted men to serve in segregated units if they request. An evening session featured Senator Langer and later Russell and Maybank with a 9 am reconvene and a 10 30 vote schedule. Maybank warned that election concerns could sway policy on minority groups. Morse proposed curbing draft expansion amid charges of an over militarized state as Taft and another Republican split.
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Russell
Georgia
Maybank
South Carolina
Langer
North Dakota
Texas
Senator Morse
Oregon
United States
Morse
Taft
What Am I Saying Writers by Frank Morean
The piece discusses the earning potential of pulp-story writers and satirizes talent versus money in literature. It then shifts to U.S. draft debates with Senator Pepper noting the 1940 draft's one year length and Morse amendment clarifying two-year duration for the law, while induction remains two years. Lodge’s alien recruitment plan passes 43 to 33 amid cross-party support and criticism.
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N.Y. Post Corp., Inc
Ohio
Vandenberg
Michigan
House
Pepper
Florida
Lodge
United States
Russia
Gurney
South Dakota
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
Holland
Harvest Weather Pressures Panhandle Wheat Harvest
Texas Employment Commission reports hot harvest weather moving across the Panhandle and Texas wheat front. McKinney notes 20 percent completion in Childress County with full swing operations and a surplus of combines and trucks. Nearby counties Cottle, Vernon area and South Plains patches show cutting underway as irrigation wheat stays green.
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Panhandle
Bob McKinney
The
Texas Employment Commission
McKinney
Austin Tec
Donald Hawkins
TEC
Texas Wheat Front
Vernon
Quanah
Seymour
Benjamin
Electra
Childress County
Oklahoma
Texas Plains
South Plains
Plainview
Childress
Cottle
Ochiltree
Hansford
Lipscomb
Hutchinson
C. J. Warner
Borger Tec
Hall County
Amarillo event day schedule with local notices
Today in Amarillo a morning writer Round-Up at the high school library. Chamber of commerce and YWCA clinics and meetings follow at various venues. Local junior chamber and industrial foundation events, Red Cross council at Veterans Hospital, and a baseball meeting at the high school. Also notes on TEC temporary offices expanding Panhandle coverage and staff assignments across multiple counties.
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Chamber of Commerce Memip
Amarillo
YWCA
R Park
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Herring Hotel
Amarillo Industrial Foundation
Amarillo Hotel
North Plains Council
American Red Cross
Veterans Hospital
Hanson Post
American Legion
Russells
Housing Bill Hit As Socialistic Substitute Ready
Washington reports House Republican leader Wolcott called Taft's housing bill socialistic and prepared a substitute. The measure would strike public housing provisions and slum clearance, while restoring government mortgage insurance and special loan aids, with veterans housing support and tax relief. The Banking Committee planned action early next week.
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Washington
Taft
House
Wolcott
Michigan
Banking Committee
House Banking Committee
Senate
Veterans’ Cooperatives
Amarillo Plan Decision Today
The Amarillo Plan rests on today’s luncheon at the Amarillo Hotel where chamber of commerce directors explain a proposed industrial foundation with $100,000 capital. Individuals and firms would fund buildings to attract industries, with returns reinvested. several local firms and a list of supporters totaling over $30,000 have pledged, showing growing interest.
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Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Foundation
Louisville
Tyler
Tex
Gene Klein
Fred Seate
Oscar Hargett
Drs
Mann, Brown and Vick
Star Lumber Company
Texas Sand and Gravel Co
Badger Herring
C. C. Cunningham
Bob Crudginston
Plains Creamery
John Boyce Smyth Auto Supply
Willborn Brothers Herring
Amarillo Motor Cosreany
Capitol
Hugo Loewenstern Elliott Office Supply Co
Mead’s Bakery
Wee Furr Food Stores
Southwestern Public Service
Globe-News
Crowe Guide Cement Ompeny Son
Erwin Ochsner
W. A. Mays
Foxworth-Galbraith
Mark Clemmer
Lbr. Co
First National Bank
Amarillo Hardware Co
Flareup Over Truman Tour Spreads From Nebraska
Nebraska Democratic Chairman William Ritchie says national committeemen in Oregon and South Dakota have sent anti-Truman messages after his withdrawal of support. Telegrams relay dissatisfaction with Truman's Nebraska Oregon visit, and Montana leaders echo snub claims as the campaign trails unfold.
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Nebraska
William Ritchie
Oregon
South Dakota
Ritchie
Montana State Central Committee
Mr. Truman
Lew Wallace
Portland
Truman
Eugene Mahoney
Sioux Falls
National Democratic
White House
Wallace
Nebrasa Party
Democratic National
Iowa
Lester H. Loble
Helena
Montana
Democratic State Central Committee
Farley attacks Slack and urges Truman leadership
James A. Farley, ex national Democratic chairman, scolded the lack of aggressive leadership for Truman and said Truman deserves full party support as the Democratic nominee. He stated he will not accept a vice presidential nomination and noted Truman would speak in Los Angeles under club auspices next Monday.
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Los Angeles
James A. Farley
Democratic
Truman
Greater
NM primary results show Anderson leading in early returns
Former Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, backed by President Truman, led Democratic primary foe John J. Dempsey by 4 to 3 as returns came in. Gov. Thomas Mabry led in re election bids, while a crowded field contested the two New Mexico House seats and other races. Counting would be slow due to many offices. polls closed at 6 pm MST.
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Clinton Anderson
New Mexico
Truman
Anderson
John J. Dempsey
Cratic
Patrick J. Hurley
Thomas J. Mabry
Eugene Allison
DOS House of Representatives
Antonio Fernandez
Georgia Lusk
John E. Miles
Santa Fe
Manuel Lujan
Philip Hubbell
Ernest Everly
Roscoe Powers
Ben Meyer
Earl Douglas
Herman Baca
Meyer
Dempsey
French Arctic Expedition Aims at Ice Study Not Uranium
Paris reports the first postwar French Arctic expedition led by Paul Emile Victor will head to Greenland with twenty explorers for about six months. The group plans to measure polar ice thickness and conduct scientific studies while stating their work has no military purpose.
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Paris
Greenland
Paul Emile Victor
Kinsey Report tops reading in Amarillo
Daily News index highlights Kinsey Report leading reader interest in Amarillo with page references to other features across the edition. Includes notes on draft law delays, broadcasts, and local notices scattered through pages 2 to 6.
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Kinsey
Amarillo
McLemore
Grasshoppers
Central Texas
Panhandle
Ochiltree County
el Paso
Mexico
Pace
State Department
Sauber
Mrs LaMarre Sues Meyers for 250000 Defamation
Mrs Mildred R LaMarre ex secretary to Bennett E Meyers filed a 250000 defamation suit in Brooklyn federal court alleging Meyers falsely labeled her an unchaste wife and causing her mental anguish. Meyers, a former wartime air force head, is currently serving a perjury sentence.
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New York
Mildred R. LaMarre
Bennett E. Meyers
Air Force
Meyers
Federal Court
Brooklyn
LaMarre
Daveton
Bleriot H. LaMarre
Senate
Aviation Electric Corp
Vane Galia
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