State Auditor Details Truck Registration Rackets in Texas
State Auditor C H Cavness reported vehicle registration rackets costing the state thousands yearly. Amey cited offenses from underweight stamping to fake registrations, noting inspector shortages and counties exploiting post and scrip schemes to offset deficits.
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Hungary
Amey
House
Senate
Austin
C. H. Cavness
E. J. Amey
State Highway Department
Burleson
Live Oak
Wilson
I Ilegal Regis
American Oil Interests Face Communist Pressure in Hungary
Budapest dispatch reports Russia refused US and British requests for Bela Kovacs confession documents linking Nagy to a plot. A US informant said Hungarian Communists sought to pressure US oil interests, offering to buy out Maori holdings and threaten expulsion of American executives.
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Budapest
Hungary
Russia
United States
Bela Kovacs
Ferenc Nagy
Kovacs
Smallholders Party
Nagy
Europe
National Assembly
Switzerland
Bela Varga
Social Democrat
Vilag
Istvan Ries
London
Hector McNeil
House of Commons
Moscow
V. P. Sviridov
Allied Control Commission For
George H.weems
Sviridov
Control Council
Soviet Union
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Matyas Rakosi
Rakosi
Paul Ruedemann
Hartsdale
Standard Ou
Standard
Standard Oil
Ruedemann
Aoe
Adrian Rancher Dies in Adrian Station Blast
George H. Parker 26, a rancher from Adrian, died of third degree burns after a fire and explosion at the 66 Care and Service Station in Adrian. The blast occurred noon yesterday, flames spreading to a cafe and dance hall. Vega, 14 miles away, fought the blaze and a Phillips truck hauled water. Parker survived by his wife Dorothy and four children. funeral services set for Hereford First Baptist Church with burial at West Park Cemetery.
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Daily News
Adrian
George H. Parker
Northwest Texas Hospital
Vega
Phillips
Parker
Clinton Homfeldt
Barker
W. J. Brown
Manuel Loveless
Dorothy Parker
Linda Sue
Verena Dell
Antonita Lee
Joe Scott Parker
George S. Parker
Hereford
Murl
Tom Parker
Glen Parker
Alva
Okla
Delbert Brunstetter
Chancey Rooss
Oklahoma City
Frank Gyles
Noble
Willier
Clinton Jackson
Jerry Albracht
First Baptist Church
West Park Cemetery
Boxwell Brothers
Father of Year with Nineteen Children Raises Six as Ideal
John Vanhoose of Richardson Kentucky chosen as 1947 Worker Father of the Year by the National Fathers Day Committee says six children suit modern parents. Fifteen of his offspring, ages 38 to 10, live at home. he cites a tough but worthwhile family effort and will receive a City Hall medal tomorrow.
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New York
National Fathers Day Committee
John Vanhouse
Richardson
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Vanhoose
Ella May Vanhoose
Vanhooses
City Hall
C&o
National Committee
Legislators Move to Shut Down Housing Exp editor Office
The House Appropriations Committee branded the government housing program a failure and ordered Expeditor Frank R. Creedon to close shop within a year, with no new business after June 30. The move, needing House and Senate approval, targets funds for liquidation and cutbacks across related agencies.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Frank R. Creedon
House
Senate
Creedon
Wilson Wyattt
Truman
Miners Strike in Pa. Halts 11,100 Workers Across 20 Mines
In southwestern Pennsylvania 11,100 miners walked out today in coordinated stoppages against pending labor legislation. Twenty mines halted production, including sites owned by US Steel and other majors, as unions label the action unauthorized and seek to pressure government bills on strikes in essential industries.
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Uniontown
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
William Hynes
UMW District Four
US Steel
Weirton
Republic and
Jones and Laughlin
Clairton Coking Works
Coking
Pittsburgh
Hynes
Aflumw
Andrew S. Rayner
Dancing Star Charisse Visits Birth Town Amid Busy Schedule
Cyd Charisse, rising MGM star and dancer, returns to her hometown for a day to visit relatives as her film and stage work intensify. She recalls training, early tours with Ballet Russe, a 1939 marriage, and now a seven year MGM contract with film roles in Fiesta and The Unfinished Dance.
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Dancing Star
Betty Gose
Cyd Charisse
W. H. van Shaw
Tyler
E. E Finklea, Jr
Texas A&m
Cyd
Mexico
Piesta
Hollywood
Cypress Gardens
Fla
Charisse
Amarillo
Los Angeles
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
California
Ballet
Sid Finklea
England
France
Switzerland
Italy
Nice
Cannes
The
Riviera
Nicco Charisse
W. B. Norwood
Tucumcari
Metro
Third Babe Missing in Massillon Case Prompts Search
Prosecutor D Deane McLaughlin says a third baby is feared missing from City Hospital pediatrics as investigators pursue a possible murder link to two infant deaths Diane J Brand 10 weeks and Rosemary Morton 9 weeks. A warned suspected cranial trauma and a potential third victim prompt renewed probes and routine lie detector testing.
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Massillon
D. Deane McLaughlin
City Hospital
McLaughlin
Diane J. Brand
Rosemary Morton
Diane
Rosemary
W. Bernard Rodgers
Harry Grossglauss
Cleveland
Inflation Deflation Signs Have Word for It
In New York a Broadway candy stand changed its sign from six and seven cent candy to five cents. The announcement notes inflation and deflation signs and mentions items like lamps trays ash trays and cushions for Dad's office. Russell Staty Co.
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New York
Russell Staty
Tools of Trade Fatal to Barber
Maurice Understone a London barber was electrocuted by his electric clippers in an inquest finding accidental death. Witnesses testified a customer in the chair complained of shocks then Understone moved the clippers to the other hand touched a pipe and collapsed.
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London
Maurice Understone
Understone
Wild Car Pair Await Justice at Wildorado
Two men involved in a crash that killed Mr. Faust and injured Mrs. Faust at Wildorado last November 28 face sentencing by US District Judge James C. Wilson. Willie James Shoe and Robert Dixon May were connected to a stolen vehicle case and admitted concerns about the wreck. May testified he drove the car that night. Shoe claimed he did not know the car was stolen.
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Wildorado
James C. Wilson
Willie James Shoe
Robert Dixon May
Shoe
May
O. R. Faust
Faust
Louisa
Concord
Amarillo
Alvin Moore
Thomas W. Watson
Polk Ivy
Jack Miller
Texas Highway Patrol
Carl C. Perlman
FBI
Bill Lampe
Potter County
Fort Worth
Florida
Chillicothe, O
C. S. Binion
Navy
R. M Gardner
Civil War Veteran Receives Diploma 80 Years Late
Meadville Pa June 9 a 102 year old Civil War veteran Robert Rownd of Ripley NY receives a bachelor of arts degree from Allegheny College eight decades late after his studies were interrupted by the war and marriage. He leaves after the ceremony saying he wants to tend his roses and works in his garden daily.
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Meadville
Allegheny College
Robert Rownd
Ripley
Grand Army of the Republic
Amarillo and West Texas Weather Update
Amarillo and vicinity trend partly cloudy with colder readings Tuesday and little change Wednesday. West Texas skies mix clear to partly cloudy with cooler daytime temperatures in Panhandle and South Plains. The report includes hourly observations and yesterday’s high and low temperatures with sunrise and sunset times.
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Butte
Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Sean
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State, Weights and Measures Division
Adrian Rancher
Governaent
National Housing Agency
Office of Housing
Federal
Public Housing Authority
FPHA
Dillon S. Myer
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Treasury
Nicky
Kim
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co
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