Grasshoppers threaten Ochiltree rangelands in Perryton area
Ranchers in Wolf Creek valley fear grasshopper infestations may worsen with 12 to 15 ranches already hit and 30 insect types identified. Ranchers use poison bait, but rough terrain hinders spread as supplies arrive to fight the outbreak. In Washington, the Senate advances a draft bill for 18 to 25 year olds with proposals on registration and service terms.
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Perryton
Wolf Creek
Here
Pood Herndon
Herndon
Wills
Bureau of Entomology
Ochiltree County
Washington
Senate
Armed Services
House
Congress
Morse
Oregon
O’daniel
Texas
Bevercomb
West Virginia
Revercomb
Army
McLemore
Higgins
Father of
el Paso
Roger Q. Evans
Navy
Auckland
Life of Riley
Babson
National Theater
Chicago Tribune Attacks Mr. Truman As Nincompoop
The Chicago Tribune defends its front page as it calls President Truman a nincompoop and catastrophic flop. It accuses him of corruption, vote theft, and ties to the Pendergast machine, citing his Kansas City power and deals with Stalin.
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Chicago
Truman
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
Nincompocop
Spokane
Wash
Spokane Spokesman-Review
The
Congress
Ne ‘Tribune
the Tribune
Mr. Truman
Kansas City
Pottsdam
Stalin
Missouri
Capone
Tom Clark
Maury Hughes
Dallas
Dallas, An Old Friend of Mr. Clark
Panhandle Odd Fellows Rebekahs District Convene Sessions
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of Texas District No 6 spanning Childress to the Panhandle meet this afternoon for district instruction. District deputies D M Specter and Georgia Ford join Frank R Rundell and Gene Lawless for a 1:30 joint meeting at IOOF Hall. A public 8 pm session closes the day.
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Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of
Texas
Panhandle
Childress and
Dimmitt
Georgia Ford
Maryland
Rebekahs
Grand Lodge
The
Odd Fellows
D. M. Specter
Borger
Frank R. Rundell
Austin
Gene Lawless
el Paso
Assembly
Ioof Hall
East Fifth
Elks Home
Health Wardens' Battle Against San Antonio Epidemic
Health wardens will be organized in San Antonio to combat infant diarrhea. Dr. Austin E. Hill, city health director, said wardens will visit blocks in affected areas to advise families on sanitation and urge ill children to seek clinics. Deaths this year reached 99 yesterday.
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Santonio
San Antonio
Austin E. Hill
Amarillo Club Schedule Evening Meetings and Dinners
Tonight in Amarillo the Panhandle Geological Society and Panhandle Oil Scouts hold a John Snider Barbecue at Thompson Park for members and guests at 6 30 PM. The Amarillo Life Underwriters install dinner at Herring Hotel main dining room at 7 PM for members and guests. The Amarillo Chapter Air Reserve Association meets at Herring Hotel at 7 30 PM for members and guests. Kids Inc coaches meet with rules and arbitration committee and league coordinator at Maverick Club at 8 PM for interested persons. District IOOF and Rebekah Lodges meet at IOOF Hall East Fifth Street at 8 PM for school of instruction.
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Panhandle Geological Society
Panhandle Oil Scouts and Landmen’s Association
John Snider
Thompson Park
Amarillo Life Underwriters Association
Herring Hotel
Amarillo
The
Air Reserve Association
Kids, Inc
Maverick Club
IOOF
Rebeksh
East Fifth
Greek Orthodox Wedding Unites Michael and Anne in Athens
Former King Michael and Princess Anne wed in a Greek Orthodox ceremony at the Greek royal palace. The royal wedding linked Romania and Denmark, with Arch Bishop Damaskinos officiating and the couple performing a three-turn ritual beside a blue velvet table. They will honeymoon at Tatoi before traveling to Switzerland.
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Athens
Michael
Anne
Romania
Denmark
Vatican
House of Bourbon-Parma
Mihai
Rome
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
London
New York
Archbishop Damaskinos
Greece
Isaiah Horeve
Isaiah
Paul
Frederika
Helen
Carol
Prince Erik
Tatoi
Switzerland
Planes Outstrip Sound May Hit 1000 MPH
Washington reports two American XS-1 experimental planes have flown faster than sound, with Air Force pilot Charles E. Yeager and NACA pilots Herbert H. Hoover and the late Howard Lilly achieving supersonic speeds at Muroc Army Air Base. The XS-1, launched from a B-29, consumes 8000 pounds of rocket fuel and aims toward updating Air Force strength to 70 groups with a $1.345 billion budget.
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Washington
Symington
Air Force
Charles E. Yeager
Yeager
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Symingtons
NACA
Government Research Agency
Herbert H. Hoover
Howard Lilly
Lilly
Muroc Air Force Base
California
Navy
Justice Department
Aviation Week
Clark
Stevenson Calls for Realistic U S Foreign Policy
Former Texas governor Coke Stevenson, defending his long standing states rights stance, said he would not alter his views for federal policy and urged realism without hysteria. The Senate race features Johnson and Peddy challenging Stevenson as Dies withdraws, citing high costs and petition filing issues. Johnson campaigns by helicopter in multiple Texas cities while Stevenson and Peddy head to Yoakum for a Tomato Tom Tom celebration and Peddy promotes conservation and reciprocal trade policies in West Texas and the Valley.
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Dave Cheavens
Associated Press
Coke Stevenson
Abilene
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Stevenson
George Peddy
Johnson
United States
Peddy
Senate
Martin Dies
Democratic Executive Committee
Dies
Dallas
Austin
Corpus Christi
Houston
Beaumont
Dentist charged after pulling teeth at home
A Michigan City dentist was charged with assault and battery after a housewife said he pulled 12 teeth at her residence without consent. The incident occurred in Michigan City on June 10.
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Michigan City
Ind
Amarillo Area Weather Outlook With Scattered Thunderstorms
The Weather Bureau reports partly cloudy conditions Friday and Saturday across Amarillo and West Texas with a few widely scattered thundershowers. Temperatures show little change. precipitation for 24 hours ending at 4 PM contained trace amounts. Sunrise 5 32 AM Sunset 8 01 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
House Banking Committee Advances Taft-Ellender-Wagner Housing Bill
In a party line vote 14 to 13 the House Banking Committee approved most provisions of the Taft-Ellender-Wagner housing bill after Democrats and three Republicans overrode the chairman. The measure would finance 500000 low rent homes via public housing agencies and fund slum clearance, redevelopment, and farm housing aids while promoting private construction.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Taft
Ohio
Banking Committee
Thees Interhestaat
Nena
Wolcott
Senate
House
Worcott
Hull
Wisconsin
Hardie Scott
Pennsylvania
Stratton
Illinois
Representative Monroney
Oklahoma
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Smoke from overheated stove at Batson's Dining Room
Firemen responded to a 10 50 p m call to Batson's Dining Room at 900 Taylor and found only smoke from an overheated stove with no damage. Three trucks responded.
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Batson
Taylor
New Atomic Wire Promises Cancer Fight Tool
Atomic wire made from cobalt and nickel at Oak Ridge was announced as a potential cancer treatment. William G. Myers of Ohio State University notes animal studies show benefits similar to radium, with safer handling and adaptable shapes for fitting into difficult sites.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
New York
The
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Mars
Ee Nee Teeeey Uuada
William G. Myers
Department of Medicine
Ohio State University
Russian Discovered Electricity Not Franklin, Says U.S. Scientists
Washington report recaps a debate sparked by a Soviet claim that Mikhail Lomonosov discovered electricity in lightning. Experts at George Washington University and the Bureau of Standards, while noting Lomonosov’s varied achievements, credit Franklin’s kite experiment as the decisive breakthrough. Local resident Bernard Lomonosoff recalls the name with skepticism.
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Arthur Edson Washington
Ben Franklin
Trud
Lomonosov
Franklin
Mikhail Vasilevich Lomonosov
George Washington University
Norman Bruce Ames
Engineering
Ames
Richmond
Bureau of Standards
F. M. Defandorf
F. B. Silsbee
Defandorf
Lomonowhat
Dr. Silsbee
Bernard Lomonosoff
Mikhail Vasilevich
Lomonosoff
Tia
Moscow
Merchant of Music at 908 Polk Amarillo
Daily News Index lists Folsom D Jackson connected with Mary L 6Epence as merchant of music at 908 Polk Amarillo.
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Daily News Index
Folsom D. Jackson
Mary L
Merchant of Music
Polk
Amarillo
Four Big Bills Left Up in Air
Senate Republicans reportedly agreed that if Congress adjourns by June 19 four major House approved bills will be dropped. The list includes the anti-poll tax measure and other items such as the Mundt Nixon anti-Communist bill, the oleo tax repealer, and the tidelands oil measure.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Tidelands
House
Vandenberg
Body of Fourth Kilgore Fire Victim Identified
Kilgore Texas June 10 The body of one of four victims of the hotel fire identified as O R Musick 38 of Jacksonville Texas The other three victims had already been identified earlier.
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Kilgore
O. R. Musick
Jacksonville
Tex
What Am I Saying Little Darlings
A quipry piece by Frank Morean humorously ranks aging babies as The Morning Caller The Noonday Crawler and The Midnight Brawler, suggesting childhood traits persist as adults in a playful ode to generations past.
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Frank Morean
Yesteryear
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