Marshall Opens Door to European Recovery Role
Secretary of State Marshall proposed that Europe lead a voluntary postwar recovery plan with U S aid possible. He named Britain and Russia as potential participants and cited Churchill's call for a United States of Europe as influencing his thinking. Officials projected Europe needing 15 to 24 billion dollars over three to four years for rehabilitation.
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Washington
Marshall
Russia
United States
Europe
Britain
Iitain
Harvard
Moscow
State Department
Winston Churchill
United States of Europe
Churchill
Asia
Benjamin V. Cohen
Cohen
Chamber of Commerce
Long Beach
Cal
Willard Thorp
American Marketing Association
New York
Thorp
International Bank
Crash Kills 2 Near Lubbock
Two men believed from Levelland named Dewey Pigg and Carlton Steadham died in a crash on Levelland highway west of Lubbock when a butane and an oil transport truck collided. An explosion followed as both vehicles burned. firefighters finally doused the flames after an hour.
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Lubbock
Levelland
Dewey Pigg
Carlton
Steadham
Weather roundup Amarillo region and West Texas outlook
The forecast notes Friday fair weather with little temperature change. Saturday brings partly cloudy skies, warmer temps, and scattered thundershowers across the Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico expects fair conditions Friday, with higher temperatures in the 70s to 85s later in the day. A Chevrolet Co. display promises a completely changed new truck on June 28.
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Plains Chevrolet Co
Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Pinains Chevrolet Co
Plains Chevrolet. Co
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co
Plack Marget. Plisins Chevrolet Ce
No Sermon Needed For Pew Snoozers
Six pews in Bethlehem Presbyterian Church became beds for Bernard Ortiz and his six children after eviction. Pastor Rev. W. E. Hunter arranged shelter in the church basement where the children, aged two to twelve, attend Sunday school.
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Chicago
Bethlehem Presbyterian Church
Bernard Ortiz
Ortiz
W. E. Hunter
Bulgarian Reds Tighten Screws
In Sofia on June 12 the Communist led parliament ousted 23 Agrarians amid claims they resigned voluntarily due to signed papers found among Petkov’s documents. Petkov, jailed last week for alleged plotting, saw U S support noting his civil liberties advocacy. The assembly declared the 23 had lost their membership and prestige.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
National Assembly
Nikola Petkov
Agrarian Party
Petkov
US State Department
Fatherland Front
Grand National Assembly
Three Tahoka Children Drown
Three children drowned near Tahoka at a surface tank seven miles south of town. Doyle Johnson nine Gladys Rose Johnson seven and Bobbie Faye Brooks nine, all local residents, were in the tank when they disappeared. Elvis Lee Brooks, six, witnessed the incident and alerted the family as firefighters recovered the bodies about ninety minutes later. Doyle Johnson could swim.
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Tahoka
Here
Doyle Johnson
Gladys Rose Johnson
J. T. Johnson
Bobbie Faye Brooks
E. W. McDaniel
Tohoka
Johnson
Churchill Enters Recovery After Hernia Operation
London reports Winston Churchill 72 underwent hernia surgery yesterday. Doctors say he had a good night and his general condition is quite satisfactory.
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Churchill
London
Winston Churchill
New Rains Add To Flood Peril
Heavy rains raise flood risk across northwest Missouri and three neighboring states. Levees hold near St Louis as over one million acres flood along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers with damage pegged at 26 million dollars. Weather bureau warns lowlands in Missouri Kansas Iowa and Nebraska of renewed rise. Boonville Glasgow district sees levees crumble and 500000 acres flooded.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Mississippi
War Department
Here
Government
Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Boonville-Glasgow
Argentina weighs heavy industry vs buying from Russia
Argentine ambassador to Moscow Federico Cantoni said Argentina faces choosing to develop heavy industry or buy machinery from Russia. He argued North American factories cannot supply enough to meet demand.
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Moscow
Federico Cantoni
Russia
Cantoni
North America
Western Week festivities to light Amarillo courthouse
Amarillo will launch Western Week starting Monday June 30 with a Will Rogers Range Riders parade and a city-wide schedule of parades dances and rodeos. Delbert Dalby announced Billy Foust and his Western Oakies will headline top of the Potter County Courthouse with floodlit platforms and two mile visibility. Gov Beauford Jester will lead the Friday Fourth parade as the Range Riders Rodeo opens, with thousands expected and a prize for a best Western name.
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Amarillo
Will Rogers
Delbert Dalby
Range Riders
Billy Foust
Western Oakies
Potter County
Oklahoma _ orchestra
Municipal Auditorium
Beauford Jester
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Kansas
Mason King
Seriie
Dalby
Exchange Club
Malcolm Wyatt
Herman Sloss
Violin Peddler Nabs Stradivarius from Bloomington Owner
A Stradivarius violin valued at about 25 000 dollars was pawned for 30 after a Bloomington concert violinist accepted a seller's commission offer. Police traced the instrument to a midtown New York pawnbroker and recovered it with the owner present. The bow was pledged for 200 dollars and the violin for 750.
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New York
Bloomington
Ind
Duke of Edinburgh
Caryl Bryan Oakes
Oakes
Manhattan
Farley Details Slow Rift With Roosevelt in Collier's
James A. Farley explains in Collier's that a gradual drift over political principles ended his service as Postmaster General and DNC chair in 1940. He cites five events from 1936 to 1940, including Tammany clashes, suspicions of 1940 presidential aims, a mansions of party loyalty, and Barkley’s 1940 majority leader race.
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New York
James A. Farley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Farley
FDR
Collier’s Magazine
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
Franklin
Cabinnt
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Marvin McIntyre
Basil O'Connor
White House
Democratic Party
Congress
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Joe Robinson
Pat McCarran
Mississippi
Barkley
Harry Hopkins
Texan Goes Into Hibernation Until Friday the 13th Rolls By
Jimmy Spears of Itasca Texas avoids work on Friday the thirteenth since a 13th birthday scare. He stays in bed from midnight to Saturday 14th with meals brought by his nephew Bennie Bearden. His superstition affects his life and even his household routines.
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Jack Rutledge
Associated Press
Jimmy Spears
Young Spears
Spears
Hillsboro
Itasca Cotton Manufacturing Company
Itasca
Bennie Bearden
Disputed Dog Solves Ownership in Chicago Court
A small black dog named Blackie chose 12 year old Rosemary Emmerich as owner in Racine Avenue Court. Judge John T. Zuris dismissed Edward Kasmeder’s disorderly conduct charges after the dog ran to Rosemary, ending conflicting testimony over who owned the cockerspaniel.
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Chicago
Racine Avenue
Rosemary Emmerich
Blackie
John T. Zuris
Edward Kasmeder
Edward Nowicki
Rosemary
Peter Emmerich
Nowicki
Kasmedor
Auckland professor named in secret weapon project tale
The Canadian Press reports Auckland University professor T. D. J. Leech was named on King George VI’s birthday honors list for a wartime secret weapon project described as having atomic-bomb like power. Leech led a 170-strong team. details remain highly classified and the project moved from Florida to New Zealand and Pacific areas.
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Auckland
Auckland University
George VI
T. D. J. Leech
Order
United States
Britain
New Zealand
Wellington
N. S
Florida
Pacific
Truman Seeks Peacetime Credit Curbs in Congress
President Truman urged Congress to enact peacetime authority to curb installment buying and other credit forms to prevent price rot. He warned he would end wartime Regulation W if Congress fails, stating he would vacate the order after the current session adjourns.
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Truman
Washington
Congress
Canada
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Eccles
House Banking Committee
American Bankers Association
Baggett Named Brooklyn College Basketball Coach
Al Baggett former health education director at West Texas State College will coach Brooklyn College's basketball team for the 1947 48 season Dr Harry D Gideonse announced Baggett to replace Julie Bender who is departing for a city school post Baggett is pursuing a doctorate at Columbia University and will have teaching duties along with coaching duties
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Brooklyn
N. Y
al Baggett
West Texas State College
Brooklyn College
Harry D. Gideonse
Baggett
Julie Bender
Columbia University
Political Terror Charge Outrages Hungarian Reds
Deszo Sulyok, leader of the Small Freedom Party, attacks Hungary’s new government in a National Assembly debate. He accuses the regime of “terror” and calls Hungary a police state allied with the Soviet Union. He recounts his purge in 1945 and criticizes press suppression and organized violence at political meetings.
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Budapest
Hungary
P—Deszo Sulyok
Freedom Party
National Assembly
Istvan Kossa
Lajos Dinnyes
Ferenc Nagy
Sulyok
Nagy
Holnap
Munist Party
Dinnyes
Political intrigue presses for foreign funding and contact
A source describes a figure pressing a respondent to seek financial aid from Americans. The person claimed strong connections and pledged instant funding after authorization. They urged collaboration with Ferenc Nagy and Bela Varga and offered intermediaries to contact them for political agitation ahead of elections.
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Ferenc Nagy
Bela Varga
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