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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1948
Page
9
Reports from Colby Kansas estimate wheat damage at one million dollars as a storm with soaking rains and hail sweeps across a belt five miles wide and 25 miles long. Farmers in Missouri and Kansas face widespread losses as ripening wheat suffers, with damage ranging from 20 percent to total in the affected zone.
British and Allied officials report Soviet border guards halted 140 coal cars en route to western Berlin, while trains to the Russian sector passed unmolested. The Autobahn bridge at Magdeburg was closed by noon, diverting traffic to Elbe crossings.
Washington reports some progress against the widespread foot and mouth disease epidemic in Mexico. Dr. B T Simms says a cure or long lasting vaccine remains distant while costs rise and a new research facility is planned.
Cincinnati report states Mrs. Mary Clay Watts, 43, is held to the grand jury on murder charges in her daughter Barbara Ann’s death from two poisons found in the body. Watts pleaded not guilty in Mayor's Court and showed emotion for the first time as Barbara Ann died May 15. In Austin, Senator A B Crawford of Granbury has withdrawn his candidacy for re election.
The Senate Commerce Committee recommended confirming Frieda B. Hennock of New York as a member of the Federal Communications Commission.
Dallas Postmaster J. Howard Payne declares Dallas had April postal receipts of 833,853 versus Houston 532,176, despite Houston claims that Dallas would drop 20 percent without two large Dallas mail order houses. He notes Sears Roebuck & Co spent 55,505 on postal expenses, leaving Dallas ahead by 246,172 and seeks Houston’s explanation for the gap.
Mrs. J. S. Wray returned from Hot Springs New Mexico after her sister Mrs. George Tubbs 59 died in ill health years burial in Hot Springs Survivors include her husband two sons and two sisters Mrs. J G Walker and Mrs. W W Byars all of Amarillo Also OKAY BANK MERGERS bill to let national banks convert into or merge with state banks in the same state passed the House and moved to the Senate.
A brief notice from Wichita Falls reports a Republican convention set for June 15. The item lists the event location and the organizing body, indicating formal party proceedings and participation details.
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