Outstanding Oklahoma receives public apology and defends state
A Texas letter writer apologizes to W. W. Gordon of Oklahoma City for an Oklahoma slur used in a column. Amarillo chamber officials defend the editor as Gordon protests to city leaders, while the author proposes Outstanding Oklahoma as a positive slogan to counter Colorful Colorado Wyoming and Texas.
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Oklahoma
W. W. Gordon
Oklahoma City
Colorado
Wyoming
Gordon
Parkway
Amarillo
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Baxter
Mr. Gordon
Texas
Weather May Take Holiday High Plains Tornado Drenches Amarillo
A volatile storm period drenched the High Plains with rain hail and winds. A man was electrocuted in Amarillo by a severed high voltage line during a thundershower. Skies are expected to clear today except scattered showers in New Mexico as reports show varied rainfall across towns and counties.
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High Plains
Amarillo
New Mexico
Dollar a Head Incentive Sparks Population Probe
The chamber of commerce approved an $11 per uncounted resident incentive to boost census numbers. Officials urge reporting uncounted individuals, with a $2,000 fund in Lubbock cited as a model. The piece contrasts Amarillo budget with neighboring city efforts and questions local growth strategies.
Agency holds supply stock lasting 93 years for tubes
Bureau of Federal Supply notes one agency has fluorescent tubes for 93 years, ruled paper for 168 years, and loose leaf binders for 247 years. The American Business Club Bulletin contrasts paid domestic service at 16 dollars weekly with unpaid matrimony. The column asserts tomorrow is the greatest labor saving device.
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Bureau of Federal Supply
The
American Business Club Bulletin
Convicted Reds Appeal Free Speech Clash Over Smith Act
In New York on June 21 counsel for 11 convicted Communist leaders argued the First Amendment protects the right to overturn the government, challenging the 1940 Smith Act used to convict them as unconstitutional. Abraham J. Isserman called affirming the act a death blow to free speech and press.
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New York
Abraham J. Isserman
Isserman
Court of Appeals
July 4 primary election registration in Oklahoma Panhandle
Registration for the July 4 primary election in the Oklahoma Panhandle closes June 23. Eligible voters must update details and submit prior to the deadline.
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Oklahoma Panhandle
International Plan Outlined For European Coal and Steel
Paris June 21 AP France outlined a plan for a European federal parliament to control coal and steel under a supra national authority. Jean Monnet presented the Schuman Plan outlining a high authority responsible to a common parliament but independent of national legislatures. Britain abstained citing sovereignty concerns as delegates from Germany Italy Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg met in conference sessions.
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Paris
France
Europe
Jean Monnet
Apyyealyuuly
Monnet
Coal-Steel Authority
Robert Schuman
Britain
Germany
Italy
Belgium
Grasshoppers Plot Panhandle Invasion
Grasshoppers appear in Potter County in large numbers as County Agent Art Bralley warns homeowners to inspect properties for hoppers. John Landrum of the US Bureau of Entomology backs the concern after tests, and Bralley suggests chemical killers chlordane or taxaphene, time permitting, with DIY bait formula and caution about poison risks to animals and children.
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Potter County
Art Bralley
John Landrum
Waco
US Bureau of Entomology
Panhandle
Bralley
Landrum
70 Group Air Force Bill Nears Approval
Backers of a 70 group Air Force win Senate House conference agreement to authorize that strength though final size depends on funding for planes equipment and personnel. House and Senate differ on exact limits, noting group size varies with aircraft type and mission.
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Washington
Congress
Air Force
National Guard
United States Air Force
Senate
Weather Summary for West Texas and New Mexico
West Texas sees partly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms mainly in Pecos Valley Big Bend and Del Rio Eagle Pass zones Thursday and Friday temperatures little change. New Mexico forecast mostly fair Thursday with a few storms Tuesday afternoon and cooler northwest Thursday highs 85 to 95 north east 90 to 100 southwest.
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Pecos Valley
Big Bend Country
del Rio Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Ccoccoees
Italy Textile Workers Strike Across Nation
Rome June 21 500000 textile workers launched a 24 hour general strike to back wage increase demands. Communist and non Communist unions supported the stoppage in major industrial areas.
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Rome
Italy
Guill Se y Pleased With Agriculture Committee Appointment
Rep. Ben Guill of Texas is named to the House Agriculture Committee, replacing cotton quitter. He vows to push Panhandle and Texas farming interests, work with Bob Poage, and secure bipartisan influence for farmers and livestock men.
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Washington
Ben Guill
Texas
House Agriculture Committee
Representative Cotton
New Hampshire
Appropriations Committee
Bob Poage
Waco
Panhandle
Agriculture Committee
Switchmen Strike on 5 Big Lines and Defense Fund Drive
An eleventh hour effort to raise a defense fund for Louis Bob Conley is under way as he faces trial in Brockton Massachusetts. Conley, an Amarillo man, is charged with two counts of kidnaping and two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and may go to trial without counsel if funds are not raised. Leaders A D Foreman W T Graham and Bill Freeman plan to hire Brockton attorney George Wainwright if funds are sufficient by morning.
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Conley
Brockton
Mass
Amarillo
A. D. Foreman
W. T. Graham
Graham-Hoeme Plow Company
Bill Freeman
George Wainwright
McDonald Cleared to Run in Texas Primary
The Texas Supreme Court ruled to certify J. E. McDonald as a candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture in the July 22 primary. McDonald faces three opponents C B S McLellan John C. White and T A Tom Fairey as party leadership seeks to change law to fit similar cases. McDonald has long clashed with Democratic factions over party loyalty and farm programs.
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Austin
J. E. McDonald
State Supreme Court
Democratic Executive Committee
Love
Wilcox
Stuart Long
McDonald
Supreme Court
Dollar a Head Reward For Uncounted Amarillo Citizens
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce offers one dollar per uncounted person found by census checks. Submit names of missing residents. if the census later shows they were skipped, the reward is paid. Official population estimate sits at 73,737 with closing in October. Lubbock has already paid for uncounted residents.
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Chamber of Commerce
Plains
Lubbock
Amarillo
Board of City Development
Simonson Rites Set Tomorrow
Final rites for Leroy Simonson Jr two six year old electrocution victim will be read at 2 30 PM tomorrow at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home Chapel Rev J W Sisemore Line Avenue Baptist Church will officiate Pallbearers will be drivers for the Denver Amarillo Express Simonson worked there as a driver over two years Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery He lived at Cozy Courts 1302 North Fillmore Survived by wife Ruby and three children Robert Lee 4 Roger Dale 2 and continues on page 4
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Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home Chapel
J. W. Sisemore
Line Avenue Baptist Church
Denver-Amarillo Express
Simonson
Memorial Park Cemetery
Cozy Courts
North Fillmore
Ruby Simonson
Robert Lee
Roger Dale
Get Acquainted Week Edition Sold At News-Globe Office
The Amarillo News-Globe announces a special Get Acquainted Week edition to be available Sunday. Limited extra copies will be held for sale at the News-Globe office, each individually wrapped with a colorful address sticker blank, priced at ten cents. No phone orders.
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Amarillo News-Globe
News-Globe
Segregation Clause Defeated in Draft Bill Vote
In Washington on June 2, Republicans and northern Democrats defeated a racial segregation amendment to the peacetime draft renewal 42 to 29. The measure would have allowed draftees to request service with others of their race. Final action on a three year extension was expected Thursday as legal timing concerns loomed.
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Washington
Russell
Georgia
GOP Senator Angrily Charges Probe Derailment
Republican Senator Ferguson from Michigan accuses Democrats of pigeonholing a GOP demand for a new investigation of the Justice Department in the Amerasia case. He joined 21 signers calling for inquiry while the Judiciary Committee delays action pending a separate Senate inquiry led by the Tydings subcommittee.
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Ferguson
Justice Department
Amerasia
Michigan
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Frveman
Senate Foreign Relations
Tydings
Maryland
Eastland
Mississippi
Judiciary Committee
Disk seen by three Air Force men at Hamilton Field
Three Air Force personnel at Hamilton Field report seeing a disk shaped object pass overhead five times. They estimate speeds from 1000 to 1500 mph and altitudes of 2000 to 5000 feet, with a thunderous roar and a nine flame glow. Base officials say no planes were present during the first pass and no landings occurred.
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Cal
Air Force
James E. Johnson
Roger G. Pryor
The
Oakland Tribune
Pryor
Tieup Begins Sunday Morning Across Western Railroads
AFL switchmen call a Sunday strike against five major Western and Midwestern lines, including the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific. Railroads threaten a nationwide tieup July 15 if wage and hour recommendations fail. Rock Island may shut completely if the walkout proceeds.
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AFL Switchmen
Rock Island and Pacific
Rock Island
West Coast
Southwest
AFL Switchmen’s Union of North America
Great Northern
Chicago Great Western
Denver
Rio Grande Western
Western Pacific
Evening Events in Amarillo Highlight Local Clubs and Sports
Today in Amarillo lists 9:30 AM Homemaking class for women at a high school and noon club meetings including San Jacinto Kiwanis Youth Center South Amarillo Lions Herring Hotel Amarillo Optimists Amarillo Rotary Continental Club. At 4:30 PM Story Hour, 5:00 PM novelty golf tournament at Ross Rogers, 6:30 PM Altrusa, 8:00 PM Safety Council meeting and free movie at North Heights Park. 8:15 PM Community Band concert, 8:15 PM wrestling at Tri-State Fair Sports Arena, with Gold Sox vs Las Mesa Loboes at 8:30 PM.
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Amarillo
San Jacinto Kiwanis Club
Youth Center
Ross Rogers Golf Course
Altrusa Club
Blackstone Hotel
Amarillo Safety Council Board of Directors
Municipal Auditorium
North Heights Park
Will Rogers Park
Andy Tremaine
Tommy Martinsdale
Tri-State
Lausche Named Chair By Governors In Non Political Move
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche was chosen by the nation’s governors as chairman for the coming year in a non political session. The selection occurred as Acheson urged rearming western Europe and support for Point Four.
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State Department
State Acheson
Western
Europe
Truman
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