Dewey Leads as Rival Factions Clash at Convention
Inside the Dewey presidential bid, Sen. Edward Martin shifts to Dewey, prompting rousing cheers and a long night of speeches as Indiana and Pennsylvania blocs pledge votes. The convention faces a high-stakes vote tomorrow with 548 of 1094 needed to win.
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Douglas MacArthur
Wisconsin
Dewey
New York
Sen
Edward Martin
Pannssteate
United States
Martin
The
New Yorker
Joseph W. Martin
House of Representatives
Robert F. Bradford
Massachusetts
Leverett Saltonstall
Henry Cabot Lodge
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Thomas E. Dewey
Indiana
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Duff
Vandenberg
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Today's Program at Convention
The Republican National Convention outlines a 9 AM start in Amarrillo time with the Permanent Chairman Joseph W. Martin Jr. presiding. Balloting for President and Vice President nominees occurs, followed by national committee appointments and adjournment with a Friday resumption if nominees remain.
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Associated Press
Amarillo
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
House of Representatives
United States
Amarillo Weather Summary For Thursday And Friday
The forecast shows Partly cloudy conditions across Amarillo and West Texas on Thursday and Friday with no significant temperature changes. Isolated thundershowers possible Del Rio Eagle Pass area and east of Pecos River. Northern Mexico mountains see scattered showers and thunderstorms Thursday afternoon then fair conditions. Winds light with temperatures in the 75 to 85 range. Sunrise 5 34 AM Sunset 8 05 PM. Overhead garage doors advertised by Oliver & Williams Co.
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Amarillo
Texas
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Pecos River
Mexico
Perature
Handy Home Supply Grand Opening Amarillo
Today in Amarillo reports a grand opening at Handy Home Supply located at 1505 West Tenth in Bivins shopping center. Civic updates include chamber industrial committee at chamber offices discussing Amarillo Plan, and multiple noon meetings of Lions Optimists Kiwanis Kiwanis and Rotary clubs with members and guests at various venues. Evening events feature the Amarillo Summer School Band at Sam Houston Park with Hugo H Loewenstern.
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Handy Home Supply
West Tenth
Bivins
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce Industrial Committee
Amarillo
South
Crash Victim In Grave Condition After North of Stinnett Crash
Borger reports John Anderson 43 of Amarillo gravely injured after a car truck collision at a hilltop north of Stinnett Monday. Anderson suffers chest injuries and lung blood, while Earl Moon 38 of Gould Oklahoma died in the same wreck when his truck overturned.
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Anderson
Johnny and Jimmy Tire Co
Amarillo
Earl Moon
Gould
Okla
Moon
Founder of Dickinson College Dies at Home in New Jersey
Rutherford New Jersey June 23 Fairleigh S Dickinson 84 founder of Dickinson College dies at his home in New Jersey He also served as president and founder of Becton Dickinson and Company a leading surgical instrument maker in the nation.
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Dickinson College
New Jersey
Rutherford
Fairleigh S. Dickinson
Dickinson
Becton, Dickinson and Company
Veterans Affairs advice at court house and local events agenda
Veterans Administration contact representative will advise veterans at the court house until 5:00 PM. Joe Kirkwood performs at Huber Country Club in Borger. Littlefield Jaycees rodeo and parade. Sunray Masonic Lodge hosts 102nd District chicken fry. Wellington Chamber banquet for farmers. Pampa Skellytown Odd Fellows stage show at junior high auditorium. Public and member events listed with times and venues.
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Pampa
Lowell Sharbutt
Veterans Administration
Borger
Joe Kirkwood
Huber Country Club
Littlefield
Sunray
Sunray Masonic Lodge
Masonic District
Wellington
Chamber of Commerce
Draft Registration Set To Start Aug 16
Selective service officials estimate draft registration will begin around August 16 with actual drafting of men ages 19 to 25 possibly starting in October. registration of 18 to 25 should be finished by then. The draft bill has not yet been signed by President Truman, who has 10 days to act once it reaches the White House. Induction hinges on sign date.
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Selective Service
Truman
Congress
White House
National Guard
Guard
Navy
Army
Air Force
Omar B. Ketchum
National Legislative Service of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ketchum
Negro convict stabbed to death at Ramsey Prison Farm
Joe Williams, 44, a black convict from Gregg County, was stabbed to death early today at Ramsey Prison Farm camp no 2 in Texas. Prison officials reported the fatal stabbing as investigations continue.
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Huntsville
Joe Williams
Gregg County
Ramsey
Texas Prison System
What Am I Saying Fried Potatoes
Travel is broadening as a fried potato travels from mouth to hips. The piece jokes that for some women fried potatoes become a harmful habit and a hazard to health, using light satire on dieting and consequences.
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N.Y. Post Corp., Inc
Plains Highway Jobs Awarded
Low bids on 41 highway projects totaled 6 761 104 sending June’s bids to a monthly high. Combined with 43 projects yesterday the June total reached 13 552 054, far above May 1948’s 81 056 000. Notable bids include Hardeman US 287 5 miles widening and other contracts by John S Buckner and Sons and C E Blakeman contracting Co with listed amounts.
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Austin
Morton
C. E. Blakeman Contracting Co
Levelland
Lost brown Jersey cow seeks new home in Sweetwater ad
A June 23 notice in the Sweetwater Reporter asks to locate a small brown Jersey cow missing its left horn with a black face and forelegs. The ad directs callers to Steak House on East Broadway.
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Sweetwater
Sweetwater Reporter
East Broadway
Western Reich May Be Shaped At Warsaw Talks
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov arrived in Warsaw for a hush hush conference with Eastern European satellites. Reports say they may back an East German state as a response to Western plans for a federalized Western Germany. Attending ministers include Molnar Simic Clementis Pauker Kolarou Hodza Cyrankiewicz Modzelewski with omittance of possible Cominform talks and absence of Italy and France leaders from home.
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Molotov
Russia
Western
Germany
Eric Molnar
Hungary
Stanoje Simic
Yugoslavia
Vladimir Clementis
Czechoslovakia
Anna Pauker
Romania
Vassil Kolarou
Bulgaria
Enver Hodza
Albania
Poland
Josef Cyrankiewicz
Zygmunt Modzelewski
France
Italy
Cominform
International Communist Information Bureau
Palmiro Togliatti
Jacques Duclos
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Summer Band Concert Opens Season at Sam Houston Park
Golden Sandstorm Band under Clyde Rowe will downbeat Amarillo Summer School’s first concert at 8:15 p.m. at Sam Houston Park. Sponsored by the Junior League, the program features marches and band numbers and kicks off a series in eight city parks over the next two months with a 5 000 capacity grass auditorium. Jack Haas directs the summer park program and oversees arrangements.
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Golden Sandstorm
Clyde Rowe
Amarillo
Sam Houston Park
Jack Haas
Summer Park
Plainview Youth Dies of Injuries
Tom McClanahan a Plainview High School graduate and former Bulldog football player died at Jacksboro Hospital after a highway crash near Jacksboro. He was 19 and survived by his mother Mrs C A McClanahan and sister. two other occupants were not seriously hurt. Officers say a collision with a truck as it swerved caused the crash. Funeral services are pending.
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Bob Heston
Don L. Walters
Monroe
Amarillo
The
Daily News
Hydro
Okla
Deer Creek
Ethel Scarlett
Walters Construction Company
Weatherford
Scarlett
Walters
Oklahoma
Plainview
Tom McClanahan
Jacksboro
C. A. McClanahan
Charlene Minton
McClanahan
Fort Worth
Painview Sanitarium
West Hills Ranch Homes Inspection by Carl Loewenstern
Carl Loewenstern a 22 22 8 to inspect those West Hills Ranch Homes as part of a routine housing review.
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Carl Loewenstern
West Hills
Canadian River reclamation survey assured
Representative Worley said Interior Department will conduct a $3.5 million survey of the Canadian River project in the Texas Panhandle. The study, to begin July 1, is expected to cost $50,000 to $60,000 with part of the funds allocated for the Panhandle plan.
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Washington
Worley
Texas Panhandle
Interior Department
Panhandle
William E. Warne
Interior
Department
Texas
Stage for Riotous Nominations Is Set By Al Bennett
Philadelphia June 23 Everything is set for a wild nominating convention scene at Convention Hall Balloons confetti and banners fill the basement while delegates study papers on their laps The crowd watches Hoover and Taft lookalike Frank Todd amid cheers and tremors as speeches by Martin Green and others fail to steady the tumult and Dewey gains favorable remarks from Clifford Hope.
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AL Bennett
Philadelphia
Convention Hall
Hoover
California
Joe Martin
Clare Booth Luce
Mr. Hoover
Martin, Green
Planes Crash in Detroit Kill Two Pilots Fire Destroys Homes
Two Navy planes collided over Detroit wounding no one on the ground, but wreckage sparked a large blaze that destroyed four houses and a tool shop. Both pilots died while a worker at Putnam Tool and Die Co. was slightly injured. Witnesses described one plane trailing smoke before impact. Police evacuated residents as crews battled the fire.
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Detroit
East Side
Grosse Ile Naval Air Station
David A. Black
Edward Stewart
Putnam Tool and Die Co
Stewart
Norval
Grosse Ile
Regional Model Airplane Meet Promises Two Busy Days
Two full days of regional model airplane activity are planned for July 10 11 with 37 events across three age classes. Prizes totaling over 1200 plus two all expenses paid trips to Detroit await winners as entrants register at Southwestern Motors.
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Southwestern Motors
Amarillo
The
Globe News
Detroit
AMA
Eleventh
Polk
Compeition
Wis
Butler Field
Tradewind
Shelby Kruser
Southwestern Hobby Shop
Kidwell’s
East Third
Texas fugitives caught in North Carolina
A clipped index summary notes that Texas fugitives were captured in North Carolina, with brief mentions of page references and sparse context about the pursuit and capture. No further details are provided in the fragment.
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