Evatt urges single master committee for atom plan
Australian Dr. Herbert V. Evatt, chairing the UN Atomic Energy Commission, argues against Gromyko’s two committee proposal and favors one master body to draft an overall plan on exchange of information, materials survey, and controls. He calls for frequent meetings and speedy progress. Other delegates from France Poland the Netherlands and Egypt expected to speak.
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New York
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Evatt
Andrei A. Gromyko
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Atomic Energy Commission
Rep
France
Pojland
United States
Netherlands
Egypt
Eelco van Kileffens
London
Dumbarton Oaks
Atomic Commission
Texas Polio Toll at 21 With Rising City Cases
The Texas polio death toll rose to 21 as San Antonio reported another fatality and 68 cases with 10 deaths. Houston added four cases bringing its total to 30 cases and two deaths. The San Antonio victim was 30-year-old Wylie S Harris Jr. A new victim was a 14-year-old boy. Houston victims include Patricia Wilkinson 11, Sherwood Bradshaw 9, Anna Mae Carson 13, and Carl Guymes 3.
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Associated
San Antonio
Houston
Wylies. Harris, Jr
Patricia B. Wilkinson
Sherwood Bradshaw
Cloverleaf Farms
Anna Mae Carson
Midway
Carl Guymes
Buffalo
Huntsville
Forrestal heads to Bikini test for atom bomb
Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal leaves Washington tonight to observe the July 1 atomic test at Bikini Atoll. He will fly via San Francisco and Pearl Harbor to Kwajalein, where he boards USS Mount McKinley to reach the test site 215 miles away under Vice Admiral Blandy.
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Navy
James Forrestal
Bikini
Kwajalein
San Francisco
Pearl Harbor
Forrestal
Mount McKinley
W. H. P. Blandy
Bikini Atoll
Arrival of Staff Sergeant Pickering in Seattle
Staff Sergeant Robert Pickering of Amarillo was due to arrive in Seattle aboard the Stetson Victory yesterday. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J L Pickering of 606 North Johnson.
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U. 8
Seattle
Stetson Victory
Robert Pickering
Amarillo
J. L. Pickering
North Johnson
Faith in Men Key to Global Atomic Control
Lilienthal, chair of the TVA, told the Congregational Christian churches that international atomic control must rest on faith in people. He outlined a world development authority with scientists and experts from many nations to research and govern atomic energy to deter war and unite efforts beyond national rivalry.
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David EB. Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Lilienthal
State Department
Congregational Christian Churches
TVA
Atomic Development Authority
Reward Offered for 20 Foot Snake Near Wichita Falls
Radio station KGNC posts a $500 reward for capturing a reported 20 foot long snake measuring 10 inches in diameter seen west of Wichita Falls on Seymour road. Truck drivers James Hawkins and Yvan Spankus reported sightings with the creature allegedly peering into cabs and joking with drivers.
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Seymour Road
Wichita Falls
KGNC
James Hawkins
Yvan Spankus
Hawkins
Spankus
Buddy
Morgan denies Venezia Giulia demarcation shift claims
Lt Gen Sir William Morgan, supreme Allied commander in the Mediterranean, rejected reports of a five and a half mile eastward move of the Zones A and B boundary in Venezia Giulia. He also denied Yugoslav troops in American uniforms were among allied forces in Zone A. Policy remains to hold current positions until the territory's future is decided.
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Rome
Sir William Morgan
Mediterranean
Venezia Giulia
Zone A
Morgan
Italy
Yugoslavia
Trieste
President Seeks Extension of Farm Labor Program
President Truman recommended a 12 million dollar appropriation to let the Agriculture Department run the farm labor supply program through June 1947. A budget bureau report with the letter to Speaker Rayburn says at least three million will be allotted to states. The program covers importation and transportation of foreign farm workers.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Truman
Budget Bureau
Rayburn
Texas
Braniff Would Combine Routes
A Civil Aeronautics Board examiner recommended Braniff Airways be allowed to merge routes 9 15 and 50 into one route. The decision rests with the CAB and Braniff may file exceptions within 10 days.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Braniff Airways
Herbert K. Bryan
CAB
Braniff
Dallas
Laredo
San Antonio
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
Houston
Oklahoma
Third Infantry Division to be deactivated August 1
General McNarney announced in Frankfurt that the famed Third Infantry Division will be deactivated August 1 as part of the shift from military to police occupation in the U S zone. The changeover begins July 1 and is to be completed by July 1, 1947.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Joseph T. McNarney
U. S
McNarney
Cudahy
In This Case Postman Should Have Rung Twice
Oklahoma City report of Jacquie Lou Kaye finding 40 letters hidden inside a wall by the mail slot after returning home. The letters were nearly a year old and never delivered, suggesting mail was misplaced within the wall cavity.
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Oklahoma City
Jacquie Lou Kaye
Britain and Poland settle war debt in London accord
A British Polish financial agreement signed in London lays out terms for Poland to settle wartime debts. It transfers 12 million dollars of Polish gold to Britain, reduces civilian debt from 128 million to 40 million, with repayments over 15 years starting in five years, while military debt remains in abeyance and lend lease costs are exempt from repayment.
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Poland
Britain
Europe
Soviet Union
E. Drozniak
National Bank of Poland
Peiper Testifies Guards Beat Him in War Crimes Trial
Col Joseph Peiper German tank commander on trial for massacres of American POWs claims he was beaten during interrogation. He says guards were Poles and that prosecutor Burton Ellis told him he admires him while warning they would paint him in bloody colors. The case involves seven Germans linked to the Ardennes offensive.
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Germany
Joseph Peiper
Ardennes Bulge
Peiper
Burton F. Ellis
U. S
Armstrong Rites Slated Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Meds Armstrong Panhandle pioneer who died yesterday will be held Wednesday at 10 am in N S Griggs & Sons Chapel with Dr E B Fincher officiating. She was 65, lived in the Panhandle since 1889, and was active in ranching history. Survivors include her husband Eugene Armstrong Graham two daughters Mrs E P Farris and Mrs Fred Slay Stratford and a granddaughter Mrs Jimmy Reagan Dalhart. Body to be cremated in Albuquerque after services.
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Panhandle
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Lit Ranch
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Bailey County
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Kansan Charges Communist Infiltration of Federal Payroll
Representative Rees of Kansas alleged the Civil Service Commission approved Communist and follower hires in federal jobs and urged a House inquiry. The commission denied the claim and defended its practice of separating investigation from final decisions while noting 1,283 ineligible hires since 1940 due to suspected Communist ties.
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Kansas
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Investigaon
Seek Clue to Rash Of Houston Fires
City Manager J M Nagle announced an arson investigator would be hired soon to probe recent fires at the Majestic Theater Metropolis Theater and Texas Theater. Fire Marshal J G Resweber requested the hire and continues a personal probe of the Majestic fire.
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Houston
J. M. Nagle
J. G. Resweber
Majestic Theater
Metropolitan Theater
Texas Theater
UN Information Centers Planned Worldwide
Benjamin A. Cohen announced UN information centers will disseminate UN news worldwide. Five centers will start soon with more to follow, locations not yet chosen. one likely in London and another in Nanking. A judge notes motorists could learn driving from truck drivers, suggesting practical road-sense insights.
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London
United Nations
Benjamin A. Cohen
Cohen
Nanking
Agriculture Department Laments Meat Shortage Remedies
The Agriculture Department spokesman said there is little the government can do about the meat shortage. He cited growers withholding livestock to push prices under a new OPA law after July 1 and suggested packers are also withholding meat.
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Washington
U.P
Agricultural Department
OPA
Schedule Rites For Anita Clark
Funeral services for Anita Gay Clark nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred W Clark will be held this afternoon at 2 oclock at Boxwell Brothers Chapel Rev J C Sisemore will conduct the rites assisted by Rev J D Horton Anita died this morning at the family home 1001 North Fillmore from diphtheria a sister Donna Joyce died last week and Barbara June was recovering Burial will be in Llano Cemetery Survivors include her parents two sisters and grandmothers
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Fred W. Clark
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
J. C. Sisemore
J. D. Horton
Anita Gay
North Fillmore
Donna Joyce
Barbara June
Llano Cemetery
Bomb blast in Brindisi kills eleven in Italy
Eleven people died when an air bomb deposit exploded near Brindisi yesterday. The incident was reported from Rome on Tuesday June 25.
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Rome
Brindisi
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