Governor’s Lip Year Faces Public Furor and Kisses
Reporters recount Governor Big Jim’s public kissing spree as he mingled with New York–named women and Alabama locals. A reporter pressed him on Christine Putnam Johnston’s divorce claim, but he ignored questions and kept moving among guests including Folsom, a former New York theater doorman, who arrived by national guard plane.
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New York
Big Jim
Alabama
Christine Putnam Johnston
Hanceville
Ala
Folsom
New York Theater
National Guard
Death by Self in Prague Jail Sparks Political Confession
Moravska lostrava district police report an official of a former anti Communist party, Josef Herot, killed himself in a jail cell after confessing involvement in a government plot. His statement implicated high officials of the old party after the party purge following the Communist coup and party renaming to the Czech Socialist Party.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Moravskalostrava
Josef Herot
National Socialist Party
Czech Socialist Party
Herot
Amarillo quakes: panhandle tremor shakes residents
A strong tremor rattled Amarillo and the Panhandle, with residents from Channing to Vega reporting shaking and moving objects at 10:30 p.m. The quake drew calls to The Daily News as witnesses compared it to a train passing and recalled earlier quakes in 1925 and 1934. Seismograph plans were reported but not yet in place.
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H. C. Winburn
Weather Bureau
English Field
Amarillo
Panhandle
Daily News
San Jacinto
Betty Burkhalter
T. W. Whigham
Sunset Terrace
Roy Sessions
West Seventeenth
Monroe
G. Q. Barnett
Jackson
Frank Abrahamson
Canyon Highway
Arthur
Channing
Memphis
Adrian
Dumas
Vega
Pierce Street
L. M. West
R. F. Gwyn
West Fourteenth
Truman Maps Peace Hope Amid Cold War Strains
President Truman said world peace remains possible but his faith is shaken by current tensions. He rejected welcoming Communists into any Chinese government, favored a broader base with liberal elements, and defended the Truman Doctrine as key to resisting Soviet aggression. He cautioned against expanding U.S. policy beyond its aims, as Secretary Marshall pursues developments in China.
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Washington
Truman
United States
China
Saeed
Greece
Turkey
Marshall
Trumans
Far East
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Plains Wheels Roll Again As Zero Weather Holds
A frigid norther shattered by moderating warmth lifted from the Texas Panhandle with temperatures climbing from 3 below zero to 23. Snow melted, trains and most buses resumed normal operations, though buses to Oklahoma City were rerouted via Clinton. Gas pressure fell in Perryton to 51, many services closed, and two deaths plus livestock losses marked Texas’ continued cold wave as Lone Star Gas halted industrial supply.
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Panhandle
Oklahoma City
Clinton
el Reno
Rock Island
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Wichita Falls
Los Angeles
Amarillo
H. C. Winburn
Texas
North Texas
Lone Star Gas Company
Chester L. May
Lone Star
Cultural events and meetings fill Amarillo Friday schedule
High Plains Today outlines a busy itinerary with tax guidance from J W Shore in Amarillo, noon meetings of American Business Club and Amarillo Exchange Club, stage shows at State Theater Tex Ritter and others, Southwestern Regional Junior College Tourna ment semi finals at Sports Arena, Girl Scout anniversary observances, retail credit school session at Amarillo Center, and youth programs at San Jacinto Youth Center and Amarillo College auditorium.
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Poppottie
J. W. Shore
Amarillo Office of Internal Revenue
Childress
American Business Club
Mexican Inn
M. E. Olson
D. C. Kirkpatrick
American Livestock and Meat Board
Amarillo Exchange Club
Herring Hotel
Tex Ritter
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Cathedral Hall
Girl Scouts
Amarillo Credit Women
Amarillo Center
Harrison
A. Kirk Knott
West Texas State College
San Jacinto
Carolina
Des Moines
Iowa
Alcoholics Anonymous
Amarillo College Auditorium
Pioneer Plainsman Is Taken by Death
H C Doleater of 4000 Tyler died at 9 55 last night at St Anthony's Hospital He was 86 and had lived in Amarillo since 1930 A Panhandle resident for nearly 60 years he farmed in Wilbarger County and worked for Fort Worth and Denver Railroad Survived by wife May Edith and five children two brothers also noted Funeral arrangements are pending at Blackburn Shaw.
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H. C. Doleater
Tyler
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Mr. Doleater
Panhandle
Amarillo
Wilbarger County
Fort Worth & Denver
Palo Duro Canyon
Palo Duro Club
May Edith Deleater
Bob
Elton
Donald
G. C. Robbins
O. G. Reece
E. H. Dolcater
Kimbell
Neb
Frederick Dolcater
San Antonio
Blackburn Shaw
Senate Finance Panel Approves $4.772 Billion Tax Cut
The Senate Finance Committee voted 10 to 1 to cut income taxes to about 4.7726 billion dollars after defeating a Democratic bid to limit cuts to four billion. The House had already passed a six and a half billion bill. Committee chair Millikin refused to disclose vote details.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Millikin
Colorado
Senate
Plains Educators To Hear Leading Speakers Today
About 2200 teachers from 26 counties gather in Amarillo for a one day District IX Texas State Teachers Association meeting. Sessions begin at 9 and 8 with 21 sectional meetings on topics from art to vocational agriculture. Dr. Hugh C. Stuntz speaks on America’s dangerous opportunity.
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District IX
Texas State Teachers Association
Northwest Texas Conference For Education
Amarillo
Amarillo College
Dorinda Bond
Hugh C. Stuntz
Scarritt College For Christian Workers
Nashville
Tenn
America
J. A. Hill
West Texas State College
A. M. Meyer
W. E. Goslin
Hike in School Funds a Must
Dr Willard E Goslin urged Amarillo public school officials and guests to seek federal aid to bolster education. He compared US spending to England and Russia and warned of growing teacher vacancies and closed classrooms as funding declines threaten the system.
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Amarillo
Willard E. Goslin
Minneapolis
Goslin
Knotty Pine Paneling in Olver-Wiggins Lumber Co Ad
Daily News Index notes Knotty Pine Paneling listed by Olver-Wiggins Lumber Co at 1200 West 6th. The item highlights building supplies and decorative wood options advertised by the local supplier.
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Olver-Wiggins 'Lbr. Co
West
Tex Ritter Tops Western Stage With Charmed Texas Flair
Tex Ritter headlines a four day State Theater Western Revue in Amarillo after a long road grind from Abilene. The tour features Slim Andrews, Joe Allison, Cleo Lando, Spud Goodall, Don Davis, Paul Buskirk and more as Ritter serenades with Western ballads and provides a lively lobby meet and greet for eager fans. The troupe arrives just in time for showtime and even the famous white horse White Flash misses the first act due to icebound roads.
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Ritter
Tex
Amarillo
Abilene
Slim Andrews
Joe Allison
Em‘cee
Mimic
Cleo Lando
Spud Goodall
Don Davis
Paul Buskirk
Slim
Allison
Roy Acuff
Gene Autry
Ernest Tubbs
Edwards
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Golden Light Coffee
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Russel’s Book Department
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Lord Byron
N. Y Post Corp
Perryton
Grover
Lee Little
Shamrock
Spearman
High Plains
Mr. Dekater
1906 Line
H. C. Dolcater
Herberg's
Taylor
Daily News Index
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Babson
Pecos
Santa Fe
Moony
Dallas
Society
McLemore
Plains
Condon
Bureau of Standards
Norton Spryde
US Weather Bureau
Arenes
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