Providence cops held in alleged insider tips case
Two Providence patrolmen George B. Harris and Gordon L. Conway were jailed on 190000 bail each on charges of aiding a band of thieves in a daring series of burglaries. Also held were Henry Cipriano Frank Martinelli and Joseph Aiello with total bail 235000 as detectives traced a six week crime spree ending in a fatal ambush outside a Providence roadside restaurant.
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Providence, R. I
Providence
Qwene
Hurdare
Dhavia Telan
Riga
George B. Harris
Gordon L. Conway
Luigi de Pasquale
Underworld
Henry Cipriano
Frank Martinelli
Joseph V. Aiello
Wall Collapse in Plainview Kills Worker at Construction Site
A wall collapse at a Plainview East Edge building under construction killed Bob McKinney 23 of Hollis Oklahoma and critically injured James R. Whitaker and Virgil Johnson both of Plainview. About 125 feet of the west wall 20 feet high fell as a northerly wind pressured the structure. Funeral plans pending for McKinney.
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Plainview
J. W. Stafford
Hollis
McKinney
Union Aims Fire At Mrs Allen
A Texas state fact finding board heard union claims that Mrs. Allen the 34 year old Odessa evening supervisor abused workers and hindered union complaints leading to a statewide Bell System walkout. W.D. Berry and Earl Ridge testified while Gov Beauford Jester’s panel weighs removal. The Odessa exchange reopened with Mrs Allen in charge and gifts from subscribers.
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Associated Press
Texas
Beauford
Odessa
Fiveman
W. D. Berry
Midland
Lloyd Stiernberg
Harlingen
Commission
Allen
Berry
Earl S. Ridge
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Ridge
Southwestern Bell Telephone Workers Union
Texas Bell
Jester
Odessa Exchange
Government seeks higher cash margin on grain futures
The Commodity Exchange Authority urged Chicago Kansas City and Minneapolis markets to require speculative traders to post at least 25 percent of the futures cash value. The action aims to guard against a grain market collapse similar to last October's cotton downturn.
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Washington
Chicago
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Commodity Exchange Authority
CEA
Anderson
J. M. Mehr
The
CEA warns small traders push in cotton and grain prices
A CEA analysis finds small speculative traders driving market activity with hopes of price gains. They lack backing and could exit on a few setbacks, risking sharper declines. Past fall cotton break saw prices drop 8 cents a pound, hurting traders and farmers. grain prices may fall if winter wheat crops meet good forecasts and contracts held by weak-financed traders grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CEA
Mehl
Agriculture Department
Accent on Youth As IOOF Rebekah Sessions Open
Preliminary activities of the IOOF grand lodge and Rebekah assembly state meetings begin here with a program for the junior affiliates Theta Rho and Junior IOOF. Delegations from Brownfield Lubbock Pampa and five Theta Rho groups planned events and dinners through Tuesday at Municipal Auditorium IOOF Hall and Myers Restaurant.
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Ioof Grand Lodge
Rebekah Assembly
Theta Rho
Junior Ioof
IOOF
Lamesa
Lubbock
Borger
Pampa
Skellytown
Theta Rho State Advisory Board
Ioof Hall
East Fifth
Edith Wilson
Order
Myers Fried Chicken
Municipal Auditorium
Voyed Howard
Assembly
Gene Lawless
Rebekahs
el Paso
Mike Peveto
Sherman Reed
Dallas
C. A. Wheeler
Austin
World Order
Light Snow and Wind Hit Amarillo and Panhandle
Light snow and strong winds affected the Amarillo area and Panhandle with average gusts near 65 mph. Snowfall varied from a light dusting to an inch in Shamrock, Pampa, and Perryton, while other towns saw little or no accumulation. Roads were usable and some schools closed for the week due to slick highways. Temperatures dipped from 31 to 45 degrees yesterday with a 23 degree low this morning and a forecast high of 47 tomorrow.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Pampa
Shamrock
Half of Tanker Heads for Port
The Fort Dearborn split in a storm, with the bow crew of 10 rescued by St Johns Victory and General W. H. Gordon. The stern crew of 22 restarted engines and moved toward Honolulu under their own power at two and a half knots. Twelve missing from a liferaft were being searched by planes from Midway.
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Honolulu
Fort Dearborn
Oahu
Coast Guard
St. Johns Victory
W. H. Gordon
Izvestia Assails Truman Greece Turkey Aid Plan
Izvestia denounces President Truman's proposal for 400 million dollars to aid Greece and Turkey as a fresh intrusion on UN authority. The paper warns Washington seeks to override the UN and place Greece and Turkey under American control, echoing Hitler in accusing imperialist aims.
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Truman
U.N. Charter
Moscow
Ilvestia
Soviet Union
Greece
Turkey
United Nations
Congress
Foreign Ministrs Council
Mos
Hitler
United States
Izvestia
West Texas educator named Northwest Texas Conference president
Miss Dorinda Bond of West Texas State College Canyon was elected president of the Northwest Texas Conference for Education to succeed E A Wooten. Supt Joe Gibson Amarillo was elected vice president along with other officers and district and state executive committee members were named. The day included two general sessions at Municipal Auditorium with afternoon section meetings.
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Dorinda Bond
West Texas State College
Canyon
Northwest Texas Conference For Education
E. A. Wooten
Canyon Schools
Joe Gibson
Childress Schools
Ford Fronabarger
West Texas State
Glenn Allison
Perryton
Walter Travis
Dumas
Ruth Driscoll
Nixon
Amarillo
House of Delegates
Houston
Randall County
Moore-Sherman
A. B. Cluster
Hall
J. B. Riddle
Estelline
Dallas-Hartley
Truett Mobley
Dalhart
Hutchinson-Lipscomb
Lee Johnson
Phillips
J. A. Dil Hard
Gray
Hemphill
Roberts
Hansford
Preston Hutton
E. M. Ballengee
Spearman
Virginia Vaughn
Pampa
Deaf Smith
Oldham
Palmer
George L. Graham
Briscoe
Castro
Swisher
John Blaine
Dimmitt
Armstrong- Carson
Fred Mullings
White Deer
Miss Bond
New Education
Farwell
Municipal Auditorium
Marshall Charts Path for Reich at Moscow Conference
Secretary of State Marshall outlined American democracy concepts to foreign ministers in Moscow. He pressed for civil rights, free press, political parties, and free unions in a democratic Germany while noting China’s likely rejection of talks. Molotov challenged free speech limits, Bevin resisted reparations figures, and Western powers wary of regional economic burdens. The meeting followed Truman’s anti Communism stance in Greece.
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Moscow
Marshall
Germany
China
United States
Molotov
Nanking
Bevin
Britain
Soviet Union
Truman
Greece
Amarillo Man Injured by Car
James B. Steele age 57 of 315 North Pierce suffered severe injuries after being struck by a car at Seventh and South Buchanan. He had both legs broken and facial cuts with possible internal injuries. Lestie Gibson age 30 of 1611 Buchanan was driving within limits and assisted victims. officers call the crash unavoidable.
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James B. Steele
North Pierce
Seventh
South Buchanan
Steele
Northwest Texas Hospital
Griggs
Lestie Gibson
Buchanan
Gibson
Greeks Fire On U.N. Team In Western Macedonia Incident
Guerrillas fired at a United Nations Balkan investigation mission near Kastoria Greece, before crossing into Albania. The attack was at long range and no injuries were reported as Greek army units drove the guerrillas from nearby heights.
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Athens
United Nations Balkan Investigation Commission
Kastoria
Macedonia
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy weekend with continued cold Saturday and warmer Sunday. Panhandle and South Plains remain colder. northeast New Mexico to see a warm afternoon Saturday. Temperatures ranged 50s to 70s, with near normal readings through midweek and a light, scattered rainfall possible Sunday or Monday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Texas
Gulf Plains
Life Terms Given Texans in Oklahoma Kidnapping Case
Federal Judge Eugene Rice sentenced two Texas men to life imprisonment for kidnapping a 23-year-old Duncan waitress last April. The defendants Marion Bowling and Foster Bowen were tried under the Lindbergh Kidnapping Act after abducting the woman from Duncan and releasing her near Ringgold. The government sought the death penalty. the victim was assaulted but not charged with rape.
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Ada
Okla
U.P
Eugene Rice
Texas
Duncan
Marion I. Bowling
Holliday
Foster L. Bowen
Wichita Falls
Lindberg
Ringgold
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Paris
Tee
Supreme Soviet
Russia
Foreign Ministers Council
United Nations Organization
United States of America
U. N
Daily News
J. Howard Miller
C. H. Candler
Mobeetie
J. B. Caldwell
Vega
Caldwell
Candler
Plains
Reich
U.N
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