600 MPH Jet Fighters Add Sting To Navy's Potent Carrier Fleet
Navy flies first all jet fighter squadron from USS Boxer's deck off California coast. Cmdr. Evan Aurand and Lt. Cmdr. Robert Elder land and launch jets easily, proving jets feasible for carrier use and prompting plans to equip carrier air groups with jets.
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Navy
California
North Island Naval Air Station
San Diego
Cmdr
Evan P
Pete) Aurand
Houston
Robert M. Elder
Milwaukie, Ore
Aurand
G. O. Barcus
12Th Air Force
USAF
Elder
General el
Evan
Uss
Boxer
Miner Response To Lewis Strike Hint Sends Walkout
Pittsburgh March 14. United Mine Workers members in at least one union indicate they will not work tomorrow as a reaction to John L. Lewis demand for miners pensions. Robena pit workers joined a walkout while others in Western Pennsylvania and nearby states reported not reporting for duty.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers Unions
UMW
John L. Lewis
Lewis
H. C. Frick Coke Co
Robena
Robena Union
Muse
John Ll. Lewis
Western Pennsylvania
John Busarello
Harry Laviers
Big Sandys Coal Operators Association
Deadline Busy Day Across High Plains
Today features a tax payments deadline at midnight and a Red Cross drive kickoff. Amarillo tax expert J W Shore to aid filing at the IRS office in Childress. Public hearings at Randall County Courthouse in Canyon decide damages owed by City of Amarillo for a water line crossing. Kiwanis Club meets at Amarillo Hotel with a tour of Camp Kiwanis and the Amarillo Girl Scouts Summer Camp. High School Intramural Boxing at Sports Arena Tri-State Fair Park. Remember St Patrick's Day send to Arel's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wwe
Red Cross
Panhandle
J. W Shore
Amarillo
Office of Internal Revenue
Childress
Randall County
Canyon
Ncon— Kiwanis Club
Camp
Kiwanis
Amarillo Girl Scouts
Tri-State Fair Park
What Am I Saying Periods by Frank Morean
A humorous meditation on punctuation and interruptions. The piece notes a readable joke about a convict who dislikes interruptions and ends with a quip about an electric chair as an example of period use.
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Frank Morean
Opyright
NY Post Corp
Vet claims squatters rights on Waldorf room
Navy veteran Richard Earl Cox and his wife Eleanor move their two children from a Brooklyn cold water flat to a $12.60 a day Waldorf Astoria room saying they will stay until they secure an apartment or are removed. Cox plans to pay $40 monthly and sends the rest to Mayor O Dwyer over housing delays.
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New York
Richard Earl Cox
Waldorf-Astoria
Brooklyn
Park Avenue Hotel
Cox
O'Dwyer
Coxes
Jimmie
Dickie
Eleanor
Cleveland, Tenn
Truman Warning to Stalin Next Move in Cold War
Senate passage of the European recovery bill is praised by State Department officials as strengthening Western anti Communist forces. Byrnes urged action to deter Soviet aggression and revived wartime draft ideas. Key Western European nations require US backing even at risk of war, with three main objectives guiding US policy.
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Truman
Stalin
Vnseers
Russia
State Department
Senate
House
Europe
State Byrnes
Turkey
Greece
Italy
France
Byrnes
Charleston
Washington
Key West
Fla
Defense
Forrestal
Adm
William D. Leahy
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marshall
United States
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Middle East
Kidnapped girl says trip was voluntary in Iowa
In Boone Iowa a high school boy Edward Arnold 17 and Joann Klingelmueller 15 from Nauvoo Illinois fled by car after Arnold allegedly threatened the girl's father with a gun. They denied marriage and were held for Nauvoo authorities while Arnold claimed he sought only a visit to Keokuk.
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Boone
Nauvoo, Ill
Nauvoo
Gerald Fisk
Fisk
Joann Kiingelmueller
Edward Arnold
California
Arnold
Wolseang Klingelmueller
Fis
Nevada
Samuel J. Naylor
Carthage
Ill
Wolsgang Klingelmueller
Joann
Klingermueller
Keokuk
Klingermuellers
Pacifist Widow Challenges War Tax Payment
Mrs. Caroline Urie of Yellow Springs argues the government has no right to tax her for war expenses. The Quaker pacifist and Hull House associate directs 34.6 percent of her 1947 tax to pacifist groups and sent receipts with her return. She says she will refuse to fund war and would face jail rather than pay the rest. Her husband, a Navy medical officer, died after injuries from a battleship accident, and she notes a WWII Army son-in-law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Springs
Navy
Caroline Urie
Truman
Internal Revenue Department
Mrs. Urie
Jane Addams
Chicago
Hull House
Urie
Princess Elizabeth pregnancy rumors surface in Time report
London sources declined to comment on a Time Magazine item claiming Princess Elizabeth is pregnant. The princess, married to Prince Philip in November, has had a light public schedule through June, with close associates noting she would not undertake strenuous travel if expecting a child.
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London
Time Magazine
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Royal
Associated Press
Amarillo pioneer John McKnight dies at 72
John McKnight, Amarillo business leader and civic figure, died at his home after a second heart attack. He led McKnight Company general contracting, helped shape Amarillo’s city charter and planning bodies, and supported youth through the Boy Scout movement. Born 1876 in Independence, he helped found Hereford’s early commerce, ran McKnights livery and transport, and fostered civic and Rotary activities. He was survived by family and held roles on the Tri-State Fair board and city commissions.
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John
McKnight
Amarillo
Monroe
McKnight Company
General Contractors
Independence
Washington County
Arthur L. McKnight
el Paso
Panhandle
McKnights
John McKnight
Hereford
Boy Scout Movement
Boy Scout Board of Advancement
Boy Scout Court of Honor
Amarillo Rotary Club
Khiva Temple
Tri-State Fair Association
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas region
Partly cloudy in Amarillo and surrounding areas through Monday and Tuesday with little temperature change. Cooler conditions expected in the Panhandle and South Plains Monday night into Tuesday. Sunrise 6 58 AM Sunset 6 54 PM. Max yesterday 78 Min yesterday 38. Temperature readings show variable daytime values around 60s to mid 70s.
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Nee JS
Aannenre
Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Lyseks
One of Big 3 Packers Balks, Others Silent
Chicago dispatch reports a CIO packinghouse strike vote as Swift Cudahy and Armour rejected arbitration and a 9 cent wage rise. Union seeks 20 cent extra via arbitration and threatens to strike at midnight if no agreement by tomorrow. Federal conciliators plan another talks with about 100000 workers involved.
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Chicago
CIO
Swift, Cudahy
Armour
Swift and Company
Swift
United Packing House Workers of America
Armour and Cudahy
Armour and Company
Cudahy Packing Company
Swift Chicago
Ita
AFL
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
North America
CIO Group
Ralph Helstein
Wilson
Five in Family Killed by Train Near Rochester
A New York Central express struck a family automobile at a grade crossing near Rochester, killing five members: George Sauter 42 Elizabeth Sauter 43 Elaine Sauter 10 Catherine Beach 23 Caroline Beach 1. Edwin Sauter 20 was injured critically. An east bound train carried the wreckage 1500 feet. A westbound train had cleared the crossing when the car entered the path. No witnesses. Gasoline ignited, burning wreckage and bodies.
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Rochester
N. Y
New York Central
Here
George Sauter
Elizabeth
Elaine
Catherine Beach
Caroline Beach
Edwin Sauter
Raymond Sanford
Harold Gaffney
Rochester City
L. C. Neenan
Syracuse
Vandenberg Emerges as Possible GOP Keynote Choice
Washington March 14 Senator Vandenberg of Michigan rises as a dark horse potential keynote at the Philadelphia June GOP convention. House Speaker Joseph Martin of Massachusetts may be permanent chairman, boosting Vandenberg's odds despite denials of candidacy. The keynote will be set by the convention arrangements committee on April 18 with National Chairman Carroll Reece seeking neutral ground.
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Washington
Vandenburg
Michigan
House
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Martin
Vandenberg
Senate
Congress
Vention
GOP
Carroll Reece
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St Patrick's
Arel's
Vet
N. E
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Herberg
Taylor
Olver & Wissins ‘Lumber Company
West
Vandenberg's
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