Loyalty board chief opposes surrender of FBI files
Washington March 26 AP The head of President Truman's loyalty review board warned that the work of the FBI would stop if its confidential files were handed to congressional committees. Seth W. Richardson said the board, which screens federal employees for loyalty risks, would not yield its records to senators probing Communist ties in the State Department.
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Washington
Truman
Loyalty Review Board
FBI
Seth W. Richardson
Civil Service Loyalty Review Board
State Department
Richardson
Board of Last Resort
Senate
Minister Invited To First Baptist Pastorate Here
The First Baptist Church congregation extended a unanimous invitation to Rev. Carl Bates of Texarkana to become pastor here. Bates, 53, has led the Texarkana church for three years and was recommended by the pulpit committee after months of search. The church has been without a pastor about 10 months since Dr A D Foreman resigned.
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First Baptist Church
Carl Bates
Texarkana
Bates
R. P. Parcells
Board of Deacons
Mississippi
Mississippi State College
Southern Baptist Seminary
Louisville
Florida
A. D. Foreman
Memphis
Tenn
Dust Storm Spreads From California Across The U S
The article describes a two mile high dust cloud from southern California sweeping to the Midwest and Great Lakes. It notes distant wind erosion concerns for the Southwest wheat regions, with Potter County Agent Art Bralley optimistic about crop impact and climate conditions, citing soil humus and emergency tillage as handling factors while mentioning green bugs and dry weather as larger issues.
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Panhandle
California
Washington
Texas
Great Lakes
Associated Press
Potter County
Art Bralley
Bralley
Pewse Man Accused as Red Agent Finally Named
In Washington on March 26 Owen J. Lattimore, once a State Department associate, was identified by Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin as Russia s top secret agent in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Owen J. Lattimore
State Department
Senator McCarthy
Wisconsin
Russia
United States
Truman weighs full or limited access to State Dept records
The inquiry into McCarthy charges faces FBI Chief Hoover and Attorney General McGrath opposing full disclosure. President Truman may allow more than limited access under restrictions while Senator Tydings demands proof that a top Russian spy once had a State Department desk.
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McCarthy
Wisconsin
State Department
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
J. Howard McGrath
Truman
Senator Tydings
Maryland
Russia
Fire Wrecks Cabot Office at General Atlas Plant
Fire Sunday morning caused an estimated 10 000 to 15 000 damage at Cabot Carbon Company's engineering office near Pampa. The blaze destroyed interior offices and drafting equipment while sheet metal walls and roof remained intact. Chief engineer Robert Vail noted 20 years of blueprints were saved.
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Pampa
Cabot Carbon Company
General Atlas
E. J. O'Brient
Robert Vail
Bitter Bridges Perjury Trial Enters Twentieth Week
In San Francisco the longshore leader Harry Bridges and two supporters face a perjury trial over Communist Party membership used to gain citizenship in 1945. Defense lawyers and the prosecutor avoid dialogue outside court as final arguments loom. The trio are charged with conspiring to defraud the government.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Washington
Longshore
Communist Party
Henry Schmidt
J. R. Robertson
Girl's Body Found in Forest River West of Vancouver
The nude mutilated body of 18 year old Jo Ann Dewey of Battleground was found in the Wind River near a forest area 44 miles east of Vancouver. Police said she was dragged into a black sedan by two men after screams near St Joseph Hospital and died from crushing blows to the skull days earlier.
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Vancouver
Wash
Here
Jo Ann Dewey
Battleground
St. Joseph Hos
Washington State Patrol
J. D. Coshow
Wind River
Skamania County
Croner
Ray Fly
African Safari film to run at Esquire Theatre
Tickets on sale for the 114 hour big game hunt movie "African Safari" filmed by Bill Franklin of Amarillo. Shown at the Esquire Theatre April 4 and 5 with matinee 4 pm and evening 7 pm shows priced 60 cents and 1.25 dollars. Tickets at Hertner's Camera Store Black Porn Sporting Goods Tom and Rey Gun and Key. Sponsored by Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club and The News-Globe.
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Amarillo
Bill Franklin
Esquire Theatre
Hertner’s
Black Porn Sporting Goods
Tom & Rey Gun & Key
Panhandle Outdoor Sportmen’s Club
The _News-Globe
AF sergeant confesses strangling nurse at Hamilton Base
FBI and Air Force report Sgt Lyle H. Buswell 32 admitted he choked Staff Sgt Fairy E. Decker 44 to death after an early morning encounter at Hamilton Air Force base in California. Autopsy findings included lacerations and bruises consistent with rape. Buswell, of Rutland Vermont, said he found her on a cot in the barracks orderly room after a restless night and struggled with her before the fatal assault.
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San Rafael
Cal
Air Force
FBI
Lyle H. Buswell
Fairy E. Decker
Hamilton Air Force Base
Letterman General Hospital
Buswell
Rutland
Ice Vogues Tickets Going on Sale Today
Tickets for the Ice Vogues of 1950 at the Sports Arena Tri-State Fair Park go on sale today at Henry Blackburn Sporting Goods Store. The show, sponsored by the Downtown Kiwanis Club, features new skits and costumes and benefits Amarillo Preventorium.
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Tri-State Fair Park
Henry Blackburn Sporting Goods
Panhandle
Kiwanis Club
Amarillo
Prairie blaze on ranches north of Amarillo dies in dust
High weekend winds swept a prairie fire across 10 square miles on the Hagy Fain and Kritser ranches north of Amarillo. Firefighters from multiple ranches Amarillo Dumas and Canadian River Gas Company fought the blaze, which burned out in Big Canyon with grass loss and fence damage but no livestock or buildings harmed.
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Hagy, Fain and
Kruser
Amarillo
Big Canyon
Weymouth Ranch
Bivins
Dumas
Kritser Ranch
Fain Ranch
Hagy Ranch
Amarillo Fire Department
Canadian River Gas Company
Blaze Threatens Potter County Juvenile Home
A prairie fire neared the Potter County Juvenile Home yesterday morning, burning land to the west and south. Embers from a trash burn, swept by a 45 mile per hour wind, spread quickly. three city fire trucks and an Amarillo airport unit fought the blaze for three hours and remained on guard afterward near the hospital area of the airfield between Highways 60 and 66.
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Potter County
Amarillo Air Terminal
Prairie Fire East of Stratford Destroys Six Square Miles
A prairie fire six square miles in area burned for nearly five hours east of Stratford near the Sherman-Hansford County line. No buildings or cattle were harmed and no injuries reported. Fire teams from Stratford Texhoma Goodwell Sunray and volunteers from Dumas aided efforts. The blaze, sparked during a dust storm, scorched land owned by Bivins Coldwater Cattle Co and the Cluck ranching family. cause unknown.
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Stratford
Here
Sherman-Hansford
Bivins’ Coldwater Cattle Company
Cluck Ranching
Grover
Sherman
Hansford
Texhoma
Goodwell
Sunray
Dumas
Pendleton
Three Clue Word Quiz Spelling Bee hints and clues
A brief page lists today spelling quiz clues with phonetic prompts, definitions, and letter counts for ten words. Readers are invited to guess the spellings before checking the page 6 answer key.
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News-Globe
Keys to Spring Fashion Fair Shoppers Display
Amarillo events list all day with Keys to Spring as shoppers browse 22 downtown displays. Noon Kiwanis Club and Ad Club meetings at Herring Hotel. 2 PM Republican Women and 5 PM school board bids for Bivins School. Evening shows include Snow White at High School auditorium and joint civic club meetings at 47th District Courtroom. 8 PM SPEBSQSA meets at KFDA. 10-day square dance course starts at American Legion Hall.
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Kiwanis Club
Herring Hotel
Ad Club of
Amarillo
Herring
North Randall County
North Amarillo
Forest Hill
Southeast
Snow White Comes to Life at Amarillo High School
Snow White and the seven dwarfs are performed by adult actors on the Amarillo High School Auditorium stage at 7 30 pm with a second showing Tuesday night. Bel Canto Chorus sponsors to fund a Houston Symphony trip. Ticket prices: 1 20 adults 60 cents students 49 cents balcony. tickets at Taizien Music Store and Maxor Drug.
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Snow White
Doc
Dopey
Seven Dwarfs
Amarillo High School
Bel Canto Chorale
Houston
Houston Symphony
Taizien Music Store
Maxor Drug
Dolly Lynch
Fatal Crash Series Kills Woman in Dust Storm Near Wildorado
One woman, Mrs. Nona Shurtz of Los Angeles, is dead and six others injured in a chain of crashes involving five cars and an ambulance on Highway 66 near the Potter Oldham County line as a dust storm reduced visibility. The sequence began with a head on collision between a Shurtz eastbound car and a Finckle westbound car. subsequent crashes involved Isidore Rabinowitz, the Pichard family, and the Morrison ambulance. Funeral plans await Miller in Los Angeles. Morrison and others were treated at local hospitals.
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Wildorado
Nona Shurtz
Los Angeles
Gene E. Shurtz
E. G. Albers
Amarillo
Albers
Gene Shurtz
Finckle
Highway 66
Potter-Oldham
Carl Hess
California
Shurtz
Hess
Sergeant Pichard
Drrver
Four Injured in Two Car Wreck Near Panhandle
Four people from Amarillo and Borger were hospitalized after a two car collision eight miles west of Panhandle on Highway 66 early Sunday. Claude King 18 suffered a fractured nose, passenger Harvey Floyd 18 a fractured jaw and nose. Jean Van Cleve 19 had possible fractures, Earl Van Cleve 21 a fractured right leg. All were in Northwest Texas Hospital in fair to good condition. State patrolmen had not yet determined the cause.
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Amarillo
Borger
Northwest Texas
Panhandle
Highway 66
Claude King
Arthur
Harvey Floyd
Carolina
Jean van Cleve
East Second
Earl
Northwest Texas Hospital
Air Force to Hold Annual Fighter Gunnery Meet
The Air Force will host its annual fighter gunnery meet near Las Vegas Nevada next week with 19 three man teams from across the United States Europe Alaska and the Far East. The event features high altitude and ground level shooting from aircraft in the competition.
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Washington
Air Force
Las Vegas
Nev
United States
Europe
Alaska
Far East
VEW Official Calls Preparedness Vital at Regional Convention
Veterans of Foreign Wars leader Charles Ralls urged the need for military preparedness to ensure peace with Russia. Delegates from Lubbock and many West Texas posts attended the two day meeting in Seattle, with awards given to Cal Farley and Longtime supporters.
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Russia
Charles Ralls
Seattle
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Ralls
Lubbock
el Paso
Childress
Perryton
Dalhart
Pampa
Stinnett
Hereford
Plainview
Dumas
Levelland
H. B. Todd
Cal Farley
Senate panel urges 30 day steel price notice
Democratic members of the Senate House Economic Committee call for 30 day notice before any future steel price increase to allow Congress to review. A minority report accuses the majority of leaning toward government price control. The inquiry followed December price hikes and recommends FTC data on prices costs and profits, mandatory schedule filings, and more competition.
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Washington
Senate
House Economic Committee
Congress
Ity
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Federal Trade Commission
Senate House Committee
Three Charged in Woman Stabbing at Night Club
Sheriff Lloyd Merritt filed charges against three oilfield workers after they stabbed Iona Gaynelle Walker at a Snyder night club. Walker, 25, suffered knife wounds to the left neck and chest and is hospitalized in serious condition. The men are jailed awaiting formal charges.
Tickets On Sale For Austrian Shows In Amarillo
Tickets for Merry Scenes From Austria and A Night In Old Austria are available today through Amarillo organizations and local drugstores. Performances by Studentenwanderungen take place at Municipal Auditorium on March 29 and 30 at 8 pm. Tickets are 1.20 dollars with no reserved seats and first night tickets differ from second. Phone orders via Ernest Finney at 2-8424 offer free delivery of blocks.
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Austria
Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
Ernest Finney
Amarillo Almanac Weather and Trivia Snapshot
Amarillo and vicinity forecast Fair Monday and Tuesday with little temperature change Monday afternoon. West Texas mostly fair cooler east of Pecos Valley Monday warmer Panhandle Tuesday. Yesterday’s temperatures ranged from 41 to 62 with no precipitation. Also notes on sunrise sunset and celestial references for Amarillo skies. Today’s humor and a child’s money lesson conclude the page.
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Amarillo
Texas
Pecos Valley
Panhandle
South Plains
Iraegal
Flying saucers take to Amarillo skies at Capitol Theater
Sightings during a Sunday morning in Amarillo featured ghostly sky travelers launched by a Panhandle breeze from the Capitol Theater. Theater staff struggled to anchor displays as several saucers lifted off during the Flying Saucers exhibit tied to the film The Flying Saucers.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Capitol Theater
Capitol
Dust storm limits spread and high winds hit Texas
Amarillo weather officials say rain is unlikely as a dust storm bounds Texas from Wichita Falls to El Paso. Gusts reached 60 mph, with averages 35 to 40. Winds eased toward evening as a Pacific low pressure system advances and new lows form offshore.
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Reau
Amarillo
Pacific Coast
Washington
Panhandle
Arizona
Aera
Nebraska
Great Lakes
Pacific
Southwestern
Trans
These Rabbits Are Flying On Train 75
Engineer John L. Matthews of Fort Worth and railroad fireman L. W. Christy reported a large rabbit blown across the tracks by the glare of a headlight on Train 75 between Dalhart and Hartley. Matthews said the rabbit was four feet off the ground and moving fast.
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John L. Matthews
North Polk
Matthews
Fort Worth
Southwest Amarillo power line brief outage restored
A break in a primary line serving southwest Amarillo south of Thirty Fourth caused a temporary power shortage. The line was repaired quickly. Telephone communications were noisy but no lines were reported down. Airlines were experiencing trouble.
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Amarillo
Thirty- Fourth
Midwest Soil Blasts by Severe Dust Storm
Frank K. Tiffany reports a massive Midwest dust storm causing widespread topsoil loss. Winds roared up to 72 mph, cutting visibility to a quarter mile as the dust swept across fields and gullies, eroding cropland values and reshaping farm conditions.
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Frank K. Tiffany
Wichita
Kan
Midwest
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Loyalty Board
Solons
Galveston
10Th District Court
Donald M. Markle
David H. Benningfield
Geraldine Robinett
Cleveland
Tex
Benningfield
N. G. Schofield
First Baptist
Chinese Communist Central Committee
Fire Wrecks Cabot Office
Blaze
Walter Pendleton
Palo Duro
High Plains
Clayton
Fisher
Twentieth Century Club
Lazbuddie
Northwest
Earl Finckle
Chicago
Sylvia Finckle
Lynette Pichard
Chanute Air Force Base
Rantoul
Ill
St. Anthony Hospital
Robert Morrison
Boxwell Brothers
Kruse
Bennett
Meadows Post
Slick Rutherford
Odessa
West Texas
Levy's Men Store
Julian Dickenson
Navasota
Daily News Almanac
Ponce de Leon
Venus
Alice
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