Jews Denied Voice in UN
The United States and Britain won a drive in the UN steering committee to bar Jewish representatives from floor debate in the 55 nation assembly on Palestine. The vote was 11 to 0 with Czechoslovakia Poland and Russia abstaining as Czechoslovakia and Poland failed to invite the Jewish Agency to speak. The United States Britain and Russia favored hearing Jewish views but could not agree on how to proceed.
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New York
United States
Britain
United Nations Assembly
Palestine
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Russia
Jewish Agency For Palestine
United Nations
Bryson Proposes School Aid Ban Amendment
Representative Bryson of South Carolina proposes a constitutional amendment to bar all federal and state aid to schools wholly or in part under sectarian control. The plan was introduced in Washington on May 2.
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Washington
Bryson
South Carolina
Haunted Girl Jumps From Empire State Building
Evelyn McHale 23 leaped from the 86th floor observatory to death, the sixth such self destruction at the tower since 1931. Police traced a farewell note and a final decision after kissing her fiancé good bye in Easton Pennsylvania earlier that morning.
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New York
U.P
Evelyn McHale
Empire State Building
Miss McHale
Barry Rhodes
Lafayette College
Easton
Baldwin
Long Island
The Bride-to-Be Fears She Is Unfit for Marriage
A distraught young woman, reportedly engaged in June, writes that she would not be a good wife and that her fiance is better off without her. Police note divorced parents, with her father in Washington and mother on the West Coast. She burns her WAC uniform after discharge and tears her bridesmaid gown, signaling a troubled farewell before a planned cremation.
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Washington
West
New York
WAC
Wolf or Martyr Leo Durocher Split By Accusations
In Los Angeles on May 2 the Lip and the court weighed Leo Durocher amid divorce drama. Laraine Day’s divorce from J Ray Hendricks and her marriage to Durocher in El Paso drew sharp comments from Judge Dockweiler and a courtroom appeal by lawyer Joseph Scott.
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Los Angeles
Leo
Lip) Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
Laraine Day
Joseph Scott
Superior Court
Laraine
J. Ray Hendricks
Durocher
Scott
Brooklyn
Dockweiler
George A. Dockweiler
el Paso
Long Lines offers $2 to $4 wage boost in strike talks
In Washington on May 2 the Long Lines Division of AT and T proposed a weekly wage increase of $2 to $4 for long distance workers on strike, a plan rejected by the union. Chicago conciliators announced a $4 weekly general raise as the basis for settlement of the Illinois Bell strike, potentially the first NFITW agreement. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph in California offered $2 to $4, rejected as despicable. Union demand remains for a flat $6 across the board. Peacemakers say progress is noted while cross-country talks continue.
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Washington
Long Lines
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Chicago
Illinois Bell Telephone System
Ilinois
National Federation of Telephone Workers Union
Pacific Workers
San Francisco
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Peter J. Manno
William N. Margolis
Manno
American Union of Telephone Workers
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Phillips Strike Shutdown Hits Panhandle Industries
Phillips Petroleum faces a broad shutdown after Local 351 of the International Union of Operating Engineers calls a strike. About 3000 workers are idle as plants halt production and other area industries reduce activity due to halted materials. A mediation effort is underway with US Conciliation officials arriving in Borger.
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Phillips
Frank Phillips
Phillips Petroleum Company Board of Directors
Borger-Phillips
Panhandle
International Union of Operating Engineers
AFL
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
Moore County
Cactus Ordnance Plant
Joe Rigdon
Phillips Petroleum Company
Cactus
Andrew Rennie
Frisbie
U. S. Armed Services
Rigdon
Ray Majure
Dallas
US Department of Conciliation
Borger
Bob Hope to headline Amarillo Boys Ranch benefit May 20
Bob Hope night in Amarillo includes a two stage show for Boys Ranch. The Pepperdent broadcast from Paramount Theater precedes a second show at the Municipal Auditorium with 41 in the entourage. NBC network feed via KGNC will carry the event with admission by donation toward a water system for Boys Ranch.
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Bob Hope
Amarillo
Boys Ranch
Paramount Theater
Hope
Municipal Auditorium
Dick Davis
Hollywood
Foote, Cone and Belding
Davis
Polly Parrot
Tom Craig
Ted Taylor
Jack King
Jerry Colonna
Vera Vague
NBC
TWA
KGNC
Paramount
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas and extended period
Fair conditions Saturday and Sunday with little temperature change. Highs near 80s in New Mexico, 59 in Texas west of Gulf Plains, 70s elsewhere. extended outlook through May 7 shows near normal to slightly above in Panhandle and El Paso, cooler in Del Rio area, light to moderate precipitation mainly north of Pecos Valley. Sunrise 5:54 A M Sunset 7:34 P M.
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Vu & Weather Bureau
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Texas
Gulf Plains
Panhandle
el Paso
del Rio-Eagle Pass
East Texas
Pecos Valley
Navy Asks Funds For Secret Ships
The Navy requested Congress approve 55.58 million dollars to convert 15 ships for new submarine and Arctic warfare roles over three years. Nine destroyers would be rebuilt as anti submarine vessels with secret equipment to develop tactics against high speed subs. Details remain classified. Japan returns national flag with limits ahead of new constitution inauguration.
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Washington
Navy
Congress
Navy Department
Senate Bans Union Squeeze on Workers
The Senate approved an amendment 60 to 28, amid bipartisan support, to bar unions and their agents from coercing workers in choosing a union or bargaining. If a union violates, the National Labor Relations Board may issue a cease and desist order. Critics warned it could invite a veto, while supporters said it protects workers from coercion and abuse by leaders.
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Taft
Ohio
Ball
Minnesota
Senate Labor Committee
Senators Ball
Byrd
Virginia
George
Georgia
Smith
New Jersey
National Labor Relations Board
Turks Welcome US Warships As Symbol of Aid
An American carrier group arrives at Istanbul Bosphorus for a five day visit seen as a sign of friendship amid Turkish hopes for aid against Soviet pressure. Vice Admiral Bieri says no political aim, just sailors and a social call. The event follows prior visits by US ships to Izmir and the Dardanelles guarded by Turkey.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Bosphorus
Dardanelles
U. S. Navy
Leyte
Doyma Bagchen Palace
America
Bernhard H. Bieri
Mediterranean
Missouri
Randolph
Izmir
Ulus
Peoples Party
Free Nations
President's Son Lost in Shuffle
Miguel Aleman Jr., 14, son of the Mexican president, vanished from a motorcade en route to a luncheon in New York. After a hurried check, agents found him at the Waldorf Astoria and he was taken to the Commodore in time for lunch.
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New York
Manhattan
Miguel Aleman, Jr
Mexico
Commodore
Aleman
Waldorf-Astoria
Secret Service
Phillips Pipeline Cancelled Rumor Shakes Amarillo Oil Circles
Rumor spreads among Amarillo oil circles that Phillips Petroleum has abandoned plans for a 12 inch crude line from west Texas to Borger due to unsettled labor conditions and crude shortages. If true, Borger refinery operations would be materially reduced.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Borger
Phillips Petroleum Company
Phillips
Wallace Says Truman Crusade Ended Moscow Talks
Henry A. Wallace declared the Moscow Conference ended in deadlock and failure and that Truman’s four hundred million dollar anti-Soviet crusade shattered any hopes. He blamed Dulles and Vandenberg for exploiting Europe’s emergency and criticized the Truman doctrine and Greece Turkey aid as the first applications of free enterprise pressure. He cited Europe tour as support for Marshall’s warning that Europe’s patience is dying.
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Wallace
Truman
Moscow
Cleveland
Henry A. Wallace
Sen
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
John Foster Dulles
Sk Veen Sreeeder
Aulee Caida Wibre
Europe
New Republic
Greece
Turkey
Tie
France
Korea
China
Dulles
George C. Marshall
Statement by Frank Phillips on Phillips Petroleum Company
Frank Phillips describes founding Phillips Petroleum about 30 years ago and credits loyal employees. He details early Panhandle Texas operations in the 1920s and emphasizes equal rights of employment. He condemns preferential seniority and union action tied to a 1947 shutdown, advocating individual rights and warning of jeopardy to Panhandle prosperity.
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Phillips Petroleum Company
Panhandle
Texas
K. S. Adams
Adams
Mr. Rigdon
Rigdon
Borger
Adama
Iquam
Borger Herald
Trues
Phillips Petrolleum Company
Munich Posters Hint Nazi Revival
Nazi posters praising Adolf Hitler appeared on billboards in Karlsplatz Munich urging a people s bloc for National Socialistic interests of the working class. Two of four posters were torn down by passersby and a third was partly torn. the last remained intact at 9 o clock.
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Munich
Adolf Hitler
Karlsplatz
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