Truman proposes permanent Housing and Home Finance Agency
President Truman asked Congress to merge the wartime housing agencies into a single Housing and Home Finance Agency under three main units the Federal Housing Administration the Home Loan Bank Board and the Public Housing Administration. The plan aims for economy and efficiency and keeps the emergency program intact with salaries set for top officials.
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Washington
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Truman
Capitol Hill
Congress
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Home Loan Bank Board
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Federal Loan Bank Board
Public Housing Administration
Federal Public Housing Authority
Senate
HHFA
Bank Board
Christ figure Lang fined for Nazi follower status in Oberammergau case
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN Germany May 27 a denazification court fined Alois Lang 1000 marks for being a Nazi Party follower. Lang the 56 year old tavern keeper who portrayed Christ in 1930 and 1934 said he joined the party after persecution and licensing disputes. He argued he was persecuted and resolved to protect his business by joining the party. A Jew named Peter Meyer said Lang’s house showed no change after joining. The court classified Lang as a follower and imposed the minimum fine for that category.
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Germany
Alois Lang
Oberammergau
Lang
Peter Meyer
Seven arrested on kidnapping charges in Bush case
Seven men were arrested on kidnapping charges connected to the mob action that abducted Godwin Bush from a jail in Jackson. They were released on bond. identities not disclosed. FBI said the confession implicated seven other white persons. state and federal officials pursue warrants and claims of no federal violation.
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Rich Square
Frank Outland
Godwin
Buddy) Bush
Jackson
J. C. Stephenson
Northampton County
Bush
Raleigh
Cherry
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tyler
Stephenson
Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Department of Justice
Tyler Bush
Raiecigh
Methodists Open Sessions Today in Amarillo
The Northwest Texas Methodist Conference opens at Polk Street Methodist Church at 2 o clock with about 200 ministers and 500 delegates. The event runs through Sunday with a dinner at the Amarillo Hotel and an evening worship service led by Rev Lance Webb. Bishop Charles C Selecman will announce ministerial assignments on Sunday.
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Northwest Texas Methodist Conference
Polk Street Methodist Church
Polk
Neal D. Cannon
Board of Hospitals and Homes
Amarillo
Lance Webb
University Church
Dallas
Charles C. Selecman
Selecman
J. O. Haymes
Lubbock
W.W. M. Pearce
Vernon
P. Clark
Sweetwater
Orion W. Carter
Abilene
E. D. Landreth
T. M. Johnson
Clarendon
B. McReynolds
Dalhart-Perryton
W. C. Hinds
Plainview
Sam H. Young
Stamford
Freight Train Derails Near Oklahoma Texas Line
A southbound Santa Fe freight derailed near the Oklahoma Texas line with seven cars off the track. Rain damage to the roadbed was blamed, but no injuries occurred. The train from Boise City was en route to Amarillo when a wrecker cleared the rails, with only light damage and expected minor delays.
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Santa Fe
Oklahoma-Texas Line
Boise City
Amarillo
Looney Landing Beloved Loon Louie Dies in Belly Landing
Martinsburg West Virginia May 1 P Louie the Loon is dead after a belly landing at Municipal Airport The airport manager E C Parkinson said the bird’s death followed a skidding run on a rain wet runway The loon was a fish eater and lacked proper diet leading to the mishap as he struck the runway and lost feathers and skin during a 20 foot slide.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Louie
Municipal
E. C. Parkinson
Parkinson
Bond Set at $10,000 For Robbery Suspects
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Three Hale Center bank robbers held to bail in Hale County
May 27 special: three men charged in the $2 215 bank robbery of the First National Bank at Hale Center were arraigned with bonds set at 10 000 each. Grissom May jailed in Lubbock. Royalty 23 and Willburn 21 waived examining trial. All WWII veterans. Willburn claims innocence as driver. Prosecutors expect state charges, federal possible. suspects moved from Amarillo.
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Hereford
Willburn
Royalty
May
Hale County
Ted Andrews
R. A. Jefferies
Lubbock
Rockdale
Grissom May
Spearman
Pacific
Justice Court
Amarillo
Plainsmen greet Amarillo trip on prewar footing
Daily News reports on the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce goodwill tour visiting Childress Wellington Shamrock Lefors Pampa White Deer Panhandle and Borger. Amarillo delegates receive enthusiastic welcomes from Wellington Shamrock Pampa and other towns as they showcase neighborliness and local hospitality.
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Daily News
Borger
Amarillo
Cotton
Eastern
Panhandle
Childress
Wellington
Shamrock
Lefors
Pampa
White Deer
Berger
Hedley
Bill Walker
Bob Clark
Shamrock Chamber of Commerce
Two Burned By Boiling Oil in Spearman
In Spearman two men, R. B. Archer Jr. and Shannon Davidson, were severely burned after Archer slipped into a tub of boiling linseed oil. They were rushed to Sanford Hospital in Perryton in very critical condition. The incident occurred as they moved oil from Archer’s kitchen. the home was saved.
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Spearman
R. B. Archer, Jr
Shannon Davidson
Archer
Sanford Hospital
Perryton
Boxwell Brothers
Slaughter Denied Missouri Nomination in Fraud Vote Probe
Jackson County grand jury reports suspected vote fraud in the Fifth Missouri District Democratic primary. It calls for a complete recount, names miscounted candidates Perrin D. McElroy and Michael O’Hern as winners, and notes 78 indictments for vote fraud overall with federal and state investigations urged.
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Kansas City
Jackson County
Roger C. Slaughter
Missouri
Ccouns OI Voles
Slaughter
Enos Axtell
Truman
Axtell
Albert S. Reeves, Jr
Grand Jury
Perrin D. McElroy
Michael O’hern
John R. James
Independence
Examination of ballots reveals potential fraud patterns
The statement argues that most frauds can only be substantiated through thorough, scientific examination of ballots and records by qualified experts, highlighting the need for rigorous methods to prove irregularities.
Actress Gail Patrick Announces Engagement to Cornwell Jackson
May 27 report says actress Gail Patrick will wed Cornwell Jackson an advertising agency executive in the fall. The announcement confirms the engagement and sets the anticipated wedding season.
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Hollywood
Gail Patrick
Cornwell Jackson
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas regions
Partly cloudy to cloudy for Wednesday and Thursday with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Cooler temperatures Wednesday night and Thursday. In Panhandle and El Paso area not as warm Thursday. Historical hourly readings show highs around 85 86 and lows near 59 to 74 with trace precipitation in the 24 hour period ending 4 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
el Paso
Winter Returns Snow Hits Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Snow fell across Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan on May 27 with Winnipeg at 36 above zero while last year’s May temperature reached 85.5. The snowfall started in the afternoon, was thick but sporadic, and broadly scattered per weather bureau officials.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Weather Bureau
Brothers Dig Mother's Grave Amid Cemetery Strike Pickets
Three brothers defied union pickets at Lake View Cemetery to dig a grave for their mother Ora Blackburn despite threats that the grave would be dug up again. Reverend Lawrence Blackburn and his brothers Wallace and Harold faced hostile warnings as more than 100 bodies lay in crypts during a month-long wage dispute.
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Cleveland
Massachusetts
Lake View
Lawrence H. Blackburn
Lowell
Mass
Wallace M
Dearborn
Mich
Harold
Framingham
Ora M. Blackburn
Martin E. Vanderwerf
Arborists and Landscapers Union
AFL
Containhem
Wade Chapel
King
Problem Child in Imlay City Slayings Case
In Imlay City Michigan on May 27 a 16 year old farm boy Oliver Terpening Jr. admitted shooting a 14 year old friend Stanley Smith and three of Smiths sisters Barbara 16 Gladys 29 and Janet 2 during a hunting trip. He said I just wanted to see someone die. He confessed to killing as police described and a warrant was issued charging him with murder. He also spoke of wanting to kill his stepmother and later ate a meal before fleeing in the family car. State police tracked him as he rode to Port Huron Detroit and slept in a gas station bunk.
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Imlay City
Mich
Oliver Terpening, Jr
Stanley Smith
Albert Perkins
Donald Leonard
Terpening
Leonard
Myrtle
Smith
Barbara
Gladys
Janet
Port Huron
Detroit
Michigan State Police
Norman Dombrosky
Eric
Dombrosky
Norman, Jr
Tolec
Office of Justice
R. O. Stevens
Michigan
Erie
Toledo
Ohio
East Lansing
William Smith
Post Office
Oliver
Louisiana
Stanley
Michigan youth recaptured after shooting four girls
A 15 year old, identified as Terpening, fled across the border with no money. He was chased to Toledo and arrested. In East Lansing he gave a tearful statement after being brought in for the four girl killings. He described the shootings and confessed to killing each victim. A life sentence awaits on a first degree murder conviction.
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Grandview
Martha E. Truman
Wallace H. Graham
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co
Sheaffer, Parker, Eversharp
Russell Stationery Co
Wideawake
Collingsworth
Luther Gribbie
84Th Judicial District
the Panhandle
Shamrock Main Stem
Pampa Chamber of Commerce
Crawford Atkison
Red Wedgeworth
L. I. Ross
Willard York
York
Justice of the Peace
H. R. Voges
New Braunfels
San Antonio
Brothers
Pao
Beas
Ella Mae
Oliver Terpening
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