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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1948
Page
1
Eduard Benes, longtime foe of communist rule, died at 6:10 PM aged 64. Funeral arrangements were led by Communist Premier Antonin Zapotocky who organized a broadcast. His death, though anticipated, shocked staff and observers amid the turbulent Prague scene with Hitler’s shadow over Czechoslovakia.
The article traces Edvard Benes from Czechoslovakia's 1918 republic origin after World War I to his opposition to the Munich pact of 1938. It notes his exile in the United States and Britain, lecturing at the University of Chicago, and his wartime refugee government in Britain. It highlights the 1948 era as 80 000 Sokol delegates cheered him while Gottwald was snubbed after his resignation.
In Paris on Friday Premier Robert Schuman failed to form a new government and elections likely loom. President Vincent Auriol tapped Robert Le Court to gauge party plans while De Gaulle pressed for elections as a path back to power amid a postwar cabinet collapse.
A light humorous column by Frank Morcan critiques the overabundance of laws and suggests the core problem lies with the breakers rather than the vast sea of statutes. He jokes that society keeps clamoring for new laws while major issues are caused by those who break them.
Gov Beauford H Jester of Texas is reunited with his 75 year old half brother Claude W Jester found in a midtown New York bus terminal. Claude says he will stay in New York for his real estate work while the governor returns to Texas after an oil men’s meeting.
Ottawa reports government scientists foresee Canada becoming the world’s leading uranium ore producer. Arvid Thames of the Canadian Bureau of Mines says the Great Bear Lake field places Canada on a bright atomic future and ahead of Belgium Congo and Russia in uranium output.
Today in Amarillo public notices list tuberculosis screening at the Southwestern Public Service Company Building Fifth and Pork and selective service registration continued at the Municipal Auditorium. Gideons meet at 1 00 PM at the Herring Motel for members and guests. Ground breaking ceremonies for a new Children's Home at Thirty fourth and Bowie at 3 00 PM with public participation.
An American B 29 crew bailed out over Holland during a four day mock battle centered on Britain. The bomber, abandoned over the Scheldt estuary due to engine trouble, crashed off the Dutch coast but all 11 crew were rescued. One crewman said flames trapped the wing before parachutes saved them.
In the Texas Senate runoff, Lyndon Johnson narrowed Coke Stevenson’s lead to 29 votes after an AP update showing 6:30 PM totals. Johnson rose in Jim Wells County while Stevenson accused a concentrated South Texas count aimed at sidelining him, as county returns continue to shift and officials prepare further revisions.
Fifty six carrier planes from Texas practice ground landings in Pensacola as two Dallas Naval Air Reserve squadrons simulate carrier landings on Whiting Field runways. Reservists join actual operations from the USS Wright in the Gulf of Mexico for three days starting next Monday, engaging in serial battles from the carrier.
Partly cloudy conditions near Amarillo and vicinity with a mix of clear and partly cloudy skies across West Texas. Forecast covers Saturday and Sunday with little change, noting minimal rainfall at Rowe with a trace to 4 inches reported. sunrise at 7:16 PM.
A Peoria grand jury indicted three county officials on corruption charges amid a report linking racketeers with politicians. Roy P. Hull Earl P. Spainhower and Charles Somokys faced charges of omission and malfeasance. Hull also faced attempted bribery and Spainhower perjury. The panel warned of growing gambling and racketeering ties in the county.
The House Un American Activities Committee announced hearings on a third Red spy ring involving government employees will begin in mid October on Capitol Hill. The committee will also resume Hiss Chambers and Bentley inquiries and probe Communist influence in Hollywood and among Negroes.
City planners rejected the application by Ben McGraw J M McCullough and associates to rezone 600 618 North Polk and 601 619 to allow a carpeting shop on lot 9 south half. The move blocks a mixed use shift from apartment to D retail for the North Polk block and involves several other zoning items considered Friday night.
Panhandle Press Association will meet in Perryton with members and guests at 7 30 PM at the Old Texline School Building Texline box supper sponsored by the Dallam County Soil Conservation District hosted for the public Published in High Plains Today and Panhandle Press Association notices.
AFL truck drivers submitted a fresh set of contract demands as a widespread walkout continued in the New York metropolitan region. Officials warned the dispute could persist until the next joint meeting on Tuesday, as it potentially impacts about 1.8 million workers in local industries. A separate item notes the Dry Cleaners Institute of Texas will hold its statewide convention in Fort Worth from November 27 to 29.
A hurricane with 75 mph winds nears Louisiana as residents of Cajun country brace for impact. Forecaster W R Stevens expects landfall near Morgan City, about 100 miles west of New Orleans, with increasing gusts overnight. The center was 210 miles southwest of the Mississippi River mouth at 3 45 PM Friday, moving northeast at 10 mph.
Brinkley of 3616 East Twelfth faces four counts with malice aforethought and various methods alleged for the death of his stepson Joseph Michael Getz, 20 months. The panel returned a true bill and bail is possible. Funeral services were held in Forgan and body returned to Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital after initial investigations.
A Greyhound bus struck a coal truck on a narrow bridge over Kinnikinnick Creek north of Chillicothe Ohio. Six year old girl Sir Rhodes died in Chillicothe Hospital two hours after the crash. Her mother Louise Rhodes and three others were hospitalized with injuries.
An 82 year old Fort Worth resident, Carrie B. Stewart, was startled when a teenage girl sobbed that "George is dead" during a phone prank. The distress stretched for hours before her nerves steadied.
The Dixiecrats blame high food prices on opponents as GOP chair Hugh D. Scott calls for President Primm’s resignation while Gov. J Strom Thrum and Mar ion Rushton lead states rights talks. In Arkansas supporters file for November ballot as independents, deemed subterfuge by Secretary of State G Hall.
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