New Retail Meat Prices Released for Four States
The Dallas regional OPA lists new retail meat prices with Grade AA and Grade A figures. Porterhouse steak 56 and 52 cents, round steak 48 and 45 cents, rib roast 10 inch 835 and 33 cents, lamb loin chops 72 and 68 cents, shoulder chops 49 and 46 cents, leg of lamb 49 and 46 cents, pork Canadian bacon 82 cents, sliced bacon 43 cents.
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U.P
OPA
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Mayor Resigns Citing Deep Woes and Urges Immediate Election
The mayor admits uncertainty about the resignation reason, recalls a recent gun battle election that cleaned up evils, and says the situation has worsened. He calls for an immediate election to shock the public and prevent party formation, inviting people to speak up.
Resignations Follow McMinn County Election Gun Battle
Deputy Otto Kennedy said there are no disturbances as citizens take resignations quietly after the election gun battle. Walker refused to resign, urged by the American Legion and VFW posts. His term and the aldermen expire next July, with the mayor and aldermen acting after two shots were fired at the home.
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Otto Kennedy
Walker
American Legion
VFW
McMinn County
City Dads in Stormy Athens Quit After Gunmen Open Fire
The mayor and city alderman of Athens Tennessee resigned for safety after an all night gun battle earlier. The resignations were filed with city recorder Herman Moses. Sheriff Knox Henry said few clues remained. the shooting at Alderman Hugh Riggs’ home was described as the worst yet amid threats against board members.
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Tennessee
Temselves
City Recorder
Herman Moses
Paul Walker
Situon
Hugh Riggs
Knox Henry
Walker
Riggs
Mayor and Aldermen Resign Amid Nighttime Violence Concerns
The mayor announced resignations effective at noon, saying veterans asked them not to resign but action was needed. He warned aldermen faced nocturnal terror with cars cruising at night, gunfire, and calls, while stressing the board lacks party machine ties.
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Aldermen
Yugoslavia Calls Out Greece Over Indemnity Demand
Belgrade reports Greece seized a Greek land yesterday and claims the pilot was interned after a confrontation. U S Ambassador Patterson met for 45 minutes on indemnity demands with no details released. A Yugoslav military plane was forced to land after five Americans were killed when an unarmed U S transport was shot down. Marshal Tito led the disclosures.
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Yugoslavia
Gree
U. S
Richard C. Patterson
Tito
Greek military plane downed after border incursion
Yugoslav press release says a Greek military plane crossed into Yugoslav territory and was forced to land. Athens reports indicate antiaircraft fire shot down a Greek plane over Yugoslav soil. pilot interned pending further steps. Greek officials acknowledge border area operations with no intentional crossing.
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Stephanos Stephano Poulos
Petro Mavromichelis
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Salonika
Mavromicalis
John H. Cassady
Mavromichalis
Spilliotis
Greek General Staff
Salonika Air Base
Axionopulis - Paikon
Georgely
Byrnes in Rhineland Urges German Freedom and Unity
In Rhineland Byrnes spoke from the flowered stage of the old state opera house with Senators Vandenberg and Connally nearby. He urged a provisional German government not hand chosen by occupiers, supported a federal constitution, and called for rapid economic unification while cautioning against making Germany a pawn in East West power struggles.
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U.S
Adolf Hitler
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Tom Connally
Texas
U. S
Old State Opera House
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Germany
V. M. Molotov
Europe
Shipping Jam Strikes Halt U S Maritime Trade
AFL picket lines tie up more than 2,500 ships across Atlantic Gulf and Pacific ports with 500000 workers on strike. SIU and Sailors Union demand reversal of a wage ruling. UNRRA relief cargo and Army shipments stalled. War Department says shipments to Germany and Japan virtually paralyzed. rail shipments to seaports embargoed in New York Boston and New Jersey.
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Washington
Ment
Japan
Railway Express Agency
Boston
New Jersey
Missing 3 year old Madeline Tobias case widens search
Police in Kansas City probe the disappearance of Madeline Tobias with a new maid from their home. A possible sighting in Odessa Missouri with a truck driver is reported by a cafe employee. The FBI says it cannot enter the case until evidence of abduction and interstate transport appears.
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Madeline Tobias
Philip Tobias
J. A. Purdome
Odessa
Purdome
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
OPA Raises Meat Ceilings on Beef and Pork Prices
The OPA ordered higher ceilings for meats with boosts up to 10 cents a pound on select beef cuts and 16 cents on loin lamb chops, effective Tuesday. Pork rises averaged 4 cents, with many items rolled back to June 30 levels. lard and shortening see 5.5 cent increases.
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Washington
OPA
Department of Agriculture
New York
San Francisco
Chicago
Pork Shortage Threatens Amarillo Meat Supplies
Amarillo packing house leaders warn pork is nearly exhausted with two weeks to ten days of meat on hand. Slaughter has slowed. nine workers were laid off at Amarillo Packing Co. and only one hog bought this week. Pinkney Packing reports 12 hogs through the line. beef remains tighter due to quota constraints.
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David Rasco
Amarillo
Amarillo Packing Co
E. J. Husband
Husband
Pinkney Packing Co
Fred V. Miller
Pinkney
Miller
Negro charged after store shooting injures officer
Dewey Bailey, a middle aged Black man, is indicted for assault with intent to murder after a pistol discharge during a confrontation with Detectives Jack Raymond and Wink Miller near Johnny's Package Store at West Third. Raymond sustained powder burns as Bailey disarmed. Bailey was jailed on bond raised to 3500. The event drew witnesses including C L Austin. trial date not set.
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Jack Raymond
Wink Miller
Johnny’s
West Third
Raymond
Bailey
Red
Miller
Texas
C. L. Austin
Austin Funeral Home
Austin
Harlem Grill
West Second
Father Divine
Amarillo
Miran Thompson
Lem Savage
Thompson
Alcatraz
Three Die in Lamesa Farmhouse Fire Near Klondike
Mrs Ella Gloor 33 and her children Dalton 19 Betty Ann 5 were burned to death in a southwest of Lamesa blaze that destroyed a three room farm home. Neighbors found the house fully involved after arriving to help with the fire. The cause remains undetermined.
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Ella Gloor
Dalton
Betty Ann
Here
Klondike
Cigar Smoking Burglar Not Perturbed by an Audience
Mrs A D Setoty woke at 1 30 am to find a man standing by her bed smoking a large cigar. He eyed the dresser as her husband woke and gave chase. The burglar fled with 50 from the dresser before escaping.
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Houston
U.P
A D. Setoty
Patton Returns Home From Borger Trip
J. H. Patton of 909 Madison has returned home after a trip to Borger.
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J. H. Patton
Madison
Borger
Mother returns veteran pension amid VA care crisis
Joyce E. Cawley 19 storms the Philadelphia VA with two infants, returns a monthly 11.50 pension, says the VA must support the children. Babies Betty Ann 14 months and Barbara Joan 3 months placed in shelter as officers seek a permanent arrangement. The husband, William H., 25, is a partially disabled, recently discharged patient weighing 100 pounds.
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Philadelphia
Joyce E. Cawley
Veterans Administration
James McKitterick
Betty Ann Cawley
Barbara Joan
McKitterick
Soviet Reports on British Army Push in Egypt
Moscow radio broadcasts claimed Britain was increasing garrisons in Egypt and building bases despite Egyptian demands for full withdrawal. London denied the report saying troops were leaving bases and moving to authorized areas under the 1936 treaty being revised. A separate Moscow broadcast urged withdrawal of American forces from China to aid peaceful settlement.
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Moscow Radio
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Egypt
British Foreign Office
Moscow
China
Yugoslav Demonstration Suppressed by Allied Forces
In Maggia Italy troops from Britain and the United States used clubs and cartridge belts to disperse an unauthorized 1500 strong Yugoslav sympathizer demonstration. The rally defied the Allied Military Government ban during regional celebrations of the Italian surrender anniversary and Venezia Giulia Partisans uprising.
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Maggia
Italy
Trieste
Venezia Giulia
Blast Rocks Edmund B. Alexander Troopship Near Bremerhaven
The troopship Edmund B. Alexander reported an internal explosion near Bremerhaven injuring no one and halting both engines. About 100 crew members including women were evacuated, among them WAC technicians Red Cross workers Army nurses and stewards. The vessel later said everything is all right as authorities investigated the blast and its cause remains undetermined. The Alexander, former Amerika, is operated by the War Department under the War Shipping Administration.
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Edmund B. Alexander
Bremerhaven
Germany
Alexander
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Red Cross
Radio- Marine Corporation of America
Chatham
Mass
Frederick W. Galbraith
Galbraith
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