Hereford and Dimmitt Hit by New Deluge
Panhandle towns from Hereford to Borger endured severe storms with heavy rainfall. Hereford saw 4 inches in mid afternoon flooding streets and downing lines. Dimmitt reported about 3 inches in 40 minutes, with damage tallying in thousands near Borger's industrial area. Street flooding, power and telephone outages, and blocked highways marked the deluge.
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Hereford
Dimmitt
Panhandle
Borger
Rock Creek
Bonavista
Amarillo
Tulsa
Shamrock
Clarendon
Memphis
Happy
Muleshoe
Canyon
Friona
Sunray
Dumas
Berger
Adrian
Claude
Plainview
Pampa
Dimmit
Miami
Spearman
Follett
Stinnett
Groom
Conway
Perryton
Guymon
Okla
Four Injured in Road Crashes Near Groom Oklahoma
Two vehicle crashes on Highway 66 after a four inch rain injured four people. Major Audrey Hollenbeck and Samuel P. Cleaver suffered facial and head injuries. both were hospitalized. A Ford overturned after leaving the pavement and struck a Buick. A second accident west of Groom injured Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Depew in a rear collision. Local men Bob Conley offers car prices.
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Groom
WAC
Audrey Hollenbeck
Oakland
Cal
Ford
Jack JL. Dooley
Rockford
Samuel Pp. Cleaver
Antioch
Cleaver
St. Anthony's Hospital
Hollenbeck
Northwest
Texas
Thomas S. Depew
Enid
Okla
Squatter Protest Besieges Abbey Lodge in London West End
Police cracked down on a 2000 strong squatter protest outside Abbey Lodge, a luxury block seized for rehousing, as demonstrators pushed blankets and food through a barricade. Communist leader Pollitt denounced government war prep and urged workers to resist eviction, while a mild rally at the Ivanhoe Hotel drew police attention.
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London
Abbey Lodge
West End
Ivanhoe Hotel
Harry Pollitt
Pollitt
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Europe
Britain
Jerry
Wallace Defies Britain to Avoid War Says Wallace
Secretary Wallace at Madison Square Garden rally warns that British imperial policy in the Near East plus Soviet retaliation could spark war unless the US crafts its own clear policy. He stresses he is not anti British or anti Russian and opposes Dewey’s defense alliance with Britain. He argues tougher policy toward the USSR yields harsher Russian response.
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New York
Henry A. Wallace
Near East
United States
Wallace
Madison Square Garden
National Citizens Political Action Committee
Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions
Truman
James Mead
Herbert Lehman
Dewey
Great Britain
Britain
Republican Party
Soviet Union
Labor Seafarers Extend Strike Across Coasts
The AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific ends its West Coast action after a government wage proposal. The CIO National Maritime Union votes to strike all dry cargo and passenger vessels, expanding the walkout amid wage disputes and wage stabilization board rebuffs. Fifteen thousand unionists join the Pacific strike, and the NMU-CIO coalition heads toward a nationwide 200,000 seamen strike starting today.
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United States
AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific
CIO National Maritime Union
AFL Pacific Coast Union
Wage Stabilization Board
CIO Union
James Drury
West Coast
NMU
AFL
Committee For Maritime Unity of the Cio
SUP
Seafarers’ International Union of
APL
New York
East
Gulf
War Shipping Administration
West
Harry Lundberg
AFL Seamen’s Union
Steelman
Lundeberg
Atlantic
Maritime Commission
WSB
Pacific Coast
National Maritime Union of the
CIO
Committee For Maritime Union
Amarillo Contender Joins Bob Hope Show Finals
Jeanne Carroll of Amarillo advances to the final round for a featured vocalist spot on Bob Hope's show after winning a district contest. She competes Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Interstate Theaters search, with finalists Jean Lynn of Brownsville and Bonnie Jo Sear of Houston. The winner earns an all expenses paid trip to Hollywood and a guest appearance on Hope's radio program.
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Jeanne Carroll
Bob Hope
Showtime
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Vernon
Interstate Theaters
Texas
Hollywood
Hope
Frances Langford
United States retains UNRRA relief to Yugoslavia
Acting Secretary of State William L. Clayton says the U S will not halt UNRRA relief shipments to Yugoslavia. He cites obligations under participation in UNRRA and warns against undermining international agreements. AFL longshoremen on the Atlantic Coast refuse to load ships. Dave Beck condemns strikes as improper political action.
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Maritime Commission
WSB
Steelman
Washington
William L. Clayton
United States
UNRRA
Yugoslavia
Clayton
U. S
AFL
Atlantic
Dave Beck
AFL Teamsters Union
Beck
Teamsters Executive Committee
Santa Barbara
Cal
Sale of $110000 for $7700 Liquidates Bogus Money Ring
Two members of a four man group accused of handling the largest counterfeit haul in a decade were arraigned before U S Commissioner Garrett Cotter in New York and held on $10000 bail each. Joseph Soroka and Joseph Giarruso were charged with issuing and passing 110000 in twenty dollar notes from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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New York
Secret Service
U. S
Garrett Cotter
Joseph Soroka
Mousey
Joseph Giarruso
Bergenfield
N. J
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Counterfeit Ring Tied to Newark Printer and Two Others
Soroka and Giarruso were arrested after Soroka delivered a bogus 110000 package to an undercover Secret Service agent at a midtown New York hotel. Paternoster and Larkin, tied to a Newark printing plant, face charges in Newark as suspects in possession and sale of counterfeit bills.
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Secret Service
James J. Maloney
Washington
Soroka
Giarruso
New York
Snyder
Maloney
Joseph Paternoster
Newark
N. J
George A. Larkin
Paternoster
Thomas F. Murphy
W. S. Attorney’s Office
Soroka and
Larkin
Thomas Trial Slated Oct. 15
SWEETWATER Texas September 12 James Thomas a paroled convict faces trial October 15 for the brutal slaying of Dr Roy Hunt and the connected murder of Mrs Hunt at their Littlefield home. Three prior trials ended in mistrial or reversal with death penalties. The case rests on circumstantial evidence.
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Sweetwater
Jim Thomas
Roy Hunt
Littlefield
A. S. Mauzey
Thomas
Lubbock
Galveston
Plainview
Dr. Hunt
Lamb County
Lamesa
Perkins Named to Civil Service Commission
President Truman announced the appointment of Frances Perkins former Secretary of Labor in the Roosevelt administration to membership on the Civil Service Commission.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
Roosevelt
Civil Service Commission
Truman
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
Partly cloudy with warmer temperatures across Texas and New Mexico. Panhandle may see thundershowers Friday. scattered showers and storms expected in the afternoon and evening. Overnight and early morning temps range from the mid 60s to mid 70s with a recent high of 76 and low of 45. Precipitation recorded at 2.03 inches in the past 24 hours. Sunrise 6:28 AM. sunset 6:57 PM.
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Weather Bureau
Sea Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Dairy Price Rise Triggers Recontrol Threat
The independent dairy price board warned that higher butter and cheese prices threaten to lift costs on other dairy products and strain the general price level. It noted wholesale butter in Chicago at 75 cents and cheddar prices above prior ceilings, with fluid milk in the New York area pressured by outside bids. The board issued a show cause order and called for written evidence before next Wednesday.
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Washington
Chicago
New York
Paul Porter
OPA
Borger Cinderella Lands Movie Role as Stanwyck Stand-In
Barbara Drake of Borger Texas is selected to be Barbara Stanwyck's stand-in for The Other Love with a role in the film. She receives modeling school training and a possible movie career, after a casting director’s final pick from thousands of entries.
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Barbara Stanwyck
Borger Cinderella
Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Barbara Drake
Borger
Tex
Miss Drake
Patricia Stevens
Enterprise Studio
Miss Stanwyck
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Ypsilanti
Mich
Una
S. C
Olla
Billy Selwyn
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