Reopening Amarillo Army Air Field Urged by Mayor
Congressman Eugene Worley asked the Air Force to consider reactivating Amarillo Army Air Field amid war fears with Russia. Mayor Lawrence Hagg seeks title transfer from War Assets Administration and plans a council resolution on field property, including warehouses and barracks, now held as revenue assets. The move follows freeze orders at Pantex and other installations, with WAA reporting the freeze as temporary.
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CAL Brumley
Eugene Worley
Lawrence Hagg
Amarillo Army Air Field
Pantex
Hagy
War Assets Administration
Hagg
Worley
Shamrock
Russia
Amarillo
R. V. Derrick
WAA
Dallas
Derrick
John Crudgington
War Munitions Board
Bluebonnet Ordnance
McGregor
Gulf Ordnance
West Point
Miss
Arkansas Ordnance
Jacksonville
Ark
Pstex
Texas A&m College
Texas ‘Technological College
Senate Overrides Truman Tax Cut Veto in Major Vote
The Senate joined the House to override President Truman, approving a 4.8 billion tax cut bill by 77 to 10. The measure lowers taxes for 52 million filers, with rates slashed from 126 percent to 5 percent across brackets, and faces a Senate override decision amid opposition from Truman.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
American Labor Party
Carl Andersen
Minnesota
Morton
Kentucky
Mr. Truman
United States
Miake
Don
Setiors Lucas
Illinois
Geor
Georgia
Halleck
Indiana
Martin
Congress
Rayburn
Texas
One More Screening Set for McMillan Film African Adventure
Extra showing of the McMillan film Africa Adventure scheduled for 10 tomorrow morning at Esquire Theater due to high demand. Box office opens at 9, tickets $1.50 adults, 50 cents for students and children. proceeds support Ducks Unlimited project via Panhandle Out Our Sportsmen's Club.
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McMallan
Esquire
William McMillan
Esquire Theater
British East Africa
Amarillo
McMillan
Lubbock
Bernie Howell
Panhandle Outour Sportsmen's Club
Sportsmen's Club
Ducks Unlimited
Communist Leader Slain in Italy Amid Election Tensions
In Rome on April 2, a leftwing union official Calogeri Canghia Ast, 36, secretary of the Agricultural Workers Union, was killed in a mid road ambush near Trapani Sicily. The slaying marks the 12th anti Communist violence linked to pre election tensions and the 36th Communist leader killed in Sicily in two years.
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Rome
Calogeri Canghia
Ast
Agricultural Workers Union
Trapani
Sicily
Patrolman Porter dies after Russian roulette game
Patrolman William Porter shot himself in the head with his service revolver today while playing a game described as Russian roulette. Police Inspector Eugene Berath said the 24 year old officer probably would die. The hazard involves removing most cartridges then spinning the cylinder before firing.
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Rae
Adem Ad
William Porter
Eugene Berrath
Five WT Students Injured in El Paso Car Crash
Five West Texas State College students from Canyon were hospitalized in El Paso after a late yesterday collision 6 miles east of El Paso on the Carlsbad highway. Injuries ranged from a fractured leg and ankle to concussion and severe sprained ankle. driver J M Potts of Carlsbad uninjured. Doctors said none of the five is in serious condition at County City Hospital.
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West Texas State College At
Canyon
el Paso
Carlsbad Highway
Charles E. Mead, Jr
D. J. Roberts
Perryton
J. W. Spencer
Conassion
J. W. Bryan
Maurice Steen
Floydada
Head
J. M. Potts
Carlsbad
Potts
County City Hospital
Sinn Maynard
Truman considers court move to end coal strike
Washington reports the Truman administration may seek a court order to halt the 19 day coal strike. Attorney General Tom Clark’s expected action could occur on his return to Washington as officials weigh Taft Hartley implications and political fallout between Truman and John L. Lewis.
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Washington
Truman
Tom Clark
Williamsburg
Clark
White House
John L. Lewis
Congress
Mr. Truman
President Truman Visits William and Mary Meeting Dixie Foe
President Truman and Georgia Governor William M. Tuck exchanged brief greetings on the William and Mary campus during Canadian American Day ceremonies. The meeting drew attention amid political tensions within the Southern Democrats as Prime Minister Mackenzie King was honored at the event.
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Williamsburg
Truman
William M. Tuck
College of William and Mary
L. Mackenzie King
Canal
Tuck
Universal Amity Seen By Truman
President Truman expressed hope the UN Security Council unanimous decision to seek a truce between Palestine's Jews and Arabs would foreshadow global good neighbors. He spoke at the College of William and Mary after an honorary degree, noting world peace as a shared duty amid Canadian Prime Minister King's warning against Russian domination.
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Williamsburg
Truman
United Nations Security Council
Palestine
Virginia
William M. Tuck
Security Council
United Nations
Voters Decide Tomorrow on Liquor Issue
Potter County Precinct 3 voters head to the polls tomorrow to decide on a local option liquor measure. The west of Western Avenue and south of the Canadian River precinct, with about a thousand qualified voters, includes polling sites at Sam Houston Junior High, Bushland, and Ady schools.
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Potter County
Western Avenue
Texas Supreme Court
Loren Jones
Sam Houston Junior High
Bushland School
Ady School
Weather forecast and Rayburn departure report
Weather for Amarillo and vicinity, West Texas, and New Mexico shows fair conditions, with milder temperatures and partly cloudy skies through Saturday. In Sherman, Rep. Sam Rayburn of Bonham will depart Washington tonight by train for a speaking engagement at the First Christian Church in McKinney, as advised by the Washington Bureau.
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Amarillo
Vicinity
West Texas
New Mexico
Northwest
Sherman
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Washington
First Christian Church
McKinney
Sherman Democrat
Daily Texan Criticizes Race Segregation At Texas Relays
The Daily Texan editorial urges erasing racial segregation in athletics to make the Texas Relays the biggest and best in the land. It argues exclusion denies top athletes and would align Texas with Penn and Drake relays in upholding equal rights to compete.
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Daily Texan
Austin
Daily
Texan
United States
The
Drake
Foreign aid bill sails through U S Congress
Congress approves a 6.098 billion dollar foreign aid package to bolster Europe China and Greece Turkey with a quick sign by President Truman. The ERP covers a 51 month plan for 16 western European nations and includes military and humanitarian components while the reconstruction finance corp advances funds as a goodwill gesture. A Wallace campaign clash at Harris County court ends with a court denial to host a Wallace for President meeting.
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Congress
Truman
House
Senate
Greece
Turkey
Chine
Europe
Franco
Spain
China
Chiang Kai-shek
United Nations’ International Children’s Emergency Organization
Reconstruction Finance Corp
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J. G. McClintock
Life
Clintock
Dixie
W. W. Hiton
L. C. Howard
State Department
Arthur Heberg
America
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Houston
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