McCarthy Blasts Tydings Over Lattimer Files At Hearing
In a tense Senate hearing McCarthy charged Senator Tydings with lying as the committee, including Green and Lodge, heard that four members had access to a FBI file summary on Lattimore. Tydings asserted the FBI found no evidence linking Lattimore to communism or espionage, while McCarthy vowed to prove his claims despite the panel’s conclusion.
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Massachusetts
Hickenlooper
Iowa
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Lours
Lattimore
J. Hoover
Lhan
Justice Department
McGrath
Peyton Ford
State Department
Rancher Henry Pollard Dies at 76 in Amarillo
Henry Newton Pollard, a Panhandle cattleman famed across the Southwest, died at 4 a.m. in his Herring Hotel room. Born Sept 13 1873 in St Louis, he moved from Dalhart to Amarillo in cattle buying. Pollard lived in Amarillo four years and suffered from asthma. He began ranching in 1917 after leaving St Louis for early work as a telegrapher in Raton New Mexico.
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Panhandle
Henry Newton Pollard
Herring Hotel
Mr. Pollard
Southwest
Dalhart
Amarillo
St. Louis
Pollard
Raton
Lee MR. Pollard
Mercy Slayer Guilty In Mercy Killing Case
Allentown jury convicts Harold A. Mohr 36 of voluntary manslaughter in mercy killing of his blind cancer patient brother. Verdict after 4 hours 55 minutes, mercy plea rejected, possible six to twelve year term, sentencing deferred.
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U.P
Harold A. Mohr
Mohr
Walter Andrews
Lean Mohr
Walter
Bridgeport
Hermann N. Sander
Candia
Mander
Actor Fluston Is Dead
HOLLYWOOD April 7 Walter Huston eminent stage and screen actor died today after a hospital stay. He suffered kidney trouble or a blood clot and passed away about 8 am in Beverly Hills following a day with friends including Spencer Tracy John Huston and Jed Harris. Huston planned a surprise 66th birthday party for him. He had recently returned from New York and had been preparing to start a new film Old 880 while finishing The Furies. He won an Academy Award for The Treasure of Sierra Madre. He was a native of Toronto and had a long career with road shows before rising to fame.
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Walter Huston
John Huston
Romanoff
Beverly Hills
Spencer Tracy
Huston
Verne Mason
Jed Harris
Paul Kohner
New York
Dust storms expected to ease by April 15 in Texas and Oklahoma
Government Soil Conservation Service official Regional Director Louis Merrill says the worst dust storms in West Texas and Oklahoma should end by April 15. About one million acres in the two states show moderate damage from high winds with greater blowing damage in sandy cross timbers and peanut areas from Gainesville to Dublin, Tex.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Louis P. Merrill
Soil Conservation Service
Merrill
Sandy Cross Timbers
Gainesville
Dublin
Tex
Holy Week Observances Across Nations Remember Christ’s Death
Christians worldwide marked Good Friday with prayers, processions, and services recalling Jesus death on Calvary. Rome and Jerusalem hosted large pilgrimages while Sezze Italy staged a postwar passion play. US churches issued messages urging peace and faith.
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Rome
Via Colorsa
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Sezze
Italy
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Sacred Heart
Philadelphia
Russia
Henry Knox Sherrill
Protestant Episcopal Church
Demand More Traffic Cops Seek Six More Patrols
The Amarillo Safety Council plans a resolution to add at least six traffic officers to the police force to curb speeding and improve night traffic control. Maynard Drake cited police reports showing staffing shortages and increased violations as the council’s basis.
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City Commission
Amarillo
Maynard Drake
Council
Falsetto Note to A Possible Tragedy
Ben Adams another Falsetto Note to A Possible Tragedy. A local filling station attendant in Tucumcari slipped and fell under a tourist’s car suffering a broken leg. He told the tourist not to call for help then strapped on a spare artificial leg and continued work.
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Tucumcari
Ben Adams
Adams
Japanese Senate Exiles Tomozo Ogawa for Voting For Bill
Tokyo officials announced the House of Councillors expelled Tomozo Ogawa after his vote in favor of a bill despite prior opposition. President Naotake Sato called the act a fraud against the constituency and an insult to Diet honor.
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House of Councillors
Senate
Tomozo Ogawa
Naotake Sato
Ogawa
Plane Makes Model Landing at Airfield
In Long Beach on April 7 a bright red gas model plane landed on a US airfield runway with no pilot aboard. An investigation by the control tower followed, and Air Force officers took custody of the model for the youngster who lost it.
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Air Force
Loss Heavy in Woolworth Fire
Fire swept part of the 23rd floor of the Woolworth Building in New York early today. Two pipes burst causing heavy water damage as flames visible for miles filled the 23rd floor executive offices. A fireman was slightly injured and two workers were overcome by smoke as about 100 employees fled the 39 year old building.
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New York
Woolworth
F. W. Woolworth Company
Lower Broadway
Cab Upends After City Street Crash
Jena W. M. Butler of the Yellow Cab Company was hospitalized after a crash at Eighth and Buchanan at about 1 20 this afternoon when the cab overturned. Manley Gilbert of Garner-Randall Motor Company drove the Lincoln involved, which struck the taxicab as it moved west while the Lincoln went south.
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W. M. Butler
Yellow Cab Company
Eighth
Buchanan
Lincoln
Manley Gilbert
Garner-Randall Motor Company
Weather Update for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
The section reports cloudy skies and warmer conditions this afternoon with a shift to northerly winds tonight. Cooler and notably colder by Sunday are forecast, with today reaching a high near 70 and a low around 39 to 44 for the next 24 hours. West Texas shows partial cloudiness and a colder trend from tonight through Saturday, while New Mexico expects fair weather then light showers in the northern mountains.
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West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Upper
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Duster Fails To Materialize In Panhandle Weather
Forecaster H C Winburn of Amarillo says strong winds will not arrive as predicted. High pressure eastward shift reduces wind. expect cloudiness and warmth this afternoon then a northerly wind bringing cooler temperatures tonight and Saturday. Easter Sunday looks decidedly colder with highs near 64 and a low around 39. Yesterday’s high was 70 and low 44.
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Amarillo Air Terminal
Winburn
Panhandle
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