Amarillo Voters Set Runoff For City Commissioners
Four thousand ballots printed for Amarillo city commission runoff with eight precincts voting from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm. Four candidates appear on the ballot for two commissioner seats Curtis James Hudson Stephenson and others. Voters urged to cast their own ballots and participate in this decisive local election.
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Amarillo
Curtis
Jimmy James
Jim Hudson
Ira Stphenson
Bud
Lawrence Hagg Elected Mayor In Amarillo Election
Lawrence Hagg was elected mayor with more than 7,000 votes cast. Voters will cast ballots tomorrow at designated precincts across Amarillo. Precincts cover areas bounded by major rail lines and streets with polling sites at courthouse Central Fire Station Horace Mann Junior High School Wilson School Sixteenth Street Fire Station Wolflin School San Jacinto School and other locales. The new commission will be sworn in May 5 and hold its first meeting May 6 night.
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Lawrence Hagg
Polk
Fort Worth
Denver
Santa Fe
Tenth
Rock Island Railroad
Central Fire Station
Amarillo
Horace Mann Junior High School
Santa Fe Railroad
Taylor Street
Thirtyninth
Railroad
Taylor
Wilson School
Jackson
Thirty-ninth
Sixteenth Street
Wolflin School
San Jacinto School
Merger Plea Is Renewed for AFL CIO Talks
The AFL executive council invited the CIO peace committee to confer in Washington on merger amid anticipated labor reform. AFL President Green sent a telegram to CIO President Murray, who would not comment until receiving it. The groups, totaling over 13.5 million members, seek unity amid Congressional labor bill debate and possible Truman veto.
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Washington
AFL Executive Council
CIO Peace Committee
AFL
William Green
Congress
Green
CIO
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
Murray
Capitol Hill
APL
John L. Lewis
Miners
William L. Hutcheson
The
Carpenters
Daniel J. Tobin
Teamsters
George Meany
Walter P. Reuther
Auto Workers
Emil Rieve
Textile Workers
Jacob Potofsky
Amalgamated Workers
Albert J. Fi
United Electrical Workers
Senate
Truman
Violence marks Detroit phone picketing and wage talks
Sixteen strikers including two top union officials were arrested after violent clashes at the Michigan Bell building in Detroit. A company spokesman said women workers were attacked and police used nightsticks. Government officials forecast wage settlements to end the nationwide telephone strike, noting a recent tentative 15 cent an hour pattern with Steelworkers and U S Steel agreement.
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Detroit
Walter Scaar
Federation of Telephone Employee of Michigan
Bernie Hawkins
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Kennedy
Bell System
National Federation of Telephone Workers
White House
United States Steel Corp
United Steelworkers
CSO
New York
Truman
John R. Steelman
America Dips Into Its Savings Signals Recession Risk
The Commerce Department reported April 21 that high prices and expanded consumer credit have reduced Americans’ savings. Savings as a share of current income fell from 33 percent in the previous period to lower in the first quarter of 1947, viewed as a warning sign for possible recession. Treasury Secretary Snyder warned wartime savings could be dissipated if prices remain high, risking buyer strikes.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Gay
Treasury
John W. Snyder
Baptists Gather for Higgins Aid Fund
Money collected yesterday at the First Baptist Church for rebuilding in Higgins was counted today. The church set 12 000 dollars as its share of a 35 000 dollar District 10 fund for Higgins. Dr A D Poreman Jr, pastor, chairs the district board that authorized the tornado donations.
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First Baptist Church
Baptist Church
Higgins
A. D. Poreman, Jr
Firsttist Church
Weather Forecast For Amarillo And Vicinity
Considerable cloudiness and warm conditions with strong southwest winds 25 to 30 mph. Winds turn northwest tonight with scattered showers and cooler temperatures. Tuesday will be partly cloudy and cooler with widely scattered showers in Panhandle South Plains and Pecos Valley eastward tonight.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Wallace Cancels Copenhagen Talk Amid King’s Death
Henry A. Wallace will depart for Paris tonight or tomorrow as his Copenhagen speech is cancelled due to King Christian’s death. The cancellation shifts Wallace’s intended address and travels in the wake of the royal demise.
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Wallace
Copenhagen
Henry A. Wallace
Paris
Christian
Wage Pact Sparks Rally As Steel Pay Boost Clears Path
The U S Steel wage pact for 140,000 workers, a $1 daily raise, cheers the industry and prompts an early market rally with industrials and rails gaining. Trade volume thinned after an initial surge while hopes rise for a broader peace in major sectors facing strikes and output limits.
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Associated Press
U. S
U. S. Steel Common
U. S. Steel Corp
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
J. A. Stephens
Big Steel
Orchestra Provides Benefit Show At Paramount Theater
An 11:30 PM benefit at the Paramount Theater features Hugo Loewenstern Jr and his orchestra for a beauty contest. A full length film Easy Come Easy Go airs on screen. Miss Amarillo will be named and may compete for Miss West Texas. several entrants list sponsors and addresses, with admission a dollar or more benefiting The Globe News Tornado Fund.
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Paramount Theater
Hugo Loewenstern, Jr
Amarillo
West ‘Texas
Wil Rogers Range Riders
Santa
Globe News Tornado Fund
President Truman urges halt to price rise in plea for action
President Truman warned that a depression could follow if labor and industry do not act quickly to curb rising prices. He urged business to lower profits, labor to moderate wage demands, and farmers to boost production while stressing the need to prevent a recession by bringing prices down.
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New York
Truman
Nrofite Ara Avernasivan Amnens
Ulerca
Associated Press
America
Spring in Germany Berlin April 21 production up 17 percent
In Berlin April 21 the American zone reports a March weather break spurring an industrial resurgence in Germany raising production 17 percent. Col Lawrence Wilkinson acting director of the American military government's economic division spoke today. E A. Regal Co Insurance Real Estate
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Germany
Berlin
Lawrence Wilkinson
Nine Inches of Snow Falls in Southern New England
A spring storm blanketed parts of southern New England with up to nine inches of snow. The event disrupted travel in southern New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts and the Berkshires as temperatures were expected to plunge below freezing tonight. Rain sleet and snow mixed across the region creating miserable weather conditions.
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Boston
New England
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Berkshires
NBC Spanks Fred Allen Over Shortened Radio Span
New York April 21 NBC cut off Fred Allen's program about 25 seconds citing script changes not made. Allen said NBC barred him from joking on air and refused to alter lines. He complained the network officials waste time by shortening shows to save seconds for vacation.
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New York
Fred Allen
National Broadcasting Company
Allen
NBC
Four Million Mourn Danish King King Frederik IX Dies
Copenhagen reports King Christian X’s death at 77, Frederik IX’s accession, state funeral plans and two days lie in state at Amalienborg then eight more at Christiansborg. Burial at Roskilde Cathedral after nearly 35 years on the throne. Denmark declares six months mourning.
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Copenhagen
Frederik IX
Christian X
Ingrid
Sweden
Christianborg Chapel
Amalienborg Palace
Texas City Toll from Grandcamp Disaster Reaches 421
Texas City officials report 421 dead from the Grandcamp explosion with at least 575 total deaths anticipated. 295 missing and 132 unidentified victims are counted as aid debates over relief efforts continue. Coast Guard probes the blast cause as Red Cross officials defend relief work amid criticism.
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Texas City
Roy Wade
Department of Public Safety
Wade
Homer Garrison
Texas Agency
J. C. Trahan
Trahan
Red Cross
Gerald Wesselius
St. Louis
Wesselius
Wes
GOP considers Chicago or Philadelphia for 1940 convention
The Republican National Committee met in Kansas City to study convention sites with a tight race possible between Chicago and Philadelphia. Philadelphia pressed its bid with a large financial offer while Chicago retained support from chairman B. Carrol Reece. Members weighed hotel costs and local backing as the vote neared.
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Kansas City
B. Carrol Reece
Chicago
Philadelphia
Another Big Four Session Fails to Reach Major Agreements
In Moscow on April 21 the council of foreign ministers adjourned after nearly two hours with only a curt note that they discussed the Austrian treaty. An official said Austria could return to the agenda, but no definite agreement on key issues was reached.
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Moscow
Council of Foreign Ministers
Austria
Imogene Powell Wins News Tip First Prize
Imogene Powell of 605 North Pierce wins $5 for first prize with a tip about an amateur radio report delivering the first news of a train wreck near Higgins. George Williamson, Box 39 Route 1 Quail Tex, gets $3 for a Woodward tornado incident tip. Second prize goes to the reunion story after a quarter century with Mrs. M. S. O'Dell receiving $2.
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Higgins
Woodward
Imogene Powell
North Pierce
George Williamson
Box 39
Route 1
Quail
Tex
Williamson
M. S. O'Dell
T. E. Keesler
North East Eighth
J. C. Oakley
Hillcrest
Bob Harmon
Hughes
Vivian Smallwood
North Polk
Bob Byrd
Fairmont
J. R. Jackson
Kentucky
H. R. Horner
Spring
Clyde Doughty
Jackson
C. O. Bennett
J. V. DeSautell
East Twenty-seventh
K. L. Cox
Fillmore
A. R. Horner
Hearing on Dooley Nomination Postponed by Absence
The Senate Judiciary Committee postponed a scheduled hearing on Joe B. Dooley of Amarillo for a federal district judge seat in Northern Texas. A quorum was present, and witnesses are to be heard tomorrow. Reports from the War and Justice Departments are expected to affirm Dooley’s fitness.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Joe B. Dooley
Amarillo
Texas
O'Daniel
Wiley
Wisconsin
War and Justice Departments
Dooley
O’danne
Texas Senate To Welcome Its Second Woman Member
The Texas Senate will admit Mrs. W. Lacy Stewart of Houston as its second woman member in a century. She won the Harris County special election to fill the vacancy after her husband’s death, joining the first woman Margie Neal who served 1927 to 1935. The report notes the historic milestone.
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Austin
Texas Senate
Senate
W. Lacy Stewart
Houston
Harris County
Margie Neal
Carthage
Light Showers Anticipated This Evening in Panhandle
Weatherman Winburn says widely scattered light showers are possible in the Panhandle late tonight with little moisture expected. Southwesterly winds over Amarillo peaked at 25 to 30 mph, shifting to the northwest for cooler weather tomorrow. Yesterday reached 78 and today’s forecast calls for 82, with Tuesday expected near 60.
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Panhandle
HC. Winburn
Amarillo
German Voters Reject Communism in Occupation Zone
Official returns show German voters in the British occupation zone supported the Social Democratic Party and Christian Democratic Union, rejecting Communism as the solution to food shortages and other troubles.
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Essen
Germany
Social Democratic Party
Christian Democratic Union
House Kills Redistricting Plan in Texas Legislature
In Austin on April 21 the Texas House killed the reapportionment bill by striking out the key phrase of the law. A senatorial redistricting proposal also failed to reach the floor for action. The move blocks further consideration this year and requires a two thirds vote to suspend rules for any revival.
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Austin
Texas
Beauford WU
House
Harley Sadler
State of
Paul Wilson
San Augustine
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Baptists Gathering Higgins Aid Fund
Russell State Co
Jean Hull
Gray
Roller Palace
Sixth and
Jefferson
Gop
News Tip
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes— Insurance
Frederick G. Beverey
Cedar Rapids
Golden Rule Foundation
Onooley
John Maynard
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