Gee Rules Beer Vote Is Valid
Judge W E Gee ruled the Pre cinct 3 local option election valid with a narrow dry vote. Lance L Pollard Bushland tavern operator vows appeal to the Seventh Court of Civil Appeals against Roy C Snodgrass Jr and county officials over the Dec 7 election in Potter County south of the Canadian River and west of Western Avenue.
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W. E. Gee
Seventh Court of Civil Appeals
Cleo Clayton, Jr
Lance L. Pollard
Bushland Tavern
Pollard
Roy C. Snodgrass, Jr
Potter County
Canadian River
Western Avenue
Texas House Advances Voters' Say on College Building Plan
The Texas House approved a conference committee report backing a 30 year 60 million dollar college building program sending it to voters. The plan provides 10 million to the University of Texas 5 million to A and M for new buildings and a 45 million program for 14 other state colleges funded by bonds and a five cent ad valorem tax for Confederate pensions. Debate centered on Dudley K Woodward and funding sources with strong remarks from Rep Preston Smith and Rep Ortis Lock.
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Austin
Texas House
Conference Committee
Senate
Dudley K. Woodward
University of Texas Board of Regents
Negro Education and Veterans
House
University of
Texas
A. and
M. College
University Permanent Fund
Keith Kelly
Fort Worth
Preston Smith
Lubbock
Dudley Woodward
Dallas
Com
Smith
D. K. Woodward
Ballot turnout slows in city run off election
Run off voters lag while initial general vote surpassed seven thousand, with 1 071 ballots cast by noon in eight boxes. Precinct tallies show heavy activity through 7 p m as turnout expected to surge last hour. Lawrence Hagg re-elected mayor in April 1 general election.
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Jim Hudson
Ira Stephenson
Bud Curtis
Jimmy James
Courthouse
Central Fire Station
Horace Mann
Sanborn
Wilson
Sixteenth Street
Wolflin
San Jacinto
San Jacinto School
Lawrence Hagg
Airplane Collision Kills Nine At Columbus Airport
In Columbus Georgia nine people died when a Delta Airlines survey plane carrying eight Delta employees including a top official collided with a civilian aircraft and both crashed on the airport ramp. The Delta crew included George R. Cushing vice president of operations and other executives. The civilian pilot’s name was not immediately released. The DC type twin engine Delta plane burned for over an hour hindering rescue.
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Columbus
Delta Airlines
Delta
Coe O
Cir
George R. Cushing
Philadelphia
Lindley W. Camp
Atlanta
RK. Bolander
San Francisco
Memphis
B. Little
Cartersville
J. T. Campbell
Hopeville
Ft A. Raineward
New York
John L. Schneider
Natchez
Miss
Clayton Berry
Army
Thief Steals Pup From Atlanta Laundry
An assailant rushed into an Atlanta laundry on April 22 and rummaged through laundry. He dumped items on the floor and took a yowling black and white puppy, prompting a police investigation.
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Atlanta
Quiz Kids' Joe Kelly Fends off Burglars in Home Incident
CHICAGO April 22. "Jolly Joe" Kelly faced two burglars at his home while his wife and son talked of a wedding. Kelly shot one man Harold G. Fransen, 25, who died from neck wound outside the fence. Police track second burglar wounded by blood trail.
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Chicago
Jolly Joe” Kelly
Kelly
Harold G. Fransen
Kellys
Senate panel finds Dooley nomination untainted by O Daniel charges
Investigators concluded there is not one scintilla of evidence linking Sen. W Lee O Daniel to any improper acts by Joe B Dooley as he seeks a federal district judgeship for Northern Texas The staff report released by Judiciary Chairman Alexander Wiley notes no evidence against Dooley or his law firm and signals a committee vote to confirm the Amarillo jurist Connally praised the vindication and denied any misconduct in the inquiry
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
W. Lee O’daniel
Joe B. Dooley
Texas
Judiciary
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
Dooley
Wiley
Amarillo
O’daniel
Judiciary Committee
O'Daniel
Tom Connally
Connally
First Wedding Anniversary Dinner Fatal to Husband
A 52 year old man J Bonner Mc Lane died after a first anniversary dinner at a downtown cafe. His wife Lara Mae McLane, 50, was critically ill. Health officers investigated whether tainted food at the restaurant caused the illness. The couple fell ill after returning home and he died in an ambulance en route to a hospital.
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Tyler
J. Bonner McLane
Lara Mae McLane
McLane
Bandit Foiled Bandit Foiled
A lone bandit attempted a bank robbery at the National Bank of Commerce in Houston shortly after 11 30 this morning. He entered the teller’s cage in the payroll division but was quickly outmanned.
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Houston
National Bank of Commerce
Rockets Collide in Arkansas injuring eleven
East and Westbound Rockets of the Rock Island Railroad collided near Echo Arkansas injuring eleven and sending others to Booneville and Little Rock hospitals. The derailment followed a brake failure on the westbound engine with an attempted siding avoided by the eastbound train. No fatalities reported.
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Echo
Ark
Rock Island
Logan County
Fort Smith
Booneville
Little Rock
M. Christian
Mansfield
Christian
Amarillo
Sayre
Shawnee
Oklo
General Vandegrift Opposes Unification Plan
General A A Vandegrift told a Senate committee that the proposed unification of the armed services could reduce the Marine Corps to military impotence and strip it of everything but name. He was the first high active officer to oppose provisions of President Truman's program.
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Washington
A. A. Vandegrift
Senate
Marine Corps
Vandegrift
Truman
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas Regions
Mostly cloudy and warmer this afternoon with widely scattered showers. Wednesday brings cooler conditions. In West Texas, partial cloudiness with scattered showers across the Panhandle, South Plains, and Pecos Valley this afternoon and tonight, continuing into Wednesday. New Mexico follows similar partly cloudy conditions with no major temperature changes. High 83, low 53, noon 77.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
del Rio-Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Wounded Priest Under Guard After New Orleans Attack
In New Orleans Mercy Hospital guards protected Rev. Fr. James Courtney S J after threats on his life followed his stabbing at the Church of the Immaculate Conception last Sunday. Don Laurentz of Houston remains jailed as police labeled the motive unclear.
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New Orleans
U.P
Mercy Hospital
James Courtney
S. J
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Father Courtney
Don L. Laurentz
Houston
Laurentz
Silencing Fred Allen Costs NBC a Break in Time
New York April 22 NBC faced a bill for the time cut from Fred Allen's Sunday night show after about 25 to 35 seconds were lost due to script changes not made. Allen called the incident stupidity and said the network tried to bar him from joking on air.
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New York
Fred Allen
National Broadcasting Company
NBC
J. Walter Thompson
Allen
WOR
Mutual Network
Newburyport Merchants Slash Prices in 10 Day Plan
In Newburyport Massachusetts 150 local retailers pledged a 10 percent price cut for 10 days. The move, dubbed the Newburyport Plan, aims to curb price spirals with merchants wholesalers and consumers urged to participate. Norman J Randall of the Northeast Essex County Development Committee led the effort and noted the drive could foster ongoing price reductions.
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Newburyport
Mass
U.P
Norman J. Randall
Northeast
Essex County Development Committee
Official clues point to cigarette blaze in Texas City disaster
In Galveston on April 22 William T. Butler of Washington testifies as hearings resume into the Texas City catastrophe. He says a cigarette probably triggered the disaster. Adm. Gordon T. Finlay leads the inquiry, while Coast Guard crews battle nitrate fires and evacuations continue along the waterfront.
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Texas City
William Ladish
Texas City Terminal Company
Galveston
William T. Butler
Washington
Coast Guard
Ss Grand Camp
Main Street
John H. Hill
Grandcamp
Hill
Ladish
Curtis Trahan
Lee Texas City Page
No House for A Full House
Los Angeles reports Raymond Hofman, a Southern Pacific Railroad machinist, and his wife face eviction from their home with their 15 month old triplets Dennis Donna and Diane. Mrs Hoffman anticipates another birth in June with twins expected per her doctor.
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Los Angeles
Raymond Hofman
Southern Pacific Railroad
Dennis
Donna
Diane
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Irgun Zvai Leumi
Riously
Meyer Feinstein
Moshe Barazani
Irgun
Russell Stationery Co
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Rani
GLOBE
Globe-News
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NEA
Roller Palace
Jefferson
John Maynard
Junior
Theater of the Sea
Miami, Fla
Joe Kelly
Joe
Regal Co. Insurance
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Massachusetts
Neely
Greenhill
Towndes
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