Defense Bill Clears Hurdle
The Senate Military Affairs Committee approved a bill to merge the armed services into a single Department of Common Defense by a 10 to 1 vote. It would abolish the secretaries of War and Navy, with opposition from Sen. Hart. A rival plan proposes a Cabinet office of Secretary for Air and a Council of Common Defense.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Department of Common Defense
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
Thomas
Sen
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Bridges
Air
Council of Common Defense
State
War
Navy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Thomas R. Hart
Connecticut
Hart
Pearl Harbor
Sailor Kills Nine on Yangtze Ship in Amok Attack
An armed sailor on the LST 172 aboard the Seventh Fleet on the Yangtze River killed nine sailors and wounded another before being overpowered. William V. Smith of Asheville North Carolina, 28, fired about 20 rounds with a carbine and also used a revolver and knife. Seaman Kenneth M. Stalnecker of Reading Pennsylvania helped subdue him. one unnamed sailor died of wounds. Smith attempted suicide and wounded colleagues before being restrained. The incident prompted Navy medical aid and investigations. victims' names were withheld pending next of kin notices.
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Shanghai
Seventh Fleet
Yangtze River
Navy
William V.smith
Asheville
N.C
Smith
Kenneth M. Stalnecker
Reading
Stalnecker
United States
George E. Simpson
Waterbury
Conn
F. K. Schmidt
Plainfield
N. J
Snoremeter Inventor's Sleep Device Backfires
In Syracuse Sicily on April 23 Goffredo Galluzzi unveiled a snore meter intended to wake his wife. The brass blade triggered by heavy breathing jammed in her throat, sending Galluzzi rushing her to the hospital where surgeons removed the blade.
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Syracuse
Sicily
Goffredo Galluzzi
Galluzzi
Express Strike Threat Hits Railway Express Agency
The AFL Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks predicts a 65 000 member strike at 12 01 A M Friday over wage increases. The union demands 16 cents an hour, rejecting a 10 cent offer, saying the agency is bound by the railroad arbitration award.
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Railway Express Agency, Inc
George M. Harrison
AFL Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Cincinnati
Harrison
National Mediation Board
16-Trent Railway Arbitration Board
Powers Relies on Car Then Chases Suspect to Police
J E Powers said his car always stops for him but after a stranger hit his vehicle and fled he chased on foot. Three blocks away the car stalled and the driver Frank Figuero 34 was turned over to police. Powers quips the car hasn’t run far without stalling since the war.
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Houston
J. E Powers
Powers
Frank Figuero
Candidate In Hiding
Manuel Roxas, presidential hopeful, scurried into hiding amid rumors of kidnapping as 3,000,000 Filipinos elected leaders to guide early independence. Machine gun guards and army detachments surrounded Roxas residence while Osmena was deemed likely to win four provinces.
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Manila
Manuel Roxas
Roxas
Philippine Army
Territorial Senate
Sergio Osmena
Sayles Restaurant Picket Line Forms in Amarillo
Culinary Workers and Bartenders Union members picketed Sayles Restaurant at 114 East Third after a union meeting. They submitted a contract demand which was not signed. The union previously organized early pickets at the former Palace of Sweets on Polk Street between Fifth and Fourth Avenues.
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Culinary Workers and Bartenders Union
Amarillo
Sayles Restaurant
East Third
Culinary Workers
Palace of Sweets
Polk Street
Fifth
Fourth Avenues
Speculation on Stone successor stirs White House bets
News from Washington April 22 says Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone died leaving a seven member Supreme Court and triggering wide talk on President Truman’s choice for the vacancy. Rumors center on appointing a Republican while elevating a Democrat to chief justice, with Justice Douglas Jackson and Frankfurter noted as top candidates.
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Stone
Washington
Harlan F. Stone
Supreme Court
Truman
William ©. Douglas
Robert H. Jackson
Felix Frank
Mr. Truman
Warren R. Austin
Vermont
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Austin
Ferguson
United States
Edward Douglass White
Charles Vans Hughes
Pilot in U. S. Army Garb When Downed
Chungking April 23. American made Chinese Air Force planes over Szeping kai. Communists claim strafing by U S fliers. A Mukden field report says Lt Chen, an American suited P-51 pilot, was missing after the Szeping kai operation. U S sources say no American owned planes were in the area.
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Chungking
Szepingkai
United States
Marshall
Mukden
Chen
Year delay on U S force decision for UN Council
Senator Tom Connally said it may be another year before the United Nations Security Council knows what military force the United States will place at its disposal. He noted the decision will be for the next Congress and spoke before leaving for Paris and the Big Four foreign ministers conference.
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Washington
Tom Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United Nations Security Council
United States
Connally
Paris
Moscow banners urge production gains in May Day parades
The Mos cow radio reported banners in Russia’s May Day parades will demand production increases across all industries, aiming to exceed targets set in the new Soviet five year plan.
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London
Moscow Radio
Russia
Dinner at Thomas'
Local notice advertises a dinner hosted by Thomas with contact at Tiny Fogle, 1301 Polk St, phone 2-2711, promoting best service for Skelly oils, gas, and related supplies.
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Skelly
Tiny Fogle
Polk St
Swiss Couple Makes First Flight Reach Amarillo to Meet Son
Mr and Mrs Robert Henseler of Berne Switzerland arrived in Amarillo by air to reunite with their son Chef Robert Henseler Jr at the Herring Hotel. The 67 and 69 year olds spoke of a three year wait for transport and praised American hospitality while touring New York en route. The husband, a former hotel owner, and wife planned Easter church attendance and a parade after their long journey.
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Robert Henseler
Berne
Switzerland
Amarillo
Betty Gose
TWA
Mrs. Henseler
England
New York
Henselers
Ing
Charleston
S. C
Shirley Temple Turns Eighteen With Ice Cream and Cake
Hollywood reports Shirley Temple reaches her eighteenth birthday today April 23 and guests will enjoy the familiar party refreshments of ice cream and cake.
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Hollywood
Shirley Temple
Shirley
Russian Roulette Fatal to Player in Los Angeles
Chester Reynolds, a 54 year old utility employee, drank beer with two friends as he demonstrated Russian roulette. He explained loading one bullet, spinning the chamber, then firing at his temple. After the others left, a shot was heard and Reynolds died. A borrowed revolver with one discharged shell lay beside him.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Chester Reynolds
Herbert Baker
Frank Miller
Reynolds
Negro Students Protest in Roswell School Strike
Negro students at Carver School in Roswell demonstrated in downtown Roswell protesting lack of improvements and repairs. Most seniors skipped class and carried signs demanding "More and better schools we want a better school." Officials said the strike was student driven and parental backing was unclear.
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Roswell
N. M
U.P
Carver School For Negroes
Army surplus overseas a total loss orders Royall says
Undersecretary of War Kenneth C. Royall states that vast quantities of surplus property overseas will be a total loss. He notes billions of dollars of government property spread worldwide and urges selling at a loss or dumping material at sea. He cites destruction of property costing 1.16 billion dollars including poison gas ammunition aircraft gums spoiled food and infected clothing.
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Washington
U.P
Kenneth C. Royall
Royall
Ocean
United States
Pacific
O'Dea Pleads Guilty to Disorderly Conduct in Mead Affray
Edward D. O'Dea, 59, former business associate of Sen. James M. Mead, pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct charge arising from a crowded hotel lobby affray on April 6 in Buffalo. City Judge John Hillery set sentencing for May 3 and ordered a probation department investigation.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Edward D. O'Dea
James M. Mead
New York Democrat
Mead
John Hillery
O'Dea
Probation Department
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and cooler this afternoon with fair conditions tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures gradually rise Wednesday afternoon. West Texas mostly partly cloudy and cooler today and tonight, with Wednesday fair and mild. New Mexico sees thunderstorms in mountains and southeast this afternoon and early evening, otherwise fair through Wednesday. High 79, low 50, noon 66. precipitation .05 inches.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
West Texas officials back redistricting and higher road taxes
The West Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association unanimosly endorsed immediate state legislative redistricting and a levy of additional road user taxes to fund all weather county roads. They backed constitutional amendment H. J. R.49 freezing motor fuel tax allocations and urged enrollment in the American Institute of Local Highway Administration. Next convention site: El Paso.
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West Texas
American Institute of Local Highway Administration
Amarillo
FE. C. Grindstaff
Association
Runnels
Panhandle Weather Sees Scattered Showers and Warm Ups
The Panhandle reports scattered showers with Amarillo among the luckiest spots. Totals ranged from trace to over an inch with Shamrock at 1.04 inches and Austin at 3.39 inches. Cooler nights and a gradual warm up are forecast as rain moves east and south.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
English Field
Globe-News
Texas
Austin
Carrollton
Dallas
Fort Worth
McKinney
Three Girls Die In Detroit Garage Fire While Playing
DETROIT April 23 Three young girls Wanda Arthur four Florence Arthur two and Betty Jane Sketel three burned to death when candles they lit in a chicken house garage touched straw. Ernest Arthur Jr and Dreoll Stamper eight escaped as the fire consumed the eight by four structure.
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Detroit
Wanda Arthur
Florence
Betty Jane Sketel
Ernest Arthur, Jr
Dreoll Stamper
Ernest
Expert UN Council To Reject Red Plea
The Security Council resumes after Easter to review and likely reject Russia’s push to drop the Iranian case. The Big Three will also face further debate on Franco Spain, delaying action until tomorrow.
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UN Council
New York
United Nations Security Council
Iran
Russia
Spain
Two Women Escape Injury In Hagerman Rail Collision
In Hagerman New Mexico two women Wilma Plagg and Maurine Collins narrowly avoided serious harm when their car drove in front of a Santa Fe locomotive. Blinding rain and wind hindered visibility as a westbound freight train at about 10 miles an hour struck the car with its fender. Conductor F P D Gentry was aboard the locomotive.
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Hagerman
N. M
Santa Fe
Wilma Plagg
Maurine Collins
D. Gentry
President Concludes Atlantic Eighth Fleet Visit
President Truman completes a visit to a task force of the Eighth Fleet on Atlantic maneuvers and heads toward Hampton Roads. He plans to rest aboard the USS Williamsburg in the Chesapeake Bay area, with no word on changes to his schedule.
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Eighth Fleet
Virginia Capes
Truman
Atlantic
Hampton Roads
Charles G. Ross
Williamsburg
Chesapeake Bay
Mussolini's Body Stolen From Milan Grave
Milan authorities report Benito Mussolini's body removed overnight from Maggiore Cemetery by unknown persons. He was buried in a pauper's grave after execution by Partisans in 1945 along with Claretta Petacci and five henchmen.
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Mussolini
Milan
Benito Mussolini
Maggiore
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