Judge hears contested Texas college building amendment case
A one hour nonjury trial over Texas 60 mill constitutional college building amendment was held before Judge Roy Archer. Contestants from Lubbock and Dallas charged substantial publication and single issue flaws. the state contended substantial compliance. Rulings on objections to be issued later as election politics echo regional divides between West Texas supporters and UT/AGM backers.
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Texas
Mill College Building
Roy Archer
University of Texas
West Texas
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Ve Sum Cnallenging Vanaity
Clarence W. Whiteside
Spencer A. Wells
Homer Maxey
Speer
Dallas
Paul Brown
Carter
Archer
A&m
Pastor Says Legion Heads Back UNIT Without Ballot
Indiana pastor tells House Armed Services Committee that American Legion leaders push for peacetime draft without membership polling. He cites low petition signing among 25 000 Indiana Legionnaires and says ADA and other groups urge removal of racial segregation from armed forces. The article notes Senate moves toward a 70 group Air Force and Truman yacht outing plans.
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Legion
Washington
Indiana
American Legion
E. Paul Weaver
Huntington County
Ind
House Armed Services Committee
UMT
Weaver
John T. Taylor
Short
Missouri
Africa
Representative Andrews
New York
Andrews
Charles F. Ross
Chicago
Commission
Joseph L. Rauh, Jr
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Capitol
America
Bridges
New Hampshire
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate Armed Services
Penalty Postponed as Miners Return to Work
Judge T Alan Goldsborough indefinitely postponed any further contempt penalties against John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers Union. Assistant Attorney General Graham Morison said no new fines would serve a purpose now as 85 percent or more of soft coal miners have returned to work and the government may revive contempt if the walkout resumes. The 80 day injunction under Taft Hartley remains in effect until full production resumes.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Goldsborough
Graham Morison
Lewis
UMW
Union
Morison
Justice Department
H Lewis
Welly K. Hopkins
Panhandle Club Post Rewards for Tagged Fish at Buffalo Lake
Anglers in the Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club Globe-News Fish Rodeo report a tagged 8 pound bass named Joe Palooka II with a $500 prize and Dixie Dugan a 2 pound crappie with a $250 tag. The event runs through November 14 with prizes including fishing permits and a $1200 speed boat donated by Amarillo merchants. Members of the club may win by tagging fish at Buffalo Lake and must join Panhandle to collect rewards.
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Earl Johnson
Buffalo Lake
Joe
Johnson
Old Tack
Panhandle
Globe-News
Tack
Gilobe-News
Joe Palooka II
Dixie Dugan
Dixie
Amarillo
Panhandle Club
Hoboes Condemn Reds and Divorce Spittoon Philosophers
Seven five hoboes and hoboettes at the Pacific Coast convention of the Knights of the Road Inc adopted resolutions condemning Communism and spittoon philosophers. Jeff Davis of the hoboes announced plans to register and vote to aid the peace effort and support the war’s aftermath.
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Chasse
Pacific Coast
The
Knights of the Road, Inc
Jeff Davis
Kine
Davis
Knights of the Road
Pickets clash at Cudahy plant in Kansas City violence
In Kansas City 45 pickets and strikers were knocked to the pavement at the Cudahy Packing Co. gate as police fought to quell a bloody outbreak. Captain Dahlin ordered the door of the union hall smashed after strikers sought shelter. No arrests were reported and authorities prepared for further police control.
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Kansas City
Kan
U.P
CIO Packinghouse
Cudahy Packing Co
Union Hall
Cudahy Gate
Eli Dablin
Clark Tucker
Dahlin
Dahlia
Union
Runeet
Tucker
Will Johns
Armour & Co
Wilson Packing Co
Armour's
Wilson's
Cudahy's
Flannagan Sought as Secretary of Agriculture in Cabinet Move
A petition circulated in Congress by the House Agriculture Committee urges President Truman to appoint Rep. John W. Flannagan Jr. of Virginia as Secretary of Agriculture. Anderson leaves May 10 to campaign for the Senate. Flannagan backs farm groups and has long served on the committee. party leaders see the bid as calming Southern dissent.
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Washington
Truman
Capitol
House Agriculture Committee
White House
John W. Flannagan
Virginia
Democrat
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
New Mexico
Flannagan
Harold Cooley
North Carolina
Agriculture
Bancroft School Strike disrupts classes in Orange
In Orange at Bancroft School older students walked out shouting about new rules. Principal Miss Inez Wallace appealed for help as the crowd blocked bells and lured younger pupils from rooms. Parents and board members met to discuss financing a replacement building amid tension.
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Orange
Bancroft School
Inez Wallace
Churchill Wins Top Honors With Paintings
Winston Churchill won a top honor in the Royal Academy annual show with three oil paintings selected. The academy will hang all three "on the line" as the highest quality display. This is the maximum allowed for a non member. Night train travel cancelled in Burma due to Communist activities.
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Churchill
London
Winston Churchill
Royal Academy
Academy
Fort Worth Defends Airport Location Against Dallas Protest
Fort Worth city manager W O Jones defended the Arlington site for the proposed Greater Fort Worth International Airport, arguing Dallas has no substantial interest in the location. He presented maps and testimony claiming the Arlington site would save about 511 thousand dollars versus Hemphill and disputed Love Field would become a secondary airport.
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Austin
U.P
W. O. Jones
Dallas
Midway
Jones
CAA
Greater Fort Worth International
Fort Worth
Love Field
Cecil Morgan
Ed Baker
Baker 1 Brothers Company
Leo Brewster
Arlington
Hemphill
Police Seek Man Who Made Eight Thousand Oversight
Police hunt Michael Bane believed linked to about 8000 dollars in bonds and a life insurance policy found by a Bronx junk dealer in old clothes. The items included 17 twenty five dollar bonds, six thousand dollar bonds, and a five hundred five dollar bank book.
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New York
Michael Bane
Bane
Bronx
Samuel Elberg
Televised Joe Dundee Triggers Bar Free-Drink Rush
Joe Dundee former world welterweight champion from 1927 appears on a wrestling show broadcast and tells the bartender to give everyone a drink on him. Patrons flock to Joe's Bar as other taverns with TV sets lose customers in the burst of televised enthusiasm.
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Baltimore
Joe Dundee
Joe
Truman faces 48 hour deadline over FBI Condon report
Washington reports a Congressional showdown looms as the House Un American Activities Committee demands the FBI loyalty file on Dr. Edward Condon. The House passed a resolution 300 to 29. Truman offered no clear commitment, deferring to historical quotes while a tense deadline approaches.
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Washington
Truman
FBI
Edward A. Condon
J. Parnell
New Jersey
House Un-American Activities Committee
House
Secretary of Commerce
Condon
Federal Bureau of Standa
Homas
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with little temperature change. Cooler tonight and Saturday brings fair conditions and a slight rise in warmth in some areas. In the Panhandle and El Paso region cooler tonight. Del Rio Eagle Pass area remains not so warm. New Mexico sees partly cloudy to Saturday with scattered mountain showers. High 68, low 61, noon 13.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panilanche
el Paso
del Rio-Eagle Pass
New Mexico
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