Stars Arrive for Tonight Premiere at State Theater
Stars arrive for a premiere with events on multiple stages. Interviews with Conrad Brady at 7:15 on KFDA and Wes Izzard hosting at 7:30 on the State Stage. A 10:06 repeat of Duel in the Sun and a late train departure at 11:30 aboard the Fort Worth and Denver Zephyr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KFDA
Conrad Brady
Wes Izzard
Paramount
Fort Worth
Denver
David D. Selznick
Interstate
English Airport
Herring Hotel
Gregory Peck
Guy Madison
Peck
Paul McNamara
Selznick
Hollywood
Joseph Roberts
New York
Cotten
John Snider
Old Tascosa
Will Rogers
Paramount Theater
Hugo Loewenstern
Dallas
Houston
San Antonio
Ray Beali
Frank Starr
Raymond Willie
Claude Morris
Alfred Delcambre
Claude Atkinson
Ted Toa
Bill Williams
Fred Hurley
Tucumcari, N. M
Nomination of Joe Dooley for Northern Texas federal judgeship
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nomination of Joe B. Dooley of Amarillo as a federal district judge for Northern Texas. The vote was eight in favor, four against, with one member sending the nomination to the Senate floor without recommendation after delays over quorum issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Joe B. Dooley
Amarillo
Texas
Wiley
Wisconsin
Dooley
Senate
Tom Connally
W. Lee O’daniel
Worth
James C. Wilson
Fort
Stars arrive for Duel In the Sun premiere tour
Joseph Cotten Gregory Peck and Guy Madison lead a star parade arriving in Amarillo for the Duel In the Sun premiere events at the State and Paramount Theaters. Celebrities tour hotels, sign autographs, and join a Stevens party as premieres roll through Texas cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Carroll
Dick Morton
Guy Madison
Gregory Peck
Hollywood
Miss Carroll
TWA
State
Paramount
Joseph Cotten
New York
Cotten
Amarillo
Herring
Jenny
Jennifer
Duel” Star
Boston
Virginia
Katharine Hepburn
Texas
Texas Highway Patrol
Peck
A&a
Selznick
la Jolla
Cal
Critics From Dallas Fort Worth Attend Amarillo Premiere
Dallas and Fort Worth critics arrive in Amarillo for the premiere of Duel in the Sun. Fairfax Nesbit of the Dallas News Clay Bailey of the Dallas Times Herald and Belle Hicks of the Fort Worth Star Telegram attend with Hollywood stars. Hicks traveled from Hollywood aboard the same flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Dallas
Amarillo
Daffern Wins News Tip Contest for School Victory
Horace Mann Junior High School placed second in a national art contest and C. R. Daffern won first News Tip prize of 5 dollars for reporting the victory. Second prize of 3 dollars went to Mrs. J. W. Loter for tipping about a Ford ramming and light pole incident on Polk Street. Third prize of 2 dollars awarded to Mrs. J. L. Martin for tipping a fire damaging the ornamental bridge over the Amarillo Country Club water hazard.
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Horace Mann
C. R. Daffern
North Polk
J. W. Loter
West Twentieth
Polk
J. L. Martin
West Thirteenth
Amarillo Country Club
County To Build Livestock Arena at Tri-State Fairpark
Pot ter County commissioners approved fireproof cattle sheds and a sales arena at the Tri-State Fairpark. Architect W C Townes was hired to draw plans with a $125000 cap, with alternate 200 feet of sheds raising costs to about $157000. Plans include rebuilding wings, steel frame construction, wireproof design, and wider aisles to improve livestock shows and traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-State Fairpark
Potter County
W. C. Townes
Amarillo
Townes
Chansler Weymouth
Fair Grounds
UN Tackles Palestine At Emergency General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly opened an emergency session in Flushing New York to address the Palestine crisis. Delegates from 55 nations attend amid heightened security as Jewish and Zionist groups seek representation, while the Hebrew Committee of National Liberation seeks observer status. The Jewish Agency requests right to represent world Jewry. its fate lies with the assembly steering committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations Hall
Flushing
N. Y
U.P
General Assembly of the United Nations
Fernand van Langenhove
Belgium
Sag Yew
Assembly
Peter H. Bergson
Hebrew Committee of National Liberation
Jewish Agency
New York City
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Jerusalem
Amir Faisal al Saud
Saudi Arabia
Palestine
Alexander Cadogan
Warren R. Austin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Two Die In Phillips Petroleum Lab Explosion
Two men were fatally injured at the Phillips Petroleum Co. Alma plant research laboratory when a catalyst tank exploded. L. A. Reeves and Clifford Jones were taken to Pantex Hospital. they died shortly after. No fire occurred and cause or extent of damage remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips
Phillips Petroleum Co
Alma
Pantex Hospital
L. A. Reeves
Clifford Jones
Amarillo Warmth Pushes to 72 This Afternoon
Amarillo's weather brightened with a sunny outlook as temperatures rise to a predicted high near 72 degrees this afternoon. A low around 51 degrees is forecast for tomorrow morning, with little change expected and an overcast start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
H. C. Winburn
Lord Halifax and Lady Halifax Visit King Ranch
Lord Halifax, former British ambassador to Washington, and Lady Halifax visited King Ranch in Kleberg County on April 28 after brief stops in San Antonio. They were greeted by Mr and Mrs Robert Kleberg and their daughter, then left by car for the ranch. He denied rumors of a special British government mission and said he would travel to Washington on the way home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Lord Halifax
Washington
Lady Halifax
King Ranch
Kleberg County
Halifaxes
Robert Kleberg
Shivers Delivers Cigars in San Antonio and Welcomes Daughter
Lt. Gov. Allan Shivers of Port Arthur did not preside over the Texas Senate. He spent the day in San Antonio handing out cigars. His wife Mrs Shivers gave birth to Marialice Sue, their third child and first daughter, at a San Antonio hospital Saturday night.
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas Regions
The forecast shows scattered cloudiness this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with slight warming. West Texas will have partly cloudy skies and scattered showers in the South Plains and Pecos Valley areas, warm in the El Paso region, with isolated mountain thunderstorms and generally little temperature change. Highs around 68 and lows near 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
South Plains
Pecos Valley
el Paso
New Mexico
Marshall to Report to the Nation at 7:30 Tonight
Secretary of State George C. Marshall will address the nation from 7:30 to 8 on major radio networks, discussing the Moscow conference outcome with frank candor while offering reasons for hope and outlining future steps. He briefed President Truman and congressional leaders at the White House in a 1 hour 50 minute session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Amarillo
Truman
White House
Moscow
Council of Foreign Ministers
Germany
Europe
Optimism Rules Phone Dealings Amid Strike Talks
Labor Department pushes triple header talks to end the telephone walkout as unions demand a $12 weekly wage rise. Northwestern Bell offers $2.50 weekly for five Midwest states but Iowa unions call it inadequate. Des Moines leaders say the Iowa workers rejected the proposal while other Bell units consider arbitration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department Today
Peets
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Midwest
Iowa
Henry Mayer
New York
Labor Department
Bell System
Western Electric Company
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Des Moines
A. R. Toepfer
Northwestern Union of
Northwestern
Bell Company
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Globe
Aan
Betty Gose
Selznich
Dorothy McGuire
San Francisco
Shirley Temple
Madison
Budapest
Szabadsag (Freedom
Russell Statuomery Co
Taylor
Dallas and Fort Worth
L. E. Shadix
North West
Chester Talley
East
Charles Weaver
E. R. Fowler
West Nineteenth
Clifford Morrow
West
Fred J. Townsend, Jr
Ong
Richard Crawford
North Heights
Melvin Gardner
W. S. Odell
L. A. Duncan
Tyler
J. D. Jeter
North Taylor
A. A. Moody
Sunset
Harry Green
L. E. Underdown
Hughes
R. T. Jones
West First
R Simmons
John Maynard
E. A. Regal Co., Insurance-Real Estate
Lord and Lady Halifax
Nation
KGNC
Department
Joseph A. Beirne
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Pittsburgh
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
Furniture Auction
Sharp Furniture
Roller Palace
Sixth and
Jefferson
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