Do or Die Mediation as Rail Strike Looms
In Chicago on April 29 the government pressed a do or die bid to avert a nationwide rail strike by 150,000 engineers firemen and switchmen ahead of the May 1 deadline. President Truman urged settlement as the National Mediation Board met with union leaders in Washington and Douglass led talks to secure a wage rise while aiming to keep the lifelines of commerce intact.
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Chicago
Truman
National Mediation Board
Washington
Frank P. Douglass
Douglass
White House
Francis A. O'Neil
Mediation’ Board
Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
J. P. Shields
Union
Engineers
Sermon To Close Meet At Texas Church Convention
Delegates winding up the first annual Texas ian Churches convention with four days of events heard reports from committees and noted Waco as next year's host city. Dr Edwin T Dahlberg spoke, and Jarvis College at Hawkins Texas received 681755 since 1942 for Negro education. A Crusade for a Christian World reported progress toward its financial goal. A lawn of resolutions opposed Universal Military Training was approved. The program shifted to Municipal Auditorium for talks and a barbecue.
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First Christian Church
Waco
Edwin T. Dahlberg
Northern Baptist Convention
Syracuse
Wyle
Christian Church
College For
Jarvis College
Hawkins
Texas
Oll
Southern Christian Institute
Kenneth Hay
Past Christian Church
McKinney
Crusade For
Texas Christian Church
Dahlberg
McColl
Wichfea Palls
Mace
Houston
Oliver Harrison
Corpus Christi
Shelvy H. Anglemyer
Port Arthur
Powell A. Smith
Belton
Lawmen's League
Harry Hines
The
League
Homer Gerrison, Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
Amarillo Bus System Abandons Skip Stops
Effective next Wednesday Amarillo Company buses will stop at all intersections on signal of patrons at any corner. President Martin Nussbaum said the move follows suggestions from a best driver contest, with riders preferring intersection pickups and larger bus signs planned for visibility.
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Amarillo
Martin Nussbaum
Nussbaum
Firefighter quits amid women fear. rooming house burned
In Waco on April 29 J T Boleman, 74, an old bachelor, abandoned firefighting during a blaze at the Thompson Dillars rooming house when he said women nearby made him nervous. The 12 room two story frame structure, built about 38 years ago, was a total loss.
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Waco
J.T. Boleman
Randall Motors
Polk
Amarillo Nimior College
Barid
Weatherman Promises Rain Despite Early Forecast
The forecast today shows pleasant weather until tomorrow afternoon. Then partly cloudy skies with thunderstorm risk Friday night into Saturday. Temperatures rise from 80 to mid 80s, with nights around 50 degrees.
State Safety Director Holds Amarillo Visit
Garrison, head of the State Department of Public Safety, met with Capt. Polk Ivy of the highway patrol in Amarillo during a district tour. He timed his stop with a Texas Christian churches convention and spoke on the afternoon program. Garrison has led the department for ten years.
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Noncomer Garrison
State Department of Public Safety
Polk Ivy
Highway Patrol
Amarillo
Convention of Texas Christian Churches
Colonel Garrison
Department of Public Safety
Patrol
Texas Rangers
Military pension overhaul urged by House subcommittee
A House Armed Services subcommittee urged Congress to back a new physical checkup for about 10 000 World War II officers pensioned for disability and to rework retirement and tax rules. It proposed recalling only certain cases, ending the current officer retirement system, and paying disability checks on a unified basis for officers and enlisted men. The panel also noted potential abuse and suggested rebuilding the framework while outlining fallback options if a full revamp fails.
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Congress
Washington
U.P
House
Armed Services
Reporter rights a wrong and boy sees the circus
In New York on April 29 AP a reporter took eight year old Dion Rummage to the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus after a reader's complaint. John O'Reilly of the New York Herald Tribune had published a photo of marching elephants with a boy present. The boy says he paraded from East Eighty fourth Street to Madison Square Garden and was punished. O'Reilly then persuaded Dion's parents to lift the punishment and took him to the circus.
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New York
John O'Reilly
New York Herald Tribune
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Madison Square Garden
O'Rell
East Eighty-fourth Street
Second Avenue
Garden
Don Rummage
O'Reilly
Dion
Navy honors Admiral Riggs with Panhandle ceremony pace
Amarillo hosts Admiral Ralph Smith Riggs Day with a 24 plane Naval Flyover from Naval Air Station Dallas. A noon parade along Polk Street, a commissioning ceremony at the Naval Training Center, and a 7:30 p.m. banquet at the Herring Hotel mark the day, with ROTC cadets, Range Riders, police, and civic groups taking part.
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Navy
High Plains
Amarillo
Ralph Smith Riggs
Panhandle
New Orleans
Naval Air Station
Dallas
Ralph Riggs
Polk Street
Naval Armory
Naval Training Center
Comdr
Link Tschud
Amarillo High School
ROTC
Carl Matney
Dick Anderson
State Highway Patrol
Amarillo Police
Will Rogers
Khiva
Amarillo College
Naval Advisory Committee
Naval Air Station, Dallas
Will Rogers Range
Delbert Dalby
Conradr
John J. Vandale
Battallion
Brady McCoy
Ray Small
Dalby
Tenth and
Polk
Mtary
Admiral Riggs
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
John Royce
See Navy
John Maynard Libr. Co. 800 W. Ltd
Truce Arranged in Jaffa Amid Palestine Fighting
Jewish forces agree to a one hour truce on the Jaffa front in Palestine to allow mediation after British shells. Fighting resumes at dawn as Jews advance on three sides of the Arab port city with civilians fleeing by sea. The truce ends at dusk and is brokered by the British.
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Jaffa
Palestine
Lake Success
New York
United Nations
Jerusalem
Holy
UN Trusteeship Council
France
Holy City
UN General Assembly
United States
Philip C. Jessup
Naval Assembly
Holy Land
ALL New
Mercury
Garner-Randall Motors
Polk
Amarillo
President Truman plans cross country speaking tour
President Truman plans a nationwide speaking tour beginning June 2 in Chicago to kickoff an appearance campaign ahead of the Democratic national convention. He will attend a Swedish immigration celebration, then visit Omaha for a World War I reunion, head to the Pacific Northwest, and deliver the UC Berkeley commencement address on June 12.
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Truman
Washington
Chicago
Omaha
Pacific Northwest
University of California
J. Howard McGrath
Mon Wallgren
Mercury
Garner-Randall Motors
Upth
Amarillo
Russells Aircon
Bullets Threaten New York Math Teacher Miss Jokiel
Margaret Jokiel a 24 year old Brooklyn high school math teacher faced a chilling threat when a phone call warned her to pass all students or face retribution. Moments later over 30 rifle shots damaged her home but no injuries occurred as police began questioning her 165 math students.
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New York
Margaret Jokiel
Brooklyn
Miss Jokiel
Miss Joklel
Fort Hamilton High School
Jokiel
Booster Junket Leaves Ten Tickets for Amarillo Trip
A note invites Amarillo businessmen to join a three day booster trip spanning 24 towns in Texas and New Mexico. Eighty five tickets must be sold with 75 names signed. travelers will visit Carlsbad Roswell Clovis and Hereford with West Texas State College. Judge Tom L Beauchamp and Mrs Beauchamp attend the Christian Churches convention in Amarillo staying at the Capitol.
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Amarillo
Santa Petation
Texas
New Mexico
Beauchamps
Tom L. Beauchamp
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Bride, 14, Killed by Husband Then Shot Himself
Houston report says Henry Floyd Tims, 22, shot and killed his 14 year old bride Frances Carroll Tims and then killed himself after a tense marital dispute at a cafe. Witnesses saw the climax as the couple argued near the drive in and car. Frances died from five bullet wounds while Tims died of a self inflicted shot to the heart.
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Houston
Henry Floyd Tims
Frances Carroll Tims
Trator
Hi Cabin
Wolda
Tims
Walda
Henry Tims
Waida
Frances
Weather and Politics: Amarillo Forecast and Sawyer Nomination
Amarillo and vicinity expect fair skies this afternoon and night with strong southerly winds and a warming trend. Thunder activity is forecast by Friday night with highs around 84 and 80 tomorrow. lows near 50. West Texas shows little temperature change. In Washington on April 29 the Senate Commerce Committee approved Charles Sawyer's nomination as Secretary of Commerce.
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Amarillo
West
Texas
Sawyer
Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Charles Sawyer
Cincinnati
Senate For Action
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