Filibuster Fight Delays Poll Tax Bill Vote In Senate
Southern senators press a lengthy filibuster blocking the poll tax measure. Taft appeals Vandenberg ruling to the Senate, Robertson keeps the floor opposing a vote. Wherry seeks cloture, Russell objects on parliamentary grounds creating a heated procedural clash.
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Taft
Ohio
Vandenberg
Senate
Robertson
Virginia
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Wherry
Ate
Russell
Georgia
Heat Seeker Week Promises Hot Weather
Weather observer J. C. Welles reports a hot week ahead after a mild Sunday with a 85 degree high. Forecasts call for 93 Monday and 95 Tuesday with 69 degree night lows. July moisture totaled 1.52 inches and peak July temperatures reached 100 degrees on the 20th and 29th.
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J. C. Welles
US Weather Bureau
English Field
Danube Pact Proposed To Hand Control To Communist States
Russia circulated a Danube River pact plan at Belgrade that would place 1800 miles of the Danube under eastern European Communist control. Andrei Vishinsky said the document would be formally presented, with the commission to oversee navigation from Ulm to the Black Sea and exclude non Danubian naval vessels. The proposal would require a simple majority and would likely later admit Germany and Austria after peace treaties.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Russia
Europe
Andrei Vishinsky
Austria
France
Vishinsky
Danube
Central European
Ulm
Germany
Black Sea
Stalin Meets Western Envoys In Moscow Talks
Ambassadors from the United States Britain and France prepare to meet Soviet leader Stalin in Moscow to discuss the Berlin blockade and German questions amid rumors of a breakthrough. Walter Bedell Smith Frank Roberts and Yves Chataigneau arrive for scheduled interviews seen as progress toward easing East West tensions.
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Moscow
Britain
France
Kremlin
Stalin
Walter Bedell Smith
Frank Roberts
Yves Chataigneau
Associated Press
United States
Berlin
Smith
Eisenhower
Western
Europe
Marshall
Council of Foreign Ministers
Roberts
Ernest Bevin
Ambassa
Dor
Maurice Peterson
Paris
London Star
Eddy Gilmore
British Press Association
Hollywood pays red s witness Bentley Soviet spy tale
Witness Budenz testifies before a Senate subcommittee that Elizabeth Bentley identified as a Soviet spy named for wartime officials. Bentley described leaks of names to Moscow and Budenz claimed she tells the truth. He linked the Communist Party to foreign funds and to an agency disciplining members. He also claimed access to a network including Hollywood financiers. See COMMIES Page 3.
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Elizabeth Bentley
Miss Bentley
Moscow
Budenz
Senate
Jacobs Golos
Communist Party Control Commission
Communist Party of the
United States
Russia
Leon Trotzky
Red
Mexico
Hollywood
Midwest Daily Record
Chicago
Commies
Elizabeth Pearl Bentley
New York
Senate Investigating Committee
Blonde Teacher Rescued From 84-Foot Derrick in Oklahoma City
A 27-year-old teacher, Virginia Ramona Alexander, climbed an 84 foot oil derrick on Oklahoma City’s east side and threatened to jump. Deputy G W Glazner and city firefighters assisted in a long ascent and lowered her to safety. She was held for observation at the county jail detention ward.
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George
N. V. Moss
Mr. Moss
Oklahoma City
Virginia Ramona Alexander
Dee-Dee
Dee Panos
Miss Panos
Martha Gammon
Miss Gammon
Alexander
Charlene Weiszbrod Wins News Tip Prize
Charlene Weiszbrod earned first prize in the News-Tip contest for a report on a train wreck near Canyon, with a photo published on page 1 of The Globe. Second prize went to Mrs. B. W. Gray Jr. for a tale of a coon invasion in a dog house, and third to Mrs. A. B. Breedlove for lightning striking a house.
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Globe-News
Charlene Weiszbrod
East Tenth
Canyon
B. W. Gray, Jr
Washington
Sanborn
Norman Proffer
East Eighth
Leonard Fogle
Broadmoor
Jimmy McKinney
River Drive
Dorris Collie
East Fifth
J. T. Pierson
Louisiana
F. A. Ludden
Pierce
Price Hayes
North East Tenth
Don Bob Reed
Harrison
John McGee
Tennessee
L. M. Martin
Jackson
W. H. Forbes
North East Fifteenth
J. A. Gordon
East Ninth
Della Riddle
Lamar
Henry Dickson
Globe rebrands classic quiz reel with pictures feature
The Globe introduces an old favorite under a new name with pictures. Like its predecessors Man On The Street and Half Minute Interviews, the feature will have top reader interest and appears on Page 16 as Quiz Reel.
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The
Globe
City Hall Talks On Airport Terminal Plan
City officials meet with CAA engineer J D Church at 2 p m to discuss building a terminal at English Field before runway work. They review airport expansion, funding limits, and whether CAA funds can cover a terminal to meet agency requirements amid reduced city funds.
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City Hall
CAA
J. D. Church
Big Spring
English Field
Lawrence Hagg
Pud Curtis
Ira Stephenson
N. V. Moss
Stanton Field
Vandalism Investigated at Sanborn School Yard
Detectives investigated vandalism at Sanborn School where 50 door knobs were found in the yard at 700 Roberts. Detective Bob Marshell said the knobs were knocked off an Army surplus building moved for extra classrooms this fall. youths were being questioned and damage described as heavy. Earlier summer damage also hit Wilson and Margaret Wills with broken windows reported.
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Sanborn
Roberts
Bob Marshell
Marshall
Wilson
Margaret Wills
Dixiecrats Battle for Texas Electoral Votes In 1948
Texas factions split as Truman loyalists and Dixiecrats clash over 23 electoral votes. After rowdy county events, loyalists hold 35 delegations for Fort Worth convention while Dixiecrats grab key county wins but threaten to replace or reinstruct electors. They seek a August 28 runoff referendum on pledging to Truman or Thurmond.
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Truman
Texas
Fort Worth
Associated Press
Harris County
Houston
Dallas
Tarrant
Harrison County
Marshall
Harris
J. Storm Thurmond
South Carolina
Complete Home Insurance Protection Offer
Complete protection for your home and contents from Williams Boyce Agency. Call 4334 for complete insurance options and coverage details.
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Wiliams Boyce Agency
Weather forecast for Amarillo and region
Partly cloudy and warmer this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with widely scattered early evening thundershowers. West Texas partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with scattered afternoon and evening storms. New Mexico generally fair today and Tuesday with widely scattered thundershowers. Highs 85 to 95 northeast and east, 65 to 100 in the southwest.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Imperial Candlewich filmist Russell’s gift dept
A brief notice from Imperial Candlewich Filmist outlines Russell’s Gift Department located at 611 Taylor with details on offerings and hours. The item advertises new arrivals and seasonal selections for visitors.
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Imperial Candlewich
Russells Gift Dept
Taylor
Ambulance Goes Afloat In Conway Stunt Case
A 1946 Ford ambulance owned by Boxwell Brothers went missing from Garner-Randall Motor Co in Amarillo about 11 AM. A drunken driver attempted to return it to N S Griggs Son before wandering to a Conway service station where attendants detained him and alerted Boxwell Brothers. Highway patrol pursued from Amarillo after the theft report.
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Conway
Ford
Boxwell Brothers
Garner-Randall Motor Company
Polk
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Hogan wins playoff at Western Open with record 64
Ben Hogan of Hershey, Pennsylvania, set a course record 33 31 64 eight under par to beat Ed Oliver of Seattle by nine strokes in the 18 hole playoff for the 45th Western Open in Buffalo New York.
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George Carroll, Jr
George Carroll
Florida
Bobby Vaughn
P. H. Vaughn
West Fifteenth
Carroll
Northwest Texas Hospital
Bobby
Ann Hulett
Miss Hulett
Bob Hulett
West Twelfth
Communist Party
Madison Square Garden
Ferguson
Michigan Reepublican
Louis Budenz
Derrick
Panos
Sanborn School
Price
Calvert, Jester
Rayburn
Nancy O'Brien
Max O’brien
Hughes
Marcella Elliott
D. E. Elliott
Fillmore
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