Oklahoma Joins Appeal for Control of Canadian River
Representatives of three governors met in Amarillo to discuss Canadian River dam plans. Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico leaders debated water rights and funding for dams pipelines and irrigation. Oklahoma floated a New Castle dam plan while Texas pressed for a governing compact and modified federal criteria.
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Oklahoma
Appeal
Thomas Thompson
Amarillo
Beauford Jester
John McCarty
Jester
Col
E. V. Spence
Austin
Texas State Board of Water Engineers
Forrest Nelson
Oklahoma City
Division of Water Resources Board
Roy Turner
Arch Hurley
Spence
Corps of Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Army Engineers
No Meat Strike Spreads Across Texas Towns
Dallas housewife leading a one week meat boycott spreads to Orange Austin Waco and Corpus Christi as women join a telephone campaign urging refrain from buying fresh meat. Mrs. R D Vaughn president of the Dallas Women’s Chamber of Commerce says the strike aims to probe meat price causes.
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Dallas
Orange
Austin
Waco
Corpus Christi
Lloyd King
Moscow Talks To Continue After Kremlin Meeting
Western envoys held a two hour meeting with Stalin at the Kremlin renewing high level talks since Marshall’s visit. Optimism grew for a quick solution to the German deadlock and Berlin crisis as Western diplomats planned further discussions with Stalin or Molotov within 36 hours.
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Moscow
Josef Stalin
V. M. Molotov
United States
Great Britain
France
Stalin
Kremlin
George C. Marshall
Germany
Berlin
Molotov
Washington
London
Paris
Ger
Four New Deal Officials Linked to Spy Ring
Whittaker Chambers named Aleer and Donald Hiss, Nathan Witt, Lee Pressman, Harry D. White, and Aubrey Williams as Washington Communist underground figures tied to prewar espionage aims. The testimony before the House committee expands on Elizabeth Bentley’s prior disclosures, noting their government roles and current absence from office.
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Washington
Communist Today
New Deal
Red Underground
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
The
Reds
House on-American Activities Committee
Tration
Communist Group
Aleer
Donald Hiss
State Department
Nathan Witt
National Labor Relations Board
Lee Pressman
Works Progress Administration General Council
CIO
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Chambers
Treasury
Harry D. White
Aubrey Williams
New Deal National Youth Administration
House Committee
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Bentley
New York-Washington Courier
Taft Sees Senate Rules Hurdle To Dixiecrat Talks
Taft told reporters the Dixiecrat talkathon cannot be ended without Senate rule changes, likely not possible until next year. GOP leaders work late to clear decks for action on high prices housing and civil rights compromise may be considered with a constitutional poll tax amendment. Senate session aims to finish work and move toward adjournment Saturday as Halleck predicts success.
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Taft
GOP
Senate
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
House
Charlies A. Halleck
City Landmarks New Frito Factory in Amarillo
Am arillo Industrial Plan Inc moves to lease the Frank Hall building at 406 Adams for a Frito factory, set to open Oct. 1 with 30 employees. The plant will serve Texas New Mexico Oklahoma Colorado and Kansas, joining existing sites in Dallas Denver San Antonio Houston and Tulsa. Plans include two more plants in Mexico City and Honolulu. First beneficiary of the plan was American Desk Company, with a furniture factory under construction.
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Frank Hall
Adams
Amarillo Industrial Plan, Inc
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Dallas
Denver
San Antonio
Houston
Tulsa
Mexico City
Honolulu
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Colorado
Kansas
Mead’s
American Desk Company
Amarillo Weather Outlook Some Clouds and Light Showers
The Amarillo area reports mostly cloudy skies with little temperature change today through Wednesday. Scattered showers expected Wednesday afternoon, with West Texas seeing partly cloudy skies and widely scattered thunderstorms. High 9 degrees and low 61 for the past 24 hours.
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Amarillo
West Texas
City and school districts move toward tax office consolidation
Amarillo officials and the school board favor merging city and school tax offices. Attorney Bob Wilson cites two 1945 statutes to support consolidation. A joint city and school committee will handle mechanics with city counsel Ben Manning to represent the city.
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Bob Wilson
Wilson
N. V. Moss
Dick Bivins
Bud Curtis
F. M. Blackburn, Jr
Ben Manning
Amarillo Real Estate Board
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce Civic Affairs Committee
TAX Office
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Boris Karloff
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Diego Rivera
Jimmy Durante
Chuckles
Tucumcari
Thomas Mabry
Nelson
McCarty
Rocky Mountains
Oklahoma Water Resources Board
Colonel Spence
Lawrence Hagg
Lubbock
New Castle
Norman
Purcell
Hagg
Panhandle
Globe
Royal Portable
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Taylor
Betty Burkhalter
Charles Parr
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Miss Fields
J. A. Fields
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Spy Ring
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Brreer Doors
Arreen
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