Rioting in Britain continues amid anti Jewish demonstrations
A 700 strong mob damaged eight Jewish shops in Manchester as anti Semitic protests spread to London Birmingham and Liverpool. Police arrested 38 in Liverpool where lights were restored. some injuries reported among officers. Rioters described as youths, not organized fascist groups, though some blamed incited mobs.
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London
Birmingham
Remem Paice
Marvin
Mervyn Paice
Clifford Marvin
Palestine
Communist
Daily Worker
Hitler
Oswald Mosley
Chuter Ede
Moseley
British Union of Fascists
British League of Ex-Servicemen
Prisoner Near Death Escapes Hospital Then Captured Weeks Later
Arthur Kirkorian a 28 year old Cleveland burglar who fled Byron Road Hospital July 18 after a guard dozed was found in Manchester Missouri after driving 565 miles in a stolen car. Police say he was severely weakened but arrested last night following the escape.
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ST. Louis
Cleveland
Arthur Kirkorian
Cleveland Hospital
Kirkorian
Byron Road
Manchester
Truman Signs Bills To End Cash Pay For Accrued Leave
President Truman signed legislation ending the armed services practice of terminal leave for discharged personnel and requiring cash payment at discharge for accrued leave. The change ends payroll extensions equal to days of accrued leave and replaces them with cash and other pay provisions.
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Truman
Washington
Armed Services
Fifty Foot Help Wanted Signs Draw Milwaukee Applicants
Large five foot high fifty foot signs pace the roof of the Gender Paeschke and Frey Co plant in Milwaukee drawing job seekers. Officials report the dragnet has yielded sixty eight applicants off the streets seeking work. The signs are visible for blocks while the Blantons return to Amarillo after trips to Fort Worth Dallas and San Antonio.
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Milwaukee
Help Wanted
Paeschke and Frey Co
Blantons
F. A. Blanton
West Sixth
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Dallas
San Antonio
Mrs Wilcoxson Visits In Bonham
Mrs M L Wilcoxson of Childress, mother of Mrs Claude Hipps, visited Mr and Mrs Claude Hipps at 1903 Bonham this weekend with Mrs Hipps serving as host.
Mrs Albert Butcher Family Visit In Woodward
Barbara and Bob of Woodward Oklahoma are visiting their grandparents Mr. and Mrs Harold Carpenter at 12 North East Third with Mrs Albert Butcher and their children.
Closing stock and cattle market report
Merrill Lynch closing stock averages show slight gains and steady utilities. Cattle prices remain mixed with steers weak to 50c lower and grain steers around 27 to 30, while hogs and sheep move slowly with varied bids. Kansas City livestock quotes indicate native fed steers steady to strong amid moderate trading.
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Kansas City
USDA
Live Stock Market Report From Chicago Exchange
The USDA market summary shows salable hogs around 9 000 with prices mostly steady to 25 cents lower top at $28.00. Cattle 7 500 and calves 800 with grain fed cattle firm to higher and various grades listed. Sheep 1 000 at slow trade with slaughter lambs easing and ewes steady.
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Colorado
Chicago
USDA
Students Invite Price Daniel To Hear Protests on Ruling
The University of Texas AVC invites Attorney General Price Daniel to attend an open meeting to hear protests against his ruling on separate instruction for Latin American students. The anti discrimination committee will present a protest resolution against Daniel’s ruling, described as allowing a practice “to the American way of life.”
Police Escort Not Excused by Red Light Rules
A Washington traffic official states that a pregnant woman racing to a hospital must stop at red signals, even with police escort. The traffic code allows only police, firemen, and ambulance drivers to ignore signals during emergencies.
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Washington
George F. Keneipp
Queen Mary Returns to New York After Transatlantic Crossing
The Queen Mary, famed for her speed record, completed her first postwar ocean crossing and received a gala welcome as she entered New York harbor today marking a notable return to civilian service.
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New York
New York Harbor
French Ex-Vichy Official Benoist-Mechin Given Life Prison
Paris reports President Vincent Auriol commuted the death sentence of Jacques Benoist-Mechin former Vichy state secretary to life imprisonment at hard labor. The action shifts a capital punishment to a severe long term confinement.
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Paris
Vincent Auriol
Jacques Benoist- Mechin
Vichy
Dutch Accuse Break of Truce as Gombong Falls to Forces
In Batavia Aug 5 a dispute arose after Dutch forces captured Gombong 52 miles west of Jogjakarta and Indonesian radio complained the cease fire failed to reach all units. The Dutch said the city was occupied just before the truce began and pledged to maintain order while holding fire.
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Batavia
Indonesia
Gombong
Jogjakarta
Jogiakarta
Poernokerto
Java
Sumatra
Grissee
North Java
Soerabaja Harbor
Madura
Strike Averted at Ford After 19 Hour Bargain
Local CIO United Auto Workers delegates approved a peace pact avoiding a noon strike by 108 000 Ford workers. The agreement, backed by a 110 member council, puts Taft Hartley penalties on hold for up to a year and creates a four man study panel to review the dispute. A separate pension issue will trigger another bargaining session Thursday with no new strike deadline set for at least a week.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Union Today
Ford Motor Company
Ford
UAW
Richard T. Leonard
Leonard
Fifteen Tunis Strikers Killed In Sfax Clash
In Tunisia near Sfax a riot during a general strike left fifteen teen laborers dead and about forty wounded after strikers attacked a French army column near railway yards. Six French soldiers were wounded as troops fired in return.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Sfax
Gafsa
Key ring with five keys and 1946 Texas car license left at Tack's office
A key ring containing five keys and a Texas 1946 miniature car license No. FH 6180 was found at Tack's office. The owner is asked to call to claim it.
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Tack
Kittens to give away and personal ads in Tack
Three pretty kittens to give to a good home. Mrs J H Dobbins 901 North Madison seeks homes. Mrs Cook 2202 Front Street offers ironing sewing alterations. Mack c o Tack wants to correspond with a man aged 50 to 60 of good character.
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Tack
Anna Larkum
Travis
Trade Baby Buggy for Play Pen Request
Short classified notices show W. E. Williamson offering a slightly used baby buggy and bassinet in exchange for a play pen at 3421 Hughes, contact 2-7094. Georgia Fowler seeks a half day job in cooking housekeeping or elder/child care, asking to call after 6 PM at 2-7878.
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W. E. Williamson
Hughes
Tack
Georgia Fowler
Charge filed in murder of Crosbyton sheriff in Ralls
A murder with malice charge was brought today in Ralls Texas against 33 year old ex convict George Holland of Ralls for the fatal shooting of Crosbyton Sheriff J J Pierce. Pierce was killed with his own gun jerked from his holster while on a raid assignment. Holland had served two years of a three year term for perjury, Sheriff Brady Harris said.
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Lubbock
Ralls
Tex
George Holland
Rallis
J. J. Pierce
Crosbyton
Holland
Amarillo
Pierce
Crosby County
Brady Harris
Lubbock County
Plan Campaign to Swing Hospital Bond Election
Gene Klein announced plans to start the campaign for Amarillo’s $750,000 hospital bond issue on Monday Aug 11. A 14 minute film You're the Doctor will be shown to service and civic clubs as spokesmen are appointed to promote the bond ahead of the Aug 23 vote.
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Gene Klein
Chamber of Commerce Hospital Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Klein
Mississippi Primary Tests New Laws Against Black Voters
Mississippi voters in a Democratic primary face the first test of new laws aimed at white elections. About 6 000 Negroes are expected to participate while certifying agreement with party principles opposing federal civil rights measures and anti-lynching legislation.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Democratic Executive Committee
Fair Employment Practices Commission
South
Langer Pushes Plan to Ban Free Rides for Congress
Sen. William Langer of North Dakota proposes next session a law to bar members of Congress from free rides on planes or other commercial transport. The bill would expand current law limiting railroads from issuing passes to non-employees and dependents. Howard Hughes accuses Senate War Investigating Committee Chairman Owen Brewster of taking rides on Hughes' TWA planes. Brewster denies the charge.
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Washington
William Langer
North Dakota
Congress
Langer
Howard Hughes
Owen Brewster
Senate War Investigating Committee
Hughes
TWA
Brewster
Shriners Parade In Mexico City Marked by Uniformed Guests
About a thousand Houston Shriners arrived for a week of goodwill and dressed in their uniforms this morning to stage their first parade in downtown Mexico City over the weekend they arrived for the visit.
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Shriners
Mexico
Mexico City
Houston Shriners
Car Fire at 1512 Rosemont Minor Blaze
Firefighters responded to a car fire at 1512 Rosemont around 9 30 this morning. They said the blaze was minor and quickly controlled with no injuries reported.
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Rosemont
Wreck Victims Identified After Highway Collision Near Waxahachie
A multi vehicle wreck on the Waco to Dallas highway left numerous Waxahachie residents dead and injured. The known dead include Ray Pitman Frank Pitman Morris Robertson Corde Grigsby J B York Herman Frazier George Lindsay Antone Turner Jack Montgomery Ludie Scoggins George Taylor Charles Greenwood Bob Dixon John Benson Carmen Blunt Wilson Mays Louis Huckabee Johnny B Simpson M L Wall and an unidentified hitchhiker. Dallas Lasoline truck driver Wall and two injured Waxahachie residents were treated at area hospitals. Traffic was diverted for miles while rescue and recovery worked.
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Waco
Dallas
Ray Pitman
Frank Pitman
Morris Robertson
Corde
Grigsby
J. B. York
Herman Frazier
George Lindsay
Antone Turner
Jack Montgomery
Ludie Scoggins
George Taylor
Charles Greenwood
Bob Dixon
John Benson
Carmen Blunt
Wilson Mays
Louis Huckabee
Veterans Affairs Commission names Lewis P. Fields Amarillo
Gov Beauford Jester appointed Lewis P Fields of Amarillo to the new State Veterans Affairs Commission to fill a four year term ending June 12 1951 Fields a former American Legion official and WWI veteran is with Ordway Saunders Insurance and heads the Llano Estacado Council Boy Scouts of America Other named members include R W Akers Joe M Daniel Rene A Garza and Frank M Ikard Roosevelt defends actions amid Senate inquiry about gifts to Army officers and his attendance at Meyer hosted parties
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Beauford
Lewis P. Fields
Amarillo
State Veterans Affairs Commission
State Veterans Service Office
Mr. Fields
R. W. Akers
Beaumont
Joe M. Daniel
Corsicana
Rene A. Garza
Zapata
Frank M. Ikard
Wichita Falls
Hanson
American
Chennault Address May Be Broadcast in United States
Claire L. Chennault, wartime Flying Tigers commander, said former Louisiana governor James A. Noe requested his Air Force Day address for US broadcast. Noe planned to air the talk on WNOE in New Orleans and KNOE in Monroe, via KNET in Palestine, Texas, and possibly additional stations.
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Shanghai
Claire L. Chennault
Flying Tigers
China
James A. Noe
Louisiana
United States
Chennault
Noe
WNOE
New Orleans
KNOE
Monroe
KNET
Palestine
Tex
Mexico seeks US wheat aid of 420000 tons yearly
Mexico asked the U S Emergency Food Council for 420 000 tons of wheat each year. Carlos M Cinta, head of Nacional Distribuidora y Reguladora said a favorable reply is expected. The request was disclosed in Mexico City on August 5.
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Mexico
Mexico City
U.P
Emergency Food Council of the
United States
Carlos M. Cinta
Nacional Distribuidora Y Reguladora
Roosevelt and party host clash over talk of entertaining women
In a heated exchange at New York gay parties Colonel Roosevelt defends Miss Faye Emerson while Meyer challenges the term girls as mere entertainment. Roosevelt resents the insinuation and calls Emerson not a subject of comment.
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Meyer
Roosevelt
New York
Faye Emerson
Elliott
Emerson
Roosevelt nomination to brigadier general questioned
Senator Brewster pressed Roosevelt on his rapid rise in rank during committee questioning about wartime airplane contracts to Hughes. Roosevelt sought to clarify his understanding as Brewster cited word from a Senate member that Gen George C Marshall had told a committee he twice returned Roosevelt's nomination in January 1945.
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Brewster
Roosevelt
Hughes
Senate
George C. Marshall
Army
Young Roosevelt
Dear Ruth May Bow Out In State Tonight
Russellth us directed by Mr Russell in Manhattan has never visited New York. IT must go there some time if they keep assigning these Pictures to me he said. Jack King city manager for Interstate Theaters hopes to hold Dear Ruth over for a couple of days but doubts it can be done. If not it may bow out after the last show at the State tonight.
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Russell
Manhattan
New York
Jack King
Interstate Theaters
Ruth
Plane Trip vice-chairman of the world group
At 6 15 o clock the time of the bomb burst over the Japanese city a ceremony is planned on the Desert. Among the participants will be Dr W A Higginbotham executive secretary of the Federation of American Scientists who was present when the first test bomb was exploded in 1945. After the anniversary program the group will spend the night at Carlsbad NM and return to New York by plane tomorrow.
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World Group
W. A. Higginbotham
Federation of American Scientists
Carlsbad
New York
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