House votes credit clamp faces uncertain inflation fight
The House passed a GOP anti inflation bill 264 to 97 amid Truman veto threats. The measure tightens credit and preserves wartime buying limits, with a Senate rush to adjourn the special session. A housing provision backed a Taft Ellender Wagner revision shifting to public housing and slum clearance plans.
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Truman
Senate
Congress
Monroney
Oklahoma
Wolcott
Michigan
Senate Banking Committee
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Senate House
Chairman Tobey
New Hampshire
Flanders
Vermont
Federal Housing Administration
Suspect Nabbed in Farwell Killing Case
Carl Williams 43, part owner of a Fort Worth liquor store, was arrested in Brownwood on a murder charge connected to the shooting of O T McDaniel near Farwell. McDaniel had just bought an oil lease for Mills County land and was found dead in his car with a .22 rifle nearby.
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Carl Williams
Fort Worth
O. T. McDaniel
Farwell
Melrose
McDaniel
Littlefield
Mills County
Jodie Williams
Wiley Mahan
Williams
McDaniels
Camp Bowie
Texas
Clarence Nordyke
Sweetwater
Texas-New Mexico
Ssing
J. D. Spann
Airview
E. B. Sargent
Aztec
Earl Booth
Goldwaithe
County Atty
Sam Aldridge
Spann
Sargent
Russians Free 10 Barges and Allow Berlin Currency Use
The Soviets released 10 Western barges held earlier and agreed to free circulation of their currency in Berlin. Western envoys met Stalin in Moscow and signaled possible further talks while cautioning that no firm conclusions could yet be drawn. Hamburg port officials announced the barge release as diplomats resumed discussions.
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Associated Press
United Press
Berlin
Moscow
Josef Stalin
Germany
Hamburg
Stalin
Russia
Truman denounces spy hearings as red herring
President Truman accused Congress of using espionage hearings to distract from inflation action. He urged GOP leaders to back his price control and rationing proposals while noting House Banking chair Wolcott blocked cabinet testimony. He defended loyalty secrecy orders and mocked a supposed Washington spy ring. Victor adding machines advertised at end.
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Truman
Congress
Jess Wolcott
House Banking Committee
House
Senate
FBI
New York Grand Jury
William Remington
Remington
Karl Mundt
South Dakota
House Un-American Activities Committee
Mundt
Wolcott
Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce and Interior
Amarillo Community Chest Faces Collapse Without Public Backing
New directors of the Amarillo Community Chest demand evidence of public support or risk disbanding the organization. They call on the city commission and local chambers to determine public will as 222 of 15 000 contributors cast ballots. The Chest serves 13 agencies including the Salvation Army YWCA Boy and Girl Scouts and social service groups.
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Amarillo
City Commission
Neal Cannon
Dean White
John Boyce
Sim Kelly
Paul Allingham
Jay Taylor
Charles Ware
Charlie Crowe
Ivor Davies
Francis Pritchard
Horace Wilson
Floyd Studer
Jesse Rogers
Virgil Patterson
Jason Robererson
J. A. Hazlewood, Jr
Mr. Witt
Social Welfare Association
Catholic Welfare Bureau
Preventorium
Salvation Army
Maverick Club
Travelers Aid Society
YWCA
Social Service Exchange
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Council of Social Agencies
Governor Jester Returns from Gulf Fishing Trip
Governor Beaufort H. Jester resumed duties after a fishing vacation aboard Maco Stewart’s yacht Texan in the Gulf of Mexico. He hooked and boated an 8-foot sailfish southwest of Galveston following a 45 minute fight yesterday.
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Austin
Beauford H. Jester
Maco Stewart
Texan
Gulf of Mexico
Jester
Galveston
A Capital Idea But Misguided Tourists in Texas
Illinois visitor travels far for a Texas capstone moment arriving in Amarillo and mistaking the post office for the courthouse and the courthouse for the state capitol. Mrs. R. T. Simmons explains the landmark mix up at 315 East Twenty second.
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Texas
Amarillo
Austin
Illinois
R. T. Simmons
East Twenty-second
State Capitol
Polio Hits Plains in Paducah Outbreak
Eight Paducah residents and two others admitted to the Plainview Polio Clinic in two days as the outbreak grows. A newborn death is reported. 21 patients occupy a clinic built for 40. Paducah lies on the South Plains 31 miles south of Childress with lines down affecting information flow.
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Plainview
Marsha Kathleen Bannister
M. M. Bannister
Borger
Tommie Jo
Henryetta
Okla
South Plains
Childress
Plainview Clinic
J. T. Jolly
Betty Jean Lancaster
Curtis Lancaster
Mobeetie
Robert McBride
J. L. McBride
Littlefield
Stratford
Joyce Palmer
Paula Jo Spruell
Rescue Reported for Latecoere 631 Missing Flying Boat
Paris dispatch from the French Press Agency said Air France received word the Latecoere 631 missing since Sunday has been found with all 52 aboard alive. Marseille reported discovery 120 miles south of its last position, but Air France had no confirmed information. The aircraft, 141 feet long with 186 foot wingspan, was en route from Martinique to West Africa with 40 passengers and 12 crew.
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Paris
Air France
South Atlantic
Marseille
Martinique
West Africa
Cape Verde Islands
Latecoere
Prague Halts Yugoslav Travel for Czechoslovaks
Prague travel offices announce a halt on tourist travel to Yugoslavia for Czechoslovaks as of today August 5, impacting plans and itineraries for visitors.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Met Opera Cancels 1948 49 Season Over Pay Demands
After 50 years the Metropolitan Opera cancels plans for its 1948 49 season due to union wage demands and rising production costs. The AFL Local 802 protests, noting the institution’s civic status and past funding, while directors cite a large deficit and prudent budgeting.
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Union
Voice
Metropolitan Opera
New York
The
Met
Riviera
Opera Associated
Metropolitan Opera Association
AFL
American Federation of Musicians
Meat Strike Telephone Calls Reported In Amarillo
Several Amarillo housewives reported being solicited by telephone to join a meat strike planned for next week. Organizer Mrs. Jimmie Cheshire at 1008 West Twentieth said the movement has drawn a good response though a few oppose it. She has recruited friends to run the phone campaign as sections of the telephone directory were used to reach residents.
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Amarillo
Jimmie Cheshire
West Twentieth
French Move 90 Percent of Berlin Top Officials
The French liaison office in Berlin announced that France has relocated about 90 percent of its senior military government staff from Berlin to other German areas as of August 5.
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Helmstedt
Germany
Berlin
A Bomb Materials Shipped to Russia in 1943
Rep. John McDowell said during an open session that atomic bomb materials including uranium compounds and heavy water were shipped to Russia in 1943 after pressure from Russian agents. He cited secret hearings and said the shipments occurred at the height of atomic research from a small U S airfield.
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Washington
House un-American Activities Subcommittee
Russia
John McDowell
Pennsylvania
United States
McDowell
Weather outlook for Amarillo and surrounding regions
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with occasional showers this afternoon. Tonight and Friday bring mostly partial cloudiness with scattered thunder showers on Friday. Cool conditions continue today and tonight with a warmer trend Friday across West Texas, the Panhandle, South Plains, El Paso, and nearby New Mexico areas.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
el Paso
New Mexico
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