Spy Chase Faces Soviet Uranium Claim in 1945 Shipments
Representative McDowell charged that a significant amount of uranium metal, a key atomic bomb material, was sent to Russia in 1945 in addition to 1943 shipments. He cited 1,420 pounds for 1945 and 1,300 pounds for 1943, linking the transfers to political pressure and continuing inquiries by a Senate panel despite suspending hearings.
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Washington
McDowell
Pennsylvania
Russia
House
House Un-American Activities Committee
Leslie R. Groves
Congress
S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company
Denver
Col. A. N. Koti
SPY Chase
Polio Fears Trigger Paducah Cleanup Drive
Panicked Paducah residents mobilize for a citywide cleanup as polio cases rise to 14 in a town of 3,500. Hubert Lee organizes captains sections and hours of work with tools, while DDT spraying and a Lub bock fogging machine prepare the town against fly breeding and disease spread.
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Globe
Paducah
Hubert Lee
Lee
Lubbock
Richards Memorial Hospital
Plainview
Wichita Falls
W. D. Powers
State Health Department
F. C. Harmon
Senate Plan Rejects Public Building Aid
The Senate voted 48 to 36 to approve a housing bill to spur private builders and reject Truman’s call for public construction and slum clearance. The move aligns with GOP leadership seeking adjournment of the special session and contrasts with the Taft Ellender Wagner long range bill. Conference action will resolve differences with the House measure.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
House
Banking Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Thomas E. Dewey
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
GOP
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Tobey
Congress
Barron and Holland Marry in Colorado
Robert Louis Barron and Cleta Linda Holland of Amarillo wed Thursday at Glockner Hospital in Colorado Springs. Barron, former Amarillo Philharmonic conductor, recovers from July 24 auto crash near Des Moines NM. Holland has taught violin in Amarillo for 15 years and played with the orchestra. Barron had left the conductor post to take a music scholarship at Colorado College.
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Robert Louis Barron
Cleta Linda Holland
Amarillo
Glockner Hospital
Colorado Springs
Barron
Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra
Des Moines
Amarillo Philharmonic Orches
Colorado College
Amber Author Seeks Divorce Over Shaw Bragging Allegations
Kathleen Winsor, author of Forever Amber, counters an annulment suit by Artie Shaw accusing him of boasting about beating and mistreating wives. She seeks temporary alimony and legal fees, claiming cruel and inhuman behavior, and recounts Shaw’s alleged public whip at Norwalk station and threats over political affiliation.
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New York
Kathleen Winsor
Amber
Artie Shaw
Miss Winsor
Shaw
Lana Turner
Ava Gardner
New York Supreme Court
Milton Shalleck
Shallock
June Carns
Ashtabula
Ohio
Margaret Allen
Elizabeth Kern
Jerome Kern
Shalleck
Norwalk
Conn
Communist Party
Planes Collide Killing Four Near New Braunfels
A midair collision between two AT-6 training planes from Randolph Air Force Base near New Braunfels, seven miles south of the Austin highway, killed four fliers including two instructors and two cadets. Names withheld. investigation and occupancy checks underway.
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San Antonio
Randolph Air Force Base
New Braunfels
Austin Highway
Plainview Hog Co. co-owner dies by gunshot
A coroner's verdict in Plainview cites death by gunshot wounds in an apparent self inflected act. W. E. Elstermier, 38, co-owner of the Plainview Hog Co, was found dead Thursday afternoon in the company offices. Justice of Peace W. J. Lewis announced the verdict.
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Plainview
Justice of Peace
W. J. Lewis
W. E. Elstermier
Plainview Hog
Elstermier
Plainview Hog Co
101st Golden Gate suicide on bridge reported
SAN FRANCISCO August 6 The Golden Gate bridge recorded its 101st death by own action. A young man in sports clothes leaped from the center of the span yesterday. Several painters on the suspension cable watched his body hit the water and surface again, carried by the tide toward Alcatraz Island.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Alcatraz Island
Inflation Lid Goes To Senate
The Senate Banking Committee approved key changes to the Republican anti inflation bill. It struck out a House provision to boost federal reserve gold reserves and raised reserve requirements for member banks from 1 and 3 percent to 2 and 5 percent. The panel kept installment buying restrictions and shifted the effective date from March 15 to June 30. A Capehart price freeze proposal failed five to five.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
House
Federal Reserve Bank
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve System
Senate
Truman
Capehart
Indiana
Warm Up Returns as Temperatures Rise Across Amarillo Area
Weather observer Walter Watts reports a return to summer warmth in Amarillo and surrounding areas. highs near 88 to 91 degrees through the weekend with a weak front bringing thundershowers. rainfall totals include Amarillo 15.39 inches year to date and 2.22 inches for the month.
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Amarillo
Walter Watts
US Weather Bureau
English Field
Watts
Pampa
Follett
Spearman
Gage
Okla
Guymon
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
The morning report notes scattered cloudiness and warmer conditions this afternoon for Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas will be partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and tonight, warmer in the Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico sees partly cloudy to Saturday with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers in mountains. The high for the 24 hour period ending 6:30 AM was 79 with a low of 61.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Fort Worth liquor operator freed in McDaniel murder case
Fort Worth man Carl E. Williams 43 was released without bond after two witnesses failed to identify him in the rifle death of O T McDaniel. Texas Rangers sought a second suspect and noted a .22 rifle used in the shooting purchased in Roscoe. The case centers on an oil lease in Mills County and a note allegedly written by the victim.
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Farwell
Fort Worth
Ao. T. McDaniel
Carl E. Williams
Texas Rangers
Brownwood
Ed McDaniel
Melrose
Here
McDaniel
Goldwaithe
Roscoe
Mills County
Littlefield
Dallas Juvenile Traffic Court Improves Safety
Dallas Juvenile Traffic Court expanding due to rising violations. The court handles youths ages 10 to 17 in bicycle and motor vehicle violations, with two Saturday sessions. Student council representatives run the court, aided by officers from the Citizens Traffic Commission, aiming to improve safety attitudes through education, counseling, and referrals.
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Dallas Juvenile Court
Dallas
Citizens Traffic Commission
Accident Prevention Bureau
Dallas Police Department
State Department of Public Safety
Juvenile Traffic School of Dallas
Crozier Technical High School
Department of Public Safety
Western envoys press Molotov for Berlin talks end to blockade
The United States Britain and France briefed Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov after a three hour interview at the Kremlin. Walter Bedell Smith said only we met with Molotov and offered no comment. The three envoys Frank Roberts Yves Chataigneau and Bedell Smith then headed to the American embassy to continue talks toward ending the Berlin blockade and resolving East West differences.
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Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Berlin
Molotov
Walter Bedell Smith
Smith
Frank Roberts
Yves Chataigneau
Kremlin
Stalin
Roberts
Bevin
Chataigneau
Pipe donations sought for new Amarillo Children’s Home
Ask pipe donations for 1200 feet of 2 inch cast iron pipe to connect the city main to the Thirty fourth and Bowie site. Guy Saunders says contractors and trades groups will donate labor and materials, aiming to finish three cottages and an administration building housing 14 children each by Christmas. About $45 000 cash remains to complete the units.
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Guy Saunders
Saunders
Thirty-fourth
Bowie
Mr. Saunders
Charlie Lambie
Amarillo
Burglars Enter Dewey Dees Home in North Little Rock
North Little Rock Ark Aug 6 burglars entered the home of Dewey Dees during the night. They took nothing but the kitchen sink.
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North Little Rock
Ark
Dewey Dees
Wrong Customer He Should Have Used It Himself
Ernest Falkenberg, 53, faced a petty larceny charge after trying to sell a stolen wash room deodorizer to police in St Louis. He was intoxicated at City Hospital and claimed he did not know the deodorizer’s origin. The item was identified as Alcoholics Anonymous property.
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ST. Louis
Ernest Falkenberg
Falkenberg
City Hospital
Alcoholics Anonymous
Tennessee election violence prompts National Guard in Polk County
National Guardsmen moved into Polk County Tennessee after clashes tied to the state primaries. Two men were slain and a third wounded in gunfire with four more wounded, amid absentee ballot disputes in Copperhill and Ducktown. E H Crump suffered a major ballot defeat as his backed candidates lagged in unofficial returns.
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Nashville
Tenn
Polk County
Tennessee
H. F E. Brewer
Ducktown
Copperhill
E H. Crump
US Senate
Hilton Butler
Jim McCord
Cleveland
Benton
GGL
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Illinois Research Hospital
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Ferguson
Senate Investigating Committee
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Tom Clark
William W. Remington
UN- American Activities Committee
By Harry Hoare
Holland
Colorado
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Norman Traverse
Austin
Freddie Kropp
Williams-Boyce Agency
Seer
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By Charles Murphy
Dallas News
Corporation Court
Russells
Taylor
Cooperhill
Undertaker Brewer
Wayne Kimsey
Chester Goode
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Loudermilk
Earnest Loudermilk
Polk
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Athens
McMinn
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