Rockets irritate Sweden as rockets crash over central area
Reports from Stockholm indicate a shower of rockets last night with multiple crashes in central Sweden. Army investigators find no remains at sites, fueling theories about air explosions and foreign aid with German and Russian involvement suspected. Stockholm was directly under a pass of a comet like rocket and the blackout remains in place. Also Llano warns water supply dangerously low as Llano River runs at a low rate.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Tion
Baltic
Peenemuende
Pomerania
Llando
R. C. Wallis
Llano
Queen Elizabeth Injured After Slip Near Balmoral
Queen Elizabeth suffered minor cuts and bruises to her left leg when she slipped crossing a stream near Balmoral Castle. Dr George Middleton said she is well but must rest two or three days and cannot move about.
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Ballater
Scotland
Elizabeth
Balmoral Castle
George Middleton
Balmoral
C-47 Forced Down Over Yugoslavia Injuring Crew
Yugo slav authorities protest US military flights after a C-47 transport was forced down Aug 9 over northwestern Yugoslavia. Tanjug cites 172 alleged violations in a month. One plane reportedly damaged near Ljubljana.
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Belgrade
U.P
Yugoslavia
Tanjug
U. S
Refugee ships heighten tension in Palestine crisis
Two immigrant ships carrying Jewish refugees anchored near Haifa, raising the total to about 3,900 awaiting landing without immigration certificates. Jewish leaders warn of possible bloodshed and prepare for a British blockade and offshore detention options. The Haganah plans to resist any blockade with full force as Britain readies a hard Palestine program including a sea blockade and land actions.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Palestine
Haganah
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Jewish Agency
London
Britain
Europe
Holy Land
O Neal Warns Against Reimposing Farm Price Controls
President Edward O Neal of the American Farm Bureau Federation testifies that reimposing price controls on meat butter and other farm products would cause confusion and black markets. He argues against recontrol of grains livestock dairy cottonseed soybeans and derived products as the new price decontrol board begins work.
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Washington
Edward O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
O'Neal
New
Congress
OPA
O’neal
Roy L. Thompson
OPA hikes auto price ceilings amid wartime controls
OPA raised retail price ceilings on new autos by about 7.3 percent effective immediately, restoring peacetime dealer profit margins. The move targets four door sedans with the watchdog noting major farm and food price issues. Additional increases under the new law are expected as OPA offsets prewar charges and continues price adjustments through today's and tomorrow's hearings.
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Wasaings UN
OPA
Caribbean tremors ease after eight day quake scare
In Ciudad Trupillo Dominican Republic Aug 12 four Earth tremors rocked the island early this morning at 4 31. Shocks have diminished in both frequency and intensity over the last 48 hours with no damage reported.
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Ciudad Trupillo
Dominican Republic
Caribbean
Milk Buyers Plan Strike Against Prices in Amarillo
An Amarillo group considers a buyer's strike on milk prices and gathers facts on production and processing costs. They contact farmers, processors, and weather officials to assess milk costs and rainfall impacts in the milkshed amid a 2 cent per quart price rise.
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OPA
Amarillo
Weather Bureau
J. R. Marier
Lyman Hall
Truman Abandons Plan to Seize Case Plants
The White House said President Truman will not seize the J. S. Case Co farm machinery plants amid a six month strike over wages. Officials expect Allis-Chalmers could face the same decision. The move follows prior recommendations by Schweffenbach and Anderson, stressing public welfare and noting it is not a national emergency. Labor Department conciliatory efforts continue.
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Washington
U.2
White House
Truman
J. S. Case Co
Charles G. Ross
Case
Allis-Chalmers Corp
Allis-Chalmers
Lewis B. Schweflenbach
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Ross
Labor Department
John Raef Wins News Tip Contest With First Report
John Raef of 739 North Mirror reported a windstorm damage at Municipal Airport winning 5 dollars for best News Tip of last week. Second prize of 3 goes to Mrs. Elmer Sharp for tip on a car incident on North East Eighth Avenue. Others listed tipsters include Sue Smith and many residents. Lumber and insurance ads appear at article end.
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John Raef
North Mirror
Municipal
Elmer Sharp
North Cleveland
North East Eighth Avenue
Sue Smith
van Buren
Stony W. Jackson, Jr
Daniel Elliot
North Florida
S. Phipps
North Arthur
J. A. Caples
Lincoln
A. B
Argentine doctor Ivanissevich leaves for ambassador post
Buenos Aires reports that Dr. Oscar Ivanissevich departed for Washington to take up the Argentine ambassador role.
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Buenos Aires
Oscar Ivanissevich
Washington
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and warm through today and Tuesday with strong southerly winds diminishing this afternoon. West Texas fair today to Tuesday with no major temperature change. New Mexico partly cloudy today and Tuesday with scattered mountain showers and storms, warmer north of the continental divide on Tuesday. Highs range 175-85 in the northwest to 90-100 in the southeast. Precipitation 0.04 inch.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
West Portion
Continental Divide
Regal Co Rea Estate and Loans
Regal Co. engages in real estate and loan services offering property sales and financing options. The firm markets mortgages for homes and commercial properties while handling title work and escrow tasks through its offices.
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E. A. Regal Co., Rea Estate and Loans
LaFollette Seeks GOP Nomination in Wisconsin Primary
Senator Robert M. LaFollette Jr faces Circuit Judge Joseph R. McCarthy in a tight Wisconsin GOP senatorial primary. The contest draws national interest as Taft endorses McCarthy ahead of a week with Vermont and Delaware races.
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Washington
Robert M. LaFollette, Jr
Senate
Wisconsin
LaFollette
GOP
Joseph R. McCarthy
Marine Corps
Vermont
South Carolina
Delaware
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Truman
Tom Coleman
McCarthy
Byrnes chairing peace conference faces Soviet challenge
Secretary of State Byrnes took over as chair of the peace conference and awarded Yugoslavia speaking rights to respond to Italy’s plea for softened terms. The Soviets protested, demanding immediate debate on the Italian declaration and equal right for all delegations to speak.
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Paris
Byrnes
Yugoslavia
Frince
Georges Bidault
A. Y. Vishinsky
Dumas Sees Light Rain Amid Panhandle Weather
Amarillo measured a light .04 inch shower yesterday while nearby towns reported higher totals. Dumas and Miami logged .14 inches, Pampa .11, Woodward Oklahoma .23 and Elk City .17 inches as a cooler air mass moved through the region before returning to hot conditions.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Dumas
Miami
Pampa
Woodward
Okla
Elk City
Eye Operation on Deaf-Mute Appears Successful
Brownwood Aug 12 A U P report says the operation on the right eye of Joe Dewees deaf mute was apparently successful. The surgeon said Dewees saw his nurse’s face and hands when the bandage was removed. He is very happy and hospitalized at Medical Arts Hospital. Funds for the operation were raised by the Brownwood Bulletin and Police Chief M O Eidson, totaling 483 dollars to date.
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Brownwood
U.P
Joe Dewees
Dewees
Medical Arts Hospital
Brownwood Bulletin
M. O. Eidson
Eidson
Strikes Curtail Bread Supplies in Two Large Cities
AFL Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union locals started walkouts in Philadelphia and Chicago cutting major output. Philadelphia lost about a million loaves daily across 13 plants, feeding four million people. In Chicago about 360 small shops shut down, reducing bread supply by roughly 20 percent.
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Associated Press
AFL Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union
Philadelphia
Chicago
Smuts to Lead South African Delegation to Peace Conference
Prime Minister Jan Smuts will arrive in Paris next Monday to head the South African delegation at the peace conference. Smuts previously participated in the 1919 peace talks.
Operetta The Mikado Opens in Tokyo for Allied Audience
The Mikado opened tonight in Tokyo as the most elaborate theatrical production of the occupation, performed for a strictly Allied audience after prior bans in Japan by the supersensitive authorities.
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Japan
Tokyo
Postpone Strike At Campbell Soup Plant
Federal conciliators announced a 24 hour postponement of the CIO planned strike at the Campbell Soup Company plant in Camden New Jersey scheduled for 5 AM EDT. The action was set by the union, delaying potential labor disruption and labor negotiations continue.
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Washington
CIO
Camden
N. J
Campbell Soup Company
Filipino war crimes trial convict beheading four Panay civilians
Manila August 12 Jiro Motoki former Japanese army captain was found guilty of beheading four Filipino civilians on Panay Island in 1944. He received a life sentence from the war crimes commission.
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Manila
Jiro Motoki
Panay Island
Hole in City Street Sparks Injury Claim
Mrs. Mary Harris sought 150 from the city for injuries after slipping in a street hole in Houston. City officials said no record of the hole exists and recommended against payment.
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Houston
Mary Harris
Bandits Cornered After Four Day Manhunt in Kiamichi Mountains
Two bank robbers who seized about $33,000 from the First National Bank of Walters were trapped in the Kiamichi Mountains in southeast Oklahoma after a four day chase. Police and bloodhounds followed fresh tracks as heat and dry ground hindered the pursuit, forcing officers to close in despite dangerous undergrowth and a volatile confrontation.
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Atoka
Okla
Kiamichi
First National Bank
Walters
Government Posts $1.27 Billion Deficit in 38 Days
The government ran a deficit of about $1.27 billion in the first 38 days of the current fiscal year, about two thirds of President Truman's full year estimate of $1.9 billion.
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Washington
UPI
Truman
War Assets Administration rejected $800 offer for refrigerators
Benjamin F. Fields testified that the War Assets Administration declined his bid of 800 per unit for 181 surplus refrigerators and later offered them at 295 each. He said the price gap would cost the government about 91405, and noted WAA letters and ongoing investigations involve large sums.
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Washington
Benjamin F. Fields
War Assets Administration
Fields
Senate
Special
House Committee
Slaughter
Missouri Democrat
WAA
Philadelphia
William J. Gilrein
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SRKS
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Rome
John C. H. Lee
Transport Command
Vienna
Naples
Army
London Daily Telegraph
King Features Syndicate
The
Washington Star
China
Ap Ana Up
Texas
NEA
Price Chaos Farm Bureau
Margaret Fields
Goodyear
Akron
Caribbean Island
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes, Insurance
U.S Weather Bureau
Committee
High D. Wise, Jr
Gilrein
Wise
Senate Committee
Mitchell
Washington Democrat
Garsson
Russell Stationery Co
Taylor
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