Proposals by Truman Block Palestine Division Plan
British and American officials report that the United States refused to participate in the four zone federation plan for Palestine. President Truman said he could not decide without American public support, delaying acceptance of 100000 Jewish refugees and leaving Britain to act alone.
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London
United States
Palestine
Britain
Truman
Soloon
Attlee
Inqury
Europe
Herbert Morrison
Council
Henry F. Grady
U. S. State Department
George Hall
Chaim Weizmann
The
Jewish Agency
Nahum Goldman
Washington
Stephen Wise
New York
Beryl Locker
Elizar Kaplan
Holy Land
Paris
Charles G. Ross
Ross
State Department
Murray Demands Action On Living Cost Rollback
CIO President Philip Murray said labor cannot stay in a stabilization program that rolls back wages while living costs rise daily. He urged swift action to prevent further wage curbs and price increases within the program.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
CIO Demands Labor-Management Conference To Fight Inflation
CIO leaders pressed President Truman to call a labor-management conference to curb rising prices and protect wages and living standards. They warned that without action the nation could face a new low mood as they consider a wage and price program amid the stagnating stabilization policy. The emergency meeting gathered top officials to discuss wage earners’ dollar value and the threat of inflation.
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National Wage Stabilization Board
CIO
Truman
Murray
Memorial Service for Mrs. Barry at State Demonstration
Memorial service for Mrs. Maggie W. Barry marks the Texas Home Demonstration Association convention in the Municipal Auditorium. Attendants include Mrs. J. L. Morris presiding, with 65 new registrants today and 507 yesterday. Decorations from Breedlove Nursery. Also reports on workshops, officers’ elections, and a Cotton World address by William C. Galceran.
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Texas Home Demonstration Association
Municipal Auditorium
Maggie W. Barry
Betty Detten
St. Francis
College Station
W. H. Pondet
Pauline Lokey
Potter County
Herring Hotel
J. R. Hogge
J. A. Hill
West Texas State College
Leon Sullivan
Gus Rogas
C. A. Caffee
J. O. Henderson
J. W. Curry
James Sparks
O. R. Copeland
Cotton
William C. Galceran
National Cotton Council
Memphis
Vineyard Boy Dies of Polio at 11
Mickey Vineyard aged 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. George S. Vineyard of Amarillo, died in the Plainview polio clinic after six days there. Born Oct. 15, 1934 in Amarillo, he was a sixth grade pupil at Wolflin school and in the First Baptist Church junior department. Funeral services are set for 2 PM at First Baptist Church with burial in Liano Cemetery.
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Mickey Vineyard
George S. Vineyard
Monroe
Plainview
Amarillo
Wolflin School
First Baptist Church
Gene
Howard
S. P. Vineyard
W. A. Nicholas
Abilene
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Tol Ware
R. L. Vineyard
Warren Freeman
John Kenyon
George Hammock
Floyde Garwood
Liano Cemetery
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Borden Company
Truman to sail on 17 day Williamsburg cruise
President Truman will depart Washington tomorrow aboard the Presidential Yacht Williamsburg for a 17 day voyage off the New England coast, the White House announced.
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President
New England
Washington
Truman
Williamsburg
White House
Fields Held In Contempt By House Panel For Withholding Records
A House special committee ruled Benjamin F. Fields in contempt for refusing to produce books and records tied to surplus War Assets Administration bronze wire screening deals. The panel ordered a statement of contempt to be sent to Speaker Sam Rayburn, who can certify the action to the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. Fields claimed he lacked specific records, but the committee found the conduct willful and contemptuous. He appeared briefly and then left the hearing.
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Washington
House
Benjamin F. Fields
House of Representatives
Fields
War Assets Administration
High D. Wise, Jr
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
U. S
District of Columbia
C. B. Warr
Oklahoma City
Reluctant Showers Tease Arid Amarillo
Thundershowers teased Amarillo and the Panhandle last night but moved northeastward. The weatherman predicts partly cloudy skies with high temperatures today and tonight. Amarillo recorded 0.6 inches of rain while Plainview logged about 1.45 inches. Rain stations included Stratford and Dalhart with light totals. widespread dry air is expected to dampen thundershowers for the next few days.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Plainview
Stratford
Clarendon
Memphis
Adrian
Claude
Pampa
Shamrock
Dumas
Dalhart
Miami
Guymon
Okla
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes, Insurance
Argentina invites Quislings to settle and boost population
Buenos Aires reports a 50 year plan to admit nearly 1000 Norwegian Quislings and other elites to raise Argentina's population and enhance fishing and shipping. Immigration director Peralta says the goal favors technically superior peoples and may include Polish army contingents. Italians Spaniards Scandinavians Irish and Arabs would form the core settler groups.
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Buenos Aires
Peralta
Red Cross Seeks Nurses For Polio Centers
Two Army nurses on terminal leave volunteered for duty at poliomyelitis epi demic centers. Miss Aileen Hathaway and Miss Bobby Curry were announced by Red Cross official F. F. BERINGER to be sent to Carrie Tingley Hospital Hot Springs New Mexico. The toll in Minneapolis already reached 790 cases with 385 nurses sent there.
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Red Cross
Aileen Hathaway
Tyler
Bobby Curry
Borger
F. F. Beringer
Potter County
Carrie Tingley
Hot Springs
N. M
New Mexico
Striking Taxi Drivers Demand Higher Fares Across ChilDress
Striking taxi drivers halted service in Childress as they demand higher earnings for owners. The city’s 15 cent fare had been raised to 25 cents by one firm, other firms did not follow, then the 25 cent rate was cut to 10 cents. A driver said they would quit until bosses agree to increase profits.
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Childress
Typhoon Lilly Rages Near Iwo Jima Threatens Japan
The season's worst typhoon Lilly raged near Iwo Jima with core winds over 110 mph. Weathermen expected full force hit on Iwo Jima by tomorrow noon and a rise toward western Japan early next week.
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Toyko
U.P
Lilly
Iwo Jima
Japan
Consolidated-Vultee Plans 5000 New B 36 Workers
Fort Worth report says Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft will hire five thousand more workers in six months as production on the tested B-36 starts. Division manager R G Mayer provided the estimate.
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Consolidated-Vultee
Fort Worth
U.P
Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corporation
R. G. Mayer
CIO Maritime Strike Halts Great Lakes Shipments
A CIO National Maritime strike tied up shipments of iron ore coal grain and oil on the Great Lakes with 22 ships idle and ports picketed. In Detroit Chrysler Kercieval plant workers walked out. in Pontiac AFL teamsters halted Pontiac car deliveries. NMU cites 44 hour week and union membership as chief demands.
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Associated Press
CIO National Maritime
Great Lakes
International Harvester Company
CIO Maritime Union
Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Pontiac
Mich
AFL
NMU
Joseph Curran
Cleveland
Washington
Great Lakes Transport Company
Nab Phony Cash Ring Smashing Report
Federal and German police say they busted an international counterfeiting ring headquartered in occupied Germany. Three U S Department employees were arrested in Frankfurt and twenty two Germans were seized including a suspect war criminal. The operation spanned several European capitals with investigations vast in scope.
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Frankfurt
U. S. War Department
Germany
New War Weapons Revealed In Defense Advances
Washington reports two defensive innovations under test. The Air Forces reveal tests on GAPA a 10 foot rocket powered guided missile. The War Department says Doron armor under practical test in Colombia offering protection against missiles up to a 45 caliber bullet.
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Washington
War Department
Colombia
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Summary
Partly cloudy in Amarillo and West Texas with continued high temperatures through Friday. Strong southerly winds tapering by late afternoon. Scattered thundershowers possible from Pecos Valley westward this afternoon or tonight. Panhandle warmer today. New Mexico mostly clear tonight and Friday with scattered thunderstorms mainly in mountains. High 97, low 67, noon 91.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Pecos Valley
Panhandle
New Mexico
Sellers Denies Trade With Beauford Jester
Austin Aug 15 Grover Sellers returning to his desk dismissed radio claims that his backing of Beauford Jester for governor was to win a later railroad commission appointment. He called reports ridic ulous and insisted he has no political bargain with Jester and will not succeed him on the commission.
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Austin
Grover Sellers
Jerry Sadler
Sellers
Beauford Jester
Jester
State Railroad Commission
Texas
Trip Cancelled for Funeral Day and Alternate Parades
The Ama executive board's train to Pampa is cancelled and the chamber offices close for Mickey Vineyard funeral. The Will Rogers Range Riders and Khiva Temple drum corps still plan to travel by bus, while Henry Rietman urges public attendance at Top Of Texas to support sports.
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Amatrain
Pampa
Chamber of Commerce
Mickey Vineyard
George S. Vineyard
Chamber
Will Rogers
Khiva Temple
Henry Rietman
Wholesale Trade Development Committee
Texas
Water Use Drops in Amarillo on Irrigation Day
Amarillo water department supervisor N V Moss reported water consumption yesterday at 11 million gallons, well below the past two months high of 20.3 million. Today is an irrigation day with tomorrow a holiday. next irrigation day is Saturday and watering will be allowed Sunday.
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Amarillo
N. V. Moss
Water Department
Byrnes Defends US Position At Paris Conference
Secretary of State James F Byrnes blasted Soviet misrepresentation of American treaty aims at the Paris talks urging freedom of economic opportunity in defeated nations to avert economic enslavement He defended US principles of liberty justice and non discriminatory trade while clashing with Molotov over plans for former Axis satellites and Italy’s status Andrei Vishinsky answered Byrnes after Czech leader Masaryk denounced Hungary at the session
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Paris
U.P
James F. Byrnes
Russia
Byrnes
United States
America
Finland
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Britain
Italy
Soviet Union
United Nations
Potsdam
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Jan Masaryk
Szechoskovakia
Hungary
Russell Sty Co
Rural crime surge hits Texas countryside in two and a half years
Texas rural crime rose 85.27 percent over two and a half years per Homer Garrison of the state department of safety. City crime rose 41.98 percent, statewide increase 54.54 percent, with burglary up 67.99 percent and theft 53.77 percent. Arrests climbed while penitentiary intake rose 10.1 percent in the period.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
Homer Garrison
State Department of Safety
Garrison
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Arid Amarillo
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