Quack Quack at Peace Parley Sparks Voting Clash
At the Paris peace conference a dispute arose over whether nations that did not declare war on Axis satellites should vote on treaty commissions. Soviet delegate Vishinsky urged barring France from voting on Romanian and eastern European commissions, arguing France was not at war with Romania Finland Hungary or Bulgaria. The plenary session will grant all nations a vote on final treaties, while Russia contends it can block two thirds support on several commissions regardless of France's status. W. R. Hodgson of Australia was named Finnish commission chairman amid a broader Russian move to limit votes by the United States and France in the Finnish matter.
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Paris
New Zealand
Russia
West
W. J. Jordan
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
France
Vishinsky
Romania
Finland
Hungary
Bulgaria
W. R. Hodgson
Australia
United States
Truman
Palestine
Europe
Congress
White House
Clement Attlee
London
Henry F. Grady
Germany
Austria
Question in the council of ministers
The article describes a heated council session where the Soviet move, aligned with the Big Four, sparks a conference row as Russia and its allies confront Western powers and their blocs. Romanian judge Vishinsky’s proposal is interrupted by Jordan who laments the lack of leadership and calls for action in his lifetime.
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Council of Ministers
Russia
Four Marriage Licenses in One Week Too Many
Houston clerk Myrtle Speight refused a fourth marriage license to one man after a series of duplications and claimed losses. The man explained his mother-in-law tore up the first license and later said the family chewing it up also damaged him.
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Houston
Myrtle Speight
Myrtle
Industrial Calm Slightly Ruffled by Nationwide Strike
The strike spread on the Great Lakes with well over 40 of 400 American Flag cargo ships affected as CIO NMU and AFL crews confrontations surface in Detroit. Negotiations in Washington falter over hours and wages, while a Southern Pacific Railroad threat looms and Press Wireless proposes a three member arbitration panel to resolve ACA disputes.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
CIO National Maritime Union
Five Lakes
Washington
CIO
AFL
Detroit
NMU
Southern Pacific Railroad System
Press Wireless, Inc
American Communications Association
CIA
Press Wireless
ACA
End of Water Rationing Cited in Amarillo
Demand for irrigation water has eased as cooler nights shorter days and extra rainfall reduce usage. Five new wells bring total to 30 pumping about 18 million gallons daily, enabling the return to normal supply with no expected trouble for the rest of the summer.
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Moss
Amarillo
Draper-Ross Produce Company
Labor unrest across industries disrupts wages and strikes
Reports detail a 80600 member Southern Pacific walkout set for next Wednesday and AFL hat factory picketing at John B. Stetson Company. Other strikes include 1000 Ford workers in Memphis returning to work after using contract procedure and bread shortages affecting Philadelphia and Chicago.
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ACA
Southern Pacific
Brotherhood of Railroad
National Mediation
Philadelphia
John B. Stetson Company
AFL
Amith
Hasicton
Metr Philadetas
Chicago
Memphis
Tennsciro United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Company
Weather roundup for Amarillo and West Texas regions
Partly cloudy and hot weekend with strong morning winds. Isolated thundershowers in late afternoons and evenings across Amarillo N Tex West Texas and New Mexico. Temperatures show little change with highs near 90s to 100s and lows around 70s. Regal Co real estate and loans listed.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Price controls on halibut suspended by OPA
The Office of Price Administration suspended ceilings on halibut effective today. It said other fresh and frozen fish and seafood items already exempt will stay without price limits indefinitely.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Husbands Best Bet Is a Truck Driver
New York wired advice from Harold Nelson of Nelson's Detective Agency. He says wives should marry truck drivers or factory workers as they are least likely to stray because they come home tired and dirty, while successful businessmen and salesmen are more prone to infidelity. He notes postwar workforce shifts and growing male restlessness.
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Robert Richards
New York
Harold Nelson
Nelson
Manhattan
Man Buried Alive Rescued After 10 Hours in Well
Verona Wisconsin reports Edwin Hendricks a 30 year old hardware dealer survived a 10 hour cave in at the bottom of a 22 foot well under eight feet of rocks. He was conscious as dirt fell, rescued unharmed, and said I thought I was a dead duck. His brother Warren 25 escaped earlier from the top.
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NEA
Ed Hendricks
Verona
Wis
Hendricks
Edwin Hendricks
Warren
Wesley Gordon
Gordon
Amarillo Schools Face Worst Teacher Shortage Ahead
Superintendent Chas M. Rogers warned Amarillo public schools may start fall with a shortage of 19 teachers amid 22 resignations this month. Vacancies include eight primary or arts positions and two home economics posts. registration is Sept 3-4 for juniors and high schools, Sept 4 for elementary, classes start Sept 5.
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Amarillo
Chas. M. Rogers
Rogers
Verdict on Price Lids Deliberations Set for Tuesday
The decontrol board warned against guessing its decision on major foods and feeds price controls and said a verdict would be announced Tuesday. Chairman Roy L. Thompson stressed that prior speculation is invalid as the five day window remains to decide, with ceilings already lifted since June 36 for milk butter meats grains and other staples.
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Washington
Roy L. Thompson
Congress
OPA
Carp Rodeo Catch Nets 17-Pound Wabash River Beauty
Huntington Ind August 16 Virgil Kline dubbed cowboy wrestled a 17 pound carp in the Wabash River with a min now seine. He pinned the writhing fish between his legs and held firm until helpers hauled it ashore amid cheers.
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Huntington, Ind
Virgil Kline
Wabash River
Kline
Hottest Summer Since 1934 Warns Amarillo Weather Fan
Weatherman HK Winburn revisits 1933 1934 records to compare this summer’s heat. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and continued high temperatures with possible scattered thunderstorms. Data shows June July and August above normal, with multiple 95 100 degree days and a peak 102 in July.
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Amarillo
HK. C. Winburn
Gust Theer
Weather Bureau
Winburn
Governor Proclaims Prisoner of War Week in Texas
Governor Coke R. Stevenson designates August 22 to 29 as a prisoner of war week to honor American servicemen who endured privations as POWs. The proclamation emphasizes sacrifice and national gratitude during the observance.
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Austin
Coke R. Stevenson
Eighteen Jews sentenced to death by British court in Haifa
Eighteen young Jews were sentenced to death by a British military court at Haifa and then clashed with police outside the courtroom for ten minutes. Four girls received life terms for June plot against Haifa railroad workshops. The defendants, singing Jewish anthems, sparked a skirmish as they were led to confinement. one youth lost an eye, a girl had both arms in casts.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Palestine
M. E. Fell
Reopen Wage Talks Over Auto Contracts
The CIO United Auto Workers executive board says it will reopen its wage agreement on October 16 at Chrysler and any other firms where contracts allow. Walter P Reuther told reporters the 60 day interim will assess government inflation efforts and wage demands. He stressed a wave of demands is not expected. About 50 to 60 percent of UAW's 450,000 members could have contracts reopened on 30 to 60 days notice.
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CIO United Auto Workers Executive Board
Chrysler Corporation
UAW
Walter P Reuther
Executive Board
Reuther
Former Wife Slays Young War Veteran in Chicago
Charles Lucas, 28 year old veteran, wounded after a confrontation with Lilian Lucas 26, his former wife, who police say confessed to shooting him to prevent placing two of their four children for adoption. Dorothy McDonald, Lucas’s fiancée, was at the scene but did not witness the shooting.
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Chicago
Charles Lucas
Texas
Lucas
Lilian
John Clemes
Clemes
Dorothy McDonald
Wichita Palls
Tact in License Office Leads Soldier to Bride
A county clerk records a marriage license after a soldier hesitates on the full bride name. He asks, calling his fiance as Honey to determine her exact name. The clerk insists on the legal name, and he then arranges a hotel room to finalize the license.
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Virginia Atkins
Veterans Hospital Clash Sparks War Spirit in Arlington
Bradley denounced indifference to veterans suffering and criticized Arlington County officials opposing a veterans hospital. He noted 1,700,000 veterans on $2 weekly unemployment, with benefits lasting up to a year, and warned of harm to the national program.
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Japan
Arlington County
Bradley
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