Election Suit Is Refused in Webb County Ballot Case
The Texas Supreme Court declined to hear a mandamus petition seeking removal of 29 Webb County election officials for the August 28 run off primary. The move, filed by S. Truman Phelps and Blas M. Salinas, claimed officials were unqualified or improper officers. The court issued no written opinion after a three hour conference, with the August 28 primary featuring Lloyd Bentsen Jr. and Philip Karen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Supreme Court
Webb County
Peter P. Leyendecker
Democratic Executive Committee
S. Truman Phelps
Blas M. Salinas
Lloyd Bentsen, Jr
McAllen
Philip Karen
Laredo
Bentsen
Karen
Levendecker
Aviatrix Lands Racing Plane on Flat Tire Before Bendix Race
Jane Page, private life Mrs Sonny Hlavacek, flies a P-47 from Dallas to Burbank for the Bendix race to Cleveland. She lands at English Field with a flat tire but no serious injuries. An air crew and Earl T. Reiner assist with wheel repair and fuel tank sealing. a wheel rim is needed from Clinton, Oklahoma. Page, a WASP and University of Arizona alumna, will depart Tuesday for Burbank with an estimated four hour flight to Cleveland at 525 mph. first prize in the Bendix is $10,000.
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Burbank
Cal
Jane Page
English Field
Dallas
Earl T. Reiner
Chicago
Miss Page
Clinton
Okla
Sonny Hlavacek
University of Arizona, Tuscon
Reiner
Cleveland
Bendix
Hiss Chambers Confrontation Postponed in US Hearing
The House Un American Activities Committee postponed direct confrontation between Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers. Hiss will be tested in closed session this afternoon with a face to face meeting expected later. Committee seeks to minimize outside distractions before any public hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
Alger Hiss
State Department
J. Parnell Thomas
Hiss
Chambers
Thomas
Russia Labyrinth of Espionage Ties to U.S. Spy Case
Washington officials view the Russian spy incident as an effort to mask waning Moscow interest in the Kosenkina Samarim schoolteacher cases. The State Department calls Lt. Robert Dreher’s espionage charge a deliberate Soviet frameup. Ambassador Be dell Smith told Soviet Deputy Vishinsky last April that the evidence against Dreher had been arranged with the MVD. Moscow press feigns outrage as authorities question why Russia waited four months to publicize the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
Russia
Moscow
State Department
Robert Dreher
Department
Walter Bedell Smith
Andre Vishinsky
Dreher
MVD
Soviet charges and the Lamarine Kosenkina case
A news fragment discusses US charges and Soviet reactions to the Lamarine couple and Oksana Kosenkina. It notes Soviet officials’ secrecy with a letter E in releases and questions the legitimacy of charges. State Department sources say the Soviets may back off on accusations of crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
New York
Michael Ivanovitch Lamarine
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
D AQuino Arrest for Treason to Face Trial
Attorney General Clark ordered the arrest in Tokyo of Iva Toguri D Aquino, American born and wife of a Portuguese citizen, for treason over wartime Tokyo broadcasts. She will be brought to the United States as a suspect. prosecutors expect to convene a San Francisco grand jury after her ~30 day ship voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clark
Tokyo
Iva Toguri D'Aquino
Radio
Mrs. D'Aquino
Los Angeles
United States
Justice Department
D’aquino
Tokyo Rose
Ann
Orphan Ann
Army
Japan
San Francisco
D'Aquino
Joint Tax Office Space Offered in Courthouse
Potter County will provide space on the second floor of the courthouse for a joint city school tax office after a unanimous county vote. The city and school officials will finalize rent terms with current rent set at 1000 dollars annually until September 1 includes the space now used by the school tax and business office. Commissioner John Halley led the motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County
John Halley
Johnson Attacks Stevenson as Grassroots Isolationist in Amarillo Radio
Senatorial hopeful Lyndon Johnson labeled his opponent Coke Stevenson a grassroots isolationist in a 15 minute noontime KFDA radio address from Amarillo. He warned that moving government from Washington to county courthouses would alarm farmers and ranchers and warned such a stance would cripple hoof and mouth disease programs price supports and old age pensions.
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Lyndon Johnson
Amarillo
KFDA
Coke Stevenson
Stevenson
Washington
United States
Senate
Johnson
Dalhart
Borger
Wellington
Pampa
Denton
Panhandle
Stevenson Seeks Votes in Texas for Senate Runoff
Coke Stevenson campaigned in the Houston area predicting he will win more of George Peddy's votes than needed to secure the runoff against Lyndon Johnson on August 28. He said he would receive 60 to 75 percent of Peddy’s first primary votes and planned a 7:15 PM statewide radio talk on communism in Washington.
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Houston
Coke Stevenson
US Senate
George Peddy
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Stevenson
Colonel Peddy
Amarillo
KGNC
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Plans for Post Home Drafted Near Legion Hall
Amarillo architect John Hannon has been hired by Hanson Post 54 of the American Legion to design a new Legion home beside the current Legion Hall at 615 West Seventh. He expects to finish plans next month with preliminary sketches in two weeks and will meet the post committee at Legion Hall at noon Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hannon
Amarillo
American Legion
Hanson Post
Bill Gilstrap
B. F. Shepherd
Wayne Middleton
Labor to Aid Home Project Expands Donations
More than 50000 in value has been raised for the Children’s Home with labor pledges from unions to build three cottages and an administration building. Electricians Local No 602 and Southwest Electric Co will handle electrical work, Painters Local 544 and Amarillo painting group will do finishing, Lennox units donated by Ace Builders Supply, and Local 196 plumbers and steamfitters to install plumbing. Construction slated to begin Sept 4 near Thirty four and Bowie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Saunders
Mr. Saunders
Thirty-fourth
Bowie
Tor Saunders
Local No 602
Fo Lahny
Harold Hamilton
Southwest Electric Co
West Sixth
Amarillo
America
Bineyer
Ace Builders Supply Co
Wooten Wins News Tip Prize in Last Week's Offer
Mrs Horace Wooten wins the top prize of five dollars for the best News Tip of last week. The notice lists several tipsters including Mrs Juanita Reeves of Borger who found her sister Mrs R L Johnson, and other contributors from Amarillo and surrounding addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Reeves
Borger
R. L. Johnson
Cleveland
Amarillo
Horace Wooten
Arthur
John Stalcup
Hughes
W. W. Woolsey
S. G. Gangwere
Bill Shaffer
North East Twelfth
A. Harvey
North
Lois Morris
Fillmore
Jim Weaver
Regional WAR Director To Attend Amarillo Field Deed Ceremony
Col. Carl Wallace of Grand Prairie regional director for the War Assets Administration will be invited to a formal ceremony in Amarillo for the presentation of deeds transferring Amarillo Army Air Field to the City of Amarillo. Mayor Lawrence Hagy said the date is not yet set as plans are developed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Carl Wallace
Grand Prairie
War Assets Administration
Amarillo
Amarillo Army Air Field
Lawrence Hagy
Hagy
Phillips Chemical gains key to Cactus Works in Oklahoma
A gold key changed hands at 12 01 am signaling the transfer of operations from Emergency Export Corporation to Phillips Chemical Company at the Cactus Ordinance Works near Etter. Phillips plans a 20 year lease plus expansion doubling ammonia capacity and hiring up to 600 within a year while most workers may keep their jobs.
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Emergency Export Corporation
Ross Thomas
G. G. Overfell
Phillips Chemical Company
McCullough
Cactus
City Lake Rebounds in Amarillo Surface Water Rises
City Lake in Amarillo has risen from almost dry to a depth of 15 percent of a foot, measuring 300 to 400 yards wide and about a half mile long. City Manager N. V. Moss cites two rises in Palo Duro Creek over the weekend as the cause, with 10 wells on site expected to show higher levels soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
N. V. Moss
Moss
Palo Duro
Wildorado
Vega
Adrain
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast predicts fair conditions in Amarillo and vicinity this afternoon to tonight and Tuesday with mild temperatures. West Texas shows partly cloudy skies with scattered showers mainly south and east, little temperature change overall. New Mexico expects partly cloudy skies with isolated thundershowers, warmer in the northeast. Highs reach 85 to 95 in the north, 90 to 100 in the south. yesterday’s high was 86 and low 63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Vicnity
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Amarillo Welcomes New Police Patrolman Chester Poindexter
Chester E Poindexter aged 29 joins the Amarillo Police Department as a patrolman. He reported for duty Sunday night and is stationed at 903 B Jefferson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester E. Poindexter
Jefferson
Amarillo
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Texas National Guard
Dick Anderson
Carolina
Camp Hood
Selden Simpson
Dudley Hill
Don Schomburg
Aviatrix
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
Ernoon
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Gilad Iron Ironers
U.S
Dace
Associated Press
Great Plains
Babe
United Press Empire
Ruth
Ted
Bob Heston
Herring Hotel
Bulletin
Coke
St Russells
Fred Farr
North Cleveland
C. A. Turner
West Fifteenth
William A. Goetz
Lincoln
T. B. Roberts
Rivers Road
Dorothy Haddock
East Fourteenth
Williams-Boyce Agency
Amarillo Field
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Chrisy
Phillips
City Lake
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