Tax Valuation Hearings Open as Citizens Protest In Amarillo
Amarillo officials and about 80 citizens attended the first day of the city school joint tax equalization hearings at Elizabeth Nixon Junior High. The board heard protests against increased assessments from local taxpayers led by W A Honeyman and Glenn Mills. Parish leaders and professionals including Dr R Thomsen and Hugo Loewenstern praised the process as satisfactory with minor revisions anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inga
Board of
Hugo Loewenstern
George Hoehrenberg
Amarillo Realtor
Loewenstern
W. A. Honeyman
RG. Mills
Clower
Ste
Technicolor Named In Anti-Trust Suit
Attorney General Clark announced an antitrust suit alleging a Technicolor monopoly in color motion pictures. The suit targets Technicolor Inc, Technicolor Motion Picture Corp, and Eastman Kodak Co, seeking cancellation of illegal agreements and restoration of competition in professional color cinematography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderney
John ¥. Bennett
Jusce Department
Vinten
iNechnicolor Inc
Bastiman
Technicolars
Sonnett
Technicnlor
United States
Washington
Clark
US District Court
Los Angeles
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo and vicinity clear nights and mornings with partly cloudy afternoons and continued mild temperatures today. West Texas partly cloudy with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Mexico partly cloudy with widely scattered showers today and Tuesday. Warmer in the northwest portion this afternoon. Highs around 60s to 70s, lows near 40s to 60s.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Mexico
Wreck Burns Fatal To Second Brother
Lester Bell age 22 and Fred Bell age 21 died in a traffic crash near El Paso when a Hig Lanes truck collided with an Army half track on the El Paso Carlsbad highway. Fred died at the scene. Lester died later at William Beaumont General Hospital. Funeral services for Fred were postponed and double rites set for tomorrow at Griggs & Sons Chapel. Surviving family members include parents, a grandmother in Oklahoma, and nine uncles. Fred is survived by his widow Mrs. Mary Alice Bell.
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Lester Bell
Hig Lanes, Inc
William Beaumont General Hospital
el Paso
Bell
Ite
Fred Bell
Griggs & Sons Chapel
BR & Soatright
HU Lines
Carlsbad
David W. Bell
Ensti
Flute Howerton
Qceola
Ark
Fred
Mary Alice Bell
Eaxt
Dallas Begins Work on Million Dollar Super Expressway
Workmen remove railroad tracks on Central Boulevard to clear two major projects for a north south expressway through Dallas. Promised almost two years ago and contracts set about a year ago. Delays came from negotiating track relocations along the route.
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Dallas
Abundance of Food in US Amazes English Visitors
English visitors Mr and Mrs Ernest M Magrath of Swansea Wales marvel at American groceries in Pleasant Valley while noting wartime English rations. They describe limited weekly staples and the contrast with abundant American supply. The couple, former visitors with ties to Anton Zimmer, recount wartime memories and Mrs Magrath s work in Hollywood before returning to England.
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Globe
Ernest M. Magrath
Pleasant Valley
Roberta Underwood
Swansea
Wales
Amecamant
Anton Zimmer
Angelus Drive
Magrath
Baxrath
America
London
New York
Chicago
Germany
Lsten
Visikohs
Dodgers Rally For Five Runs In Fifth Inning Lead Inning Fifty
Dodgers rally to take a 7-4 lead over the St Louis Cardinals after five innings in the opening game of a crucial four game series between the NL's top clubs. The game held similar scorelines as the seventh inning.
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Brooklen
Brooklyn
Dodgers
T. Louis Cardinals
Tevye
Barbara Wiseman Wins News Tip First Prize
Barbara Wiseman 1607 Madison Street wins the News Tip first prize for a feature on a ranch family that killed 105 rattlesnakes in three years. Gloria Gerber 1907 West Ninth earns second prize for reporting a man killed by lightning. Third prize goes to W. C. Brevin 814 West Seventh for coverage of a 126 pound waterme ion shipped to an American family from Arkansas.
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Barbara Wiseman
Madison Street
Gloria ‘Gerber
Weat
W. c. Bvevin
West
Arkansas
Don Prescott
Front
Leonard, Doyle
Hayden
Paul Masck
Brooks
Earl Jones
FTC Charges Steel Industry With Price Fixing
The Federal Trade Commission filed a cease and desist action accusing the steel industry of conspiring to fix prices and stifle competition. The complaint targets the American Iron and Steel Institute and its 100 member companies led by United States Steel, arguing the basing point pricing system harms consumers and boosts profits.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Steel Institute of New York
United States Steel Corporation
FYC
Justice Department
FTC
Pittsburgh
Pinsburgh
Man Found After Night In Palo Dura Canyon
Palo Dura Canyon explorer Ferry Woodrow Erickson 1801 B Washington was found after spending the night on the south rim with his saddle horse. Jens Wilmering of Will Rogers Range Riders located him at dawn, after a rescue effort by more than 40 Range Riders and 20 horses began when Erickson became separated from Robert Dale during a 3:30 pm ride. Erickson is the son of Mr and Mrs P Erickson of Washington. he works as a commercial manager for National Car Loading Corp.
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Palo' Dura Canyon
Jens Wilmering
Will Rogers
Ferry Woodrow Erickson
Washington
Palo ‘Duro Park
Wilmering
Fillmore
Erickson
Robert Dale
Santa Fe
Dale
Gene
Delbert Dalby
Bean
Daley
Dalby
Tex Thornton
Ot Erickson
Iso
National Car Loading Corp
Quick-Thinking Youth Halts Lumber Mill Fire
Dale Grantham a 15 year old son of Mrs Norma Grantham of Forest discovered smoke from a loading door at Baroofield Palmer Lumber Company planing mill. He alerted supervisor Seth McFarther and used a fire extinguisher to hold the blaze until fire crews arrived. Damage estimated at 75 000 to 80 000.
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Dale’ Granthamn
Norma Grantham
Forest
Baroo
Palmer Lumber Company
Fillmore
Young Dele
Seth McFather
Dale
Jim Henley
Clifford Palmer
Slumber Yard
Wallace Heath
West Stort
Henley
Death of Envoy Atcheson Is Accepted as Certain
Honolulu reports the death of Ambassador George C. Atcheson Jr. and nine others in a plane crash off Oahu. Five bodies were recovered. three Army men and three senior officers from MacArthur’s staff were among the rescued. Rescue efforts continued as search planes scoured shark-infested waters with a Coast Guard cutter joining the effort.
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Envoy Atcheson
Honolulu
George C. Atcheson
S Jr
Atcheson
Council For
Japan
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
MacArthur
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Washington
T. L. Rider
Ponce City
Okla
Col Haravey Huginn
Fairfield
Iowa
Sergeant Holland
Colmesweil
Tex
Lee Chapman Holland
Hugin
Naval
Randolph B. Boyer
Audubon
Minn
Porthsmouth
David Larr
Watertown
Army
Stars and Stripes
Allied
Carlo A. Russell
Richmond Heights
Cant. K. R. Still
Cecil Sigmon
Russell
Karr
Boyer
Huginn
Joint Strategic Man
Grant
Little Johnson Island
Here
Kwajalein
Wawaii
Johnson
Living Fortress
Oahu
Coast Guard
Hermes
Hold That Hem Line Little Below the Knee Club Marches
In Dallas Aug 18 at least 1,300 women form the Little Below the Knee Club led by president Mrs Warren J Woodard to march for knee-length skirts. They oppose long hems saying designers push impractical fashion and vow to hold their skirts at or above knee level.
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Dallas
Lexax
LBE
Warren J. Woodard
Woodard
Dalley
Hernan Phillpoon
Mn Daigle
B. Taylor
New York
Paris
Protest Conditions On Refugee Ships Near Port de Bouc
The Jewish Agency protested to the British colonial office over conditions on three ships off Port-de-Bouc France carrying 4500 Jewish refugees turned back from Palestine. Refugees began a hunger strike to protest mistreatment and refused to land in France while crowded for weeks in inadequately slept and sanitary quarters aboard ships.
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Lunon
Jewish Agency
British Colonial Office
Port-de-Bouc
France
Palestine
Veterans bonds to bulge cash tills next month
An estimated 1.75 million pounds may circulate next month as Potter County World War II veterans cash terminal leave bonds. Rex H.B. Baxter of the chamber cites 7,002 registrants and a 250 dollar average to predict cashing bonds will boost local spending on appliances homes cars and clothing.
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Potter County
Rex HB. Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Draft Board
Veterans Administration
Resident Finds Indians Sitting On Front Porch
Mrs. C. T. Allee reports three redskins on her front porch at 316 West Fifth this morning. A car was parked nearby and the porch sighting led to alarm in the village.
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C. T. Allee
West Fifth
Retail Grocer Head Sees No Price Cuts
Rufus Starnes president of the Texas Retail Grocers Association said there is no basis for expecting lower food prices soon. He noted high food production costs and transportation wages as factors, with grocers' only hope for price cuts tied to reducing operating costs. Volcanic Asama in Karunazwa Japan killed at least 10 people and was expected to erupt multiple times over the next month.
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Rowan
Pearl Harbor
Kenneth Peterson
Long Beach
Cal
Hermes
Japan
Huglin
Radio
Agalt
Panay
Yangtze River
China
Atcheson
Peiping
Far East
San. Antonio
Rufus Starnes
Texas Retail Grocers Association
Starnes
Karunzawa
U.P
Mb Asama
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P. V. Alexander
J. OC. Penney Co
J. Cc. Nesbitt
Thomsen
Technicolor
Williand-Boyce Akcory
News Tip
Truman
Mire
W. Sth
Thoughuis
Rom Rusle
Fe Neelys
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