Second U S Plane Targeted Near Trieste Amid Border Tensions
Reports from Trieste and Belgrade describe American air and ground clashes with Yugoslav forces. An Army transport reported anti-aircraft fire near the Yugoslav border, following a prior incident in which a C-47 was fired upon. In Washington, the United States accused Yugoslav troops of illegal entry and unprovoked fire in the Allied zone. Also, Philadelphia officer Philip Pourton, a 26-year veteran, delivered his 25th baby yesterday.
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Tito
U. S
Vienna
Udine
Belgrade
Richard C. Patterson
Yugoslavia
Washington
United States
State Department
Foreign Office
Harold Shantz
Philadelphia
Philip Pourton
Mr. Stork
Frances Bova
Globe Adds 5 O'clock Street Edition In Amarillo
The Globe launches a 5 o'clock street edition with late news, markets, sports and a new Bruce Gentry comic strip. Home edition remains 2:30. Daily News 8:30 p.m. edition ends. morning paper starts at 10. Newsprint remains scarce and rationing continues.
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the Globe
Bruce Gentry
Airlines
Globe
Amarillo
Pardons Sought for Pendergast Machine Members
Seventeen members of the Pendergast political machine have pardon petitions pending before President Truman. Truman has already granted 15 pardons to machine members, with seven earlier pardons by Roosevelt. A presidential pardon would allow restoration of civil rights, enabling voting and holding office if approved.
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Washington
Thomas J. Pendergast
Missouri
Truman
Roosevelt
State of
Rainstorm Lifts Panhandle Farms After Two Months Dry
Generous downpours across the Panhandle north of the Tulsa Hereford line boost soil moisture after a long drought. Measurements trace 0.01 to 1.19 inches at multiple stations including Dalhart Pampa Hereford and Amarillo with English Field recording 1.58 inches for August. The storm ends a dry spell but August totals remain below normal.
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Panhandle
Tulsa
Hereford
H. C. Winburn
Amarillo
Dalhart
Pampa
Dumas
Clayton
N. M
English Field
Winburn
Drouth
Claude
Shamrock
Clarendon
Miami
Spearman
Stratford
Perryton
Oklahoma Panhandle
Boise City
Guymon
Ambush by Negroes in Mississippi Sparks Passenger Wounds
A posse of 200 to 300 men closed on a swamp hideout after a deputy sheriff and three other white men were wounded in a racial clash near Magee Mississippi. Deputy Green Hester was seriously wounded. Gaston H Sullivan City Marshal Wilson Dickerson and Cree Ainsworth were also hurt. State Patrolmen Hopkins and Willis survived shotgun fire at Craft home.
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Magee
Miss
Green Hester
Smith County
Gaston H. Sullivan
Wilson Dickerson
Mize
Cree Ainsworth
Sullivan Hollow
Jackson
Hattiesburg
O. J. Biglane
Ellis Bishop
Sullivan
Andy Hopkins
M. 8S
Willis
Stevenson May Enter Race In Word On Race Runoff
Gov. Coke R. Stevenson may join the runoff between Beauford H. Jester and Homer P. Rainey to defend his administration. He said he would announce plans tomorrow and has not negotiated radio time. Rainey headquarters announced Rabin T Wilson will discuss Rainey’s stand against socialized medicine on a Texas Quality Network radio broadcast.
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Coke R. Stevenson
Beetween Beauford H. Jester
Homer P. Rainey
Stevenson
Texas Quality Network
L. A. Woods
Homer Rainey
Co. R. Shaw
Rainey
Calcutta Riots Slow as Slaughter Continues
Moslems and Hindus clash in Calcutta amid ghastly riots over independence offer. Four days of violence have left thousands dead and wounded, with mobs looting, women raped, and boats burned as troops and tanks attempt to restore order.
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Calcutta
Seven Die In Tornado At Wells And Camp
Rescuers counted seven dead and 66 injured after two freak tornadoes struck a Wells tourist camp and the surrounding area near Mankato Minnesota. Ray Melvin, owner of a nearby turkey farm, died in hospital as six thousand of his turkeys vanished. The twin twisters, within an hour, wrecked autos roofs and buildings causing about three million dollars in damage.
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Mankato
Minn
U.P
Wells
Here
Ray Melvin
Melvin
Wheat crop of 12 European nations will top last year
The Agriculture Department estimated that the 1946 wheat crop of 12 European nations will exceed 1945 by more than 30 percent. Total production is about 830 million bushels, up from 647 million last year, though Europe will continue to rely on the United States and other major producers for substantial supplies next winter and spring.
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Washington
U.P
Agriculture Department
Department
Europe
United States
OPA approves six percent rise for household refrigerators
The Office of Price Administration authorizes a 6 percent price increase for household mechanical refrigerators from 10 to 12 dollars for a standard box. Consumers will face the higher prices as dealers stock new tagged units. Meantime the three man decontrol boards resume talks on restoring ceilings for meats dairy grain cottonseed soybeans and related products with a 6 pm Amarillo deadline looming.
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OPA
Peace Conference Enters Fourth Week In Low Gear
In Paris on August 19 the peace conference entered its fourth week with slow motion as the Italian economic committee discussed division of treaty chapters between itself and the political committee. Finnish and Hungarian treaty committees also began deliberations.
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Paris
News Tip Winners Named At Amarillo Church Incident
John McGee wins five dollars for reporting a flying ant attack at West Amarillo Christian Church. Jim Beasley receives two dollars for tipping about a dog catching a burglar. Mrs. B. J. Tyler earns two dollars for a tip on a man fatally falling from a telephone pole.
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John McGee
Tennessee
West Amarillo Christian Church
Jim Beasley
West First
B. J. Tyler
Route 3
Moscow radio claims British advance near Abadan threatens Middle East
Moscow radio broadcast claimed British troops occupied two Iraqi towns opposite Abadan Iran and warned of war danger in the Middle East. The British Foreign Office declined comment as Moscow cited a New Times article and noted Anglo Iranian Oil Company refineries at Abadan.
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London
Moscow Radio
Iraq
Abdan
Middle East
Britain
New Times
Man
Anglo- Iranian Oil Company
Abadan
Iran
Indian troops move toward Kasra port amid Middle East tensions
Fragmentary text describes Indian troops near Kasra in Iraq, noted as creating a new center of distortion and alarm in the Middle East with concerns over political disorder and potential war.
Severe injuries in head on crash near Conway
Leslie C. Green Jr. 43 of Lincoln in critical condition at St. Anthony's Hospital after a head on collision with a Greyhound bus on U S Highway 66 one mile west of Conway. Mrs. Layla M. Byrd of Groom driver of the Green vehicle fractured knee cap and bruises at Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital. Bus driver Robert K. Kepley of Oklahoma City. All bus occupants unnamed injured.
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Leslie C. Green, Jr
Lincoln
St. Anthony's Hospital
Layla M. Byrd
Groom
Green
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
U & Highway 66
Conway
Byrd
Robert K. Kepley
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
Cloudy to partly cloudy this afternoon with occasional showers and cooler air. Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with rising temperatures Tuesday afternoon. West Texas ends with scattered showers in the Panhandle this afternoon. New Mexico reports a high of 93 and a noon reading of 74 with precipitation.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
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