Hospital dispute sparks townwide debate in Amarillo
A long running clash between The News Globe and Northwest Texas Hospital doctors centers on media access to hospital meetings and reporting policy. Dr Owens and Dr Swindell are key figures, with board president Dr Don Marsakhs prominent in local opinion. The piece calls for calmer, constructive dialogue to resolve the standoff.
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News-Globe
Northwest Texas
The
Amarillo
R. R. Swindell
Lay board members in a tense slugging bee ruckus
A chaotic melee between rival professionals draws onlookers as lay board members stand stunned with open mouths. The scene features a clash of two fierce screwball groups amid professional jealousy and public spectacle. Vegetables raised by W Hamblen at 1519 noted.
East Twelfth notes and varied local miscellany
A fragment summarizes local chatter about an 12 inch okra gift, a plasterer recovering from a hip fracture, and rapid okra growth. It also cites a forecast of higher salmon prices this fall, a Hollywood cafe targeting unaccompanied women with dancing suitors, a deep water well description, and a desperate polio clinic appeal for nurses amid 28 cases plus five new arrivals.
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East Twelfth
Tack
Hamblen
Airlines weigh free meals as losses rise in Washington talks
Airline executives meet in Washington to tackle losses and debated policy on free meals. A study shows scheduled airlines spend about 10 million annually on meals while suffering 29 million in losses, raising questions about charging passengers and tipping norms. Hostesses are criticized for low pay and marriage trends among staff while discussing if tips or salary hikes could adjust earnings.
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Washington
Express yearns for airline hostess view from Amarillo region
The letter discusses Texas weather and optimism about politics with Dewey and Truman bets cited. Farmers in Dalhart area report large ranch plantings and praise for Mr Tack’s guidance, noting a 10 000 acre expansion and favorable outcomes.
Progressive farmer develops new shallow water irrigation field
Mr McMurtry, a progressive farmer, reports enthusiasm for his experiments in irrigation at his property. He has discovered and developed a new shallow water field.
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Mr. McMurtry
Cal Brumley Faces Life Choices Amid Careers and Coin Toss
Friends worry how Cal Brumley would cope with sudden illness. Doctors would answer the call and people see him as a good sort, not a monster. He once flipped a coin to pick between medicine and journalism, and chose the newspaper path, the medical field losing.
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News-Globe
Medicos
Labor Day Rally and Truman Campaign Schedule
Green and Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin will address a union political rally in Akron on Labor Day. The new cabinet member backs repeal of Taft Hartley and will discuss labor campaign issues. President Truman will speak in Michigan and other states from mid September to November 2 as AFL CIO co sponsors plan a broad tour.
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Maurice J. Tobin
Akron
Ohio
Truman
Michigan
Detroit
AFL
CIO
J. Howard McGrath
White House
Dry Ending for Wet Beginning in August
The month of August began wet but ends dry as no rain falls this week at Eng lish Field in Amarillo. Weather observer H C Winburn of the US Weather Bureau forecasts warm days and cool nights with highs around 93 to 94 degrees and lows near 62 to 63 degrees for Thursday and Friday.
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H. C. Winburn
US Weather Bureau
English Field
Winburn
Amarillo
Elephants Walk River Bottoms Using Trunks as Siphons
Elephants can move along riverbeds by lifting trunks above water and breathing through them. This adaptation allows them to forage and travel beneath the surface.
Canadian River Dam proposal to be presented to 30000 delegates
D W Britain Sr Bill Howren and Floyd V Studer of Amarillo will travel to Austin as guests of Dr Roy Webb president of the Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club to outline dam advantages as a recreational facility. The club pledged full support and counts 1500 members from the region and nearby states.
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Texas Wild Life Federation
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D. W. Britain
Bill Howren
Floyd V. Studer
Amarillo
Roy Webb
Pampa
Panhandle
Britain
Tierra Blanca
Driver Fined After Wreck Near Sayre
T Franks 57 pleaded guilty before County Judge E O Northcutt to driving while intoxicated and was fined 50 dollars plus costs. He remained jailed after failing to pay. The drunken driving stemmed from a Wednesday night collision on North East Eighth injuring three: W L Albright Doyle Franks and two others.
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North East Eighth
W.L. Albright
W. T. Phillips
Earl Craig
Sayre
Okla
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Boxwell
Albright
Phillips
Craig
Texans Face Draft Eligibility Under 21 For First Call
Maj. Gen. K L Berry, Texas Selective Service director, said more than 66 000 of the first 70 000 Texans eligible for training will be 21 or younger. He noted 560 000 will register Aug 30 to Sept 18, with only about 4 000 in the 22–25 bracket after deferments. He projected Texas could deliver about 750 of the 15 000 national first induction.
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K. L. Berry
Selective Service
General Berry
Armed Services
Texas
Berry
Steel to rise at Tri State Fair Park soon
Erection of steel for the Livestock Exhibition Building at Tri State Fair Park should start within a month according to county engineer Frank Harrison. One of two large airplane hangars has been dismantled and moved to the site, with the second hangar begun this week. New steel has been delivered and the completed structure will measure 250 feet by 165 feet.
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Tri- State Fair Park
Frank Harrison
Union Recognition Efforts Amid Mass Atomic Plant Gap
Wilson tells Green that only 230 of 2100 workers at Brown Root have been employed in the atomic project. He notes no union has used the legal orderly procedure to help the 115 Brown Root employees gain union recognition.
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Wilson
Green
Brown- Root Co
US and Canada Move Toward Continental Defense Talks
Defense Secretary James Forrestal announced informal US Canada information exchange on a broad basis and planned war production task sharing to avoid material surpluses or shortages. Talks continue via the US Canadian joint defense board with radar network plans seen as distant and costly.
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Defense
James Forrestal
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Forrestal
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Brooke Claxton
National Defense
United States-Canadian
Joint Defense Board
Emmett O'Donnell
Air Force
Ray T. Maddocks
Army
R. E. Libby
US rejects Danube pact as soviet imperialism is rebuked
The State Department denounces the Soviet dominated Danube River agreement signed in Belgrade, claiming it shows Danubian subservience to Moscow. It pledges non recognition of river controls and Austrian and German areas under American influence, highlighting alleged Soviet economic and political enslavement of the Danubian peoples.
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United States
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Moscow
Austria
Germany
Soviet Union
Public Hearings Loom In Hiss and Chambers Case
Lawyers Hiss and Whittaker Chambers poised for a public hearing next Wednesday. Nixon told reporters three former government officials, all New Yorkers, will be subpoenaed and brought here for questioning before week’s end. Chambers, editor of Time, testified as a former Communist from 1924 to 1937 and linked Hiss to a covert Communist network. Hiss denied Communist ties and later identified Chambers as a 1934 35 associate called George Crosley.
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Whittaker Chambers
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Nixon
House Committee
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Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
New York
George Crosley
Approval for Removal of Two Hospital Buildings
City commissioners granted the school board authority to move two hospital buildings from Amarillo Field to the Amarillo High School site for temporary auxiliary use. N. V. Moss cited building and fire code needs during budget discussion. Some Swedish wartime factory moves to caves still operate due to low heat and maintenance costs.
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N. V. Moss
Sweden
Taxes and Communism Furnish Brickbats in Senatorial Race
In a shift of campaign effort, Coke Stevenson moves his senatorial bid from Houston to Austin to discuss a $3,000 veteran income tax exemption and broader tax cuts. Lyndon Johnson counters claims about a CIO blacklist and defends his anti-Communist record in multiple stops, citing a CIO gray list and voting history.
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Baytown
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State Infant Mortality at Lowest Rate in History
Texas health officers report the infant mortality rate fell 39 percent since 1940, reaching 41.2 deaths per 1 000 live births. Despite progress, Texas remains sixth highest nation wide with 42 states recording lower rates. White births rose 22 707 Latin American births 7 186 and Negro births 3 297. maternal mortality dropped over 65 percent from 4.6 to 1.6 per 1 000.
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Austin
U.P
George W. Cox
Siare
Texas
United States
Cox
Man Fined For Sleep on Tracks Near Train Corridor
Fred Letchell paid a $5 fine after police pulled him from railroad tracks where he slept just minutes before a train was due. He faced intoxication charges.
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Traverse City
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Fred Letchell
5 Yr Victim of Gassy Stomach Finds Relief
A well known citizen recounts five years of gas bloating and dizziness untilINNER-AID, a plant juice formula, cleared gas and improved digestion. Taken before meals it blends with food to cleanse bowels and enliven the liver. Sold by drug stores.
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Af Drug
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