Phone expansion if rates upped in Amarillo
Southwestern Bell Telephone plans the largest service improvement program ever for Amarillo if a rate increase is approved. The plan calls for 3 1/4 million dollars in 30 months, adding lines, terminals, and dial equipment to serve thousands more telephones, with 1 900 families awaiting service and 4 200 seeking higher grades. Data is at Dallas, with a decision expected soon.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
A. O. Thomas
Amarillo
Texas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Thomas
Panhandle
Borger
Bell Telephone Managed
Ninth
Tyler
Chicago businessman offers to drop atomic bomb on Kremlin
Lar Daly, 38, head of the Christian Action Party in Chicago, vows to fly over Moscow and drop an A or H bomb on the Kremlin. He seeks ballot space for a 1952 presidential bid, urges war against Red Russia, and asks to be commissioned as a private if killed. He addressed Truman in a public letter.
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Chicago
Christian Action Party
Moscow
Kremlin
Lar Daly
Russia
Illinois
Truman
Senate moves to grant Truman broad plant control powers
The Senate advanced a mobilization bill granting the President blanket authority to upgrade government plants, limit credit, allocate scarce materials, and impose wage and price controls if needed. Debate stretched late as administration leaders expected passage with no major “special privilege” amendments. A pair of anti-Communist amendments loomed, with party leaders aiming to keep such measures for separate action. CONTROLS, Page 4.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
House
Mundt
South Dakota
Ferguson
Michigan
McCarran
Invada
Scharlen Hess Wins News Tip First Prize
Scharlen Hess of 3916 Cheyenne won $5 for the News Tip about a neighborhood dog going crazy at night and spotting a huge snake the next morning. Second prize went to Mrs. J. H. Ballard for a tip about a baby falling from a moving call.
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Scharlen Hess
Cheyenne
J. H. Ballard
Milam
R. O. Kerney
Rule
Victor Smith
Kentucky
Kerney
Egypt's King Squanders at Deauville Casino
Deauville France August 21 Egypt's King Farouk, vacationing with the Aga Khan and guests, again gambled at the casino after a royal dinner. He briefly led at chemin de fer then lost heavily over two hours as bodyguards sought more chips. Guests included Rita Hayworth’s father in law and Milton Berle’s ex-wife. A royal entertainment show featured bellydancer Samia Gamal.
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Deauville
France
Egypt
Parouk
Aga Khan
Rita Hayworth
Joyce Mathes
Milton Berle
Farouk
Samia Gamal
Allied Troops Speed to Korea From Asia
Britain and Australia will send three battalions totaling about 2,400 troops to reinforce UN forces in Korea. Philippines President Quirino said 1,200 Philippine troops are ready for immediate dispatch, with 5,000 more offered later. Britain’s First Argyll and Sutherland and First Middlesex prepared for shipment. Australian battalion to join as part of plans.
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Australia
Philippines
Britain
Korea
United Nations
Elpidio Quirino
Manila
Argyll and Sutherand “Ladies From Hell
Middlesex
Canberra
Arthur W. Fadden
Pianist Ester Johnson Threatens Jail Over Fined Fishing
Ester Johnson, famed concert pianist, said she would go to jail rather than pay a fine after being arrested in Salida, Colorado for fishing without a non resident license. She traveled from Amarillo with husband Arthur Garlinghouse, who had previously visited the area for fishing and hunting trips.
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Salida
Colo
Ester Johnson
Amarillo
Arthur Garlinghouse
Garlinghouse
Counter Attack Tightens Lines Near Pusan in Korea
Allied forces repelled a Communist wedge 35 miles west of Pusan and recaptured ground as North Korean efforts to break the UN line continued. U S 25th Division counterattacked near Yuchon and Masan while Britain Australia and the Philippines pledge 3600 troops.
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United Press
Korea
Pusan
United Nations
Alagicm
Yellow jacket sting kills patrolman in Greenburgh
Poisoning from yellow jacket stings caused the death of patrolman J. Edward Brunner aged 38. He died Saturday three hours after a swarm stung him while he checked a vacant house rear door in Hartsdale during patrol. Autopsy confirmed cause of death a day earlier.
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Greenburgh
J. Edward Brunner
Brunner
Hartsdale
Weather forecast for Amarillo area and West Texas
US Weather Bureau reports partly cloudy conditions through today and Tuesday. Temps rise with highs around 83 today and 87 tomorrow, a 03 of an inch precipitation recorded yesterday. Scattered showers possible in Panhandle and South Plains with warmer trend across West Texas and New Mexico through Tuesday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
Uniper
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Fir Lumber Prices and Supplier Details
Fir 2x4 and 2x6 offered at seven dollars ninety five cents per hundred by Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co. Located at 1200 West 6th, the ad provides the price and business address for customers seeking rough stock lumber.
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Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
Strikes Close Rail Terminals In Three Cities
In Washington on August 21 trainmen walked out at three key terminals, prompting President Truman to task John R. Steelman with renewed efforts to avert a nationwide railroad strike over wages and hours. The five day action idled about 1,400 workers in Louisville and St Paul as freight shifted to trucks and buses carried passengers.
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Washington
Truman
John R. Steelman
Charlies G. Ross
Ross
Steelman
Louisville
Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Railroad
New Albany
Ind
ST. Paul
Minnesota Transfer Railway Company
Family Court Now Ready for Business Amarillo event
First Texas court of its kind, the Domestic Relations Court, is ready to function in Amarillo. Judge F H McGregor and Clerk Mrs Blanche Calhoun took the oath of office in the 108th District Court before Judge W E Gee. They pledged readiness to start operations immediately and begin handling cases as soon as possible.
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Globe
F. H. McGregor
Blanche Calhoun
Texas
Jess Dickie
Amarillo
W. E. Gee
108Th District Court
County Juvenile Board
McGregor
Calhoun
Judge Gee
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