Rainy Weekend Spells Heavier Downpours in Oklahoma and Texas
Weather readers report frequent rain across the region with Gage Oklahoma near two inches last night and Canadian topping half an inch as storms linger. Follett and Pampa see light showers while a dreary cycle continues in spots. In local civic notes readers are urged to vote Saturday and the paper relays a missing purse case offering a reward. The letter from Groton Connecticut details a lost purse with cash worth 700 dollars and valuables, asking for return to The News Globe office or the listed address.
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Gage
Okla
Follett
Hay
Texas
Mr. Tack
Amarillo
Kate Cohen
Thames
Groton
Connecticut
News-Globe
Maverick Towns and West Texas Tales in One Chronicle
A mixed column reviews Maverick Town by John L Mc Carty and notes on XIT era history and Texas lore. It recounts Billy the Kid era gunfights, cattle business decline, and local horticulture while interjecting editorials on Russian politics, peach exhibits, and a brief East Coast welfare discussion.
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John McCarty
The
New Yorker
John L. McCarty
J Tascosa
Billy the Kid
Panhandle
West
Texas
City Growth Strains Resources Amid Welfare Debate
The article argues welfare checks fuel a possible childbearing racket as Amarillo struggles with rapid growth. It notes water, hospitals, and public facilities lag behind a population of about 80,000 and urges readers to vote on Saturday. Also details antelope season reminders and a found gold locket returned to its owner at Woolworth's, with custody handled by Mrs. Davis.
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Amarillo
Woolworth's
Virgene Bringle
Neva Barton
Davis
News-Globe
Explosion at Jet Fuel Plant Kills Eight in Azusa
An Azusa rocket fuel plant blast killed eight and injured fifteen as a one story mixing chamber blew apart. Firefighters fought a blaze and military security sealed the site, with victims including Julius R. Hatfield and Jack L. Gables among the identified dead.
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Azusa
Cal
Aréojet Corp
Julius R. Hatfield
Los Angeles
Frank H. Graybear
Temple City
Dick Kelley
Pasadena
Jackl. Gables
James O'Toole
Glendora
Edward Turner
Rajo Morales
Tito Montage
Admiral Blandy backs continued atomic tests if outlawing fails
Vice Adm. Blandy said the Navy would push for ongoing atomic bomb tests to keep weapons updated unless the bomb is outlawed. He returned from the Bikini tests and urged outlawing the bomb but warned against joining any Kellogg-Briand style pledge while the weapon remains in use.
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Washington
Adm
W.R.P. Blandy
Operations Crossroads
Navy
Blandy
Bikini
United States
Temperature Drop Ahead After Warm Spell
Forecasters predict a cool front tomorrow with high near 89 and low around 66 as winds shift. Rainfall reported in Follette and Pampa, with lighter totals in Gage, Beaver, and Woodward.
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Follette
Chinese Reds Ready To Call Halt Mobilization
Communists would suspend general mobilization if Chiang Kai-shek's troops halt their new Kaifeng offensive now. Government forces push along a 100 mile Henan Shantung front. about 200000 communists reportedly retreat northward. Chen Chen commands the advance in central China.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
Kaifeng
Chen Chen
Henan
Shantune
Chen
Yenan
Kalgan
Soviet Denmarks Trade Pact Signed In Moscow
The Russian government announced a new bilateral trade treaty with Denmark, regulating all commerce between the two nations and including a most favored nation clause.
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Moscow
Denmark
Lone Gunman Holds Up Houston Theater Employee
A lone gunman robbed a Houston theater employee, Larry Kent, of $900 in downtown Houston. Kent said a youth asked if he was the manager, pulled a gun, and demanded the theater’s money.
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Houston
Larry Kent
Kent
Russian Agent Spent Year Spying in American Zone
The U S Army announced that Lena Herz Krupenko a Russian police agent spent nearly a year spying in the American zone. She posed as a German and a doctor to obtain an UNRRA job and was turned over to Russian liaison officers in Frankfurt.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Lena Herz-Krupenko
Soviet Troop Watch Near Balkans Sparks Diplomatic Strain
A Budapest dispatch says Zhukov visited Constanta to inspect Red Army forces in Romania and Bulgaria as Eastern Europe tensions rise. A British note on the Dardanelles was delivered to the Soviet Union amid U S rejection of joint Soviet Turkish defense and Black Sea control proposals.
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Red Army
Balkans
Europe
Budapest
Zhukov
Constanta
Romania
Bulgaria
Odessa
Black Sea
Dardanelles
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia Ultimatum Shapes Quiet Peace Conference
Foreign Ministers Molotov and Kardelj met in the Luxembourg Palace ante‑chamber for forty minutes amid high tension over an American ultimatum to Yugoslavia. Byrnes pressed for 48‑hour satisfaction while awaiting Soviet stance on Tito and the Adriatic peace effort.
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Paris
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Edward Kardelj
Yugoslavia
Molotov
Kardelj
Luxembourg Palace
Dmitri Manuilski
Balkans
Europe
Manuilski
Byrnes
Tom Connally
Brynes
Soviet Russia
Marshal Tito
United States
Adriatic
Southern Democrats plot challenge to Rayburn speakership
Reports say a group of Southern Democrats in Washington after adjournment discussed replacing Speaker Sam Rayburn. They eyed Emmett O Nea l Kentucky Democrat as chair of the campaign expenditures committee and sought a rival chosen to unite regional and northern factions. The move faces slim odds but promises a tense fight in the next Congress.
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Washington
WUP
Sam Rayburn
House
Congress
Emmett O'Neal
House Committee
Rayburn
O'Neal
Rules Committee
Domengeaux
Yugoslav Air Clash Over Bled Area Reported
An onlooker recounts a dogfight as fighter planes pursued a transport aircraft over the lake near Bled. The plane spun and crashed with smoke while a second fighter performed a triumphal pass. Belgrade dispatch notes Yugoslav use of Stormoviks and remaining C-47 and Junkers transports.
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Austria
Bled
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Passengers May Ride Huge Plane In Future on Bus-Class Fares
The Navy ordered two Lockheed Constitution transports, each 168 seats and 92 tons with four engines, at 27 million dollars total. The first is set to maiden flight around Sept 20 at Burbank, promising 425 mph travel on bus-class fares.
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Washington
U.P
Navy
Burbank
Markets Rally as Dow Inches Up on Price Firings and Sales
Trading summary shows the Dow Jones industrial average at 196.66, down 3.34, with utilities and rails mixed and closing sales at 1,530,000. Major listed stocks include General Electric, General Motors, Chrysler, and IBM among others. the day features fluctuating prices across steel, oil, and transportation groups with notes on aviation, chemicals, and consumer goods.
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Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Pierce, Fenner & Beaned Glass
Am Smelt & Ref
Am Tel & Tel
Sewsee Secess
Armour & Co
Eésvecs
AT & BP
Secvs
Steensaeee Aan Aviation Corp
Cheese LO O ™ Baldwin Loco
Sess
Bendix Aviation
Bethienem Steel
Blaw-Knox
Icc
Buda Sveceeeees
Burroughs
Chrysler
Lle. Comm
Cent Motors
Cent
Ol Co
Curtiss Wright
Deere & Co
Douglas Aircraft
General Electric
General Motors
Ceeeere
Gillette Razop
Ceeeeeeres
Goodrich
Eesseee Ness
Goodyear
Fencers Ooo
Gulf Pet
TFOM
Jones-Laughlin
Kennecott Copper
Lockheed i
Ios Acs
Glenn L. Martin
Petigekekee
Nana Montgomery Ward
Nash Kelvinator
Cdaweeatias
Nor Am Aviation
Nor Pac RY
Scseeees
Ohio Oleeer
Packard Eeee al
Pan Amer
Esse Esses
Penn RR
Ucseeers Ensees
Penney
Jo C. Cseeseeesees
Phelps-Dodd
Phillips
Radio Corp
Rep Steel
St Jo
Sears Oarheasuen
Sohemley
Sham Ol & Gas
Shell Union Ol
Sinclair
Cubbewentad
Socony Vacuum
Sou Pac
Segeereseee
Splegal, Inc
Studebaker
Texas Corp
Tex Gulf Sylph
Union Carbide
United Aiircraft
Tk T B Steel
Cscccvvcceses RA
Warner Brom
Western Union
White Motors
Willyvs-Overland
Wilson & Co. Caewennnes
Woglwoteh Ois
Sccaencaesss
Grain Table
Chicago
Ckeee
DOE
Titan's
Market Report on Washington Spring Lambs and Funds
Active market with 2200 head of sheep and 19 loads of Washington Spring lambs weighing 86 to 94 pounds selling around 19.00 per head. Spring lambs up 75 cents to 1.75 over Tuesday. natives 19.00 to 24.00. Financial Industrial Fund Liquidating offers 2.39 to 2.42.
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Kansas City
USDA
OPA
Chicas Livestock
Chicago
Washington
Courthouse Records Show Numerous Warranty Deeds Across City
A batch of warranty deeds lists Morris Goltz et ux and William H Brown transferring property to Inez Sheets. Milton L. Rose et ux to J. H. Florey. Mary F. Keirsey et vir to Joe W Damron. and multiple other transfers including Miles Realty Co, Park Co, and John Miles Realty Co. Also noted are district court divorce petitions for five couples and several marriage licenses including Douglas E. Smith with LaVerne Games and Alvin Morris with Betty Stowe.
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Morris Goltz
William H Brown
Wolflin Place
South Plains
Roxie Warren
J. Hts
Martin Renteria
Simeon Urenda
Cecil L. Humphrey
W. J Taylor
Ae. High
Elmer J. Lance
Ux T Geeteta, Lots 7 and 8 Bik. A Ama M. V. Walter Et Ux To J. W. Triplett
Adda
A. L. Anderson
D. O. Bowerman
Hts. Park Co
L. Duniven
George Wallace Barnard
John Miles Realty Co
W. E. Haley
Bivins
E. O. Breedlove
Olgar O. Smith
Taylor
San Jacinto
Fred W. Meek
Edna Meek
Ridgemere District Court
Cecilia O. Martinez
Bennie Martinez
Neema Leatrice Beard
James Lloyd Beard
Betty Morris
Alvin Morris
Delia Wren Dewey
George W Dewey
Douglas E. Smith
LaVerne
Betty Stowe
Joe Bill Littl
Yvonne Fileen Scott
Robert C. Cuellar
Fajardo
Ee W. Anderson
Ruby Euniceell
Ray Ralph Cochran
Mary F Brown
Legion Terminal Pay Aid Stations Serve Swelled Veteran Line
Amarillo veterans crowded the Municipal Auditorium and the fifth floor of the courthouse to get terminal pay forms from the American Legion and Potter County Red Cross. Otto Landis said the two day session extended due to demand and that ex GIs could still receive help at the Legion offices. Buck Beringer reported a larger flow of veterans and that the Red Cross can aid next of kin survivors with special forms, while the county clerk’s office processed 500 to 600 discharges photostats this morning and over a thousand yesterday.
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Amarillo
American Legion
Potter County
American Red Cross
Otto Landis
Hanson Post
Landis
Legion
Blackburn
Buck Beringer
The
Red Cross
Veterans Affairs
Hubert Cole
Cole
Beringer
President Truman Visits Bermuda on Holi day Yacht Stop
President Truman arrives in Bermuda aboard the Presidential yacht Williamsburg for a vacation stop. The Williams burg docked at a British naval base leased before World War II, marking his second foreign visit since taking office after Potsdam trip last August.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Truman
Williamsburg
U. 83
Naval Operations Base
Great Britain
Potsdam
Germany
U S Atty General Tom Clark Discusses Trade With Germany
Berlin August 22 U S Atty Gen Tom Clark arrived to discuss relaxing export controls and new regulations affecting trade with Germany. He met officials and cautioned against rapid changes while outlining potential policy shifts and economic implications.
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Berlin
U. S
Tom Clark
Germany
Boost Orange Prices Washington Increases Soon
Washington reports price rise on oranges to take effect tomorrow by about half a cent per pound. The anomaly notes a market shift as growers and retailers adjust to demand and supply factors driving costs higher.
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Washington
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Polly Parrott
Texas Game & Fish Commission
Austin
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Fitzpatrick ~ O'Donnell
Interstate Theatres
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Ann AS
Bock
Pwmens Trade Review
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Paramount
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Financial Industrial Fund
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