Rains Drown Stinnett as Prices Hit New Ceilings
Chicago announced new live stock ceilings on hogs cattle and lambs amid price disputes with OPA head Anderson backing higher rates to spur production. Hogs set at 16.25 Chicago basis down from 14.85. cattle ceiling 20.25 Chicago basis up from 18. Lambs around 19.00 on Chicago basis.
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Anderson
OPA
Chicago
Paul Porter
Agriculture Department
Porter
Price Control Agency
Hoss
Union
Rainy Weather Graces Panhandle and South Plains Areas
Residents in the northern Panhandle reported heavy rainfall last night while the South Plains saw moisture in scattered sections. Stinnett experienced a real gully-washer yesterday morning between 7 and 8 with another shower around 4 PM.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Stinnett
Lubbock
Clovis
Shallowater
Sudan
Petersburg
Amarillo
English Field
H. C. Winburn
Pampa
Stratford
Clarendon
Dalhart
St. Adrian
Claude
Chemitt
Dumas
Hereford
Panhandie
Panhandie, 11; Spearman, 29; and Tulsa, 1.9%. In Eastern New Mexico. Tucumcari
New Mexico
Roswell
Des Moines
Clayton
Oklahoma Panhandle
Guymon
Boise City
Beaver
Winburn
U N debates Ukraine case as U N membership drive opens
At Lake Success New York Britain and the Netherlands clash with Soviet Russia over Ukraine charges against Greece. The council shifts to a membership vote with eight applicants to be recommended by the United States and backers. Siam asks postponement as Andrei Gromyko protests blocking of Ukraine case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Lange
Poland
U.N
Andrei A. Gromyko
Britain
Netherlands
Ukraine
Greece
Albania
U. N
Bread Price Cut Announced By Panhandle Bakers
Wholesale bakers in Amarillo and Panhandle towns will drop bread prices by 1 cent per loaf effective tomorrow morning. H A Wood of Mead's Bakery in Amarillo says over the counter prices currently range 13 and 18 cents for various loaf sizes. He notes the reduction follows price control on lard and flour and expects control to return around September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Panhandle
H. A. Wood
Mr. Wood
Mead's
Dallas Kroehler plant strike shuts down seven nationwide plants
Dallas August 28 The Dal las plant of the Kroehler Manufacturing Co was strikebound by the Upholsterers International Union AFL to complete the shutdown of all seven Kroehler plants across the nation.
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Dallas
U.P
Kroehler Manufacturing Co
Four Killed on Highway Near Alan Reed
A head on crash near Alameed Texas killed four people including Very Reverend Father Peter Thomas Sioli of Rome head of the Carmelite Order. Also died were Father Cantarella, OCD and Father John Baptista. Rev Antonio Marino faces negligent homicide charges.
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Alanreed
Peter Thomas Sioli
Rome
Italy
Carmelite Brotherhood
Father Sioli
Carmelite
Joseph V. Cantavella
Oklahoma City
Antonio Marino
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Shamrock City Hospital
Francis
Cantarella
OCD
Brotherhood
Texas
Oklahoma
Cono Marino
Providence
R. I
Marino
Father John Baptista
Shamrock Clinic
Father Baptista
Sioli
Santa Fe
N. M
Father Siol
VA criticizes government loan policy over famed violin purchase
A Washington column reports Paul C. Shure of the Philadelphia Symphony sought a government guaranteed loan to buy a rare 390 year old Guarneri violin for 3500 dollars. The Veterans Administration letter to conductor Eugene Ormandy prompted a sharp reply: do not call it a fiddle.
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Frederick C.othman
Washington
U.P
Paul C. Shure
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Navy
Paul
Andreas Guarnerius
Veterans Administration
Pauls
Eugene Ormandy
Philadelphia Symphony
Veterans Bureau
Ormandy
Shure
Loone
Russells Stationery Co
To Claim Jap Gold
The United States intends to claim all gold in Japan valued at about 200 million dollars to help defray occupation costs. The government also seeks revenue from Japanese exports and assets held by neutrals, with assets held here by the alien property custodian applied against war damages.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Japan
President Truman Finds It's Not All Sunshine in Bermuda
President Truman, vacationing in Bermuda, observed a rainbow at sea and noted a warning about weather. A shower soon followed with rain persisting for hours as clouds blocked the sun at the naval base.
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Truman
Bermuda
Naval Base
New England
Tough boy sneaks into hotel room and plans getaway
In Houston a seven year old boy, calling himself Tiny Tim Nelson, checked into a hotel at 1 AM with four nickels, refused to state his name, and was taken to the police station. He woke at daybreak and gave the alias again while remaining uncooperative about his home. He plotted another hotel stay as authorities search for his family.
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Houston
U.P
Tiny Tim Nelson
Tiny Tim
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Nearby Areas
Intermittent showers and cooler conditions expected this afternoon tonight and Thursday. West Texas areas may see partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered showers tonight and Thursday. New Mexico expects widely scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms today and Thursday. Temperature data shows a high around 76 and a low near 62 with trace precipitation.
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Amarillo
West ‘Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Market Rally Is Resisted
New York stocks show selling pressure easing from earlier lows but overall trend still downward. Forenoon losses of 1 to 7 points narrowed near the close with some gains by Douglas Aircraft Goodyear Montgomery Ward and Youngstown Sheet. Declines included Bethlehem General Motors Goodyear US Rubber Woolworth American Telephone Johns Manville Allied Chemical Du Pont Union Carbide GE and American Smelting.
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New York
Douglas Aircraft
Goodyear
Montgomery Ward
Youngstown Sheet
Bethlehem
General Motors
Goodrich
U.S. Rubber
Woolworth
American Telephone
Johns Manville
Allied Chemical
Du _ Pont
Union Carbide
General Electric
American Smelting
North Ameri- Lee
United States urges Russia as Big Four plan private talks
In Paris the United States urged Russia to stop doubting other nations aims while the Big Four set a private meeting for tomorrow to steer the conference toward progress. The Italian Political Commission approved the late St Bernard Pass transfer to France, a key conference action. Thorpe defended Australia against claims the British delegation sought to undercut the talks, saying Soviet charges have no place here.
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Paris
United States
Russia
Big Four
St. Bernard
France
Italy
Willard Thorpe
Australia
Thorpe
Balkan Economic Commission
Prosecution Rests in Durant Jewel Theft Case
Prosecution officials concluded a brief court session reviewing the Kronberg jewels and said they would rest their case until tomorrow against WAC Captain Kathleen Nash Durant, accused of stealing them.
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Frankfurt
Kronberg
WAC
Kathleen Nash Durant
Young Slayer Reveals Cause Behind Basement Skeleton
In Buffalo 13 year old Charles Hazlett told police he accidentally killed 11 year old Michael Gerrich with a 27 rifle while playing hold up last New Year’s Eve. He hid the body under ashes fearing his parents would be angry. The skull was found when the Hazletts moved and new tenants cleaned the basement.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Pittsburgh
Charles W. Hazlett
Michael Gerrich
Hazlett
Gerrich
Halsey Says U S Ships May Go Anywhere
Fleet Admiral William F. Bull Halsey told reporters the high seas are free and U S warships may go anywhere they please. He stressed this does not allow intrusion into foreign coastal waters, after returning from a global air trip.
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Washington
OP — Fleet Adm
William F. Bull Halsy
U. S
Third Fleet
Dur favors more goodwill cruises of American ships
In a news conference after a South American tour, Admiral Halsey defended U S ships in international waters amid tensions from protests over U S naval activity in the Mediterranean. He said ships should roam free in navigable waters outside sovereign limits, rejecting calls to withdraw.
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Halsey
Moscow Radio
Yugoslavia
United States
Balkan
Daily Worker
London Today
Mediterranean
Ing
Poland
Hhis
U U. S
Ocean Powers Clash Over Polish Elections In Diplomatic Row
The Polish embassy accused the United States of infringing Poland sovereignty and meddling in its elections. The State Department countered that Warsaw’s objections are invalid, citing Yalta and Potsdam commitments to free elections, while both sides used press releases rather than formal replies.
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Poland
State Department
War officials discuss urgent atomic energy defense plans
The Secretary of War Patterson urged rapid, cautious planning amid atomic energy tensions. War Department officials were told to craft defense strategies with limited time and control. Civilian Production Chief Johan D. Small said re conversion would not break the mobilization system and could resume within 74 hours.
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Secretary of War
Patterson
War Department
Johan D. Small
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Associated Press
Betty Lou Oliver
Empire State Building
Fort Smith
Ark
Oliver
Oscar Lee Oliver
Zimmer
Our Lady of Mercy
Wellington
Weather Bureau
John Maynard Lor. Co
Bob Conley
A. Regs Co
Central
South America
Fleet
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