30 Aug 1946
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1946
Page
1
Dodgers return from the West trailing the Cardinals by 2 1/2 games after losses to the Cubs who won 4 0 last night. Chicago swept Brooklyn 4 3 and 3 2 to seize the series. the Dodgers blew a string of late rallies slipping in the standings.
Kenneth Raymond a 23 year old nightclub dancer known as a one man crime wave says he is innocent of kidnapping 6 year old Rochelle Gluskoter in Los Angeles. Los Angeles records place him there Feb 15 with long distance calls. Arizona official seeks extradition for kidnap and murder charges as search for the girl continues.
Van Lingle Mungo, former major leaguer and Tobacco State League manager, receives season-long suspension after a melee at a Wilmington Clinton game. Branch officials say Brittain also suspended and fined. altercation with umpire James Godwin led to field rush and injuries to players and umpire.
American intelligence officers said a Russian backed Free Germany National Committee could have about a million members and operate covertly in the three western zones of Germany. Stuttgart arrests tied a member to a Soviet officer and a former U S Military Government contact, with ongoing inquiries into the group’s activities. The group, formed in Moscow in 1943 and dissolved in 1945, is said to aim to oppose Hitler and infiltrate U S military circles with pro USSR Germans.
Three prominent psychiatrists appointed by the court report William Heirens legally sane. Heirens, 17, faces arraignment on September 4 for the slayings of Susan Degnan six, former WAVE Trances Brown, and Mrs Josephine Ross in Chicago.
Markets at a glance show easy trading with late support, stock declines, and lower bond prices. Widespread movement in grains with wheat short covering, corn firm despite cool weather, oats steady. cotton steady as mill buying persists. Overall rail car shortages hinder movement, top rails and bonds slide while some high grade issues hold firm.
The state highway patrol was alerted in Nashville to be on the lookout for a tall black haired man suspected of kidnapping 2 year old John A Sorci Jr from his home today. In New York principal security and commodity markets will close for a three day holiday through Labor Day.
Fair weather with rising temperatures this afternoon and warmer tonight and Saturday. Partly cloudy across West Texas and New Mexico with scattered showers west of the divide and in the western half of the state today and Saturday. Highs 75 to 85 west of the divide and 85 to 95 east. yesterday’s high 70, low 53, noon 70. Torioe: paid for cars Bob Conley wa Pi tore.
New York August 30 1944 Wage talks between 42 top hotels and the AFL American Federation of Musicians threaten a music walkout after Labor Day. Local 802 president Richard McCann says a breakdown could force all hotel bands to strike, with retroactivity disputed and two week notices already issued at some venues. Col James A Killian of Highland Park Illinois a former Army depot head was convicted by a military court in Bad Nauheim Germany of allowing cruel and unusual punishment of U.S. soldiers. He was fined 500 dollars and reprimanded.
Mrs. O. W. Richardson age 38 and her small son died in a gravel pit cave-in four miles north of Pittsburg. She was buried under tons of gravel while attempting to rescue the child.
State Public Safety Director Homer Garrison announced 25 vacancies on the Texas Highway Patrol to be filled by competitive examination on October 19. The notice calls for qualified applicants, outlining the testing process and eligibility requirements.
A federal fact finding board recommended an hourly raise of 16 cents for telegraph workers and 10 cents for messengers with Western Union Telegraph Company. The reports cover about 57,000 workers from AFL and CIO unions under the National Coordinating Board.
The Rev. Robert A. Southard S. J. announced Chicago today that a picture book life of Christ in comic book form will be published next month to compete with drug store comic magazines.
Paris observers discuss a potential Russia US war at the peace conference. Relman Morin notes grim mood, distrust among powers, and warnings from Molotov Byrnes clashes amid Yugoslav air incidents and a fallen American transport. De Gaulle is highlighted as a constant, urging a clear path ahead.
In Washington Acheson said the United States will seek indemnities from Yugoslavia for two American plane incidents pending full reports. In Palestine Hebrew and Arab tensions unfold with munitions found in Dorot and Ruhama, a Stern gang member sentenced, and Arab leaders urging boycott of London talks on Palestine.
Jacob Menahem Alcalay, the last of 23 Stern Gang members charged with sabotaging the Haifa railway yards, was sentenced to death by a military court in Jerusalem. Alcalay, injured while fleeing, lay strapped to a stretcher reading a Bible during most of the trial.
Washington reports state tax receipts for the past fiscal year at six billion dollars, up four hundred million from the prior year according to the census bureau. The note mentions FE A Regal Co and Neely Greenhill Lowndes in real estate loans and insurance.
National League Philadephia Schanz or Hoerst faces New York Kennedy in the lone game tonight while the American League has no night games. Also notes on lineups with Knerr Fagan DeSautels Hugs on Boston side and Marchildon Rosar Bagby Partee for Philadelphia.
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