GOP inflation plan to extend export controls and installment rules
House and Senate Republicans discuss a new anti inflation bill to restore wartime controls on installment buying and extend export controls if needed. Jesse Wolcott aims to introduce the Republican measure with hearings set, while President Truman presses for restoration of installment buying limits. The plan signals a selective approach to the broader anti inflation agenda. The text also mentions children activities by Russell Stationers Co.
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House
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Jesse P. Wolcott
Michigan
Robert Ay Talk
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Senate Inter
Truman
Federal Reserve Bond
Yatt
Taft
Congress
Wolcott
Snch
Wolsott
Russell Stationers Co Ee
Marshall urges halt to German reparations in Europe
Secretary of State Marshall warned that Russia is draining Eastern Germany’s assets at over 500 million dollars yearly and pressed for an immediate halt to withdrawals. He told the Council of Foreign Ministers the United States rejects reparations paid from current German production as a price for German unification. He urged clear American stance on the issue and linked Europe’s revival to German recovery and self sufficiency.
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Marshall London
Marshall
Russia
Germany
United States
Molotov
Europe
Rusia
Council
Britain
Ray
Spoil Car by Not Sparing the Reds
Ed Walker reported his 1938 Chrysler sedan stolen from 1125 North West Fourteenth. The car was found in Clovis, a man arrested, then recovered in Amarillo with repairs arranged. The vehicle was stolen again at second and Van Buren with another arrest. rods were missing and charges anticipated.
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Ed Walker
Negro
North West Fourteenth
Clovis
Amarillo
Tenth
van Buren
Second
Carlie Price
Tod Ed
Britain Draws Another Hundred Million From Loan
Washington reports Britain has drawn 100 million dollars from the 400 million dollar loan first obtained in July 1946. The Treasury daily statement indicated the disbursement today.
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Britain
Washington
Treasury Daily Statement
Forgery Case Targets Amarillo Trio In Liquor-Store Ring
Charges filed in 47th District Court accuse an Amarillo man and a woman of passing forged checks and possessing forged instruments with intent to pass. A third man is held for investigation. The group allegedly hit at least nine Amarillo liquor stores, with 16 checks found on the woman. Wayne Gentry identified the trio after they were traced to Liquor Mart No. 1.
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47Th District Court
Amarillo
Amario
Acvin
Riley
Star Courts
East Eighteenth
Amarilla Liquior
Tom H. Meee
Gayle Rhyne
First National Bank
Moxers
West Sixth
Katherine Mock
Arkansas
Potter County
Jais
Tlavor
Vicctims
Wayne Gentry
Liquor Mart
Monroe
Rome Reds Strike at Midnight
Rome labor unions under Communist control declare a general strike for tonight affecting over 500000 workers in Rome and province. They demand a large public works program and Christmas allowances for the unemployed, opposing a government offer of about 17.7 million dollars with much already earmarked for ongoing projects.
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Rome
U.1
Romé
Chamber of Labor
Negroes Lose Bid for Austin University Branch
The Third Court of Civil Appeals affirmed District Judge Roy Archer denying a mandamus to establish a Negro branch of the University of Texas in Austin. Justice Raymond Gray noted that locate and establish are not synonymous and that the 1882 vote did not mandate a Texas Negro university in Austin.
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Austin
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Roy Archer
University of Texas In Austin
Raymond Gray
Everett
HL. Givens
54Rd District Court
Gray
Native Citizens By Slim Margin Escape Customs
At La Guardia Field inspectors taxed two French poodles, ruling the newborn pups are American citizens born in the United States, while the two adults faced import tax. The case links to broader civil rights education suits in Texas and the Sweatt v. UT case, with a Jan. 14, 1948 appeal date noted for the Third Court of Civil Appeals.
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JE York
Appellees
Givens
Heman Marion Sweatt
Houston
University of Texas At
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Pilots Complete World Flight in Tiny Piper Planes
George W. Truman and Clifford W. Evans Jr. landed at Teterboro after 122 days 23 hours 4 minutes, completing a 23,000 mile circumnavigation in 100 horsepower Piper Super Cruisers City of Angeles and City of Washington. They flew 21 countries with 26 hour hops, aided by 138 gallon fuel capacity and light air-sea rescue gear.
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Teterboro
George W. Truman
Clifford W. Evans, Jr
Air Force
Angles
Washington
Wiley Post
Winnie Mae
Truman
Evans
Hokkaido Island
Japan
North Pacific
Aleutians
Los Angeles
Harrisburg
Pai
Dayton
Ohio
Bulgarian Government Resigns as Constitutional Form
Bulgarian political representative in Britain said the government resigned as a constitutional formality but would be reconstituted immediately with Georgi Dimitrov continuing as premier. He expected most former ministers to return, noting a presidium elected yesterday and that the resignation followed automatically.
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London
Nikola Dolatevedev
Britain
Georgi Dimitrov
Control Board To Continue Deaf School Inquiry Later
Austin reports the State Board of Control will hear more witnesses in the Deaf School inquiry after new testimony accusing a masbor mind behind the situation at the State School for the Deaf. Deputy Roger M. Powell, whose removal students have demanded, testified again as hearings follow a two week student strike. He says charges are unfounded and questions the student council’s reasons for severing ties.
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Austin
State School For the Deaf
State Board of Control
Roger M. Powell
UNRRA Supplies Rust in Greece Prompting Aid Action
Washington officials report UNRRA relief stocks valued at about 75 million dollars sit idle in Greece. Senator Ferguson proposes adding a Greek aid clause to require Athens to hand over remaining relief items for U S distribution. Broader funding for Greece and Turkey may be sought as Congress nears the end of its 400 million dollar aid authorization.
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Washington
Greece
Ferguson
Michigan
Athens
United Nations
Turkey
Bracks
Ilinois
Brooks
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas region
Fair weather continues today tonight and Thursday with little temperature change then warmer Thursday. Panhandle and South Plains remain cold tonight with lows 22 to 28 degrees, 28 to 33 elsewhere. New Mexico shows partly cloudy skies with scattered snow flurries in western mountains and no major temperature change. Highs around 47 then 34 at noon.
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Amarillo
West Texa
Panhandle
South Plains
del Rio-Eagle Pass
New Mexico
29 Feared Victims in Air Crash at Westover Field
A large Army transport plane carrying 29 crew and 19 passengers crashed near Goose Bay Labrador just before midnight. Survivors were unknown. one man waved from the wreckage. Rescue teams from Goose Bay airfield and a Nordyn Norseman aircraft aided ground search in the snowy wilderness.
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Westover Field
Mass
Goose Bay
Labrador
Air Transport Command
Grang Bay
Goose River
France Rejects Soviet Note Snubbing Moscow Trade Talks
Paris reports the government refused to accept a Soviet note that broke off trade negotiations and expelled a French mission from Moscow. The move signals potential strains in Franco Soviet relations as French cabinet members instruct the charge d affaires to return the note to Russia for explanation.
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Paris
France
Moscow
Russia
General Confederation of Labor
Robert Schuman
Pierre Charpentier
Foreign Ministry
Suspect Arrested in Terrell Robbery Case
Denton police report a man linked to a Terrell home robbery that netted 7000 dollars was arrested in Lewisville after a pursuit. He carried 7193 dollars and abandoned a stolen Gainesville car as officers closed in. The arrest involved Denton officers Ray Berd Rath and others.
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Terrell
Denton
Denton City
Lewisville
Clovis George
George
Gainesville
Bryan Graham
Snow and Freezing Rain Visit Midwestern States
Snow and freezing rain spread across the Midwest and lower Ohio Valley, with light snow from Missouri to Michigan and rain in Gulf states. Freezing rain hindered travel in Missouri and the Ohio Valley as temperatures rose above subzero levels from yesterday.
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Midwestern
Tas
Midwest
Misouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Michigan
Missouri
Ohio
Gulf States
Mercury
Jerusalem
Alan G. Cunningnesota
Ham
Palestine
United Nations
Holy Land
Gevulot
Gaza
Tel Aviv
Arash Jaffa
Tom
Luckr
Kove
Girl Dies Mother Rescues Infant From Flaming Home
In Beaumont a mother risked her life to reach a burning four room residence and save her month old son Ronnie after her daughter Martha Ann Cogswell died in the blaze believed to have started from a kerosene stove. The mother suffered burns as the house was destroyed.
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Beaumont
Martha Ann Cogswell
Ronnie
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Tokyo
MacArthur
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Nealy-Creanhill-Lowndea—Insurance
Polk Street
Paramount Theater
UNRRA
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