Four Firms Gutted by Early Borger Fire
Fire destroyed City Drug Store and damaged four more buildings in Borger, including Panhandle State Bank, Alix House of Fashion, and Leader Barber Shop. Losses near 125000 with City Drug owners estimating 75000. No injuries. fire crews battled the flames until noon.
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Borger
City Drug Store
Panhandle State Bank
Alix House of Fashion
City
Bona Vista
Troy Hill
Guy Crawford
City Drug
al Levine
R. L. Grimes
Bank
Republican leaders push own anti inflation bill in House
Washington dispatch reports Republican leaders dismissed President Truman's 10 point anti inflation program and moved their bill toward approval by the House Banking Committee by nightfall. Chairman Jesse Wolcott predicted committee approval and said if the president doesn’t want it, he doesn’t.
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Washington
Truman
House Banking Committee
Jesse Wolcott
Michigan
Air Crash Toll Fixed At 23 Dead At Goose Bay
Twenty three persons died and six survived after an air transport command plane crashed near Goose Bay Labrador. Survivors include Sgt William J Bujack Lt Col Harry J Bullis Lt J M Bickley Sgt Joseph P Stefankowice Cpl John H Shaner and Cpl G L Harter who was rescued twice in six weeks. Names of the dead were withheld pending kin notification.
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Westover Field
Mass
Air Transport Command
Goose Bay
Labrador
William J. Bujack
Harry J. Bullis
Joseph Pp. Stefankowice
Warren
Ohio
John H. Shaner
Horseheads
G. L. Harter
Fort Wayne
Ind
Harter
Clyde River
Baffin Land
Goose Bay Army Hospital
Truman faces tough road over proposed program and anti trust stance
At a news conference President Truman defends his living cost program and rejects any relaxation of anti trust laws whileSenator Taft accuses Republicans of proposing a broader plan. The House battles over European aid measure and amendments draw sharp exchanges among lawmakers.
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Truman
Taft
Ohio
Wolcott
House
Senate
Policy Committee
United States
Republi
Wallace Would Back Taft Against Truman
Wallace says if Taft and Truman are 1948 major party nominees he will vote for Taft. He criticizes Dewey as Truman’s junior and argues Taft would act to keep the peace but would-budget restraint. Wallace opposes China aid and universal training, urging no U.S. military buildup at home.
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Wallace
Taft
Truman
Buffalo
Robert A. Taft
President Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Ohio
GOP
Dewey
China
United States
New York
Five Killed in Rail Crash Near New Braunfels
Two Missouri-Kansas-Texas passenger trains collided head on near New Braunfels at 11 43 p m. killing two crewmen and injuring nine others with three men missing. Names include fireman Jack Coleman from Waco and George Stainthorpe from San Antonio.
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New Braunfels
Here
Jack B. Coleman
Waco
George W. Stainthorpe
San Antonio
Coleman
Joe Coleman
Odessa High School
Roy Callaway
Smithville
Tex
Will Maney
Katy Piyer
Kansas City
St. Louis
Katy
Mickey Pattillo
J. M. Bayless Arlington
New Braunfels General Hospital
Louise A. Krueger
Paul E. Chesser
Floyd Jenkins
R. B. Ferguson
Arlingan
M. C. Combs
B. J. Smith
Dallas
French Envoy Seeks to Stay in Russia After Suspension
Paris reports Lt. Col. Raymond Marquie, Communist head of the French repatriation mission in Moscow, suspended for alleged misreporting and attacking the government. If confirmed, he faces dismissal and expulsion. Moscow retaliates as France expels the Soviet mission.
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Russia
Paris
Raymond Marquie
Moscow
National Assembly
Francois Mitterand
Marquie
Mitterand
France
War Veterans Ministry
Andre Marie
War Ministry
Veterans Ministry
Ussr
County debates authority over Sunday beer sales
County officials review state law to determine if Potter County can regulate Sunday beer sales beyond city ordinances. Former Mayor Joe Jenkins recalls a 1945 city ban and brief cooperation from beer sellers, while officials study potential county authority and enforcement prospects amid recent local votes.
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Commissioners Court
Joe Jenkins
Jenkins
Bob Epperson
Oscar Hargett
Dan Lowe
Amarillo
Ernest O. Northcutt
Northcutt
Lem Pounds
Potter County
Mr. Pounds
Lawrence Hagg
Tricky Bandit at 72 Robs Bank For Two Silver Dollars
In San Antonio a 72 year old man robbed the National Bank of Commerce, slipping coins from an unmanned teller’s cage with a hooked wire. He was caught as the long practiced trick yielded only two silver dollars.
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San Antonio
U.P
National Bank of Commerce
Blown for a Loss in Postseason Game
Dan Roberts, Corsicana linesman, penalized a Hubbard team five yards after an unidentified Hubbard player blew his nose with the official's red flag. Roberts had signaled offside on the play, and the player used the flag as a handkerchief.
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Corsicana
Dan Roberts
Hubbard
Roberts
Cold snap grips North Texas with light snow
The Panhandle enjoys sun while Fort Worth and Dallas shiver under the season’s first snow and sleet. Snow fell as far south as Austin with flurries reaching Lubbock Abilene Big Spring Wichita Falls Dallas and Fort Worth. Forecasters expect continued cold in East Texas with improving conditions inland. Am Arillo weatherman Watts predicts fair weather tomorrow and a high near 50 with a 24 degree morning low.
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Panhandle
Awaieer Fort Worth
Dallas
North Texas
Austin
Lubbock
Seymour
Abilene
Big Spring
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
East Texas
Amarillo
Walter Watts
Hitler death bunker blown up as war ends
Russian engineers blew up the underground shelter where Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun were said to have died by their own hand. Separately New York club owners rejected the Pacific Coast League plea to be treated as a third major circuit.
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Hitler
Berlin
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Eva Braun
Mexican Cattlemen Landed For Cooperation on Plague
The joint US Mexico commission to combat foot and mouth disease commended cattlemen of Tuxpan in Vera Cruz for requesting slaughter of 10 000 animals to prevent spread. It marks the first large scale slaughter since Mexico halted killings last month and shifted to vaccines and quarantine amid agrarian opposition.
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Mexico City
Tuxpan
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast
Fair weather today tonight and Friday with gradually rising temperatures. West Texas partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Friday with continued cold nights. Panhandle 20 to 24 degrees South Plains 24 to 30 El Paso area 28 to 32. New Mexico fair this afternoon and tonight partly cloudy Friday with no major temp change. High 40, low 23.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
el Paso
New Mexico
Army Pup Tents Sold For 250 At Neely Greenhill
Herberg Bros. at 213 Taylor offer army pup tents priced at 250 dollars. The sale lists Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance as the contact.
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Army
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
Herberg Bros
Taylor
Stassen Seeks Probe Into Food Market Profiteering
Harold E. Stassen told Republicans he would press Congress to investigate alleged profiteering by insiders of the Truman administration in the commodity and food markets. He urged Edwin Pauley to answer reports of substantial wheat purchases as two GOP leaders promised scrutiny. Halleck said the House will review the matter.
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Can
Halleck
Indiana
House
Jack Z. Anderson
California
Republican
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Representative McCormack
Massachusetts
Washington
Harold FE. Stassen
Congress
Trueman
Edwin W. Pauley
Army
Truman
Stassen
Pauley
Democratic National Committee
Republi
Doylestown
Charles A. Halleck
Pigeon Nestling Ventures Into Downtown Office
A young pigeon fell from a nest in Miami and wandered into a downtown street, then into an office building, finally entering a room labeled National Audubon Society after passing several doors.
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Miami
Fla
National Audubon Society
Police clash with Reds in Rome strikes paralyze cities
In Rome and 109 towns, a general strike by Communists led to clashes with police. About 40 agitators were arrested in a single spot and police used clubs and jeeps, injuring at least two. Interior Minister Scelba defended a right to work as authorities reported a generally tranquil situation amid large-scale walkouts.
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Rome
Interior Ministry
National Assembly
Mario Scelba
Italy
Interior
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Santa Monica
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McCormack
Clarence Brown
Brown
Representative Jarman
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Jarman
Lewis
Gossett
Texas
America
Republican Party
Thomas E. Dewey
Russell State, Co
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Chiang Kai-shek
Fear
Laurent Casanova
the Salvation Arm
Connie Marie Barnes
Oren Lee Barnes
Salvation Army
Eileen French
Hobb Barnes
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van Buren Street
Roy Snodgrass
Tricky Bandit
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