Veterans Demand Resignation Of W T College Official
A protest by veterans and students at West Texas College in Canyon ended at noon with spokesman Tiny Teague threatening a general strike if Business Manager Virgil Henson does not resign by 8 am tomorrow. The dissent centered on housing and dining policy perceived as high handed and discriminatory. The regents’ visit to Canyon was scheduled as the unrest continued.
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West Texas College
Canyon
Virgil Henson
Tiny Teague
Phillips
Henson
Burton Gym
The
College Veterans Association
Leo Steinkoenig
Wichita Falls
Teague
Steinkoenig
Board of Regents
Newton Harrell
Claude
Buffalo Band
Regents
J. A. Hill
Hill
Dr. Hill
Rescuers Dig for Victims After Ice Plant Collapse
A six story building on New York’s upper West Side collapsed when a rear wall of the Knickerbocker Ice Co. plant crashed onto a condemned tenement. At least eight dead and 25 injured, with about 30 others missing as rescue squads searched through debris. Police and fire officials suspected a fire started by boys playing in the abandoned ice house. several young suspects admitted starting yesterday’s blaze. Individual accounts describe trapped residents and families affected, including the Lagatta family.
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New York
Amsterdam Avenue
184Th Street
Upper West Side
Knickerbocker Ice Co
Thomas Brophy
Thomas V. Hannigan
Canales
Nick Sloane
Mother Cabrini Hospital
Peter Lagatta
Mary
Julie
Lagatta
Joseph
Santa
Buckeley
Bilbo Named Front for Mississippi Contractor in Air Base Deal
The Senate War Investigating Committee heard that Sen. Theodore G Bilbo recommended M. T. Reed Construction Co of Belzoni Mississippi to build a $2 639 983 Army air base. The firm won the contract as hearings opened on alleged gratuities from contractors aided by Bilbo.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Theodore G. Bilbo
Isissippi
M. T. Reed Construction Co
Belzoni, Miss
Army Air Base
Bilbo
Weather and cold snap across Amarillo and region
Forecast shows fair but mild temperatures this afternoon in Amarillo and vicinity, then turning colder after 4 PM. Tonight will be much colder with lows near 23 degrees, with continued cold Friday. Panhandle will see 24 to 28 degree lows, South Plains 28 to 32. New Mexico partly cloudy with a slight warm up then colder Friday. high 45, low 35, noon 48. Precipitation listed at 0.81 inches? Irregular ad lines include various business notices and skating class listing.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
City to assume English Field management by Jan 1
Amarillo city officials move to take over active management of English Field by January 1 after voters approved a half million dollar airport bond. The city would buy 23 acres and the lease from Thorn ton Oxnard for 250000, with the other bond half earmarked for improvements and new rolling equipment from the Army.
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Globe
Howard Miller
English Field
Airlines and Weather Bureau
A. P. Hancock
Amarillo
Thorn
Ton Oxnard
Hancock
Army
Columbians Strike Back With Warrants In Plot Allegations
The Columbians Inc. filed warrants in Atlanta against three agents tied to an alleged plot to overthrow the U.S. government. Writs named Jacob Shappiro alias Dr James H Sheldon Renee Fruchtbaum alias Renee Forrest and Mario Buzzi alias Gino Falcoo with charges of usurpation of police powers.
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Atlanta
U.P
The
Columbians, Inc
James H. Sheldon
Renee Fruchtbaum
Renee Forrest
Mario Buzzi
Gino Falcoo
Anti-Nazi League
Rescuers Convinced Miner Is Dead in Copper Mine
In Globe Arizona rescuers escalated efforts using dynamite to blast through a copper mine after a slide buried 40 year old John Orekar for more than 36 hours. They expressed belief the miner had died, as a final tapping faded from a pipe chamber.
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Globe, Ariz
U.P
John Orekar
Army Officer Named New Chief of UNRRA
Maj. Gen. Lowell W. Rooks of the American Army was nominated to succeed Fiorello La Guardia as director general of UNRRA. The nine national central committees unanimously nominated him and the 48 nation conference is expected to approve the appointment tomorrow.
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Washington
Lowell W. Rooks
Fiorello la Guardia
UNRRA
National Central Committee
la Guardia
Audie Murphy Subdues Hitchhiker in Dallas Attack
Audie Murphy, WWII hero and Medal of Honor recipient, picked up a hitchhiker on Highway 75 near Richardson. The man threatened Murphy, who restrained him in a ten minute struggle and turned him over to state police. no charges filed yet.
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Dallas
Audie Murphy
Murphy
Hollywood
Farmersville
Corinne Burns
McKinney
Highway 75
Richardson
Audie
War Hero Murphy Fends Off Attacker in Car Chase
Murphy, a 130 pound Amarillo visitor, described grabbing the attacker's hand hidden under an army blouse after stopping at a gas station. He wrestled the man for about 10 minutes, finally subduing him. Murphy later toured with the cast of Boys Ranch and received a preliminary MGM screen test.
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Murphy
Amarillo
Jess Rogers
West Ninth
Tascosa
MGM
Man Believed Lost in War Writes Home
Mrs. Harlan O Blair and her two children received a letter from Army private Blair believed killed in action in Italy. He writes he served eight months on the Italian front, was in a Pisa hospital after an air raid, and plans to come home soon while ree nlisted for 18 months.
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Blair
iArmy
Coast Guard Abandons Peak Search for Missing Marine Plane
A Coast Guard ground party ends plans to search a 5000 foot peak for a missing 32 crew transport plane and shifts to scanning Mount Rainier slopes. The move follows reports of a plane seen Tuesday night over the Ranier area during the San Diego to Seattle flight.
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Seattle
Wash
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Mount Ranier
San Diego
Ranier
Revolt Crushed Amid Venezuela State of Siege
Venezuela remained under a state of siege after a brief revolt against President Romulo Betancourt. Loyal army and air force units crushed the counter-revolution within 24 hours with no fatalities. Maj. Carlos Maldonado Pena led the uprising and fled by plane to Colombia, while one man was shot in the leg in Maracay near the Boca Del Rio airbase.
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Caracas
U.P
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Maracay
Boca del Rio
Carlos Maldonado Pena
Colombia
Three Women Charged With False Imprisonment
Clara M. Heideman of 2901 Monroe says she was kidnapped from her job near Tenth and Polk and held in an apartment tied to a chair by three women who forced her into a cab driven by Owen Gunnels. The suspects Nona Lawson Nadine Bonney and Lucille Westmoreland are held on 1000 bond each. all pleaded not guilty in county court.
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Clara M. Heideman
Monroe
Heideman
Potter County
Nona Lawson
West Seventh
Nadine Bonney
North Hayes
Lucille Westmoreland
Arthur
Gunnels
Bill Adams
Clara Heideman
Black Eye Birthday Gift Triggers Eloise Mack Divorce
Eloise Mack testifies that her husband Leon Goodman a stage manager returned home on her birthday with two blackened eyes and a divorce followed. The trial centered on alleged abuse and the couple’s marital breakdown in Los Angeles.
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Eloise
Los Angeles
Eloise Mack
Leon Goodman
Truman restructures war emergency setup and offices
President Truman announced a broad reorganization of wartime controls. He created the Office of Temporary Controls led by Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming and named John R. Steelman as Assistant to the President. He dissolved the Wage Stabilization and Economic Stabilization Boards, kept rent controls, and deferred any immediate rent ceilings increase.
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Washington
Truman
John R. Steelman
Philip B. Fleming
OPA
OWMA
Civilian Production Administration
Steelman
Mr. Truman
Raymond M. Foley
Frank R. Creedon
Wilson W. Wyatt
RFC
Wage Stabilization Board
Economic Stabilization Board
President Regroups Offices New Duties Assigned
The President reorganizes offices and assigns new duties for Steelman Fleming Foley and others. A conference on the housing program with George E. Allen and Maj. Gen. Robert Littlejohn will review the plan including veteran housing and reconversion matters and continuation of rationing controls.
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OPA
Fleming
REC
George E. Allen
Steelman
Creedon
Robert 5. Littlejohn
Truman
Commission On Higher Education
Foley
Federal Housing
CPA
Cold Wave Forecast Grips Amarillo With 23 Degree Lows
Weather official H C Winburn reports tonight’s low around 23 degrees with tomorrow’s high near 38 as a cold front moves in from the north. Rain totals for the two days reached 1.12 inches with 9.1 inches of snowfall noted in the 24 hours ending this morning across the region, though snow is not expected.
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Amarillo
H. C. Winburn
Weather Bureau
Borger Slaying Suspect Quizzed in Hotel Room Shooting
Borger police questioned a man after Orville Watson 35 of Kress died from a head wound in a ground floor Borger hotel room during an all night poker party. The shooting marked the fourth fatality in Borger this year in Hutchinson County. Watson died instantly. relatives not yet located.
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Borger
Orville Watson
Kress
Hutchinson County
W. O. DeWeese
Watson
DeWeese
John Maynard Lbr Co
W.ith
de- Weese
Globe
Blackburn-Shaw
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Shealferss
Russell State. Co
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A. Regal Co
Sk Skating
Roller Palace
6Th & Jefferson
Columbian Head
Tiny Texas
Audif Murphy
Congress
Mercury
Canadian River
Winburn
Tientsin
Haicheng
Manchuria
Ta Kung Pao
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