Stock Averages and Livestock Prices From Amarillo and Chicago Reports
Merrill Lynch stock averages show slight gains as 1 PM Amarillo figures mark modest uplifts in industrials and other groups. Kansas City livestock listings detail cattle and calf prices with calves firm, feeders steady, and hogs and sheep showing mixed movement across markets in Amarillo and Chicago USDA reports.
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Kansas City
USDA
Cattie
Snc
Gmc
Chicago
Distillers Balk on Grain Saving Plan in 2.5 Million Push
The distilling industry rejected a government limit of 2.5 million bushels monthly and approved a higher cap of 3.5 million. The plan, pushed by Robert Patterson for the Distilled Spirits Institute, would run from Tier 95 through March 31. Secretary Anderson condemned the move as excessive and Taft proposed a stopgap bill to authorize grain limits until Feb. 1.
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Washington
Robert Patterson
Distilled Spirits Institute
Wass Veit Hechty U
Anderson
Congress
Taft
Gift shipment to Marseilles prompts French critique
In Paris the Communist daily De Soir questioned the display around the aid shipment to France. It argued the generosity of Americans is evident yet the propaganda seems to serve justification of U S policy rather than celebrate the donors.
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Marseille
France
Paris
de Soir
Continued Fair Weather in Amarillo Forecast
Weather report from Amarillo notes rising temperatures with a high near 54 degrees after a 46 degree day yesterday. By noon today it reached 48 degrees while warnings of continued cold mornings include a 24 degree low tomorrow. Skies stay blue and good weather is expected for several days.
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Amarillo
Walter Watts
Mercury
Watts
Milk prices hit all-time highs in December report
Washington December 17 The Agriculture Department said retail and producer prices for milk reached the highest since records began in 1919. Short supplies and strong consumer demand drive the rise as December milk production typically falls. Standard home delivered milk averaged 20.1 cents per quart in 24 cities, up from 19.5 cents a year earlier.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Tax Forms Flushed Down Toilet in Newark Court
In Newark New Jersey two IRS clerks aged 19 and 21 flushed hundreds of withholding tax returns down a toilet. Federal judge Guy L Fake heard FBI testimony of an extensive audit and weeks of rework as 800000 returns were affected. The two women pleaded no contest and were paroled to await sentence.
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Newark
Internal Revenue Bureau
Guy L. Fake
FBI
Yetta Greenstein
Arline Greespan
US Probation Office
Greenspan
Greenstein
Chinese Communists Open General Manchurian Offensive
Reports from Nanking say the Chinese Communists have launched their seventh general Manchurian offensive targeting Mukden as the objective. At least three divisions are reported advancing despite record cold, challenging previous expectations that winter weather would halt both sides.
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Nanking
Mukden
Perry Joy Arrested Here in Theft Case
Hutchinson County officers detained Perry Joy in Amarillo on a Hutchinson County warrant for theft involving $874 taken from Burke Cleaners last Saturday night. He was returned to Hutchinson County and placed in the Stinnett jail.
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Perry Joy
Hutchinson County
Amarillo
Burke Cleaners
Joy
Sheriff's Department
Stinnett
Three More Articles Added To Mexico Import Bar
Mexico City December 17. A presidential decree bans temporarily imported items including cigarettes most auto chassis tires and tubes. It specifically prohibits chassis of automobiles with more than four cylinders for passenger or cargo transportation.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Patricia Cornell Marries Man She Sued for $25,000
Patricia Cornell married Albert Eminizer in June after she had sued him for 25 000 in damages for injuries from a car ride last spring Eminizer asked the court to dismiss the suit on grounds she cannot sue him now The case and marriage occurred in Baltimore on December 17.
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Patricia Cornell
Baltimore
Albert Eminizer
Eminizer
Truman Signs 597 Million Europe Aid Bill and Plans Long Range Recovery
President Truman approved a 597 million emergency European aid bill and signaled a 16 billion dollar long-range European recovery program. A new government agency proposed to manage the long-term aid, with a plan for an eight-member Emergency Foreign Reconstruction Authority.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Herter
Europe
Emergency Foreign Reconstruction Authority
Tulsa to Permit Wallace Speech at City Hall
Tulsa officials opened Convention Hall to former Vice President Henry A. Wallace for a Dec 28 appearance as principal speaker at the Alpha Phi Alpha convention. Street Commissioner George H. Stoner said protests were received but a policy allowing the speech was adopted for freedom of speech.
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Tulsa
U.P
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Alpha Phi Alpha
George H. Stoner
British Officer Assassinated in Jerusalem Violence
British police sergeant was killed and his companion wounded as violence erupted in Jerusalem. The shooting occurred as they left a Jewish case at dusk. An official statement said several witnesses offered no details on the attackers, but clues led to one suspect’s arrest.
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Jerusalem
U.P
Pampa Oil Worker Killed In Drilling Rig Accident
Weldon Roland a 47 year old Pampa man was killed instantly last night when entangled in the cathead of a drilling rig about 14 miles south of Pampa Texas. The incident occurred as crews worked late at the site. Fire officials and sheriff deputies are investigating.
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Pampa
Weldon Roland
Here
10 year old seeks pure bred male collie to pair with his female
A reader asks Tack to help locate a pure bred male collie for his two year old collie Ginger. He offers money and provides a contact in Hart Texas Box 88. Also requests help finding a small white female Spitz that is deaf and blind in one eye that strayed from 2406 Garfield Street. Call 26157.
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Ginger
Hart
Texas
Spitz
Garfield Street
Job request from A P Jackson seeks farm work
A P Jackson asks for farm or ranch employment and groceries arranged by the employer. He provides a contact via Route 1 care of Mr Jim Bible and notes his rural residence six miles east and one mile south, Canyon.
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Jim Bible
A. P. Jackson
Care Jim Bible
Canyon
Reward Offered for Lost Scottie Dog in Vineyard Manor
Kaynell Hamker of Vineyard Manor reports her male Scottie with license tag Jim 2954 went missing Friday. A reward is offered for information leading to his return. contact Kaynell Hamker at phone 4107.
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Tack
Scottie
Jim
Kaynell Hamker
Vineyard Manor
Watch for sale and iron in perfect condition
Benrus yellow gold watch for sale and an electric iron in perfect condition. Telephone 2 2259 at 211 North East Twelfth.
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Benrus
North East Twelfth
Coat and dresses for sale in size 12 call for details
A black wool ladies coat size 12 is offered for sale at 35 dollars. Two dresses described as practically new are also available at a cheap price. Interested buyers are asked to call 2 7307.
Collector seeks Cataract Sharpe crystal and Bavarian china
Reader offers to buy odds and ends of Cataract Sharpe crystal from old Williams Hardware pre war with flower leaf etching and two line band. Also seeks orchid pattern Bavarian china from Amarillo Hardware. Needs cups and saucers to replace broken parts before Christmas.Phone 5644.
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Old Williams Hardware
Amarillo
Dating Plea Seeks Correspondence From 28 Year Old Woman
A woman seeking pen pals asks for responses from a nice man. She is 28 and promises to reply to all letters. She requests letters be sent to G. D. care of Tack.
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Tack
G. D
Two Derricks and Two Tanks Burn in Signal Hill Field
An explosion in the Signal Hill oil field caused a fire that burned two derricks and two 5,000-gallon crude oil tanks. Firefighters fought the blaze for about two hours, gaining control with six fire companies. No injuries were reported. Police said the cause was not yet determined.
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Cal
Signal Hill
FE. C. Boynton
Rigdon Sues Amarillo Times Over Libel Claims
Borger claims his reputation and union representation harmed by May 5 to May 21 columns in the Amarillo Times “These Times” by T. E. Johnson and a May 13 story. He seeks 100000 in damages, 50000 actual and 50000 exemplary, plus costs. Rigdon, Borger based business manager of Operating Engineers Local 351, was negotiating with Phillips Petroleum during a strike affecting the area. The suit was filed in 84th District Court at Stinnett by Mullinax Wells Barbaria Ball and Leigh Fischer.
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Borger
Amarillo Times
T. E. Johnson
These Times
Times
Rigdon
Phillips Petroleum Company
84Th District Court
Stinnett
Mullinax, Wells, Barbaria and Ball
Dallas
Leigh Fischer
Marshall Dines With England's Royal Family
Secretary of State George C. Marshall dined with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace. He is the sole visiting foreign minister invited personally. Marshall departs tomorrow in President Truman's plane the Sacred Cow for Washington to report on the Big Four conference Friday night.
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London
U.P
George C. Marshall
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Marshall
Truman
Washington
American Submarine Lingers Undersea Off New England
Rear Adm. Charles W. Styler said a U S submarine remained underwater near New England for a couple of weeks and could have stayed longer. The vessel carried a snorkel breather tube copied from captured German U boats.
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Washington
New England
Charles W. Styler
Army Freighter and Tanker Helpless in Pacific Gale
Navy and Coast Guard ships raced to save two Army vessels, a freighter and a tanker, carrying 62 men, after they were blown helpless in a north Pacific gale off Adak Alaska.
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Pacific
Adak
Alaska
U.P
Navy
Coast Guard
Atomic Energy Officials Warn Against Work Stoppage
Atomic energy commissioners and Department of National Defense officials told Congress that complete assurance is needed against work stoppages in parts of the atomic energy program.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commissioners
Department of National Defense
Congress
Annexed Area Taxi Rates Set With Meter Requirement
City commissioners set Jan 1 effective rates for newly annexed areas equal to Zone 2 fares of 50 cents for the first passenger and 25 cents for each additional rider. Meters become mandatory by Sept 1 next year, with six months allowed for installation after the current franchise agreement expires April 1.
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N. V. Moss
Lefty Fowler
Amarillo
Moss
Fowler
Funeral services for Mrs B V Blackwell in Amarillo
Mrs B V Blackwell longtime Amarillo resident who died in San Francisco Monday will have funeral services at 2 PM Friday in Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel. A reader from First Church of Christ Scientist will officiate. The body arrives 6:50 PM tomorrow and will lie in state at the chapel until one hour before services.
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B. V. Blackwell
Amarillo
San Francisco
Blackburn- Shaw Memorial Chapel
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Paved street vanishes in Dust Bowl era Huron SD
Four and a half blocks of pavement disappeared in Huron during the 1930s dust storms. City Engineer O. J. Bandelman found the missing road while consulting old maps near the state fair grounds during routine street work.
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Huron
U.P
O. J. Bandelman
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