Prison Break Near Florence Leaves Many For Dead
Two felons killed and six captured after a mass breakout at a Colorado prison near Florence. Convicts overpowered guards, used them as shields, and fled into the hills as a nationwide hunt and National Guard callout ensued. A 12th escapee reportedly remained at large, and a 17-year-old hostage was among those recaptured.
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R. L. Freeman
Pueblo
Here
Best
National Guard
Lee Knous
Oak Creek
Little
Siberia
One Badly Hurt On Slick Roads
Ice slick roads caused multiple traffic accidents across Panhandle highways and city streets. Among the injured is Geneva Parish, 24, critically hurt after being thrown through a windshield. her husband Marion Parish suffered minor injuries. Parish is a Groom school faculty member.
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Panhandle
Geneva Parish
Groom School
Marion Archie Parrish
West Texas State College
Weather snarls traffic and wires across Panhandle
A storm bringing sleet and light snow, with gusty winds, disrupts traffic and grounds air travel in Amarillo and surroundings. Western Union and Southwestern Bell report impaired service as several injuries from icy sidewalks are treated at Northwest Texas Hospital.
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Panhandle
Turtle Pace
English Field
Western Union
Southwestern Bell
Cevrivil
Amarillo
Steve Hudson
Ray Baker
Hereford
Northwest Texas Hospital
Jesse Blue
East Fifth
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
R. S. Scruggs
Petrillo Brag Aired in Trial
Three newspaper men testified that James C. Petrillo told a 1946 AFL convention he had intentionally violated the Lea Act and was awaiting a US marshal. Witnesses also described his comment on the WAAF strike and a claim the Lea Act was unconstitutional. A government witness discussed librarian overtime during extended broadcasting periods.
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Chicago
James C. Petrillo
AFL American Federation of Musicians
Petrillo
George Bartlett
St. Petersburg Times
Frank T. White
St. Petersburg
Daniel D. Carmell
Bartlett
Lea
Cynthia Coyle
WAAF
Em'es
Record
Arnold's Plowboys to Perform Twice Tonight in Amarillo
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys return for a second show at Municipal Auditorium with a third performance at 10 30. Admission costs 1 and 50 cents. Proceeds go to the Amarillo Wire Department Pension and Retirement Fund. Nearly 2500 watched the opener.
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Eddy Arnold
Tennessee Plowboys
Municipal Auditorium
Amarillo
New High For Cattle on Chicago Market
On December 31 in Chicago the livestock market saw cattle hit a new all time high as two carloads of fat steers sold at 41 dollars per hundredweight. The steers averaged 1275 pounds each.
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Chicago
U.P
Britain Expects 1947 Coal Output At 200 Million Tons
Britain’s nationalized coal industry closes 1947 with forecasts of reaching a 200 million ton target as four days remain. Through December 27 output stood at 196.589 million tons, up from 189.822 million in 1946.
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London
Britain
Molotov Signals Possible German Accord with Big Four Meeting
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov said an agreement on Germany is possible if the Allies uphold the Yalta and Potsdam commitments and indicated interest in a new Big Four Foreign Ministers Council meeting. He urged resuming talks on German issues on Russian terms and criticized U S plans in Germany while defending the need for a peace treaty to consolidate European peace.
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London
U.P
Viacheslav M. Molotov
Germany
Russia
Big Four
Council of Foreign Ministers
United States
Britain
Radio
Moscow
Molotov
George C. Marshall
Europe
Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers
George C. Marshall Named Time Man of the Year
George C. Marshall, then U.S. secretary of state, was named Time magazine’s Man of the Year for the year, described as the man whose rise in fame and impact on the news was the strongest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Marshall
Time
New York
General Cates Sworn In as Marine Corps Commandant
General Clifford B. Cates of Tiptonville Tennessee was sworn in as commandant of the United States Marine Corps in Washington in the secretary of the Navy’s office. The ceremony took place on December 31.
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General Cates
Washington
Clifford B. Cates
Tiptonville
Tenn
United States Marine Corps
Secretary of the Navy
John L. Sullivan
Victory In Sight Near Konitsa Garrison Relief
Greek army relief forces pressed within sight of Konitsa where a thousand-man garrison has held out since Christmas against about five thousand guerrillas. Ioannina reports expect junction with relief about noon while rebels shell Konitsa and are pummeled by artillery.
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Athens
Konitsa
Ioannina
Truman Silent on Wallace Candidacy at News Conference
President Truman declined to comment on Henry Wallace's third party bid during a press conference amid reporters' queries. Senator Sparkman predicted Wallace's move would revive Democratic Party machinery in key states and urged regular party control, calling Wallace's entry a purge.
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Washington
Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Mr. Truman
Wallace
White House
Senator Sparkman
Alabama
Sparkman
Congressional
British Troops to Stay in Greece Despite Changes
A British government source says troops totaling about 5,000 will remain in Greece as long as convenient amid unsettled affairs. It is not convenient to remove them now. A second item reports a B-29 weather plane missing on a flight to Elmendorf Field from California.
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Greece
London
Anchorage
Alaska
Elmendorf Field
California
Army
GE to Cut Home Appliance Prices in Inflation Battle
General Electric plans 3 to 10 percent cuts on many home appliances beginning tomorrow. The move, praised by government officials, aims to halt the inflation uptick and will affect about 40 percent of GE output including refrigerators ranges and radio and television receivers. President Truman called the action extremely heartening and a possible bulwark against rising prices.
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New York
General Electric Company
Charles E. Wilson
Ators
Wilson
Washington
Treasury
Snyder
Truman
General Electric
President okays his doctor grain speculation
President Truman said he did not fault his personal physician Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham for speculating in grain. Graham disclosed 50 thousand bushels last September and later asked his broker to sell out after the President order to publish all grain speculator names. Agriculture officials plan to end publishing names to spare innocent holders from heartache.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Wallace H. Graham
Graham
Agriculture Department
Edwin W. Pauley
Army
Pauley
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Secretary of Treasury
Morgenthau
Anderson
White House
Weather forecast Amarillo and West Texas region notes
Cloudy with light snow and continued cold today. Clearing tonight then partly cloudy and very cold Thursday. Panhandle and South Plains to see 15 to 18 and 18 to 23 degree lows with near freezing elsewhere. New Mexico: snow or rain east, flurries mountains, warmer Thursday. Kellogg American Air Compressors at Herberg Bros. 213 Taylor.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
del Rio-Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Postwar divorce rate drops as peacetime settles in
United Press reports a sharp decline in 1947 divorces after a wartime peak. Buffalo Erie County shows fewer filings, Reno records a substantial drop from 11 060 last year, St Louis closes a court, New York City sees a 20 percent fall. Chicago county and Atlanta also note declines amid rising costs and clergy opposition.
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United Press
David B. Roberts
Pittsburgh
Rosie
Erie County
Reno
Nev
St. Louis
New York
Chicago
Cook County
Julius H. Iner
Atlanta
Miami
Fla
Dade County
Cleveland
Dicorce
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Florence
Colo
Turpley
Heilman
Warden Best
Lawrence Oliver
James Loter
Army Tech Village
Pullman Switch
Loter
W. Rasor
John T. Krieger
Rasor
Krieger
Groom
P. C. Campbell
Clarendon
David H. Campbell
Joseph S. Broadman
Rochester
David Hampton Campbell
Susie Cone
East Sixth
Petrillo Brag
Williams-Borce Agency
Joan Marnard Spr. Co
Arnold
Plowboys
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Russell Staty Co
Lace 5 Actionn
Wnal Nis
Secretary of Commerce
Sears
Roebuck & Company and
Montgomery Ward
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