Laborers Return to Work Silent Pact Ends Picket Action
Laborers back on the job with no pickets as unions and contractors keep quiet on wage talks. Secretaries indicate no comments on recognition while a high wage scale is reportedly in negotiation for carpenters bricklayers plumbers and electrical workers.
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Construction General Labor
GRR
Leslie Hensler
General Contractors
Common Labor
Ed Musick
Amarillo Association of General Contractors
J. E. Nicholson
Building Trades Council
Taylor
General Contractors Organization
Amarillo Electrical Contractors Association
Electrical Contractors Association
Amos Wilson
Firemen Suffer Chlorine Gas After Midwest Blaze
Forty three Chicago firefighters were treated in three hospitals after exposure to chlorine gas while battling a fire at a laundry supply and shop. More than 300 firefighters and 46 pieces of equipment fought the blaze for three hours in near zero cold, with ruins smoldering early today.
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Chicago
Texas Oil King Dies at 79 in Wichita Falls
R M Bob Waggoner a pioneer Wichita county cattle and oil man died after a long illness at 79 He brought in the Northwest Texas oilfield about 30 years ago near Burkburnett and organized the first drill company Survivors include son Robert B Waggoner Fort Worth daughter Maurine McDaniel Dallas sisters Ida Hester Los Angeles Benna Arrington Wichita Falls brother J L Waggoner Funeral services set for tomorrow morning
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R. M
Bob” Waggoner
Wichita County
Waggoner
Northwest
Texas
Burkburnett
Robert B. Waggoner
Maurine McDaniel
Fort Worth
Ida Hester
Dallas
Benna Arrington
Los Angeles
J. L. Waggoner
Rent Control Ends April Proposals Stir Senate Debate
Sen. Kenneth Wherry of Nebraska says he and two Republicans may introduce a bill to terminate OPA rent controls and present ceilings by April 30. The move could force states to enact their own rent statutes while Congress weighs extending controls or offering a nationwide increase. The banking subcommittee remains split on a flat hike with Democrats opposing it and some Republicans backing it, signaling a contested path to any renewal or ending of federal rent regulation.
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Washington
U.P
Kenneths. Wherry
Nebraska
Nebraskan
Arthur Y. Watkins
Utah
John J. Williams
Delaware
Wherry
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Homer E. Capehart
Indiana
Banking Committee
Congress
Capehart
C. Douglas Buck
Buck
John W Bricker
Ohio
Harry P. Cain
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
J. William Fulbright
Arkansas
Fulbright
McCormack
Massachusetts
House
Halleck
Truman Seeks Speaker as First Heir to Presidency
President Truman renewed his call to Congress to modify the line of succession placing Republican Speaker Joe Martin ahead of the Senate president pro tempore. In a letter to Martin and Senator Vandenberg, Truman urged action to change the traditional order.
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Truman
Congress
Joe Martin
Martin
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
Mr. Truman
House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Sam Rayburn
Debt repaid as boy recalls rescue by hound dog
Twenty one year old Sonny Wells tells of the dog he rescued on Stone Mountain Georgia and of nearly drowning before the animal saved him. He describes the debt he feels and the affectionate kiss from the hound.
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Sonny Wells
Stone Mountain
Georgia
Sonny
King Named District Attorney for 47th Judicial District
Gov. Beaufort Jester announced Lloyd King will become district attorney for the 47th Judicial District covering Potter Randall and Armstrong counties. King succeeds Jim Lumpkin of Amarillo who joined the Seventh Court of Civil Appeals. Senate confirmation is expected this afternoon or tomorrow with no vacancy until then.
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Lloyd King
47Th
Potter
Randall
Armstrong Counties
Beauford Jester
King
Jim Lumpkin
Amarillo
Seventh Court of Civil Appeals
Texas Senate
Lumpkin
Cumberland University
Lebanon
Panhandle
Virginia
Lipscomb County
Lee. Ae. Oepete
Olive K. Dixon
Billy Dixon
Firemen Lose in Speedy Game of Hide-and-Seek
Boise report describes three fire trucks rushing to a street intersection after a bystander said a car was on fire. The motorist leaped into the burning vehicle and drove off toward the fire station, then followed the engines back to the scene. The driver vanished. the department wonders what happened to the car and the alarm. Additionally, John Maynard Lumber Co. is advertised, and a judicial appointment updates note a vacancy in the appeals court with no district attorney vacancy.
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Boise
Idaho
Amarillo taxi meters ordered for citywide rollout
Licensed Amarillo taxicab operators have ordered meters to replace the zone fare system. Installation begins when the meters arrive September 1 with all cabs on meters by September 15. The 102 licensed cars are split among white and black patrons, with Zone 1 rates 35 cents start and 3 cents per extra passenger, Zone 2 at 50 cents start and 25 cents each additional.
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Amarillo
Lefty Fowler
City Transportation
Fowler
Twenty
North Twelfth
Philadelphia
Lamar
Yellow Cab Company
City Cab Company
Checker Cab
Safeway Cab Company
B. & M. Company
Chiang recalls top Chinese military leader from U N mission
Washington reports that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek has ordered General Ho Yin-Chin, China's UN staff representative and top military leader, back from the United States. Ho is expected to depart for home this month amid the breakdown of peace negotiations.
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Washington
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ho Yin-Chin
United States
China
United Nations Staff Committee
Weather Outlook For Amarillo And Vicinity
The forecast calls for scattered high thin clouds and warmer conditions this afternoon tonight and Thursday. Partly to mostly cloudy skies span Panhandle and South Plains with rising temperatures. Low tonight 25 to 35 degrees. High Thursday 50s to 60s in north and 55 to 65 in south. 24 hour temperatures: high 38, low 22, noon 49.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Execution Set for Feb 18 Gruner Hanging in Palestine
Dov Gruner, a Jewish underground member, is slated for execution on February 18. He refused pleas for clemency and has not acknowledged British authority. British forces tighten control across Jerusalem and other cities as 700 residents within security zones receive eviction notices.
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Helen Friedman
Lancaster
Jerusalem
Dov Gruner
Friedman
Gruner
U.P
Privy Council
London
Irgun Zvai Leumi
New York
Palestine
Jerusa
Lem
Tel-Aviv
Underground
Truman Eyes Unification Bill To Congress Next Week
Presidential Secretary Charles G Ross told reporters that President Truman plans to send a bill to Congress next week to unify the armed services. The announcement comes as Washington discusses military reform and national defense structure.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Armed Services
Charles G Ross
UN Still On Shaky Ground
President Truman told Congress the United Nations made progress in 1946 but warned peace remains fragile. He noted heartening gains in atomic energy control aided by Russian cooperation, while criticizing the Military Staff Committee as slow and stressing the need to speed its work and to build a broader system of collective security.
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Truman
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Senate
House
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Security Council
Peace Agency
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Fifteen Swimmers Test Cold Water Gear in Bay of Whales
Fifteen underwater demolition swimmers from a team paddled through milky slush in the Bay of Whales as part of a 10 000 mile test of cold water diving suits intended for Japan invasion. Four of five man teams aborted early due to suit leaks while water registered 29 degrees above zero. Each swimmer wore a 25 foot rope tied to an attendant in a boat.
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Little America
Bay of Whales
Japan
Italian leader Giannini called would be Duce by Izvestia
Izvestia accuses Italian politician Guglielmo Giannini of leading a would be Duce movement. It brands his Uomo Qualunque party a band of Fascists who have swapped black shirts for ordinary citizens jackets.
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Giannini
Duce
Moscow
Izvestia
Guglielmo Giannini
Uomo Qualunque
Red Army Demobilizes More Troops in New Order
Moscow reports Russia issues fifth demobilization order since 1945 affecting older ground forces air force and navy personnel but not officers. The move aims to return hundreds of thousands to civilian life and free manpower for factories and field units.
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Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet Bell
Cca
Inikoial Mivethuiar
Ib Ruod Lilo Ec Lieer
Air
Russia
Stalin
East
Far East
Churchill Roosevelt debated invasion plan change in 1943
Harris Salisbury reports The Saturday Evening Post quotes Martin Sommers accusing Churchill of pushing North Africa and delaying D day. He cites Marshall as top defender of 1943 Normandy and alleges military leaders questioned Italy and Africa campaigns. Publication notes German divisions in 1943 versus 1944 and the missed Western push.
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Harrison Salisbury
United Press
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Normandy
Martin Sommers
Saturday Evening Post
Sommers
George C. Marshall
U. S
Churchill and Allies Debate 1943 Normandy Plan in 1942
The record notes April 1942 conferences in London with Harry Hopkins Marshall Churchill and British high command. Two months later Sommers reported a reversal. Lord Louis Mountbatten arrived June 23 to present strong arguments to Roosevelt against the 1943 Normandy operation, followed by Churchill on June 18.
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London
Harry Hopkins
Marshall
Churchill
High Command
Sommers
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Washington
Roosevelt
Normandy
Wartime strategy notes stir in Mediterranean offensive plan
Sommers cites discussions proposing a 1942 strike in the Mediterranean, targeting North Africa then southern Italy and Balkans to invade Europe. He recalls Churchill and Roosevelt exchanges and a late White House session framing the address as pivotal.
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Sommers
Mediterranean
North
Africa
Italy
Balkans
Churchill Counters Wedemeyer in Normandy Invasion Debate
According to Sommers, Churchill pressed his case after Marshall's appeal. Wedemeyer, then a colonel, presented the American case for Normandy. Some attendees felt Wedemeyer won on merit, but Churchill secured support for North Africa landings and delayed France invasion to 1944.
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Churchill
Marshall
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Normandy
Sommers
Wedemeyer
France
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