Hull Stays As Cage Coach In Amarillo High
Amarillo High School retains T. G. Hull as basketball coach for at least two years at a $5,445 annual salary. John Whinnery, long-time track coach and football assistant, exits his athletic duties as the district restructures sports. New staff includes ROTC charges and Yannigans support. Claude Owens joins as an assistant with Soion Holt taking track duties.
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T. G. Hull
Amarillo
John Whinnery
Chas. M. Rogers
Rogers
Whinnery
Hull
Yannigans
Howard Lynch
Soion Holt
Bill Defoe
ROTC
Dan Salkeld
Yannigan
Defoe
Holt
Claude Owens
Rail walkout cripples U S rail system in war effort
Idle switchmen in Chicago yards and other cities halt shipments as defense mobilizer Charles E Wilson warns the strike could hurt the United States more than Communist armies in Korea. President Truman-backed pleas fail to end the sick call walkout. 250000 workers idle, 130000 in auto plants, with court actions and mediation ongoing.
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Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
United States
Korea
Truman
White House
W. P. Kennedy
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
National Raila Mediation Board
Priority to U S Defense Shipments
The Defense Transport Administration ordered motor freight carriers to give top priority to armed forces, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the mails due to a rail strike. DTA Administrator James K. Knudson cited switchmen walkouts amid a rail- highway freight shift and said government action ensures vital freight moves first. Some strikers were returning to work but no general return to normal that day.
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Washington
Defense Transport Administration
Armed Forces
Atomic Energy Commission
Mails
DTA
James K. Knudson
Window Buster In Los Angeles Rocked City in Fallout
A Blasts over Los Angeles shattered windows at 6 12 AM PST with a force felt up to 1000 feet per second and possibly 1000 miles if atmospheric conditions permit. UCLA Campus and nearby homes reported damage while Los Angeles police cordoned streets after an AEC warning.
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Los Angeles
University of California At
Clete Roberts
Bikini
Cactus Springs
Kikini
Roberts
Las Vegas
George Thompson
AEC
Fremont Street
Atomic Energy
Atomic
Juvenile gang wrecks cars in Dallas
In Oak Cliff Dallas a band of juveniles stole wrecked or damaged more than 22 automobiles in a 10 block spree. Reports describe wrecks in ravines yards against houses and curbs with damage running into thousands of dollars. Police call it Dallas's greatest mass mischief incident.
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Dallas
Oak Cliff
Amarillo law enforcement to coordinate for defense workers influx
Potter County Sheriff Paul Gaither and Police Chief Sid Harper lead a meeting of city county and state law enforcement heads to plan coordination amid incoming defense workers and air base development. They will discuss a shared channel with military authorities and lessons from World War II defense boom links.
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Amarillo
Potter County
Paul Gaither
Sid Harper
Harper
Amarillo Air Force Base
Pantex
Air Force
Gaither
Issue Permits for 12 House Project
Frank Wilkinson has building permits for 12 houses to be built between Fourth and Sixth Avenues on Manhattan Street with costs from 6 500 to 7 500. Jack Hicks received a permit for a five unit apartment at 2300 West Eighth with cost 23 000. W J Lewis Jr was issued a permit for an 18 000 residence at 2805 Bowie. Several smaller permits were issued.
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Frank Wilkinson
Fourth
Sixth Avenues
Manhattan Street
Jack Hicks
West Eighth
W. J. Lewis, Jr
Bowie
Forty-Two Japanese Return Home From Brazil War Check
In Yokohama on February 6, forty-two Japanese who lived in Brazil during World War II returned to Japan to judge if the Pacific war was truly over. They witnessed American soldiers roaming the port city and one man admitted, They have beaten us. The travelers had refused to accept Japan's defeat while abroad.
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Yokohama
Japan
Brazil
Higgins Death Suspect's Bail Set At $5000
A Higgins fatal shooting prompts a grand jury probe and a $5000 bond for J L Hough 69 his business partner in the Higgins Laundry and Dry Cleaning Co. Lowder 38 was killed in a hotel room in Higgins with authorities noting no motive publicly disclosed and gossip pointing to money disputes amid room discussions.
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Higgins
Harry Virgil Lowder
J. L. Hough
Lipscomb
Grand Jury
Lowder
Hough
Gene Mixson
Higgins Laundry
Howard Returns to Amarillo Gold Sox Amid Trade Reversal
Crawford Howard remains Amarillo Gold Sox property after a trade to Temple of the Big State League was rejected by NACM president George Trautman. Howard finished the season as manager, and pitcher Jim McDowell returns to Temple. Buck Fausett said the club is not unhappy to have Howard back.
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Crawford Howard
Amarillo Gold Sox
Temple
George Trautman
National Association of Minor Leagues
Howard
Jim McDowell
Buck Fausett
Gold Sox
Texans Face April Draft Call At 4150 Men
Texas will supply 4150 men for April draft inductions as Brig. Gen. Paul L Wakefield reports. The March call was 4145 and February 4137 while January stood at 4142. Pre induction physicals for March total 8887 with 73584 ordered since August 1950. Some local boards have yet to report.
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Austin
Texas
Paul L. Wakefield
Selective Service
Korea
Wakefield
Weather roundup for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy and colder tonight with a high of 53 this afternoon. Tonight's low around 32, with 67 yesterday. West Texas sees similar cold and partly cloudy conditions, Panhandle lows 15 to 25 and South Plains 20 to 40. New Mexico expects fair skies tonight and Wednesday with a colder trend eastward.
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Amarillo
Yesterda Ik
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
MacArthur backs Nationalists against China in Korea push
Reports from Tokyo say General MacArthur urged Washington to deploy Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist troops against the Chinese Communists in Korea and possibly on the Chinese mainland. Officials say the plan would use all available power and could force Reds to divert forces from Korea, with U.S. support in equipment likely needed.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Washington
Korea
Chiang Kaishek
Chiang Kai-shek
Peiping
South China
Manchuria
Seventh Fleet
Formosair Straits
Truman
Ho Ying-chin
Nationalists’ Security Council
China
TCU Honors Amarillo Man With Honorary Degree
Fort Worth February 6 Lt Gen Ernest O Thompson Texas National Guard commander received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Texas Christian University at a spring convocation. He spoke on U S oil demand surpassing production, noting US daily production around 5 7 million barrels and demand over six million, urging wider oil well spacing to save steel. Thompson tied oil imports from Venezuela to US trade benefits.
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Fort Worth
America
Texas Railroad
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Christian University
Thompson
Texas National Guard
TCU
Railroad Commission
Venezuela
Landreth
A. T. de Groot
Sadler
Ellis M. Sowell
School of Business
National Guard
Texas
General Thompson
Doctor Thompson
Amarillo
Lawrence Hagy
GI's Only 28 Miles From 38th Parallel
Communist forces attacked along an 80 mile front with lines 6 to 12 miles south of Seoul in the west. Reinforcements and tanks were sent to the center as heavy fighting continued. An Eighth Army spokesman cited 16,643 enemy killed in two days and 42,367 killed or wounded since the drive began thirteen days ago. Two enemy self propelled guns were destroyed by tank columns near Seoul.
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Sale
Seoul
Eighth Army
Reus
20 Degree Low Forecast In Panhandle Tonight
Amarillo weatherman H. C. Winburn says a cold front will sweep the Panhandle with a near 20 degree low tonight. Partly cloudy conditions are expected tonight and continued cold tomorrow with a high around 44. Yesterday’s high was 67 and the previous night’s low 32.
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H. C. Winburn
Amarillo Air Terminal
Panhandle
Reservists Called as Air Force Seeks 80,089 Volunteers
Washington reports active duty calls begin for nearly 80,089 volunteer reservists in the Air Force manpower program announced January 18. In Austin, lawmakers pass a constitutional amendment to issue 75 million dollars in new bonds for a larger veterans land program.
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Washington
Air Force
Austin
U.P
House
Veterans Land
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Mr. Lynch
Mr. Whinnery
Carl Matney
Chicago
U. S
Associated Press
Las
Mobilize Anti-Crime Front
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Sox
Texans
US Weather Bureau
Reyport
M’arthur
Chiangmen
Eres
Americas
Ernest C. Thompson
Globe
Gi’s
38Th Parallel
Bulletin
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