Truman in cross fire as GOP, Southern Democrats duel
A crowded political scene unfolds with Republican speakers blasting Truman at Lincoln Day events in Boston and St. Paul while Southern Democrats rally in Mississippi. Dewey Taft Stassen Warren push foreign aid and party unity as Wherry and Lincoln Day mobilization add pressure.
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Europe
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Taft
Ohio
Dewey
Boston
St. Paul
Wemey
Harold E. Stassen
Germantown
California
Earl Warren
White House
Huntington
W. Va
Wherry
Nebraska
Senate
Jury cannot decide damage dispute in rent overcharge suit
A Baylor Dental College fraternity sues over rent overcharges seeking treble damages and $1,000 fees. In a cross action, Mr and Mrs Ralph Echols claim they were injured party as the fraternity allegedly wrecked furniture valued at $2,500.
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Baylor Dental College Fraternity
Office of Price Administration
Ralph Echols
Echols
Amarillo Weather News Says Roads Open After Storm
Amarillo with a winter storm in February 1948 reports most roads open and trains plowing through. Fort Worth Denver line eyes late afternoon resumption. Santa Fe and Rock Island services adjust routes. One-way traffic areas exist between Booker Follett and Canadian Perrytown. caution urged due to slick spots and drifting.
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Resigns Post at College Music Head Joins KVAT Staff
Amarillo College announces the resignation of Folsom D. Jackson after more than eight years as head of the music department. He will join Radio Station KVAT sales staff starting Monday, while the college seeks a new department head. Jackson has 30 years of teaching and 36 years directing choruses, and will continue directing the San Jacinto Methodist Church choir.
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Tment
Amarillo College
Folsom
D. Jackson
Monroe
KVAT
Jackson
Sta
A. M. Meyer
Mr. Meyer
Meyer
Amaillo
Panhandle A&m College
Goodwell
Oklo
San Jacinto
Fear 11 Killed In Fire In Apartment Building Collapse
A three story frame apartment house burned before dawn causing 11 deaths and multiple injuries. Fire officials cited an oil burner explosion as the likely cause as floors collapsed and one wall leaned on a telephone pole. A 13 year old girl, Mary Hoage, escaped from a second story porch into deep snow, the sole safeguarded member of her family.
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Mary Hoage
Losses From Two Burglaries Reported In Ama Till0 Businesses
About $600 lost in two Ama tillo businesses and roughly $6 taken in a strong-arm robbery. Detectives investigate a $300-plus loss from the Peoples Finance and Thrift Company safe in the Fisk Building Room 305, with no burglary signs. The Mayfair at 701 Polk reported about $300 minted from a cash drawer, with possible lock in overnight and no forced entry. The Boston Store at 319 East Fourth says intruder demanded money and knocked down owner Adslph Reese, who says about $8 was taken from the cash drawer.
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Fisk Building
Mayfair
Polk
Adslph Reese
Boston
East Pourth
Ian
Reese
Fear Second Man Los af Clayton
The body of rancher Ben Davis was found frozen in a snow rift about 35 miles west of Clayton. Dan Black, a 65 year old rancher, is missing after accompanying Davis on his last journey. Sheriff Goodson said Black’s whereabouts are unknown and a plane crew reported a man waving from the Black ranch, but identification was not possible.
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Robert C. Reynolds
Sherman County Ranch
Reynolds
St. Anthony's Hospital
Linx Lun
Dan Black
Ben Davis
Frogen
Clayton i
Claude Goodson
Black
Davis
Black Ranch
W. R. Hammond
Clayton
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Bcar
Amarillo General Mills workers vote to strike
Union employees at General Mills in Amarillo voted 100 percent for a strike backing by the American Federation of Grain Processors AFL. Local No. 21338 secretary Fred O Truex said the vote was taken two weeks ago and will be forwarded to the federation in Minneapolis. The master contract with six major flour mills expired Feb 1 and negotiations continue with no strike date set. Other affected firms include Pillsbury Mills International Milling Co Commander Larabee Milling Co Russell Miller Milling Co Standard Milling Co.
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American Federation of Grain Processors
AFL
Fred O. Truex
National Federation
Amarillo
General Mills
Truex
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H. A. Schneider
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Mander Larabee Milling Co
Russell Miller Milling Co
Standard Milling Co
Oon
Otto Zimmerman
South- West
Mr. Zimmerman
Oklahoma City
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas
Weather forecast notes warmer conditions this afternoon with fair skies across West Texas and New Mexico. It lists cold tonight with lows from 2 to 28 degrees regionally and indicates warmer conditions continuing through Saturday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Woman to Fight US On Withholding Tax Fight
Miss Vivien Kellems of Westport Connecticut announces her firm will stop withholding federal income taxes from employees. She says she will contest the policy in court and asserts the government must appoint her an agent for the Internal Revenue Department, pay her a salary, and reimburse her for campaign expenses. The firm, a leading electrical engineering cable grip manufacturer, employs about 30.
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Westport
Conn
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Rotary Club
Internal Revenue Department
Kellems
Cut Prices Here In Amarillo Grocery Ads
Frigid morning kept farmers from bargains but noon crowds flocked for marked down bacon and pork meats. First grade bacon fell from 89 to 69 cents, sausage from 59 to 49 cents, premium ham from 69 to 39 cents, pork roast to 39 cents on special, Crisco and Snowdrift down from 1.00 to 1.19 per pound, average drop around 2 cents while retail fell about 10 cents. Flour down 1 cent a pound. See GROCERIES Page 2.
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Amarillo
Crisco
Groceries
Herberg
Taylor
Grains Rally After Corn Falls the Limit
Grain markets show mixed moves with May wheat up 1 cent to 238, July wheat 8 cents higher at 222, and September wheat 3 cents at 220. May corn down 3 cents at 202, May oats up 4 cents to 1.02. Cattle steady in Chicago and Kansas City as butter prices plunge to multi month lows. wholesale prices drop 5 to 6 cents in New York trading.
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Chicago
Kansas City
New York
Mercantile ‘Exchange
City Fire Credit Cuts Insurance for Amarillo Areas
Amarillo earns a 10 percent good fire record credit effective March 1, reducing fire insurance costs on city properties. Credits, based on losses reported to the fire insurance commissioner, apply to policies written after March 1 and could save about 2 to 6 thousand dollars on three year premiums. Texas cities with credits or debits include Abilene Corpus Christi and Texas City. penal towns include Lubbock Wichita Falls.
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Marvin Hall
Austin
Amarillo
Ea Spann
Roy Greene All
Amarillo Inurance Exchange
Greenhill
Texas
Abilene
Corpus Christi
Childress
Odessa
Texas City
Lubbock
Wichita Palls
Brownwood
Port Worth
Waco
De Valera Wins Six Short Majority in Parliament
Final returns show Eamon De Valera's government party with 68 of 147 seats, six short of a majority. Parliament meets February 18 and the government may seek support from independents and others to form a new administration.
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Dublin
Eire
Eamon de Valera
Labor
John Maynard Lor. Co
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