Milk price talks and wage plan stir Texas to Washington
West Texas milk producers hope a Washington shakeup will lift milk prices. A F Madison of Plains Creamery cites pending 26 cent per hundredweight requests. Officials from the agriculture and price offices discuss nationwide impact amid labor and reconversion debates.
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Amarillo
Washington
A. F. Madison
Madison
Plains Creamery
Tom Stitts
Agriculture Department
West Texas
Stitts
Galveston
Texas Dairy Products Association
House Agriculture Committee
CC. H. C. Beakes
Office of Price Administration
Texas Panhandle
Associated Press
Globe
Texas
Southwest
Speed on Housing is Urged
The Senate and House extended the Pearl Harbor inquiry deadline to June 1. Wilson W. Wyatt urged rapid enactment of a 250 million dollar bill for 100000 temporary veteran housing units before the Senate Labor Committee. Mead linked the GI Bill to the emergency housing program while Austin backed a 3.75 billion loan to Britain. The housing program and OPA renewal were central topics as Congress weighs extensions and new legislation.
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Washington
Wilson W. Wyatt
Congressional
Senate
Wyatt
Senate Labor Committee
Mead
New York
Austin Vermont
Great Britain
Senate House Committee
Congress
White House
OPA
Labor Committee
Ellender
Louisiana
Pacific Northwest Quake Ranked Worst In History
A powerful earthquake measuring widespread damage across a 60 000 square mile area shook the Pacific Northwest last night. Felt from Salem Oregon to Vancouver British Columbia and inland to Spokane Washington, the tremor caused hundreds of thousands in damage, with no serious casualties. The University of Washington seismograph recorded the 9 18 p m Amarillo time event, the strongest in 27 years, knocking the needle and keeping seismograph readings for 16 minutes. Structures across cities reported cracked walls, fallen plaster and shattered glass, including a 100 foot cornice in Olympia and swaying Seattle's Smith Tower.
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Seattle
Wash
U.P
Pacific Northwest
Salem
Ore
Vancouver
B. C
University of Washington
Amarillo
Spokane
University
Geology Laboratory
G. E. Goodspeed
Dr. Goodspeed
Mongrel Dog Dies for His Young Master
Claude Mollander Jr. owed his life to his watchdog after a mountain lion entered the yard near Kane Pennsylvania. The dog barked to warn the boy and was killed by the intruder. a Kane police sergeant later shot the lion, which weighed about 140 pounds.
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Kane
Claude Mollander, Jr
Claude
Mollander
Mollander, Sr
Biate
C. E. Stacey
U S Probes Russia Looting in Manchuria Reports
The United States has asked China for a full explanation of reports that Russia is stripping Manchurian industry as war booty. Washington seeks a detailed account of Russian activities in liberated Manchurian territories, including alleged looting of equipment. A similar request may have been sent to the Soviet government.
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Chungking
United States
China
Russia
Washington
Chiang Kai-shek
Caferata Survives Ambush in Haifa Police Patrol
R O Caferata British police superintendent of Haifa and a British constable escaped injury when their patrol car was fired on from a truck that appeared from a side street. The constable returned fire and the attackers fled.
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Haifa
Palestine
R. O. Caferata
Nazi Planned Huge Jewish Slaughter at Nuremberg Trial
The Soviet prosecutor at Nuremberg presented evidence alleging Hans Frank, as Governor General of Poland, butchered 3,000,000 Jews. His diary reportedly shows plans to supply paper for atrocity lists and to escalate annihilation as the war ends.
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Mernberg
International Military Tribunal Today
Hans Frank
Poland
Frank
Czechoslovakia
Britain orders 300000 cases of Australian rabbit for meat
Sydney reporting notes the British Ministry of Food ordered 300000 cases of skinned rabbit from Australia and New Zealand to augment Britain’s strained meat ration. The order equals about 18 million pounds of meat.
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Sydney
Australia
Ministry of Food
New Zealand
Britain
Poll Favors Governor Stevenson in Texas Primary
Charles E. Simons reports a Texas voter poll showing Gov. Coke R. Stevenson leading five to one for re election. About 400 of 600 mailed cards returned from respondents deemed likely to answer truthfully indicate Stevenson would win in the first primary if he runs.
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Austin
Charles E. Simons
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Texas
Coke R. Stevenson
Simons
Stevenson
Porter to Lead OPA Amid Capitol Victory in 1946
Kentucky born Paul Porter, chosen by President Truman, takes over the Office of Price Administration amid a House vote approving funds and signaling continued OPA operation beyond June. Porter, formerly FCC chair, will be on leave as Charles Denny acts FCC chair. House GOP efforts to deny funding failed, marking OPA’s first 1946 victory as extension legislation moves.
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Washington
Kentucky
OPA
Capitol Hill
Paul Porter
Truman
Federal Communications Commission
Price
House
Long
Capiol
Chester A. Bowles
Porter
House Banking
Truman taps General Smith as ambassador to Russia
President Truman names Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith to be ambassador to Russia succeeding W. Averell Harriman. Smith, 51, rose from private in WWI to Eisenhower’s chief of staff and is one of the few non West Point generals to reach lieutenant general rank. Harriman resigns to pursue private business.
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Washington
Truman
Walter Bedell Smith
Russia
Eisenhower
Willl
Dapper
W. Averell Harriman
Far East
Harriman
Smith
United States
West Point
One Killed Seventeen Wounded as Chinese Rally Surfaces
A crowd of about 100 Chinese protesters ignored police orders banning a Communist Party rally on the fourth anniversary of Singapore's fall to Japan. Police dispersed the crowd, killing one and wounding 17. Earlier a minor clash occurred outside the Communist Party offices, raided last night by Malay police.
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Singapore
Communist Party
Presbyterian Leader Will Speak Tonight
Dr William B Lampe moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church U S A will speak at an 8 PM open meeting in Fellowship Hall The earlier 630 PM barbecue tickets sold out and those without tickets may attend the 8 PM talk A nursery will be provided Lampe is pastor of West Presbyterian Church St Louis and emphasized church growth and missions in his ministry
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Panhandle
First Presbyterian Church
Fellowship Hall
William B Lampe
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
John Snider
Lampe
San Antonio
West Presbyterian Church
St. Louis
Joseph J. Lampe
Christ Presbyterian Church
New York
Lost and Found Is His Business
A Houston bus driver stops for a seven year old who offers two bus tokens for 14 cents found in his sister’s purse. The boy explains he found the tokens and eagerly sells them to the driver, who pays him and drives on.
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Houston
Lost Navy Student Pilot Found in Serious Condition
Rescued five days after crashing in snowy wilderness near Mount Rainier Wayman N Todd Abilene Tex 24 year old Navy student pilot found by logging crew in serious condition with frostbite of both legs He was found near a well stocked cabin semiconscious unable to talk within 400 feet of the cabin He had been missing since Saturday when he left Boeing Field for North Bend Oregon in a small rented plane.
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Seattle
Mount Rainier
Wayman N. Todd
Abilene
Tex
Navy
Boeing Field
North Bend
Ore
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Summary
Fair and warmer today with westerly winds 20 to 30 mph. Saturday remains fair and warm. West Texas sees fair conditions this afternoon and tonight with warmer Saturday, Panhandle and South Plains also. New Mexico reports fair weather today tonight and Saturday with warmer conditions this afternoon and southeast tonight. Mountain lows near 5 in places, highs 45 to 70 across regions.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Frightened man refuses to return home after draft scare
A man carrying over $1,000 in Ranger, Texas, fled a train en route to Freeport Arkansas after being frightened by Black soldiers who accused him of draft evasion. He fled by bus to Ranger, then leaped from a train to avoid capture, later claiming he wants to stay in Ranger.
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Ranger
Freeport
Ark
Baird
Gordon
George Murphy
Continued Mild Weather Predicted by Bureau
Weather bureau forecasts unseasonably mild conditions through the weekend with fair skies and warm temperatures. Today and tomorrow will see a high near 58 degrees and a low around 30, with light winds down to 20 miles per hour.
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Weather Bureau
West Coast Mills Send Lumber Abroad Says Dallas Lumberman
Dallas lumberman P. J. Goodnight claims West Coast saw mills exported 66 million board feet of lumber to foreign countries, enough for 6,600 average homes. He cites an unnamed San Francisco dealer and says no ceiling on exports allows large shipments through southern ports.
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Dallas
P. J. Goodnight
Dallas Lumberman
San Francisco
Goodnight
UNRRA to ship 788 horses to Yugoslavia from Houston
UNRRA will depart Port Houston next Tuesday with 788 horses from Kansas City St Louis and Fort Worth aboard the Rock Land Victory. The shipment includes 380 tons of hay oats and bran and is the largest horse shipment to Yugoslavia by UNRRA. Two more vessels will load 1600 Mexican mules for Greece two days after departure.
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Houston
U.P
Yugoslavia
Port Houston
UNRRA
Kansas City
St. Louis
Fort Worth
Rock Land Victory
Greece
el Paste
Eagle Pass
Barrows Shot After Car Chase Near Dallas Station
L C Barrow brother of Clyde Barrow was shot in the side and staggered to a Dallas traffic officer claiming others tried to kill him. Police doubt the claim he was shot in front of the interurban station and suspect he was shot in a car and dumped near the officer. He was in fair condition at Parkland Hospital.
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Dallas
U.P
L. C. Barrow
Desperado
Clyde Barrow
Barrow
Solomon
Clyde
Bonnie Parker
Parkland Hospital
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