Ickes and Pauley clash rattles Washington political scene
In Washington observers note the Harold Ickes and Pauley confrontation has unsettled Truman era politics. Roosevelt once trusted Ickes as interior boss, and many reporters praise his blunt honesty. The piece highlights Ickes long career, his age, and the Eastern press hostility that followed. It ends with a pivot to current foreign aid debates and a nurse's wartime reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Ickes
Department of Interior
Washington
Pauley
Icke
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Ickes-Pauley
Truman
United States
Shrine Skating Extravaganza Comes to Amarillo Tonight
Khiva Shrine Temple presents its Skating Revels in Amarillo with a four performance road show at Municipal Auditorium tonight and tomorrow. Tickets start at 1 dollar with balcony seats 50 cents for matinee and 1 dollar for lower floor plus tax. Acrobatic street comedy and dancing on roller skates headline the program.
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Khiva Shrine
Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
Khiva Temple
Army Digs Into 4-Fs To Fill Lagging Quotas
Selective Service directs local boards to review 4-F and other deferred lists to boost military staffing. The Army lowers physical standards to the absolute minimum and aims to draft 250000 men in five months, with 125000 expected in April. Navy and Marine Corps also cut discharge points to speed releases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Selective Service
Army
War Department
Truman
Congress
Navy
Marine Corps
Navy Nurse Corps
Marine
Blalock lauds Ickes resignation in Truman note
Marshall, February 15. Myron G. Blalock, national Democratic committeeman, congratulates President Truman on Harold Ickes resignation as Secretary of the Interior. He says Ickes was no friend to Truman and taunts Tobey naming Ickes as colluder while noting the two days allotted may allow access to political memoranda and skeleton files.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ickes
Tobey
Harold
Fairbury Quintuplet Calves Rally Town Spirit
In Fairbury Nebraska a cow on Leo Schmoldt’s farm gave birth to quintuplets named France Russia England United States and China. The Chamber of Commerce promotes Fairbury as Home of the Quintuplet Calves and considers moving the calves into town with a proposed town house and funded by the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbury
Neb
Nebraska
Leo Schmeldt
France
Russia
England
United States
China
Chamber of Commerce
L. J. Smith
Schmoldt
Believes Jewish Palestine Problem Can Be Solved
Kentucky senator Alben Barkley told the American Christian Palestine committee in Houston that negotiations between nations could settle the Jewish Palestine issue peacefully. He spoke at an inaugural dinner concluding a two day program urging Jews to be allowed to return to Palestine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
N. Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Barkle
American Christian Palestine Committee
Palestine
Eleanor Roosevelt Arrives in Berlin for Public Tour
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt lands in Berlin aboard an Army C-47 from Frankfurt. Her schedule includes a visit to a displaced persons camp, several soldiers clubs, and a late afternoon news conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Eleanor Roosevelt
Frankfurt
Egg yolk separation tip with a small funnel
A simple kitchen method uses a small funnel to separate yolk from egg white. The white passes through the funnel while the yolk remains on top for clean separation.
Canada to Withdraw 25 000 Troops From Germany in April
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced that Canada will withdraw its occupation force of 25 000 men from Germany early in April, ending a long postwar presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Germany
Mackenzie King
Stettinius backs Syria Lebanon withdrawal at UN
Edward R. Stettinius Jr. urged the United Nations Security Council to order the unconditional and early removal of Anglo French troops from Syria and Lebanon. He lent U.S. support to the Syrian Lebanese demand as the council closed its session, with Syria and Lebanon seeking council supervision of the withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
United States
United Nations Security Council
Syria
Lebanon
Stettinius
Levant
Security Council
Council
Harris heads to receive DSM from General Eisenhower
London reports Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, wartime Bomber Command leader, boarded the Queen Elizabeth to accept the Distinguished Service Medal from General Eisenhower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Arthur T. Harris
RAF Bomber Command
Fisenhower
Livestock Markets Report from Kansas City
Markets show cattle steady with limited loads and steady feeder prices. Slaughter steer price 16.35 per cwt. odd head cows 12.25 to 12.75. vealers 14.50. Hogs stay near 14.55 ceiling. sheep 14.25 for good natives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
USDA
Courthouse Records and District Court Notices Digest
Various real estate warranty deeds list transfers in Alamo Place Ridgemere East Anna and Morningside areas. District court dissolves several divorces including Chesney Mason Meek and Bitton cases. Multiple marriage licenses. notices of property ownership and housing transfers appear in the docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace V. Skipwith
A. B
Guynes
Alamo Place
R. L. Harris
Geo. Waghorn
Ridgemere
M W Wise
Cecil Wise
East Anna
C. D. Sears
Joyce Holbert
Norman Crum
Roberts
Reba Cooke
Park
Ford Ub
Oliver W. Bivins
H. BE. Wilson
Bivins Amarillo Housing Co
Geo. L. Duncan
Sunnyside
D E. Covington
Nettie L. Young
J. Hts
District Court
Orval Judkins
Roy R. Judkins
Irene Bell Chesney
Mont Z. Chesney
Elizabeth Mason
Othello Mason
Millard Washington
Alberta Washington
Eugene Meek
Maggie Meek
Nola B. Wertenberger
E. T. Wertenberger
Nellie Marie Bitton
Eugene D. Bitton
Marlin Woodrow Hooper
Ina Christine Pierson
Edward H. Little, Jr
Edna Mae Reeves
James A. Merrill
Laura Lee Lauzen
James J. Bishop
Josephine
C. G. Knox
Josie Young
James A. King
Lovie Lovena Parsons
Maj A A Moody And Wife Arrive From San Antonio
Maj A A Moody and his wife arrived here on terminal leave from the Army after five and a half years at Brooke General Hospital Fort Sam Houston. They will reside with his parents Dr and Mrs W R Moody at 204 Sunset while Major Moody joins his father and brother W R Moody Jr dentists in the Fisk Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Maj
A. A. Moody
San Antonio
Brooke General Hospital
Fort Sam Houston
W. R. Moody
Major Moody
W. R. Moody, Jr
Fisk Building
Texas Artist Commissioned To Paint Big Three Portraits
Douglas Chandor of Weatherford Texas has been commissioned to paint portraits of World War II Big Three Franklin D Roosevelt Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. Roosevelt discussed the project before death and Truman obtained Churchill and Stalin's cooperation. The finished works will hang in the Capitol at Washington.
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Dallas
Douglas Chandor
Weatherford
Tex
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Chandor
Roosevelt
Truman
Churchill
Stalin
Washington
Peron Accuses Braden of Leading Spy Network
Argentine leader Juan Peron leveled charges against Spruille Braden accusing him of heading a vast spy network during his U S ambassadorship and of blackmailing merchants to fund subversive activities. Peron and Foreign Minister Cooke denied Nazi ties and questioned U S aims ahead of elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Juan Peron
Spruille Braden
U. S
Argentina
Peron
Juan I. Cooke
U. S. State Department
Cooke
United States
Edelmiro Farrell
John Lang
Navy Aviation Plan Explained by Officer
Lt. Comdr. F. G. Lasecke of Kansas City visited Amarillo to explain the Navy V-5 aviation program to recruiters. He said the March V-5 quota is filled but another class may convene in September with enlistees placed on active duty until training begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Lasecke
Kansas City
Amarillo
South
Navy
Max Rich
Lasecke
Naval Reserve
Marine Corps Reserve
Kenehan to Land In New York Tomorrow
Capt. John W. Kenehan Jr of Amarillo, who has spent two years piloting a CNAC cargo plane over the Himalaya into China, is scheduled to arrive in New York aboard the British liner Madapur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Kenehan, Jr
Amarillo
Himalaya Mountains
China
China National Aviation Corporation
New York
Magdapur
Scientist predicts atomic energy used in industry in decade
London report quoting Prof. H. L. E. Oliphant of Birmingham University says harnessing atomic energy for industrial use is expected within about ten years. Oliphant helped with experiments related to the development of the atom bomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
H. L. E. Oliphant
Birmingham University
Richmond Steel Plant To Close Tonight Amid Shortage
Reports state the last operating plant at Richmond California will close tonight due to a steel shortage. Separate clashes between AFL pickets and non-strikers at Hicks Body Company Lebanon Indiana injured three workers. Senate Labor Committee approved a bill to raise the minimum wage from 40 to 65 cents an hour. Union brass and copper groups met in Cleveland to address nationwide plant problems as UAW negotiates with Bendix Aviation in Detroit for 10,000 workers across six divisions.
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Richmond
Calif
AFL
Hicks Body Company
Lebanon
Ind
Senate Labor Committee
Brass and Copper Industries
Cleveland
Detroit
UAW
Bendix Aviation Corporation
Bendix
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Tom Connally
Blalock
Savant
Mrs. Roosevelt
News-Globe
Georgia
Massie Poultry
West
W. G. Martin
Optometrist
Hugh Sticksel
Kansas City Livestock
Curtiss Wright Asimal
Kennecott Copper
Lockheed
Stand Oil Inc
Stand Oil
Studebaker Eee
Spiegal Inc
Sere
U S Steel See Setae
Wilson & Co Wenn
White Motors Tee
Warner Bros
Financial Industrial Fund
Courthouse Records
Chicago
Maj. A. A. Moody
Wife
N. Fillmore
Browning Blue Print CO
East 3Rd
C. S. Pryor
Eunice Thorpe
ST. Francis Avenue
Pleasant Valley
Kenehan
Ford Motor Company
Bill Farmer
Texas Association of Public Accountants
Taylor
Marillo's
Blackburn Shau
PrEeReEe
Paes
Fastern
New Mexico
the Builders Supply CO
Tyler
E Harrison
Panhandle
Calvert Special
Philadelphia
Hiram Walker
Gallagher & Burton
BLACK
Monroe
A. W. McKee
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