Situation in the Castle Two Pesetas Per Head Offer
In a continuation of a tale, an American outlaw negotiates with Spanish figures including Manuel and General Pedro Vega inside a castle basement. The group debates paying per captive for protection as food and ammo run low and a tunnel plan is discussed. The narrator weighs the two pesetas offer while considering escape possibilities.
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Manuel
Spain
Pedro Vega
Senor
Miami
Train Disaster Overlooks Mountainside Wreck Incomplete
A passenger train derailed on a mountainside killing 17 and injuring many as cars rolled down the embankment. Three sleepers remained upright while others toppled onto their sides along the roadbed. Four cars survived, including two sleepers, with details incomplete.
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Careenea
Train wreck near Pittsburgh sparks rescue effort
At 3 25 a m a wreck halted the Red Arrow three hours after departure from Pittsburgh. Wreck and hospital trains rushed from Altoona Conemaugh and Cresson as uninjured passengers and crew frantically aided the injured.
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Red Arrow
Pittsburgh
Altoona
Conemaugh
Cresson
Train wreck relief unfolds in Altoona rescue operations
I oe Bee sheltered in the upright coach from the sub freezing weather until the rescue trains arrived. Altoona's two hospitals filled rapidly as relief trains began bringing in the injured. Taxicabs supplemented ambulances to haul the hurt from the railroad station to the hospital. Nearly seven hours passed before.
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Altoona
Railroad wreck delays rescue as 14 car hospital train arrives
Wreckage spanned three of four tracks disrupting communications and delaying reports as investigators probe the cause. J A Appleton PRR central region vice president said it could take hours for definite news. A 14 car hospital train arrived with nurses and doctors as victims remained dazed.
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J. A. Appleton
PRR
Central
School Board Approves Expansion at Old Site
Amarillo officials authorize a 2.6 million building program including a 512000 addition and 130000 in renovations to the Senior High School. The district vows no new high school, citing population limits and costs, with plans for an L shaped vocational building between the Senior and Nixson Junior Highs.
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Amarillo
Chas. M. Rogers
R. P. Parcells
Rogers
West Amarillo
East Amarillo
Parcells
Emmett F
James FP. Rittenberry
Elizabeth Nixson
Tyler
House Rules Bans Amendments to Six Billion Budget Cut
The House Rules Committee voted to prohibit amendments to a six billion dollar slash in President Truman's 37.5 billion dollar budget, sparking charges of a gag by Democrats. Some Republicans say a revised figure could be sent back for a new option, while critics warn the cut endangers Army and Navy funding and national security.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Truman
House
Cannon
Missouri
Representative Smith
Virginia
Army
House- Senate
Taber
New York Republican
Navy
Bug Taber
Mr. Truman
Traffic Signals Speeds Up Downtown Flow
Amarillo traffic moves faster after a shorter light cycle. The full cycle dropped from 61 seconds to 50, increasing downtown speed from about 15 mph to roughly 20 mph.
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Amarillo
Music Czar Branded As Education Block
Joseph L. Maddy, president of the National Music Camp, accuses James C. Petrillo head of the American Federation of Musicians of short changing 30 million American schoolchildren by hindering school radio broadcasts and union musician benefits. He cites the Lea Act and calls for Congress to curb Petrillo’s power.
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Washington
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
AFL
Joseph L. Maddy
House Labor Committee
Maddy
Lochen
Mich
Petrillo
Congress
AFL Chief Attacks Labor Bills as Peril to Peace
AFL President William Green voiced strong opposition before the Senate labor committee to the Ball Taft Smith measures and other bills. He called most proposals ill considered and warned they would undermine the United States world position and industrial structure while insisting problems stem from broader economic forces. Green pledged AFL cooperation with committees studying the issues.
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Washington
AFL
William Green
Labor
America
Green
Senate Labor Committee
Platform for Five-Man Amarillo Commission Proposed
Lon Sellars urges a five member city commission with four commissioners and a mayor elected at large. He calls to replace the building code with a simpler permit process and urges city limits expansion to include nearby land. He favors city control of road houses cafes and drink shops to fund police and regulation.
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy with cooler temperatures across Amarillo and vicinity. Highs near 39 today and 47 tomorrow, with lows around 22 to 28 tonight. West Texas and New Mexico show similar patterns with scattered showers or snow flurries in the northeast portion and a turn to colder conditions tonight and Wednesday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Too Little
An editorial urges Amarillo to fund a larger multiuse arena with future expansion for ice hockey and major events. It notes a 150 by 130 foot arena, 22 foot ceiling, 4 thousand capacity, and a $90 thousand cost, asking for $125 thousand to ensure long term viability and city growth. It cites local boosters Gus Miller and anticipated interregional games.
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Amarillo
Gus Miller
Canyon
Bishop Names King to Post Temporarily
Judge Henry S. Bishop appoints C. Lloyd King as temporary district attorney for the 47th Judicial District. King, an assistant district attorney since May 1944, has been acting DA since Jim Lumpkin resigned to join the Seventh Court of Civil Appeals. King took the oath this morning pending Senate confirmation.
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C. Lloyd King
Henry S. Bishop
King
Beauford Jester
Senate
Jim Lumpkin
Seventh Court of Civil Appeals
Marshall says 40 year four power pact for policing Germany still alive
Secretary of State George C. Marshall announced the United States’ offer of a 40-year four-power policing pact for Germany remains alive. He declined to say if he would push the plan at the Moscow conference, noting it is an important issue started by former Secretary Byrnes.
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Washington
U.P
George C. Marshall
United States
Germany
Moscow
Byrnes
Marshall
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Five Minutes in Custody ends judge's 26 year tenure
Federal Judge James C. Wilson issued the lightest sentence of his career five minutes in custody to George Groves a 43 year old Erath County farmer for selling a 1945 model combine at 760 over the OPA ceiling last August Groves who moved from Dumas to Erath County had served as ADA administrator from 1944 to 1946 and claimed he thought OPA controls on farm machinery had ended.
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Fort Worth
James C. Wilson
U. S. Senate
George Groves
Erath County
U. S
Groves
OPA
North Dakota
U. S. Marshal’s Office
Dumas
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
China seeks US approval to sell UNRRA stocks on black market
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Premier Soong asked Washington for permission to dump 200 million dollars of UNRRA supplies into China's black market to raise funds for the collapsing economy. The plan would divert aid from relief to cash profits, drawing UNRRA opposition.
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Washington
U.P
China
United Press
United States
UNRRA
Chiang
Soong
Nanking
R. G. A. Jackson
Col
Fred Harris
Glen E. Edgerton
State Department
Duel in the Sun Premiere Postponed in Amarillo
Indefinite postponement announced for the Duel in the Sun premiere starring Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones. The Texas Panhandle drama was set to show next Monday at the Paramount and State theaters in Amarillo.
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Amarillo
Gregory Peck
Jennifer Jones
Texas Panhandle
Paramount
Cab Driver Foils Stick-Up By Promising 10000
In Chicago two passengers William Smith and John Ross held a cab driver Thomas Spiters at gunpoint for 3 dollars. Spiters teased them with a tale of a wealthy contact and a potential 10000 payoff, then steered toward the YMCA Hotel where detectives waited in the cab. The other item reports Childress planning preliminary junior college district formation to operate five or seven counties with the campus at the Army Air Field.
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Chicago
U.P
William Smith
Canton
Ill
John Ross
Owens Sound
Ont
Thomas Spiters
Spiters
YMCA
Smith
Ross
Childress
Childress Army Air Field
Krug Leaves States for Honolulu on Bomber Flight
Secretary of the Interior Krug departed from Long Beach California by Army bomber en route to Honolulu and then Japan, leaving the United States this morning.
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Krug
Long Beach
Cal
Honolulu
Japan
Here Today at Amarillo Little Theater Opens Tonight
Amarillo Little Theater presents Here Today at 8:15 tonight and Wednesday in Municipal Auditorium. The production features a split set with Nassau as the scene and costumes by Thelma Buckley. Lead actress Ann Lee heads a cast including Lester Brecht Eloise Gipson Dick Dye Gloria De Vore Charles Whittington Jr Dr C E Colgate and Mrs W Z Clark. Tickets go on sale after 7 pm tonight with prices 1 30 for adults and 60 cents for students. Season tickets honored with reserved seating tonight.
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Amarillo
Nassau
Thelma Buckley
Ann Lee
New York
Lester Brecht
Eloise Gipson
Dick Dye
Gloria DeVore
Charles Whittington, Jr
C. E. Colgate
W. Z. Clark
Municipal Auditorium
Regal Co Insurance Real Estate Ad Listing
Local listing for E A Regal Company in insurance and real estate services. Includes Neely Feenhill Lowndes Insurance as associated firms and contact details for policy and property inquiry.
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E. A. Regal Co. ‘Insurance-Real Estate
Neely-feenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
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Lon Sellars
Amarillo Globe
Roller Palace
Sixth and
Jefferson
Russell Staty
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Wilson
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