Hospital boards authorizes polio clinic in Amarillo plan
Northwest Texas Hospital board approves a polio and contagious disease isolation ward and will seek county court approval Monday. A steering committee will include the Jaycees, the Infantile Paralysis Foundation, the Roosevelt Memorial Fund with about 12000 dollars, and local officials to move the project forward within a week.
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Northwest Texas Hospital Board of Managers
County Commissioners Court
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jason Robberson
Board of Managers
Jaycee
Northwest Texas Hospital
Roy Snodgrass
Jaycee Committee
Jaycees
Potter County Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Pinkey Vine
Square Dance Exhibition Tonight At Municipal Auditorium
Seats remain for tonight’s square dancing show at Municipal Auditorium with 60 cent tickets. Curtain rises at 8 pm. box office opens 7 pm. Local Amarillo dancers and visitors from outside town will perform in the two hour program. Tickets sold through Southwestern Public Service Company offices until 5 pm. FE A Regal Co Insurance Real Estate.
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Municipal Auditorium
Amarillo Square
Southwestern Public Service Company
New Bus Fare Changes Mist Confusion Grows
Amarillo bus fares rise this morning causing confusion. General manager G F Nussbaum says the situation will straighten out in a few days. Drivers report only one in twenty complains of the increase as passengers and drivers adapt to the higher rates.
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Amarillo
G. F. Nussbaum
Mr. Nussbaum
Soviet Budget Trims Military Expenditures for Science Boost
The Supreme Soviet approved a balanced budget trimming military costs while allocating a record 6.5 billion rubles for scientific research. The 1947 plan sets 371.4 billion rubles in outlays against 391.5 billion rubles in income, with 18 percent of funds to armed forces and support for heavy industry, agriculture, and transport.
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
United States
A. G. Zverev
Russia
Joseph Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Politburo
Stalin
Communist Party
Russians reduce troops in German occupation zone
Berlin reports tank and infantry withdrawals as Soviet Army completes a large demobilization in Germany. Gen. McNarney said Sokolovsky informed him the moves were finished, with occupation forces trimming to about 200 thousand. Lucius Clay announced US force reorganization shifting leadership to Berlin.
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Berlin
Germany
Joseph T. McNarney
Wassily Sokolovsky
McNarney
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Frankfurt
Sokolovsky
Snowstorm plagues Atlantic Seaboard. 31 dead in weather chaos
A sharp northeaster drives heavy snow across the region piling drifts up to three to four feet and grounding aircraft. Deaths total at least 31 with many in traffic accidents. trains face delays and highways grow impassable as schools close and a cold front follows.
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United Press
Atlantic Seaboard
Virginia
New York
Philadelphia
Washington, D. C
New York City
Manhattan
New York State
Washington
Marcus Hook
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Boston
Better Love Hath No Man Proved as Lad Loses Pet
In Chicago on February 21 1920 13 year old Joey Craig faced the death of his Christmas puppy Blackie. After a day of searching with his sisters and friends the boy hung himself with a rope leash in his bedroom, a tragedy following the pet loss.
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Chicago
Joey Craig
Joey
Blackie
Ellen
Norma Jean
Amarillo Hog Prices Set All-Time High
Hog buyers Cudahy Pinkney and Amarillo Packing paid 26.25 per hundred pounds for about one hundred hogs in Amarillo. Local hogs quotable up to 26.50, Chicago average 26.50. top price 27.50 tied all-time record. January total 3,706 head. yesterday’s receipts near normal.
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Amarillo
Cudahy, Pinkney
Amarillo Packing Company
Chicago
CPA
Rex Baxter Commends The Globe Platform on Amarillo Plans
Rex B Baxter general manager of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce commends The Globe platform and cites Amarillo development goals from 1943 including home building highway and industrial growth water and sewer expansion, hospital facilities, Palo Duro Park, and making Amarillo a convention city. He suggests adding more office space as a needed project.
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Rex Baxter
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Globe
Baxter
Globe News Publishing Co
Amarillo
Texas
Palo Duro Park
Panhandle Weather Forecast Shows Warmer Days Ahead
Fair weather with rising temperatures is forecast for the Panhandle through Sunday with a potential cold snap and rain or snow Sunday night. Normal five day outlook around 38 degrees. melting snow aids local wheat while roads remain slick and hazardous.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Amarillo Weather Outlook and Local Notices
Fair conditions across Amarillo and vicinity with rising temperatures. High near 48 today, low 26 tonight, high 55 tomorrow. records show 37 high and 19 low in the 24 hours to 6 30 A M. Warmer trend for West Texas and New Mexico with cloudy periods. Emily Post etiquette book in stock at Russell Stationery Co. AHS hosts skating night at Roller Palace.
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Amarillo
Emily Post
Russell Stationery Co
Taylor St
Congress Faces Five Billion Budget Cut Compromise
In Washington the Senate debates trimming Truman's request from six to about four and a half billion, with many predicting a final five billion cut. The day also featured Lilienthal's atomic energy commission nomination amid cross party support signals and ongoing labor law hearings.
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Congress
Washington
Truman
Senate
House
Bridges
Newhampshire
White House
Capitol Hill
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate Atomic Committee
Lilienthal
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Compton
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Walter Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Ball
Minnesota
George Q. Lynch
AFL Metal Trades Department
Lynch
Fifteen Boiler Makers Strike at Amarillo Iron Works
The Amarillo Iron Works faces a morning strike by fifteen Boiler Makers Local No. 531 members who arrived with placards over preferential hiring. AFL district representative B A Fisher says negotiations ended after three days and the union is not seeking a closed shop.
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Globe
Woodfin
Amarillo
W. O. Simmons
W. M. Vaught
General Construction
Amarillo Iron Works
B. A. Fisher
AFL
Los Angeles Plant Blast Claims 15 Dead
Police fixed the death toll at 15 after an explosion at the J. J. O'Connor Corp electroplating plant on 932 East Pico. Of 158 hospitalized, several were feared dead. The blast, linked to perchloric acid under pressure, shattered a brick one story building and left investigators puzzled over the trigger.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
J. J. O'Connor Corp
East
Pico
Death by own action verdict in Abilene man shooting
An inquest in Austin returned a verdict of death by own action in the fatal shooting of Wiley Hassell Donathan 49 of Abilene. Donathan a former district director of the Texas Unemployment Compensation Commission, was found shot to death early today at his mother's home. Justice of the Peace Mace B. Thurman Jr. delivered the verdict.
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Austin
Wiley Hassell Donathan
Abilene
Donathan
Texas Unemployment Compensation Commission
Justice of the Peace
Mace B. Thurman, Jr
Tug Sinks Off Nueces Leaving Two Missing After Collision
Port Arthur reports two crew members missing after a tug collided with a tanker in the Neches River seven miles from the city. The tug sank and blocked the channel while four crewmen were rescued. The tanker sustained no damage and the missing men’s identities are not yet known.
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Nueces
Port Arthur
Neches River
Here
King Opens Ninth SA Parliament in Unprecedented Ceremony
King George VI opened the ninth parliamentary session of the Union of South Africa in Capetown in a ceremony described as unprecedented for the land.
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King
Capetown
South Africa
George VI
Union of South Africa
President Seeks Aid Fund Hike For Relief
President Truman urged Congress to authorize up to 350 million dollars for relief in liberated countries as UNRRA winds down. He warned that the Spring and Summer will be critical as ship ments end and harvests lag, stressing swift action to avoid denying millions basic necessities. Press Secretary Ross said funds would cover relief for the rest of the year.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
UNRRA
United States
Charles G Ross
U. S
Trans World Airline president resigns as Hughes takes control
Kansas City February 21 Trans World Airline announced the resignation of president Jack Frye. The company then outlined a sweeping managerial overhaul with Howard Hughes interests gaining complete control.
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Kansas City
Trans-World Airline
Jack Frye
Howard Hughes
House Judiciary Backs Portal Pay Suits Ban
The House Judiciary Committee approved a bill to outlaw all current and future portal pay suits and limit back overtime claims. It would bar about six billion dollars in pending and potential suits and impose a one year statute of limitations on other minimum wage and overtime claims. Chairman Earl C. Michener said a vote is planned next Thursday and cited a large majority in support.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Portal
Earl C. Michener
Michigan
House
Publisher Carl Estes suffers heart attack in Longview
Longview News and Journal publisher Carl Estes was stricken with a severe heart attack late last night. He was to be moved to a hospital today. The item also mentions asphalt shingles and large stock lumber at John Maynard Lumber, 800 W 5th.
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Longview
Carl Estes
John Maynard
Polk Street cafe patron freed from vending machine grip
A cafe patron, trapped by a cigarette vending machine after dropping a penny, pulled his finger out after pounding and twisting. a call to the vendor followed and he freed his hand, then retrieved a match from a cook.
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Polk Street
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Roller Palace
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