Ex king Jonas trains as tanked fighter in New York saga
Spider McCoy manages ex king Jonas as promoters push mismatched bouts with skilled watermen. Jonas enjoys high pay and public spectacle while rivals question real ability. Margie Grogan travels, Jonas contemplates return home with Spider, and a Europe link hints at a kingship offer.
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Jonas
Spider
Sun Casino
Charley Crinckley
Boxing Commission
Spider McCoy
Margie Grogan
Margie
Weill
Europe
Broadway
No. 23
Bevin Blames Truman for Palestine Settlement Failure
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told the House of Commons that President Truman spoiled chances for a peaceful Palestine settlement by urging immediate admission of 100000 Jews during the U S election season. Bevin said talks with Jews and Arabs last October showed more hope and a chance to settle outside the United Nations.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Truman
Palestine
Holy Land
U. S
House of Commons
Bevin
United Nations
London Minster recalls Paris talks and midnight call
Bevin recounts returning to the Paris peace conference where a midnight call from the U S president promised a new statement on 100 thousand. He says he told Secretary Byrnes he had advanced and believed progress was possible if further steps were taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States
Bevin
Mr. Byrnes
Truman Pressures on Palestine Immigration and Partition Plan
In October President Truman urged Prime Minister Attlee to begin significant immigration into Palestine immediately and pledged U S support for a workable Jews and Arabs settlement. He favored the Jewish Agency partition plan and warned against a public statement by Dewey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usane
Truman
Thomas E.) Dewey
Attlee
Palestine
U. S
Jewish Agency
Bevin Replies to War Resentment on Jewish State Speech
Bevin faces row in Parliament after Wienke urged immediate Jewish immigration and a large independent state in Palestine. He says international affairs cannot be settled for local elections, drawing cheers and opposition as the debate continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warresment
Palestine
Britain
Bevin
Local hog market opens at 28 dollars per hundred
The hog market opened at 28 dollars per hundred this morning and held at noon. The price, 50 cents above yesterday, marked a new all time high locally. Buyers took only a few hogs at that level while Chicago and Kansas City quoted 30 dollars with light offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kansas City
Peron Attacks Reds in Buenos Aires Anniversary Speech
Gen. Juan D. Peron marked the first anniversary of his presidency with a speech in Buenos Aires that observers called a strong attack on Communism. He addressed the nation amid political tension and international concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peron
Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Senate panel endorses 10 percent rent rise and decontrol plan
A Senate Banking subcommittee voted 3 to 2 to raise rents 10 percent above Dec 31 1946 levels and keep federal rent control until Dec 31 1947 while removing OPA oversight. The proposal would decontrol all new construction and most rooms while state takeover is allowed. fines for violations could triple damages.
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Washington
Senate Banking
Congress
OPA
C. Douglass Buck
Delaware
Committee
Subcommittee
Buck
Commerce Department
District of Columbia
Harry P. Cain
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Amarillo school board election set for April 5
Two seats on the Amarillo Independent School District board will be filled April 5. Incumbents W. W. Gibson and Avery Rush plan to run again though not yet formally announced. Filing deadline is March 25. Waddill says candidates submit a formal application to him. no petitions needed.
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Amarillo Independent School District Board of Trustees
W. W. Gibson
Avery Rush
George Waddill
Waddill
Gibson
Rush
John R. Armstrong
Hughes
Armstrong Transfer and Storage Company
Georgia
Soviet in Accord On Island Control
Secretary of State Marshall said Russia views American plans to assume trustee ship of the Japanese mandated islands as entirely fair noting American forces played decisive wartime roles. The Russian note cited greater American sacrifices and acknowledged the Pacific war contributions.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Pacific
George C. Marshall
Marshall
U. S
John Foster Dulles
GOP
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Dean Acheson
Romania
India
Snow Softens Winter's Bite in Amarillo Area
Snow eased the cold from Amarillo and surrounding towns with about a half inch falling last night. Eight snow days this year, with varying depths. Groom 2 inches, Clayton 3, Boise City 3, Clovis to Miami snow reported light to general.
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Amarillo
Upper
Panhandle
Groom
Clayton
N. M
Boise City
Okla
Santa Fe Railroad
Clovis
Miami
Fort Worth
Denver
Texline
Dalhart
Childress
South Plains
Lubbock
21 Buffalo Schools Keeping Doors Open
Buffalo kept 21 of its 98 schools open as a teachers strike spread, with 8,000 students in attendance while 63,000 stayed home. Two high schools and 19 elementary schools reopened after defying the walkout demanding higher wages. 16 high and 61 elementary schools remained closed.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Happy Home Broken Up When Both Wives Step Out on Him
Richmond California February 25 1949 report about Robert Carraher a 40 year old salmon chopper with two wives and six children whose wives were stepping out leaving the children home alone. police and juvenile authorities will investigate and ensure the children are cared for while the husband contemplates marital turmoil.
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Richmond
Cal
Robert Carraher
D. A
Margaret Carraher
Dolores Carraher
Carraher
Detroit
Margaret
No. 2
Monterey
Carraher No
Texas House approves teacher salary bill in tight vote
The Texas House passed a bill setting a $2,000 annual minimum salary for teachers and raising per capita school apportionment to a record $55, sending it to the Senate. The 140 to 4 vote faced opposition from Claud Gilmer who warned the plan would divert funds from old age pensions and needy programs.
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Austin
Texas
House
Senate
Dallas Blankenship
Dallas
Claud Gilmer
Rock Springs
Gilmer
T. M. Collie
Eastland
Charles M. Conner
Haskell
A. J. Overton
Palestine
Weather Summary Amarillo Vicinity And West Texas
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight with continued cold and low temperatures. Northern New Mexico sees snow flurries and scattered rain in the Del Rio Eagle Pass area. An auction by E. A. Regal Co. for insurance and real estate furniture is held every Tuesday night at 711 East 10th, Leonard Sharp.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
el Paso
Pecos Valley
del Rio
Eagle Pass
New Mexico
E. A. Regal Co
East 10Th
Leonard Sharp
Man Blows Self Up in Telephone Booth After Plea
Frederick Joseph Sauer a 25 year old Wilkes Barre man killed himself with a homemade dynamite bomb in a cafe telephone booth after his wife Mary urged him not to divorce him. He bought a beer cried sat in the restaurant then called his attorney and wife before the blast.
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Washington
Frederick Joseph Sauer
Wilkes-Barre
Mary
Virginia
Sauer
NLRB faces fresh blast in congressional hearing
Raymond S. Livingstone of Thompson Products accused the National Labor Relations Board of bias toward independent unions and claimed the board helped CIO in organizing at Cleveland and Euclid plants. He urged the House Labor Committee to consider the impact on industrial peace and workers' rights.
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Washington
Raymond S. Livingstone
Cleveland
National Labor Relations Board
Nazi Germany
House Labor Committee
Livingstone
Thompson Products, Inc
NLRB
Euclid
Cio-Uaw
CIO
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Organized Labor
Senate Labor Committee
David Dubinsky
Human Runway Guides Arctic Rescue Hero Pilot
Eleven airmen formed a human runway to guide Lt. Bobbie Joe Cavnar as he landed a C-54 on ice in northern Greenland to rescue a downed B-29 crew. Cavnar, 22, flew survivors to Thule and back to Westover Field, earning praise and a possible Distinguished Flying Cross.
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Tom Noonan
Westover Field
Mass
North Pole
Greenland
Bobbie Joe Cavnar
Oklahoma City
Cavnar
Thule
Amarillo
Jimmy
Arctic
Fred Sporer
Dallas
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H. C. Winburn
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Dubinsky
Taft
Army
Navy
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes— Insurance
Roller Palace
Efferson
Air Transport Command
Thule al
Roytype
Russell Stationery Co
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