Bradley warns partial mobilization may last 19 to 20 years
Gen. Omar N. Bradley testified before the House Armed Services Committee that about 250,000 Americans in all services are fighting in Korea with total forces likely well above that figure. He warned that world conditions may require a partial mobilization lasting 19 to 20 years, and urged a draft expansion and universal service alongside a reserve training system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley
Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Armed Services
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House
Armed Services Committee
Air Force
Korea
Pentagon
Navy
Air
Amarillo Fat Stock Show opens with record auction average
Bidders at the Amarillo Livestock Auction Company set a new high for the 1951 sale with an average of 38.75 per hundredweight. The top bid hit 50 per hundred for two calves owned by 12-year-old Jackie Phillips of Vega, who fed her calf since fall as the Baby Show calibrations continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe
Billy Forbes
Jackie Phillips
Vega
Richard Tucker
Amarillo
Jackie
Richard
Jimmy Stevens
Amarillo Livestock Auction Company
Dar
Joe Punderberg
Roy Phillips
UN forces drive back North Koreans on 35 mile east front
In a brisk advance on the east central front, UN troops chased retreating North Korean forces and seized Chongsan while gaining up to five miles through rugged terrain. Chinese resistance remained strong with 60,000 to 80,000 troops and 1,600 men reported withdrawing north behind rear guards. South Korean units on the western central front captured ridgelines overlooking Hoengsong as Firepower from US artillery and air support aided the rout. Two more American divisions joined the central front offensive alongside the Seventh and 25th, expanding the Allied effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Korea
Hoengsong
Cetana Amond
10Th Corps
Chongsan
Pyongchang
Pangnim
Wonju
Twinnam Creek
Yongdu
Eighth Army
First Cavalry
New Juvenile Home to Cost Only 44000 Dollars
Potter County commissioners approved revised plans for a smaller juvenile detention home at 44000 dollars, down from 82000. Architect Bill Townes outlined the concrete block building with forced air heating, bids to be solicited, and plumbing alternates to be considered, as only 17000 dollars is available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter County Commissioners Court
Bill Townes
Juvenile Home Advisory Council
Line Avenue Named As West Overpass Link In Rock Island
City Manager N V Moss announced the street west of the Rock Island overpass will be Line Avenue connecting West Eighth Avenue and Line Avenue. The new traffic artery cannot be West Eighth due to an existing street name. Completion is expected about March 22.
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Rock Island
Line Avenue
N. V. Moss
West Eighth Avenue
Georgia Street
Moss
San Jacinto
Tex Mass loan probe duels in RFC hearings
Senate Banking Subcommittee probes Reconstruction Finance Corp conflicts over a Texmass Petroleum loan. Witnesses describe E Mer Young as a Washington expediter with White House ties and a proposed 85 000 fee. Bohannon and Young deny bidding influence and aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John B. Skiles
Dallas Reconstruction Finance
Dallas
E. Mer Young
White House
Texmass Petroleum Co
Skiles
Ross Bohannon
Young
Bohannon
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Texmass
Berriam M. Lindsley
Corsicana
Tex
Dallas Rfc
Lindsley
Donald Dawson
Dawson
Truman
Subcommittee
Thomas M. Rucker
News Tip Winners Reward Local Tipsters
This week’s News Tip contest awards Travie Haynes of Quay New Mexico a ten dollar prize for an exclusive Grady tornado story. Earl Tasler wins five dollars for reporting the hijacking of Myer’s Grocery, while A D Coontz receives three dollars for coverage of a service station explosion and fire. Third prize goes to Mary Evans for an argument over a parking space that led to blows. Additional tipsters include Anne Ansley and others listed.
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Travie Haynes
Quay
Globe News
Grady
Earl Tasler
West
Myer’s
A. D.D. Coontz
North Grant
Mary Evans
North Pierce
Anne Ansley
West Fifteenth
Thomas Petron
North East Seventh
J. L. Dove
Spruce
Prank Ray
Avondale
Richard Birchfield
Norma Ludden
Buchanan
R. C. Kearney
Rule
Francis Wilson
Tennessee
E. P Keenum
Rain Ends Drought Hope for Panhandle Wheat Farmers
Moisture from weekend rains totals 1.55 inches for Amarillo, boosting topsoil moisture and raising hopes for a wheat crop. Weatherman predicts fair skies tonight and cooler Tuesday. Local reports show varied rainfall across the Tri State area, with Tucumcari and the Panhandle recording the heaviest totals. Texas A&M Extension agent Knox Parr says soaking rains may allow roots to reach subsoil moisture, reviving prospects after months of drought and pests.
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H. C. Winburn
Amarillo Air Terminal
Amarillo
Tri- State
Tucumcari
Panhandle
Texas
Berger
Pampa
Plainview
Clarendon
Dalhart
Childress
Clayton
Guymon
Okla
Gage
Knox Parr
Texas A&m College Extension Service
Parr
Name Calling Hits New High
Belgrade report notes excessive usage of names in Pravda coverage. Zagreb Daily Vjesnik counted 101 Stalin mentions on a Pravda front page and a two column article on the Korean War used terms such as bandits, barbarians and monsters to describe United Nations soldiers. The piece also notes North Koreans called peaceful citizens and Chinese labeled volunteers.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Zagreb
Vjesnik
Stalin
Pravda
United Nations Soldiers
Violets May Shrink But Crowds Don’t Attract Thousands
In Kansas City at Municipal Auditorium an African violets display drew about 50 000 visitors over two days. Fans queued to enter as doors opened and sponsors reported crowd control as workers locked doors and admitted small groups amid attempts to pay guards for entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Insurance firm to pay boy 11200 for lost tongue
In Dublin on February 26 an insurance company agreed in court to compensate 12 year old Cyril Morrison with 11200 for the loss of his tongue after being pinned by a tractor on a Ballyboy area farm. He now uses a plastic tongue devised by London surgeons to eat and speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Ireland
Cyril Morrison
Ballyboy
Cyril
London
Boy, 14, admits killing parents in Oakland
In Oakland California a 14 year old boy Donald Arceo walked into a police station and confessed to killing his father John Arceo 37 and mother Dorothy Arceo 31 They say he stole a .22 rifle Sunday afternoon and fired three shots through his bedroom door as his parents watched TV One bullet killed his father another fatally wounded his mother He took his father's wallet and wedding ring fled in the family car and spoke with a priest who urged surrender He claimed no motive saying I don't know why I did it It's crazy He added I love them very much
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Oakland
Cal
Donald Arceo
John Arceo
Dorothy
Merle Longnecker
Donald
Boy Injured In Own Home Train Wreck Case
In Dallas area, 12 year old Jerry Caldwell of Carrollton injured when a dynamite cap he found on an electric train caused an explosion at home. The incident occurred last night in the suburban area.
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Dallas
Jerry Caldwell
Carrollton
Amarillo Police Debuts Juvenile Crime Prevention Division
The Amarillo Police Department will open a Delinquent Control and Crime Prevention Division focused on youth cases. Lt. Clifford L. Roberts and Lt. Ralph J. Pray join the unit while Chief Sid Harper and city juvenile officers return from Houston where they studied its Juvenile and Crime Prevention Section. See POLICE-Page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Amarilo
Clifford L. Roberts
Ralph J. Pray
Sid Harper
Houston
Weather Summary Amarillo and Nearby Areas
Weather data from Amarillo and vicinity notes generally fair conditions this afternoon and tonight with increasing clouds and cooler Tuesday. It lists today’s high and tonight’s low, a 24 hour period low, precipitation, and a ParHand le agricultural outlook praising outdoor work. West Texas remains fair tonight and Tuesday with colder conditions in the ParIHandle Tuesday. New Mexico shows partly cloudy skies with scattered light showers and snow flurries mainly in mountains and windy conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Thieves Take Pocketbook, Lose Hotel Receipts
In Lakewood New Jersey Feb 26 a woman named Mrs Boris Levin was robbed of her pocketbook after a struggle with a slick thief who seized two bags she carried. Police later recovered the pocketbook and a lone 1 25 from the roadside. The second bag held 17000 in receipts from the Irvington Hotel owned by Mr and Mrs Levin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakewood
Boris Levin
New Irvington
Forest fire tally across parishes reported by state forester
Baton Rouge dispatch records 150 forest fires in 24 parishes as reported by State Forester James Mayp. The tally highlights widespread blaze activity and regional strain on firefighting resources during the period.
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Baton Rouge
James Mayp
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General Electric
Col
Ray H. Clark
Amarillo Air Force Base
Clark
San Antonio
Jack Cunningham
Southwestern Public Service Company
Great Plains Empire
Associated Press
United Press
PPP
Aes PE Yao
Reto
Rucker
Texmass Applicaon
Charles W. Tobey
New Hampshire
Bill Boyle
William M. Boyle
Boyle
Air Transport Command
Aeus Lumber Company
Lad
Billy Gene Chandler
Amarillo High School
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Billy Gene
Pokey
Jackson
Billy Witherspoon
Griggs
Chandler
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
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