One Man Drive Aims to Name Martin GOP Nominee
Representative Leo Allen of Illinois launches a push to draft House Speaker Joseph W. Martin as the Republican compromise presidential candidate. He rates Martin’s chances at one in five and suggests a Midwest veteran like Harold Stassen as running mate. Allen also predicts a Truman Farley ticket for the Democrats.
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Washington
Jan
House
Joseph W. Martin
Leo Allen
Ilinois
Allen
Martin
House Rules Committee
Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Wendell L. Willkie
Dewey
Taft
Joe Martin
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Truman
James Farley
Farley
Roosevelt
Ice Storm Paralyzes Major Regions From Iowa to Atlantic
A 60 mph ice storm coated the densely populated belt from Iowa to the Atlantic coast, freezing rains and sleet halting transport and cutting communications. New York commuter service faltered. winter weather threatens thawing ice. Deaths, property losses, and rail disruptions mount as authorities warn motorists to stay off roads.
FBI Reviews Graham Trading Records Amid Wheat Futures Probe
Senator Knowland said brokerage records for Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham have been turned over to the FBI. Bache and Company confirmed information was provided to authorities. The Commerce Department named 17 higher rank employees who speculated in commodities since July 1, 1946, including Forest G. Warren of the Office of International Trade.
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Washington
William F. Knowland
California
Wallace H. Graham
Truman
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Knowland
New York
Bache and Company
Graham
FBI
Bppen Us
Senate Appropriations Committee
Department of Commerce
Commerce Department
Forest G. Warren
Office of International Trade
Smoky the dog saves family from house fire in Royston
Two years after being adopted from a stray rescue, Smoky the mongrel receives the bronze medal from the National Canine Defense League for waking Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chilton to escape a blaze that destroyed their Royston home.
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Royston, Eng
Harry Chilton
Smoky
National Canine Defense League
Florence greets relief train at first stop from Rome
Florence welcomed the Friendship Train on its first stop out of Rome with gifts of American food. The city joined a relief effort marking a moment of postwar aid and international goodwill.
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Florence
Italy
Rome
Six Year Plan To Improve Amarillo Field
City plans a six year program for English Field improvements including runway extensions lighting upgrades and a new terminal. The application to War Assets Administration in Dallas outlines half a million dollars from city bonds and another half from a federal grant. The project starts this spring with runway work and aims to place a terminal on the north side near Braniff hangar.
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English Field
N. V. Moss
War Assets Administration
Dallas
Moss
Braniff International Airways
Devel
Amarillo Army Ai Field
Amarillo Army Air Field
Army
Cable Telegraphers Strike Shuts No City Traffic
New York unionized workers from four overseas communications firms walked out early today. About 3,500 employees joined the strike as federal conciliators sought to bridge gaps in new contract talks replacing expired agreements. Despite the walkout two thirds of US international communications traffic were reportedly kept running by supervisory staff.
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New York
United States
Last of Colorado Felons Recaptured
The last of a dozen Colorado prison escapees was captured at a ranch near Canon City. James Sherbondy surrendered without resistance with a bogus gun. He, like others, had frozen legs. Two convicts were killed, four wounded, one critically. one was struck with a claw hammer.
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Tip James Sherbondy
Canon City
Colorado
Roy Best
Sherbondy
Romanian Government Seeks Swiss Entry Visas for Ex King
The Romanian government asks for 25 visas for former King Michael Queen Mother Helen and retinue to enter Switzerland. Diplomatic passports requested for Michael who abdicated Tuesday and his mother. Requests may reach Swiss offices in Bern tomorrow with a reply not expected until late Monday or Tuesday due to Saturday closures.
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Bucharest
Romania
Michael
Helen
Switzerland
Popular Democratic Republic
Bern
Soviet Press Praises Wallace Milwaukee Speech
Pravda, the Communist Party organ, runs a four column piece on Henry A. Wallace after his Milwaukee address. It describes a wild ovation and repeated enthusiastic interruptions from the audience during the speech.
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Wallace
Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Henry A. Wallace
Milwaukee
New Hospital Staff Announcements Include Education Director
Northwest Texas Hospital appoints Miss Rose Mary Radcliffe as educational director for its school of nurses replacing Miss Ruth Binder. Jim Beverlin named credit manager, first in the hospital history, with duties beginning immediately. Radcliffe previously led the education department for 15 years.
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Northwest Texas Hospital
Buck Beringer
Rose Mary Radcliffe
Miss Radcliffe
Ruth Binder
Jim Beverlin
Herring Hotel
Miss Binder
Fort Worth
Beringer
John Peterson
New Credit
Beverlin
Mountain Drive
Pleasant Valley
Amarillo
Herring
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago
Santa Fe
The
Mr. Beverlin
Snipers Kill Nurse and British Soldier on Mount of Olives
Arab snipers killed a Jewish nurse and a British corporal and wounded a nun as a Jewish funeral procession was fired upon on the Mount of Olives. Police said the shootings escalated communal strife following the UN partition decision.
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Jerusalem
Mount of Olives
United Nations
Palestine
Veterans appeal to Truman as European fiances arrive late
Irate veterans urge President Truman to grant visas or entry to their European fianc es delayed by the Dec 31 deadline of the GI bill of bridal rights. Fifteen women from Austria and Wales arrived at LaGuardia after weather and engine trouble, while others wait on Ellis Island awaiting parole hearings and possible six month extensions.
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New York
Truman
Filix Island
la Guardia Field
Special Immigration Board
Europe
Filis Island
Alfred Kane
Portage
Fort Dix
Giovanna Marzala
Kane
Italy
Gela Huber
Helene Buchanwald
Ludowika Machtinger
United States Territory
London
Exacly
Butternut
Wis
Wallace Wood
Pierre
Bruce Olsen
San Diego
Cal
Ellis Island
Scotland
Paris
Washington
Justice Department
United States
Tom C. Clark
Elis Island
Clark
Congress
Greek government crushes guerrilla force in Konitsa struggle
Greek forces push remnants of Gen. Markos Vafthiades' fighters toward the Albanian border after a week long clash that began on Christmas Day. At peak the rebels numbered about 8,500 with heavy guns. now roughly 2,500 remain as Eighth Division units enter Konitsa and establish artillery positions.
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Athens
Markos Vafthiades
Konitsa
George Stratos
Bourazani
Stratos
Eighth
Vealers Bring Record High Price at Chicago Area Stockyards
Choice dealers sold vealers for 39 dollars per hundredweight at the National Stockyards in East St Louis. Veteran market observers said this was likely the highest price ever paid for calves at any U S stockyard.
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ST. Louis
Tih
Jan
Red Probers Turn Attention To Infiltration in Panama
Washington January 2 The House Committee on Un American Activities will conduct an on the spot Panama Canal zone inquiry into Communist infiltration late this month. The probe is part of a five point program including Hollywood influence hearings, atom bomb information theft, indoctrination of Negro groups with Communism, and the spread of Fascism.
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Washington
Thomas
New Jersey
Republican
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Panama
Canal Zone
Hollywood
Rockwall Jail Breakers Captured After 24 Hour Hunt
Panola County deputies and a posse captured two escaped Rockwall jail inmates Johnny Orr of Texarkana and Maxie Lott of Marshall after a daylong horseback pursuit. The fugitives surrendered at Watermans Front saw mill village, 22 miles southwest of Carthage, under the blow of Bloodhounds and Sheriff Corbitt Akins.
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Carthage
Tex
Panola County
Rockwall
Watermans Front
Corbitt Akins
Johnny Orr
Texarkana
Maxie Lott
Marshall
Water From Broken Main Traps 4000 in Subways
Four thousand people were trapped in stalled subway trains as water from a broken main flooded a Broadway Seventh Avenue IRT section. Power shut down, crews led passengers from trains to street exits as rescue teams responded.
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New York
Broadway Seventh Avenue
Weather notes and repair loan ad fragment
The forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for continued fair weather this afternoon tonight and Saturday with rising temperatures. West Texas and New Mexico sections show generally fair skies with increasing clouds and warmer readings. A repair loan notice mentions No down payment through John Maynard Lor at 800 W. 5th.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
PHA
John Maynard Lor. Co
5Th
Wife Undecided in Murphy Case Hearing Set Tomorrow
Leroy Murphy, convicted of killing his father, faces a potential peace bond release decision as his wife Alta Jo Manning Kalebanhanah weighs pressing charges. She earlier filed a fear charge and seeks divorce, while Leroy awaits trial on a separate July threat case and a June fatal assault.
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Leroy Murphy
Potter County
Justice Court
Alta Jo Manning Kealbanhanah
C. W. Carder
John Peterson
Leroy
Murphy
North Arthur
Mr. Peterson
Alta Jo
Oklahoma
Amarillo
M.D. Key
North Fillmore
47Th District
Protest Over Freedom Train Route Omits Amarillo
Protesters led by the Daughters of the American Revolution and Colonial Dames condemn the Freedom Train route for omitting Amarillo. They plan to petition Attorney General Tom Clark in Washington as the train schedule targets north central Texas and the border area, with no West Texas or Panhandle stops.
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Amarillo
Tom Clark
Washington
America
Texas
Panhandle
Daughters of the American Revolution
The
Colonial Dames
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
W. D. DeGrassi
Liano Estacado
Dak
Rolla Cartwright
Esther McCrory
Dar
Lonnie Harvey Cline Executed for Dallas Slaying
In Huntsville on January 24, Lonnie Harvey Cline age 29 died in the electric chair for the December 23, 1945 knife murder of former Stagg Sgt. Clyde Mears in Dallas.
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Huntsville
Lonnie Harvey Cline
Texas State Penitentiary
Stagg
Clyde Mears
Dallas
Warmer Weather Forecast Clears New Year Snow
Weather man Walter Watts reports clear skies and rising temperatures with highs of 45 degrees this afternoon and 49 degrees tomorrow. Evaporation should keep streets dry with little water or ice, and no additional moisture is expected in the coming days.
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Walter Watts
Storms Worsen Across New England and Midwest
Snow totals of 8 to 12 inches are forecast for inland parts of northern New England and southern Quebec over 72 hours, with 4 to 8 inches in far northern sections. Coastal areas endure 25 to 35 mph northeast winds and heavy rain as rain turns to sleet or snow north of Cape Cod. Boston sees rain and snow flurries near freezing with a high around 34. A separate sleet storm delays travel in western New York and causes outages for the Buffalo Niagara Electric Corp. one fatality is reported in Lackawanna, New York, when a pedestrian was struck after being hit by a truck. Trains and transit face disruption in Philadelphia and Ohio towns Bowling Green and Napoleon amid ice and downed lines.
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Pennsylvania
New York
Michigan
Detroit
Detroit River
Silver Creek
Horse Island
New England
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
Maine
Weather Bureau
Cape Cod
Boston
New York State
Thomas J. Smith
Lacka- Wanna
Buffalo Niagara Electric Corp
Bowling Green
Napoleon
Ohio
Philadelphia
Gets His Wish, Now Wishes He Hadn't
An Austin grocer reported a $22 loss as detectives questioned several people. A man yelled for a search of all present and officers found $22 hidden in his shoe, revealing a light moment amid the investigation.
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Austin, Jan
Austin
T. W. Holmes
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