Truman attacks Lustron loan and Kaiser's RFC ties
Senator Fulbright criticizes a $44.5 million RFC loan to Henry Kaiser’s auto firm calling it unnecessary and risky. He urges delays until Congress reviews the program and weighs tighter lending limits. Senator Cole notes Lustron defaults on 22 million of a 37.5 million loan for prefab houses.
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Truman
Congress
White House
Fulbright
RFC
Henry Kaiser
Cole
Freezing Rain Forecast in Panhandle Tonight
The Panhandle region including Amarillo is slated for colder weather with a chance of freezing rain by early Tuesday. Cloudy and mild today with temperatures dipping to 24 tonight and a high near 28 tomorrow. Walter Watts cautioned the storm may slow and delay the weather change.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Tuesay
Weather Bureau
Walter Watts
Amarillo Air Terminal
New Year Baby Born in Yakima to Local Couple
In Yakima Washington a newborn named Donald Yearout was born at 1201 AM New Year Day to Mr and Mrs Donald D Yearout of Wapato Washington. The timing makes him one of the first babies of the year in the area.
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Yakima
Wash
Donald
Donald D. Yearout
Wapato
Desperate convicts evade 100 officers in Arkansas woods
A gang of three armed convicts began a deadly woods chase as 100 officers with bloodhounds hunted them near Little Rock. A guard was killed and an officer wounded during a high speed car chase and roadblock clashes. The fugitives, led by James Perry Williams, fled a ditch crash after an 85 mph pursuit. The posse warned to shoot to kill, while weather and swampy terrain hinder scent tracking. They are believed to be in a 10-square-mile area near Highways 67 and 70. The fourth convict remained at large, with car thefts and gunfights marking the escape.
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Little Rock
Ark
Tucker
Lee Henslee
Henslee
H. R. Peterson
Arkansas State Police
Chaney Cates
England
Blizzard Lashes West New Year Weather Toll
A West strike of a heavy blizzard begins as the nation recovers from New Year celebrations. UP reports 307 deaths in accidents since Friday with 185 highway fatalities, 35 fires, eight in plane crashes and 79 other incidents, while safety officials forecast up to 330 highway deaths through Monday.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
du Pont
United Press
National Safety Council
Opening Congress Faces Broad Fair Deal On Agenda
Congress opens with a push for expanded Social Security benefits as core of the Fair Deal while President Truman plans to outline a mid-century program. Key proposals likely shelved include health insurance Taft Hartley repeal and Bran nan farm subsidies. amid tax cut talks and oleomargarine tax repeal battles, with filibuster risks and wage/price policy debates looming through session start.
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Washington
Truman
Capitol Hill
River Valley
Senate
Martin
Pennsylvania
George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
Lucas
Illinois
Democratic Policy Committee
Barkley
House
Rayburn
Texas
McCormack
Massachusetts
White House
Finance Committee
Millikin
Colorado
Finance Group
Senate Labor Committee
Mentor named Coach of the Year by Texas sports writers
Frank Kim brough of West Texas State College wins Border Conference Coach of the Year as Dell Morgan of Texas Tech trails. Kim brough’s Buffaloes finish strong with four straight wins including an upset of Hardin-Simmons. In high school, Wichita Falls coach Joe Golding edged Johnny Kitchens and Tom Tipps for Class AA title. Rice’s Jess Neely wins Southwest Coach of the Year over Baylor’s Bob Woodruff.
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Frank A. Godsoe
Dallas
Frank Kimbrough
West Texas State College
Canyon
Border Conference
Texas Sports Writers Association
Kimbrough
Dell Morgan
Texas Tech
Buffaloes
Hardin-Simmons
Joe Golding
Wichita Falls
Johnny Kitchens
Austin
Tom Tipps
Pampa
Jess Neely
Rice Owls
Bob Woodruff
Baylor
Vegetarians Seek Quiet Upstairs Apartment
East Cleveland landlady advertises an upstairs rental with vegetarian preference after enduring a downstairs tenant who cooked roast beef for 15 years. She and her daughter, both vegetarians, want no more temptation. See the 1950 Dodge on Wednesday.
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Cleveland
East Cleveland
$100 Prizes Offered for Best New Year Resolutions
Mason King announces a resolutions contest with $100 total prizes. First $50, second $25, third $10, fourth to sixth $5 each. Entries limited to 150 words and must be mailed by January 15 to The News-Globe Amarillo. A panel of a clergyman editor lawyer banker and a mother will judge.
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Mason King
News- Globe
Amarillo
Weather warnings for Amarillo area livestock
Live stock warning issued for Tuesday with cloudy skies and mild conditions this afternoon. Strong northerly winds then bring much colder weather and subfreezing temperatures. Occasional rain tonight turning to freezing rain Tuesday. Highs today near 59 and tomorrow around 28. Heaviest cold follows in West Texas Panhandle with 12 to 25 degrees tonight. Stockmen advised to take precautions as showers or snow flurries affect New Mexico mountains and northwest regions, with cooler north and west portions Tuesday afternoon.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Coolie
Pedestrians Seen as Biggest Traffic Problem in Amarillo
Traffic Captain John Anderson reviews Amarillo’s 1949 fatality tally noting seven deaths, six pedestrians, with 2,526 total accidents by year end. He cites rapid growth and says car control is better than pedestrian safety, calling for curb on foot traffic.
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John Anderson
Anderson
Amarillo
Bush Estate Right Of Way Deal Approved For 12 Miles
Potter County commissioners accepted Bush Estate offer to donate 12 miles of right of way for the Tascosa Road link of Highway 66 contingent on county funded fencing. County builds a four strand wire fence along the stretch at about $950. The move leaves about one mile remaining to complete the link.
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Potter County
Bush Estate
John Peterson
Johnny Morris
Morris
Census Jobs Seen as Politics in Election Year
Hauser, acting Census Bureau director, defends 150000 temporary census jobs as partisan practice. He says both parties have historically given preference to applicants recommended by majority party in Congress, aligning with the American democratic process.
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Washington
Philip M. Hauser
Census Bureau
Hauser
Gannett
Congress
Baby and New Year Arrive Together in Texas
A daughter born to Mrs. Robert Holcomb in St. Pauls Hospital Dallas at five after midnight Sunday Jan 1 is thought to be the first child delivered in Texas in the second half of the 20th Century.
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Dallas
Jan
U.P
Robert Holcomb
St. Paul’s Hospital
Texas
Greenhill Lowndes Insurance Ad for 1950 Dodge
A brief classified style notice from Hedgecoke Motor Co at 416 West 6th promoting a 1950 Dodge. It references Greenhill and Lowndes Insurance in connection with the car deal or financing.
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Dodge
Hedgecoke Motor Co
West 6Th
Protest over Highway 66 right of way near Amarillo
County commissioners heard the Dowells protest a $3,500 offer for 25 acres of their Saratoga Cafe property. They cited damages including a requested barn and $4,598 for protection of farming machinery. Dowells urged higher compensation, citing an adjacent property sale of $5,500 for 17 acres. Negotiations to continue.
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Emer Dowell
Dowell
Saratoga Cafe
Commissioners Court
Amarillo
Rock Island Tracks
Gene Jordan
Judge Jordan
Jordan
Eight-year-old receives traffic citation in Los Angeles
Los Angeles on January 2 reports that eight year old Robert Smith was ticketed by a police officer for crossing a street in the middle of the block yesterday. The incident highlights how traffic rules apply to minors in urban areas.
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Los Angeles
Robert Smith
Flores Wins News Tip Contest With Refrigerator Rally
Louis Flores, 202 North Arthur, wins $5 for a News Tip about two refrigerators a-flying across a railroad crossing. Rich ard Johnson, 908 North Cleveland, earns $3 for a tip about a house fire. Don Ellerbee, 3419 Line, collects $2 for a tip on two boys catching a hawk.
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Louis Flores
North Arthur
Richard Johnson
North Cleveland
Don Ellerbee
Line
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