Politics Motive in Meeting of Senate
A Texas Senate special session seems political to embarrass Gov. Coke Stevenson amid lingering feuds from recent appointments. The session, begun with 18 senators present, targets recess appointments including Harry B Crozier to head the Unemployment Compensation Commission. Senator Moffett questions legality, noting the constitution allows 19 days for appointments.
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State Senate
Coke Stevenson
Stevenson
Grover Seilers
Jerry Mann
Mann
Sellers
Austin
Pat Bullock
Colorado City
T. C. Chadick
Quitman
A. B. Crawford
Granbury
Rogers Kelley
Edinburg
Roger Knight
Madisonville
Ward
Seguin
J. Alton York
Bryan
Moffett
Senate
Harry Benge Crozier
Texas Unemployment Compensation Commission
Crozier
Grady Hadlewood
Loaded Dice Confiscated After Traffic Stop
State highway patrolmen seized a car containing about 50 pairs of loaded dice and dice making gear after arresting two Latin American men on a traffic violation. Officers found drills, bits, blank dice, loading equipment, decks of marked cards, and mirrors likely used for gambling. The men are jailed as investigations continue. one has prior penitentiary experience and both claim to have wandered through many jails in South and East Texas.
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Texas
Mexico
St. Louis
FBI
Gerald B. Norris
St. Louis Union Station
Grover Casey
Troy
Ala
Suzanne
Norris
Hersey Wyatt Miles Funeral in Juarez
Funeral services for Hersey Wyatt Miles, Amarillo man found dead of a heart attack in Juarez, Mexico on January 2, were held in Juarez. Born July 2, 1915 in Mansfield Louisiana, he grew up in Amarillo and is survived by his father W F Miles and five sisters in Texas and Louisiana.
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Hersey Wyatt Miles
Amarillo
Juarez
Mexico
Miles
Mansfield
W F. Miles
O. L. Nix
Taylor
Billy Crawford
Ross Hotel
William Porterfield
Shreveport
Labor wage dispute prompts US government action
Washington weighs a 30 per cent wage rise and a fact finding panel while Chicago mediation is urged ahead of the January 16 meat packing strike. Cleveland Retail Meat Dealers urge Truman intervention warning the 335,000 AFL CIO workers could trigger a famine.
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Labor Department
Washington
Chicago
National Retail Meat Dealers Association
Cleveland
Truman
AFL
CIO
United States
Amarillo Telephoners Await Strike Decision
Amarillo members of the Southwestern Telephone Workers Union face a potential sympathy strike as ballots are counted after voting began last night. Western Electric workers in New York and New Jersey are already striking for a 30 percent wage increase, involving about 17 000 employees.
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Amarillo
Southwestern Telephone Workers’ Union
Western Electric Union
Cora Miller
Western Electric
New York
New Jersey
Word Game Solutions List
A compiled sequence pairs numbers with words from a Word Game. Entries include Happy Haven Harmonica Hesten Hamiet Haddock Omega Chgor Pharaoh En chant Chalenge Ghastly Cheries Elephant Behavior Chariot Halo Halloween Thaw Shave.
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Happy
Haven
Harmonica
Hesten
Hamiet
Haddock
Omega
Chgor
Pharaoh
Downtown USO to be discharged and consolidated downtown
After January 31 the Downtown USO at Sixth and Taylor will consolidate with the Auditorium USO at 501 Buchanan. The farewell review is planned by director W L Schmidt as the GI rendezvous ends after more than three years serving 2,956,000 servicemen with meals, errands, help, and social events.
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Sixth and
Taylor
USO
Buchanan
W. L. Schmidt
Broadway
42Nd Street
British General Preaches Anglo American Cooperation
Maj. Gen. Francis H. N. Davidson of the British General Staff, now on terminal leave, spoke in Amarillo as a Chamber of Commerce guest. He urged close Anglo American ties and voiced views on language, peace, collaboration, and allied action, noting British and American unity and the need for decency in policy. He left for Oklahoma City this morning.
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America
England
Amarillo
Washington
China
Russia
Java
Amarillo Lodge Reaches 1100 Members Amid City Blackout
A two hour city wide power failure sparked an unplanned candlelight initiation for Amarillo Lodge 731 A F and A M making Clyde Hefner the 1100th member. The event occurred as traffic lights failed and water pumps operated intermittently leaving officials uneasy about the water supply.
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Amarillo Lodge
A. M
Clyde Hefner
Walter Craig
War Department
N. V. Moss
Wreck Victims Remain Critical After Truck Train Crash
Paul Venhaus of near Dimmitt and Lloyd Nobile of near Tulsa are in critical condition at St. Anthony's Hospital after a cattle truck collided with a northbound Santa Fe passenger train five miles south of Canyon. The vehicle was struck in the right rear, throwing it off the tracks. Eight Hereford bulls valued at $1,600 were killed in the crash.
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Paul Venhaus
Dimmitt
Lloyd Nobile
Tulsa
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Canyon
Pike Invents Portable Gas Tank For Carburetor
W H Pike of Warren Pennsylvania designed a small emergency gasoline tank to supply fuel when the regular feed line is clogged. It mounts on top of the carburetor and provides a quick backup fuel source.
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W. H. Pike
Warren
Await Arrival of Family of Waller
Funeral services for James L. Waller a Dallas businessman found dead in his hotel room at 3 yesterday are pending at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home. His wife and other family members are en route to Amarillo. Verdict by Justice of the Peace C W Carder cites natural causes.
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James L. Waller
Dallas
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Amarillo
Waller
C. W. Carder
Griggs Returns To Ward Belmon t School Girls
Neilyn Griggs daughter of Mr and Mrs H C Griggs returns to Ward Belmont School for Girls in Nashville Tennessee after spending Christmas holidays with her parents She is a member of the Penta Tau Social Club of Ward Belmont Club Village
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Neilyn Griggs
H. C. Griggs
Taylor
Ward-Belmont School For Girls
Nashville
Tenn
Miss Griggs
Penta Tau
Ward-Belmont Club
Park Designs for Memorial Park Submitted in Amarillo
Memorial Park plans from Hare and Hare of Kansas City reach the city commission. The layout includes facilities for baseball softball football volleyball basketball and tennis plus playgrounds and separate adult and children sitting areas. A fountain with formal garden is planned near the south end between Washington Jackson and Twenty fourth to Twenty eighth streets near Amarillo College.
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Memorial Park
City Commission
Hare and Hare
Landscape Architects
Kansas City
Amarillo
Joe Jenkins
Me- Twenty-eighth
Center
Washington and
Jackson
Twenty-fourth
Twentieth-eighth
Amarillo College
Perry Burks to Attend Oklahoma Funeral
W. T. Woolsey, stepfather of Perry Burks and Sayre city tax assessor, died yesterday in Sayre Oklahoma. Mr and Mrs Perry Burks of 2504 Harrison plan to leave tomorrow to attend the funeral at the Baptist Church in Texola Oklahoma. Woolsey was 85 and lived in Texola.
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W. T. Woolsey
Perry Burks
Sayre
Okla
Truman urges fair discharge policy amid homecoming strains
President Truman defends a balanced approach to discharge priorities as troops return home from war. He warns against favoring any single group and emphasizes treating each service member equitably while acknowledging widespread family anxieties. Demonstrations in Manila Paris and at Andrews Field underscore the tension. Congressmen debate whether the Army broke faith and call for inquiry.
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Truman
Manila
Paris
Andrews Field
Washington
Puzzle definitions tease readers with missing letters
A word fill-in puzzle presents clues and partial letters. The page lists definitions from a humorous inhouse column with hints like harbor place of safety a port and a two wheeled vehicle of war. Readers score 5 points per solved word and can consult the page for answers.
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Nebraska
Carley Price Named As Traffic Captain
Sid Harper announces Carley C. Price as traffic captain of the Amarillo police department with John C. Anderson named traffic sergeant. Price succeeds Tommy Thomas who resigned to enter private business. Anderson is promoted from traffic patrolman. Promotions retroactive to Jan 3.
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Carley Price
Sid Harper
Carley C. Price
Amarillo
John C. Anderson
Captain Price
Tommy Thomas
Homer Rountree
Mr. Rountree
Sergeant Anderson
Police Department
Anderson
Traffic Department
Goldberg
Kidnap ransom tale ties to Chicago official back porch clues
Police described footprints near a porch and a laundry bag with initials U S found in a basement as evidence in the Suzanne Degnan case. They believe Suzanne was taken from her room around 3 am and killed soon after. Degnan offered to pay $20,000 in exchange for his daughter's return.
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Walter Storms
Suzanne
Degnan
Chicago
Frances Brown
Miss Brown
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