Phone Workers Vote To Strike In Sympathetic Action
Union members at Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in five states voted to strike in sympathy with Western Electric workers. Mrs. Cora Miller, head of the traffic department for the Southwestern Telephone Workers' Union, announced the decision, as national telephone service faced disruptions.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Western Electric Workers
Cora Miller
Southwestern Telephone Workers’ Union
Five-State
Washington
United States Steel Company
New York City
Western Union Company
Thomas
Texas Southwestern Bell
Western Electric
San Antonio
Odessa
Abilene
Lubbock
Bill Taylor
Dallas
J. C. Persons
Southwestern Telephone Workers Union
Texas
Telephone Tie Up Across Nation Threatens Services
Western Electric installation workers in 42 states walk out demanding a 14 percent wage increase by Friday. Sympathetic action spreads to Texas cities including Amarillo Dallas Waco and San Antonio as unions rally for higher pay. Government officials seek conciliation while long distance and repair services face disruption.
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Put Liver U
Wau
Western Electric Company
New England
Texas
America
Chicago
Swift and Armour Meat Packing Companies
AFL
CIO Meat Packers
Western Electric
Bell Telephone System
Telephone Company
Associated Press
Dallas
Waco
Austin
San Antonio
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Amarillo
A. 0. Thomas
Association of Communications and Equipment Workers
Thomas
Amarillo Telephone Company
Mr. Thomas
Floods Leave Thousands Homeless Across Deep South
Flood waters reach record highs across the South causing at least 22 deaths and multi-million dollar damage. Eight deaths in Tennessee, six in Kentucky, six in Arkansas, and two in Georgia. The Weather Bureau said the worst was over as rains continued for a second day. Kentucky reports about 5,000 homeless.
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Associated Press
South
Tennessee
Kentucky
Arkansas
Georgia
Weather Bureau
Atlanta
OPA blamed for cattle feed shortages in Texas
In Dallas on January 9, Perry Lunsford, overseer of the Jack Frost ranches in West Texas, says the OPA bears major blame for a protein feed shortage. He states that grain and cottonseed meal shortages drive underfed beef steers to slaughter and that soybeans at ceiling prices under OPA rules worsened the problem.
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Dallas
OPA
Cattemen
Texas
Perry Lunsford
Jack Frost
West
Lunsford
Weather and Security Updates From Across Regions
Amarillo area forecasts cloudy and cooler with mixed precipitation possible Pecos Valley snow flurries Panhandle low 20s to 30s Upper Pecos 28 to 32. New Mexico partly cloudy with scattered flurries northern mountains colder west. London report on atomic energy safeguards at UN Assembly with Byrnes and Vandenberg indicating acceptance and congressional assent requirements. J Blake Timmons age company listings follow.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
London
United States
United Nations Organization Assembly
Byrnes
Vandenberg
Michigan
Atomic Commission
Britain
Russia
Canada
United Nations
Russell Stationery Co Engraved Wedding Impressions
Russell Stationery Co presents engraved wedding imitations as keepsakes for couples. The item showcases personalized inscriptions and decorative motifs to mark nuptial celebrations.
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Russell Stationery Co
Bovington and Baker Wed in Las Vegas Justice of the Peace ceremony
Lt. Col. Gregory Bovington known as Pappy and Miss Frances Baker of Los Angeles were married in Las Vegas yesterday by a justice of the peace. The event linked two prominent figures from military and civic circles.
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Bovington
Frances Baker
Las Vegas
Gregory (Pappy) Bovington
Los Angeles
Police Grill Second Janitor Amid Degnan Case
Chicago police questioned Hector Verburgh, 65, and Desere Smet, 35, janitors with keys to the building basement where six year old Suzanne Degnan was dismembered. lie detector tests planned. habeas corpus bids considered. autopsy confirms strangulation before dismemberment.
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Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
North Side
Hector Verburgh
Verburgh
Desere Smet
Smet
Central Police
Verburghs
Ward
Mount St. Mary’s Convent
St. Charles
Ill
Mary
Suzanne
James E. Degnan
CPA
Edgewater Beach
Degnan
Potter County Officials Vote 1946 Salary Boost
Potter County commissioners approved a 1946 salary increase for most elected officials. County Judge Northcutt, Sheriff Adams, Clerk Cole, and Assessor Hoyt rise to 4750 while County Commissioners earn 3000. Other officials receive varied raises, restoring portions of earlier cuts after the postwar downturn.
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CCC Tt
Potter County
Commissioners Court
Northcutt
Bill Adams
Hubert Cole
John Crudgington
J D. Cazzell
C. W. Carder
Pat Meritt
Legion Leader Addresses Amarillo Luncheon
Commander John Stelle of the American Legion spoke at a 1 15 PM luncheon in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel Amarillo. He arrived from Albquerque at 12 55 PM and planned to depart for Lubbock after a mid afternoon press conference. Attendance reached 200 with multiple local posts and officials present.
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John Stelle
McLeansboro
American Legion
Herring Hotel
Stelle
Amarillo
Albunqueran
Lubbock
O'Clock
Legion
Borger
Pampa
Stratford
Dumas
Canyon
Childress
Claude
Vega
Shamrock
Clarendon Perryton
Panhandle
Herman G. Nami
San Antonio
G. Ward Moody
Austin
O. O. Willman
Veteran's Service
Snow Moisture Possible From Mountain Snow
A weather note says mountain snow may bring moisture with mostly cloudy and cooler conditions. Temperatures near 45 this afternoon after a 20 degree low, with potential snow in eastern New Mexico, southwest Texas, and Colorado and New Mexico mountains. Also advertising for John Maynard Lumber Co. and Regal Co. Real Estate.
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New Mexico
Texas
Colorado
Designers Stand Accused Says Present Fashions Make Women Look Like Matchsticks
Harry Conover, head of a major model agency, accuses designers of shaping fashions to produce flat chested emaciated women. He says models should eat freely and cites Anita Colby as the most beautiful woman. calls Ingrid Bergman the prettiest on screen and Maureen O’Hara the perfect feature girl. He notes Cleveland Dallas and Atlanta as feminine beauty capitals after interviewing 75 hopefuls daily.
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Don Hewitt
Memphis
Harry Conover
America
Conover
Anita Colby
Miss Colby
New York
Washington
Bud Counihan
Francine Counihan
Anita
David Selznick
Ingrid Bergman
Maureen O'Hara
Cleveland
Dallas
Atlanta
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United Press
Association of Communication Ecquipment Workers
AMAA
Hartford
Conn
Pratt and Whitney
Amarillo Union
Org
Verne
Bureau
J. Blake Timmons
Police Grill
Harold G. Ward
Criminal Court Today
Joseph Ricker
TeTe
ANP Eeeree Relf
Charles A. Mahoney
U. S. Army Service Command
Patterson
Hall
Tower Echelons
War Department
Eighth Army
Japan
Mahoney
Yokohama
Truman
Supreme Court
Smith, Grayson
Wichita
Lubbock County
Jack LoRelle
10Th
Fillmore
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Manila
Army
Eisenhower
William D. Styer
Philippines
Charles P. Hall
Stars and Stripes
NEA
James Autry
Columbus, Ga
Chattahooche River
Ala
Sol Glickman
Wichita Falls
Lou Roberts
Porger
Henry Teubel
Tulsa
John Maynard Lbr. Co
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E. A. Regal Co., Real Estate & Loans
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