Magnuson pushes for British island bases tied to loan
Senator Magnuson urged including acquisition of British owned island bases with any U S loan to Britain to extend security posts from the Atlantic to the Pacific. He cited President Truman’s plan to keep and trusteeship for some Japanese islands and urged broader access to bases, noting many islands are barren and of little value to Britain.
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Washington
Jan
Magnuson
Washington Democrat
England
Truman
United Nations
Aleutians
Manus
United Nations Assembly
London
Atlantic
Pacific
Britain
Empire
Capitol Hill
Congress
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Dated January Sixteen
Kansas City cattle receipts total about 2 100 with steers and heifers strong to higher. Prices show good and choice vealers and feeders near 16.75 to 17.00. Chicago hog and cattle markets report active trade with ceiling quotes for barrows and gilts and strong demand for good and choice steers and yearlings. Sheep sales limited with mixed lamb demand at about 14.00.
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Kansas City
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Montana
Amarillo Traffic and Crime Stats From Last Year
The city logged 18 750 traffic tickets and 16 843 total arrests. Drunkenness led all violations with 4 300 arrests while traffic enforcement issued 70 538 in fines. Reckless driving 529 arrests and driving while intoxicated 122.
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Amarillo
Amarillos
Mine Disaster Claims Fourteenth Victim In West Virginia Shaft
The 14th victim of the No 9 Mine blast at New River and Poca coal company in Welch West Virginia died today as federal inspectors prepared to enter the shaft to determine the blast cause. Clarence Lady Godiva reference appears out of context.
Amarillo High Commencement Tomorrow With 50 Graduates
Approximately 50 seniors will receive diplomas at Amarillo High School commencement in the auditorium. The program starts at 8 p m with the school orchestra directed by Louise Dicken performing. Valedictorian is Monte Craig and salutatorian is Sally Orsburn. The second semester starts next Monday.
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Amarile High School
Louise Dicken
Monte Craig
Sally Orsburn
Amarillo High
Army Demobilization Slowdown Tied to Pre-Release Pace
Rovall credits a prior 1.6 million soldiers released ahead of schedule for the demobilization slowdown. He argues continuing that rate would have left no troops by July 1. Congress faces a Craft law uncertainty and the May 15 expiration of Selective Service as it seeks replacements while the draft lags behind the 50,000 monthly target.
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Rovall
Congress
House Military Committee
Army
Labor Leaders Lead Peaceful Picketing Across Fort Worth Meat Plants
The nationwide strike by CIO United Packinghouse Workers of America affects about 2 500 Fort Worth workers with pickets at Armour North Side Stockyards Ratliff and adjacent plants. Catholic priests and local leaders join, vowing peaceful action while carriers permit essential loads to hospitals and meat storage remains secure.
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Washington
CIO
APL
Chicago
Ambrose Ondrak
St. Michael's Slovak Church
Edward Plawinski
Back of-the-Yards
Herman Brauer
St. Martine Evangelical Lutheran Church
Joseph Meegan
Back
Elsabelle Goss
Stockyards Ywca
Saul D. Alinsky
Industrial Areas Foundation
Fort Worth
CIO United Packinghouse Workers of America
Big
Armour & Company
North Side
Ratliff Pure Foods Products
Swift & Company
Lee L. Holly
Storkyards Company
Strikes grow as meat walkout expands nationwide
Detected in a sweeping labor surge, 916,000 workers idle as meat, CIO electrical and auto strikes persist. In Washington, Philip Murray faces steel wage demands. 200,000 CID electrical workers strike across GE Westinghouse and GM divisions. Ford offers 17 to 19 cent raises amid bargaining. Senate panel to expedite labor-remarks hearings. Detroit.
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CIO
Philip Murray
Steel
White House
General Electric
Westinghouse
General Motors’ Electrical Division
Ford Motor Company
General Motors
Senate
Education and Labor Committee
Marine Sergeant Heads Recruiting Team in Amarillo
Marine Sergeant Aubrey Dean arrives to assume command of Amarillo Marine Recruiting, relieving Sgt. Joe A. Grimes who will be discharged Jan. 30. Dean, with 25 months Pacific duty in the First Marine Division, has five and a half years in service and campaigns at Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester. He holds the Presidential Unit Citation with two stars and was a trainer at Camp Lejeune before this posting. home town Ozark Alabama.
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Aubrey Dean
First Marine Division
Amarillo
Joe A. Grimes
Guadalcanal
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Dean
Camp LeJeune
N. C
Ozark
Ala
Salesmen Fly To Southwestern Drug Convention In Dallas
Nine salesmen from this territory hurry to attend the annual Southwestern Drug convention in Dallas. They will travel by plane tomorrow and return Saturday. The Baker Hotel hosts the Jan 17 to 19 event with about 50 salesmen, managers and executives. Attendees include R A Epperson D O Armstrong F E L Butterfield F E A Jones T B Delashaw John Doherty D N Bowers S M Bowen W S Bacon Joe Tooley H F E Ritch H N Howell among others from Amarillo Dalhart Lubbock Childress Pampa Plainview and Clovis}
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Dallas
Baker Hotel
Southwestern
R. A. Epperson
D. O. Armstrong
FE. L. Butterfield
FE. A. Jones
T. B. Delashaw
John Doherty
Certificate of Honor Found for James Henry Dunn
A posthumous Texas certificate of honor bearing the name James Henry Dunn was found among trash at the Amarillo Post Office yesterday. Postmaster W. D. DeGrassi stated the claimant should retrieve it from his office.
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James Henry Dunn
Union Leader Vows Support in Prolonged Strike
J A Guhl president of Local 208 CIO tells packinghouse workers the union will provide moral and financial backing if the strike lasts two days or two months, pledging solidarity regardless of duration.
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Cenlared
J. A. Guhl
CIO of Workers International Union
Courthouse records list multiple warranty deeds
A series of real estate transfers shows dD O Hara to C W Sanders and many others conveying lots in city subdivisions. Details name buyer and property locations such as Roberts Place, Lakeview, Sunset Park, J Hts and more, with several couples and firms listed as grantors or grantees. The notices reflect transfers across Roberts, J Heights, Bivins, and Forest Hill areas.
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O'Hara
Uwx
C. W. Sanders
Roberts Place
Inez E. Benton
Ida May Taylor
S. J
Georgia Easum
Jim Calvin Grayson
A. V. Gentry
Roy Deaton
C. C
T. W. Cotten
Bivins
Georgia
Frances Patterson
C. P Brown
Pleasant Valley
Bill M. Latham
A. D. Pickney
Roberts Mary B Howard
W. P Stewart
Edwin W. Kraus
James E Hughes, Jr
Local Property Transfers And Family Law Notices
Lot transfers include 16 17 and E S lot 18 bik 407 Mirror Adda James Foran et ux to William James Foran and other conveyances. District Court lists divorces for A B Latham Vera L Latham Floyd Overton Thelma Overton Floyd Rhodes Maxine Rhodes Howard Best Virginia Best Mae Gilbert W Wilbert J R R Baker Grace Lee Baker Wilma Edmondson Clifton Edmondson. Marriage licenses show Chalmer Groves Kathryn Black Glyn Strickland Lena Stroughn Walter Best Farlene Warden Walter Kacvke Rosella Eckes R W Booth Florence Senatori George Ritchie Ethel Younger Vyron Sawyer Catherine Shaffer Willis Jones McAvoy Barnes Perry Shelley Alee Raven Wright.
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Vera L. Latham
Floyd E Overton
Thelma Mae Overton
Floyd Rhodes
Maxine Oller Rhodes
Howard Best
Virginia Best
Mae Gilbert Ve . W. Wilbert
J R R. Baker
Grace Lee Baker
Wilma Jean Edmondson
Clifton E. Edmondson
Chalmer FE. Groves
Kathryn F Black
Martin Glyn Strick
Faces Forgery Indictments In Multi State Case
Alfred Leonard Cline 56, a former convict with alleged ties to elderly widows, faces nine counts of forgery and one grand theft in San Francisco. He is jailed on 100000 bail. Prosecutors say eight forgery counts involve stock certificates of Eva Krebs Cline. another forgery charges deeds to Elizabeth Hunt Lewis property. Dallas accuses him of murder in a cremation case. police believe the victim was Krebs Cline. Investigators from four states probe deaths of other elderly women.
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San Francisco
Alfred Leonard Cline
San Francisco County Grand Jury
Cline
Dallas
St. Petersburg
Fla
Norman Elkington
Eva
Lewis
All Quiet at the Sheriff's Office Yet Busy Summoning Jurors
Deputies keep up with shoe leather as they summon jurors and witnesses for 47th District Court Monday morning next week. No new arrests since midnight Monday, but sheriff Bill Adams and his team stay active behind the scenes.
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Sheriff's Office
Bill Adams
47Th District Court
Motor Carrier Hearings by ICC Set for Tomorrow
Interstate Commerce Commission hearings begin tomorrow morning in federal court rooms at the Post Office and run through Friday.
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ICC
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal
Post Office
Dreams Die With Horse on Credit in Amarillo
A young Amarillo boy bought a horse on credit for 1 from the pound on Monday. He returned Tuesday with his dollar and pride, but the horse died yesterday morning of a natural death after being picked up by the pound on Deer 27. No owner was found and the horse was to be given away to the 200.
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Amarillo
Pound
Lloyd Hamilton to Undergo Eye Operation in Dallas
Lloyd Hamilton of 2500 North West First Dallas is in Dallas for an eye operation after an eye injury from a December 18 automobile accident. He has been in Amarillo six weeks following two years in the South Pacific with the Navy. Potter County grand jury reconvened after a four day recess with new cases and continuations set for action per the district attorney.
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Lloyd Hamilton
Dallas
North West First
Hamilton
Amarillo
South Pacific
Navy
Potter County
Grand Jury
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Pierce, Fenner & Beane
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Armour
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Baldwin Loco
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Spiecal. Inc
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Wilson & Co
White Motors
Warner Bros
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Western Union
Woolworth
Lady Godiva
Coventry
Texas
United Press
Thomas
Detroit
R. J. Thomas
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Courthouse Records
Sears Map Blueprint CO
Floyd V. Studer
American United Life Insurance Company
Hunsley’s House OF Color
Glen L. Casey
Plains Implement Company
Roper Gas Range
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