Tax plan sparks budget clash and a deep freeze sweeps the Midwest
Lawmakers clash over Knutson tax bill threatening a 2 billion deficit and 6.2 billion annual loss while a brutal cold wave grips the Midwest. Gas cuts threaten industry in Toledo and Gary as officials urge 15 percent fuel reductions to avert hardship. The deep freeze shuts schools and fuels fear of broader energy shortages.
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Knutson
Ways and Means Committee
Snyder
United Press
Midwest
Toledo
Ohio
Poll tax collections lag as Hoyt estimates daily avg need
Tax collector Frank Hoyt says 500 a day is required for two weeks as 12 business days remain before the January 31 deadline. He notes that poll tax payments must be by the individual or jointly by spouses, but not for neighbors or friends, with current total at 6,300 and sales expected to double.
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Frank Hoyt
Mr. Hoyt
Vandenberg urges ERP safeguards to prove aid worth to U S
Senator Vandenberg said half the criticism of the European Recovery Program would fade if the US tracks dollars abroad and shows results. Hearings continued as Taft and Marshall spar over costs of the four year plan with the administration seeking 6.8 billion for the first 15 months. Taft urged a large cut while Ball and others expect reductions.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Michigan
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John J. McCloy
International Bank
McCloy
Great Britain
England
Marshall
Taft
Ohio Republican
Europe
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Ball
Minnesota
Providence
Congress
Envious shoppers spot flaw in city store dummy
Women strolling Polk Street during the after work lull find relief and a smile as a store window dummy reveals a single flaw a runner in its stocking providing grim satisfaction amid the daily shopping grind.
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Polk Street
Auto Workers Seek 25-Cent Wage Increase in Talks
The CIO United Auto Workers announced plans to seek a 25 cent per hour wage rise and five cents more for benefits in negotiations with the motor car industry. The demand, approved by the 22-member executive board, aims for a third postwar cost of living adjustment plus a guaranteed weekly wage and three weeks of vacation for workers with five years of service.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Senate group urges building of 10000 rail cars monthly
A Senate interstate commerce subcommittee urged construction of 10 thousand freight cars per month for at least two years to relieve a national shortage. The study concluded such a program is necessary to expand the rail car supply and support production goals.
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Senate Group
Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce
Truman Calls Senate Move Against Kuter a Disservice
President Truman criticized a Senate Armed Services committee vote to block Maj. Laurence S. Kuter from chairing the Civil Aeronautics Board while receiving military pay. The White House released his letter to Chairman Gurney urging approval, noting Kuter's experience and current post with ICAO in Montreal.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Maj
Laurence S. Kuter
Civil Aeronautics Board
Mr. Truman
Gurney
Senate Armed Services Committee
White House
Kuter
Congress
Canada
United States
International Civil Aviation Organization
Montreal
Communist official arrested for deportation in Washington
The Justice Department announced the arrest of Alexander Bittelman a New York national committeeman for the Communist Party in the United States for deportation. The notice appears amid other items including a steel card cabinets catalog entry from Russell Stationery Co.
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Washington
Justice Department
Alexander Bittelman
New York
Communist Party
United States
Russell Stationery Co
Taylor
Reds Hold American Officers in Austria
Two American officers, traveling with Hungarian diplomatic passes, were held incom municado by Russian authorities near Papa and Vienna before being released after more than three hours of questioning. They traveled in two cars under armed guard and could not contact the Budapest legation or U.S. authorities.
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Papa
Foreign Ministry
Hungary
Budapest
Vienna
Legation
Quail Season Ends at Sunset for 1947-48 in Texas
The Texas quail hunting season for 1947 48 closes officially at sunset this afternoon. The notice mentions insurance offerings from Williams Boyce Agency with a phone number.
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Texas
Williams-Boyce Agency
Reds Would Resume Lend-Lease Talks
Soviet Ambassador Alexander Panyushkin said Russia is ready to renew negotiations over its 11.2 billion wartime lend-lease account with the United States. Talks were halted last July and are expected to resume soon after a State Department meeting with Undersecretary Robert Lovett. Only Russia among major Allies has yet to agree on partial repayment terms.
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Washington
Alexander
Panyushkin
Russia
United States
State Department
Robert A. Lovett
Love
Snow Covers Plains With Light Moisture Reported
A noon report from English Field notes Amarillo had .02 inches of moisture from a dry fall. The forecast calls for a sub-freezing day with a high near 30 and tonight’s low around 16. Traffic slowed but roads remain passable as similar light snowfall occurred in Tucumcari and nearby towns.
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Amarillo
English Field
Walter Watts
Watts
Tucumcari
Clayton
Guymon
Clarendon
Globe
Hereford
Panhandle
W. B. Amacker
American Automobile Club
AAA
Dewey Accepts Nomination at Philadelphia Convention
Governor Thomas E. Dewey said he would accept the Republican presidential nomination if offered at the Philadelphia national convention next June. Britain accuses Tito regime of mismanaging Trieste and targeting political opponents through land redistribution. A South Minneapolis boarding house fire kills two elderly residents and injures three others amid extreme cold.
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Dewey
Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Philadelphia
London
Britain
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Marshal Tito
Minneapolis
Guerrillas Suffer Heavy Casualties Near Nigrita
Salonika dispatch reports guerrilla forces took heavy losses with 110 casualties in a clash south of Nigrita as of January 16.
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Athens
Salonika
Nigrita
German hunger strikes spread in Ruhr as unrest grows
About 75 thousand Ruhr workers walk out over food shortages fueling fears of a wider strike across Germany. Reports link the crisis to a claimed Communist plan while splits emerge among old line German Communists who favor the Marshall Plan.
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Berlin
Ruhr Valley
Germany
Hans Boeckler
German Federation of Trade Unions
Boeckler
Moscow Radio
Ruhr
Communist Party
Cominform
Communist “International Information Bureau
Re Ruhr
Foreign Office
London
Vilan
Dri Dent
KPO
Comintern
Moscow
Grand Jury Studies Case Against Youths
Amarillo grand jury considers a theft case involving two 18 year olds, Lowell Stapf Jr. and Terry Doane, charged with stealing plumbing tools and gear worth over 50 dollars from C E Mitchell. Stapf also charged with theft of a portable drill and six storage batteries, an electric drill and a blow torch from L A Pitt. Two other youths implicated but not charged. one is 15. Stapf and Doane posted 1500 dollar bonds.
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Amarillo
Potter County
J. L. King
Lowell Stapf, Jr
Terry Doane
C. E. Mitchell
Hayden
Stapf
L. A. Pitt
Gables
Doane
C. W. Carder
Kin to Cow That Jumped Over the Moon
Farmer Robert Barber faced a cow that jumped from a truck to the barn roof. The frightened animal climbed higher as Barber and helpers used a rope harness to lower the cow safely to the ground.
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Fairbury
Neb
Robert Barber
Barber
Missioners Bring Peace Before Law Gets in Work
Police in Oklahoma City rushed to a South Broadway mission house to quell a street fracas but found peaceful reconciliation. Missioners had moved faster than the law as two brawlers knelt and joined in prayer.
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Oklahoma City
South Broadway
Weather Outlook For Amarillo And Vicinity
Cloudy today with occasional snow this afternoon. Tonight and Saturday turn partly cloudy then fair with warmer conditions Saturday. Colder today and tonight, warmer on Saturday. Kellogg American air compressors advertised at Herbert Bros 213 Taylor.
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Amarillo
Kellogg-American Air
Herbert Bros
Taylor
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