Air Force Size Dispute Triggers Congressional Fight
Washington January 17 ABC on the Air Force size fight. Debates over 170, 66, 55, or 48 groups persist as Truman and Congress clash over future forces. Key figures include President Truman and Defense Secretary Forrestal amid calls to expand or cut, with emphasis shifting to plane type and numbers.
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Washington
Air Force
Truman
Cnt
Air Policy Commission
Russia
Commission
White House
W. Stuart
Air
Congress
Symington
Defense
Forrestal
Reception Honors Dumesnil at Amarillo Music Teachers Event
Dr and Mrs Maurice Dumesnil of Detroit were honored at a Sunday reception at the Hamilton Studio Amarillo hosted by the Amarillo Music Teachers Association. Seventy five guests attended as Dumesnil Debussy expert led a Panhandle area teaching clinic with a concluding conversational concert slated for Saturday at the high school auditorium.
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Maurice Dumesnil
Detroit Mich
Hamilton
Tyler
Amarillo Music Teachers Association
Grace E. Hamilton
Dumesnil
Elizabeth Spegal Morris
Wendell Henry
Idelma Conoley
Russell Curtis
Janet McNeil
Nellie Erhard
Ardath Johnson
Howard Lauder
Gertrude McDaniel
E. A. Paschal
Debussy
Etude
Panhandle
Cherokee literary pension for Sequoyah
The Cherokee Indians created what is described as the only literary pension in America a $300 grant to Sequoyah who invented the Cherokee syllabary of 75 characters Children learned to read and write in a few days as a result of the syllabary system.
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America
Sequoyah
Dale Carnegie A Lance Restored By Children
The piece recounts Henry Wadsworth Longfellow facing personal tragedy after his wife dies from a wax fire and how he found strength by caring for his children. It urges action during free hours to preserve morale, citing Longfellow as a model and quoting his era's poets.
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America
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Alice
Allegra
Edith
Henry Longfellow
Mrs. Longfellow
Lord Alfred Tennyson
Dale Carnegie
Storm Sweeps The Islands
Honolulu reports one of its heaviest kona storms in years with 50 mph winds and up to 7.5 inches of rain in 35 hours. A landslide on Kauai crushed two brothers in their home. Rural roads closed on Oahu and residents moved to higher ground. Police and reserves called up. Pan American and Northwest Airlines canceled flights until morning.
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Honolulu
Kauai Island
Oahu
Pan American
Northwest Airlines
Clubwomen To Talk New Rules At First Meeting
Amarillo Federation of Women's Clubs opens its first meeting of the year at 2 pm tomorrow in the YWCA. The program centers on proposed by law changes to reflect the federation’s recent incorporation. Presidents and delegates from federated clubs are urged to attend.
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Amarillo Federation of Women’s Clubs
YWCA
John Merchant
Federation
L. V. Dorsch
Stadium planner to meet Amarillo school board
Grayson Gill, Dallas architect, arrives in Amarillo for a conference with the Amarillo public schools board. He will present site drawings and contour maps for Tri-State Fair Park and report on site suitability at 5:30 p.m. in the Schools Administration Building at 508 Johnson.
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Grayson Gill
Dallas
Amarillo
Engineer-Aviation Group To Meet
The 950th Engineer-Aviation Group will meet at 7:30 tomorrow night at 212 West Third. Col. Mervin Aldrich will speak on grading of construction materials with Col. Philip Goodman in command. Captain Jessie Williams notes Capt Amarillo Organized Reserve Corps instructor.
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212 West Third
Jessie Williams
Amarillo
Amarillo Naval Reserve Plans Evening Meeting
A Naval Reserve meeting for all Amarillo battalion members will occur at 7 30 tonight at the Navy Training Center on San Jacinto and Rusk. The focus is the continuation of current training classes with Lt Comdr A P Jones in charge as battalion commander.
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Naval Reserve
Amarillo
Navy Training Center
San Jacinto and
Rusk
Comdr
A. P. Jones
Rites Tuesday For Freeman Shot in Ozona Death
Funeral services for Jesse D. Freeman a 51 year old Amarillo plasterer shot Friday night in Ozona will be held at 10 30 tomorrow in Boxwell Brothers Chapel Rev Jack Sisemore will officiate burial will be in Llano Cemetery Northcutt a Wallace Truman Co of Lubbock foreman is charged with murder by Crockett County sheriff W O Earnest Freeman a union steward lived at 509 Dallas with his parents and wasSharing a tourist cabin with Northcutt Bond set at 5000
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Jesse D. Freeman
Amarillo
Ozona
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
Jack Sisemore
Line Avenue Baptist Church
Llano Cemetery
Crockett County
Olin Northcutt
Wallace Truman Company
Lubbock
Freeman
Bond
Northcutt
Photographers Association Elects New Texas Leader
Lloyd Baker of Beaumont was elected president of the Texas Photographers Association at the annual convention. Other officers include John W. Rose of San Antonio as vice-president and Mrs. Joe Litterest of Houston as secretary-treasurer.
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San Antonio
Lloyd Baker
Beaumont
Texas Photographers Association
Baker
John W. Rose
Joe Litterest
Houston
Bandits Take $5100 From Dallas Dairy
Dallas police search for three armed men who robbed Oak Farms Ltd Dairy stealing $5100 in cash and checks from a strong box after forcing a three man night shift to the rear of the dairy plant. A separate note mentions Dublin civil servants promised pay raises of $1.10 weekly for women and $2.20 for men.
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Dallas
Oak Farms, Ltd
Eire
Dublin
Food Shipments To China Halted
The Economic Cooperation Administration cut off flour and wheat shipments to China stating it is physically impossible to unload supplies at Taku Bar near Tientsin and Pei. Ports to the south were described as clogged or oversupplied.
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Washington
Economic Cooperation Administration
China
Taku Bar
Tientsin
Pei
PINEX cough syrup praised as cost saver
An ad extols PINEX as a economical concentrated cough medicine. It claims users can mix their own syrup with sugar water or honey to yield a pint of medicine, soothing coughs and easing breathing while offering decades of reliability.
Oil trucks collide near Carrizo Springs burn driver
J H Caraway 37 of Corpus Christi seriously burned when two oil transport trucks collided on Highway 85 thirteen miles west of Carrizo Springs. One tanker exploded and burned. The second driver was uninjured. Caraway is in a Crystal City hospital.
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San Antonio
J. H. Caraway
Corpus Christi
Carrizo Springs
Crystal City
Baedeker Hamburg Grant Lifts Publication License
British authorities grant Karl Baedeker, great grandson of the Leipzig publisher, a license to publish in Hamburg Germany marking a revival of the Baedeker guide.
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Baedeker
Hamburg
Germany
Karl Baedeker
Leipzig
Baedeker Moves to British Zone Announces Hamburg Office
New editions indicate Baedeker has transferred from the Russian zone to the British zone and will open an office in Hamburg soon, marking a shift in regional operations and presence in Germany.
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Baedeker
Hamburg
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