CAB Stripped Of Manpower 1 4
Harllee Branch resigns from the Civil Aeronautics Board as the Senate Armed Services Committee again blocks Maj. Gen. Laurence S. Kuter’s nomination to head CAB. Branch cites high living costs and a need to improve his personal situation. The resignation creates a third vacancy on the board and follows broader rejections of military-to-civilian posts and delays in replacing former members.
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CAB
Washington
Harllee Branch
Civil Aeronautics Board
Senate Armed Service Committee
Laurence S. Kuter
Ave
Truman
James M. Landis
Clarence M. Young
Young
Los Angeles
Branch
Senate Armed Services Committee
Kuter
Mr. Truman
Air Force
Bridges
New Hampshire
Tydings
Maryland
Kilgore Hill
Russell
Local Unit In Cancer Fight Opens In Amarillo
Amarillo opens a new cancer detection center under the American Cancer Society. Leonard Gunderson Panhandle district director reports the branch operates in the Old Library Building Sixth and Taylor. Grace Hopkins Tyler nurses the center. The Potter County Medical Society sponsors medical matters while public education rests with the Texas division ACS. The unit serves 38 Panhandle counties and is supported by a $5 000 national grant.
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Amarillo
American Cancer Society
Leonard Gunderson
Panhandle
Association
Sixth
Taylor
Grace Hopkins
Tyler
Potter County Medical Society
The
Medical Society
Texas Division
Gunderson
National Cancer Organization
Amarillo Population Over 80 000, Chamber Reports
Chamber of commerce figures show Amarillo population above 80 000 based on water and light meter counts. The report also lists 1947 bank deposits 102 million and 984 million for 1946, 20 240 light meters, 16 336 water meters, 23 750 telephones, and parcel and cattle statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Southwestern Public Service Co
Pleasant Valley
River Road
Army Tech
Pantex
Air Mail
Dulles Warns Congress on Marshall Plan and Soviet Threat
John Foster Dulles told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that rejecting the Marshall Plan could allow Russia to take over Europe and force large rearmament. He urged a Western European mutual aid pact, German economic rebuilding, and a stronger European unity to avert a Soviet dictated peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Coass
Russia
Europe
Germany
Western
Dulles
Congress
Imperial Potentate Visitation Draws Shrinedom Leader
The imperial potentate of the Mystic Shrine, Carl Rex Hammers of Pittsburgh, arrives next Tuesday for a week in Amarillo. He travels with Illustrious Potent and Mrs. Ross Rogers from Khiva Temple and will meet the divan at 3 pm luncheon, 6 pm barbecue, and 9 pm reception and dance.
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Khiva
North America
Carl Rex Hammers
Pittsburgh
Heinz
57 Varieties
Mystic Shrine
Imperial
Amarillo
el Paso
Poten
Ross Rogers
Rogers
Farmers to Protest City Water Plans Tonight
Farmers in the southwest Amarillo area plan to appear before the city commission to protest water development. The commission meets tonight at 7 30 with other business including bids opening for a street sweeper a motor grader and a gasoline line.
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Amarillo
City Commission
Arabs Strike in Reprisal of Jewish Raids
Arab fighters attacked the Jewish colony of Yechiel near Acre in what authorities described as a reprisal for Jewish raids. Police reported fighting continuing three hours after the initial clash. Yechiel is among 19 settlements outside the proposed Jewish state under the UN partition plan approved Nov 29.
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Jerusalem
Yechiel
Acre
Bomb Misses Gandhi at Delhi Prayer Meeting
A small bomb exploded outside a garden wall during Mohandas K Gandhi's evening prayer in New Delhi. Gandhi was unharmed. the blast cracked the wall and injured nine bystanders. Police arrested a Hindu youth Madanilal found with a hand grenade and sought four men seen in a nearby car.
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New Delhi
U.P
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Madanilal
Russia Demands Dissolution of Joint German Admin Pact
Moscow asserts the American British joint economic administration in Germany breaches the Potsdam agreement. In San Antonio buyers set a cattle price record with $29 paid for a load of 1034-pound steers, matching the all-time high.
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Berlin
Russia
Germany
San Antonio
Louisiana Voters Face Chilly Day in Governor Race
New Orleans January 20 Louisiana Democrats voted in a puzzling governor contest despite forecast rains Former Gov Sam Jones Earl K Long US Rep James H Morrison and Appeals Judge Robert F Kennon sought the office Observers disagree on candidate strength for a second primary February 24 and potential run off alignments among today’s losers
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Sam Jones
Earl K. Long
James H. Morrison
Robert F. Kennon
Eva Lewis to Attend Women Broadcasters Convention
Miss Eva Lewis, assistant to the KGNC executive general manager, will attend the Association of Women Broadcasters convention in Washington from January 29 to February 1. She is one of five Texas women at the event, with colleagues from El Paso and San Antonio.
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Eva Lewis
KGNC
Association of Women Broadcasters
Washington
Texas
el Paso
San Antonio
Miss Lewis
Ted Taylor
Taylor-Howe-Snowden Broadcasting Company
Chicken Hearted Bandit Stuns Philadelphia Robbery
A Philadelphia bandit stopped a taxi robbery after learning the loot was only two dollars. He held driver Richard Hartline at gunpoint but refused to take the money. Authorities investigated the incident.
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Philadelphia
Richard Hartline
Amaryllio Weather and Nearby Climate Update
Amarillo and vicinity report fair and warmer conditions this afternoon and tonight with little temperature change Wednesday. West Texas expects partly cloudy skies through today into Wednesday with minimal temperature change. New Mexico forecasts partly cloudy days with a warmer afternoon. Temperatures show a high near 35 and a low around 14 with noon at 39. A sale note appears for Russell's sale items with 30 percent off tomorrow though text includes errors.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Pauley Seeks Senate Apology Over Inside Info Claim
Pauley demands Senate inquiry to prove he used or prove he did not use government information for gain. He cites profit in commodity trades totaling about 939703 over three years while serving in the Army. He says his record shows profits legally and honorably and recalls past confirmation battles.
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Washington
Rawin W. Pauley
Senate
Pauley
Army Royall
Bridges
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ferguson
California
Harold E. Stas
Sen
Stassen
Administration
Navy
Senate Naval Committee
Truman
Royall
Officer's Wife Foils Burglary at Diamond Shop
The burglar escaped with nine watches valued at varying amounts from the Diamond Shop on Polk Street after a break in reported around 1:45 AM. James K. Morton, 26, of 2200 West First, charged with burglary, held on a five year forgery sentence. Police recover nine watches. other nearby burglaries investigated.
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Globe
Polk
J. W. Caplan
Cal Brumley
James K. Morton
West First
Morton
Curtis Montgomery
Donald F. Sipes
Norman L. Fisher
Fourth and
Montgomery
Caplan
Hayden
Shell Lumber Company
West Third
Greathouse Feed
Bar Reds From Ballot Sparks Constitutional Query
A House committee seeks Justice Department guidance on constitutionality of barring parties linked to the Communist Party from elections. Rep. William C. Cole proposes denying participation to parties indirectly affiliated with foreign groups, potentially affecting Henry Wallace's 1948 ballot access. Critics warn the measure could suppress Wallace's third party and invite vagueness in its wording.
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Washington
House
Justice Department
Henry Wallace
William C. Cole
Missouri
Republican
Communist Party
Wursell
Illinois
Chat Patterson
The
American Veterans Committee
Wallace
Daily Worker
Poll Tax Receipts Reach Record Pace Ahead of Deadline
Tax collector Frank Hoyt said payments hit 540 receipts yesterday at $1.75 each, totaling 7,594 payments since Oct 1. The deadline for poll tax payments is Jan 31. Kellogg American Air Compressors advertised at Herberg Bros, 213 Taylor.
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Frank Hoyt
Kellogg-American Air
Herberg Bros
Taylor
Sun Brightens Panhandle as Cold Snap Ends
A glowing sun returns warmth to the Panhandle after a record low night of 14 degrees. Temperatures rose to an expected 43 this afternoon with a light north wind up to 18 mph. Mild weather is forecast to continue with fair skies tomorrow.
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Panhandle
The Man From Missouri Shows No Self-Doubt in White House
Reporter Hal Boyle surveys Harry S Truman amid a presidency shaped by power. Truman’s confidence and affable, informal style emerge from a Chicago press conference and interviews with White House correspondents. A separate Amarillo public meeting discusses loyal backing for football coach Howard Lynch amid criticism and contract timing as district leaders weigh future coaching plans.
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Hal Boyle
Washington
Harry S. Truman
White House
United States
Harry Truman
Truman
Coolidge
Missouri
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America
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John Maynard Lbr. Co
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Women Broadcasters Convention
Department of the Army
Marshall
Raymond P. Whearty
Clark
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
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Howard Lynch
Lynch
R. P. Parcells
Golden Sandstorm
Beaumont Stinnett
Dr. Parcells
van Buren
Mr. Stinnett
Julian
Dick Bivins
Mr. Bivins
Mr. Smith
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