President skips morning walk amid security during inaugural week
The President did not take his usual morning stroll as Secret Service cleared pedestrians from his path to the White House. Accompanied by three agents, he faced heightened precautions during inaugural week. He was slated to swear in his new Secretary of State Dean G. Acheson at 11 and meet DNC women, plus a reception by Treasury Secretary John W. Snyder.
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White House
Ege Secret Service
Dean G. ‘Acheson
Democratic National Committee
Treas
John W. Snyder
Tienda Balla
Kentucky
Russia
Truman
Mr. Truman
Soviet Russia
Communist Party
Congress
Dean Acheson
Sweepers Struggle in Cold War City Maintenance
City officials report two weeks of freezing weather halting street sweeping and delaying public works projects. Public Works Director H. R. Smith notes streets deteriorating as crews cannot operate in the cold. He emphasizes that icy conditions prevent sweeping until a thaw.
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H. R. Smith
Mr. Smith
Nursery Fund Receives Community Support in Amarillo
The Amarillo Day Nursery fund climbs to 340 with $5 from Dr. E B Fincher and $250 from the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Local donors include Mr and Mrs H W Hardin plus numerous community figures. The drive emphasizes needed space and a building fund.
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E. B. Fincher
H. W. Hardin
Amarillo
Joe Freeman
Post Publcity
Balling
Dentsivcions Previouty Seporter
Biks Club
Ose
Graham. Plow
Lyde Harris
Mary E. Bivins
George Ordway
Percy Blackburn
Ruby Kirk
Troy
Panhandle
Elizabeth Herring
Ray Wheatley
William F. Manning
W. EB. Eakens
Shooting at the Theatre Ends in Caricature of Duel in the Sun
John Tovrea, 20, shot his rival Robert Pugh in a theater scene after becoming obsessed with Regine Williams. He fled to a coal mine three miles away, discarded the pistol, and confessed to Sheriff A J Linveen that he acted after watching the movie Duel in the Sun three times, though Pugh was only grazed.
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Wanton
Gan
John Tovrea
A. J. Linveen
Tovrea
Robert
Regine Wilams
Miss Williams
Pugh
Linveen
Czechs and GI clash near German border in postwar report
US Army says Czechoslovak border guards fired on American constabulary troops during a border incident near Frankfurt. Americans returned fire. no American casualties reported. The patrol was investigating a prior crash when fired upon after a truck crash and gun duel between German border police and occupants. The area borders Czechoslovakia, now a Communist state since February.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Chiang Kai-shek resigns as China leader to aid peace talks
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek retires as president handing power to Vice-President Li Tsung-jen and departing Nanking for exile. Li vows to assume duties under article 49 as peace talks with the Communists loom, while a Communist broadcast signals readiness to meet a Nationalist peace delegation. Acheson is sworn in as Secretary of State in Truman’s office to pursue anti-Communist policy.
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Chiang
Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Li Tsung-jen
Hangchow
Fengchua
Chekiang
New York
United States
Shanghai
Sun Fo
Eight Degree Low Forecast For Amarillo Tonight
Severe cold grips Amarillo and vicinity with a near eight degree low expected tonight. Weather observer H C Winburn says cloudy skies prevail and a rise to 26 today, 36 tomorrow, with temps averaging 1 to 4 degrees above normal for five days. Strong cold snaps hit Dakotas and Montana with subzero readings widespread.
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Winburn
Shots Kill Aide of French Politician in Paris Car
Aide Rose Nemirowski of a French Parliament member died from multiple wounds after two sub machine gunners fired on the car carrying the official and his granddaughter. The attack aimed at Etienne de Raulin-Laboureur. the politician was shot, and his granddaughter injured by flying glass. Marmottan Hospital confirmed the fatal injuries.
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Rarus
Mme
Rose Nemirowski
Etienne de Raulin - Laboureur
Paris
Marmottan
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
Clear and colder this afternoon with increasing clouds tonight and a low near 8 degrees. Saturday warms up with rising temperatures. West Texas sees widespread cloudiness through Saturday with rain in the Del Rio Eagle Pass region. The Panhandle and South Plains become warmer on Saturday. New Mexico experiences partly cloudy conditions today and Saturday with light snow possible in northern mountains. Highs around 40 and a low near 16 with trace precipitation.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio Eagle Pass
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Cigady
Repeaters Target of F. Get-Tough Traffic Policy
The city will inaugurate a get tough traffic enforcement Feb 1 with officer tagging and swift warrants. Repeaters face higher fines and $25 second offense penalties, with tow fees and stricter rules on double parking and night parking to curb chronic violators.
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J. A. Kirkman
Corporation Court
Sid Harper
Convention Opens as Top Twenty Thirtien Attends
West Texas District convention of the z0-30 Club opens at the Herring Hotel in San Bernardino California led by Rupert Lawing. Lawing will deliver the principal address Saturday at 1 30 PM. Visitors from New Mexico Texas towns register for the three day event ending Sunday noon.
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West Texas
Herring
Rupert Lawing
San Bernardino
Cal
International
Young Men’s Civic Club
Lawing
Southern California
Angela
New Mexico
Clovis
Portales
Roswell
Santa Fe
Franklin D
Truman Plan Key to Peace Debate
President Truman urged Congress to back his plan to raise living standards abroad, saying the next war would be total destruction. At a Missouri breakfast, he stressed economic unity as essential to world peace and prosperity, while critics questioned funding and scope.
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Washington
Truman
Missouri
Congress
Sorrest Smith
Clarence Cannon
House Appropriations Committee
Mr. Truman
Asia
Wallace Says Truman Inaugural Aims at War
Henry A. Wallace, Progressive nominee, declared that President Truman’s inaugural address nears a declaration of war. He argued that Truman’s claim capitalism and communism cannot coexist makes war likely and urged Americans to push for talks with Premier Stalin to resolve Soviet American differences and end the cold war.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Progressive Party
Stalin
Sixty Railroads Reject Diesel Crew Plan
Anagy Jan 21 sixty railroads turned down a government plan to arbitrate their dispute with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers over an extra engineer on big diesel locomotives. The union accepted arbitration but railroads oppose the demand as make-work. Union leaders note authority to strike a dozen roads. no date set.
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Anagy
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers
National Mediation Board
Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen
Union
No Dentist Wants To Be Lionized
Pharaoh the lion suffers toothache and swollen jaw on a milk and soft food diet. Keeper Andrew Berry says nature will cure, but no dentist willing to also be a lion tamer has been found. State Secretary sworn in Austin: Ben Ramsey, former San Augustine senator, takes oath in governor’s reception room.
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Philadelphia
Pharaoh
Andrew Berry
Berry
Austin
Ben Ramsey
San Augustine
A nother Girl Who Couldn't Say Neigh at Plaza Hotel
In New York the Terrace Room of the Hotel Plaza drew stares as a striking mare, described as a real aristocrat, captivated James Artemus who purchased her for 7,000 dollars. She is a two year old, a product of the Mereworth stud and the Salmon stable from Lexington, Kentucky.
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New York
Hotel Plaza
James
Philadelphia
Artemus
Altemus
Mereworth Stud
Mr. and
Walter J. Salmon
Lexington
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