Army physician charged in infant death at sea voyage
Lt. John J. Warren of Loyall Kentucky accuses an Army physician aboard the transport Willard Holbrook of murderously negligent care after his 8 month old died 2½ hours after reaching Frankfurt. The case follows ill conditions aboard ship and pediatric illness from diarrhea and dehydration.
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Frankfurt
Jan
John J. Warren
Loyall
Joseph McNarney
Warren
New York
Germany
Willard Holbrook
Payroll Robberies Hit New York and Massachusetts
Masked gunmen raided two payroll sites within moments of each other. In Westford Massachusetts four armed men took about $31 000 in small bills and silver from the Abbott Worsted Company mill payroll. In New York a separate robbery netted about $20 000 in payroll funds.
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United Press
New York
Massachusetts
Abbott Worsted Company
Westford
Mass
Poll tax rule for Amarillans moving counties clarified
Amarillians who move to Randall County since 1946 must pay poll tax in Potter County to vote in the upcoming city election, local Tax Collector Frank Hoyt said. Residents south of Twenty ninth Avenue should pay in the county of their Jan 1 1946 residence and then transfer. In Brooklyn two masked men robbed the Daily Eagle cashier during a $20 000 payroll heist.
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Randall County
Potter County
Frank Hoyt
Twenty-ninth Avenue
Hoyt
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Congress Proposes Full Audit of New Deal Spending
Senator Robertson introduces a resolution to form a joint Senate House committee with a $10 million fund to audit all government spending during the New Deal era. Approval required from both chambers. The session also weighs payroll cuts, Indian affairs, pipeline sales, small business committee creation, union rules, and portal pay reform.
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Congress
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Robertson
Wyoming
Senate
House
Senate Civil Service Committee
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
Krug
House Commerce Committee
India
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Illinois
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Wisconsin
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Flooding Forces Evacuation At Drake Hotel
Fifty thousand gallons of water flooded the Drake Hotel eight floors and poured into the street from open windows after a broken connection to a top water tank. Guests evacuated from most of the 750 rooms as water gushed through corridors and stairways, then froze in subfreezing temperatures blocking traffic.
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Philadelphia
Drake
May Pleads Innocent in Garsson Case Trial Set for March
Former Congressman Andrew J. May plus Henry M. Garsson Murray Garsson and Joseph F. Freeman pleaded not guilty to a federal indictment accusing them of conspiring to defraud the government in war contracts. Judge Laws set March 19 as the trial date and bond at 2000 each.
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U.P
Andrew J. May
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Joseph F. Freeman
Bolitha J. Laws
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Laws
Kenetucky
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Prestonsburg
Alexandria
U. S. Marshal's Office
Henry Garsson
Bond
Andrew, Jr
Kentucky
Weather report for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast notes scattered high thin cloudiness and mild temperatures this afternoon tonight and Saturday for Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas remains clear to partly cloudy with little temperature change. New Mexico sees fair skies with similar temps. tonight's lows range from 18 to 25 in the northwest and 25 to 35 in the southeast, while Saturday highs reach 45 to 55 northwest and 55 to 65 southeast. The 24 hour high/low by 6:30 a.m. were 38 and 28, with noon at 49.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Mexico's President to Visit U S on Truman Invitation
President Miguel Aleman plans a visit to the United States at President Truman's invitation. The official statement says the trip date is not announced.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Miguel Aleman
United States
Truman
Plain Country Boy Deposits Nearly A Million For Cotton
C R McKennon of Dumas Arkansas, a 73 year old cotton planter, displayed a deposit slip for 985821.23 dollars from the sale of his 1946 cotton crop. He said he sold to get a little sleep and warned it was hardly profit. He recalled leaving school after the fourth grade and joking about his education while dining at a hotel after a party.
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Warren
New Orleans
C. R. McKennon
Arkansas
Dumas
Ark
C. M McKennon
Dumas and Watson
Soviets Arrest Germans in Red Army Uniforms
Berlin report says 30 Germans posing in Soviet uniforms looted farms and cities in the occupation zone. Authorities describe three well armed gangs, each attempting to blame the Soviet army for the robberies.
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Berlin
Uni
Sweden Eyes Uranium Rich Shale But Lacks Atomic Know How
Dr. Gustav Egloff, a petroleum chemist, estimates Sweden’s oil drained shale holds about 400 million pounds of uranium. He notes Sweden has the resource but lacks the know how and economics to convert it into atomic energy. The find emerged during a Chicago section conference after his Swedish visit to study fuel resources.
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Sweden
Chicago
Gustav Egloff
American Chemical Society
Petroleum Division
Society
Egloff
Heat Wave To Continue In Amarillo
Amarillo residents endured a January warm spell as the Weather Bureau predicts continued mild temperatures. Today the high should be near 63 degrees with a possible slight rise tomorrow while the morning low hovers around 29 as no immediate winter return is expected.
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Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Washington Diplomatic Corps Marshall's Luncheon Guests
Secretary of State George C. Marshall hosted his first formal engagement outside the State Department by inviting heads of the 64 diplomatic missions in Washington to a buffet luncheon at Blair House.
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Washington
U.P
George C. Marshall
State Department
Marshall
Blair House
Armor Aids French Riflemen To Clear Hanoi Barricades
Armor-supported French riflemen moved into Hanoi in the northern section. They captured several blocks of streets and cleared approaches to the Doumer bridge after a mortar barrage. Bazooka shells and hand grenades were used to clear houses from which snipers engaged the vanguards.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Doumer
Steel Wage Talks Delayed Until Monday
Representatives from U S Steel Corp and the CIO United Steelworkers halted contract negotiations for two hours and postponed talks until Monday morning.
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U. S. Steel Corp
Cio-United Steelworkers
Boost Lumpkin for Court Job in Amarillo
Jim Lumpkin district attorney of the 47th district is boosted for a seat on the Seventh Court of Civil Appeals in Amarillo to fill the vacancy created by Judge William Q. Boyce resignation effective February. Gov Beauford H. Jester likely to announce his selection soon with other candidates Luther Gribble and Ernest Northcutt also boosted for the post.
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47Th
Seventh Court of Civil Appeals
Amarillo
William Q. Boyce
Beauford H. Jester
Luther Gribble
Wellington
Potter County
Ernest Northcutt
Court Place
Goodwin predicts sustained high employment in 1947
Robert C. Goodwin, director of the U S Employment Service, states the agency’s year end survey shows slight seasonal upticks in unemployment in several areas but he expects employment to stay high throughout 1947. He sees no signs of a general drop in total employment.
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Washington
Robert C. Goodwin
U. S. Employment Service
Goodwin
Greek government troops clash with guerrillas in Macedonia
A press dispatch reports two clashes between Greek government troops and guerrillas north of Salonika. The 37th Brigade is said to have inflicted about 100 casualties on a leftist band in one engagement. The item closes with an unrelated Lumber Co. advert.
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Athens
Salonika
Rainbow Hair Prank Grips Wolflin School Teens
A dozen Wolflin School boys dyed their hair in a rainbow spectrum after a dare sparked a teen trend. Seventh grade class, under teacher Frances Craig, watched one student transform overnight from a former look to bleached blond. Girls initially joined but others cooled the craze.
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Wolflin School
Frances Craig
Spigs
Lady Fair
Bank Seizes State Funds as Georgia Governor Race Stalemate Deepens
Fulton National Bank announced it will not honor checks drawn by either Herman Talmadge or M. E. Thompson as it moves to court to resolve the gubernatorial dispute. The bank cited uncertainty over funds on deposit and the tie up of state revenues in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Fulton National Bank
Herman Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
Heart Disease Mortality In Texas Rises Sharply
Texas health officials report heart disease remains the leading killer with deaths rising from 109.7 per 100 000 in 1931 to 192.4 in 1945. Cancer deaths also climbed from 58.2 to 87.6 per 100 000.
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Austin
Texas State Department of Health
Has the Earth Been Told Revised Age Estimate
London January 24 The earth may be 3 350 000 000 years old instead of 3 000 000 000 according to Arthur Holmes geology professor at Edinburgh University He announced in the magazine Nature revising his May estimate.
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London
Arthur Holmes
Edinburgh University
Torrid Beauty Threatened After Murder Suspect Era
In Los Angeles Toni Smith once linked to the Black Dahlia case reports a death threat from a stranger. She says a gruff caller warned she would be the next victim after living in the Hollywood apartment once shared by Elizabeth Short.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Toni Smith
Hollywood
Elizabeth Short
Toni
Miss Smith
Miss Short
West Amarillo Skunk Killed By Local Youths
Mrs. R. M. Roberts reported a skunk under her West Ninth Street home last night. Benny Bruckner shot the animal after it was cornered with a gunny sack and hedge shears, while Harold Lanier planned to skin it. The incident ends with the skunk dead and no injuries reported.
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R. M. Roberts
West Ninth
Mrs. Roberts
Mr. Roberts
Benny Bruckner
Benny
B. M. Bruckner
Florida
Harold Lanier
John B. Lanier
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