McMahon Warns of Soviet Atom Plant Secret
Senator Brien McMahon of Connecticut told the Senate that Russia may be building a secret atomic plant east of the Urals. He urged an international inspection system, warning the United States faces mortal danger without global controls and timely verification. He called Russia the main obstacle to world safeguards.
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Washington
Brien McMahon
Connecticut
Russia
Ural Mountains
United States
Senate
United Nations
McMahon
Siberia
Urals
Peter Kapitza
Kapitza
Tight Shoes by Damon Runyon
Rupert Salsinger at Bilbys on Broadway sells Hymie Minsk tight size 8 D shoes for Belmont day. Hymie quickly finds the shoes hurt his feet as seven losses mount, leading to a street dispute that ends with Salsinger fired and Bilby slapping his pants in comic retaliation.
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Rupert Salsinger
Hymie Minsk
Bilby
Broadway
Mindy
Belmont
Bronx
Rupert
Billers
New York
Fifty-third Street
Karl Marx
Boy steals, threatens with gun. suspect held by officers
A 16 year old youth was in custody of juvenile officers after attempting a burglary and threatening an Amarillo homeowner and a policeman with a gun. Two officers captured the boy about 9 30 o clock after he tried to enter the C T Cline home at 3610 Harrison through a rear window.
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Amarillo
Ing
C. T. Cline
Harrison
C. T. Cline, Jr
Mr. Cline
Denton
Dallas
New York City
Raleigh
N. C
New Orleans
Houston
New Bedford
Mass
Providence
R. I
Kidnap of Judge Windham Shocks Jerusalem
In Jerusalem two Britons were abducted in a daylight raid as a Jewish underground group seized Judge Ralph Windham from a Tel Aviv district court. The incident, paired with the earlier seizure of banker H. S. Collins, prompted a massive manhunt and house arrests of about 90,000 Palestine Jews while authorities postponed Gruner’s scheduled execution. A note warned searches would end if a suspected hostage site was not bombed.
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Jerusalem
Ralph Windham
Tel Aviv
Dov Gruner
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Gruner
Windham
H. S. Collins
Collins
Woman Found Dead In Room In Pampa
Mrs Mary Katherine Riedle 20 formerly of Amarillo was found dead in her room in Pampa yesterday. Local authorities reported the death is being investigated as a possible case requiring further inquiry.
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Pampa
News Tip Winner Receives Prize for Tips on Local News
Mrs. R. H. Johnson of 1820 North Cleveland won $5 in the Globe News Tip contest for reporting a dog fight over the family newspaper and a second paper delivery. Alma Dell Bailey at 3811 Polk won $3 for tipping about rainbow hair among Wolflin School boys. Third prize of $2 went to Mrs. John Whiteside for reporting two men killing a coyote. Honorable mention honors several residents for tips.
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R. H. Johnson
North Cleveland
Globe News
Alma Dell Bailey
Polk
Wolflin School
John Whiteside
Carolina
Dumas
W. M. English
Rusk
Archie Warren
Pantex Village
James Calvery
Western
Earl Nolen
Cleveland
R. F. Thomson
Louis Brown
Harrison
William Gaines Klebold
Benny Davenport
Pierce
B. D. Halley
West Thirteenth
Henry Dacus
West Tenth
Jack Falks
Jerry Gaither
Ong
Neal Rogers
Taylor
Dan Vaughn
North East Eighth
Buddy Reneau
North Johnson
Chief of Internal Revenue Office Dies in Amarillo
Ralph Kenniston 57 former chief of Amarillo Internal Revenue Office died at Veterans Hospital after months of illness. A WW II veteran, he joined the service in 1933 and helped make Amarillo a division headquarters. He married Lurline De Courcy and lived in St Louis before returning to Amarillo in 1926. Survived by widow two sisters and a brother. funeral arrangements by N. S. Griggs & Sons. Learn to skate Tuesday night at Roller Palace.
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Amarillo
Internal, Revenue Service
Ralph Kenniston
Veterans Hospital
Kenniston
Internal Revenue Department
The
Santa Fe Railway
Internal Revenue Service
Cache Lodge
Lemay
West Eleventh
Fred Brown
Ed McCauley
Eddie Kenniston
St. Louis
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Feud Flare at Hearing Over Atomic Energy Nomination
A Senate hearing on David E. Lilienthal’s AEC chairmanship heated as Sen. McKellar attacked him saying you know nothing about splitting the atom. Lilienthal retorted he did his damndest to stay out of it while defending the defense focus of the Atomic Control Commission.
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Washington
Senator McKellar
David E. Lilienthal
Senate
Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
McKellar
Truman
Tennessee Valley Authority
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Tennessee
Atomic Control Commission
Vandenberg
Michigan Republican
TVA
Poll Taxes Hit Record in Off-Year Returns
Poll tax payments set a record with 5,297 receipts issued today of an off-year. Morning sales reached 253 with many payments by mail uncounted. 1945 poll tax receipts totaled 5,132, the previous high for off-year totals.
Denmark tightens Dakota load after fatal crash
Copenhagen reports a Dakota crash that killed Grace Moore and Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden among 22 others. Denmark set a new maximum takeoff load of 25 168 pounds, below the prior 25 410 pounds, amid ongoing inquiries.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Grace Moore
Prince Gustav Adolf
Sweden
Kastrup
KLM
Marastrup
Miss Moore
Valentin Pantera
Cannes
French Riviera
New York
Great Britain Will Adhere To 1956 Treaty With Egypt
Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin said Britain will stick to the 1956 treaty and keep military bases in Egypt unless Egypt forms a more representative government. He spoke as Egypt requested UN Security Council intervention in the dispute over British troops.
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Great Britain
Egypt
London
U.P
Ernest Bevin
Commons
Bevin
United Nations Security Council
Judge Delays Sugar Rationing Injunction for 24 Hours
Federal Judge F Dickinson Letts postponed for 24 hours the issuance of an injunction against the Office of Price Administration sugar rationing method for industrial users. The OPA argues the injunction could disrupt its historical basis sugar distribution plan.
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Washington
F. Dickinson Letts
OPA
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
The forecast shows scattered high cloudiness and cooler conditions across Amarillo and vicinity with strong northwest winds. Temperatures drop tonight to around 25 degrees, then Tuesday turns partly cloudy and slightly cooler with continued cool air across West Texas and the Panhandle. The New Mexico region expects colder trends into tonight and Tuesday with a 24 hour high near 71 and a low around 36 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Kimbrough Names Jarnagin as West Texas Assistant Coach
Clark Jarnagin named assistant football coach at West Texas State College after unanimous committee vote. 32 year old comes from Baylor with head coach Frank Kimbrough and previously coached at Hardin-Simmons. Both men to report in Canyon next Monday. Jarnagin married with two children.
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Clark Jarnagin
West Texas State College
J. A. Hill
Canyon School
Jarnagin
West Texas
Baylor
Frank Kimbrough
Hardin-Simmons University
Kimbrough
Waco
Canyon
Roosevelt Named Chair of U N Human Rights Commission
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected chairman of the United Nations human rights commission as it began its task of creating machinery to safeguard fundamental freedoms worldwide.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Nations Human Rights Commission
Five Killed Three Hurt in Levelland Area Explosion
An explosion in a farm tenant residence near Levelland killed five people and burned three others. The Anastasio Rojas family lived in a small house seven miles north and two miles east of Levelland on a Schoenrock farm. Nine of the eleven occupants were Rojas family members. two others were Gummeindo Torres and his wife. Survivors were taken to Littlefield Hospital. some burns are critical. The blast is blamed on kerosene poured into a coal stove.
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Lubbock
Levelland
Anastasio Rojas
Lawrence Schoenrock
Rojas
Littlefield
Gummeindo Torres
Vest Pocket Essays on Pigs and Language
A humorous essay riffs on pigs and pig related terms, noting how pigs appear in language and culture. It playfully explores pig anatomy and taxonomy while poking at English usage and naming quirks. The piece ends with a nod to Peccaries and a quirky insurance name.
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Globe
International Court of Justice
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NEA
Colorado Springs
Rapid City
S. D
Greeley
Colo
Lowry Field
Denver
Austin
Grady Hazlewood
Texas
Beauford Jester
Paul Brown
Harlingen
William Murray
Committee On
Howard Carney
Atlanta
Hazlewood
By Damon Runyon
Canyon Highway
Reader's Dhest
Reader's Digest
Russell Stationery Co
Taylor 8&T
John Maynard Lbr, Co
West Sth
Internal Revenue Office
Roller Palace
Sixth and
Jefferson
Schoenrock
E. A. Regal Co.—Real Estate and Loans
Colonel Stoopnagle
Birmingham
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
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