Amarillo Considers City Curfew Law
City commissioners study legal aspects of placing all Amarillo youths under curfew. City Manager Moss to present the question to the 7 30 p m meeting. Mayor Hagy may arrive from Washington. Chicago imposes a 10 p m to 6 a m curfew for under 18. Grand jury reports alarm at teen theft. Other items include street equipment and safety council. Randall County farmers plan protest over water supply taps near Amarillo.
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Amarillo
N. V. Moss
Chicago
Randall County
Court upholds grain allocation order for distilleries
A three judge federal court ruled the January grain allotment order by Secretary Clinton P. Anderson constitutional. The decision upheld the USDA action against Schenley Distillery Corp which challenged the order. FHA repair loans advertised with zero down payment. Local notice mentions John Maynard Letter Co.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Schenley Distillery Corp
John Maynard Ltr. Co
Tax Cut Bill Moves to House in Party Split
The House Ways and Means panel approved a 6.3 billion tax cut in a straight party line 15 to 9. President Truman’s proposed counter plan failed 19 to 5 as four Democrats opposed it. Democrats warned the bill could shrink before final action. The measure targets higher personal exemptions and broader income divisions under the community property rule.
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House
Truman
Congress
Sen
Senate
Knutson
Ways and Means Committee
Panhandle Resident Charles Gordon-Cumming Dies at 82
The younger son of a Scottish titled family, Charles Lenox Gordon-Cumming, age 82, died at his home on the Tierra Blanca banks west of Canyon after a sudden illness. He had lived in the Panhandle for 60 years, and his former home Gordon's Country Club was a longtime picnic and fishing spot five miles west of Canyon near Highway 60.
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Charles Lenox Gordon-Cumming
Tierra Blanca
Canyon
Gordon’s Country Club
Highway 60
Mr. Gordon-Cumming
T-Anchor
Alamocitos
XIT Ranch
T-Anchor Ranch
Old Outfit
Texas
Gordon- Cumming
Isaac Jenkins
Mary Elizabeth Thomas
John A. Wallace
Alexa
Marjorie
Kathleen
Clarence Harrington
Jimmy Culwell
Amarillo
Reece Barker
Plainview
Calcutta
India
Maj
Frank Gordon-Cumming
Emma Campbell
Himalaya
Charles
Amarillo Weather Records Coldest Since 1947 In Panhandle
Cold snaps grip Amarillo with 8 am reading of 4 degrees and a forecast of 3 for tonight. Wind 20 mph and a possible zero in parts of the Panhandle.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
US Weather Bureau
English Field
Weather Bureau
Circumvented Lock Traps Hen House Door Escape
Mrs Noel Cooper of 1719 West Sixth found her chicken house door locked behind her after tending the chicks. She squeezed through the chicken run to reach the warm stove, remarking Brr as she escaped the coop.
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Noel Cooper
West Sixth
Greek fighting continues as guerrillas suffer losses
Press dispatches from Lamia report 27 guerrillas killed or wounded and 10 captured in fighting between government and rebel forces in the Mount Ghionas area of south central Greece near Athens.
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EEK
Athens
Lamia
Mount Ghionas
Greece
Administration opposes ban on oil exports in fuel shortage
Washington January 27 1950 AP report says the administration objects to a congressional proposal to ban all oil exports. Undersecretary of Commerce William C Foster warns it would be a very dangerous thing at this time before the House Commerce Committee.
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Congress
William C. Foster
House Commerce Committee
United States
House
Senate
Wolverton
House Committee
Foster
Canada
Truman Demotes Eccles in Federal Reserve Board shakeup
President Truman demotes Marriner Eccles as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board and names Thomas Bayard McCabe of Philadelphia to the post. Eccles will stay on the board as vice chairman after Senate confirmation of McCabe, who is to be designated chairman.
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Truman
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
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Eccles
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Philadelphia
White House
Senate
McCabe
The
Federal Reserve Bank At
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Ransom
Switchmen's Union of North America
Briton Killed in Haifa Tel Aviv Highway Attack
Arab riflemen killed a British man and a Jew during an attack on the Haifa Tel Aviv corridor. A police party rushing to the scene came under gunfire, an official source said.
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Holy Land
Jerusalem
Haifa- Tel Aviv
Last Minute Rush as Poll Tax Payments Surge
Tax collector Frank Hoyt reports a dramatic surge in poll tax payments with 10 718 paid this morning and signs pointing to another 500 day. He notes voters previously paid earlier than usual and anticipates continuing increases before Saturday's deadline.
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Frank Hoyt
Hoyt
Armored car service to start in Amarillo
Globe Business Editor reports Amarillo will begin an armored car service named Operation money bags starting Monday. Charles Weaver, after studying operations in Kansas City Chicago and New York, plans daily pickup of cash from local merchants and Saturday night collections. The armored Ford with bullet proof glass will operate from 801 Pierce with Weaver driving and guards sought.
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Globe Business
Amarillo
Charles Weaver
Money Bags
Mr. Weaver
Weaver
Kansas City
Chicago
New York
Ford
Mine blast in Erfurt kills one, injures 107
A land mine being cut for scrap exploded in Erfurt in Russian occupied Thuringia killing one person and injuring 107. Erfurt police said 820 apartments were damaged in the blast.
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Berlin
Erfurt
Thuringia
Top Hand Of Shrine Tours Amarillo In Cold Weather
Imperial Potentate of American Shrinedom Karl Rex Hammers arrived at the Rock Island station in brisk air and found Amarillo welcoming. He noted El Paso warmth and flies, praised Heinz Company ties, and prepared for an address at Khiva Temple as Shrine nobles met him.
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Karl Rex Hammers
Pittsburgh
North America
Khiva
Mr. Hammers
Heinz Company
el Paso
Imperial
Amarillo
Hammers
Heinz
Henry J. Heinz
Henry J. II
Heinz See Shriner
Weather roundup for Amarillo and West Texas
The section notes clearing with drifting snow and bitter cold in Amarillo and vicinity. Temperatures reach near 10 this afternoon and fall to 3 tonight, with continued cold and partly cloudy skies Wednesday. West Texas sees cloudy conditions with occasional snow or freezing rain, zero to 10 degrees in the Panhandle and South Plains, 10 to 20 elsewhere, and much colder Wednesday. New Mexico reports snow today east, clearing tonight, with much colder conditions and rising temperatures by Wednesday. wind is noted today with decreasing tonight.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Comprehensive Personal Liability Insurance Offer
Advertising brief promoting Comprehensive Personal Liability Insurance for individuals and families with a contact phone 4334 and listing Williams-Boyce Agence as the agency.
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Williams-Boyce Agence
Truman sets up emergency board over rail wage dispute
President Truman created a 30 day fact finding board under the Railway Labor Act to investigate a wage dispute involving about 125 000 rail workers and three unions. A February 1 strike deadline is paused by a cooling off period and the board will report back to the White House.
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Truman
White House
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Firemen
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