Mothers Lead Last-Minute March for Dimes Campaign
Amarillo mothers form a 400-strong force for a Wednesday 7 to 8 pm march visiting every city home to solicit donations for the March of Dimes. Porch light signals indicate contributions. if missed, donations may be mailed. Campaign aims to reach $25,000. current total $3,903.19. Plans run within city limits with Pleasant Valley extending south of St Francis. similar effort in Vegas.
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Amarillo
G. Edwin Smith
March of Dimes
Pleasant Valley
St. Francis
Vegas
Walter Shaller
Kay Baird
Volunteer Army of Mothers
Shaller
Revamp Wage Freeze Order
Washington January 29 government prepared orders to lift the wage freeze for millions of workers and ease price ceilings. Price Controller DiSalle said he would seek substantial rollbacks, permit pre negotiated raises, and exempt four million public employees paid by law. The Wage Stabilization Board was to approve a $1.60 daily increase for miners, with mine owners allowed to add it to prices. Automatic raises under contracts would be honored, and a broader wage policy set for later in the week aiming for about 10 percent above early 1950 levels. The board debated whether raises apply to basic wages or include fringe benefits. DiSalle opened 55 regional offices to push price actions.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
John L. Lewis
DiSalle
Long Arm of Law Meets Soft Heart in Amarillo Case
Deputies Tex Cotter and W. W. Riner balked at taking an Amarillo mother of nine into custody on a hot check warrant. She said the checkwas given in Aspermont last summer to repair a broken car during a family trip. Five young children accompanied her as she explained ongoing financial strain. The deputies postponed action, noting they could not jail a woman with nine children. The woman described sleepless worry as she works to support her family. The article references price regulation enforcement shifts in Chicago with acting chief replacement.
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Amarillo
Tex Cotter
W. W. Riner
Aspermont
Cotter
Riner
Don
Mrs Katie Carson Wins News Tip Prize
Mrs Katie Carson of 1333 East Eleventh aunt of the deputy sheriff kidnapped by Badman Bill Cook is winner of this weeks $5 first prize for News Tips. Second prize of $3 goes to Henry Munn for his tip on Canyon visible from the Santa Fe Building by a mirage. Shelton Key wins $2 for a tip on a water line break stopping service to a house. Others listed include Hazel Husted Mrs I F Boren Mrs J L Gallaher G T Perryman and Mrs E A Freudenrich.
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Katie Carson
East Eleventh
Bill Cook
Amarillo
Henry Munn
Jefferson
Canyon
Santa Fe
Shelton Key
Arch Terrace
Hazel Husted
North Lincoln
I. F. Boren
Sanborn
J. L. Gallaher
Palo Duro
G. T. Perryman
Buchanan
E. A. Freudenrich
Mid-Year Grads Are Deferred
Selective Service extended deferment by 30 days for about 30000 mid-year college graduates to allow entry into essential industries. Maj. Gen. Hershey announced the action after talks with educators and industry reps. Graduates may take jobs during the period and report their new status to draft boards.
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Washington
Selective Service Today
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Allies Grind Qut New Gains
Allied troops and tanks advanced three miles along the 90 mile Korean front toward Seoul amid fanatical Communist resistance. US Eighth Army reported three mile gains north of Suwon as UN forces pressed a slow offensive, with napalm jellied gasoline raids southeast of Seoul turning hills and villages into fiery battlegrounds.
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Tokyo
Seoul
United Nations
Suwon
Eighth Army
Matthew B. Ridgway
Yaju
United Press
Richard Applegate
50Th Army Corps
Suw
50Th Corps
Battlefront reports ammunition recoveries and harassed advance
A U.S. battalion recovered 60,000 rounds of M 1 rifle ammunition and began firing it at Chinese forces. Another unit found 218 rounds of 81 millimeter mortar ammunition. Front dispatches said the advance faced harassment in most areas.
Cold Wave Brings Subzero Readings Across Plains
The region records its coldest levels since late January with lows around minus two to minus six in towns including Clayton, Dalhart, Clovis, Perryton, and Plainview. Tomorrow's forecast calls for freezing rain sleet and snow as a deep Canadian norther wields bone chilling winds. High yesterday reached 16 at Amarillo Air Terminal, with continuing frigid conditions expected tonight and into the near future.
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H. C. Winburn
Amarillo Air Terminal
Winburn
Dalhart
Clayton
Gage
Okla
Clovis
Perryton
Plainview
30 Per Cent Boost In Income Tax Seen
Capitol Hill tax authorities anticipate President Truman’s forthcoming tax bill could raise overall personal rates by about 30 percent, adding around five million low to middle income earners to the tax rolls and expanding the excise list for luxury items. The plan reportedly includes cutting personal exemptions, raising rates across brackets, boosting liquor and cigarette taxes, increasing corporation rates toward 56 percent, and tightening loopholes.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Truman
Congress
Stern
Valley Crops Periled by Freezing Weather
Winter storm grips Texas with sleet freezing rain and cold lows across Rio Grande Valley and Victoria. Eagle Pass 22 Rio Grande City 25 Laredo Mission 26 Brownsville 32. Ice reaches San Antonio Cotulla and Houston with no relief in sight.
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Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Weather Bureau
Eagle Pass
Rio Grande City
Laredo
Mission 26
Brownsville
Victoria
San Antonio
Cotulla
Houston
US To Build Up Scorpion Fleet
Secretary Finletter announced heavy production of the Northrop F-89 Scorpion as part of an all weather defense fleet. He said the two Allison engines give it superiority in the all weather class and noted the Lockheed F-94 will remain in use. He added the Air Force values the British Canberra bomber but no deal is yet closed.
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Washington
Finletter
Air Force
Northrop
US Puts Strings On Hungarys Envoys
The United States restricted all Hungarian diplomats in the United States to 18 miles of the White House in retaliation for Hungary limiting American diplomats in Budapest to 18 miles of the city center. The State Department announced the mirrored move.
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Washington
United States
White House
State Department
Hungary
Budapest
Draft May Get 30 Year Olds
The House Armed Services committee urged the Defense Department to study raising the draft age to as high as 30 to avoid drafting 18-year-olds and signaled a near rejection of drafting World War II veterans. Sen Lyndon B Johnson proposed drafting some 4-Fs and non veteran husbands before 18 year olds. Assistant Defense Secretary Anna Rosenberg noted non veterans who married since June 25, 1950 should be subject to induction, but the department has not recommended changing current rules that automatically defer men with dependents.
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Washington
U.P
House Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Carl Vinson
Georgia
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Congress
Defense
Anna M. Rosenberg
House
Pleven Arrives in US for Atomic Policy Talks
French Premier Rene Pleven arrived in Washington for Cold War strategy discussions with President Truman and top officials. The talks centered on US France cooperation and possible US nuclear retaliation to defend France if Soviet forces invade.
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Washington
Rene Pleven
Truman
United States
France
Union Station
Pleven
Acheson
Defense
Marshall
Blood Typing Night Urges Residents to Participate
A blood typing drive runs tonight from 7 to 10 at Memorial Blood Center 1409 West Eighth. Mel Kruse commander of the Golding Meadows Post VFW urges all residents to be typed as the project nears its deadline.
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Memorial Blood Center
West Eighth
Mel Kruse
Golding-Meadows Post
VFW
Weather summary for Amarillo and surrounding regions
Fair and very cold with freezing rain or snow in the Panhandle. High today 18, low 3. tomorrow 28. Yesterday's 6:30 am low 1 below zero. Continued cold for two to three days with a chance of light snow Tuesday. West Texas and New Mexico forecast colder, windy, with snow flurries and flurries in higher elevations.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
el Paso
Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Air Force probes Lackland base amid recruit crowding
San Antonio January 29 The Air Force and two Senate committees launched a three part inquiry into Lackland Base tent city living conditions amid sleet and freezing rain. They investigate reports of pneumonia deaths and improper housing and uniforms as Maj. Gen. Charles W. Lawrence defends the base noting only two deaths in 28 months and no active illness.
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San Antonio
Lackland Air Force Base
Air Force
Senate
Lackland
Eugene Zuckert
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Senate Armed
Lawrence
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Wiimtil
Bill Defoe
Panola County Junior College of Carthage
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Defoe
Amarillo High School
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Shiplap
Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
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