Senator Denies Atomic Theft Story In Senate Hearing
Senator Hickenlooper told the Senate that important Los Alamos files stolen in March 1946 were recovered without security breach. He said two Army sergeants removed documents last year and recovered from their private files. The New York Sun claimed secret data from Oak Ridge was stolen by inside agents and warned of a looming reorganization.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate Today
Los Alamos
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
New York Sun
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Atomic Energy Commission
Joint Committee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Oak Ridge
the Sun
FBI
Sun
McMahon
Connecticut
The
Fire Chief Ed Wilson targeted in Amarillo department petition
City officials in Amarillo faced a fire department dispute as a petition signed by about sixty three of eighty two members demanded the dismissal of Fire Chief Edward R Wilson. The petition cited six grounds including promotions based on favoritism and outside influence. Wilson was away purchasing a war asset and was expected back tomorrow as the city promised an investigation.
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CAL Brumley
City Commission
Edward R. Wilson
Lawrence Hagg
N. V. Moss
Wilson
War Assets Administration
Clyde Gibbins
Fire Fighters Union
Amarillo
Ed Wilson
Earl Curry
Curry
Department
IMI
Red Stevens
G. B. Cooper
Stevens
Cooper
Curry Wilson
Central Fire Station
Central
San Jacinto
Sixteenth Street
Washington
North Side
Wilson Pace
Southern coal operators sign new wage pact with UMW
Washington dispatch reports Southern coal operators unanimously accept the bituminous contract with United Mine Workers and plan immediate signing with John L. Lewis. Northern Illinois and Indiana firms had signed. Kaiser and Utah Fuel Co also joined, adding about 124.8 million to miners’ pay next year. Most of the 195,000 affected miners are back on the job as district associations prepare to sign for holdout southern pits.
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Washington
Southern
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Southern Soft Coal Producers
Southern Coal Producers Association
Southern Group
Northern
Illinois
Indiana
Lewis
Far Western
UMW
Henry Kaiser
Utah Fuel Co
Kaiser
Sunnyside
Utah
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Union Pacific Coal Co
Mississippi
Lewis’ United Mine Workers
Right of Way Rules From Safety Handbook
This text outlines driving right of way rules including first to enter an intersection, yielding to the right, stop signs, emergency vehicles with red lights, vehicles on public roads, pedestrians in marked crosswalks, and school buses stopping on highways. It cites the Texas Department of Public Safety Drivers' Handbook.
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Texas Department of Public Safety
Quick-Witted Trusty Halts Jail Delivery
A break from Potter County Jail was halted yesterday afternoon when a quick thinking trusty blocked inmates led by Eugene Hayes. Sheriff Bill Adams said Hayes and others attempted escape after 5 PM as jailer J. E. McKenzie rounded up prisoners. An unidentified trusty manned the elevator to block the exit.
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Potter County
Bill Adams
Eugene Hayes
Hayes
J. E. McKenzie
Haves
McKenzie
Adams
Mayor Robert H. Tyndall Dies in Indianapolis Home
Indianapolis report says Robert H. Tyndall, 70, mayor of Indiana and former commander of the 150th Field Artillery in World War I, was found dead in his bed this morning. A doctor attributed the death to a heart attack at his home.
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Indianapolis
Robert H. Tyndall
Indiana
150Th Field Artillery
Farmer Enjoined From Plowing Up Cotton Spite
EDINBURG July 8 The 3rd District Court issued a temporary injunction preventing John R. Gilliam from plowing up 270 acres of cotton after his wife testified he threatened to ruin the crop as part of their divorce dispute. Gilliam had claimed she threatened him with a butcher knife, while she said he threatened to cut her in two with a hoe.
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Edinburg
John R. Gilliam
3Rd District Court
Gilliam
Earthquake Felt in Tucuman During Leaders Visit
An earthquake rocked Tucuman as Presidents Juan D Peron of Argentina and Gabriel Gonzalez Videla of Chile met in the city. Two strong shocks were recorded and no casualties were reported. Both leaders were reported safe by press reports.
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Buenos Aires
Tucuman
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Gabriel Gonzalez Videla
Chile
Army Names Successor to Wainwright
Gen. Thomas T. Handy will succeed Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright as commander of the Fourth Army with headquarters in San Antonio when Wainwright retires August 31. Handy will become deputy chief of staff. Wainwright decorated by President Truman after heroics in the Philippines. Handy, 55, Virginia Military Institute graduate, served as assistant chief of staff for operations and as deputy chief of staff.
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Washington
Thomas T. Handy
Army
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
Fourth Army
San Antonio
Wainwright
War Department
Handy
J. Lawton Wainwright Collins
Seventh Army Corps
Collins
Manton S. Eddy
Second Army
Baltimore
United States
Truman
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Spring City
Tenn
Virginia Military Institute
France
New Trial Petitioned For May and Garsson
Washington July 9 P Ex Congressman Andrew J May and munitions makers Henry and Murray Garsson appealed for a new trial contending their July 3 bribery convictions were unfair and the result of prejudice. They seek a new trial or acquittal and removal of the verdict. A drug ad and local notices follow.
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Washington
Andrew J. May
Henry
Murray Garsson
Garssons
May
House Military Committee
Reds Satellites Refuse Marshall Plan Talks
Soviet allied nations led by Bulgaria and Romania refused to join the July 12 Paris conference on the European recovery plan. Czechoslovakia alone among Soviet bloc states accepted, while Poland was expected to decide. Romania also moved to seek United Nations membership after a cabinet meeting. Molotov pressed objections to the plan with memoranda to several capitals.
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Paris
U.P
Russia
Bulgaria
Romania
Czechoslovakia
United Nations
France
Britain
Poland
V. M. Molotov
Sweden
Norway
Nuneary
Molotovs
Boost in Steel Prices Predicted by Iron Age
NEW YORK July 9 UP A five dollar per ton rise in the average steel price was forecast by Iron Age, the national metal working weekly, to be posted this week or next. The publication also claimed a coal dispute settlement with northern operators and the soft coal mines amounted to a capitulation to John L. Lewis's major demands, urged by United States Steel president Benjamin F. Fairless.
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New York
Iron Age
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Benjamin F. Pairless
United States Steel Corporation
Sanction of Carol's Marriage Hits Snag
Rio de Janeiro July 9 District Judge Chermont de Miranda ruled the death bed marriage of ex King Carol of Roumania and his mistress Magda Lupescu cannot be legalized until their divorcees are recognized by the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court. He heard witnesses at the Copacabana Hotel suite and reviewed documents from both sides before concluding the marriage could not be legalized. An affidavit from the Swedish legation stated Lupescu and Carol were actually divorced.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Chermont de Miranda
Carol of
Magda
Copacabana
Carol
Mme. Lupescu
Livestock Prices Rise at Chicago Union Stockyards
Livestock prices advanced at the Chicago Union Stockyards as receipts from the country fell short of expectations. Choice hogs reached 26.00 per hundredweight, steers hit 30.50, and spring lambs sold at 25.00, marking the strongest gains in days.
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Chicago
Union
Amarillo Hospital Committee Reports Strong Finances
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce hospital committee chair Gene Klein reported a solid financial picture for Northwest Texas Hospital. Through five months the hospital did 243 600 in business with 199 700 collected from patients and 19 100 paid by the county for charity patients. Uncollected bills total 24 800. Expenses reached 241 300 for the period, yielding a net profit over 2 000. County charity costs average about 3 800 monthly, with total charity expenditure estimated at 46 000 for the year. A proposed 750 000 bond issue would raise home costs to about 2 60 per year, not including charity costs. The bond election is slated for next month with a definite date yet to be set. Assets and costs are framed as part of county hospital protection.
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Klein
Mr. Klein
Kiein
Jailed for Strangling Wife in New Jersey Confession
Plainfield New Jersey July 9 Philip Schreil a 57 year old photo engraver was held today for strangling his wife whose nude body was found in a trunk on a lonely country road last April 18. Schreil was arrested last night and confessed strangling her with a dog leash saying he could not stand her nagging any longer and that she ran him into debt.
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Plainfield
N. J
Philip Schreil
Schriel
Flying saucers rumor fades as military debunks claims
United Press reports describe a sharp drop in flying saucer rumors as the Army and Navy push a campaign to end speculation. Investigations reveal weather balloon debris, a prank disk, and no confirmed sightings, with officials rebuking Roswell base reports and noting weather balloons as likely sources.
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Army
Navy
Eighth Army Air Force
Fort Worth
New Mexico
AAF
Washington
Roswell
F. G. Harston
Shreveport
Harston
Barksdale Army Air Field
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Army toys and a real trunk at surplus sale
Merle Stewart recalls Army practical jokes like left handed monkey wrenches and bunk stretchers. He investigates a War Assets Administration surplus sale list that shows trunk elephant one lot and learns an elephant trunk is a flexible nozzle used on cement mixers.
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Salt Lake City
Merle Stewart
War Assets Administration
Local Lumber Ad Promotes Fire Insurance and Timber Sidings
An old classified note announces the Williams Boyce Agency offering fire insurance for wheat and housing timber projects. It references 5x5 windmill timbers and Redwood siding and directs readers to John Maynard Lumber on 800 W. 5th for supplies.
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Williams-Boyce Agency
John Maynard
Vote fraud inquiry may be dropped by Senate panel
Two members of a three man Senate judiciary subcommittee signaled they will oppose further probe of Kansas City vote fraud charges. They criticized Attorney General Tom Clark for a limited FBI inquiry into 1946 ballots. Axtell, backed by Truman and Pendergast, won the Democratic nomination. Reeves defeated Axtell in the general election.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary
Kansas City
McCarran
Nevada
Langer
North Dakota
Tom Clark
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Clark
Enos Axtell
Truman
Pendergast
Roger Slaughter
Rep. Reeves
Axtell
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast notes considerable high cloudiness and mild temperatures this afternoon tonight and Thursday with strong southeast winds this afternoon. Partly cloudy in West Texas with little change in temperature. New Mexico sees partly cloudy skies today and Thursday with scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms in the west and north. Highs near 87 and lows around 63. Kum-Kleen self adhesive price labels advertised at Russell's 611 Taylor.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Russell's
Taylor
Greeks Clean House In Athens Revolt Bust
In Athens the government reports more than 2000 arrests in dawn raids aimed at stopping a Communist plot to spark nationwide civil conflict. 3000 to 4000 security personnel swept the capital and mountains, with many leaders fleeing and ringleaders to be tried in Athens while others exiled or released.
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Athens
Napoleon Zervas
Greece
Zervas
Zarvas
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Mnnday
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Jan Masaryk
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