Post Office Dept Cuts Aid Not Services in Amarillo Says Globe
The Post Office Department declares no service cuts in Amarillo or other first class offices, but a 20 percent reduction in auxiliary funds for July to September. Substitutes work 20 percent less. no regular staff layoffs or overtime. Some routes reduced to one delivery while downtown areas see three daily deliveries. National carriers' union complains of air mail delays though regular staff remain intact.
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B. N. Timmons
Washington
The
Globe Washington
Post Office Department
Amarillo
National Association of Letter Carriers
American Federation of Labor
Iary
Globe
Grand Central Station
New York
Post Office Cuts Limit Clerical Auxiliaries and Overtime
The Post Office Department orders a 20 percent cut affecting all first class offices with delays in allowances for clerks and city delivery carriers for the quarter ending September 30, 1947. Postmasters may incur expenditures only within 80 percent of requested auxiliary and 50 percent of overtime, due to circumstantial constraints.
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the Globe
Post Office Department
New Father Barely Old Enough To Be Hospital Visitor
In Chelsea Massachusetts a 14 year old boy, Miller Mitchell, awaits his newborn daughter with his 14 year old bride at Chelsea Memorial Hospital. The hospital maternity ward requires visitors to be at least 14 years old.
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Chelsea
Mass
Chelsea Memorial Hospital
Miller Mitchell
Truman Signs Bill For Additional Assistant Secretary Of Commerce
President Truman signed a law authorizing the appointment of an extra assistant secretary of commerce with a $10 000 annual salary. The move increases federal economic oversight and staffing to handle expanded duties.
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Washington
Truman
Amarillo Board Voids Coaches Contracts Over Bonuses
Amarillo School Board voided the football coaches contracts of head coach Howard Lynch and assistant T G Hull for violation of Texas Interscholastic League rules prohibiting game bonuses. Lynch indicates willingness to negotiate anew. Hull is una contacted. The board also approved about 1000000 in additions to two schools, purchased a six acre site for a future campus, and directed investment of building funds in government securities amid idle bond funds.
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Amarillo
Howard Lynch
T. G. Hull
Lynch and
Hull
R. P. Parcells
Indi
Chas. M. Rogers
Colorado
Rogers
Neill Singleton
Horace Mann Junior High School
C. S. Lambie
Sam Houston Junior High School
Mirror Street
North East Eighth Avenue
D. R. Vermillion
AFL Chief Defies Taft Hartley Law With Massive Political Campaign
AFL President William Green announced defiance of the Taft Hartley restrictions by organizing a large scale political campaign. He vowed to unite labor power to defeat lawmakers who backed the law, pursue a court challenge to its constitutionality, and seek contracts shielding workers from its effects. Green cited the United Mine Workers contract as a model.
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Utica
AFL
William Green
New York
CIO
Philip Murray
Maryland
Green
America
Congress
United Mine Workers
Protest Over Chief Sparks Talk of Mass Resignations
Firefighters push to remove Fire Chief Edward R. Wilson after a Tuesday night dispute. Rookie E. R. Ward resigns to join a lumber yard. Officer Jack Williams warns more may leave. Clyde Gibbins and Homer H. Hunter expected to represent the union at tonight’s city commission meeting.
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Edward R. Wilson
E. R. Ward
Jack Williams
Clyde Gibbins
Fire Fighters Union
Homer H. Hunter
State Fire Fighters Union
Gibbins
Hunter
Frank McDowell
City Commission
Wilson
McDowell
Williams
Fre
Ward
Clifford Davis
Davis
Greek War Drums Echo Over World Debates Edge to End
Theme of Cold War tension reported as Western powers push to end the East-West debate. Johnson's warning signalled pressure for Soviet Delegate Anders Gromyko to veto or accept a decisive move shaping the global stance.
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Johnson
Anders Gromyko
Greek crisis fuels push for UN border patrol plan
The era's Greek civil war reverberates globally as Athens reports encirclement of some 2000 guerrillas from Albania. American and British naval movements near Athens spark tension while the UN Security Council debates Balkan crisis and a three man team investigates the guerrilla scene.
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United Press
Greece
Athens
Albania
Kalpaki 7
Estia
Phaleron Bay
Liverpool
Triumph
United States
Europe
Lake Success
United Nations Security Council
Balkans
Herschell V. Johnson
Council
Balkan
Reds Push Merger of UAW With Farm Equipment Workers
Washington reports American Communists see a merger of the United Automobile Workers with the Farm Equipment Workers Union as boosting Communist influence in the CIO. UAW president Walter Reuther faces possible leadership change if the FEW joins and its leader Addes gains support. FEW's Grant Oakes has documented Communist ties.
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Washington
CIO
United Automobile Workers of America
UAW
Farm Equipment Workers Union
Grant Oakes
Farm Equipment Union
New Leader
United States
Walter Reuther
Reuther
R. J. Thomas
George F. Addes
Addes
FRW
Grant W. Oakes
Abraham Lincoln
National Council of the American Peace Mobilization
Farm Equipment Workers Organizing Committee
Chicago
Oakes
Germany
Great Britain
APM
Launch Wide Search For Missing Youth
Sheriff deputies seek Guy Darden Thomas a 19 year old from Dumas missing since Friday night He moved from Amarillo in February was last seen near the Miller farm in a cash pay Wheat harvest work scene He is 5 9 150 pounds blue eyes brown wavy hair and wore a brown suit and shoes. Contacts: Sheriff Bill Adams Fuqua Younger or Floyd Bell 1614 Harrison.
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Sheriff's Department
Guy Darden Thomas
Dumas
Bill Adams
Fuqua Younger
Floyd Bell
Harrison
Amarillo
Purr Food
Dumas Farr Food Store
Keating Proposes Tax Deduction for Baby Sitters
Rep. Keating of New York proposes a federal income tax deduction for costs of baby sitters for working wives. The plan aims to ease family expenses and boost after tax relief.
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Washington
Rep
Keating
New York
Republican
Congress
Amarillo Banks Top 100 Million in Deposits
For the first time in history Amarillo's three banks report deposits exceeding 100 million dollars after a surge from South Plains wheat money. As of June 30 deposits stood at 92.0 million and by July 12 reached about 101.3 million, with fresh post‑Saturday postings suggesting another million in a single day. Bankers warn peak may reach 105 to 108 million as North Plains funds trickle in.
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Globe Business
Amarillo
South Plains
North Plains
Panhandle
European recovery plan approved by 16 nations at Paris talks
In Paris on July 15 the 16 nation conference endorsed a cooperative strategy to speed Europe’s recovery under the Marshall plan. Britain France Italy Norway and the Netherlands were named to a key executive committee with four subcommittees on food and agriculture iron and steel transport and coal and energy. The plenary will wait for committee work before seeking American financial aid.
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Paris
Britain
France
Italy
Norway
Netherlands
George C. Marshall
Senate panel backs permanent women in service corps
Senate Armed Services Committee approved legislation to authorize permanent Women’s Army Corps and Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, sending the measure to the Senate floor. The action aims to formalize female service roles in the Army and Navy, broadening eligibility and duties for servicewomen.
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Washington
Army and Navy
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
Flying Bathtub a Junk Collector's Item Explodes in Amarillo Alley
A mysterious object described by the Army as a heterogeneous junk heap exploded on a Hughes-Hayden alley near Twenty fourth Avenue. Lt. Grow of Tinker Field said the contents include obsolete radios, vacuum tubes and heater parts from various devices. Police and Army investigators noted the assembly could not perform a functional purpose and questioned its origin.
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Amarillo
Hughes-Hayden Alley
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Army
George Grow
Tinker Field
Okla
Philco
J. L. King
J. W. Sanders
US Grain May Not Go To Soviet Satellites
Secretary Anderson after meeting with President Truman said little need exists to ship grain to Europe under Soviet influence. He foresaw no shipments to Czechoslovakia, noted Poland may be in fair shape, and said the US would avoid areas already supplied from other sources. Unofficially Ukraine harvest may be the best in 50 years.
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Washington
Anderson
Truman
Paris
United Nation
Food and Agriculture Organization
Czechoslovakia
Poland
United States
Russia
Russian
Ukraine
Five Day Square Dancing School Opens Tonight
The Amarillo summer park recreation program will run a five day square dancing school at 7 tonight in the Amarillo High School gym. Tonight classes cover callers beginners and advanced dancers with Jimmy Clossin of El Paso directing. See story Page 3.
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Amarillo High School
Amarillo Summer Park
Jimmy Clossin
Els Paso
Cadillac Prize Draw Sparks Racial Controversy In North Carolina
In Ahoskie North Carolina a Kiwanis festival drew criticism after a Black 23 year old farmer won a Cadillac but was told he was ineligible and received only his $1 ticket price back. Sheriff Parker and two lawyers announced the mistake and redraws a Cadillac to Dr Charles Townes of Waverly Virginia who already owned a Cadillac.
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Ahoskie
Kiwanis Club
Charlie Parker
Harvey Jones
Jones
Charles Townes
Waverly
Townes
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
Clear nights and mornings give way to scattered afternoon clouds and hot conditions across Amarillo and West Texas. New Mexico reports partly cloudy skies with scattered showers or thunderstorms in parts. Highs near 96, lows around 66. Roller Palace advertises skating Tuesday night at 6th and Jefferson.
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Amarillo
West Texas
el Paso
Big Bend
New Mexico
Roller Palace
6Th and
Jefferson
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