World Peace Hope Stands With UN Steps and Trieste Debate
Senator Arthur Vandenburg reports progress toward world peace after the Paris Big Four talks. He cites UN cooperation and disarmament of Germany, while noting Trieste could have been handled differently. Secretary Byrnes voices cautious optimism and warns of Russian resistance to a long term German disarmament plan.
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Washington
Senate
Arthur H. Vandenburg
Michigan
State Byrnes
Tom Connally
Paris
United Nations
United States
Russia
Vandenburg
Byrnes
Connally
Trieste
Italy
UN Assembly
Germany
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Finland
Soviet Union
Violence Flare As Strike Turns Violent At Corsicana Mills
Violence erupted at the Corsicana Cotton Mills as 45 workers entered the plant during a seven week strike. Non union employees clashed with AFL organized workers at the southeast mill corner, fist fights breaking out until officers intervened to restore order.
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Corsicana
Ballot Battles Across Western States Shape Primary Nominations
The Associated Press reports a tense primary day with Wheeler's backers predicting a close win in Montana while Erickson forecasts a 20 000 vote margin. Wyoming Arizona and Arkansas also held GOP and Democratic contests as Truman intervened in Wheeler's smear fight. Georgia voters face a four way race amid a white supremacy charge from Tyne Talmdage and support from Governor Ellis Arnall.
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Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
Wyoming
Arizona
Arkansas
Truman
Wheeler
Burt Wheeler
Leif Erickson
Bailey Stortz
Erickson
Senate Committee i
New York
Hollywood
Lester C. Hunt
Nels H. Smith
Earl Wright
O'Mahoney
Frank Barrett
Arizonians
Ernest
Brooks Hays
Oren Harris
Hays
Parker Parker
Homer F. Berry
Harris
Paul Geren
Bruce Bennett
Georgia
Grp
Tyene Talmadge
James V. Carmichael
FD. Rivers
Hoke O'Fhelley
Carmichael
Goc
Ellis Arnall
Texans Expect 2 Million Vehicle Registrations This Year
Texas Highway Department reports 32,965 1946 model vehicles sold so far and total July vehicle registrations at a state high of 1,626,374. Authorities predict 1946 registrations will exceed two million by year end, averaging one vehicle per 314 residents.
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Austin
Texas
State Highway Department
House OKs OPA bill to conference for revision
The House voted 211 to 64 to send the Senate approved OPA renewal bill to a House Senate conference for revision. Administration leaders expect conferees to craft a satisfactory bill to avert a second Truman veto and extend OPA until July 1 1947.
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Washington
House
Senate House
Truman
Senate
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Jesse P. Wolcott
Michigan
GOP
House Banking Committee
Earl C. Michener
Indiana
Sam Rayburn
Brent Spence
Kentucky
Paul Brown
Georgia
Wright Patman
Texas
William B. Barry
New York
Fred L. Crawford
Ralph A. Gamble
Adolph J. Sabath
House Rules Committee
Sabath
Amarillo Farmer Loses 4000 Diamond Hordes In OKC Scam
Ralph E. Scott of near Amarillo traveled to Oklahoma City with a former worker who claimed to have 4000 dollars in diamonds held as security for a loan. Scott paid 1000 dollars and waited for diamonds that never arrived. Police identified the suspect as a nationwide scammer sought in multiple states.
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Amarillo
Oklahoma City
Ralph E. Scott
Oklahoma
Scott
Texas
Missouri
Kansas
Jake Robertson
Oklaoma City
Bomb test kills 15.3 percent of exposed animals
At Bikini Lagoon the atomic blast on July 1 has killed 15.3 percent of animals exposed to blast and radioactivity, according to Vice Admiral Blandy. A contrasting report from Kwajalein noted animals dying like flies with few remaining for transport to the United States for study.
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U.S.S. MT. Mckinley
Bikini Lagoon
William H. P. Blandy
Blandy
Kwajalein
United States
Soldier Identifies Heirens in Degnan Case in Court
State's Attorney says a soldier George Subrowski identified 17 year old William Heirens as the man seen with a paper bag near the Degnan home after Suzanne Degnan's disappearance. FBI fingerprints match Heirens on the Degnan note and Brown case prints. Heirens denied confessing and awaits arraignment set for August 14.
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Degnan
Chicago
William Tuohy
George Subrowski
William Heirens
Subrowski
Heirens
Suzanne Degnan
Touhy
University of Chicago
Tuohy
Richard B. Austin
Frank van Aelst
FBI
Calm and
Smil
Miss Brown
Harold Ward
Criminal Court
John Coghlan
Frank Sain
Ward
Brown
Cow ensnared by tree delays MOULTRIE milking
Henry McMorris reported his cow Bossie became tangled in a small tree while swishing her tail at pasture. He had to cut the tree down to free the animal, causing a milking delay.
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Moultrie
Henry McMorris
McMorris
Bossie
Death and mystery at Houston home amid whiskey wreckage
In Houston West University Place a nude woman found kneeling by her bed and her unconscious husband died hours later after firefighters broke into the well to do residence. The scene was strewn with more than 100 whiskey bottles and fruit rinds. A postcard near Mrs. Echols urged sending copies for happiness and a sanitarium stay for alcoholism reportedly preceded the tragedy.
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Houston
Eddie Echols
Grady Smith
West University Place
Fate of Russian Naval Officer Rests With Jury
The trial of Russian Naval Lt. Nicolai G. Redin on five espionage charges against the United States moved to a jury verdict. A key assurance from Redin was that he would not face the death penalty if convicted. Judge Lloyd Black disclosed that he would not impose capital punishment regardless of the verdict.
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Seattle
N.p
Nicolai G. Redin
United States
Lloyd Black
Truman Signs War Department Budget for 1947
President Truman signed legislation providing the War Department with 7.263 billion dollars for the 1947 fiscal year starting July 1. The record peacetime Army appropriation is about one third of the funding for the previous year’s operations.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
War Department
Senate War Committee Faults Government In War Contract Checks
Chairman James M. Mead of the Senate War Investigating Committee says lax government scrutiny allowed a Midwest munition firms group to win 78 million dollars in war contracts. He urges strong new provisions for applicant examination before future awards, citing the Illinois 16-firm paper empire and key figures Allen B. Gellman and Dr. Henry Garsson.
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Washington
O.R
James M. Mead
Senate War Investigating Committee
Midwest
Mead
Illinois
Allen B. Gellman
Combine of War Firms
Gellman
Erie Basin Metal Products, Inc
Henry Garsson
Run Offs Seen Likely in Leading Texas Races
Lewis Nordyke reports in Texas politics that Beauford Jester and Dr. R. P. Rainey are nearly certain to meet in the governor’s run-off. Rainey leads some polls but Jester gains across the state, while Pat Neff Jr leads the attorney general race. Boyce House or Allan Shivers appear set for a lieutenant governor run-off, with Olin Culberson likely to return to the railroad commission post.
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Beauford Jester
Texas
Jester
R. P. Rainey
University of Texas
Rainey
Deweamnthion
Dr. Rainey
Rainer
Boyce House
Allan Shivers
Port Arthur
Jo Ed Winfree
Pat Neff, Jr
House
Olin Culberson
Railroad Commission
J. E. McDonald
McDonald
Willkie
Roosevelt
Jerry Sadler
John Lee Smith
Case March
Sam Morris
San Antonio
Texas Quality Network
March
Pasadena
la Porte
Texas City
Galveston
Homer P. Rainey
Dumas
Dalhart
Borger
Liberty
Beaumont
Grover Sellers
Denton
Gainesville
Whitesboro
Sherman
Denison
McKinney
Houston
College Station
Temple
State Health Department
Texans
Death sentences for 43 Nazis tied to Malmedy massacre
An American military court in Dachau sentenced 43 German SS veterans to death for the Malmedy killings during the Ardennes offensive. Col. Joachim Peiper received the death penalty. Col. Gen. Joseph Dietrich was given life imprisonment. Another 30 received prison terms up to life. The crimes reportedly included mass slayings of 750 American soldiers and 150 Belgian civilians.
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Dachau
Germany
Malmedy
Belgium
Ardennes Bulge
Joachim Peiper
Joseph Dietrich
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Sixth Panzer Army
Peiper
Nine Jews Held Hostages Executed by Outlawed Poles
War still reports say NSZ bands in Kielce district seized nine Jews as hostages for nine Poles convicted of the Kielce July 4 program. It was disclosed yesterday that the hostages were executed.
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Warsaw
NSZ
Kielce
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity and Nearby Regions
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Wednesday with widely scattered thundershowers this afternoon and tonight in Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas partly cloudy and warm into Wednesday. New Mexico has widely scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon tonight and Wednesday. Highs up to 97 and 92 at noon with 0.01 inch precipitation.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Dallas Man Dies After Drinking DDT Mistake
Dallas authorities report that 75 year old P1-A. W. Quote died yesterday after taking a dose of DDT he mistook for medicine. Police and hospital officials confirmed the incident today.
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Dallas
A. W. Quote
Air Field Employes Receive Lay Off Notices
About 800 to 900 civilian employees at Amarillo Army Air Field were given dismissal notices in a post theater meeting yesterday. The lay offs are not immediate with some jobs ending August 15 and others August 30, by September.
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Amarillo Army Air Field
Skeleton force of 75 announced for field staff
The field will operate with a skeleton civilian force of 75. Earlier, on July 5, a plan to cut civilian personnel by 100 weekly was revealed. The peak civilian employment reached 1,800.
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Globe
Southwestern Public Service Company
G. E. Jones Electric Company
North Polk
C. L. Sterling
Lawrence Albright
North Williams
Texan Seeks clemency for Mihailovic from Yugoslav Parliament
Dallas resident Staff Sgt. Mike McKool and 636 American airmen urged Yugoslav Parliament to spare Draja Mihailovic’s life after his death sentence for treason. McKool, a B 24 tail gunner shot down July 4 1944 over Yugoslavia, had allied requests in March with other veterans. The presidium rejected last efforts to commute the sentence and said executions would proceed tomorrow in Belgrade military prison.
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Dallas
U.S
Draja Mihailovic
Yugoslavia
Mike McKool
McKool
Mihailovic
McKkool
Belgrade
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