Water shortage hits Amarillo amid conservation drive
Water use cuts ordered as Amarillo faces scarce supplies. City manager A P Hancock said mains draw about a million gallons per hour, tied to a 30 inch main shutdown for repairs. A new well and pump are expected to come online tonight or tomorrow, while other cities report similar constraints. Franco marks Civil War anniversary with warning of plots against Spain.
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Amarillo
A. P. Hancock
Mr. Hancock
N. V. Mos
City Water Department
Iaiget
Hancock
Mark Miles
Ross Rogers Municipal Golf Course
Liano Cemetery
Santa Fe
N. M
Fort Worth
Sheriff Seeks Higher Class Inmates For Dawson County Jail
LAMESA July 18 Sheriff Buck Bennett said he seeks a better class of prisoners for his Dawson County jail after a series of incidents. An intoxicated inmate escaped by throwing a stove through a window, another inmate set a mattress afire and opened water taps, and a third lit a stack of mattresses prompting a fire department response.
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Lamesa
Buck Bennett
Dawson County
Weather Outlook Vanishes Into Heat Across Region
Amarillo and vicinity stay fair and hot this afternoon and tonight with lower highs Friday. West Texas to enjoy fair skies, New Mexico sees scattered afternoon storms in mountains. Temperatures steady with a high near 97 and low around 70, noon 92. Lumber ad and county clerk campaign note observed.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
E. A. Regal Co
Cattle and Hog Prices Fall as Market Jam Hits Midwest
Chicago reports sharp price drops with cattle down up to 1 and hogs 1 to 2.50 per hundredweight amid record livestock movements and long truck lines. Heat deaths rise abnormally. officials place blame on heavy shipments and backlogs as farmers rush to market before possible price declines.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Two Guide Dogs Take Vacation With Blind Owners in Amarillo
Dusty the German Boxer and Billy the Belgian Shepherd are guide dogs for Mr. and Mrs. George Davis of St. Louis. The pair vacation with relatives in Amarillo after training in Rochester and a flight to Los Angeles. Dusty guides his master on his St. Louis paper route with 85 daily stops, while both dogs behave off duty and enjoy normal dog play when harness is removed.
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J. Howard Miller
Globe
George Davis
St. Louis
Amarillo
Dusty
Billy
Mrs. Davis
E. C. Jackson
West Sixteenth
White Shrine of
Jerusalem
Leader Dog League
A’s Have It For the Day In Politics
A Associated Press report covers gubernatorial candidates touring Texas towns starting with A. Jerry Sadler in Arp enjoyed a warm homecoming while Homer Rainey spoke in Pampa and Grover Sellers lectured in Paris. John Lee Smith pressed accusations in Austin.
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Associated Press
Jerry Sadler
Arp
Sadler
Waco
Homer P. Rainey
Pampa
Texas
Homer Rainey
Grover Sellers
Paris
Jester
Ralivenit
Roosevelt
Sellers
Rainey
John Dos Passos
John Lee Smith
Austin
Red Cross
Smith
University
A. F. Edwards
Hardin
Zhukov Demoted In Red Army Shakeup By Stalin
Generalissimo Stalin reshuffles the Red Army high command and demotes Marshal Georgi Zhukov to an obscure Odessa post. The move, seen as a policy conflict shakeup, follows Zhukov’s rise to ground force commander and Presidium member, with no treachery links indicated. See RED ARMY Page 2.
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Zhukov
Red Army
United Press
Harrison Salisbury
New York
Stalin
Georgi K. Zhukov
Soviet Union
Gaviat Nuhlia
Russia
Moscow
Odessa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New Orleans
Supreme Court
Leon Trotsky
United States
Britain
U. S
W. Bedell Smith
Crisis erupts in Egyptian treaty talks after grenade attack
A grenade explosion at a British Army club in Alexandria wounded more than twenty people. Premier Ismail Sidky Pasha rushed to the city to condemn the act as a crime against Egypt and Britain, jeopardizing Anglo Egyptian treaty negotiations.
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Cairo
Alexandria
Ismail Sidky Pasha
Egypt
Truman Plans Campaign Push If Needed in Fall
President Truman said he would hit the political stump late this summer if necessary to aid the Democratic party in the fall elections. He voiced opposition to Rep. Robert C. Slaughter and endorsed Enos Axtell to challenge Slaughter in Missouri, while keeping James Pendergast and party chair Robert E. Hannegan in view.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Democratic Party
Robert C. Slaughter
Missouri
Enos Axtell
Slaughter
Mr. Truman
Independence
House Rules Committee
Robert E. Hannegan
Hannegan
James Pendergast
Kansas City Democratic Machine
Pendergast
Axtell
Talmadge Leads Georgia Governor Race in Rural Vote
Former Gov. Eugene Talmadge, promoter of white supremacy, shows a wide lead in Georgia's governor race as returns from the primary advance. Carmichael trails in popular vote but leads in Fulton County with 31,161. county unit votes favor Talmadge overall. The election marks a new phase with large negro participation.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Talmadge
James V. Carmichael
Ellis Arnall
Carmichael
U. S
Fulton County
Berkeley Suicide Attempt Follows Mother's Death
Busby Berkeley 50, famed Hollywood dance director, attempted suicide after his mother Gertrude Berkeley Enos died. He drank sleeping pills and slashed his left wrist before being taken by police to his wife Marjorie May Pemberton. He described despondency over his mother’s death and lack of work since Cinderella Jones.
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Hollywood
U.P
Busby Berkeley
Berkeley
Marjorie May Pemberton
Gertrude Berkeley Enos
Homicide
Harry Hanson
Bob Lehrman
Warner’ Bros
Fears Republic Will Fall if Trieste Is Internationalized
Premier Alcide De Gasperi warned that the Italian republic could fall if Trieste is internationalized as urged by the four power foreign ministers council. He spoke amid disappointment over American promises declaring concern about the Trieste proposal.
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Republic
Trieste
Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Foreign Ministers Council
May Testimony Deferred By Senate War Panel
The Senate War Investigating Committee, citing new evidence, delayed deciding whether to compel Rep. Andrew J. May to testify. The probe links May to a large Illinois munition syndicate profiting from war contracts, with hearings possibly reopening and May demanding counsel and subpoenas as a condition for his testimony.
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Washington
U.P
Senate War Investigating Committee
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
May
Empire” Munitions Combine
F. D. Flann
Russell Staty, Co
Gan
Flanagan
House Military Affairs Committee
Illinois Munitions Syndicate
James M. Mead
New York
Finois
Yankel
May defies senators as Erie Basin firms tied to Illinois syndicate
Far turns down formal invitations from senators and resists testifying despite a push to allow it. May is called the guardian angel of Erie Basin and Batavia Metal Products, part of a 16 firm Illinois syndicate. Eleanor Hall, ex secretary at the combine’s Washington office, calls the group crooks and recalls a promise of $3,000 to May, to arrive soon.
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May
Guardian Angel
Erie Basin
Batavia Metal Products, Inc
Illinois
Eleanor Hall
Combine
Washington
Hall
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Spain
Weather Bureau
Ong
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Hubert Cole
Pol
Sioux City
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes, Insurance
Cal Brumley
Hereford
Ap Ana
NEA
Lions’ Choice
Elna Vernia
McComb
Miss
Philadelphia
Red Star
G. K. Zhukov
Deep South
South Carolina
Thomas’ Dinner House
N. Fillmore
MR. May
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