Battered OPA Revival Measure Heads to House and Senate
The conference committee completed the compromise OPA measure and sent it to the House and Senate for a showdown. Barkley predicted quick approval and possible signature by Truman. The measure was approved by most conferees, with Porter to brief the President as analysts review the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
White House
Truman
OPA
Paul Porter
Texas Abolishes Ad Valorem Tax for General Fund
In Texas the ad valorem tax for general fund purposes is eliminated for the first time in a century. The automatic tax board reduced the rate to 37 cents, the lowest since 1912, at a meeting with Gov. Coke Stevenson. The school levy remains 35 cents and Confederate pensions taxed at two cents per 100 dollars.
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Austin
Texas
Automatic Tax Board
Coke Stevenson
Tax Board Cuts Texas General Fund Tax for Next Year
The state board unanimously reduced the general fund tax from 72 to 37 cents for the upcoming year starting Sept 1, saving Potter County taxpayers over 111000 dollars. Governor Stevenson with Treasurer Jesse James and Comptroller George Sheppard note a projected state surplus and improved finances since 1942.
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Texas
Jesse James
Stevenson
George Sheppard
Potter County
State Automatic Tax Board
Frank Hoyt
Greiser Lying In Coffin After Execution In Poland
Arthur Greiser the Nazi district leader in occupied Poland was hanged at the Poznan citadel. His body rested today in a mass produced coffin issued by the German authorities for executed Poles before a crowd of about 15 000 Poles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Arthur Greiser
Poland
Greiser
Poznan
Rolls Royce Enlisted for Repairs Ends Up In Pieces
Roy Lee of Dallas owned a $20,000 imported Rolls Royce. He left it at a local garage for repairs. After six weeks the shop called him to collect it but had disassembled the car and could not reassemble it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Roy Lee
Bomb Hits King David Hotel Killing Fifty in Jerusalem
In Jerusalem the King David Hotel, housing British Army HQ and the Palestine government secretariat, was bombed. Reported casualties include about 50 dead and around 60 wounded as gunfire preceded the blast, with five alleged attackers aiding the assault. An American journalist suffered a broken leg from falling debris.
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Palestine Police
Jerusalem
King David
Palestine Government
Richard Mowrer
New York Post
Palestine
Army
Price Drop On Cattle At Amarillo Market
Opening trading at the Amarillo cattle market sees prices fall by at least one dollar per hundredweight across most classes. Receipts run high with an estimated 5,000 head penned at Amarillo Livestock Auction Co. Dreary conditions drive an exodus from pasture to market as July volumes exceed typical levels.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Livestock Auction Co
Goering’s $30,000 car leads Huntsville centennial parade
In Huntsville on July 22 the Goering family car valued at $30,000 will head the parade opening Huntsville’s centennial statehood celebration. Gov. Coke Stevenson and other dignitaries will ride in the vehicle to inaugurate the two day event.
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Huntsville
U.P
Herman Goering
Coke Stevenson
Reconversion: Jeep in Racket on Galveston Beach
In Galveston on July 22 a jeep and a wrecker mock a recovery scam. A jeep leads motorists into soft sand and a wrecker offers to pull the car for 10 dollars or a spare tire if no cash is available. Officials fear the scheme wanes under publicity.
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Galveston
U.P
Man Arrests Fails To Free Prisoner On Murder Charge
Gene Eaves, 20, of Dallas Ga, wanted on murder charges, was placed in county jail after an attempted custody transfer by a man claiming to be ex sheriff C P Massey from Bremen County Georgia. Massey and two companions disappeared after multiple failed attempts to obtain release at Amarillo Field. Bond set at 2000 dollars.
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Eaves
William T. Smith
Camp Wallace
C. P. Massey
Bremen County
Dallas County
Massey
Georgia
Adams
Lem Pounds
Pounds
Dallas
Amarillo Field
Bill Adams
Gene Eaves
Amarillo
Air Forces
Amarillo area weather and warm trend forecast
Fair and slightly warmer this afternoon tonight and Tuesday across Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas partly cloudy with little temperature change. New Mexico sees widely scattered showers and thunderstorms in mountains then fair this afternoon tonight and Tuesday. High Tuesday 85 to 95. Hourly data shows 88 at 6:30 this morning.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Mrs. Wright Wins News Tip First Prize in Weekly Contest
Mrs. Joe E. Wright, 722 North Mirror, takes $5 top prize after reporting a diamond found in a sugar bowl. Beulah Pingel, Southwestern Drug, earns $3 for a tip about her brother arriving from Town in a 1914 Ford. Lou Ann Moreman, 402 Monroe, receives $2 for four tailess kittens. Numerous others submit tips.
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Joe E. Wright
North Mirror
Sugar Bowl
Beulah Pingel
Southwestern Drug
Ford
Lou Ann Moreman
Monroe
Leslie Caldwell
VanBuren
Eddie Byrum
Milner Hotel
British bakers pledge cooperation in bread rationing
London July 22 British bakers indicated cooperation with the government in the bread rationing program. The National Association of Master Bakers advised members to give the plan a fair trial despite earlier votes to ignore the scheme as unworkable and unnecessary.
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London
U.P
Britain
National Association of Master Bakers
Bolivian Leaders Seize Power After Blooded Uprising
In La Paz, revolutionary leaders toppled President Gualberto Villarroel after a four day revolt that killed or wounded about 2000. Villarroel was reportedly killed or captured and displayed on an Army tank as crowds paraded through the city with his mutilated body.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Gualberto Villarroel
Villarroel
Truman Nominates Dunn as Ambassador to Italy
President Truman sent to the Senate the nomination of James C. Dunn, assistant Secretary of State, to be ambassador to Italy. Dunn, a longtime diplomat, would represent the United States in Rome pending Senate confirmation.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
James C. Dunn
Italy
Madame Sun Yat Sen accuses US amid China strife
Madame Sun Yat-sen, widow of Sun Yat-sen, accuses US reactionaries of backing Chinese rebels to trigger civil war and foreign intervention. She calls for coalition government, withdrawal of American troops, and end to US arms and aid while reporting Communists claim victory and government says it buried 20,000 rebels.
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Shanghai
Yangtze River
Madame Sun Yat-sen
United States
Russia
Madame Sun
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Nanking
Kuomintang
America
Ussr
Texas candidates race to final days of campaign
Five days remain as Texas gubernatorial hopefuls push across the state in intensified tours. Beauford Jester and Homer Rainey rally in Dallas and Lufkin while Grover Sellers and Jerry Sadler schedule city stops. John Lee Smith headlines radio addresses in Houston and Fort Worth.
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Waco
March
Homer P. Rainey
Rainey
Grover Sellers
Beauford
el Paso
San Antonio
Houston
Sellers
Dallas
Beauford Jester
Lufkin
East Texas
Jerry Sadier
Sadler
Mae Wallace
John Lee Smith
Big City
Smith
Fort Worth
Beauford H. Jester
Gonzales
Seguin
Austin
Bowie
Gainesville
Denton
Jerry Sadler
Temple
W. O. Cooper
Harry L. Seay
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Jimmy
Senator Taft
King Features Syndicate
Washington State
Associated Press
Jeanine de Witt
Los Angeles
Jeep
O & Weather Bureau
Russell Stationery Company
Thomas’ Dinner House
N. Fillmore
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Hubert Cole
Pol
May
Andrew May
Senate War Investigating Committee
Joe Wright
News Tip
Lewis Broom
A Lincoln
O. H. Hargett
North Pierce
Donald Giles
North Grant
T. E. Keasler
North Fast Eighth
Wayne Burns
Lincoln
T. E. Frisbie
West Second
Richard Gatten
South Arthur
Jim Oglesby
Milam
W. Wilson
Apache
Ben Neely
Ong
C. C. Burgess
North Johnson
Roy B. Flippo
Tex Smith
Independence
E. A. Regal Co
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