OPA Revival Advances as Truman Expected to Act
July 24 report says President Truman will act promptly once Congress sends the OPA revival bill to the White House. Charles G. Ross notes the message will be written, not a radio speech, with action possible tomorrow. Senate moves the compromise bill toward the president amid mixed reactions.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Charles G. Ross
Truman
Ross
Mr. Truman
Senate
House
Political Horns Blare as Texas Primary Nears
In Texas the Democratic primary draws crowds as John Lee Smith vitalizes opponents claims of excessive promises. He cites next year spending at 228 million dollars and warns taxpayers face large increases if rivals win.
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Texas
John Lee Smith
Tyler
Beauford H. Jester
Grover Sellers
Homer P. Rainey
Smith
Rainey
Dallas
Sen
W. Lee O'Daniel
Roosevelt
Weather and political notes from the region
The forecast covers Amarillo and West Texas with continued warm, partly cloudy skies this afternoon tonight and Thursday. New Mexico shows widely scattered showers in the afternoon and evening. temperatures remain steady with highs near 85 to 95. A political roundup notes campaign remarks in Texas, Rainey and purge talk, and accusations of Communist Party influence with references to The Daily Worker.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Jug's Trouble Is He Thinks He's Human
A feature on Jug the dog living with the Edquist family. Jug acts like a man, weighs far more than his 10 pound assumption, and bears a long misnomer from a Christmas gift mix up. The piece traces Jug's comic mood and family dynamics.
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Jug
Manuel Edquist
Jughead
Mr. Edquist
Mrs. Edquist
Jag
Bes Deh
Hdemasa Lbr. Co
Pullman Car Strike Threat Looms Across Nation
The Order of Railway Conductors ordered a strike against the Pullman Company set for August 7 over wage increase disputes. Conductors would walk off at 6 PM in each time zone, potentially halting Pullman sleeping and chair car service nationwide except for the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line. The Milwaukee Road would still run some sleeping cars but face severe disruption.
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Chicago
U.P
Order of Railway Conductors
B. C. Johnson
Pullman Company
Johnson
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Milwaukee Road
This Is Baker Day at Bikini Atoll Bomb Test
The atom bomb named test Baker was suspended in Bikini lagoon awaiting a radio impulse to explode on 87 ships. Vice Admiral Blandy announced test Baker was on but warned weather in the Bikini area might delay the morning 8 35 A M target time.
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Bikini Atoll
Bikini Lagoon
Amarillo
W. H. P Blandy
Bikini
Undertaker Finds Gravedigger Dead in Grave Pit
An undertaker at a South Carolina cemetery discovers Paul Wallace a 39 year old gravedigger slumped at the bottom of a freshly dug grave. He died of a heart attack with his shovel still in his hands.
Senate War Committee probes garsson munitions network
The Senate War Investigating Committee shifts focus from the Garsson Munitions Combine to broader war profits cases. Chairman Mead seeks $60,000 additional funding and asks for tax records on principals, as defense officials prep a full report on defective 4.2 inch mortar shells blamed for Allied casualties.
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Washington
U.P
Senate War Investigating Committee
Garsson Munitions Combine
Owen Brewster
Maine Republican
Garsson
Brewster
James M. Mead
New York Democrat
Senate
Mead
Truman
Justice Department
Henry and
Murray Garsson
Midwest
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
Erie Basin Metals Products, Inc
Henry Garsson
Army Ordnance
New York
Garssons
Swank
Pierre
May
Jean H. Bates
Combine
Hazy
War Department
Albert Jacobson
Joseph Freeman
Jacobson
Kenneth C. Royall
Europe
Senate War Investigation Committee
Royall
Senate Committee
Gromyko Vows Soviet Veto in Atomic Energy Plans
Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko told a sub committee of the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission that Russia will not relinquish its veto in any control plan for atomic energy. He rejected the U S memorandum proposing an international development authority and veto elimination for the Big Five. He warned the United States proposals cannot be accepted in any form and cited the UN charter’s broad terms and Security Council powers.
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New York
U.P
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
Gromyko
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Security Council
Bernard M. Baruch
Soviet Union
UN Department of Public Information
United Nations
CAB moves to ground Lockheed Constellation fleet
The Civil Aeronautics Board and Civil Aeronautics Administration filed complaints against Lockheed Aircraft and four other companies over Trans oceanic Constellation airliners. The planes are temporarily grounded while the five firms must answer within 10 days and may request hearings.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Lockheed Aircraft Co
Lockheed Constellation
CAB
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Amarillo Faces Water Shortage With Tank Levels Low
City water reserves fall to 3.5 million gallons as daily use hits 19.1 million. Officials seek voluntary conservation for two days and may enact an emergency ordinance if drought persists. Two new wells to come online by August 15 amid aging wells and dry weather. Neely Greenhill Lowndes, Insurance.
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Amarillo
N. V. Moss
Moss
Joe Jenkins
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes
WWII veterans in training top one million mark
The Veterans Administration reported that in June the number of World War II veterans in school or other training exceeded one million, totaling 1,022,725.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Crippled Hero Rescues Six Children From Fire
James Hines 35 of Hudson, with a broken leg, saved six children aged 1 to 10 thrown from a third story apartment in Poughkeepsie. He leaped to a garage then to the ground, while Mrs Muriel Sanders and Miss Helen Briggs fled to a roof as firemen rescued the others.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
James Hines
Hudson
Hines
Muriel Sanders
Helen Briggs
Chinese Troop Strength Strong Enough To Ward Off Attack
A government spokesman in Nanking says Kiangsu coastal province forces are ample to repel any threat to Nanking and Shanghai and expects the Taihsing-Jukao area to be cleared of Chinese Communists soon. Information Minister Peng Hsueh-pei bars reporters from front lines across the Yangtze due to Communist infiltrations making travel hazardous.
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Nanking
Kiangsu
Shanghai
Taihsing-Jukao
Peng Hsueh-pei
Yangtze River
Hubert Cole for County Clerk Campaign Ad
Political advertisement endorses Hubert Cole for county clerk. Mentions EF and A Regal Co as real estate and loan interests.
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Hubert Cole
EF. A. Regal Co
Generals on Wedding Duty Sparked Headlines in Washington
In 1944, Pentagon generals and colonels traveled to New York under orders for a wartime wedding at the Hotel Pierre. The trip, billed as chemical warfare service business, raised questions as lawmakers reviewed hotel bills and disputed per diem payments. The event drew scrutiny from Senators Mead Knowland Brewster and others as records showed a $25.95Non collectible room charge and related expenses.
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Frederick C.othman
Washington
Italy
Pentagon
New York
Pierre
Natalie
Munitions Empire
Garsson
Louis K. Klebenovy
United States
Turner
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
Berlin
William N. Porter
Sen
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Senate
Garssons Murray
Henry
Raymond Martin
James M. Mead
Albert Jacobson
War Department
Chemical Warfare Service
Army
Timothy K. Williams
Chemical Warfare Branch
Chemical Warfare Development
Administration
Senator Mead
William Knowland
California
Congressman May
Owen Brewster
Maine
May
Garssens
Senator Knowland
Russell Stationery Co
Taylor
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