Accident injures three as car swerves and hits pole
E Alexander 36 of 309 Houston drove a 1936 coach car in the 2700 block East Third when he tried to pass another vehicle. The car left the street struck a line pole and overturned injuring D H Alexander 15 and Wanda Stratton 15 who were treated and released.
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E. Alexander
Houston
Northwest Texas
D. H. Alexander
Wanda Stratton
North Seminole
Alexander
East Third
B-29 Dives Into Sea Off Aden During World Flight
An American B-29 from a three plane globe circling mission crashed into the sea near Aden. Survivor Sergeant Gustafson was rescued by fishermen and taken to RAF hospital in resting condition. The other crews and crash details, including crew lists and flight plan, were confirmed by Davis-Monthan Field officials.
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Aden
Globe
Gustafson
RAF
Percy H. Kramer
Davis-Monthan Field
Tucson
Ariz
Navy
Air Force
Macdill Field
Tampa
Fla
Lagens
Azores
Wheellus Field
Tripoli
Aon
State Department
Explosion and Fire at Farben Plant Kills Hundreds in Europe
A massive blast and ensuing fire at the J. G. Farben Chemical Plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany, killed between 500 and 600 people and injured about 1,400. Rescue efforts faced severe hazards as smoke and debris hampered access. the plant employed 6,000 to 7,000 workers and extended over multiple buildings. The disaster, one of Europe’s worst since the war, prompted evacuations across the Rhine to Mannheim and surrounding towns.
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Mannheim
Germany
J. G. Farben
Ludwigshafen
Europe
Rhine
Ger
Texas City
Texas
Cadiz
Heidelberg
Frankfurt
I. G. Farben Industrie Chemical Trust
Combine
West Is Ready To Iron Out European Kinks With Soviet
Western powers aim to resolve Berlin crisis and main German issues through talks with Molotov in Moscow. Britain and France align with the United States on plans for a separate Western German government and a broader European settlement. Marshall asserts no details are disclosed and cautions reports may be inaccurate. See EUROPE Page 2.
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London
Britain
France
United States
Russia
Washington
Marshall
Berlin
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Moscow
Molotov
Europe
Republicans to study Truman requests and curb session
Senate Republicans agreed to have committees study President Truman housing and anti inflation proposals and to press an anti poll tax measure. They said only emergency national interest matters would be considered and that no long adjournment is planned. A joint adjournment resolution was introduced in both chambers.
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Washington
Senate
Republicans
Truman
Millikin
Colorado
Republican Conference
Reimilin
House
Congress
John Ston
Wheely
Nebraska
GOP
UN Peace Advocate Supina Faces Malicious Mischief Charge
New Haven July 28 Supina the peace advocate who bombed UN headquarters was turned over to Nassau County NY authorities for trial on malicious mischief. He flew a rented plane and dropped a one pound dynamite stick over the UN building claiming to draw attention to the need for lasting peace.
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New Haven
Conn
Supina
United Nations
Nassau County
Go Slow On Water Plea Urges Observance Of Rationing
City Manager N V Moss urged closer observance of the water rationing schedule as 19 million gallons were used Tuesday. He noted even and odd households alternate days and urged care to prevent wastage to keep the system from overload.
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N. V. Moss
Mr. Moss
Moss
Escape claims by Mussolini kidnapper Skorzeny shocks Berlin
German officials report Otto Skorzeny, once a SS lieutenant colonel famed for Mussolini rescue in 1943, has escaped Darmstadt prison camp. He awaited denazification trial and was acquitted by a US military court last September.
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Frankfurt
U.P
Otto Skorzeny
Benito Mussoline
Darmstadt
Skorzeny
Mussolini
Hitler
Gran Casso
Hesse
Japs Defy MacArthur Walkout at Kyushu University
About 2000 faculty and staff at Kyushu University in Fukuoka staged a 24 hour walkout challenging Gen Douglas MacArthurs order against public employee strikes. The action followed James Killens planned resignation over Japans labor policy and the central labor board debated effects of the macarthur letter.
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Tokyo
Kyushu University of Fukuoka
Douglas MacArthur
James S. Killen
MacArthur
Japan
Federation of Professors and
Kyushu University
Hitoshi Ashida
Labor Ministry
Texas Democrats face split as party factions converge
In Austin on July 28 the Democratic scene in Texas sharpened with a potential coalition of Gov Beauford H Jester’s middle-of-the-road faction and pro Truman Democrats forming to counter the Texas Dixiecrats who aim to defeat Truman. Jester urged adherence to the Brownwood May pledge and condemned party bolt.
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Austin
Texas
Beauford H. Jester
Jester urged Texas Democrats to vote for Truman and Thurmond
Palmer Bradley and Arch Rowan pressed Gov Jester to use his influence with the State Democratic Executive Committee to place Truman and Thurmond on the August 2 primary ballot. Jester refused to help them, saying Texas Democrats should vote on Truman's Philadelphia nomination. The pair said they would pursue Dixiecrat resolutions at county conventions to seek a referendum on August 28.
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Texas
Friuman
J. Strom Thurmond
Palmer Bradley
Houston
Arch Rowan
Fort Worth
Jester
Mittee
Truman
Thurmond
Harry Truman
Philadelphia
State Executive Committee
Ex-Convict Arrested After Night Burglary by Deputies
Oklahoma ex-convict Bob Ogle, wanted for the Headquarters Drive In break in on North Fillmore, was arrested Tuesday at 6 45 p m in the 300 block of Taylor Street by Lem Pounds and Oscar Brooks. Several hundred dollars were missing from the July 7 entry. Another suspect, Donald Pepper, 2906 Sanborn, was arrested earlier. Ogle, convicted of burglary in 1945, faced a two year sentence. The arrest disrupted traffic on Taylor Street as officers detained him, warning he carried a pistol.
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Bob Ogle
Oklahoma
North Fillmore
Lem Pounds
Oscar Brooks
Taylor Street
Donald Pepper
Sanborn
Pepper
Ogle
Mr. Pounds
Weather Outlook Amarillo Region and West Texas
The Amarillo and vicinity forecast calls for hot windy conditions this afternoon with scattered thunderstorms this evening. Thursday will be partly cloudy and cooler relief arrives with cloudiness across West Texas tonight and Thursday. Scattered thundershowers are expected this afternoon and tonight from the Pecos Valley eastward on Thursday. Panhandle areas will see cooler temperatures tonight and Thursday. New Mexico outlook shows partly cloudy and hot with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers and little temperature change. The high yesterday ending at 6 30 AM was 70 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Pecos Valley
Panhandle
New Mexico
Bar
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