Legislature Adjourns 50th Texas Legislature Friday Noon
Texas Senate and House vote to adjourn the 50th Legislature at noon Friday closing a session notable for large education appropriations and strict labor laws. Revenue concerns show the state may face a deficit of about 34 million dollars. last details were settled in a closed executive session.
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Austin
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Jim Taylor
Kerens
Finance Committee
Claud Gilmer
Rock Springs
House Appropriations Committee
Infernal Machines Sent to Britons From Italy
A brief report notes devices described as infernal machines were sent to British targets from Italy. The items and their intended recipients are mentioned with limited detail in the readable fragments.
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Italy
Letters from Italy threaten British luminaries in mail bomb plot
Scotland Yard disclosed that prominent Britons including Maj General Sir Edward Spears received explosive filled letters from Italy arranged to detonate on opening. The mailings, via regular channels, involved double envelopes and explosive powder. Investigators traced deliveries to Italy amid claims by the Stern Gang. No recipients were named as letters were not opened.
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London
Scotland Yard
Italy
Edward Spears
Stern Gang
Spears
Striking Mechanics Set Night Meeting Over Bus Tieup
Carl Parley of Local 1691 and 100 members will gather at Carpenter's Hall in Dallas tonight at eight to ballot on returning to work after a two month Greyhound strike. Wages and terms of a new contract remain undisclosed pending union approval meetings in several cities.
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Carpenter's Hall
West Seventh
International Association of Machinists
W. A. Rice
Rice
Dallas
Associated Press
T. F. Morrow
Kansas City
Houston
Amarillo
Mr. Rice
Steps Down But Not Out From Jersey City Mayor Hague
Mayor Frank Hague, a 71 year old Democratic icon, announced retirement from office effective June 16, the 30th anniversary of his election. He will be succeeded by nephew Frank Hague Eggers, a city commissioner, saying the time has come to pass the burden to younger men.
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Jersey City
Frank Hague
E HH & Ae
America
Frank Hague Eggers
Hague
Barber charged in shooting of youth on Lincoln Street
H. R. Talley a barber of 1916 Lincoln and Star Barber Shop faces assault with intent to kill charges in the shooting of 14 year old Don Wims of 1926 Lincoln Sunday night. Wims suffered a flesh wound to the right cheek from a .22 caliber bullet. Bond set at 2000 dollars.
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H. R. Talley
Talley
Lincoln
Star
Don Wims
B. L. Wims
Anderson Sees End Of Sugar Rationing
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson said sugar rationing for households could end soon. Testifying at a Senate hearing on a bill to end rationing immediately, he indicated the authority could be dropped before October 31 and that June figures will clarify the timing.
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Anderson
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
The forecast details scattered afternoon cloudiness and fair conditions across Amarillo and surrounding areas with little temperature change. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies and possible thundershowers in Tel Rio Eagle Pass El Dorado and San Angelo. New Mexico expects widely scattered thunderstorms in mountains and fair conditions with minimal temperature change. High 90 and low 54. Precipitation 1.57 inches.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Tel Rio
Eagle Pass
el Dorado
San Angelo
New Mexico
Man Killed in Gar Bus Crash
Homer V. Simmons Sr of Canyon, 44, died instantly when his car collided with a Dallas bound Continental Trailways bus near Lelia Lake. His son Homer V Jr, 21, critically injured and daughter Charlene 17 with injuries. Bus driver Conrad Kunkel praised for control. Simmons survived by wife Mary and five children. funeral home in charge.
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Homer V. Simmons, Sr
Canyon
Continental Trailways
Lelia Lake
Simmons
Homer V., Jr
Charlene
Amarillo
Dallas
Conrad Kunkel
Wichita Falls
Memphis
Mary S. Simmons
Louise
Beverly
Vernon
Eugene
Murphy- Spicer-Buntin Funeral Home
Third Victim Dies After Waco Crash
Mrs. Clara Wisnewski of Mart Texas died in a Waco hospital last night becoming the third victim of a Saturday night collision that also killed her son Leslie Wisnewski and granddaughter Jennifer Bennett. Information from E A Regal Co Insurance Real Estate.
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Waco
Clara Wisnewski
Mart. Tex
Leslie Wisnewski
Jennifer Bennett
State Civil Service Law Raises Amarillo Costs
Amarillo faces at least 40000 dollars yearly expense to meet the state civil service wage rules for policemen and firefighters. City manager A P Hancock says an election may be needed to adopt the new state system and notes patrolmen receive ten dollars per five years of service after a 180 dollar monthly rookie salary.
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Amarillo
A. P. Hancock
Weatherford bank robbed by lone bandit on June noon
A lone robber held up a Weatherford bank around noon today and escaped with 1500 to 2000 dollars. State officials described the man as small with grease on his face, possibly a disguise. The suspect fled in a 1941 Dodge coupe with plates turned back, wearing yellow gloves and a straw hat.
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Austin
Weatherford
State Department of Public Safety
Roy Wade
Department
Braden Resigns Post After Argentina Relations Eased
President Truman announced Spruille Braden resigning as assistant secretary of state. Braden, longtime critic in U S Argentina ties, cited family responsibilities for immediate return to private business after talks with President Truman and Argentine Ambassador Oscar Ivanissevich. Diplomatic relations are expected to allow Argentina to pursue arms requests.
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Truman
Spruille Braden
Braden
Argentina
Long
Oscar Ivanissevich
White House
United States
Wasp Stings Prove Fatal To Texas College Tutor
Charles R. Bond aged 45 head of Howard Payne College voice department died after being stung on neck and forehead by an insect believed to be a wasp. He collapsed while trimming a hedge at his Brownwood home.
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Charles R. Bond
Voice
Howard Payne College
Bond
Too Much of a Good Thing Costs a Toe
Lawrence Tweedy sued a doctor for 20000 dollars claiming an extra X-ray treatment for athlete's foot cost him a toe. He reported one toe was missing. The case arose in Lynchburg Virginia on June 4.
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Lynchburg
U.P
Lawrence Tweedy
Tweedy
Rutland Flood Loss Tops Two Million Dollars
National Guardsmen patrolled flood zones in Rutland Vermont as emergency kitchens fed the homeless after a dam burst sent a nine foot wall of water through the city. More than 500 families were displaced and the city of 18 000 lost drinking water and power while damage topped two million dollars. Other floods affected Ohio Pennsylvania New York and the Adirondacks as evacuations continued and debris was cleared.
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Associated Press
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Vermont
Ohio
Pennsylvania
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Hail Levels Plains Wheat in Amarillo Panhandle Triangle
Yesterday's storm drenched the Panhandle with heavy hail and rain. Amarillo led with 1.57 inches, most in a 30 minute span after 5 pm, while Panhandle recorded 1.14 inches and Claude 1.07 inches as the storm moved eastward. Unofficial reports came from Vega Pampa Panhandle Tulsa Hereford Dumas and Sunray.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Claude
K. C. Winburn
Trons
Vega
Pampa
Tulsa
Hereford
Dumas
Sunray
Pantex Considered as Wheat Storage for Panhandle Grain
C A Nail of the War Assets Administration informs Amarillo Chamber of Commerce that Pantex Ordnance Plant buildings may be rented for wheat storage at 2-3 cents per square foot monthly. WAA aims to work through a single organization such as an elevator rather than individual storage. Rex Baxter says authority to rent began around January 1. The plan has been sent to elevator operators, county agents, grain exchanges, and others with storage needs.
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C. A. Nail
The
War Assets Administration
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Nail
Rex Baxter
Chamber
WAA
Baxter
Emperor freighter sinks. 14 crewmen missing after Lake Superior accident
Canada Steamship Lines reported that its 7,000-ton freighter Emperor sank off Isle Royale in Lake Superior early today. Twenty one crewmen were saved. all aboard were crew members with no passengers aboard. Cause under investigation amid fog reports from the Coast Guard.
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Ont
Canada Steamship Lines, Ltd
Emperor
Isle Royale
Lake Superior
Line
United States Coast Guard
Jester Signs Higher Education Appropriation Bill
Gov Beauford H Jester signed the record breaking measure and filed it with the secretary of state. The bill appropriates 45 447 646 dollars in lump sum to the state supported colleges and universities for the two fiscal years starting September 1.
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Gilmer
House
Beauford H. Jester
Laredo
Austin
Rock-a-Bye-Baby May Save America Says Musical Authority
Milwaukee musician Hugh W. Randall urged mothers to revive cradle songs to foster early music appreciation. He argued a musical upbringing benefits children from birth, citing his own son Stuart's later turn to music and stressing potential talents like Mozart or Paderewski may begin in the crib.
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Musical Authority
Harmon W. Nichols
Chicago
U.P
Hugh W. Randall
Milwaukee
National Association of Music Merchants
Randall
Stuart
Stuart Randall
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