Parents pressure school board over autumn-born students’ grade entry
About 60 parents urged Amarillo Public Schools to admit autumn-born children to the second grade, arguing the Sept 1 age cutoff is unfair to those born after that date. The board delayed action, noting private school first graders underage last year will still join the second grade in September. A PTA committee recommended against admitting underage children to second grade. Superintendent Rogers cited Texas district norms.
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Sch
R. A. Wilson
Margaret Wills School
Parent-Teacher Association
Supt
Chas. M. Rogers
Texas
Air collision kills two near Dayton Ohio
Three Air Force fighters collided twenty miles east of Dayton killing two pilots and wounding the third. Lt. R G Hayes bailed out and landed safely before his B 51 Mustang crashed on a farm. He had a facial cut.
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Dayton
Ohio
Air Force
Here
R. G. Hayes
Farm
Baby Tibor Hegedues Dies After Short Illness
Lajos Hegedues, a cabinet maker and father, grieved as his four day old son Tibor died at 11:40 PM in Northwest Texas Hospital. The funeral service was planned for the graveside in Memorial Park Cemetery at 4 PM with German prayers, reflecting the family’s Berlin and Hungarian roots. The Hegedues, displaced a year ago, have no other children or local relatives. paternal grandparents live in Hungary.
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Tex Irley
Lajos Hegedues
Hegedues
Berlin
Hartenberger
Stephen Hegedues
Hungary
Daily Worker urges nationwide letters for Supreme Court rehearing
The Communist Party organ calls for a mass letter-writing campaign to protest the Supreme Court ruling upholding the conviction of 11 Communist leaders. It decries the Smith Act as railroaded, labels the case as engineered by antiwar forces, and urges citizens to write President Truman to demand a rehearing and to resist what it calls imitation Nazis seeking war.
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Daily Worker
US Supreme Court
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Red
Communist Party
Congress
Truman
Court ruling spurs Red chase Washington story
The Justice Department moved to rout Reds from the underground and smash the American Communist Party. The Supreme Court's 6-2 Smith Act ruling upheld prosecutions of 11 leaders, with 12,000 more under watch for possible cases, signaling a long, forceful campaign.
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Washington
Justice Department
American Communist Party
Department
Supreme Court
New York
Irving H. Saypal
Saypal
FBI
Excited Six at Take Off for Hawaii Contest Winners
A group left Amarillo Air Terminal at 12 05 this afternoon on the first leg of a 10 day Hawaii vacation. Winners included two adults one who guessed bowls of shells, three carrier boys who earned most new subscriptions, and a Globe-News reporter. Mrs. Maude Richards chose her companion Mrs. R J Fowlkes. Carriers George W Brewer Jr Alvin Paulsell Jr and Richard Cook joined the trip. Charles Whippo will file daily reports from the tour. The party departed in a three car motorcade from the Globe News Building amid anxious smiles.
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Hawaii
Globe-News
George Brewer, Jr
Amarillo
Maude Richards
Alvin Paulsell, Jr
Borger
Charles Whippo
Richard Cook
Shamrock
R. J. Fowlkes
Amarillo Air Terminal
Walter Andrews
Glenn Hall
Trans World Airlines
Alabama
Taylor
George W. Brewer, Jr
George W. Brewer
Buchanan
Alvin Paulsell
A. C. Paulsell
Huey Cook
News-Globe
Globe News
Carrier Boys
Lee Trippers
Acheson Says UN Korea Strategy Will Force Red China Quit
Secretary of State Acheson testified that available facts support belief that current UN strategy in Korea will compel the Chinese Reds to quit. He rejected claims the conflict is a war of attrition and warned against expanding the war by bombing Chinese bases. He said the US seeks majority support in the Security Council and would consider the world court for a veto if needed.
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Acheson
Red China
Washington
Dean Acheson
United Nations
Korea
Sen. Rarph E. Flanders
Vermont
Douglas MacArthur
Senate
MacArthur
Flanders
China
United Nations Security Uncil
United States
World Court
Blushing Churchman Recovers Hat From Church Pillar
In Newport News Virginia on June 5 a church leader misplaced a hat during a Sunday service. The hat was returned the next day by a notable church pillar, easily identified by its owner’s name and a brief admonition inside.
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Newport News
Beef price crisis spurs White House talks with industry
Washington June 5 AP President Truman to chair a White House conference on beef prices with government mobilization and economic officials and private beef producers. Attendees include Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston Price Controller Michael V. DiSalle and private members led by M J Flynn. Armour & Co. cuts production nationwide due to price ceiling gaps, laying about 1000 workers. Morrell also announces substantial layoffs in Ottumwa Sioux Falls and Topeka as cattle purchases at curve prices are threatened.
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Truman
White House
M. J. Flynn
Kansas City Livestock Commission
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Eric Johnston
Michael V. DiSalle
Flynn
Roy J. Turner
Oklahoma
Joe Jarboe
Tulsa
Okla
J. C. Newby
Plattsburg, Mo
Charles Skinner
Lexington
Chicago
CIO United Packinghouse
Armour
John Murrell and Co
Ottumwa
Iowa
Morrell
Sioux Falls
Topeka
Kan
Ners
Mary Hardin Baylor to stay in Belton after vote
Dallas June 5 The Mary Hardin Baylor college trustees decided to keep the school in Belton. Dr Gordon G Singleton will remain president. The four hour meeting, closed to press, ended with no relocation agreement and no action on Singleton. Debate over moving the Baptist women's college had split alumni.
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Dallas
Mary Hardin-Baylor College
Belton
Gordon G. Singleton
Houston
Corpus Christi
Mary Hartelor College
R. T. Wilson
Austin
T. A. Patterson
Special Study Committee
Wilson
Dr. Singleton
Baptist Girls’ School
Telephone Walkout Averted in Six-State Area
A last minute agreement averted a strike by CIO Communications Workers against Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in a six state area. Be agreement came 20 minutes after the 6 AM deadline for 51,000 workers to walk off. Lonergan said the union accepted a 10 percent wage increase and reclassification of 28 jobs with upgrades for 21 communities. The company withdrew 11 proposed contract changes.
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ST. Louis
CIO Communication
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Illinois
Ank P. Loner-man
Narcotics raid nets marijuana cigars and cigarettes seized
A 53 year old Negro man was jailed in Potter County awaiting federal narcotics charges after being caught selling marijuana cigarettes to an 18 year old Amiabilo youth in a Taylor Street establishment. Fifty marijuana cigars were seized along with 14 cigarettes on the suspect and 36 in a storage closet. Sheriff Gaither led the raid with Deputies Graves Carter and County Juvenile Officer Grant observing outside. The sale occurred in a restroom.
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Potter County
Paul Gaither
Gaither
Fo el Paso
Sherff Gaither
John Graves
Jake Carther
Jack Grant
Taylor Street
Graves
Dude Ranch Second Show At Amarillo High Auditorium
The second performance of Dude Ranch will be presented tonight at 8 30 in the Amarillo High School Auditorium. Sponsored by the Downtown Lions Club, proceeds go to crippled children and cancer funds. Tickets are $1 and available at Galloway Cretney Maxor Walgreen stores or at the door.
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Amarillo High School
Lions Club
Crippled Children and Cancer Funds
Galloway, Cretney
Maxor
Walgreen Drug Stores
Allied forces press toward Chorwon in Korea amid Chinese resistance
Allied troops moved within artillery range of Chorwon, a key link in the Red iron triangle, while about 6,000 Chinese forces blocked UN units attempting to reach the area from the east. The front near Chorwon Kumhwa and Pyongyang threatened a Red assembly zone as seeWAR-Page 4.
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Tokyo
Chorwon
Korea
United Nations
Kumhwa
Pyonayang
Baseball Scores and Pitch Totals From Tonight’s Games
In the American League New York defeated Cleveland 6 to 0 with Berra homering twice and Reynolds contributing a run driven in. Boston was blanked 6 to 0 as Nixon and Moss held. In the National League St Louis beat Brooklyn 6 to 0 in nine innings with Munger and Rice strong. Tonight Cincinnati visits New York, Philadelphia at Boston, and Chicago at Philadelphia.
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Cleveland
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Berr A
Wynn
Hegand
Berra
Boston
Chicago
Nixon
Moss
Gumpert
Niarhos
Washington
Detroit
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Munger and
Rice
Hatten
Ampanella
Cincinnati
Plains Wester By a Half Inch
Gentle showers moved through the central and northern Panhandle during the early morning. Amarillo Airport recorded .43 inch while downtown Amarillo measured .55 inch at Ninth and Harrison. Weatherman H C Winburn noted showers came from eastern New Mexico, with little wind and no hail, ending around 4:30 to 5:00 this morning. Dumas reported one tenth inch and Spearman was cited elsewhere.
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Amarillo Air Terminal
Ama
Rillo
Globe-News
Harrison
H. C. Winburn
New Mexico
Central
Winburn
Dumas
Spearman
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy and warmer with night thunder showers tonight and Wednesday. Today's high 79 and low 55. recent period high 71 low 54 with 0.43 inches precipitation. West Texas partly cloudy and warmer with scattered thundershowers today tonight and Wednesday. New Mexico partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with gusty winds and warmer conditions.
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West Texas
South Plains
New Mexico
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