Mongolian Invasion Report Sparks Sinkiang War Gap
Central News Agency reports Mongolian troops allied with Soviet air support crossed into Sinkiang Province, penetrating 200 miles and engaging Chinese defense forces 200 miles northeast of Tihua. Officials offered few confirmations amid wartime censorship and logistics concerns.
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Nanking
Central
Today
Sinkiang Province
Tihua
Ministry of National Defense
Sinkiang
Central News Agency
Associated Press
Gas Bill Signed By Jester Establishes Panhandle Gas Use
Gov Beauford Jester signed the Hazlewood Templeton gas carbon black bill this morning. It allows Panhandle unconnected wells to supply gas for carbon black manufacture without extracting gasoline content if yield is 1.5 pounds and price is paid, and applies to future Panhandle wells. The four gas law remains in effect. Senate approved by voice vote with four dissents and House passed 84 to 33.
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Beauford
Hazlewood-Templeton
Panhandle
Senate
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
R. L. Templeton
Wellington
House
Hungarian premier outlines bank nationalization and foreign loan openness
Premier Lajos Dinnyes announced Hungary will nationalize its large banks while keeping private property and inviting foreign loans on favorable terms. He pledged close cooperation with Russia and other powers, denied a coup, and defended the legitimacy of the current cabinet amid the crisis. He noted limited evidence against Nagy and Bella Varga in the army conspiracy case.
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Budapest
Lajos Dinnyes
Dinnyes
Hungarian National Assembly
Ferenc Nagy
Russia
Assembly
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Hungary
Nagy
Bella Varga
Hungarian policy and population transfers amid postwar tensions
A new Hungarian government plans heavy taxes on large fortunes and to resume transferring people of German origin, most to the Soviet zone of Germany due to the American zone being closed. Russian occupation authorities rejected a third US proposal, signaling ongoing postwar clashes over zone control.
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Hungary
Germany
Acheson For Nagy Letter Sparks Cold War Debate
Hungarian Communist press claims a letter from Dean Acheson to Ferenc Nagy promising support. Revai cites Nagy’s January letter seeking Truman Doctrine aid, and Acheson’s reply. Article hints at a broader anti American campaign while Hungary vows not to become a Soviet ally, as the assembly considers an electoral bill limiting votes.
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Budapest
Dean Acheson
Ferenc Nagy
Republic
Jozsef Revai
Szabadsag
Nagy
Acheson
America
Nacy
Hungary
United States
Revai
Soviet Union
New Information Added To Soviet Secret List
A cabinet decree in Moscow expands the secret list to cover armed forces scientific inventions natural resources foreign trade and foreign relations. Learn to skate Tuesday night at Roller Palace Sixth and Jefferson.
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Moscow
Roller Palace
Jefferson
Moss to Fill Post Temporarily as City Manager
N V Moss city water superintendent named acting city manager after City Manager A P Hancock resigns effective June 30. Hancock cites desire to enter private business and will join a Guggenheim formed firm distributing power transmission equipment at 220 West Seventh. Hancock will be secretary treasurer. commission to interview applicants next week.
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M. V. Moss
N. V. Moss
City Water Department
A. P. Hancock
Hancock
Lawrence Hagg
City Commission Sea
Moss
A. D. Gugenheim
Gugenheim Company
West Seventh
Hagg
Hagy
Mayor Hagy
Truman Heads to Ottawa on Special Train for Canada Visit
President Truman enters Canada stopping at Rouses Point NY to board for Ottawa where he will begin a three day state visit. He is welcomed by Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs L S Laurent and US Ambassador Ray Atherton. He travels with Mrs Truman and daughter amid security and press coverage.
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Canada
Truman
Rouses Point
Ottawa
L. S. Laurent
Ray Atherton
Washington
Hudson Valley
New York State
Amarillo
Viscount Alexander
W. L. Mackenzie King
Secret Service
Marshall backs United States of Europe concept to Senate
Secretary of State Marshall told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he favors a United States of Europe within the United Nations framework and said Europe should be determined by its peoples. He warned against imposing any specific political or economic form and urged restoring funding for overseas broadcasts and information programs.
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Marshall
Congress
United States of Europe
United Nations
United States
Europe
Organization of Europe
Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pulbright
Arkansas
House
Truman
State Department
Secretary of State
Senate Appropriations
Senate
Government bids Friday to ease petroleum shortages
Interior Secretary Krug invites cabinet members and federal agency heads to a Tuesday meeting to address a national petroleum shortage that harms the armed forces and could affect civilians. Officials warn of regional fuel and natural gas shortfalls this winter due to limited refinery capacity and steel shortages. An industry committee meets with the Army Navy Petroleum Board to seek ways to ensure federal and civilian needs are met.
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Aar Y
Interior
J. A. Krug
Midwest
Krug
Interior Department
National Petroleum Council
Army-Navy Petroleum Board
Bureau of Federal Supply
Army
Navy
Amarillo Sweltering Heat Eases as Cold Front Arrives
Weather man H C Winburn reports temperatures near 90s this afternoon with a forecast of 94 to 96 earlier. A cold front moved into the Panhandle around midnight, bringing cooler winds 20 to 25 mph and suppressing any rain for the near term.
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Amarillo
H. C. Winburn
Senate approves Lake Success narcotics treaty
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved today a treaty for international regulation of narcotics signed at Lake Success New York December 11.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lake Success
N. Y
Pint-Sized Shet Pony Injures Movie Hero Rod Cameron
Oklahoma City report says film cowboy Rod Cameron will undergo shoulder surgery after a tumble from a pint sized Shetland pony during a benefit rodeo for tornado relief. Attendants say ligaments in his right shoulder were strained. Cameron said the pony outweighed him by about a hundred pounds.
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Oklahoma City
Rod Cameron
Oklahoma City General Hospital
Cameron
Woodward
Okla
Corral
President Is Against Rail Rate Bill
Senator Tobey says President Truman opposes the Bulwinkle Bill, which would shield railroads from anti trust prosecutions if rate agreements are ICC approved. Tobey cites Wheeler report, and Senator Reed aims to push the measure through by midweek.
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Tobey
New Hampshire
Republican
Senate Today
Truman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Action On Dooley Set Action On Dooley
Senate leaders agreed to take up the Joe B. Dooley nomination for US district judge in Texas after handling the Bulwinkle railroad bill and the presidential succession measure. Connally favored the nomination while O Daniel opposed it. A death in the family kept O Daniel away.
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Senate
Joe B. Dooley
Texas
Tom Connally
Kenneth Vs. Wherry
Connally
Sen. W. Lee O'Daniel
O'Daniel
Neely -Greenhill-Lowndes
Russell Stationery Co
House Group Would End Sugar Rationing
Washington June 10 U P The House banking bill would end immediately the allocation and rationing of sugar for household use The measure approved by the committee would not affect sugar price controls A Senate subcommittee is also examining a similar bill The bill would leave sugar for industrial use under rationing and price controls until Oct 31 with possible earlier action by the agriculture secretary. a new world pool allocation will add at least five pounds to household sugar after August 1.
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Washington
U.P
House
Ralph A. Samble
New York
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Jesse P. Wolcott
Michigan
Clinton P. Anderson
United States
Eisler Convicted of Contempt by U S Court
Gerhart Eisler, long cited as a top Communist figure, was found guilty of contempt of Congress by a federal jury after a 20 minute deliberation. He faces up to a $1000 fine and four months to a year in prison with sentencing set for June 27 by Judge Alexander Holtzoff. Eisler allegedly refused to be sworn for testimony before the House Un American Activities Committee.
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Eisler
Washington
Gerhart Eisler
Congress
Alexander Holtzoff
House Committee On un-American Activities
Blackburn- Shaw Life Insurance Co
News Tip First Prize Goes to L. V. Bailey
First prize of five dollars goes to L. V Bailey for early information about hail damage in the Shamrock area. Second prize of three dollars to Mrs E H Hamick for reporting a tornado in Higgins and a third prize of two dollars to Richard Tucker for the Western Stockyards safe blast.
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L. V Bailey
Taylor
Shamrock
E. H. Hamick
Crockett
Higgins
Yeggs
Richard
Weather snapshot for Amarillo and West Texas region
Fair and not so hot this afternoon with little change in temperature tonight. Slightly higher temperatures expected Wednesday. Pair this afternoon, tonight and Wednesday cooler tonight except in the Panhandle and Del Rio Eagle Pass area. New Mexico: cooler this afternoon and tonight, windy this afternoon. High 96, low 55, noon 76.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
del Rio Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Grief of widow over epitaphs in Alabama and Georgia
A Montgomery marble maker recalls a widow who asked for I Cannot Bear My Grief on her husband’s stone and later added Alone. He quips about a future stone eraser as Odd inscriptions and misinterpretations persist. Other legends include Solomon Peas and Augusta Hatcher Jackson carved on distant plots.
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Burns Bennett Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery
Grave marker warns of river danger and drowning fate
A Montgomery grave marker recalls John Schockler born November 22, 1841 in New Orleans who drowned in the Alabama River on May 27, 1855. It urges warnings to youths about river hazards and notes his watery death and two mourners. A Monroe County epitaph labels the deceased as thief and liar.
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Montgomery
John Schockler
N. Orleans
Alabama
Monroe County
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