Truman urges Canada to back foreign policy and unity
President Truman addressed Canada's House of Commons in Ottawa praising closer North American cooperation. He urged joint development of the St. Lawrence Great Lakes system and emphasized defense cooperation, democracy, and mutual respect as guiding principles for a peaceful world.
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Ottawa
Truman
House of Commons
Canada
W. Lackenzie King
United States
Royal Mounted Police
North America
St. Lawrence- Great Lakes
Permanent Joint Board On Defense
Mexico
FPHA Aids Housing Under Roosevelt EO In 1942
The Finance Public Housing Authority established by executive order in 1942 under President Roosevelt administers federally financed public housing loans for low income families. An appropriations committee staff report accuses it of unclear handling of funds and functions.
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Roosevelt
FPHA
Appropriations Committee
Public housing issues cited in wartime project plan
The document notes 31 percent of public housing tenants are totally ineligible for assistance. It criticizes FPHA for a socialized disposal scheme ignoring veterans preference. FPHA reports a $40,000 cash reserve built from allowances for vacancy and loss contingencies. It mentions housing units built under the US Housing Act with unspecified implications.
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FPHA
Water Wetter Creates New Firefighting Chemicals
Col H R Brayton of Texas A M College fireman's training school told delegates at the Texas Firemen and Fire Marshall Associa tion Convention that water is made wetter by new chemicals. The action spreads water farther and penetrates cloth more quickly and deeply. Jay Stevens of the National Board of Fire Underwriters in San Francisco described an Atlanta hotel fire investigation and displayed a partly burned mattress from the third floor. He noted the hotel fire began on that floor and urged fire crews to act decisively. Phone 4334 Williams Boyce Agency for Fire Insurance on your wheat. Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
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Col
H. R. Brayton
Texas A&m College Fireman's Training School
Fire Marshall's Association of Texas
Jay Stevens
National Board of Fire Underwriters
San Francisco
Atlanta
Russia Faces Twin Protests Over Hungary Coup and Sinkiang Clash
United States and China delivered notes to the Soviet Union protesting the Hungarian coup and the outer Mongolian border clash. The U.S. note urged a tripartite Soviet Western inquiry into Hungary while signaling possible UN involvement. China condemned the Sinkiang invasion as a deep concern with four Soviet aircraft alleged in the attack on June 5.
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United States
China
Hungary
V. P. Sviridov
Vn Ssichay
Sinkiang
Peitashan
Washington
United Nations
Russia
Sviridov
Yalta
Sviridev
Rus- Siia
Moscow
Sugar rationing to end by July after higher US quota
The United States won a larger share of the world sugar pool, gaining 350000 tons for 194? allocation to 7150000 tons. An Agriculture Department official said household rationing could end this month, with supplies likely enough to sustain prewar consumption through the year.
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Washington
United States
International Emergency Food Council
Agriculture Department
France
United Press
Brussels
U.P
George Bernard Shaw
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Belgium
England
Shaw
US Secretary of Commerce
Advance skating classes at Thursday Roller Palace
Skating lessons scheduled for Thursday at Roller Palace near 6th and Jefferson. Instruction focuses on basic moves and safety through beginner level sessions.
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Ent
Roller Palace
Jefferson
Amarillo Declares Western Week With Rides and Parade
Amarillo planners announce a Western Week June 30 to July 5 led by the Will Rogers Range Riders. Gov Beauford Jester will attend July 4 events including a mounted parade with delegations from Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma and a Panhandle rodeo.
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Amarillo
Delbert Dalby
Will Rogers Range Riders
Lawrence Hagg
Beauford
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Exchange Club
Insanity Verdict in Slaying by Youth at Church
In St Joseph Missouri a circuit court jury finds 16 year old Stuart B Allen innocent by reason of insanity in the mutilation murder of 58 year old John Frank, a church sexton. The verdict orders confinement in a mental institution while unchanged.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Stuart B. Allen
Allen
Young Allen
John Frank
Christ Episcopal Church
James S. Allen
William Kimberlin
Stuart
Waldo Lydecker
Laura
Wholesale food prices rise for third week in New York
Food prices at wholesale level in New York edged higher for the third straight week, reaching 6.12 for the week ended June 10 per Dun & Bradstreet. The index compares with 6.09 the prior week and 4.21 a year ago.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
Weather outlook for Amarillo and surrounding region
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies this afternoon and tonight with little temperature change. Thursday brings more clouds with scattered showers and cooler air. In West Texas highs near 84, lows around 60 with a noon reading of 74. Panhandle and New Mexico show similar unsettled conditions with showers, cooler spells, and windy periods today into Thursday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Reel Slates 5x5 Long Windmill Towers See John Maynard
A notice lists a reel slating project featuring five by five long windmill towers tied to John Maynard Lumber Company at 800 West Fifth Street and Regal Company for insurance and real estate services.
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John Maynard Lbr. Co
Death Claims Billy Woodlief
Mr. Woodlief died of a heart attack after returning from his apartment roof where he had inspected cooling equipment. He had been ill since May 1946 and was discovered by his wife Emma Woodlief around 4 o clock this morning. Born February 2 1872 in Miamisville Ohio he pursued diverse ventures from oil to auto parts and freight lines and once owned a stable in New Orleans.
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Woodlief
Billy
Twentyfourth
Fillmore
Emma Woodlief
Burlington Lines
Brookfield
Middle-West
New Orleans
Guatemala
Coney
Russia backs wide powers for UN atom control panel
Andrei Gromyko outlines an eight point Soviet plan to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission calling for strict international control over mining and production, an international inspection body within the UN Security Council, international personnel, and free access to facilities for checks and investigations.
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Lake Success
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
International Control Commission
Gromyko
United Nations
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
International Commission For Atomic Control
UN Security Council
Control Commission
Big Five
Security Council
Canada
Control Organization
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Gainesville
Jackie Doerfler
Seguin
Frank Richter, Sr
Cameron
Wiliams -Boyce Agency
Pire
Neely
Greenhil
Lowndes—Insurance
Blackburn-Shaw Life Insurance Co
By Thomas Thompson
E. A. Regal Co., Insurance—Real Estate
Henry Tosti Russell
Russell Staty Co
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Europe
Stalin
Billy Woodlief
W. H. Woodlief
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