Truman urges Congress to extend consumer credit controls in peacetime
President Truman recommends Congress pass a bill allowing continuation of consumer credit controls after wartime law expires. He warns he will end current regulations if Congress fails to act, noting the controls set down payments and repayment terms for purchases like household goods, refrigerators, and autos.
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Truman
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Federal Reserve Board
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House Banking Committee
Reserve Board
Burglars Hit Canyon Home in Randall County
Sheriff Cantrell reports a farm home five miles northeast of Canyon was ransacked while Wa land C Angel family attended a movie. Loot included clothing gun jewelry and other items placed in a foot locker. Every drawer was pulled and the locker removed.
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M. E. Cantrell
Randall County
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Cantrel
Federal Grand Jury Study on Gasoline Prices
Attorney General Tom C. Clark said a federal grand jury in Los Angeles will investigate higher gasoline prices in the mountain states and Pacific coast. He noted price controls were removed last July and prices have risen about 3 cents a gallon as a few companies hold dominant market power.
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Washington
Tom C. Clark
Los Angeles
Mount States
Pacific Coast Area
Clark
Sugar Rationing Bill Blocked by House Action
June 12 Wartime issue described as the House sets aside a bill to end Congressional wartime sugar rationing. The notice promotes hospitalization insurance from Blackburn Shaw Life Insurance Co with a local phone contact.
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Wasitington
Anderson
Lcan
Blackburn- Shaw Life Insurance Co
Best-Seller Author Visits Family Here
Author Jack Fischer visits his parents in Amarillo at 2117 Monroe before heading to Austin and then New York where he edits Harper's Magazine. His Russia study Why They Behave Like Russians has been a top selling non fiction Book of the Month Club selection and sparked global discussions.
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Globe News
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Oxford
England
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Wallace in Race for Democratic Nomination in California
A high level party source says Henry A. Wallace will seek the Democratic presidential nomination in California and at least a dozen other states. The source cautions no formal announcement yet as organizers build a broad coalition.
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Los Angeles
Henry A. Wallace
California
Los Angeles Times
Wallace
Mrs Roosevelt declines running for vice president
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt refused today to become a candidate for vice president saying nothing could induce her to run for any public office. North Dakota Democrats had endorsed her as running mate for President Truman in 1948 and sent a copy of the resolution to her.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
North Dakota
Fargo
Truman
Roosevelt
Sugar shortage prompts grocery rationing and shipping surge
Wholesale grocers and retailers warn of sugar scarcity as 17 to 18 rail cars are slated for Amarillo over the next 20 to 30 days. Stores limit purchases, rationing ends with price controls in effect, and canning demand boosts shipments while wholesalers focus on transportation.
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Furr Food Stores
Amarillo
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McCartt Super Market
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Anderson
R. M. Teas
Waples- Platter
Bill Walsh
Walsh Food Stores
Panhandle Associated Grocers
Loren Young
Whiteway Food Stores
Four State Flood Warnings Spread Across Midwest
United Press reports new floods building in a four state area as rivers rise. Forecasters in Kansas City warn that flooding will hit today and tonight in Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, and Kansas with additional rains potentially creating dangerous conditions.
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Midwest
Kansas City
Missouri
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Iowa
Kansas
Ralph Aldrich
Fights Funds Cut In Agriculture Budget Battle
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson urged the Senate to restore a 28 percent budget cut. He warned the House reduction would force the department to break promises to farmers, as the fiscal year starting July 1 was trimmed from 1.188 billion to 848 million amid Truman criticism in Kansas City.
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Laurence Olivier Knighted in King’s Birthday Honors
Laurence Olivier, renowned stage and screen actor, was knighted in the king's birthday honors list. The Weekly Tribune called the move a precedent shattering event and said it signaled Buckingham Palace’s shift on excluding divorced persons from honors.
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Laurence Olivier
Weekly Tribune
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Buckingham Palace
Communist Hearings Set in Washington on Infiltration
Washington June 12 The House Committee on Un American Activities decided to begin hearings June 23 on alleged communist infiltration of labor unions as described by Chairman J Parnell Thomas.
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Washington
House Committee On Unamerican Activities
J. Parnell Thomas
Hail Strikes Donley Hall Counties Wreaking Wheat Loss
High winds and heavy hail devastated wheat fields in Donley and Hall counties. About 75 percent of Donley crop wiped out or damaged, with 20 000 acres previously under wheat. Estimated 375 000 bushels on the ground. Hall reports heavy damage up to 50 percent near Lakeview and Alaska, with widespread losses and replant needs. Center of storm near Hedley. hail extended 12 to 14 miles or 25 by 38 miles. Temperature cool. scattered thundershowers expected. See HAIL Page 2.
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Marshall Sees Europe Economic Unity Aid Plan
Secretary of State Marshall said Europe should coordinate an economic recovery with Western nations, including Russia and Great Britain. He cited Churchill’s United States of Europe idea as influence and noted U S financial help may be needed though no amount was set. he stressed Europe must address its own economic future.
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Federal Court Reconvenes Thursday in Northern District TX
The Federal Court for the Northern District of Texas will reconvene tomorrow morning with Judge James C. Wilson presiding. The court has been in recess since Tuesday afternoon after criminal trials concluded, with civil cases set to occupy remaining sessions.
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Name the Western Week Prize for Amarillo
The Will Rogers Range Riders announce a contest to name Amarillo's Western Week with a $50 boot prize. Entrants are urged to craft a brief easy to say print friendly name that evokes local western history and fits neatly in headlines.
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Will Rogers Range
New Red Move Sparks Balkan Showdown and Expulsions
The Bulgarian parliament expelled 23 members of Nikola Petkov s Agrarian Party amid a Balkan crisis seen as a clash between Russia and the West. Washington weighs options up to a United Nations move as Petkov faces state conspiracy charges and the agrarian bloc dissolves.
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Greek Military Classes of 1941 45 Called Up
Athens reports the Greek army has mobilized all men born 1941 to 1945. Greece seeks US approval for army expansion funded by US loans, but a US official says no action yet. Also mentions Bendix radio and leather shaving kits ads and local suppliers.
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Athens
Greece
Polk Street lanes begin as city paints first traffic stripe
City workers on Polk Street started marking the first traffic stripe in the 300 block under orders from the traffic division. Wind halted work after one stripe. completion expected when conditions allow. Capt. Carlie Price says double parking will be cracked down on once lanes are marked and downtown deliveries must finish by 10 am.
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Polk
Carlie Price
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Amarillo
Second Avenue
Tenth Avenue
Grid Star's Wife Banished Fight Over Tulane Contract
The Atlanta Journal attacked the football contract signed by Texas prep star T Alston Chapin of San Antonio with Tulane University. Chapin promised his wife would remain at home in Texas, a clause the paper called absurd and demoralizing. It urged Tulane to intervene and end the dispute.
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