Weather and Wheat Surge In Panhandle Towns
Amid dry forecasts for Amarillo and surrounding areas, Perryton sees a wheat boom with Ochiltree County set to lead U S wheat production. Farmers tout high yields, land values shoot up, and local officials invite a visit to view fields likely averaging 50 bushels per acre. A $150000 spillway cost at Lake Fryer is blamed on drought strains.
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Perryton
Combine
van Stewart
Henry Watterson
United States
Ochiltree County
Mr. Stewart
Bill Lane
Hood Wills
Mr. Tack
Van
Bill
Hood
Political fear and campaign notes from Austin remarks
The text rails against communism and FBI investigations while reflecting on daily frustrations. It mentions Senator O Daniel in town boasting of beating Joe Dooley and reelection, and Senator Grady Hazelwood's hard work in Austin with a call to support him.
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O'’Daniel
Joe Dooley
Washington
United States
Grady Hazelwood
Austin
Livestock Prices Steady Across Cattle Hogs Sheep Trade
Cattle mostly steady with medium and good cows at 15.50 to 18.50, butchers and low grades steady. Hogs opened higher on 270 lb range, but sales slow with top at 25.00. Sheep salable 1,000, total 9,000. spring lambs weak while good and choice trucked-in native lambs bring 25.75 and ewes around 7.00.
Market Report: Chicago Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices
Chicago market notes hogs 6,000 head 50 cents higher under 250 lbs, heavier weights up to 400 lbs about 25 to 50 cents. Sows steady to 25 cents higher, top 25.25. Cattle calves steady, bulls steady, good to choice fed steers 26 to 28.25, vealers 25.00 to 26.00. Sheep bidding about 50 cents lower on small lots. good and choice at 26.50 or higher.
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Chicago
USDA
Cattie
Markets Closing Stock Averages Update
Kansas City market report notes salable cattle totals at 400 head with overall stock totals around 2 100 head and calves at 100 salable with about 300 total calves. Livestock listings reflect USDA data as of June 13.
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Kansas City
USDA
News Vendors May Be Exempt From Social Security Rules
Chairman Harold Knutson said the House Ways and Means Committee would likely approve a bill to exempt newspaper vendors from Social Security payroll deductions and income tax withholdings. The measure, pushed by Rep Bertrand Gearhart, would exclude news vendors from the Social Security Act.
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Washington
Harold Knutson
Minnesota
House
Ways and Means
Sesson
Bertrand Gearhart
California
Ticking in Head Man Receives Rare Diagnosis
In Greensboro North Carolina Sankey Flynn, 29, lives with a rare condition called objective tintin nitis aurium causing a constant ticking in his head. Dr Hugo C Wolfe found muscle spasms in the roof of his mouth trigger the eustachian tube to open and close, a sound audible three feet away. Flynn served 18 months in the army and only spoke of it after discharge.
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Greensboro
N. C
Sankey Flynn
Sankey
Flynn
Hugo C. Wolfe
Foremen Beaten During Ford Contract Walkout
Three foremen opposing the Ford Motor Company strike were ambushed by three cars of unidentified men as they were picked up for work at Ford River Rouge. The 24 day strike involves 3,800 members, with several hundred foremen still on duty. Victims Valmer Palosaari Emil Rose and Charles Kaufman were hospitalised with facial and head injuries. Max Schmidt, aboard at rear, reported the attack saw three cars with Negro and white men abducting and beating them.
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Detroit
U.P
Ford Motor Company
Irving Nielson
Dearborn
Ford
River Rouge
Lincoln
Highland Park
Foremen’s Association of America
Nielson
Valmer Palosaari
Emil Rose
Charles Kaufman
Max Schmidt
White Sands Range Expansion Near Las Cruces
The Army and Navy announce expansion of the White Sands guided missile testing range from a 30 mile square to the full 90 mile length near Las Cruces New Mexico. Some 75 new instrument stations with radar and electronics will track rockets in flight. The Army Air Forces also establishes the world’s first upper air weather station at White Sands to forecast V 2 rocket conditions, with data collected from balloons to 100000 feet.
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Washington
Army
Navy
White Sands
Proving Grounds
Las Cruces
Army Air Forces
Dear Tack Want Ads For Child Care And Yard Work
A 16 year old seeks in home child care services by the hour day or week with references. A medium sized well mannered male dog is offered free with current license. Call 2-3579. Two high school boys seek lawn mowing work in Wolflin area. Call 2-1933.
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Tack
Wolflin
CARES FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS SEEKING WORK IN AMARILLO
A fragment lists services offering child care for ages 6 months to 6 years and light housework by a reader and a group of teenage girls. It includes contact numbers and notes on reliability. Also a lost watch, lost dogs, car keys, and a small classified notice about U.S. Treasury bonds calling redemption on October 15 1947 with official notice from the Treasury.
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Tack
Treasury
Officer Cannot Inform Woman Of Graduation Length
Hartford on June 13 report says a policeman outside a school declined to know the finish of graduation exercises. A woman replied the speaker was long winded, and added he is her husband. The exchange highlights the humorous moment.
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Hartford
Conn
U.P
Investigation into a series of dog poisonings underway
Police probe four dogs poisoned in the same area within 24 hours. Bert K. Pendergraft reports his dog died after being poisoned near his North Fillmore home. He says three other incidents occurred and offers a $25 reward for information leading to arrests.
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Bert K. Pendergraft
North Fillmore
Pendergraft
Two Truck Drivers Die In Collision West Of Lubbock
Near Lubbock on June 13 two truck drivers died in a head on crash five miles west of the city. Leslie Dewey Pigg aged 38 and Carlton Stidham aged 38 burned in crushed cabs after the fire. Firefighters used an acetylene torch to free the bodies as flames were put out. The gasoline transport driven by Pigg and the butane truck driven by Stidham were both empty. Authorities said one truck was on the wrong side of the road before impact.
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Lubbock
U.1
Here
Leslie Dewey Pigg
Carlton Stidham
Pigg
Stidham
E. L. Posey
Texas Highway Patrol
Taft-Hartley Bill Called Unworkable by Labor Experts
Washington officials report governor labor experts analyzing the Taft Hartley bill will tell President Truman the measure is unworkable and cannot prevent a coal strike next month. Other advisers urge signing, arguing the bill offers government tools to curb the threat and Congress is likely to pass it anyway.
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Washington
Truman
Uman
Congress
President Truman Comments on Niagara Visit
President Truman touring en route to Washington after Canada trip noted he is glad not to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. He affirmed a foreign policy aim of world peace and friendship with all nations as he returns to confront tax and labor legislation.
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Washington
Truman
Canada
Niagara Falls
9000 Pack Tech Stadium For Lubbock Benefit Rodeo
More than 9000 people packed Texas Tech Stadium in Lubbock for the American Business Club benefit rodeo. Two more performances are planned for tonight and tomorrow night, with cowboy movie star Gene Autry headlining. Mexican comedian Cantinflas, also known as Mario Moreno, recently battled a bull for charity in Mexico City.
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Lubbock
Texas Tech Stadium
American Business Club
Gene Autry
Mario Moreno
Cantinflas
Mexico City
Wild driver repeats for Rickenbacker in Houston
Capt Eddie Rickenbacker president of Eastern Airlines endured an 85 mile per hour car ride in Houston from the airport to a hotel. The driver, Chief Deputy Sheriff Jake Colca, reminded him of a 1918 ride with Gen Smedley Butler in Philadelphia.
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Houston
Tex
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Airlines
Gen
Smedley Butler
Philadelphia
Rickenbacher
Jake Colca
Boy in Whitesburg Named One of World’s Longest
A 14 year old eighth grade student in Whitesburg Kentucky carries a name of extraordinary length. His parents W L Stallard filled family Bible with four blank lines for future records and gave him the string of names ending with Breckinridge Stallard. Classmates call him Bennett or Bobby.
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Whitesburg. Ky
W. L. Stallard
Hugh Alexander Moris
Gene Saul Ralph Giles Gilbert
Marquis Miles Marion Mayo John Charles James Gordon Bennett Adams
Christopher Columbus
Elijah Green Eversole
Bradly Kincaid
Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Stallard
Him Bennett Or
Bobby
Keichline Acquitted in Fatal Shooting Case
Las Vegas New Mexico June 13 A district court jury acquitted Frank W Keichline 44 year old San Angelo Texas businessman in the murder charge over the July 24 shooting of Percy R Perry 42 a Detroit and San Angelo native at El Porvenir guest ranch The verdict was read after six hours and twenty minutes of jury deliberation following the defendants discovery that Perry and Mrs Mary S Keichline were registered as Mr and Mrs Perry at the resort
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Las Vegas
N. M
Frank W. Keichline
San Angelo
Tex
Percy R. Perry
E. Armijo
Perry
Detroit
el Porvenir
Keichline
Mary S. Keichline
Lubbock, Tex
Committee Cuts Veterans Budget While Preserving Benefits
A congressional committee trimmed about 330.5 million from a 8.5 billion VA and related agencies request for the new fiscal year. VA’s original budget was reduced by 1.9 percent, with a plan to avoid cutting current veterans benefits and potentially laying off around 10,000 VA workers. The measure, covering agencies including the VA, executive office, Atomic Energy Commission, Civil Service, and others, faces House action next Monday.
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Veterans Administration
President
Atomic Energy Commission
Civil Service Commission
House
Name Contest Seeks Entries From Public at Event
The article notes four loudspeakers amplifying the stage as the name contest invites entrants. It states early submission is urged and the earliest postmark wins ties. The contest welcomes all persons except Range Riders and their families.
Mrs Ella Dallas 18 Dies In Amarillo
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Dallas who died Thursday in Amarillo will be held at 10 30 Saturday in Griggs chapel. The 78 year old widow of farmer Bob Dallas died in the city after residing in Amarillo for 20 years. Rev A E Wilson will conduct, interment at Llano Cemetery with six nephews as pallbearers. She was sister to H L Gill and the late L S Gill, Amarillo real estate man who died in 1944.
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Ella Dallas
Bob Dallas
Griggs Chapel
Dallas
Amarillo
A. E. Wilson
Buchanan Street Baptist Church
Llano Cemetery
W. L
Leroy
H. L. Gill
East Nineteenth
L. S. Gill
Amarillo Adopts Pioneering City Charter in 1913
The Amarillo city charter was adopted November 18 1913 making it the first council manager charter in Texas and the fifth in the United States. It was drafted by a 15 member commission selected by popular nomination and election. The old charter was praised as concise and centralized responsibility under people’s final mandates.
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Amarillo
Texas
United States
Thomas Currie
F. F. Phillips
J. M. Russell
E. S. Burgess
R. M. Walker
J. L. Smith
D. D Dewing
J. L. Penry
A. E. Meyer
J. D. Bartlett
M. J. R. Jackson
Senate bill promises more Interior jobs than House plan
May notes Senate bill would save more Interior Department jobs and avoid drastic cuts in the Denver engineering office, while the House would cut 8.17 billion dollars in 1948 appropriations for nearly twenty independent agencies, about 3.9 percent less than the administration asked.
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Interior Department
Senate
House
Denver
Appropriations Committee
City Charter Highlights and Proposed Revisions
Amarillo discussions note mayor and five aldermen elected at large with department heads by popular vote. The last charter amendment, two years ago, created civil service for police and firemen. Proposals include extending city limits without amendments and changing accounting procedures to allow a trusted official to sign checks.
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Amarillo
Kennedy seeks Texas editors’ hearing of his full story
Kennedy, who returned to the United States and stayed on the AP payroll for a year with no active work, later became managing editor of a Santa Barbara paper. He told Globe-News he wants to tell his full story to Texas editors, saying recent events shed new light on his actions in France. This would be his first comprehensive public account after mentioning the incident in two speeches.
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Laura Hamner
KGNC
Mr. Tack
United States Weather Bureau
Panhandle
United States
Associated Press
Santa Barbara
France
Kennedy
Globe-News
Telephone
Texas
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Sufkin
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