Congress Sends OPA Extension Bill to Conference
The House refused to accept the Senate version of the OPA extension and sent the bill to a Senate House conference committee to harmonize differences. A presidential veto loom and Bowles threatened to veto if weakened OPA measures reach the White House. The Senate approved another year of price controls but removed ceilings on meat dairy eggs and other items, while the House bill did not.
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Washington
House
Senate
Senate House
Capitol Hill
Truman
Chester Bowles
White House
OPA
Paul Porter
Senate House Committee
Amarillo Plans 25 Year Water Expansion With 25 Million Gallons
Amarillo engineers begin a 1 750 000 dollar water expansion, adding storage tanks and new wells to meet a 25 year growth forecast. The plan uses revenue bonds, no tax or water rate hike, with amortization paid by users.
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North East Fifth and
Osage
Chicago Bridge and Iron Works
Chicago
Amarillo
Jenkins
Hancock
Mr. Jenkins
Draper-Ross Produce Co
Amarillo Army Air Field
CAL Brumley Engineers
Joel Jenkins
N. V. Moss
Clowe & Cowan, Inc
A. P. Hancock
H. H. Haskell
Layne Texas Company
Dallas
Moss
United States Geological Survey
Freeze and Nichols
Fort Worth
Water Department
Rock Island Railroad
Warm Winds and Cloud-Flecked Skies Foretold
Amarillo’s weatherman presented a forecast with high temperatures rising from 83 yesterday to 93 today and 96 tomorrow. Expect mostly fair skies today and tonight, with partly cloudy conditions tomorrow as forecaster H. C. Winburn notes.
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Amarillo
Mercury
H. C. Winburn
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarlio and vicinity stay mostly fair today and tonight with a warm Saturday. Winds rise to 25 to 30 mph today. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies this afternoon tonight and Sunday with warmer temperatures. New Mexico reports scattered afternoon and early evening thunderstorms in mountains today otherwise fair with warmer northeast today. Highs and lows reflect the prior 24 hours ending 6:30 AM at 83 and 60 with a noon report.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
May Avert Ship Tieup
President Truman said there is a good prospect to settle the maritime labor crisis in time to prevent a shipping tieup tonight. Captain Granville Conway said Harry Bridges would accept a 22 cent per hour wage increase for CIO longshoremen, making a strike unlikely this afternoon. Bridges hinted he may push for 23 cents after September 30, keeping the West Coast unions cautious amid CMU talks.
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Washington
Truman
Nnis
Capitol Hill
Granville Conway
Harry Bridges
CIO
Conway
House
Bridges
A. B. Kelly
Ment
Committee For Maritime Unity
CMU
West
Truman Administration
Labor Department
Pacific
Atlantic
Gulf
Kiwanis Youth Center Fund Gains 3000 Amid Carnival Plans
Kiwanis' Youth Center Fund increases by $3000 in a week as Sam Jacinto Kiwanis Club gathers donations. Funds will cover half the center’s cost with the rest going to an auditorium and equipment. Donations urged to George W. Kercher at 3312 West Sixth. Fourth of July Carnival at San Jacinto Park expected. John Snider barbecue, baby show and possible Army band concert listed. Division Six Texas-Oklahoma clubs will participate in the program.
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Anobe
James Floyd
Carolina
San Jacinto
George W. Kercher
West Sixth
San Jacinto Park
John Snider
Texas-Oklahoma
Byrnes Returns to Paris for Big Four Foreign Ministers Talks
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes arrived in Paris by plane to resume the Big Four foreign ministers conference. The meeting had recessed a month earlier with Russia and Western powers at odds on all main issues.
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Paris
U.P
James F. Byrnes
Russia
Mihailovic Admits Letter Proves Collaboration with Enemies
Belgrade reports Gen. Draja Mihailovic acknowledged a handwritten letter as genuine and described it as collaboration with the enemy. He also confirmed another letter ordering Chetnik units to accept arms from Italian occupiers, labeling it collaboration.
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Belgrade
Draja Mihailovic
Mihailovic
Husky Joe Mincey Battles Sleepy Desert Chair Bid
Husky Joe Mincey 39 of Troy Alabama resisted an Alabama electric chair departure for nearly two hours in June 1946. He climbed through barred doors and fought guards, using a bucket of water and torn sheets to thwart them. After a blow torch unlocked the way, he spoke with chaplains and finally yielded to authorities. He was strapped into the chair and executed after Warden Carl Williams signaled.
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Montgomery
Ala
Joe Mincey
Troy
Alabama
Mincey
J. J. Hansen
Y G Sanders
Carl Williams
Afghanistan Returns Kushka Border District to Russia
Afghanistan returns Kushka border district to Russia under a Soviet Afghan frontier pact announced by Izvestia. The rugged district gates the invasion route from the Middle East to India and marks a shift in regional borders.
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Afghanistan
Kushka
Russia
London
U.P
Middle East
India
Moscow
Izvestia
Loggers March on Victoria Demand End to Strike
Hordes of loggers from Vancouver Island and the mainland converge on Victoria to press the CIO backed International Woodworkers of America to end a month old lumber strike. Some 37,000 workers seek a 40 hour week and higher wages, with Powell River mills shut down leaving a paper shortage.
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Victoria
B. C
U.P
Vancouver Island
Malahat Mountains
International Woodworkers of America, Cio
Powell River
U S Plans Training Chinese Army If Congress Approves
Washington reports the United States ready to help train a Chinese army possibly up to a million men in a five to one government to Communist ratio. Gen. George Marshall backs a plan for an effective small army of 60 divisions to aid internal security, Asian peace, and UN forces. Secretary of State seeks required legislation before the Big Four talks in Paris.
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Washington
United States
Congress
George Marshall
China
State, War and Navy Department
Asia
United Nations
Senate
McKellar
Tennessee
Paris
Strikes Seen as Factor in 1948 Presidential Race
James Farley, ex-postmaster general and former Democratic boss, warned in Galveston that the current strikes disturb the public and could hurt the Democratic cause. Farley, now an executive at Coca Cola, spoke during a bottlers convention.
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Galveston
U.P
James A. Farley
Coca- Cola Company
Farley
Galeveston
Truman details lendLease costs for aiding China in WWII
President Truman told Congress the United States spent 300 million to airlift four Chinese armies to disarm Japan after V J Day. He cited total lend lease aid reaching 49.096 billion from 1941 to 1945, with 60 percent to the British Empire and major sums to Russia and France. He noted aid to China would continue beyond the report while opposing U S intervention in Chinese internal affairs.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
United States
China
Far East
British Empire
Russia
France
United State
U. S. Offers To Destroy Atomic Bombs If World Cooperates
President Truman and Baruch advocate destroying U S atomic bombs and halting production if a robust international control system for atomic energy is established The plan requires enforcement with teeth under UN charter and veto only by the five permanent powers including the United States The statement emphasizes constitutional processes and a binding world security program
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U. S
New York
United States
Washington
Baruch
Truman
James F. Byrnes
Leslie Groves
Manhattan Engineers Project
United Nations
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United Kingdom
China
France
Birth Raises Talk of New Race of Midgets
A 6 pound 13 ounce daughter born at St David s Hospital via Caesarean to Mrs Myrna Myrle Swenson 20 years old raises the possibility of a third generation midget. Dr Audie L Nanney notes head and jaw suggest traits but final determination will take at least a year. The baby s mother father and maternal grandparents are all midgets. both parents and grandparents were normal weight at birth.
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Lula Short
August Clarence Swenson
Johnny E. Clifton
Clifton
Swenson
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Kiwanis’ Youth Center
Sam Jacinto Kiwanis Club
Byrnes
John Maynard Lbr. Co
U.S
Friden
Russell Stationery Co
A. Regal Co., Real Estate and Loans
Gordon Reamer
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