Truman Warns Universal Training Needed To Meet Threats
President Truman told Princeton bicentennial audience that universal training is vital to national welfare and military strength. He warned weakness would invite fear among small nations and hinder resistance to totalitarian pressures while advocating civilian training on the job and on campus and school leadership for expanded government roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Truman
Washington
Princeton University
Congress
Special assistant named to probe 1946 Kansas City primary
Attorney General Tom C. Clark appointed Richard K. Phelps of Missouri as a special assistant to prosecute any federal law violations in last year's Kansas City Democratic congressional primary. Phelps will confer with federal judges and may seek a special grand jury on alleged irregularities.
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Washington
WRP
Tom C. Clark
Richard K. Phelps
Missouri
Kansas City
Phelps
Clark
House Upholds Truman Veto Over Tax Slashing Plan
The House narrowly defeated the Republican four billion dollar income tax cut, killing the bill and pushing the tax relief issue toward the 1948 campaign. The final override vote was 268 to 137, short of the two-thirds needed, with 233 Republicans and 35 Democrats for, and 134 Democrats plus 2 Republicans and 1 American Labor member against. The measure would have cut taxes across brackets and was slated to take effect July 1.
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House
Truman
Joseph Martin
Carl Andersen
Minnesota
Hull
Wisconsin
Marcantonio
New York
Halleck
Indiana
Mr. Truman
Senate
Knutson
Ways and Means Committee
Apply for City Manager
Five of 17 men mentioned as prospects for the city manager's job were interviewed by the city commission afternoon. A P Hancock resigned effective June 30, and Col Lawrence Hagg said the commission will not rush selection. Only two or three of the 17 are professional city managers, who are rare and command high salaries. Learn to skate Tuesday night at Roller Palace. Complete display of walnut oak metal furniture on mezzanine from Russell Staty Reel Slats and Long Windmill Towers. see John Maynard Lumber Co.
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A. P. Hancock
Col
Lawrence Hagg
Russell Staty
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Embargo Seen To Halt Freight For Foreign Ports
New York officials announce an embargo on loading freight for foreign ports on American ships due to the CI6 seamen stoppage. W R Godber of the ICC imposes coal shipping limits to New York Philadelphia and Baltimore to ensure ships are not delayed. NMU seamen aboard the America postpone a walkout as captains meet. The stoppage has halted around 700 ships since yesterday with mixed union responses and no picketing in New York yet.
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New York
CI6
George C. Randall
Association of American Railroads
Randall
Association
Washington
W. R. Godber
Interstate Commerce Commission
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Godber
Europe
NMU
America
Harry Manning
CIO
AFL
Banana diet lands man in the Army at last
Pvt. Jose Rodriguez of Santa Fe, after a year of eating bananas to gain weight, finally enlisted on May 26, 1947. He passed the Army entry test with 133 pounds, bringing 15 friends to join as well. The Santa Fe recruiting station notes eight more friends promised to enlist this month.
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Virginia T. Dixon
Santa FE
N. M
U.P
Jose Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Navy
Army
William S. Stuber
Carge
Battleship Texas to berth at San Jacinto near Nov. 5
The battleship Texas will be berthed at San Jacinto Battlefield on Nov. 5, per Navy plans received by Gov. Jester. The vessel is to be sent to Norfolk Navy Yard Aug. 1 and moved to Houston around Oct. 15 if berthing arrangements by the state commission are completed.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
San Jacinto Battlefield
Navy
Beauford H. Jester
Norfolk Navy Yard
Houston
Hansen Is Elected by DeMolays
Calvin Hansen of Wichita Falls was elected master councillor of Texas DeMolays at the state conclave in Wichita Falls. The event featured a grand ball, a 6 pm banquet at the Herring Hotel Crystal Ballroom, and a floor show by Dixie Dice and the Dipsy Doodlers. Tom Condon Jr. of Fort Worth won best all around DeMolay 1947.
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Margie Browning
Calvin Hansen
Wichita Falls
Texas
Khiva Temple
Herring Hotel
Crystal Ballroom
Dixie Dice
Dipsy Doodlers
Tom Condon, Jr
Fort Worth
Brien Webster
Amarillo
Robert Fairey
Austin
Dale Rhodes
Borger
Herbert Lindsay
Orange
Chick Haley
T. H. Swain
Johnny Ekelund
Fred Mayer
Waco
W. Cruse Shippee
Dallas
Mavericks
Grand Council
Order of DeMolay
West Coast Launches Draft Wallace Move
Washington June 17 A draft Henry Wallace for President campaign forms as the ex-vice president awaits any reply to his call for a Truman Stalin Berlin meeting to settle Soviet American differences. Wallace, a sharp critic of Truman policy, urges a new party if the effort grows.
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Washington
Henry Wallace
Berlin
Wallace
Truman
Emia Ln
Ead Fe
Huline
Lile
California
Wallace urges Truman Stalin conference reports
Soviet controlled Nacht Express quotes Henry A Wallace urging Truman and Stalin to hold a Ber n meeting. The paper says Wallace speaks with the voice of reason and promotes direct high level talks amid wartime tensions.
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Berlin
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Stalin
Bern
Wallace
Voice of Reason
Nacht Express
Wallace urges Berlin talks with Stalin to ease world war threat
At a Watergate rally in Washington D C John W Wallace urged President Truman to invite Premier Stalin to Berlin for a first step toward peace. He warned on Red phobia and said a large Soviet loan would fail in Congress while stressing UN peace depends on making peace with the Soviet Union.
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Mr. Truman
Stalin
Berlin
Robert W. Kenny
California
Los Angeles
Fresno
Cal
Wallace
Kenny
Watergate
Lincoln Memorial
Memorial Bridge
Southern Conference For Human
United Nations
Soviet Union
Argentina
House OKs rent control extension to Feb 1948
The House accepted a joint committee’s recommendations to extend rent control until February 29, 1948 on a 163 to 73 vote, with a 114 to 87 tally rejecting a move to return the measure to a conference committee. The bill allows a voluntary 15 percent rent hike and would free building materials from controls except for amusement and recreational construction.
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Washington
House
Congressional Committee
House- Senate
Senate
Congress
Monroney
Oklahoma
More Showers Forecast For Harvest Eager Plains
Weather forecaster H. C. Winburn warns Panhandle farmers to expect widely scattered thundershowers tomorrow. He notes a risk the rains may fizzle unless southwesterly winds prevail, avoiding cold air moving in from the northwest.
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Panhandie
H. C. Winburn
Mr. Winburn
Amarillo Weather Outlook and Warmth Rise
The forecast covers Amarillo and vicinity with high thin clouds and warmer conditions this afternoon, little temperature change tonight, and scattered thundershowers possible Wednesday. West Texas remains clear to partly cloudy with a few storms in the Panhandle, and New Mexico shows scattered afternoon thunderstorms in the mountains. Highs near 90, lows around 63, noon 92. A Regal Co. Insurance Real Estate.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Runaway Pennsylvania Boy Sought by Clergy and Police
Clergy and law officers search for 16 year old George Barnett Fairchild Jr who came to the Panhandle to work after leaving home over scholastic grade disputes. He was last seen June 6 after leaving a debutante party in Ambler with a dark blue 1941 Oldsmobile bearing Pennsylvania A-1597.
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Pennsylvania
Panhandle
Ambler
George Quarterman
G. Barnett Fairchild
George Barnett Fairchild
Bishop Quarterman
Fairchilds
Amarillo
Young Fairchild
Cruse-Kempler Company
Huntingdon Valley Country Club
Jester Approves Major Texas Budget Bill
Governor Beauford H. Jester signed the $42,691,480 General Department Appropriation Bill, the largest in state history, funding two fiscal years starting Sept 1. The measure adds 200 state highway patrolmen, new police cars and radios, and 600 thousand for prison cell blocks, with salary increases for workers and $21.65 million in year one.
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Austin
Beauford H. Jester
General Department
Jester
Comptroller
George Sheppard
Retrieve
State Health Department
Bob Calvert
Comptroller's Office
W. O. Reed
Sheppard
This Boozer Loses When He Snoozes in a Bed
In Edinburg Jose Merced Gallinos, described as a big-time character, drank and wandered into a strange woman's bedroom mistaking her for her husband. He slept through police arrival, resulting in a $25 fine as justice noted he could have faced $100 if intentional.
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Edinburg
Jose Merced Gallinos
Joe
Jose
Justice of the Peace
Clayton Baird
Amarillo Western Week name up for grabs next day
Amarillo prepares for Western Week with a judging panel narrowing 3 000 entries to about a dozen. The Range Riders and Will Rogers group plan a parade June 30 to July 6 with seven rodeos and daily parades. Delbert Dalby notes a final choice will be made in the morning. Lucky Moeller's orchestra will provide music for three dances and events, while Billy Foust performs fiddle prize routines.
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Amarillo
Delbert Dalby
Thomas Dinner House
Exchange Club
F. H. Foster
Coordinating Committee
Tex Thornton
Lucky Moeller
Billy Foust
Moeller
South Fillmore Split Over Canyon Highway Route
South Fillmore residents are divided on rerouting Canyon Highway. A group opposes changes and urges maintaining current routing to protect schoolchildren, while opponents want to move the highway to better serve Amarillo. Petitions totaling 123 signatures seek a new route and wider South Fillmore.
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South Fillmore
South Fillmore Street
Patrick B. Kelley
Fillmore
Haskell Beaver
Buchanan
A. A Hallquist
Tenth
Amarillo
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W. F. Quebe
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Sixth and
Jefferson
San Jacinto
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