Widespread Thunderstorms Halt Wheat Harvest Across Panhandle
Harvest activity slowed as thundershowers drenched the Panhandle South Plains delaying wheat work. Rain totals ranged from a quarter to an inch with the heaviest falls recorded near Amarillo, Adrian, Follett, Lubbock, Panhandle and Spearman. Weather official H C Winburn forecast more storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle-South Plains
Wheatlands
Amarillo
Adrian
Follett
Lubbock
Panhandle
Spearman
Mr. Winburn
South Plains
J. B. Kidd
Plainview
Floyd
Hale
Swisher
Kidd
Abernathy-Hale Center
Petersburg
Floydada
Floyd County
Silverton
Happy
Hall County
Memphis
Winburn Dimmitt
Crosbyton
Far
Raymond King
South Central
Claude
Clarendon
Dalhart
Dumas
Hereford
Miami
Pampa
Shamrock
Stratford
New High For Corn On Board of Trade In Chicago
Chicago June 20 U P reported July corn futures rose to 2.00 a bushel the highest ever paid on the Board of Trade. Prices opened near 1 99 and climbed after weather and export demand threats boosted outlooks for the harvest in the Panhandle South Plains and surrounding regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Board of Trade
Rent Bill Faces Extension Decision After Senate Action
President Truman weighs whether to extend rent controls or let them lapse with a new puzzler on his housing plan. The Senate approved extending controls through February 29 1948 with a 15 percent uptick allowed for leases past December 31 1948. The measure also lifts nonresidential building curbs except for recreational venues, drawing warnings from Housing Expeditor Creedon about potential harm to the housing program. Senator Sparkman called the bill better than no law, noting that failure to pass would end controls June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Senate
Frank R. Creedon
Credon
Sparkman
Alabama
Action On Dooley Promised
Washington reports final Senate action on four Texas federal job nominees before the weekend. Nominations approved by the Judiciary Committee include Marvin Jones Amarillo as chief judge of the Court of Claims Henry Mourland San Antonio as Western Texas district attorney and Frank Potter Fort Worth as Northern Texas district attorney Joe B Dooley Amarillo named federal judge for Northern Texas awaiting Senate consideration with opposition led by W Lee O Donnell last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Marvin Jones
Amarillo
United States Court of Claims
Henry Mourland
San Antonio
Texas
Frank Potter
Fort Worth
Joe B. Dooley
Dooley
Jones
W. Lee O’donel
O’daniel
Penna Upsets Hogan In PGA Tourney First Round
Tony Penna, Cincinnati golf pro, defeated defending champion Ben Hogan 3 and 1 in Detroit ending Hogan’s run in the 29th PGA. Penna shot 60 for 17 holes, seven under par, as Demaret also fell to Earl Martin 2 and 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
U.P
Tony Penna
Cincinnati
Ben Hogan
Jimmy Demaret
Ojai
Cal
Earl Martin
Inglewood
Penna
Little Ben
Kennedy's Stand on German Surrender Story
President Beaten , a Says Reds Plotted Double Cross on German Surrender Kennedy said he also learned that the Russians wanted the surrender news held up 36 hours. They intended to announce it in Berlin and make the Berlin show the big one with the Russians dominating everything. Kennedy drove from Santa Barbara to Amarillo to address the Texas Newspaper Publishers Association luncheon. He defied pledge rules when he learned the Germans were announcing surrender, sought permission from the censor, and released the story to London. He described the censor as confident military control blocked by no time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Berlin
Reims
Santa Barbara
Cal
News Press
Texas Newspaper Publishers Association
Amarillo
London
Corre
Porter Speech Titled Must at Texas Newspaper Meet
Texas press leaders at the Herring Hotel convene for a three day session with a dinner speech by Paul Porter former head of OPA and ex FCC chairman offering insights from his Greece trip on the presidential Greek Economic Commission. Committee reports contest awards and officer elections crown the event. Rep Marshall O Bell of San Antonio led See PRESS Page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Press Association
Texas Newspaper Publishers Association
Herring Hotel
Paul Porter
OPA
Federal Communications Commission
Greece
Marshall O. Bell
San Antonio
Texas
House Overrules Truman Veto on Labor Control Bill
The House voted 331 to 83 to pass the Republican labor control bill over President Truman’s veto. Supporters held almost a four to one majority as the Senate nears a veto override, with Democratic backers signaling likely two thirds. The vote was called and the chamber acted quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Jinks Retires After 45 Years With Fort Worth & Denver
Jinks Mode-railroader fighter vaudevillist civic worker storyteller announces retirement as superintendent of the Fort Worth & Denver Railroad effective June 30. He joined as brakeman on December 13, 1900s, with a World War I captain service as a brief interlude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jinks
Fort Worth & Denver
Jinks Mode a lifelong Amarillo rail man and civic figure
Jinks Mode born 1882 in Alvord Wise County rose from brakeman to superintendent of the railroad in 1926 and served as a longtime civic leader in Amarillo. He helped steer the Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development while raising a family of three with Selah Foster Mode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mode
Amarillo
Board of
City Development
Chamber of Casine
Jinks Mode
Mr. Mode
Selah Foster
LeClair
Iowa
Wichita Falls
Alvord
Wise County
Bequests To Three City Institutions From Amarillo Widow
The will of Frances C. McLoughlin provides about 5000 to the Amarillo College loan fund for girl students and 5000 to the Children's Home. A bequest of about 3000 is for the Potter County Tuberculosis Association. Residuary clauses and a codicil set pro rata distribution if estate value differs from 31000. Probate set for June 30. executor is W. F. Nix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children’s Home
Amarillo College
Frances C. McLoughlin
Potter County
Potter County Tuberculosis Association
McLoughlin
M. McLoughlin
Amarillo
Monroe
Curley Ordered to Start Sentence June 26
Mayor James H. Curley of Boston must surrender in Washington on June 26 to begin a 6 to 18 month mail fraud term. His lawyers may file a medical certificate and seek a short delay due to his illness in Cohasset Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James H. Curley
Boston
Curley
Cohasset
Mass
Justice Department
Weather Summary for Amarillo Vicinity and West Texas
Partly cloudy with warmer conditions and scattered thundershowers across Amarillo and West Texas. Not as warm on Saturday with similar chances of storms, and New Mexico expecting showers today and Saturday. Temperatures reached a high of 78 degrees and a noon reading of 74 with nearly one inch of precipitation. Roller Palace hosts a Saturday morning party advertised by Williams-Boyce Agency for fire insurance on wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Worley votes against president in veto override
Congressman Eugene Worley of the Panhandle district was among 106 Democrats voting to override the President's veto in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worley
Eugene Worley
Panhandle
Congress
President Truman condemns Taft Hartley bill in tense House
The House ignored Truman's warning that Taft Hartley would raise strikes and push toward a managed economy. The president delivered a long veto message as AFL CIO members marched in opposition. He accused the bill of government dictation over free bargaining and planned to address the nation at 8 PM CST. Sen Robert A Taft, Ohio Republican, co authored the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Mr. Truman
AFL
CIO
Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Truman Invites 13 Senators to White House Lunch
President Truman met with 13 senators at the White House to win support for his labor bill veto. Only Barkley voted against it, and Young was the lone Republican. The guest list included Hatch O'Conor Fulbright George Russell McClellan Sparkman Umstead Connally Overton Raybank and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate
Truman
White House
Alben W. Barkley
Milton R. Young
North Dakota
Young and Barkley
Carl A. Hatch
New Mexico
Herbert R. O’conor
Maryland
J. W. Fulbright
Arkansas
Walter F. George
Georgia
Richard B. Russell
John L. McClellan
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
William B. Umstead
North Carolina
Tom Connally
Texas
John H. Overton
Louisiana
Burnet R. Raybank
South Carolina
Truman Veto Sparks Senate Battle Over Labor Bill
President Truman labeled a labor bill as dangerous to the economy and unworkable, forecasting more strikes and government intrusion. He cited nine objections, including expanded strikes and restricted collective bargaining, and warned the measure would harm both labor and management. Senate Republican whip Wherry signaled an override.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Kenneth S. Wherry
Congress
Truman
MacArthur Silent as Americans Seek Marriages to Japanese Women
Amid a House vote enabling non quota marriages to Japanese women, soldiers and civilians ask to wed in Japan. Gen MacArthur’s HQ would comment only after law passage, with officials hinting relaxed restrictions. Applicants plan to marry, naming Lawrence Kern and a Japanese actress in Kyoto, as scrutiny tightens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Tokyo
Army
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Stars and Stripes
Allied Command Headquarters
Lawrence E. Kern
Longview
Tex
Kern
War Department
Japan
Takahara Shizuchio
Kyoto
Army Counter-Intelligence Division
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. C. Winburn
Hogan
Globe
Clifford Holt
NEA
Gallup
Show-Walker Aluminum
Russell's
Taylor
EA. Regal Co
Edward Kennedy
Porter
Dential Greek Economic Commission
Fw&d
By Paul Timmons
Plains Chevrolet Co
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
the Roller Palace
Williams-Boyce Agency
Mutual Broadcasting System
John Maynard Lbr. Co
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!