Dewey Trails on First Ballot at Republican Convention
On the first roll call at the Republican convention Gov. Thomas E. Dewey stood 114 votes short of the 548 needed, with totals showing Dewey 434, Taft 224, Stassen 157, Vandenberg 62, Dirksen 1, and others. The second ballot was anticipated as Dewey’s aides aimed to win decisive support as states reconsidered their endorsements.
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Sulletin
Philadelphia
E. Dewey
North Dakota
Missouri
Dewey
Associated Press
United Press
Thomas E. Dewey
Taft
Stassen
Vandenberg
Dirksen
Reece
Driscoll
Green
Baldwin
Warren
Joe Martin
MacArthur I
Fed
Vanden
California
Gibraltar
Harold E. Stassen
Clarence Brown
Tion
Ohio
Arthur Vandenberg
Texas
Convention
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Harold Stassen
Tclock
Martin
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
New York
Big Batch
Jim Shott
West VI
Nebraska
Saltonstall
Phantom burglaries hit four homes in Amarillo area
A busy nighttime thief entered four Amarillo area houses by removing window screens, stealing money and valuables. Victims at 804 Pierce reported purses with $25 and $7 later found in yards. others lost wallets, a watch, trousers and a billfold. A prior night also yielded two more burglaries with similar methods.
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Amarillo
Plantom
Ach Place
Genevieve Smith
Pierce
J. E. Upton
Richard 2
J.C. Baker
East
Amarillo Summer Band Concert Opens in Sam Houston Park
The Amarillo Summer School Band performs at 8:15 p m Thursday in Sam Houston Park as the first in eight park concerts this season. Clyde Rowe directs the band with a grassy auditorium set for about 5 000 people. If rain arrives the concert will be postponed to next week under Jack Haas’s supervision.
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Amarillo
Sam “Houston
Clyde Rowe
Amarillo Golden Sandstorm
Jack Haas
Desk Factory Secured for City by Industrial Plan
Amarillo to house a new desk factory under the Amarillo Industrial Plan. The plant will build office desks chairs and school furniture with initial employment between 58 and 75 workers and potential growth. The project cost is capped at 27500 and will be repaid as a loan to the industrial corporation.
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The
Desk Manufacturing Company
Temple
American Desk Nation
Treme
Amer, Desk Company
Amarillo
Desk
Amarillo Industrial Plan, Inc
Desk Company
Industrial Corporation
Jesse Rogers
Hugo Loewenstern
Joy Taylor
Gene Klein
West Hilla
Chamber of Commerce
Cnames Ware
Paul Allingham
Amarillo Industries Plan, Inc
Rogers
Brashear
Simpson
Lipscomb
Around the Republican Convention and Westport Contacts
The piece recounts Mateel Howe Farnham and Charm navigating the Philadelphia convention opening, using connections to gain entry. It mentions figures like Louis Bromfield and political organizers, with notes on press doors, tickets, and the bustling setup. It also reports Amarillo Chamber efforts on industrial development and three local business projects.
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Mateel Howe Farnham
Philadelphia
Charm
Anita
Bellevue-Stratford
Louis Bromfield
Connecticut
Senator Baldwin
Carroll Reece
Bradley
Weather Outlook for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Partly cloudy conditions continue in Amarillo and vicinity through today tonight and Friday with only slight warming. West Texas expected to see scattered thundershowers east of the Pecos River with no major temperature changes. New Mexico forecast calls for fair skies today tonight and Friday with warmer conditions in the north portion. Highs around 84 and lows near 43 degrees.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Pecos River
New Mexico
West Hills
Ballot tally list shows Dewey and Taft statewide results
Fragmented OCR shows vote tallies by state and candidate for a Dewey Taft contest with many counties and regions named. The text lists Dewey and Taft counts across multiple states and territories, followed by a stray line of home improvement items such as screen doors screen wire paint and coat.
Clay defies red squeeze on Berlin in wartime glare
In a bold remark Clay says war reporters may endure, asserting Berlin can only be driven out by war. He cites Russian tactics amid the day after rail feed shipments to the city were halted from Western Germany. Reports say water service falters in parts of the French sector with dawn power cuts in the Soviet sector.
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Berlin
Clay
Germany
Berlin Crisis Moves Food and Coal Deliveries Halted
U S and allied occupation authorities react as Western Berlin receives about 2000 tons of food for nearly 2 million people while coal shipments are stopped. Secretary Clay contends Western Allies will not be slowed by Berlin moves or any Warsaw actions as plans for governance in western Germany proceed.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Sss
Armes Mugut
Warsaw
Satiel
Germany
Clay
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Carl Loewenstern
West Hill Ranch Homes
Gorrous
Mateel_ Howe Parcham
Westport
Gene Howe
Ken
Cleveland News
Tex
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Slick
Grete Blatt
John Calvert
Ryan Newton
Tradewind Airport
Ector
Maxine Conrad
Robbie Boggeman
Dorothy Williams
Calvert and Company
State Theater
Ornia
Colorado
W. Mar
New Jersey
Mexico
Stas
North Carolina
Blase
Arate
South Carolina
South Dakota
Berer
Tennessee
Dewer
Fee
Vermont Bower t'Stassen
Eomornia
Dewey Io
Tastie
Enegamin
Western
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