Non-Operating Unions Reach Rail Wage Settlement
The White House brokered a pay deal for about one million non-operating railroad workers. unions gain 12 1/2 cents an hour immediate raise plus quarterly cost of living adjustments starting April 1, retroactive to Feb 1. Productivity raises may follow July 1 if allowed by stabilization rules.
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Washington
White House
Mits
Organized Labor
United Labor Policy Committee
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Former DA Goes Free in Slaying
In San Angelo on March 1 a district court jury acquitted former District Attorney O Neal Dendy of murdering Ray Elmc Canada, a tenant on a farm. The state sought the death penalty after a Jan. 16 shooting sparked by a farm argument over damaged feed. Canada’s widow testified her husband was shot as he approached a house where Dendy paused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Atty
O'Neal Dendy
Ray Elmc
Dendy
Canada
Bandit's Escape Car Found in Wichita Falls
The 1950 blue Ford coupe linked to Capt. Ray D. Harwood of the 3756th Students Squadron was identified as the getaway vehicle in yesterday's $33,000 paymaster robbery at Sheppard Air Force Base. Harwood and Cpl. John L. Hersch, just outside the finance office, were approached by a fatigued bandit, who forced them toward the north gate. Harwood escaped to seek help while the bandit fired once. the corporal escaped later after the car slowed near an intersection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Sheppard Air Force Base
Ray D. Harwood
3756Th
Harwood
Finance Office
Sheppard
Cpl
John L. Hersch
Pioneer Airlines
Joseph Henry Dowd
Dallas
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Lowry Field
Denver
Jim Morrison
Amarillo
Civil Air Patrol Squadron
Exell
Morrison
Aeronca
Dumas
Bill Spencer
Glenn C. Edds
Dowd
Edds
Spencer
Potter County
Curtis Travis
Blackburn-Shaw
Justice of the Peace
Fred Short
CAP Squadron
Amarillo housing drive eyed to meet defense needs
A Amarillo lumber man predicts 9000 new housing units within a year driven by defense projects at Pantex and Amarillo Air Force Base. He cites relaxed credit, material availability, and labor as keys, with 484 starts this year and a goal of 5000 new homes.
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Lowell
Amarillo
Atomic Energy Commission
Pantex
Amarillo Air Force Base
Munday
Chamber of Commerce and Home Builders Association
Mr. Munday
Reynolds
Federal Housing Administration
Mickey Maguire
Texas Panhandle Home Builders Association
Jole Blow Wins Grand Champion at Amarillo Fat Stock Show
Jole Bion the quarter horse mare owned by Glen Casey captured the grand championship at Amarillo Fat Stock Show judging. It marked her fifth major show win this year and mirrored prior top honors in Denver Fort Worth Houston and San Antonio. The reserve went to Shenanigan Long owned by J W Long of Post.
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Jole Bion
Glen Casey
Amarillo
Denver
Fort Worth
Houston
San Antonio
Jimmie Dell Atkinson
Jose Blow
Chicago
Shennanigan Long
J. W. Long
Post
Fair Grounds
Farmers of America
High Plains
Jole Blow
Susie J
Ralph Jones
Claude
Curly Daughterty
Olton
Leathernecks Take Cloverleaf Hill in Korea Drive
American Marines seized the two main crests of Cloverleaf Hill near Hoengsong as part of a renewed push against Chinese forces in central Korea. The action matched broader allied efforts along a 60 mile front with tanks artillery and air support.
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Tokyo
Hoengsong
Korea
Manchurian
Fifth Air Force
Seoul
Sand Island
The
Han
Doughboys
Seventh Division
Maurice Roach
Memphis, Tenn
Two Hills
Twinnam River
StrandlundCharges RFC Officials Conspired Over Lustron Sale
Washington March 1 Carl G Strandlund accused RFC officials of a deliberate conspiracy to seize Lustron Corp and hand it to a ring including E Merl Young husband of a White House typist He testified before a Senate banking subcommittee investigating influence involving the Reconstrucion Finance Corp and disclosed a bristling 14 page statement detailing alleged pressure and threats by RFC Director Walter Dunham. President Truman declined comment as the hearings continued.
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Washington
Carl G. Strandlund
RFC
Lustron Corp
E. Merl Young
White House
Strandlund
Walter L. Dunham
Senate Banking
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Truman
N. J. William Fulbright
Arkansas
Young
Donald S. Dawson
Subcommittee
Dawson
F. L. Jacobs Co
Ilustron
Rex C. Jacobs
Jacobs Firm
River Misbourne Flows Again After Twelve-Year Drought
In Chalfont St. Giles England on March 1 villagers watched the River Misbourne flow for the first time in about 12 years. A local tradition says the river dries up before national calamities and reappears when good times come, having dried up before World War I and again in the summer of 1939.
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Chalfont ST. Giles
England
Misbourne
US Studies Moscow Note Cites Uncertainty on Paris Meeting
Washington reports the State Department says it is uncertain if a preliminary Big Four meeting will be held in Paris next Monday pending study of Moscow’s note. Moscow notes to US Britain and France reportedly accept a Paris session to prep for a later foreign ministers meeting. McDermott declined to confirm the conference will occur.
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Washington
State Department
Moscow
Paris
Moscow Dispatches
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Michael J. McDermott
Remodeling Loans Olver and Wiggins Amber Company
A notice in 1200 West Sixty area outlines remodeling loan options from Olver and Wiggins Amber Company. It details loan terms, eligibility, and application steps for homeowners seeking to finance home improvements. The item emphasizes local financing availability and contact information for inquiries.
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Olver & Wiggins Amber Company
Stanton Triumphs Over Adrian in Class B State Hoop Battle
In Austin Cayuga defeated Woodsboro 42 to 33 to reach the semifinals. Stanton eliminated Adrian 43 to 34 as Kenneth Henson scored 19 and perfect nine free throws. Adrian, a 29 student school, saw Jimmy Brown lead its scoring with 11 in a crowded town rally.
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Austin
Cayuga
Stanton
Woodsboro
Tiny Adrian
Adrian
Henson
Jimmy Brown
Thousand Marines Return From Front
One thousand First Marine Division veterans of the Korean war will arrive in San Francisco Monday aboard a transport. Six hundred are returning under the newly instituted rotation program. The remaining 400 are convalescing wounded.
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San Francisco
First Marine Division
Churchill Suffering From Boils Orders Rest, London
London March 1 Conservative Leader Winston Churchill is diagnosed with boils and ordered to rest for the next several days, the Conservative Party headquarters said. The advisory notes no change to his public duties.
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Churchill
London
Winston Churchill
Conservative Party
Weather report for Amarillo and West Texas
The Weather Bureau reports windy and warmer conditions in Amarillo and vicinity with highs around 62 today and 66 tomorrow, and low 34 tonight. West Texas will be generally fair and warmer, with New Mexico forecast for increasing cloudiness and possible showers or snow flurries west of the continental divide Friday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Continental Divide
Export controls tighten on Russia bound shipments
Washington reports that all exports to Russia and its satellites will require government licenses starting tomorrow, as announced by the Commerce Department. Marshall warns that without 18 year olds drafted, veteran reservists in Korea cannot be released. Government plans to permit a 314 percent rise in new car prices. Truman asks Congress for 1.454 billion dollars more for defense production and civil defense programs.
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Washington
U.P
Russia
Commerce Department
Marshall
Truman
Congress
Canadian Man Wounds Wife, Takes Own Life
A 65 year old retiree from Cana dian killed himself in Santa Monica after shooting his wife Irma Lee Roberts 52 in the head and chest. She is in critical condition. The couple had been living with Mrs Freemond in Santa Monica after a divorce filing.
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State Highway Department
Santa Monica
Cal
Amarillo
William Allen Roberts
Irma Lee Roberts
Haskell Marshall
van Buren
Roberts
California
Souri Valley Construction Co., Inc
North East Third
Plot to avenge Noble death revealed in Kefauver tape
A Kefauver Senate Crime Committee hearing featured a wire recording detailing a plot tied to Dallas gambler Herbert Noble and his wife’s 1949 death. Dallas Lt. George Butler testified about a March 1950 taping aimed at mediating Noble and Benny Binion. The testimony links Las Vegas Flamingo crowd to the Costello network and names alleged conspirators.
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Wire-Tap
Dallas
Los Angeles
Kefauver
Senate Crime Committee
Herbert Noble
George Butler
Senate
San Francisco
Artie Samish
California
Butler
Dallas Motor Court
Harold “Hal” Shimley
Noble
Benny Binion
Las Vegas
Binion
Hes
Nevada
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Tree Tire
Ricks Maguire
West Lawn
K. S. Reynolds
Troy Jones
Jones
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
Associated Press
JOSEPH_HENRY
US Studies
the Weather
US Weather Bureau Report
Bulletin
Noble Butler
Frank Costello
New York
South
Texas
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