Map Shakeup For Congress
A Senate House committee proposes drastic reforms to Congress to curb a constitutional crisis. The plan would cut standing committees from 32 to 16 in the Senate and from 48 to 18 in the House, limit members to two and one major assignment respectively, and include pay raises and a pension plan. Strong opposition, especially from Southern Democrats, is anticipated.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
House
Congress
Livestock Men Reorganize Panhandle Association
The Panhandle Livestock Association met at Amarillo Hotel for its first gathering since 1944. Jim Weymouth was elected president with Lee Bivins as vice president and Bill Eakens as secretary. A draft resolution urged Congress not to extend price control measures beyond June 30. The meeting honored pioneer cowboy Bones Hooks with a white carnation.
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Panhandle Livestock Association
Amarillo
Jim Weymouth
Lee Bivins
Bill Eakens
Chansler Weymouth
Jack Roach
Congress
Miles Bivins
Bones Hooks
Amarillo Weather Forecast Mixed Clouds and Colder Temps
Weather bulletin for Amarillo and surrounding areas notes partly cloudy skies and colder air today with northerly winds 25 to 35 mph. Tonight remains cloudy and colder with temperatures near freezing, then Tuesday cools further. West Texas shows partial clouds with scattered showers in Panhandle and South Plains, strong southerly winds shifting to north tonight into Tuesday. New Mexico: clouds tonight in north, partly cloudy south, scattered showers in higher elevations, then colder after Tuesday with 20 to 30 mph winds today diminishing tonight. Highs Tuesday reach 50 to 60 in north and 60 to 70 in south. End of 24 hours: high 78, low 42, noon 52.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Interior
New Mexico
Claims New Texas Record For His Farm's Milk Cow
Bluff View Farms operator J T Lively states his cow Lincoln Lillian set a Texas record by yielding 10,918.2 pounds of milk and 561.6 pounds of butterfat in 333 days. Alma, milking twice daily, produced 11,860 pounds and 533 pounds of butterfat, ranking Lincoln Lillian first in butterfat.
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Dallas
J. T. Lively
Bluff View Farms
Here
Texas
Lincoln Lillian
Bluff View
Alma
Lively
Jesse Jones Hospitalized After Influenza Attack
Former Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones has been hospitalized at Le Roy Sanitarium since Tuesday due to influenza. His wife said he is improving and likely to be discharged in a few days.
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New York
Jesse Jones
Secretary of Commerce
LeRoy Sanitarium
Fat Stock Show Exposition Opens In Amarillo With Grand Bull Prize
The eighteenth Amarillo Fat Stock Show Exposition opened featuring grand championship honors to a senior bull calf consigned by Cecil Carr Paducah Mischief Return. Bud Minor Canyon earned reserve champion bull with Playboy 226th as junior calf winner. Poland China pig champion was Bill Burrow Tulsa, heavy class winner, while Alphonse Kleman Nazareth took light Poland China honors.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Cecil Carr
Paducah
Mischief Return
Carr
Playboy
Bud Minor
Canyon
Herb Hogan
Fort Worth
Minor
Mr. Hogan
Poland
Bill Burrow
Tulsa
Homer Brumley
Hereford
China
Alphonse Kleman
Nazareth
Hogan
Western Stock Yards
Stanley Johnson
Whiteway Grocery
FFA
A & P Tea Stores
Dallas
A & P Commission
J. H. Sears
W. A. McSpadden
Eddie Johnson
Charlie Gamble
Sam Page
Longchamp's Cafe
Whiteway
Introducing Miss Amarillo Reaction Sparks Global Debate
Global reaction mounts after Russia delays troop withdrawal from Iran. In Washington the Iranian ambassador asks the US to protest but claims action on his own initiative and not on his government.
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Russia
Iran
Washington
United States
Britain asks USSR for Iran withdrawal clarity amid border clashes
Britain's Foreign Office formally seeks an explanation from Moscow for failing to withdraw foreign troops from Iran by the March deadline. In Tehran, fighting outside the parliament between rightists and the Tudeh left forced a session cancellation with four injured and six arrests. Iran urged the U.S. to protest to the Soviet Union over the continued presence of troops, while parliament debated terms of any withdrawal.
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Moscow
Iran
Tehran
Britain
United Nations Security Council
Hussein Ala
United States
Soviet Union
James F. Byrnes
Great Britain
Russia
Security Council
Tudeh
Failure to settle major labor disputes rattles nation
The Associated Press reports renewed efforts to end two top labor conflicts faltered. The United Auto Workers oppose a GM plan to let 175000 idle members vote by secret ballot on a prolonged strike, while GM pushes for a nationwide wage comparison and a back to work ballot. Separately, the Long Lines workers threaten a Thursday strike amid 800000 idle in various disputes with announcements on other labor actions across the country.
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CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Uawcio
General Motors
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
John J. Moran
Long Lines Telephone Workers
National Federation of Telephone Workers
San Francisco
In His Steps Chronicle Opens in Globe Serial
The Globe begins publishing Rev. Charles M Sheldon's best selling novel In His Steps chapter by chapter. Sheldon died February 24 in Topeka Kansas, with the book selling over 36 million copies and translated widely. The excerpt centers on Rev Henry Maxwell drafting a sermon about following Christ's example when a shabby visitor interrupts.
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Charles M. Sheldon
Topeka
Kan
Globe
Sheldon
Bio
Topeka Daily Capital
Jesus
Christ
Henry Maxwell
France and Britain Agree to Withdraw From Syria
Paris reports that France and Britain have agreed to pull all troops out of Syria by April 30. The announcement confirms a coordinated withdrawal plan between the two allied powers.
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France
Britain
Syria
Paris
French Foreign Office
Sandies Open State Tourney Against Brownwood
The Golden Sandstorm basketball team faces Brownwood in the State high school tournament opener at 7:15 PM Friday in Austin. Sandies seek victory to advance in the event.
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Austin
Golden Sandstorm
Brownwood Cagers
Sandies
Dems Rally To Save Truman Housing Plan In Congress
Washington March 4 Democrats stake congressional prestige on a bid to salvage the administration housing program. Robert Hannegan directs a last minute push to secure votes from 239 House Democrats as price control setbacks and a $600 million subsidy proposal loom.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Chester Bowles
Capitol Hill
Robert Hannegan
Truman
Administration
Hannegan
House
Mr. Truman
10 Dead In Rioting In Alexandria Egypt
Anti British rioting spread across Egypt with ten people killed and more than 170 injured in a gun battle at the British Naval base in Alexandria. Dispatches describe mobs burning cafes and hotels while feuding police squads confront the attackers as gunfire echoes through central streets.
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Cairo
U.P
Egypt
Alexandria
United Press
Finnish President Mannerheim Resigns Office
Helsinki reports Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim resigns as president of Finland due to ill health. He traveled to Portugal for recovery and is 79. A cabinet meeting was set and Premier Paasikivi was to address the nation by radio.
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Helsinki
U.P
Carl Gustav von Mannerheim
Finland
Mannerheim
Portugal
J. K. Paasikivi
Truman and Churchill Head to Missouri for Westminster College
President Truman and former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill left by train for Putton Missouri where Churchill will give a major address at Westminster College the next day. Russell Stationery Co advertising at end.
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al Fresno
California Conference of Machinists
Harry W. Brown
International Association of Machinists
General Electric Co
Philadelphia
Quaker City
CIO Electrical Workers Union
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Washington
Truman
Winston Churchill
Putton, Mo
Churchill
Westminster College
Personal Message From Franco Carried To Truman
The Exchange Telegraph reported in a Lisbon dispatch that Francis Cardinal Spellman carried a personal message from Generalissimo Francisco Franco to President Truman. No source was given and no confirmation appeared elsewhere.
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London
Exchange Telegraph
Lisbon
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Francisco Franco
Spain
Truman
Churchill to Speak Here Tomorrow at Deaf School
Children at the Missouri School for the Deaf will hear Winston Churchill tomorrow with interpreters repeating the program in sign language. The event is being held in Fulton Missouri with accommodations for deaf attendees.
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Fulton, Mo
Missouri School For the Deaf
Winston Churchill
U C Fleming Wins News Tip Contest
U S Fleming of Route 3 Box 556 takes first prize of 5 dollars for a tip on a large cotton mill fire that destroyed two buildings. Elmer T Preeman earns 3 dollars for a raccoon on a porch tip and Moody Alexander wins 2 dollars for reporting a boy dragged 50 feet by a car door handle.
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U. S. Fleming
Elmer T. Preeman
Lipscomb
Amarillo
Moody Alexander
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