Widow Had Warned Accused Slayer Her Husband Was a Desperate Man
Mrs. Inez Weatherby testified in the 47th District Court trial of Laurence Boyd that Boyd warned her husband not to interfere with Pauline Boyd and that Weatherby had warned he would kill anyone who tried. She said Weatherby had planned a divorce, moved out, and did carry a pistol and noted Pauline Boyd's gifts, funeral behavior, and visits.
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C. M. Weatherby
Laurence Henry Boyd
Weatherby
Inez Weatherby
Boyd
47Th District Court
City Hall
Weatherbys
Pauline
Lane
M. P. Boyd
Johnson City Wins to Face Marfa in ILT State Finals
Johnson City defeated Gruver 37 to 29 to earn the right to play Marfa in the conference finals of the Texas Interscholastic League state basketball tournament. Marfa beat Avinger 32 to 26, and Gruver faces Avinger for third place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Johnson City
Marfa
Gruver
John City
Avinger
Colder Weather Arrives in Moscow After Heavy Snowfall
Moscow experiences the year’s heaviest snowfall as colder air moves in. Temperatures are forecast to dip to around five degrees above freezing before nightfall.
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Moscow
Lewis Defends Coal Miners Rights Before Senate Panel
Senator Taft questioned John L Lewis as he accused the government of stifling collective bargaining in the coal industry. Lewis said no negotiations have occurred since 1946 and warned that any limit on labor's right to strike would resemble an absolute government. See LEWIS Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UMW
Washington
John L. Lewis
Congress
United Mine Workers Afl
Lewis
Senate Labor Committee
Supreme Court
United Mine Workers of America
United Mine Workers
Senate
Klieg
United States
Committee
Robert A Taft
Taft
Adm
Ben Moreell
Five Hurt in Icy City Car Collisions
Five people sustained minor injuries in multiple icy crashes overnight and this morning. A three car wreck at East Tenth and Roberts around 8:40 p.m. injured three, including J. L. Williamson and Garland Garrett of 1316 East Fifteenth, with Garrett later treated for a head gash. A Glendale crash involving a California driver also left injuries, while Mrs Elva Wright of 1521 North Mirror is reported under treatment for bruises. Police noted a near collision between W. E. Crocker of Bakersfield and F. H. Ferman of Alhambra, which caused Ferman to skid into a telephone pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Tenth
Roberts
J. L. Williamson
East Fifteenth
Northwest Texas Hospital
Garland Garrett
Garrett
Mr. Williamson
William Vaught
Bivins
E. R. Scott
Auditorium Hotel
California
W. E. Crocker
Bakersfield
Cal
F. H. Ferman
Alhambra
North East Eighth
North Garfield
Ferman
Elva Irine Wright
North Mirror
No Change in Building Tieup
Construction jobs contracted by Associated General Contractors members are disrupted as they refuse to recognize union status of common labor. A shutdown occurred in Amarillo with skilled workers on non general contractor projects. Ed Musick stated craftsmen can return only under pre union conditions. K S Reynolds avoided agitation, stressing job preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated General Contractors
Common Labor
Amarillo
J. E. Nicholson
Builders Trade Council
Ed Musick
General Contractors
K. S. Reynolds
Texas Panhandle Home Builders Association
Truman Broadcast Heard In Moscow On U S Government Link
Russian listeners heard President Truman speak on an American government broadcast to Russia. The Moscow reception was reported as perfect and included a two minute segment from Truman’s Waco Texas address with a Russian translation. No figures on audience were given by the American embassy.
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Moscow
Truman
Russia
Waco, Tex
U. S
Baylor Loses Support Over Racing Bill and Parimutuel Bets
Houston oilman George H. Echols announced canceling a $10,000 gift to Baylor Medical College due to Baptist opposition to legalized betting in Texas. He will fund a $1.25 million racing plant near Houston and may build a $3 million quarter horse track across the Sabine River in Louisiana if the pari mutuel bill fails. He cites tax revenue for teachers and war veterans as benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
George H. Echols
Baylor Medical College
Texas
Echols
Sabine
Louisiana
Beaumont
Thieves Strike Wimpy's Ham Burger Stand Twice
In Houston on March 7 thieves broke in and stole nine car tons of cigarettes and manager John Tantoya's hat. Two nights later a second break in yielded eight cartons of cigarettes and the hat was returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Wimpy
Hamburger
John Tantoya
Polish accuse U S ambassador of anti Polish campaign
Warsaw reports the Polish government accuses U S Ambassador Arthur Bliss Lane of launching an anti Polish campaign in the United States harming Polish American relations. It criticizes his statements upon arriving in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
U. S
Arthur Bliss Lane
United States
New York
Rabid Foxes Plague East Texas County
Citizens in Jasper County plan a meeting to discuss rabid foxes after fifty people in Sabine Newton and Jasper Counties are under rabies treatment. Meetings are set for Newton and Sabine, with an extermination campaign tentatively starting March 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Jasper County
Jasper
Sabine
Newton
Amarlio Area Weather Forecast Plus Local Event
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas with cloudy intervals and milder conditions. New Mexico expects partly cloudy skies with scattered mountain snow flurries and warmer northeast. AHS skates at Roller Palace Friday night on Sixth and Jefferson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
Pecos
New Mexico
AHS
Roller Palace
Sixth
Jefferson
Three Killers Die In Electric Chair for Six Dollar Murder
Three young Queens men paid $2 each to rob and kill in a drunken spree. Henry P. Suckow 24 Edward Koberski 72 and Edward Kabkoska 21 faced Sing Sing’s electric chair for the murder of Antonio Marchisella during a June night robbery. The men boasted of a second killing after Hy lands defended his girlfriend in Central Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossining
Sing Sing
Henry P. Suckow
Edward Koberski
Edward Kabkoska
Borough of
Queens
New York City
Dered Suckow
Kabkoskha
Keberski
Queens County
Antonio Marchisella
Marchisella
Joselyn Hylands
Yvonne Kenny
Central Park
Hylands
GOP Slashes Appropriations in First 1948 Bill
The House Appropriations Committee cut Treasury operating funds for 1948 by one third, to 1.671 billion dollars, despite Treasury Secretary Snyder warning the cut is rock bottom. Post Office funding was trimmed by 14.356 million from its request to 530.733 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Post Office Department
John W. Snyder
Odessa Telephone Workers Walk Out
Odessa March 7 telephone service disrupted as Southwestern Telephone Workers Union Local 3063 struck against local management. Western Electric maintenance and repair men joined in sympathy. Executives staffed switch boards to handle emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Southwestern Telephone Workers Union
Western Electric
Association of Communications and Equipment Workers Union
Ty Cobb’s Wife Sues for Divorce in California
Mrs. Tyrus Cobb filed for divorce in San Mateo Superior Court alleging cruelty and listing community property at more than seven million dollars. The case centers on the famous Georgia Peach of baseball lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Mateo
Cal
U.P
Tyrus Cobb
Georgia Peach
Predicts 15 percent rent increase despite committee action
Senator Hawkes of New Jersey forecast a flat 15 percent rise in rent ceilings when Congress acts, despite the Senate Banking Committee's move against an across the board boost. Buck, the panel chair, had supported a 10 percent rise, with leadership delaying final decisions into April amid party divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Hawkes
New Jersey
Republican
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
Hawkes
Buck
Delaware
Tobey
New Hampshire
OPA
Death ends seventh staged crisis for Philadelphia man
In Philadelphia on March 7 Daniel Clark aged 40 died after a staged death by hanging for the sixth time in a year. Police ruled the death accidental as the man apparently slept and slid down stairs while his family awaited his dramatic stunt. His wife and three children had endured five prior faked deaths. His son Daniel Jr. found him on the stairs with a rope around his neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Daniel Clark
Clark
Daniel, Jr
America’s Claim to Islands Is Assured
In Lake Success New York United States officials moved toward final approval of a United Nations Strategic Trusteeship agreement to legalize American possession of 623 Pacific islands once mandated to Japan. The pact grants full administrative and military control and the right to convert the islands into strategic bases as part of U S security plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
N. Y
U.P
America
Pacific
Japan
United Nations Security Council
United Nations
El Paso Sheriff Exonerated In Death of Cafe Operator
Sheriff Bill Carson of Hudspeth County was exonerated in the death of W. M. Doyle a Sierra Blanca cafe operator. An inquest heard Doyle lunged at the sheriff with an open knife at a rodeo arena near Sierra Blanca after the sheriff had ordered Doyle to stop his horse on the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
U.P
Bill Carson
Hudspeth
W. M. Doyle
Sierra Blanca
Justice of the Peace
John Milby
Doyle
Carson
Red Cross Big Gifts Drive Aims To Reach 30000
First day reports from volunteer workers show $3062.10 raised toward the $30000 goal. Jim Hudson, big gifts chairman, announced the early totals and tomorrow will publish a complete fund report. Big gifts workers target citizens pledging $25 or more, with the women's division led by Mrs. Pete Knight delivering solicitation packages. Roy Cloninger urged all general solicitation end by March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Big Gifts Committee
Jim Hudson
Big Gifts
Pete Knight
William B. Dierssen
Roy Cloninger
Marshall Leaves Paris for Berlin and Moscow
Secretary of State George C. Marshall departed Paris by plane today en route to Berlin for a day before continuing to Moscow for the Big Four conference. He conferred with the French premier and president and laid a wreath on the Unknown Soldier tomb at the Arch of Triumph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U.P
George C. Marshall
Berlin
Moscow
Marshall
Gay Nineties Revue At Municipal Auditorium Tonight
The Gay Nine Ties Revue plays at 8:15 tonight in Municipal Auditorium with music and tabloid scenes from 1849 to 1947. Tickets are 1.20 for adults and 75 cents for children, at the door, with proceeds benefiting the American Legion Building Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Auditorium
American Lesion Building Fund
Sun Melts Ice on Panhandle Highway
Ice cleared from Panhandle roads as sun warms blanks over the region. Auto Club reports ice stretching from Abilene to Albuquerque and Denver, with a 37 degree high this afternoon and 22 degree low tonight. Saturday looks partly cloudy and warmer. Amarillo reports 20 below last night versus Tucumcari at four below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
American Automobile Club
Abilene
Albuquerque
Denver
English Field
Amarillo
Tucumcari
N. M
Lilienthal Nomination Delayed By Senate Atomic Energy Panel
The Senate Atomic Energy Committee postponed its confirmation vote on David E. Lilienthal and other nominees to the Atomic Energy Commission until Monday. Chairman Hickenlooper said the delay allowed un named members to clarify questions, with a vote set for 10 A.M. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ross
Ross
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
White House
Greece
Truman
Washington
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Three Nazi Chieftains of Warsaw Executed
Three former Nazi district chiefs in Warsaw were hanged at Mokotow prison for mass executions of Poles and destruction of the capital during the occupation. The executions occurred on March 7 in the capital, Warsaw.
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Warsaw
Mokotow
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King Features Syndicate
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