Vandenberg urges hearings before backing Truman aid plan
Senator Vandenberg urged open hearings on extending credits to Greece and Turkey, insisting Congress must review details of aid before backing Truman's request for 400 million dollars. He met with Patterson Forrestal and Acheson after a Foreign Relations Committee session to discuss information access and UN limitations.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Michigan
Congress
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Patterson
Forrestal
War and Navy Departments
Acheson
Ment
Vandensere
Tru
United Nations
Britain and Turkey Welcome Truman Greece Turkey Plan
London reports British officials greet President Truman's Greece and Turkey aid proposal. Turkish Premier Yeker and Greek circles praise the speech as in line with Western views on sovereign states. Moscow warns of U.S. interference as Communist outlets attack the plan and label it imperialist.
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Associated Press
London
Brlisin
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Congress
Foreign Office
Crowed
Trumpatement
Europe
Anél
Istanbul
Recep Yeker
United States
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Treuman
Gil
More
Mey
Russia
Eircles
Communist
Daily Worker
Varker
United States Faces Widening Military Cutbacks Abroad
President Truman’s foreign policy moves raise urgent questions about reducing armed strength overseas. War and Navy officials weigh whether to hold or increase manpower, with focus on the Mediterranean where no major combat units are present but strategic forces and selective service policy loom.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Congress
War and Navy
White House
Mediterranean
Dayton
Portsmouth
Providence
Atlantic
Caribbean Sea
Army Grouns
Mediterranean Theater
Rome
Trieste
Adriatic
Army Arts
AAF
Germany
AAP
President Truman Self Quoted On Vacation Telegram Response
Key West March 13. President Truman plans no actions while at his retreat besides awaiting Moscow and capitals' reactions to his Congress speech. Chin Ross says about 20 favorable telegrams reached him during the weekend, with Eben Ayers noting telegrams rising toward hundreds. the President will loaf during this period.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Moscow
Congress
Chin G. Ross
White Mouse
Washington
Eben Ayers
Ross
Marshall Seeks Offensive Denazification Policy
Secretary of State Marshall told foreign ministers in Moscow that the United States is disturbed by reports of former Nazis in the Soviet zone of Germany seeking to join the Socialist Unity Party. He cited 12,000,000 investigated, 200,000 tried, and 270 removed from office, and urged keeping U.S. denazification aggressive while opposing party linkage.
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Moscow
Maron
Marshall
United States
Germany
Socialist Unity (Cormunist
U.S
Allied Control Authority
Allied Control Council
U. S
Weather Summary for Amarillo Vicinity and West Texas
Clear and cold for Amarillo and vicinity with light winds. Tonight colder with lows around 25. Friday fair but warming. West Texas: clear to partly cloudy and colder in Del Rio Eagle Pass area this afternoon. Panhandle and South Plains to Pecos Valley eastward colder 26 to 32. Friday clouds and easing cold. New Mexico: fair today tonight and Friday with occasional strong winds this afternoon. Warmer in north central portions later today and tonight.
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Amarillo
Dimi
West Temas
del Rio-Eagle
Pass
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Soviet Refining Equipment Shipment Denied by Congress
Washington reports that the House Appropriations Committee rejected a State Department request to authorize sending 26 trillion dollars worth of refining equipment to Russia. The Senate committee had refused earlier. Chairman Taber said the action blocks continued appeasement and noted lend lease provisions bar shipments after December 31, 1946. The rejected package included pipelines and related gear obtained for Russia but not shipped before the cutoff.
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Washington
Charman Taber
New York
House Appropriations Committee
State Department
Russia
Senate Appropriations Committee
Taber
Spai
Rail
Jefferson
John Moynard
McNarney Rejects Red Charge on German Troops in U S Zone
General McNarney dismissed Molotovs claim that German units were kept in service in the American occupation zone. He said the charge was completely rejected. Baton Rouge faced torrential rains and high winds marooning many residents.
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McNarney
Frank Pua
Joseph T. McNarney
V. M. Molotov
Germany
Molotov
U. S
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Sympathy Walkout Ties Up Building Sessions
Thousands of Texas telephone workers walked off the job in a state wide stoppage that began with a night supervisor dispute in Odessa and spread to Amarillo Fort Worth Corsicana and other cities. Emergency calls were routed, long distance service limited, and building work halted as operators joined continuous meetings and sympathy walkouts. Dallas Houston Austin and additional towns planned joins as negotiations continued in St Louis between Southwestern Bell and the union with the US Conciliation Service.
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Amarillo
Western Electric
Telephone Company
Ninth and
Tyler
Fort Worth
Corsicana
Vernon
Denison
Grimesville
Pampa
Wiehita Falls
Dallas
Houston
Austin
Odessa
West Texas
Victoria
St. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Southwestern Telephone Workers Union
U. S. Conciliation Service
Phil Stewart
Southwestern Fell
Pitones Paige
Tack in Lung of Mother Fatal After 21 Years
Oklahoma City paper reports Mrs Lloyd J Lower 23 died after 21 years with a tack lodged in her lung since infancy. Surgeons had planned bronchoscope removal as seven abscesses fed poison. she left two young daughters, four and eight months, at her death.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Lloyd J. Lower
RKO
Move To Rush Labor Measure Blows Up In Austin
A reported senate move to rush pending labor bills collapsed as the Texas Senate adjourned to 4:30 pm Monday. Chairman Sen. Buster Brown said little. observers noted discussion of right to work and public utility strike bills, with no action taken. A separate Balkan probe team reportedly faced a border setback.
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Austin
Senate
Antion
Buster Brown
Temple
Tee An Mavarama
Receipts Reported for Red Cross Booths in Amarillo
Reports from two Red Cross booths in Amarillo show contributions of 170 dollars at the Amarillo National Bank lobby and 33 dollars at the post office yesterday despite bad weather and light downtown traffic. Mrs. E B Meyer led the bank booth and Mrs. F X McLaughlin the post office booth as volunteers from the women’s division plan to finish by next week. Jim Hudson, big gifts chairman, notes about seven to eight hundred dollars not yet reported, raising expected big gifts to roughly 11,500 dollars, though final totals will come later.
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Red Cross
BE. B. Meyer
Amarillo National Bank
First National Bank
American National
E. B. Meyer
F.x. McLaughl
Jim Hudson
Big Gifts
Johnny
Hudson
After Two Years Affliction Victim of Hiccoughing Dies
Dayton Ohio report details William G Wells who hiccoughed for 17 months before dying of pneumonia after two years of ailment defying medical cures. His case drew national attention in 1946 with letters telegrams and calls from across the United States and several countries.
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Dayton
O. Maren
William G. Wells
Wells
Union
England
France
Australia
Wisconsin Governor Goodland Dies of Heart Attack
Wisconsin's Gov Walter H Goodland died at 84 from a heart attack in bed at the executive mansion. He served as governor since 1943 after acting for the late Gov Elect Orland Loomis and was re elected in 1944 and 1946.
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Goodland
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Maren
Walter
Orland S. Loomis
Confusion Persists As Builders Clash With Contractors
Dispute between the Associated General Contractors and Building Trade Council halts some site work at Dr. A B Goldston clinic project. Walter Wirt relinquishes contract. painters and carpenters walkout tied to union card issue. Several other Walter Wirtz projects remain active. If trades return, clinic may be ready next week.
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Associated General Contractors
Building True Council
A. B. Goldston
Tenth and
Parker
Ecarpenin
ATC Anneeeween
Walter Wirt
Goldston
Dr. Goldston
Cline
Albert Randal
Johnson
Walter Wirls
Star Machine & Foundry Go
Lincoln
Golden Light Coffee Co
West Tenth
Clowe & Cowan
Ed Mussele
AGC
I. E. Nicholson
Building Trade Council
Ing. Fergenner
Nicholson
Wil
Randall Building Company
Walter Wirtz
K. S. Reynolds
Texas Panhandle Home Builders Association
General Cone
Panhandle near clean up after heavy snow storm
Snow storms crippled Panhandle highways Bad weather delayed buses and blocked Highways 153 273 117 between Pampa Borger Lefors Perryton Booker and Stratford to Lamar Texas Wishway and Continental Trailways worked to resume service as plows cleared drifts. Officials expect quick road reopening as temperatures rise and moisture totals reach 7 inches for March.
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Panhandle
Pampa
Borger
Lefors
Canadian
Pampas Wheeler Highway
Texas Wishway Department
Perryton
Booker
J. M. Warris
Highway Department
Stratford
Lamar
Colo
Continental Trailways
Wheeler
Wx Mill March
White Deer
Weather Bureau
British Labor Government Wins Vote of Confidence
London reports the British Labor government won a party line vote of confidence in the House of Commons 371 to 204 after three days of economic policy debate. Opposition leader Churchill failed to win a no confidence motion, defeated 374 to 138.
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London
U.P
Britain
House of Commons
Commons
Winston Churchill
Masked Bandits Rob Bank In Tel Aviv Heist
In Tel Aviv at noon masked men armed with guns robbed the Ashruf Bank and escaped with $60,000. The incident occurred in the heart of the city, drawing police and witnesses to the scene. No injuries reported.
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Bank
Heart of
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Ashruf Bank
Mexican Town Under Guard After Political Clash
Federal troops patrolled Llera, a small town 40 miles south of Ciudad Victoria, after an armed political clash left several people dead. The incident prompted authorities to enforce security measures amid ongoing tensions in the region.
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Ciudad Victoria
Mexico
Maren 13
Llera
Here
Helly
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Tester
House
Atty
Gem Price Daniel
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Balkan
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Yugosia
Cam
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