380000 Idle in Walkouts Across Meat Packers and Coal Mines
Picket lines formed at meat packing plants as CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union called out 100000 members at 12:01 am. More than 280000 soft coal miners walked out, threatening to engulf most of the industry. Truman urged delay, but the strike proceeded, targeting a 29 cent hourly wage increase while coal workers seek pensions and broader concessions. Mediation officials considered government involvement as the nation faced a widening labor crisis across 140 plants and 200750 miners in 12 states.
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Associated Press
CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union
Truman
Special Board of Inquiry
John L. Lewis
Washington
UMW
Lewis
CIO
No Shortage Of Meat Likely Here In Amarillo
Local meat industry figures predict no meat shortage in Amarillo despite a nationwide CIO United Packinghouse Workers strike. Only one major packing house in town is affected, with Armour & Company plants in Oklahoma City and Fort Worth cited as the primary causes of potential shortages. Fort Worth and Oklahoma City units have been hit by walkouts, while Swift & Company and Cudahy & Company reports vary by plant and union affiliation.
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Vayip
BASCO
Amarillo
CIO United Packinghouse
Pinkney Packing Co
CIO
Armour & Company
Oklahoma City
Port Worth
Armour
Feadline
Fort Worth
Ar- Mont
G. L. Curtis
Amarillo Armour
A. F. Tobin
Swift & Company
Swift
Dallas
National Cio
EC. Quigley, Jr
Cudahy & Company
Cudahy
Wilson & Com, & Company
Boy Injured in Hit and Run Driver Sought in Amarillo
An Amarillo youth, Herman Roop, 14, suffered a broken leg when struck by a car this morning on West Tenth between Crocket and Bonham. Police seek the driver, a reportedly frightened Black woman who left the scene. the incident follows a second child injury yesterday. The injured boy was taken to Northwest Texas Hospital. the driver remains at large. <end>
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Amarillo
Herman Roop
T. M. Roop
Bryan
Stuart Baldwin
M Helen Montgomery Baldwin
Baldwin
Northwest Texas Hospital
Roop
West Tenth
Crocket
Bonham
Northwest Texas
Herman
John Anderson
Serge Anderson
Reuben L. Borge
West
Holy Land A Threat To Peace Debated by World Powers
The United States Russia and France agreed a threat to peace exists in Palestine but China voiced reservations delaying final UN Security Council recommendations. Four powers seek more time to reach unanimity as Trygve Lie hosts talks at Lake Success. The UN Palestine Commission warns of spring bloodshed. meanwhile a plane wreckage is found near Jugueri with six aboard dead.
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Dew Yard
Ouaren
United States
Russia
France
Palestine
United Nations Security Council
China
T. F. Tsiang
Trygve
Lake Success
United Nations Palestine Commission
Holy Land
Women charged after dog set afire in Gastomia
Police report two women were arrested on cruelty to animals charges after pouring a bleaching compound on a German Shepherd and setting it alight. The dog screamed, fled, and later died behind a store after officers destroyed it.
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Gastomia
J. C. Elliott
No Major Weather Change in Sight
PPTs drift through Amarillo with light clouds and blue skies, while Prospect sees no major change in weather before late Thursday.
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Amarillo
Prospect
Butane Tanker Crash Near English Field Evacuates Six Homes
A butane gas transport overturned near English Field early today causing a gas leak and evacuation of six nearby families. Three people were injured, including the truck driver J. C. Cornell and Wallace Wright, with Palmateer hospitalized for observation. No explosion or fire occurred as crews pumped out the gas and righted the vehicle. Highway 60 traffic was expected to reopen by mid afternoon.
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English Field
English Field Terminal
J. C. Cornell
Houston
Wallace Wright
Fillmore
M. A. Palmateer
Madison
7. C. Metcalf
Wright
Palmateer
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
Cornell
Wallace
St.Anthony's Hosspital
Blackburn-Shaw
English
Scrip- Russell
Santa Fe
Greendyke Transport Company
G. W. Faust
Roberts
Transport Company
Eisenhower as Democratic presidential possibility per Governor Jester
Gov Beauford H Jester says Dwight D Eisenhower tops potential Democratic nominees because his leadership could boost chances amid Russian threats. He notes public confidence in Ike and suggests war tensions might push Truman to defer civil rights fights.
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Associated Pres
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Beauford H. Jester
Eisenhower
Jester
Russia
Texas
Ike
MacArthur
Truman
General Eisenhower
Leonard V. Pinder
Manchester
Pinder
Finder
Look Magazine
Philadelphia
Ike Page
Anti Red Drive Moves Ahead In Toronto
A chaotic mix of dispatches reports Frank Wicks fined ten dollars for attempting to open beer bottles on a fire alarm box in Toronto. Meanwhile Western nations debated aid strategies as Truman plans to address Congress, with Italy, Greece, and Turkish funds under scrutiny and Sweden and Norway boosting defenses amid Communist concerns.
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Frank Wicks
Europe
Paris
Germany
Portal
Spain
Washington
Truman
Italy
America
Randolfo Pacciardi
Theovernment
Pacciardi
Sweden
Norway
London
Congress
Atlantic
Russia
Rent control extension proposed to June 30 1950
In a March proposal Democrat Melen Gahagan Douglas urged extending rent controls to June 30 1950 and rolling back wartime increases to OPA levels. The plan would undo hikes from voluntary leases between tenants and landlords as of March 16.
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Melen Gahagan Douglas
Mayor testifies on water line right of way in Randall County
Mayor Lawrence Hagy testified before a Randall County jury about city negotiations for a water line right of way spanning several miles. Real estate expert L A Decker and city engineer Marvin Nichols described land values and inflow plans while jurors W E Bennett Hosea Foster and Wilson Campbell listened in Canyon Texas.
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Lawrence Hagy
Randall County
Randal County
Canyon
Hagy
L. A. Decker
Marvin Nichols
Nichols
W. E. Bennett
Hosea Foster
Wilson Campbell
Amarillo
Wpholsters. Fabrics
Oleo Taxes Shelved by Washington Committee
The House Agriculture Committee voted 16 to 1 to shelve legislation repealing oleomargarine taxes. No repeal bills will go to the floor unless a discharge petition gains 218 signatures, which is uncertain. The fight pits dairy interests against oleo taxes, with uncolored product taxed at retail and manufacturer licenses in effect.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Group
Senate
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Washington
Ture Committee
Hope of
Kansas
Agricul
Legislaon
Capitol Hill
Amari Philharmonique Orchestra To Play At City Auditorium
The Amari Philharmonie Orchestra directed by Miss Lilian Phillips performs at 8:15 tonight in Municipal Auditorium, Smith, Arkansas, as the fourth concert in the 1947-48 symphony series led by Robert Louis Barron. Tickets sell until 5 pm at Southwestern Public Service. prices are 2.40, 1.80, and 0.60 for students.
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State College
Gueat Pearance
Amarillharmonie Orchestra
Municipal Auditorium
Smith
Ark
Lilian Phillips
Symphony Orchestra
Robert Louis Barron
Southwestern Public Service
Cattlemen's Convention Invited to Amarillo Bid
Amarillo plans to bid for the 1949 Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association convention. Chansler Weymouth, Amarillo cattleman, is association president as the 1948 session opens in El Paso. Baxtersaid hotel accommodations were secured before submitting the bid. Beauford H. Jester heads to El Paso to address the Texas and Southwest Cattle Raisers Association.
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Amarillo
Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Chansler Weymouth
Amarillo Cattleman
el Paso
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Weymouth
Jay Taylor
Merce
Jim Weymouth
Panhandle Livestock Association
Rex Baxter
Mr. Baxter
Austin
Beauford H. Jester
Texas and Southwest Cattle Raisers Association
Weather notes for Amarillo and West Texas region
The morning forecast reports scattered clouds and cooler conditions this afternoon with little temperature change tonight and slightly warmer conditions on Wednesday. West Texas remains fair to partly cloudy with cooler air, the Panhandle cooler tonight, and New Mexico expecting mixed sun and clouds with a cooler east portion. The 24 hour high reached 62 degrees with a 30 degree low and 45 degree noon reading. lgrn Boote-Army Boo te at Shane Herbert's SPR Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes-Insuranca.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Shane Herbert
SPR
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes-Insuranca
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