Street Repair Cost Survey Is Launched
Amarillo launches a survey to see how much street repair can be done with about 100000 dollars. Public Works Director H R Smith acts on City Manager N V Moss instructions with a 1942 bond fund of around 400000 dollars to fix the worst streets including Tenth Avenue Tyler and Taylor.
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Amarillo
H. R. Smith
N. V. Moss
Smith
Moss
Tenth Avenue
Tyler
Taylor
Lawrence Hagg
New City Recreation Director Named for Amarillo League
Jack Haas named new director for the League funded city recreation program and Youth Center in San Jacinto to start before April. He will manage the summer park recreation project and bring years of youth and adult program work including Pomona and San Bernardino roles. He is 37, lives at 3809 Harrison, married with a young son, and served in the 41st Infantry Division during World War II.
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Mans
Paul Bradford
Lordsburg
San Jacinto
Seventh
Carolina
League
Amarillo
Haas
Pomona
Cal
YMCA
San Bernardino County
Jasper
Ala
National Youth Administration
Ordnance
41St Infantry Division
New Guinea
Philippines
Hans
Hub Clothiers
Harrison
Weather Preview Del Rio Eagle Pass And Amarillo Area
Weather report outlines mostly cloudy skies across Amarillo and vicinity with scattered showers today tonight and Friday. Warmer today then cooler Friday with mixed precipitation in New Mexico mountains and Del Rio Eagle Pass area. Temperature ranges show 58 high 40 low in some zones amid light winds and scattered showers.
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Amarillo
del Rio-Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Merbergs
Russians Held in Paris Under Suppressed Union Activity
Eleven Russians were detained by French police in Paris on charges of covertly reorganizing the banned Union of Soviet France. Trials and details about related matters such as financing and loans appear in the report.
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PRIS
Paris
Union of Soviet
France
Defense chief urges ceiling boosts to all services
Secretary Forrestal told the Senate Armed Services Committee that ceilings on Army Navy and Air Force manpower must be raised possibly enabling a draft of more than 340000 if Congress approves. He backed revival of the draft and Universal Military Training saying a draft is needed to obtain required manpower.
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Washington
Forrestal
Military High Command
Army
Navy
Air Force
Congress
Secretary of Defense
Senate Armed Services Committee
Truman
Cenimur Mumypunk
South Carolina
Royall
Germany
Europe
United States
Bat
Sullivan
Dis Rurrestal
Umit
Senate
K Ha
Truman Criticized Over Crisis Claim Amid Global Reactions
Moscow accused President Truman of creating a crisis for political gain as Western reactions formed around his anti Communism push. In Rome Cardinal Tisserant denounced Marxist doctrine as a grave danger to religion while de Gasperi urged unity against Soviet influence.
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London
Moscow
Truman
Rome
Mr. Truman
Congress
New York
Henry A.wallace
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
America
Eugene Cardinal Tisserant
Alcide de Gasperi
Cut Train Service To Save Coal
Washington March 18 AP The government orders a 25 percent cut in coal burning passenger train service due to a coal mine shutdown. The wartime Office of Defense Transportation says the reduction is necessary as coal stocks are low and rail operations are affected. The order bars substituting Diesel locomotives and bans coal powered Carnival trains and special passenger service. Talks with mine leaders and labor officials are planned and exploratory.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Bureau of Mines
Cyrus 8
Ching
Ezra van Horn
Opera
John L. Lewis
United Mines
van Horn
Lewis
Much Talk Few Enlistments Follow Truman Declaration
Local reaction to President Truman’s selective service proposal drew crowds but few enlistments. Amarillo area recruits voiced interest in Reserve benefits and officer programs while many teens delayed commitment awaiting draft outcomes. Naval Reserve lines reported confusion over status and potential mandatory service.
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Truman
Don
Amaril
Jessie FE. Williams
Reserve Corps
Vandale
Imprisoning and Cruelty To The Lines Childhood Charged to Two Spinsters
Los Angeles reports two elderly women, Maria Clavey and Mary Vella, charged with imprisoning and mistreating a group including Bessie Dinsmore, 27, John Wayne, 12, and Mary Reichel, 8, in a dingy Venice shack behind an un named restaurant. Police found the confined trio after opening a trunk.
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Los Angeles
Bessie Dinsmore
Miss Dinsmore
Maria Clavey
Joseph Ila
Rains Forecast to Aid Dormant Wheat Growth
Walter Watts of the US Weather Bureau at English Field forecasts rain today through Friday. Scattered showers are expected with improving moisture conditions. Temperatures trend upward with a high near 63 today and a low around 44 tonight. tomorrow's high about 58.
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Walter Watts
US Weather Bureau
English Field
Public backs stronger Army Navy and Air Force in survey
A nationwide poll shows voters favor increasing military size and readiness. Respondents endorse an Army in uniform and a more powerful Air Force, reflecting concern over Soviet timetables and a shift from past doubts about air power.
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American Institute of Public
Opiinceton
Russia
James F. Byrnes
United States
Ree Na Sean Ee
James Forrestal
Czechoslovakia
Navy
Trade Trip Dates Shift To May 4 6
Trade Trip dates for the South Plains and Pecos Valley route moved from April 21-23 to May 4-6. Bob Howle chair of the chamber committee announced the change after a meeting. West Texas State College band will travel to Clovis April 24, prompting the reschedule.
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South Plains
Pecos Valley
Bob Howle
Good Will and Trade Development Committee
Chamber of Commerce
West Texas State College
Clovis
Howie
Buffalo
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Texas
New Mexico
Canyon
Happy
Tulsa
Kress
Plainview
Hale Center
Abernathy
Anton
Littletiel Amherst
Sudan
Muleshoe
Carlsbad
Artesia
Hagerman
Dexter
Roswell
Elida
Portales
Farwell
Bovina
Hereford
Howle
U S Officials Parachute to Safety in Berlin Crash
Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor and nine other Americans parachuted from a crippled C 47 over Berlin. Taylor was hospitalized with a sprained back and cuts while others had minor injuries. The crew and passengers were returning from Nuernberg after a conference with Gen. Lucius D. Clay. The bomber crashed in fog after a hard landing, with four survivors admitted to base hospital in good condition. Ten killed and four injured when a B 29 from Spokane base crashed in Tampa further reports.
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Berlin
Telford Taylor
Taylor
Reid
Maine
MacDil
Army Headquarters
Benjamin B. Forenes
New York
Nuernberg
Melaney
Ferenex
Cernor
Lucius Din
T. Squires
Templehot
Squires
George G. Byrnes
MacDill Field
Byrnes
Roy Walsh
Tampa
Fla
Spokane, Wash
Vandals Strike Catholic Church. Sister Attacked by Snake
Houston police sought a group of vandals who broke nine church windows and struck a Catholic sister with a live snake. Investigators said the rocks missed several congregants as the vandalism continued over several days and a priest urged capture and punishment.
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Houston
Unie
Italy Considers Return of 40 Ships to Italy
Giornale Della Sera reported Russia would return 40 Italian ships in a gesture to aid Italian Communists during the election campaign. Naval and Communist sources echoed the claim while Italian officials denied knowledge of any plan. Political insiders noted strong support for the Communist effort.
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OME
Giornale Della Sera
Russia
Italy
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