Meat shortage fears rise as OPA price ceilings bite
Meat packers and retailers allege drastic slaughter cuts and a looming shortage blamed on OPA price ceilings and a thriving black market. Joseph W. Stevens warns of unprecedented scarcity as Kansas City plants slow, 1,000 workers laid off, and eastern order buying eyed in Chicago.
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Associated Press
OPA
Joseph W. Stevens
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Omaha
Sioux City
Des Moines
Tulsa
Louisville
Los Angeles
Indianapolis
San Antonio
Wichita
Topeka
Oklahoma City
Midwest
Death toll mounts in California Army plane crashes
In northern California two Army planes crashed killing 33 service members. A C 47 wreck near Hobart Mills Sierra Nevada yielded 23 bodies buried in snow. A B 29 high on a 3820 foot peak near Livermore held seven crewmen, origin Hickam Field Honolulu, engine trouble reported beforehand.
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San Francisco
California
Sierra Nevada
Hobart Mills
Truckee
Cal
Stockton
Ogden
Utah
Livermore
Hickem Field
Honolulu
Amarillo and Vicinity Weather Outlook
Weather Bureau forecast for Amarillo and West Texas through Thursday with variable high cloudiness and warm temperatures today then cooler tonight. Strong NW winds Thursday morning, scattered showers in Del Rio Eagle Pass Pecos Valley eastward, and colder conditions west portion tonight and Thursday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
el Paso
Pecos Valley
del Rio Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Continental Divide
U. S. Back Iran Protest as Kurds Reported Attacks
United States prepared to back Iran in a United Nations Security Council case against Russia amid signs no major changes before Monday’s session with Iran Iraq and Turkey. Tehran reported Kurdish attacks on three Iranian garrisons in the northwest and dispatch of planes for defense. The Russian and Western sides argued over Franco Spain and other postwar issues at London and in Moscow New Times attacked imperialist circles in the United States.
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United Press
United States Today
Iran
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Washingtons
Andrei Vishinsky
London
Spain
France
UNO
Franco
United States
Great Britain
Security Council
Council
Italy
Albania
Tehran
Moscow
New Times
Henry A Wallace
New York
Silent shooting mystery in Tulsa ends with funeral
Walter Fowler, a truck driver, died from a gunshot in Tulsa. Police traced the suspect to a fourth floor Amarillo Hotel room in a loading yard area near a deactivated gun found with shells. The suspect’s address was fictitious and investigators suspect accidental discharge. Funeral services were held in Tulsa for Fowler.
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Otive
Walter Fowler
Tulsa
Amarillo
Fowler
Morrow-Thomas Hardware
E. M. Vanderslice
The
Amarillo Stotel
Smith & Wesso
St. Louis
Bill Adams
Spring Arrives Tonight Amid Warmer Weather and Wind
The official start of spring comes at 11 33 tonight as warmer conditions spread across the area. Winds from the south will reach 20 to 30 mph today and tonight, shifting to northwest tomorrow for a cooler feel. Yesterday reached 66, this morning 40, above normal.
Three-Way Fight in Mukden Reported by US Correspondent
An American newsman reports on Mukden amid a Communist siege with Nationalist forces, Russian prisoners, and Japanese artillery. He details martial law, disrupted rail traffic, and fighting around Suchiatung as Soviet troops pull back and Chinese forces hold the city.
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Reynolds Packard
Mukden
Harlow Church
Nea-Acme
Teh Ho
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U.P
Sinmin
Suchiatung
Navy
Changchun
Daireng
Yamato Hotel
Intourist Hotel
Chinchow
Swindell Attacks Socialized Medicine At Drug Convention
Dr. R R Swindell president of the Potter County Medical Society spoke at the West Texas Pharmaceutical Association convention in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel. He warned socialized medicine is political and urged support for private enterprise over government controlled plans. He praised aid to states for venereal disease tuberculosis and maternal child health but opposed federal public health service for all beneficiaries and government run prepaid plans. He noted VA hospital abuses and urged private enterprise. The program included Virginia Montague cosmetics editor, lunch at Southwestern Drug Corporation, and demonstrations and talks culminating in a banquet and dance.
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Potter County Medical Society
West Texas Pharmaceutical Association
Herring Hotel
Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Public Health Department
Swindell
Congress
Veterans Hospitals
Omar Bradley
Veterans Administration
Virginia Montague
Cosmetics
Dallas
Southwestern Drug Corporation
Old Tascosa
W. M. Deaton
United State Bureau of Mines
Amarillo
John McCarty
Globe News
J. W. Landsdowne
Eli Lilly and Company
Crystal Ballroom
Phil Phillips
Says Reds Couldn't Fight War
Col Conrad H Lanza, retired U S Army officer and field artillery observer, reports in a survey that Soviet Russia faces critical shortages in labor and military supplies and food. He notes past wartime materiel came from the United States and British Empire, but that flow ended with the war. Russia cannot produce enough food and supplies for immediate needs or potential future war.
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Washington
Russia
U. S. Army
Conrad H. Lanza
Field Artillery Journal
Europe
Middle East
Soviet Union
United States
British Empire
Lanza
Farm Machine Strike Offer Motives Settlement and Recalling GM
The International Harvester Company offered an 18 cent hourly wage increase to 30 000 CIO Farm Equipment Workers if they end their two month strike and settle other bargaining. The union accepted the figure after a presidential fact finding board recommendation. government price relief was previously sought. GM recalls maintenance staff to prep plants pending union approval. auto production resumes depend on locals.
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Associated Press
International Harvester Company
CIO
Wage Stabilization Board
Detroit
General Motors Corporation
United Auto Workers Union
Washington
Senate panel approves Walter Bedell Smith as ambassador to Russia
The Senate foreign relations committee unanimously approved Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith as ambassador to Russia. Smith, former Eisenhower chief of staff and Allied Supreme Commander in Europe, testified briefly and won a strong, unelaborated positive impression from Chairman Connally.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Walter Bedell Smith
Russia
Smith
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Connally
Texas
Soviet Food Data Asked By UNRRA Plenary
Assistant Secretary of State William Clayton urged the Soviet Union at the UNRRA Council to reveal Russia's food reserves and how much wheat it can supply to famine nations. He noted Moscow offered to sell wheat to France and urged alignment with United States aid efforts, citing intensified shipping and rail allocations to speed grain movement.
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Tokyo
Doolittle
Shangri la
United States
George Barr
Queens Village
Long Island
Barr
Nanking
Atlantic City
N. J
U.P
William Clayton
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Russia
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Clayton
UNRRA
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France
UNERA
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Seaboard
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