Acheson Says Communistic Governments Endanger U S Security
Under Secretary of State Acheson told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Communist dominated governments anywhere threaten United States security. He testified on Truman’s request for aid to Greece and Turkey and said public access to secret background papers should be considered.
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Washington
Acheson
United States
Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Judd
State Department
Morrow
New Hampshire
Stalin
United
Eaton
New Jersey
Congress
UAW Sets Wage Increase Demand at General Motors
UAW President Walter P. Reuther presented GM with a demand for general wage increases of 2 34 cents per hour across all classifications plus vacation pay and a guaranteed 40 hour work week. About 225000 GM employees in over 100 plants would be affected. The current general wage scale stands at 1 33 per hour and talks cover a one year term after the contract expired March 19.
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Louisville
U.P
United Automobile Workers Union
CIO
General Motors Corp
H. W. Anderson
General Motors
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
GMC
Reuther
Woman dies at 109 in Grayson County Texas
Mrs. Eliza Taylor aged 109 years 9 months and 15 days died in Van Alstyne Texas after living in Grayson County 52 years She came from Anderson South Carolina Survivors include daughter Mrs J C Hendrick of Van Alstyne 80 grandchildren 88 great grandchildren and 10 great great grandchildren
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Nan Alstyne
Tex
Eliza Taylor
Grayson County
Anderson
S. C
J. C. Hendrick
van Alstyne
Pattern for Germany Moves Forward In Moscow Meeting
U S Secretary Marshall and Britain's Bevin pressed plans for a federalized German government. The council invited Austrian representatives for talks on the Austrian peace treaty while Molotov promised visas for Austrians to Moscow. Bevin proposed a two house legislature and a nonexecutive president with strong state rights.
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Moscow
U. S
Marshall
Council of Foreign Ministers
Britain
Ernest Bevin
V. M. Molotov
Karl Gruber
Australia
Austria
Bevin
Germany
U. S. Senate
House of Representatives
Council
Car Plants Set Record Detroit
United States car and truck plants produced 107,230 units this week for a new postwar high. This compares with a revised 105,496 last week, a figure surpassing any week since 1941, according to Ward's automotive reports.
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Detroit
United States
Ward
Senate panel votes to extend rent controls to 1948
A Senate banking subcommittee unanimously approved extending federal rent controls to February 29, 1948, with local advisory boards to suggest decontrols or revisions and removal of controls on new and luxury housing. Administration of controls and state options were discussed, with no decision on a single agency.
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Washington
Senate Banking
John Sparkman
Alabama
OPA
Interior and Commerce Departments
National Housing Agency
Raymond M. Foley
House Banking Committee
Jesse P. Wolcott
Michigan
House Committee
Tax Cut for 50 Million Approved by House Group
The House ways and means committee voted 16 to 9 to approve a bill granting 20 to 30 percent income tax cuts for nearly 50 million taxpayers in 1948. The plan ranges 30 percent for those under 1000 dollars, 20 percent up to 302000 dollars, and 10.5 to 19 percent above that. The measure awaits floor action with a possible late Thursday passage.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Robert L. Coughton
North Carolina
Senate
Coughton
Harold Knutson
Minnesota
Dallas bakeries raise bread prices 3 cents a loaf
Small Dallas bakeries hiked prices by 3 cents per loaf this morning, seen as the start of a city wide general increase in bread prices. The move targets special bread types, signaling broader cost gains for shoppers.
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Dallas
Pleasant West Texas Weekend With Mild Temperatures
The Amarillo area expects continued mild temperatures this afternoon tonight and Saturday. West Texas remains fair with little temperature change. New Mexico sees widely scattered showers in the west with fair conditions elsewhere. High near 64, low 35. noon temperature 61.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Recreation Program To Be Laid Tonight In Ama rillo
A five park Summer recreation plan for Amarillo youths will be formed tonight by youth groups. The 8 pm meeting on the courthouse fourth floor is called by the Junior League project committee. City Recreation Council officers will be elected.
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Amarillo
Junior League
City Recreation Council
Louis N. Brown
Paul Bradford
League
Bradford
Meanest Man Takes Hospital Radio In Sailor Uniform
Northwest Texas Hospital attendants report a thief dressed as a sailor took a bedside radio from Mrs. Barbara Langham in her hospital room on West Ninth. She lent it for a moment claiming a buddy in the next room wanted to hear a program. The man vanished, and staff later recalled a sailor leaving with a radio.
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Northwest Texas Hospital
Barbara Langham
West Ninth
Marfa resident misses first Spring round-up since youth
MARFA March 21 W T Bill Jones 68 is hospitalized yet not critically ill. He laments missing the Spring round-up for the first time since he was 13.
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Marfa
W. T
Bill) Jones
Jones
Indictment Mystifies Dr Pepper in Sugar Conspiracy
Dallas based Dr Pepper Bottling Company's home office fights sugar rationing charges after federal grand jury in Albuquerque names 11 corporations and 36 individuals in eight states for conspiracy to divert over 1.25 million pounds of industrial sugar into the black market. Dallas officials await arraignment set for May 5 in Santa Fe.
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Dallas
Santa Fe
Petitions for New College Buildings Due
Petitions circulate to authorize a bond election for Amarillo College $350 000 buildings. Petitions must show 10 percent of qualified taxpaying voters signatures. School board aims to call the election for April 5. two other district elections include two new board members and a $2 million public school bond issue.
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Amarillo College
George Waddill
Waddill
Exemption Limits Raised for Farm and Elevator Buildings
The Office of Temporary Controls in Washington announces higher exemptions for building costs with no permit needed. Farm buildings up to 5 000 dollars on farms of five acres or more are exempt. grain coal or cement elevators up to 15 000 dollars may proceed without permit. Berlin reports Siam the surviving elephant dies of starvation after wartime bombings.
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Washington
U.P
Office of Temporary Controls
Berlin
Siam
Texan in Jail After Runaway Wife Pursuit with Gun
Albert Q. Seale, a 30s Texan with a pistol, is jailed on an assault with intent to kill charge after pursuing his estranged wife to Kansas City. His brother-in-law Erle Lamb is hospitalized with a leg wound. Seale’s bond is set at 5000 as he awaits circuit court trial.
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Kansas City
U.P
Albert Q. Seale
Erle Lamb
Maude Lamb
Seale
Park Central Hotel
Lambs
Young Lamb
Mickey
Eric
Out-of-Towners Mail Cash for Youth Center
Amarillo Kiwanis Club president Connie Hood says mail contributions to the Youth Center total $1,683 with $1,029 in today’s mail. Dr. Jason Robberson leads with $500, among other donors. list appears on page 3.
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Amarillo
Connie Hood
San Jacinto Kiwanis Club
Jason Robberson
Printing plant collapse injures five in Philadelphia
A large section of the fourth floor of the Philadelphia Inquirer's new printing plant under construction collapsed. About 20 workers were on the section when it gave way 45 feet to the ground. Five men were injured and taken to hospitals. no one was underneath.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Philadelphia Inquirer
U S Signs Military Aid Pact With Philippines
Manila March 21 President Manuel Roxas and Ambassador Paul V McNutt signed a military assistance agreement that provides American equipment and supplies to the Philippines armed forces.
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Manila
Manuel Roxas
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
United States
Two Texans Jailed In Robbery Assault
Vernon report states a manhunt spanning North Texas and Oklahoma led to the arrest of Frank Keller and Clayton Mitchell both 22 of Vernon on charges of rape and robbery with firearms. A third suspect remains at large. The investigation began after a 20 year old Wilbarger County woman told Sheriff Edd Luttrell she was robbed of 19 dollars and assaulted on a rural road, then driven home and threatened.
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Vernon
Texas
Oklahoma
Frank Keller
Clayton Mitchell
Decatur
Wilbarger County
Edd Luttrell
Here
Spring Brings Blooming Texas as Spring Arrives Early
Texas enjoys record warmth with no freezing readings statewide as Amarillo and Pampa report 35 degrees. H O Winburn notes first day of spring with highs near 70, and forecasts call for continued mild weather and little rain across the Panhandle. Asphalt shingles and large stock lumber advertised by John Maynard Lumber at 800 W South.
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Globe
J. Howard Miller
Amarillo
Audrey Yarbrough
Hughes
Spring
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Panhandle
Pampa
H. O. Winburn
John Maynard
Nazi Butcher To Hang for Murdering American Fliers
In DACHAU Germany March 21 AP Jurgen Stroop ex SS general and 12 others were sentenced by a U S military court to be hanged for murdering captured American fliers Stroop smiled at his wife upon hearing the judgment He faces extradition to Poland for leading Warsaw Ghetto massacres costing 50 000 lives Seven others got prison terms from 15 to three years One was acquitted
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Dachau
Germany
Jurgen Stroop
U. S
Stroop
Poland
Warsaw Ghetto
Wilhelm Goehrendt
New York Meeting Seen as Rebirth of German American Bund
Rep. John McDowell said a New York City gathering last week resembled a Bund revival with about 100 attendees of various ages. He cited pro Germany sentiment, calls for a just peace for Germany, and reference to wartime German slave labor, noting possible similar groups in Chicago.
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New York
Washington
U.P
Pennsylvania
New York City
John McDowell
United States
Chicago
Germany
McDowell
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Knutson
Rules
E. A. Regal Co., Insurance-Real Estate
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes— Insurance
AHS
Roller Palace
Sixth
Jefferson
Indictment Mystifies
Dr. Pepper
Ayers Blocher
Criminal Division of
Circuit Court
Out-of-Towners
Russell Staty
Taylor
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