Cohen says he is too broke to testify in Texas hearing
West Coast gambler Mickey Cohen told Austin reporters he cannot afford to travel 1,200 miles to appear before a state crime investigating committee but would testify if expenses were advanced. He said he could answer questions by phone. House leaders expect him to appear Tuesday, and subpoenas have been issued for other Texans tied to his case.
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U.P
Mickey Cohen
Cohen
Texas
Fred V. Meredith
Meredith
Amarillo
GLOBE
Gomb Atlantic
Associated Press
United Press
Great Plains
California
Ruben Senterfitt
Senterfitt
Charles Murphy
House Crime Investigating Committee
Murphy
el Paso
Los Angeles
Maurice Blumenthal
Blumenthal
Texas House of Representatives
Dusty dawn over Panhandle sparks soil erosion alerts
The northern brownish horizon signaled dust from Western Kansas moving into the Texas Panhandle. Weatherman Walter Watts reported light dust but northerly winds up to 35 mph with gusts to 45. Potter County ag agent Art Bralley warned emergency tillage may be needed as dry, wind-exposed fields suffer erosion, especially wheat.
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Kansas
Texas Panhandle
Walter Watts
Art Bralley
Potter County
Missing Air Force transport plane over Atlantic
The Air Force reports a large transport plane with 53 aboard is missing on a flight from the United States to England over the Atlantic. Among the passengers identified is Brig. Gen. Paul T. Cullen, deputy commander at Barksdale Field, Shreveport Louisiana, en route to an undisclosed European destination.
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England
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Suffolk
Cullen
Bikini
Strategic Air Force
Surrender ends hiding for two Amarillo men in Hawaii tale
Two Amarillo men, David Lawrence Davis and Lawrence Theodore Allen, aged 20 and 21, surrendered at the postal inspector's office in Amarillo after a nationwide search. They are charged in federal cases of burglarizing post office substations and face Potter County indictments. They had been described as part of a burglary and hijacking ring, aided by reports of a missing C-124 transport over the Atlantic.
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Troy Martin
Amarillo
Federal Building
David Lawrence
Sonny” Davis
Lawrence Theodore
Ted” Allen
East Sixth
Potter County
Mighty Patton tanks lead surprise Korean front breakout
US paratroopers, tankmen, infantry and planes struck near Seoul in a tenacious offensive. The 187th Regimental Combat Team dropped behind enemy lines and linked with armored units from Seoul at Munsan, driving North Korean forces back and pushing toward the 38th parallel.
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Growndon
Munsan
Tokyo
Korea
Imjin
Chunchon
Pukhan
Japan
United Nations
38Th Parallel
Hawkins
Uijongbu
8Th Army
187Th
Frank S. Bowen
Matthew B. Ridgway
Eighth Army
Bowen
Ridgway
United Press
Jack Burley
Missing 1930 kidnapping mother vanishes again in Chicago
Mrs. Catherine Moroney, 39, widow mother of 2 year old Mary Agnes abducted May 15, 1930, by a woman posing as a social worker. Husband Michael, 50, reports she has been missing since Monday while family hopes she prays away.
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Chicago
Catherine Moroney
Michael
Mary Agnes
The Look That Floored Him
Wesley Hammock wrecked his car near his home on Wednesday night and crawled out unhurt. He walked home, then returned to the scene early Thursday morning, and, upon seeing his demolished car, fainted. Police disclosed today.
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Baytown
U.P
Wesley Hammock
O'Dwyer's Troubles Mount as Senators Seek Review
Senator Tobey urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to examine Ambassador William O'Dwyer's position in light of crime committee hearings. Testimony in New York tied O'Dwyer to a $10,000 gift from John P. Crane when O'Dwyer was mayor. Crane claimed $55,000 given to Moran, who resigned as New York water commissioner amid pressure from Mayor Impelliteri.
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Tobey
New Hampshire
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
William O'Dwyer
Senate Crime Committee
O'Dewver
New York
Crime Investigating Committee
John P. Crane
Uniformed Firemen’s Association
O’dwyer
Crane
James J. Moran
New York City
Moran
Vincent R. Impelliteri
AFL International Association of Fire Fighters
Hew
John P. Redmond
Lee O'Dwyer
Oil Operators Elect Officers and Gen Thompson Speaks Tonight
The Mid-Continent District of the American Petroleum Institute elected new officers this morning with Harold E. Berg of Tulsa named district chairman. He succeeds Glenn M. Stearns. New secretary treasurer is W. J. Mercier of Wichita, Kansas, succeeding Fred Nessage. District vice chairmen include Wilbanks, Vern Morris, W. D. Maxwell, J. Max Harbison, and T. Stauffer from various companies across Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and Illinois-Indiana. Gen. Thompson scheduled to speak tonight.
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Harold E. Berg
Mid-Continent
American Petroleum Institute
Berg
Tide Water Associated Oil Company of
Tulsa
W. J. Mercier
Atlas Corp
Wichita
Kan
Fred J. Nessage
West Pampa
Harry Hoars
Wilbanks
Bethlehem Supply Co
Seminole
Oklahoma
Vern Morris
Sohio Petroleum Co
Pauls Valley
Kansas
W. D. Maxwell
Carter Oil Co
Great Bend
Texas Panhandle
J. Max Harbison
Kewanee Oil Co
Pampa
Illinois-Indiana
T. . Stauffer
Sun Oil Co
Evansville
Ind
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Weather Report for Amarillo and West Texas
The US Weather Bureau notes dusty, cooler conditions this afternoon with freezing temperatures expected tonight. Dust settles Saturday with continued cool weather. High today near 55, low 27, with 57 expected tomorrow and 81/39 in the past 24 hours. west Texas will be partly cloudy and cooler. New Mexico sees generally fair conditions with strong winds and cooling later.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
West Texas
South Plains
New Mexico
Ex-Rubber Boss Rips President
William M. Jeffers former World War II rubber program chief blasts President Truman in a letter to Vice-President Barkley. He says taxes are excessive and condemns current policy as wasteful, urging Senate action for better government principles. Jeffers, retired Union Pacific president, mails the note March 16 from Pasadena, Cal.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
Federal Rubber Program
Truman
Jeffers
Barkley
Union Pacific Railroad
Senate
Pasadena
Cal
Sam
Pantex Award Goes to Lubbock Firm for Amarillo Plant
The Atomic Energy Commission announces Walden Fulton and Payne of Lubbock won the contract for new construction at the Amarillo Pantex plant area. The work includes a one story administration building transportation shops steel ramps rehab of ramps and utilities at the 4000 acre site. Completion time is 230 days from notice to proceed.
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Amarillo
Army halves April draft call to forty thousand
Washington dispatch reports the Army will cut the April draft call from 80,000 to 40,000 due to rising volunteer enlistments and a drop in Korean casualties. The brief notes the decision was announced by the Army and cites staffing and casualty trends as the rationale.
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Washington
Hill Number One to Be Shown on 40 Million TV Audience
Hollywood reports that the weekend movie Hill Number One will reach about 40 million viewers as all 107 U.S. stations and four networks air the Family Theater production. The program features Ruth Hussey Joan Leslie Gene Lockhart and others and uses flashbacks from Hill 46 on a Korean battlefield to retell the Resurrection and Crucifixion. A radio version will also air worldwide on Sunday via MBS and the Armed Forces Radio Service with stars like Irene Dunne Howard Keel and Pat O'Brien.
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Calgary
ABC
CBS
NBC
Dumont
Ruth Hussey
Joan Leslie
Gene Lockhart
Jeanne Cagney
Leif Erickson
Regis Toomey
Roddy McDowell
Family Theater, Inc
Family Theater
MBS
Armed Forces Radio Service
Aida Albanese
Marina Koshetz
Jeff Chandler
Irene Dunne
Howard Keel
William Lundigan
Pat O’brien
Rosalind Russell
Robert Ryan
Cleancher Lynch
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