Government tightens building rules to speed veteran homes
The Civilian Production Administration ordered a nationwide halt on new commercial and industrial construction unless authorized, to free materials for 2.7 million homes for veterans. Existing projects may continue if materials were onsite, with price limits on small jobs and higher limits for major structures. A regional CPA office network and local advisory committees will review projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civilian Production Administration
National Housing
Wilson W Wyatt
CPA
John D. Small
United States
Federal Housing Administration
Meat shortage warned for U S cities by livestock expert
Washington March 26 UPI A livestock expert told Congress city consumers face the most acute meat shortage in history within six months. H M Conway research director of the National Livestock Producers Association urged removal of price ceilings and subsidies on livestock by June 30 warning of chaos in marketing and processing if not. He predicted higher prices for high grade cattle and cheaper prices for poorer grades with price freedom improving underlying profit margins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Congress
H. M. Conway
House Appropriations Committee Approves Vets Homes Fund
The House Appropriations Committee approved a $253,727,000 fund to provide temporary homes for war veterans and sent it to the floor for a vote likely tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
McGill Chemist Admits Sharing Explosive Details
Montreal March 26 Professor Raymond Boyer wartime chemist at McGill University admitted he gave details of a secret Canadian explosive to Fred Rose MP and that he knew the formula was entent br as Ganei and Diwan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
U.P
Raymond Boyer
McGill University
Fred Rose
Canadian spy case reveals RDX details in court
Boyer and Rose face official secrets charges as preliminary hearings resume. Boyer admits giving explosive process details to Rose in late 1943 and 1944 saying he was told to aid the Soviet Union. He notes Russia had a Russian technical mission in Canada and a government request for the process. He spoke without oath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
2Vukriil VY Ouvitsimussia
Boyer
Canada
Rose
Soviet Union
University of Vienna
University of Paris
Toronto University
McGill
Russia
Rover
Lt Gov John Lee Smith Seeks Governor Nomination
The Texas state Democratic executive committee received a petition and a $100 filing fee to place Lt. Gov. John Lee Smith on the primary ballot for governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lee Smith
Dallas
State
Democratic Executive Committee Today
Miners Stay Home Monday Declares UMW Head
President John J. Lewis of the United Mine Workers announced a nationwide stoppage in the bituminous mines starting at midnight Sunday after notifying operators of contract termination. He criticized operators’ proposals as unsatisfactory and said miners will not work without a fair contract focusing on health and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
John J. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Truce Enforcers Set to Enter Southern Manchuria
Sources say four truce teams will likely enter southern Manchuria on Thursday to break the China Civil War deadlock. They would move to Fushun east of Mukden Szepinekai north of Mukden and Yingkow areas that have seen local clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
Manchuria
China
Fushun
Mukden
Szepinekai
Yingkow
Senate Panel Deadlocks On Draft Extension
Washington March 26 The Senate Military Affairs Committee deadlocked over a proposed six weeks extension of the draft. Shanghai March 26 American Army headquarters announced 1 000 045 Japanese repatriated from China with 1 061 000 still to be sent home. Repatriation from China Formosa and Indo China expected to finish by June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Shanghai
China
Formosa
Indo-China
Weather Update For Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Clearing this afternoon with diminishing winds and cooler temperatures. Tonight near freezing. Wednesday fair and warmer in most areas. In West Texas fair this afternoon through Wednesday with cooler Panhandle. warmer Wednesday. New Mexico partly cloudy today, fair tonight and Wednesday with warmer west tonight and statewide Wednesday. Low tonight 25 to 35 northwest and 30 to 40 southwest. highs 55 to 65 northwest and 70 to 80 southeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Peace Use of Atom Studied
The Senate atomic energy committee examined two versions of a plan to restrict atomic weapons and ensure peaceful use under United Nations control. A denaturizing step would render plutonium unusable for war while allowing peaceful applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
United Nations
UNO
Weatherman Faces Surprise Winds On Forecast Day
The forecaster recalls winds reaching 32 miles per hour yesterday, admitting they exceeded his forecast threshold of 25 mph. Officially, winds will diminish today with continued cool but above normal temperatures. tonight may drop near freezing with a high around 59.
Brides Back Out of U.S. Military Transport Plans
The U S Army Transport Command reports 4000 GI brides who applied to join husbands in the United States changed their minds as sailing time neared. Total 43000 applications from brides and children. about 18000 have sailed. remaining expected in the United States by July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.S. Army Transport Command
United States
Transport Command
Westinghouse plant protest clears streets in Pittsburgh
State police patrolled Braddock Avenue in front of Westinghouse Electric's East Pittsburgh plant as a mob booed and jostled supervisors entering the facility. Police, aided by horse units and a foot force, kept back the crowd with night sticks while a union public address system blared. No injuries were reported. The strike by 75,000 CLO United Electrical workers has reached its 72nd day demanding an 18 percent across the board wage increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Fast Pittsleigh Works
Braddock Avenue
East Pittsburgh
CLO
United Electrical, Radio and Machine
Westinghouse
Tax Funds Increase From Tax Evasion Crackdown
The House appropriations committee says tax collections this year will exceed expectations by about 1 billion dollars due to the Internal Revenue Bureau crackdown on evaders. The committee backs a 233 million dollar deficiency bill to fund government agencies for the year ending June 30. The largest item, 181.3 million, covers federal employee pay raises including 16.1 million for the IRS to hire more staff to fight wartime evasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Farm Security Administration
Texas
Congress
Appropriations Committee
House
House Appropriations Committee
Internal Revenue Bureau
Post Office
Treasury
William T. Sherwood
Internal Revenue
Improvement of Air Field on City Commission Agenda
The city commission meets at 7 30 o clock tonight to discuss improving the air field. Other items include rerouting the Glenwood bus and extending the sewer line to 100 and 200 blocks on Forest and Independence, plus a second reading on disposing of unclaimed police property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Glenwood
Forest
Independence
Police Department
Judge T B Greenwood Dies From Heart Ailment
Judge T B Greenwood aged 73 a 17 year Texas Supreme Court associate justice died here from a heart ailment. His sister Mrs Joe Wooten died soon after from shock at the sudden death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.P
T. B. Greenwood
Texas Supreme Court
Joe Wooten
France Seeks Allied Talks On Spain After Brief UN Move
France pauses demand for UN Security Council action on Spain and urges immediate trade halt, ambassador withdrawals from Madrid, and replacement with diplomatic delegates. It asks the United States and Britain to halt exports to Spain and to join discussions via the Allied Foreign Ministers Council on a course regarding Gen Francisco Franco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U.P
France
United Nations Security Council
Spain
Madrid
Foreign Ministers Council
Francisco Franco
United States
Britain
Frosty Hamrick Ill at Home in Austin Amid Board Duties
Frosty Hamrick, former county auditor, remains seriously ill at his Austin home. He serves as a member of the Industrial Accident Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frosty Hamrick
Austin
Industrial Accident Board
Bellevue patient chaos as escapee Gains goes on the loose
Leonard Gains, 38, a dangerous inmate from Bellevue Hospital, breaks bonds in the psych ward, overpowers nurse Wallace Lucker, and escapes wearing street clothes after seizing a metal chair. Police order shoot to kill from marching details, pursuing him through First Avenue and 28th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Bellevue Hospital
Leonard Gains
First Avenue
28Th Street
Ray Milland
Gains
Wallace Lucker
Bellevue
Lucker
Big Three Split Over Iran Debated At U N Council
At the United Nations Security Council the Big Three clashed over Iran's appeal on Red Army presence with Russia blocking a formal inquiry and the council recessing without a vote as Byrnes pressed for a second speech and Iran asked for a hearing. Poland sided with Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Byrnes
Iran
Andrei Gromyko
Council
Red
Alexander Cadogan
Britain
Poland
Cadogan
Stalin
Gromyko
New York City
Andrei A. Gromyko
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
United States
Sir
United Kingdom
Manchuria Withdrawal Tests Chinese Unity Amidst Soviet Exit
The Chinese government announced a full scale Soviet withdrawal from Manchuria, with Lin Chieh confirming the exit begins heading toward Vladivostok. The move threatens the recently forged Nationalist Communist peace and prompts calls for firm guiding action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vladivostok
Kirin- Changchun
Mukden
Changchun
Manchuria
Reclamation Official To Inspect Panhandle Projects
Charles D. Curran of the Budget Bureau will inspect Bureau of Reclamation projects in the Panhandle and eastern New Mexico. Wesley R. Nelson will conduct the tour. The itinerary includes Amarillo, San Angelo, Brownwood, Brady, the Whitney Dam site on the Brazos River, and East Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Curran
Power and Water Resources Division
Budget Bureau
Amarillo
Bureau of Reclamation
Wesley R. Nelson
Reclamation Bureau
Curran
Panhandle
New Mexico
San Angelo
Brownwood
Brady
Whitney Dam
Brazos River
Texas
Amarillo Men Aboard Ship Due In New York Today
Two Amarillo men travel aboard the Marine Shark and are expected to dock in New York today. The passengers are Denzil Castle, technician fourth grade, and Pfe Donald Ro Feith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Denzil Castle
Pfe Donald Ro Feith
Also Mentioned on This Page
Small
Ers Association
House Agriculture Committee
Reeal Co. Real Estate and Loans
CDS Weather Bureau
State Department
David F. Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Greenhill-Lowndes
Pittsburgh
Russell Stationery_Co
Nied
John Maynard
Lth
Maniac
Tehran
Moscow
Security Council
Sir Alexander
Hussein Ala
Chungking
Red Army
Lin Chieh
Chiang Kaishek
Jack SeoRettle
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!