Milk Strike Turmoil Rocks Louisiana Region
Angry AFL teamsters and dairy workers stage milk delivery disruption across Amite and New Orleans. Strikers block trains and trucks, demand a 50 cent per hundredweight price rise, threaten daily increases, and shell milk shipments amid boycotts and gunfire encounters.
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FBI
Louisiana
Jesse James
Amite
New Orleans
AFL
Teamsters’ Union
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
C. L. Russell
Mid-West
Wisconsin
Tangipahoa Parish
Hunter Huckaby
Sam Gurco
Jackson
Miss
Gurco
Tax Cut Passes F House
The House passed a Republican backed bill slashing income taxes by almost four billion dollars this year. The vote was 274 to 137 with a 237 to 172 motion to delay defeat. Taft indicated the Senate would shift the effective date to July 1, reducing the year’s impact.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Treasury
Representative Engel
Engel
Halleck
Indiana
Michigan
Fickle Spring Brings Varied Weather Dish
A sprang weather shift brought 80 degree heat as the day’s high and a 33 degree low after a sharp north wind. Winds 30 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph, then turning south as a 65 degree day and 72 degree high are forecast for Friday.
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Walter Watts
Weather Bureau
Predict De Gaulle Return Paris Speech Sparked Expected Return
Paris papers predict General Charles de Gaulle will deliver a Bruneval speech on March 30 that may signal his return to active politics, as authorities await the address in Normandy.
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DE Gaulle
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Bruneval
Normandy
Amarillo Area Weather Outlook with Wind Shift
The forecast covers Amarillo and vicinity with fair conditions today tonight and Friday. Strong northerly winds today shifting to south and decreasing tonight. Temperatures rise Friday. New Mexico sees partly cloudy cooler periods with scattered showers then fair and warmer Friday.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Lubbock Sued Over Mackenzie Park Title and Damages
Mrs. Mollie D. Abernathy filed a 72nd District Court suit against the city of Lubbock seeking return of 336.6 acres of Mackenzie State Park land and 398 500 in damages. She claims the city used the land for purposes other than a public park starting Jan 1 1945, including supplying part of the water supply, causing market value deterioration and losses in rent crops and water pumped from the property.
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Lubbock
U.P
Mollie D. Abernathy
Mackenzie State Park
House to probe situation at A M College in Texas
The Texas House voted 90 to 31 to form a five member committee to receive firsthand information on recent disorder at Texas A and M College. Rep Searcy Bracewell of Houston will chair the inquiry with Speaker W O Reed naming investigators Monday. The probe follows cadet regulation changes and hazing disputes triggering resignations and a mass meeting.
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Austin
House
Texas A. & M. College
Representatives
Searcy Bracewell
Houston
W. O. Reed
Texas
Bracewell
Truman as Bowler President Sparks Sports Talk
Washington march 27 president Truman faces pressure to fit the nation’s sports loving mood. he walks, fishes, plays horseshoes, and now bowling alleys are proposed at the white house. observers note a bowler presidency would be a political curiosity but unlikely to supplant his walking image.
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Washington
Truman
Fury
Mr. Truman
Rod Thomas
Thomas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
Teddy Roosevelt
Atomic Lock Sought by VFW to Put Atomic Control Under Military
Veterans of Foreign Wars urged Congress to return atomic energy oversight to the military, arguing the Greece and Turkey aid plan signals international trouble. The push drew support from Rep Thomas and Rep McDowell, while Hoover cast doubts on outlawing the Communist Party. Nixon signaled the committee may reject current anti Communist legislation.
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Washington
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Congress
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Louis E. Starr
VFW
House Committee On UnAmerican
J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
McDowell
Pennsylvania
Starr
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Communist Party
Hoover
Nixon
California
Friday Night Absentee Voting Deadline for Amarillo City Election
Tomorrow night is the deadline for absentee voting in Amarillo's April 1 city elections. Ballots may be cast at city hall until 5 PM and those mailed in are accepted if postmarked before midnight.
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Amarillo
U S Keeps Cool Toward Fascist Spain
Washington reports no change in the State Department stance toward Generalissimo Franco and his regime in Madrid. The United States maintains a cool diplomatic attitude and does not plan a more lenient policy despite rumors of a switch in diplomatic officials.
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Washington
U.P
Franco
United States
Spain
State Department
U.S
Madrid
Fireman’s body sought at Pantex Lake after boat capsizes
Rescue crews from Amarillo Panhandle White Deer and Pampa scoured the 500 acre Pantex Lake for Bruce R. Hughey a 42 year old Amarillo firefighter drowned when a small fishing boat capsized during a search. Tean and volunteers worked through 50 mph gusts and six foot waves using seven boats grappling hooks and search lines. Hughey was last seen clinging to the capsized craft as L R Reynolds and Demp Higgins reached shore.
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Globe
J. Howard Miller
Pantex Lake
Bruce R. Hughey
Amarillo
J. W. McBrayer
White Deer
Belmont Slagle
Mendel Eagle
Panhandle
Paul Timmons
Pampa
Mr. Hughey
Sixteenth Street
L. R. Reynolds
North Houston
Demp Higgins
Reynolds
Higgins
Hughey
Fire Department
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Mr. Higgins
North Samar
Mine Shaft Yields 16 Twisted Bodies
Centralia Ill March 27 AP sixteen miners were brought to the surface from Centralia Coal Company No 5 mine as the death toll rose to 33 with 78 still trapped. Rescue leaders warned the toll could reach 111. Washington opened a safety investigation while letters to Governor Green questioned enforcement. Judge Maxwell planned grand jury action on possible negligence as a prior state inspection flagged dust and ventilation deficiencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia, Ill
Centralia Coal Company
William J. Rowekamp
Centralia
United Mine Workers
Mather
Washington
U. S. Senate
Brooks
Young
Coal Company
Senate
Kowekamp
Dwight Green
Illinois
State
Ralph L. Maxwell
Washington County Grand Jury
Absentee Vote Open On Amarillo School Election
Absentee voting for Amarillo Public Schools board members two bond issues and tax rate change runs through April 1. George M. Waddill said out of town voters can cast ballots in his office on the second floor. Election set for April 5 to fill two school board seats approve two million dollar public school bond and three hundred fifty thousand dollar Amarillo College bond and authorize a 1.50 tax rate.
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Amarillo
George M. Waddill
Amarillo Public Schools
Amarillo College
Cuban Senators Duel With Swords in Havana
Two Cuban senators Francisco Piño Socaras and Eduardo Chibas dueled with swords in Havana sparking bloodshed over Charles Luciano. Doctors and judges halted the fight as both men healed, then reconciled on the field of honor. The dispute followed Chibas accusing Piño Socaras of ties to Luciano during exile.
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Havana
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Francisco Piio Socarras
Eduardo Chibas
Honor
Chibas
Piio
Luciano
New York
Italy
Woman Injured In Road Accident Near English Field
A Canadian woman identified as Mrs Bernice Shkler and her daughter Helen were in a collision on U S Highway 66 with a car driven by H A Belt of Amarillo near the southwest corner of the air field. Mrs Shkler was taken to St Anthony's Hospital and remained in the emergency ward at 1 45 with no diagnosis available.
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Bernice Shkler
English Field
Mexico to Buy Ten Warships in United States
Mexico will acquire 10 fighting ships in the United States two light cruisers four destroyers two transports and two launches for coastal vigilance according to Assistant Secretary of Navy Admiral Luis Schau felbarger. The Mexican naval attaché in Washington has been instructed to arrange the purchase.
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Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Luis Schaufelbarger
Washington
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F.G. Swanson
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Russell State
Taylor
Roller Palace
6Th and
Jefferson
Arthur Edson
U. S
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Wind
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