Unearths Copy Of Newspaper 48 Years Old
A reader Finds an Amarillo Evening News issue dated March 29, 1900 with minimal news. Front page features Amarillo Ordinance No. 40 granting a Wayne Wright telephone exchange franchise for ten years, signed by Mayor Stringfellow. Center column praises three county treasurer candidates, and the back notes a poem and ads including M C hats and flour at 2.15 per 100 pounds.
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Evening News
Amarillo
Wodson
Buan
Wayne
Wright
RL. Stringfellow
W. W. Punningham
A. J. Ridings
Cd. Jackson
Stringfellow & Hume
Red Premier Tells Czechs No Another War Possible
Prague March 2 Communist Premier Klement Gottwald told a district meeting there will not be another war. He said the will to peace is so strong that any government starting a conflict could be torn to bits by its own people. Missing outcomes obscure full details.
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Red
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Klement Gottwald
Bomb stockpile tops five hundred, expert says
A nonofficial but educated observer estimates the United States has no more than 500 atomic bombs and perhaps as few as 30. He cites Hanford plutonium plant expansions as doubling production and potential future use against Russian subs. The Hanford project, costing hundreds of millions, employs about 12,000 workers and aims to cut bomb material cost while boosting supply. Thorium addition to uranium could make future bombs cheaper and more plentiful.
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Joseph J. Myler
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Hanford
Wash
Russia
Texas Battleship Texas Arrives at Galveston Bay for Dedication
The battleship Texas anchored at Bolivar Roads Galveston Bay after a smooth 11 day voyage from Newport News Virginia. The ship will unload ballast oil then move to San Jacinto Depot before final berth at San Jacinto battleground. Four Texans crewed the voyage led by Johnny McKeown. One third of the ship will be open to visitors while the rest undergo preservation. The formal presentation will occur on San Jacinto Day April 21.
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Galveston
Texas
Bolivar Roads
Galveston Bay
Jack Seward
Newport News
San Jacinto
Houston Ship Channel
San Jacinto Battleground
The
Johnny McKeown
Earl Kennedy
Houston
Joe Silas
San Antonio
Elbert l. Austin
James Palmer
Edgewood
G. J. Horton
State of Texas
Italy Faces High Stakes Vote in April 18 Election
Analyzing Italy's April 18 national election, with the Communist Party versus Christian Democrats led by Premier Alcide de Gasperi. The outcome could tilt Western Europe toward democracy or communism, amid religion versus atheism and Church support influencing Catholic voters.
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MacKenzie
Europe
Communist Party
Christian Democrats
Alcide de Gaspers
Reds
de Gasperi
Popular Front
Tion
Trieste
Italy
Church of Rome
Pius
Eugene Cardinal ‘Tisserant
Rome
Romania Votes 93 Percent Red Victory Seen
Early returns from nine of 69 districts show about 93 per cent of voters backing the Communist led government bloc in the national assembly election. Bucharest results were pending, with city totals due later. Premier Petru Groza headed the bloc.
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Bucharest
National Assembly
Petru Groza
Anti Truman Feeling Grows Against U S Leader
Pravda reports rising opposition to President Truman across the United States with declining chances for his renomination. A New York dispatch cites American papers noting growing anti Truman sentiment even among rightist union leaders.
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Truman
Moscow
Pravda
Communist ‘Party
Sale Today
United States
New York
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