Isaac Stern Inspires Laughs and Music at Amarillo
Globe Amusements Editor reports Violinist Isaac Stern, guest artist for the Amarillo Philharmonic, blends humor with music. Stern mimics Oscar Levant, talks about marriage only approximately, and reveals a love for food and travel. He stresses a musician must feel surroundings to perform.
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Bynamiug Spayde
Globe Amusements
Isaac Stern
Amusements
Ama
Rillo Philharmonic
Oscar Levant
Isaac
Oscar
Mr. Stern
Municipal Auditorium
Alexander Zakin
Stern
Evant
Youth Confesses Extortion Plot In Fort Worth
A 15 year old boy admitted to Fort Worth police that he planned to extort 300 dollars from a housewife after sending a threatening letter claiming to kidnap her three year old daughter. He was charged with attempted extortion after saying the plan was a joke conceived during a bicycle ride last week.
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Uat Worth
Fort Worth
Mass executions tally 154 in Athens
Athens reports Greek firing squads executed 154 alleged guerrillas and Communists in a single day. Most had long death sentences for crimes tied to the 1944 uprising as authorities round up hundreds of suspected leftists after the assassination of Justice Minister Christos Ladas.
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Athens
Cristos Ladas
Senator Taylor to plead innocent in Birmingham disorderly conduct case
Idaho Senator Glen H. Taylor said he will plead innocent to a disorderly conduct charge in Birmingham Alabama tonight. He described his arrest after attempting to enter a Negro youth rally and recounted his tense jail stay and police treatment on the way to the station.
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Washington
Glen. H. Taylor
Idaho
Birmingham
Ala
Taylor
Ino & Negro Youth Rally
Sr Trance
Calis
Birmington
Senate
Buddy
Wallace denounces hecklers at campus speech
Henry A. Wallace criticized a crowd of about 100 University of Missouri students for delaying his campus address on the courthouse lawn for 15 minutes before roughly 3000 listeners in Columbia. He praised local coverage and attacked the press while commenting on Sen. Taylor’s Birmingham protest.
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Henry A. Wallace
Taylor
Senate
Volumbia
University of Missouri
United States
Wallace
Fulton
Winston Churchill
Missouri
School of Journalism
Middle West
East
Sen
Glen Taylor
Birmingham
Als
Gibson Elected Chairman at Potter County Democratic Convention
The Potter County Democratic convention opened at 1 30 with the 47th District Court Room full and delegates arriving. C C Gibson was named permanent chairman after Ned Finch, county chairman, opened with remarks. Gibson was elected by acclamation after nominations were closed.
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Potter County
47Th District
C. C. Gibson
Ned Finch
Gibson
Texas Democrats clash over governor nomination at convention
Fragmentary report shows tensions at a 1940s Texas Democratic convention as Herman Jones faced boos and party leaders debated control of the party machinery. The scene included interruptions and shifts in campaign roles amid intra party maneuvering.
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Jones
Creekmore
Looney
Sneed
National Democratic Party
Washington
Herman Jones
Texas
Ernor
Secret session weighs county bond sale for hospital expansion
County commissioners discuss a 750000 bond sale behind closed doors to fund a 2100 bed Northwest Texas Hospital expansion. Dallas Union Trust and four other firms were invited to bid after a leaked offer was rejected, with a second bid meeting planned and secrecy to prevent disclosure to the State School Board.
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Paul 1Immuns
Dallas Union Trust Company
Dallas
John Crudgington
Northwest ‘Texas Hospital
Crudgington
State School Board
Edwards & Co
Fort Worth
Crummer & Co
Plainview
H. L. Shaffer
Amarillo
Underwood & Co
Rail mediation collapse threatens nationwide strike
Mediation efforts to avert a nationwide rail strike set for May 11 collapsed. Frank Douglass, chairman of the national railway mediation board, said he would report the failure to President Truman in Washington. Pat Jackson wins college station title.
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Chicago
Washington
Truman
Frank Douglass
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Turnabout Is Fair Play in Nocona Texas
A woman was charged this afternoon with aggravated assault against her husband amid a crime report in Nocona Texas. Police noted warrants and an arrest on charges tied to the incident as local authorities investigated the scene.
Burglars Hit In Six Places In Amarillo Block
Police report six burglaries in a single block with one group likely behind all. Losses include 125 to 250 dollars from the Maverick Club 211 Taylor and Vaughn Cafe 2400 East Third, plus cash missing from a grain office and a music machine. Back doors forced. one bar from Herbert Brothers 213 Taylor found at the site.
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Herbert Brothers
Vaughn Cafe
Amarillo
Taylor
Panhandle
Taylor Pan-American Paint Company
Producers Grain Corporation
Maverick Club
Grant
Aters
Gdansk
Poland
Aivera Reet Brothers
Polenay
Williams
Bert Forster
Gauleter
Ais
Vatican
Pius XII
Forster
Free City of
Danzig
Ralph Dykeman
Santa Fe Railroad
Paint Company
Bus Company
Cali Russells
Etter & Leaai Alse
Mediation Talks Fail to Avert Rail Strike Threat
Chicago mediation sessions with the nation's railroads ended with no progress toward avoiding a May 11 strike. Carriers would accept only the Presidential fact finding board’s 15 cent per hour raise for three brotherhoods, while engineers firemen enginemen and switch men declared it inadequate. Talks continued separately with labor and management, with the Taft Hartley act hearings set for May 24.
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Chicago
Brotherhoods of Engineers
Francis A. O'Neill, Jr
Mediation Board
Brotherhoods
Con
Vna
Senate House
CIO Auto Workers Union
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers Union
US Steel Corp
Ohio Primary Battles Center On Stassen Taft in GOP Fight
Ohio voters joined Florida Alabama and Indiana in choosing convention delegates and gubernatorial candidates The contest between Harold E Stassen and Sen Robert A Taft dominated coverage with Taft defending his decade in the Senate and urging major amendments to the United Nations Charter and curb of veto power while Stassen pressed his challenge to the party’s direction.
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United Press
Harold E. Stassen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Florida
Alabama
Indiana
Taft
Stassen
Senate
United States
Politics
Abdullah signals possible move to absorb Palestine
In a cable to UN Secretary General Trygve Lie Abdullah of Trans-Jordan hinted at absorbing Palestine into his Arab kingdom after Britain's mandate ends. He said he would grant Jews in Palestine full Arab nationality in a unitary state with special administration in some areas. The message followed UN and regional tensions as cease fire efforts continued amid sporadic violence. Separately Governor Beaufort Jester will fly to Chicago to chair a meeting of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission.
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Lake Success
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
United Nations
Palestine
Trygve Lie
Holy Land
Lie
Pal
United States
Jerusalem
General Assembly
Chicago
Austin
Beauford H. Jester
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Philharmonic Concert Tonight at 8:30 at Municipal Auditorium
The Amarillo Philharmonic closes its season with guest violinist Isaac Stern. The program features instrumentalists from Chita, Lubbock, and Dallas orchestras. All tickets are sold, guaranteeing a packed house. Intermission will reveal plans for the 198-199 season.
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Tei
Isaac Stern
Municipal Auditorium
Amarillo
Philharmonic
Philharmonic Orchestra
Chita
Lubbock
Dallas
Amarillo Weather Forecast Brief
Fair and warmer this afternoon and tonight with a high of 78 this afternoon and 82 tomorrow. West Texas sees fair conditions through tonight and Wednesday with Panhandle and South Plains warmer today. For 24 hours ending 6 30 am high 63 low 30 noon 70.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Repair Company Offers Service To Mr Farmer
Brief note indicates a repair firm can service a Mr Farmer and his truck, with Mr Farmer suggested as a client. The exact details and full name of the company are unclear from the fragment.
CARE Depot To Be Opened In Amarillo
CARE packages depot will open at White and Kirk with Dr E LeRoy Dakin announcing a broad opening ceremony on Friday. A 37 club meeting at Herring Hotel will organize the depot and local literature will explain CARE activities. Packages cost 10 dollars and are sent to chosen overseas recipients via the government approved non profit agency.
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White & Kirk
E. LeRoy Dakin
New York City
Amarillo
Herring Hotel
Red Cross
YMCA
Poles Plan Atomic Research Institute in Poland
Polish scientists announce a new atomic research institute to be built in Poland within ten months. They expect to receive machinery and support from Switzerland.
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Warsaw
Poland
Hinery
Switzerland
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