Congress and Industry clash over royalty tax plan in Lewis case
Congressional and industry leaders testified before a House judiciary subcommittee on bills to outlaw royalties on industrial production as UMW Chief John L. Lewis seeks a union welfare fund funded by a coal royalty. They warned the strike could harm national reconversion and government authority.
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Washington
U.P
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Congress
House Judiciary
Lewis
White House
A. Willis Robertson
Virginia
Howard W. Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Smith
National Labor Relations Act
NLRB
Suboena
UMW
Edward R. Burke
As- Player
Senator Johnson Warns British Loan Could Trigger Inflation
Senator Edwin C. Johnson urged a world disarmament conference before new foreign credits, warning the 3.75 billion British loan would push the U. S. into uncontrolled inflation. He argued Britain’s 4.364 billion armament outlays threaten democracy and urged conditional loan approvals tied to disarmament pledges. He predicted a continuing program could total 20 billion and damage America, urging planned migrations and noting potential currency debasement from more bond issues.
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Washington
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
United States
Senate
America
Britain
Johnson
Canada
Australia
South Africa
Alben W. Barkley
White House
Truman
Barkley
Film Star Flying Here for Premiere in Amarillo
James Craig arrives from Hollywood for the world premiere of the MGM film Boys Ranch at the Paramount Theater. Tickets cost 10 and proceeds go to the Boys Ranch at Old Tascosa. A Polk Street parade will precede the 8:30 show with bands Scouts and Legionnaires in the procession.
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Boys Ranch
James Craig
Amarillo
Hollywood
English Field
Paramount Theater
Borden's
Plains
Old Tascosa
Ted Taylor
Committee On
Ven
Polk Street
Mason King
Craig
Will Rogers
Boy Scouts
Legionnaires
Rock Island
Paramount
Truman urges expanded inter American military cooperation plan
President Truman asks Congress to authorize peacetime military collaboration among the American republics using unified equipment and training. A joint chiefs of staff for the Americas would coordinate quickly mobilized forces, with equipment transfers and broader training while avoiding an arms race and aligning with the UN Charter. Canada could join, and a Rio de Janeiro treaty would replace the Chapultepec pact.
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Congress
Americas
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U. S
United States
Truman
United Nations
Rio de Janeiro
Army
Department of State
Canada
Tosses Match Hits Bull's Eye But Pays for It
A Lubbock barber flicked a lit match toward a cuspidor but burned a customer's coat. The coat lining caught fire and the barber paid $5 for damages.
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Lubbock
Fights for Marine Corps At Senate Hearing
Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrift warned the Army-Navy merger bill threatens Marine Corps existence. In prepared remarks for a Senate naval committee session he said the Army aims to reduce the Marines to ineffectiveness and urged that Marines are ready to fight if needed.
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Washington
Alexander A. Vandegrift
Army-Navy
Marine Corps
Vandegrift
Safe Crackers Strike Lumber Office in Houston
In Houston on May 6 a safe at a lumber company office was broken into and over $100 stolen. The thieves ignored a warning sign reading No money here and left a note reading You’re a bunch of liars. Thanks for the small change.
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Houston
Supervises Loading Cattle All Day Then Can't Get a Steak
L. B. Goodwin spent May 6 touring restaurants and markets after overseeing loading of more than 1 million pounds of beefsteak for shipment to the New York market. He left hungry, unable to buy a single beefsteak locally.
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New York
L. B. Goodwin
Americans To Be Repatriated From Germany
A group of U S citizens trapped in Germany by the war will be repatriated May 9 aboard the troop ship Marine Slasher arriving at the Bremen staging area today.
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Germany
Bremen
U. S
British Police Mauled by Arab Women at Jerusalem Parade
In Jerusalem on May 6 Arab demonstrators led by 300 women confronted British police trying to disperse a march against the Anglo American Commission report on Palestine. The throng moved toward Jaffa Gate to reach the American consul general’s residence, and the women used banners as clubs to strike officers.
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Jerusalem
U.P
Palestine
Jaffa
Lowell Pinkerton
French Wartime Intelligence Officers Arrested in Paris
Paris reports Col. Andre de Wavrin chief of Gaulle wartime intelligence and up to 50 secret service officers placed under arrest. Charges not disclosed.
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Paris
Andre de Wavrin
de Gaulle
Secret Service
Queen Wilhelmina Rejects Mussert Appeal in Treason Trial
The Hague May 6 Queen Wilhelmina refused an appeal by Anton Mussert Dutch Nazi leader seeking reversal of his treason conviction before a war crimes court. The ruling preserves the death sentence imposed by the tribunal, ending Mussert's bid to avoid execution.
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Wilhelmina
the Hague
Anton Mussert
Mussert
Big Four Fail to Break Trieste Standoff
Paris May 6 U P The Big Four foreign ministers remain in a solid deadlock with Britain France and the United States united against Russia over Trieste. Byrnes Bevin and Bidault refused to yield while Molotov offered to swap Yugoslav control of Trieste for concessions on Italian colonies.
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Paris
U.P
Britain
France
United States
Russia
Trieste
Yugoslavia
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Balkan
Balkans
Italy
No Report On Red Army Iran Evacuation
United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie said no reports had been received from Russia or Iran up to 9 am that Soviet evacuation of Iran was complete. He would publish any notices immediately, but if none arrive by midnight he would inform the council president and not renew the request.
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New York
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Russia
Iran
Security Council
Council
Masked men burn Downsville Baptist Church
In Waco on May 6, masked men burned Downsville Baptist Church to the ground. Deacon J. W. Baxley was found tied to a post and told Sheriff Homer Casey he was kidnapped, robbed of 115 dollars, and driven around the county before the church was set on fire. The church was a total loss and Baxley was found at 1 15 a.m. in a hysterical state.
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Waco
Downsville Baptist Church
J. W. Baxley
Baxley
Homer Casey
Casey
Buff brick siding and slate shingles
See John Maynard Lumber Company at 800 West Fifth for materials and work details on buff brick siding and slate shingles.
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John Maynard Lbr_Co
Onie Ortiz Wins News Tip Contest For Collision Report
Onie Ortiz of 1622 Arthur won $5 in the News Tip contest for a report on a collision between a police squad car and a horse with a girl rider. Jess Ting of 2005 Fillmore earned $3 for tipping a French war bride story in Amarillo. Third prize went to Mrs. J. L. Dysart for a tip about a man injured when the car he rode tried to dodge a cate.
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Onie Ortiz
Arthur
Jess Ting
Fillmore
Amarillo
J. L. Dysart
Canyon Road
Cate
G. B. Reighard
Death of Robert H. Capell cremated in Amarillo obituary
Robert H. Capell of Amarillo born July 4 1909 died from injuries. He served as a trustee for the Bivins estate and was a partner in Cox and Capell handling farm and ranch operations in Sherman County and near Nara Visa New Mexico. He married Viola Hitchcock January 10 1931 and leaves his widow a mother and a 10 year old daughter Roberta. Funeral plans not completed.
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Capell
Bivins
Cox and Capell
Sherman County
Nara Visa, N. M
Amarillo
Robert H. Capell
R. R. Capell
Viola Hitchcock
First Baptist Church
Roberta Capell
Stratford
Wilson
Blackburn-Shaw
Weather Synopsis for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
The forecast notes northerly winds and partly cloudy skies this afternoon tonight and Tuesday. Temperatures to be cooler today and tonight with little change by Tuesday. Scattered showers expected in the Panhandle this afternoon and widely scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms over mountains in New Mexico. High 79, low 52, noon 71.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Friden Calculators Featured by Russell Stationery Co
Russell Stationery Co promotes Friden calculators for fast accurate figuring. The ad highlights models designed for quick math, emphasizing reliability and efficiency in office tasks. The copy targets professionals needing precise computations in daily routines.
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Friden
Russell Stationery Co
Kiwanis Club sells out Boys Ranch premiere tickets
A noon Kiwanis sale near a Boys Ranch event drew a near sell out as Kiwanians bought Mei tickets in four minutes. Swede Tolzien introduced five ranch boys and Jim Farwell spoke. Mayor Joe Jenkins offered remaining 5ir tickets, all at a minimum $16 donation to the ranch. The Interstate Theaters chain donates the Paramount Theater print, and MGM donates a film print.
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Kiwanis Club
Boys Ranch
Tolzien
Jim Farwell
Joe Jenkins
Herden’s
Plains Dairy
Two Boys Die in Accidental Shooting at Home
In Childress a 13-year-old boy found a .45 pistol and, after firing it accidentally, shot his 10-year-old brother in the heart. The father Frank Jackson says the incident may have led the older boy to shoot himself. The two deaths occurred minutes after their mother left to attend a movie. Deputy Sheriff Kermit Waters is investigating and no coroner verdict had been issued.
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Childress
Frank Jackson
Kermit Waters
Frank
Jimmy
Graziani to face trial for collaboration with Germans
Rome reports Marshal Rodolfo Graziani war minister in Mussolini's puppet regime will stand trial May 24 on charges of collaboration with the German forces.
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Rome
Rodolfo Graziani
Mussolini
North
Africa
Tojo and Company Plead Innocent in War Crime Trial
Former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and 26 other war crime suspects pleaded not guilty to 55 counts of aggression murder and crimes against humanity. Their trial was set for June 3. One defendant, Shumei Okawa, may be unfit for trial after a Friday incident in which he struck Tojo.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Tojo
Shumei Okawa
Royal denial blocks Italian king abdication report
Rome report says the royal house denied that King Victor Emmanuel III abdicated yesterday after a French broadcast claimed he did so upon signing a decree before Pope Pius XII. The notice mentions top prices for used cars and lists Jack Lorelle at 10th and Fillmore.
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Rome
Vittorio Emanuele III
Pius XII
Jack LoRelle
10Th and
Fillmore
Seven billions sought for Army funding in Truman request
President Truman asked Congress for 7.246 billion dollars for War Department functions in the coming fiscal year including 200 million for continued atomic work. The plan envisions Army strength dropping from 1,550,000 to 1,070,000 a year hence while 1.2 billion is proposed for the Army Air Forces. Tastefully yours dinner at Thomas'
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Washington
Truman
Congress
War Department
Army Air Forces
Diagnosis Declares Amarillo A Q Fever Outbreak
State and federal officials have confirmed Q fever, or Queens land fever, as the mysterious illness in Amarillo. Over 20 patients show positive tests, with three specialists from Texas Department of Health and USPHS examining the case. Two deaths and about 40 cases in past Australia outbreak cited for context.
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Amarillo
Queensland
Texas Department of Health
United States Public Health Service
J. W. Irons
State Health Department
Norman Topping
C. C. Shepard
National Institute of Health
USPHS
Australia
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Borden
Navy
Red Army
Bob Capell
J. L. Bivins
Chester Rilinger
Kerrick
Sheriff's Department
Rilinger Saf
East Sixth
Barbara Gray
Bellaire
Bob Elsey
Jim Weaver
B Pierce
W. J. Long
North East Eleventh
Mabel C. Smith
Adams
J. S. Pitman
West Sixth
U. 8 Weather Bureau
Interstate Theaters Chain
M-G-M
EZ. A. Regal Co., Real Estate and Loans
Tojo and Company
Thomas
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