West Texas State College Awarded Planning Funds for PE Building
West Texas State College received 13 450 in Federal Works Agency planning funds to draft plans for a 400 000 PE building. The design by Amarillo architect Macon O Carder includes two gymnasia, handball courts, boxing and wrestling rooms, showers and lockers, with a 4000 seat intercollegiate gym. Location undecided, possibly near the football stadium or current campus. Financing hinges on a Texas constitutional amendment permitting borrowing against anticipated tax income.
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West Texas State College
Federal Works Agency
Colleg
Macon O. Carder
Amarillo
College
Carder
Texas
Market prices and cattle reports from the local abbatoir sale
Market notes show varied cattle, calves, and lamb offerings with price movements. Sows and hogs traded lower while beef cattle and yearlings fetched around 20.30 to 25.00 per hundredweight. Wool and mutton lines remained steady with clips and fleece values noted alongside specific lots and weights.
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Abbicado Lavestoch OC
Hayef Ok
USDA
Hogn
Onre SrTe
Merrill Lynch
Pierce
Enner & Beane
Venes
Merrill Ath
Enner & Baane
Smelt & Refi
Tol & T
Urroughs
Carysler
Inveran
AO Gont Motom We Aly
Gil Co Sat
Curtiss Wri
Serre & Co
Douglas Aire
Interlake Iron
Terom
Jones Laughlin
Keanecowt Copper Lockhess
Montgomery Ward Seeresis
Nash Kelvinator
Sree
Za ‘Pear
Peaney JC
Sinclair Ette
Bocony Ves Vsreis
Soieeal Inc
Brinds
Ing
NJ Bar Ae
Texas Clean Tidewater Rg
St Union Carbide
United Averatl
Ee Shhaeuy Ag
Seeeieaneeeees
Warner Bros Western Thon Petbeetanery Tyr ‘White Matern Taeeveere
Willis Overland
Wilson Bpeesenerseeens
Woolworth Taeeey
Chicago
Wheat Opto
Kansas
Ivesto
Kansas City
Tully Stead
Soc Nighes
Strone
Thicher
Londa
Revere
Neveral
Nervous Hirohito meets MacArthur over new constitution
Emperor Hirohito conferred with General MacArthur in Tokyo for the fourth time amid speculation on whether the United States will defend Japan under the new antiwar charter. Japanese sources described a 1 hour 14 minute courtesy call to thank MacArthur for inaugurating the charter that curbs the emperor's powers.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
MacArthur
United States
Japan
Hirchite
America
Milk Strike Ends in Chicago After 24 Hours
Strike over milk deliveries ended as 2,800 workers across 15 dairies signed a two year contract for shorter work week and higher wages. AFL Dairy Employes Union represented workers. Associated Milk Dealers of Chicago criticized the agreement while Mayor Kennelly pressed for a quick settlement.
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Chicago
U.R.X
AFL
Associated Milk Dealers of
Thomas Gilmore
Manly
Martin H. Kennelly
Victim of Shooting Shows Promise of Recovery
Curtis E Bell was shot at his home on McMaster Street early Saturday morning. He is responding to treatment after a hemorrhage was stopped and a blood transfusion given. Walter R Raines, 22, is charged with assault with intent to murder and released on a 3000 bond. Bell is at Northwest Texas Hospital.
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Curtis E. Bell
McMasters
Iver
Walter R. Raines
Bell
Northwest Texas Hospital
Crudgington Heads Prospero in Trinity Tempest
Jonathan Crudgington son of Mr and Mrs John W Crudgington 1235 West Eleventh plays Prospero in The Tempest presented by Trinity University Players in San Antonio May 9 and 10. He is a speech and drama major at Trinity and has acted in five university productions and radio programs.
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Vonkinan Crudgington
John W. Crudgington
West Eleventh
Trinity University Players
San Antonio
Crudgington
Prospero
Trinity University
University Players Group
Healas
Early Ratification of Four Balkan Treaties Urged
President Truman says speedy ratification of four Balkan peace treaties with Italy Bulgaria Hungary and Romania is vital to foreign policy. Secretary of State Marshall delivers his note to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee while Byrnes backs rapid ratification. China protests reparations demand for one million tons of Japanese shipping as reparation. Marriage licenses listed with names and dates.
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Washington
Truman
Marshall
Senate
James’ F.’ Byrnes
Italy
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
China
Shanghai
Far Eastern
Telephones talks stall as unions reject AT&T offer
Federal conciliators resume sessions with AT&T and Northwestern Bell after the union rejected a new wage offer. A tentative agreement for pay boosts of 3.50 to 4 a week was signed by Northwestern Bell and the Northwest Union of Telephone Workers, but Minnesota Dakotas Iowa and Nebraska locals vow to observe picket lines. Moran says his federation seeks the government plan’s 3.14 weekly boost while AT&T holds to varying schedules.
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Northwestern
Peter Manno
William Margolis
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
At&t
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Northwest Union of Telephone Workers
St. Paul
Minnesota
Dakotas
Iowa
Nebraska
Manno
Margolis
John J. Moran
Jong Unes
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Moran
Teenager Faces Forgery Trial in Amarillo Court
Rayna uv den Bell, 17, of Amarillo, stands trial in the 47th District Court on forgery charges. Prosecutors say she forged checks bearing D. H. Coffey of the Dock Coffey Pontiac Co. at 509 Tyler, cashed at a local bank after a burglary at the Pontiac firm. Checks total more than 800.
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Rayna Uv Ven den
Amarillo
47Th District Court
D. H. Coffey
Dock Coffey Pontiac Company
Tyler
Bell
Kay Evalyn Ramsey Rites in Harlingen
Kay Evalyn Ramsey aged 18 months daughter of Mr and Mrs M D Ramsey of Harlingen will be sent tonight to Harlingen for funeral and burial following death yesterday at Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital brought there three days ago for treatment She is survived by her parents a sister and a grandfather Boxwell Brothers directing Amarillo arrangements.
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Kay Evelyn Ramsey
M.D. Ramsey
Harlingen
Kay Evelyn
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
Boxwell Brothers
Ama Irife
Labor dispute over preferential seniority at Borger union strike
Representative Bell challenged Daniel on a Union of 2,000 workers demand for preferential seniority. He warned the move could bypass open shop law and force nonunion workers to join or face limited promotion, amid a strike by Local 351 of the AF of L.
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Bell
Open Ticket Sale for Trip to Liberal Trade Tour
First day sales fall short at 35 percent of the minimum goal. John Armstrong, subcommittee chair, reports to the chamber of commerce. Rock Island lines arrange a dining car and club car for the special train leaving May 19, with a minimum of 100 reservations needed to charter. A second trip to Childress via Pampa and Borger is planned the following week with the Buffalo Band accompanying Amarillo merchants.
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John Armatrong
Bob Hawle
Chamber of Commerce Wholesale Trade Development Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Howle
Rock Island
Childress
Pampa
Borger
Buffalo Band
Amarillo
Air Mail Letter Sheets Go on Sale at Local Post Office
Post Office offers new air mail letter sheets at 10 cents each. Postmaster W D DeGrassi notes the light blue sheet measures eight four by twelve inches and features a DC-4 day flight stamp. Each sheet folds into a compact envelope sized 3 e hours by 5 inches with a red and blue border. The design mirrors the old V mail sheets.
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W. D. DeGrassi
Amarillo Police To Hear Safety Expert
Edward J. Emond, chairman of the National Safety Council motor vehicle committee, was to address Amarillo police traffic officers at 3:30 PM. He planned to lecture on latest methods to promote vehicular safety during a session at the salice station while inspecting Armour and Company commercial vehicles.
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Edward J. Emond
National Safety Council Motor Vehicle Committee
Amarillo
Emond
Salice Station
Amerilla Inspectig Commercial Vehicles of Armour and Company
House panel may restore part of Voice of America funds
Chairman John Taber said the House Appropriations Committee could restore some Voice of America international information and cultural relations funds if the department runs a more efficient program. He did not specify amounts and noted the panel has voted to cut the full 91 341 220 request for fiscal 146.
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Washington, May
John Taber
House
International Informa
Voice of ‘America
New York Republican
Department
Seek Clues In Latest Sex Slaying
Los Angeles police probe the murder of Dorothy Montgomery 56, the church worker and mother of four, found beaten and strangled. Investigators search pawnshops for the stolen valuables to link a likely stranger to the Black Dahlia style series. Witness James Kennedy saw a tall sandy haired bespectacled man park Montgomerys car near the crime scene.
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Los Angeles
Dorothy Montgomery
Pete Sutton
Black Dahlia
Elizabeth Short
James Kennedy
Amarillo ROTC To Get High Rating Again
Army inspectors rated the Amarillo High School ROTC unit above average in a recent inspection. The five man team, who began the inspection yesterday, will finalize results in July or August after comparing all high school ROTC units. The Amarillo unit currently holds the blue star rating, the highest.
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Army
Waay Noon
St Amarillo
Lubbock
Amario
Coast Guard Pushes Texas City Disaster Probe
Washington presses for final reports on the Texas City disaster. Rear Adm. Gordon T. Finlay told the Coast Guard investigating board in Galveston that new hearings aim to fill gaps in records and avoid duplicating tests already conducted in April 182. The board expects no new startling developments.
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Galveston
Washington
Texas City
Gordon T
Finlay
Coast Guard Investigating Board
Willie Francis Faces Second Electrocution Attempt
The Louisiana Supreme Court refused to halt the second electrocution attempt of 18 year old Willie Francis for the 1947 robbery slaying of white druggist Andrew Thomas in St. Martinville. His attorney said no further appeal would be made.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Supreme Court
Willie Francis
Trane
Prencis
Greek court condemns ten to death in Lamia
Dispatches from northern Greece report a military court at Lamia condemned 10 persons including a woman to death and sentenced 16 others to life imprisonment for aiding anti-government guerrilla forces.
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Athens
Greece
Lamia
Greek Aid Act Gains Ground in House Vote
In Washington on May 6 the House defeated moves to derail the 400 million dollar Greek Turkish aid program and advanced the measure after Secretary Marshall urged urgency. Representative Eaton led the drive with a Marshall letter calling the policy positive, countering critics led by Harold Stassen. The nine hour debate plan was approved 168 to 22, and the bill remains open to floor amendments. Miami Beach notes a massive saltwater pool holding 1,000,000 gallons.
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Washington
House
Marshall
Eaton
New Jersey
Moscow
Foreign Ministers’ Council
L . Marshall
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Holse
Question on legality of walkout at Phillips Petroleum Borger plant
In Austin a legal debate centers on whether the American Federation of Tabor Operating Engineers strike at Phillips Petroleum in Borger complies with a new anti closed shop law. The discussion lists district representatives and Labor Local 351 officials among those cited in the case.
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Austin, May
American Federation of Tabor
Phillips Petroleum
Borger Regal
Attor
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