Amarillo Population Estimates Rise and Forecast Growth
Freese and Nichols engineers estimate Amarillo currently holds about 71 000 residents based on water connections and ration cards. They project the population could reach 170 000 or more in the next 25 years, contrasting with earlier forecasts from Maj. E A Wood. The study accompanies the city’s sewer revenue bond issue filing.
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Freese & Nichols
Amarillo
Maj. E. A. Wood
Dallas
Truman Sounds Alarm Over Ongoing Coal Strike
President Truman warns the nation that the coal strike is deepening and expanding its reach. He urges swift action to protect energy supplies and avert broader economic disruption nationwide.
Ghavam says Russians likely evacuated Iran including Azerbaijan
Premier Ahmad Ghavam states he is convinced the Soviet troops have withdrawn from Iran and Azerbaijan. He cites a report from Ivan Sadchikov and notes UN and Security Council support during the crisis. He meets Azerbaijan leader Jafar Pishevari, who confirms no Russians remain in Azerbaijan.
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Tehran
U.P
Ahmad Ghavam
Iran
Azerbaijan
Ghavam
Ivan Sadchikov
Moscow
Ghavami
United Nations Organization
Security Council
Jafaar Pishevari
Draft Extension Voted by Senate
The Senate unanimously approved extending Selective Service to July 1 by joint resolution led by Sen. Edwin C. Johnson. If House approval follows, the draft act remains in force about a month and a half beyond May 15, preserving President Truman's seized coal mine authority under the Connally amendment until July 1.
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Senate
Washington
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
House
Barkley
Truman
Connally
When He Bets on Rain It Rains
Decatur Illinois May 9 Cal Waggoner an 85 year old banker says he has lost only eight times in 40 years on his annual rain bet. After nine rainy days he could find only three bets this year but he was taking all comers.
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Ford Motor Company
General Motors
Chrysler Corp
America
Brotherhoods of Railroad
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Post Office Department
Decatur
Cal Waggoner
Deecatur
Waggoner
Residential Permits Top the $100000 Mark
City engineer records show permits issued in the first three days totaling over $100,000. Twenty six permits issued. 18 allotted to J W Lawrence for four room frame homes in the 4000 block on Hughes. Reynolds receives four permits for four room frame dwellings in the 3800 block on Ong. The largest goes to R J Christen, 2831 West Ninth, for a four room residence with attached garage at $3 400.
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J. W. Lawrence
Hughes
K. S. Reynolds
Ong
R. J. Christien
West Ninth
Russia backs UN discussion of Palestine case
Arab officials said Russia agreed to take the Palestine case to the United Nations and would support Arabs in the presentation. The claims marked Soviet reaction to appeals for aid against the Anglo American commission's Palestine recommendations.
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Cairo
Russia
Palestine
United Nations Organization
Anglo-American Commission
PAC Will Try To Oust Dewey As Reactionary
Sidney Hillman chairman of the CIO Political Action Committee said the PAC will oust New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey and reactionary congressmen. He noted pleasure at the defeats of Rep Pat Cannon and former Rep Joe Starnes in Tuesday primaries.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Sidney Hillman
CIO Political Action Committee
PAC
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Hillman
Pat Cannon
Florida
Joe Starnes
Alabama
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Dewey
Two Negroes Hold Up Motorist and Seize Fifth Avenue Bus
Two Black suspects held up a motorist and commandeered a Fifth Avenue bus for a getaway after shooting a policeman. They then robbed the bus conductor and passengers before fleeing into Harlem. A 1500-strong police search, including raids on bars and halls, failed to locate them. the manhunt, ordered by Police Commissioner Arthur W. Wallander, ended as dawn broke.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Harlem
Arthur W. Wallander
Umt
Churchill urges European federation in world unity plan
Winston Churchill addressed the Dutch Parliament calling for a United States of Europe under a world organization. He argued the federation would unify the continent with prosperity and peace and said allied ties strengthen the United Nations. He noted Britain’s 20 year friendship treaty with the Soviet Union as a peace guarantee.
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London
Winston Churchill
United States of Europe
Netherlands
Hilversum
United Nations
Britain
British Commonwealth
United States
Churchill
Soviet Union
Reprieves Spark Debate Over Smokey Ash Parole
Sheriff Bill Adams condemned further reprieves for David Smokey Ash after his latest burglary arrest in Potter County. Ash has a 21‑plus arrest record dating to 1933, including a 1939 Habitual Criminal case with a 10‑year term and prior reprieves to Gray County and Motley County. He and his wife were jailed on burglary charges for removing a safe from a bakery.
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State Parole Board
David ‘Smokey
Ash
Bill Adams
Bon Ton
State ‘Penitentiary
Adams
Huntsville
Potter County
Smokey
47Th District Court
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Gray County
Motley County
FBI
Lorena
Pleasant Valley
Lem Pounds
Last Day for Amarillo Orchestra Season Tickets
Saturday is the final day to purchase season tickets for the Amarillo Philharmonic Orchestra 1946-47 season. The lineup includes Lawrence Tibbett Margaret Speaks Lois Bannerman Rudolph Ganz and Robert Louis Barron. Tickets on sale at the Southwestern Public Service Company Fifth and Polk box office hours today and Friday 9 to 5 and Saturday 9 to 1. Loge $9 main floor $7.20 balcony $6 4.50 3.60.
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Amarillo
Roxas and McNutt Arrive at McChord Field Washington
President-elect Manuel Roxas of the Philippines and High Commissioner Paul V. McNutt arrived at McChord Field Washington on May 9 marking Roxas first sighting of American ships since 1939. The event underscored US Philippines ties during the transition period.
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Roxas
Amarillo Chamber Tackles Trash Disposal Push
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce civic affairs committee plans to urge the board to demand improved trash collection and disposal from the city. They also support expanding postal facilities and establishing a community calendar to avoid meeting date conflicts.
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Chamber of Commerce Civic Affairs Committee
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Capitol Hotel
Amarillo
Chamber of Commerce
Civic Affairs Committee
H. S. McCray
Macon Carder
Margaret Ventress
Florence Welter
Edward N. Bliss
M. B. Ellerb
Connally Questions Molotov On Yes In Any Language
Texas Senator Tom Connally queried Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov at a U S embassy party about saying yes in any language. Soviet interpreter Pavlov laughed hard, delaying translation before Molotov also laughed. Molotov did not say yes.
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Paris
Tom Connally
Texas
Molotov
United States
Nikolai Pavlov
Police Scouting Texas for Texarkana Killings Suspect
In a wide search across East and Central Texas authorities pursue a man who boasted of five Texarkana killings. The description: read headed, khaki clad, about 25. Five victims are identified as Virgil Starks Polly Ann Moore Richard Griffin Paul Martin and Betty Jo Booker. The case links to an escaped German prisoner being investigated by FBI.
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Texas
Texarkana
Lufkin
Herbert Thomas
Kilcore
Kilgore
Mexia
Thomas
Oakwood
Canary
Texar
Kana
Oklahoma
State Highway Patrol
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Earl Cliff MceSpadden
Virgil Starks
Polly Ann Moore
Richard Griffin
Paul Martin
Betty Jo Booker
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
The Weather Bureau reports partly cloudy conditions in Amarillo area with southwest winds 20 to 35 mph and mild temperatures. Friday brings cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers and cooler air as north winds reach 25 to 35 mph. In West Texas, partly cloudy with scattered storms in Rio Grande Valley today, then Friday unsettled with more storms and cooler in the Panhandle and South Plains. High 73, low 56, and noon 80. Ad for Buff brick siding and slate shingles from John Maynard Lumber Co. 800 W 5th.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Panhandle
South Plains
John Maynard Lbr. Co
5Th
Elementary School Children Run Wild After Track Meet
Newark New Jersey May 9 a batch of elementary school children ran wild after a West Side Park track meet. Police called in after a bakery truck contents spilled ash cans upset street peddlers shops robbed windows smashed fares refused and items stolen from confectionery shops while buses filled with youths failed to pay.
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Newark
N. J
West Side Park
Radar Beat Sub Warfare Says Doenitz
Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz testified at the War Crimes Court that Allied radar hit the German submarine fleet hard in July 1942 during the Battle of the Atlantic. He said submarine losses rose 300 percent after radar adoption and called radar second only to the atom bomb in wartime impact. He defended orders limiting rescues to avoid surfacing with U boats at risk and cited early war losses from rescue attempts.
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Mernberg
U.P
Karl Doenitz
Doenitz
Adolf Hitler
War Crimes Court
Youths Stage Riot In Bogota Street
Several hundred rioting youths swarmed the main street of Bogota shouting invective at Jewish and Polish elements and stoning foreign shops while police tried to quell the disorder. A Polish national and a Colombian fought, leaving the latter with a minor knife wound.
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Bogota
Columbia
British Loan Survives Major Congressional Test
The $3.75 billion British loan cleared a congressional hurdle as the Senate rejected a move to send the measure to the House for prior consideration. Administration leaders pressed for Senate passage before adjournment tonight.
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Washington
Senate
House
Hunger Strikes Trigger Violent Irish Protest in Dublin
In Dublin on May 9 police fired over the heads of about 400 demonstrators who surrounded President Sean T. O Kelly s car demanding release of two hunger strikers. Three officers and five protesters injured. Fleming near death on day 50 and McCaughy on day 21. De Valera declined intervention as O Kelly headed to a 1916 leaders tribute.
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Dublin
U.P
Sean T. O’kelly
Avid Fleming
Sean McCaughy
Irish Republican Army
Fleming
James
McCaughy
Maryborough
Eire
Eamon de Valera
Dail
Belfast
O’kelly
Phoenix Park
Arbour Hill
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