President signals openness to two power talks with Russia
President Truman said he would be glad to meet Soviet Premier Stalin in Washington if such a meeting occurred. He noted that Moscow might seek two power talks but emphasized that real improvement hinges on a fundamental shift in Soviet foreign policy.
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States
Stalin
Washington
Russia
United States
Truman
Walter Bedell Smith
Molotov
Smith
No Departure in Policy on Peace Talks Stated
The text notes that the exchange of notes has not meaningfully improved peace prospects. It cites statements by President Truman and Secretary Marshall over the past three days stressing that American policy remains unchanged in its aim to prevent escalation and seek a durable settlement.
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Truman
Marshall
Waterbury Bus Strike Leads to Bicycle Picket Line
In Waterbury Connecticut the North East Transportation Company staff operated buses with drivers on strike forming a traveling picket on bicycles. The scene unfolded as labor actions intensified while city streets buzzed with disruption and tension among workers and management.
Peace policy and Arab-Israeli drama dominate page one
Mos t of the text centers on a Soviet pledge of peace and cooperation with the USA as stated by Molotov and Marshall. It notes the approaching zero hour in the Holy Land with British rule ending and a flood of Jewish immigrants entering Haifa. Reports mention expected Arab invasion and mobilization calls. The piece also covers a CIO strike threat in a TELCO dispute, wage demands, and ongoing contract talks with A T and T, including plans for arbitration and future cooperation.
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Associated Press
United Press
Holy Land
Texas
Haifa
Arabia States
Syria
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
A. T. and
Federal Mediation Service
Moran
A. T. and T
Boston
CIO
Philip Murray
Telephone Workers Organizing Committee
Murray
Conciliation Service
William W. Margolis
Arab League
Palestine
Egypt
Damascus
Trans-Jordan
Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Haganah
Pan York
Pan Crescent
Cyprus
Europe
Amman
Trans- Jordan
London
Mufti
Jerusalem
Pockets of Vagrant Yield Varied Items
Police hold a vagrant for vagrancy with pockets packed by the arrest. Officers removed more than six pounds of objects including lipsticks knives bullets and various tools from his pockets. The Zionist and Middle East dispatch notes Arab actions and Jewish mobilization ahead of anticipated conflicts and arrivals in Palestine.
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Globe
J. D. Foster
Thomas D. Parkis
Ee Eos
Drowning Victim Les Roberts Jr Rural San Angelo
Les Roberts Jr once Amarillo resident drowned in a fishing accident at Lake Ben Ficklin eight miles south of San Angelo. A companion, Buddy Smith, survived after the boat overturned. Roberts body recovered within ten minutes. CPR failed. He lived in San Angelo five years and was 40. Funeral set for 4:30 p.m. tomorrow at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel.
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Les Roberts, Jr
Amarillo
Lake Ben Ficklin
San Angelo
Ladd Roberts
Les Robert
Roberts
Levine's
Clovis
Borger
Pampa
Albuquerque
Skyview Gardens Club
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
Alpha Roberts
Leslene Roberts
Ladd
Malcolm Roberts
Alus Roberts
Lubbock
L. C. Killion
Sammie Callison
Eugene Hale
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinities
Clear nights and mornings with scattered afternoon cloudiness today and Friday. Rising temperatures with partly cloudy West Texas, scattered showers from Pecos Valley eastward, warmer Friday across Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico sees isolated thundershowers southeast, otherwise fair. High 69, low 41, noon 74, precipitation .01 inches.
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Amarillo
Pecos Valley
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Three Draw Jail Terms for Cutting Off Woman's Hair
Three Columbus men received 30 day sentences at the state penal farm for cutting off a woman's hair. Police report Mrs. Hazel Campbell, 29, Nashville Indiana, said the men sliced off all her hair except the forelock after accusing her of informing authorities about a stolen car.
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Columbus
Ind
State
Hazel Campbell
Nashville
Civil rights clash threatens regional university plan
Southern senators threaten a filibuster over an education pact backed by 15 states to create regional universities. Senator Morse moves to send the measure to the judiciary committee, and he vows to add an anti segregation amendment if defeated. Senate Democrats resist the move, urging a fair test on merit under Republican leadership.
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Russell
Georgia
Byrd
Virginia
Senate
Morse
Oregon
Panhandle Weather Outlook Hinges on Late Rain Chance
Mr. Winburn says rain prospects look favorable for the Panhandle though today and tomorrow show little moisture in the forecast. southerly winds continue as temperatures rise with highs near 81 today and near 87 tomorrow. a late night or Saturday shower remains possible as heat remains high.
Sweet Gas Price Rises in Panhandle Hearing
Average price of sweet gas in the Panhandle, submitted to the Texas Railroad Commission by C C Kuhne of Tex homa Natural Gas Co, stands at 4.44 cents per thousand. The figure, set as the minimum price carbon black firms must back for gas, was cited as the Commission opened its hearing. Plains Chevrolet Co repairs four old trucks for Mr Farmer.
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Panhandle
Texas Railroad Commission
C. C. Kuhne
Texhoma Natural Gas Company
City eyeing move to Municipal Auditorium quarters
City officials plan to move city offices to Municipal Auditorium after lease expiration at the Potts Ingerton Building. City Manager N V Moss says City Engineer Stanton Field will survey space needs and remodeling. Tenants YMCA and Federated Women’s Clubs must vacate. club leaders seek alternate meeting space.
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Municipal Auditorium
N. V. Moss
Stanton Field
Field
Moss
Lawrence Hagg
Ira Stephenson
Bud Curtis
Potts Ingerton
City Hall
Ingerton
City Transportation
Health Department
YMCA
Federated Women’s Clubs
John Merchant
Brotherhoods Plan Strike If Government Controls End
A top railroad union official said the three brotherhoods will resume nationwide strikes when federal control ends. They will run trains while the government oversees the rail system and strike again the moment control returns to the carriers unless a wage-rules agreement is reached. The official spoke on condition of anonymity.
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Washington
Explosion at Auto Hotel Injures Three in Oklahoma City
Three people were injured when a blast ripped through the seven story Auto Hotel near First and Broadway in central Oklahoma City. Fire Chief C A McAlpine said gasoline fumes in the basement likely caused the explosion.
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Oklahoma City
First and Broadway
C. A. McAlpine
Pantex School Gets Extra Maintenance Allowance
Washington May 13 Congress man Eugene Worley said the Federal Works Agency approved an additional allotment for maintenance and operation for Pantex Independent School District amounting to 1891 dollars.
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Washington
Pantex Independent School District
Eugene Worley
Federal Works Agency
Last Curtain Call For The Barretts Of Wimpole Street
Final performance of The Barretts of Wimpole Street at 8 15 tonight at Municipal Auditorium. Tickets available at the box office with prices 1 30 for adults and 60 cents for students including tax.
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Amarillo Little Theater
Wimpole Street
Municipal Auditorium
Taft Opposed To Placing Railroads Under Taft Hartley Act
Senator Taft said at a Hartford press conference that he opposes placing the nation’s railroads under the Taft Hartley Act. He argued current railroad labor laws already fulfill all the act’s aims. He spoke on arrival for the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce annual meeting.
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Hartford
Conn
Taft
Connecticut Chamber of Commerce
Soviet Reports Echo West on Talks Between Smith Molotov
Back pages from Moscow newspapers report reactions from Washington London Paris and Warsaw to the US Soviet talks announcement involving Ambassador Bedell Smith and Foreign Minister Molotov.
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Moscow
Washington
London
Paris
Warsaw
W. Bedell Smith
V. M. Molotov
Lubbock Man Slain On Garden City Highway
Raymond Shook 46, a Lubbock tire dealer, was found shot to death in his car on the Garden City highway in Glasscock County near Midland. Police suspect robbery as motive. Shook had left Lubbock for San Angelo a week earlier. Milvin Shook, his brother, operates stores in multiple Texas cities.
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Midland
Raymond Shook
Lubbock Tire
Garden City Highway
Glasscock County
Evnue
MVNS
Weis
Shook
Jerry Fulton
Lubbock
Fulton
San Angelo
Milvin
Abilene
Sweetwater
Midland Garden City
Glasscock
Milvin Shook
Raymond Shook Pioneer of Plainview Family
Raymond Shook was a member of a pioneer Plainview family living in Plainview from 1912 to 1928. A brother C. A. Shook still resides in Plainview, another brother C. B. Shook now of Ruidoso NM formerly lived in Amarillo. During the 1920s he operated the Shook Rubber Co a tire concern here.
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Raymond Shook
Plainview
C. A. Shook
C. B. Shook
Ruidoso
Amarillo
Mr. Shook
Shook Rubber Co
Natural Gas Bill Killed in Senate Commerce Committee
The Senate Commerce Committee defeated the Moore Rizley Bill 8 to 4, ending efforts to curb federal control of natural gas. Sen E H Moore urged the measure as in the public interest, while supporters said it would expand the industry. Opponents warned it would raise rates and boost pipeline profits nationwide.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Moore- Rizley
E. H. Moore
Oklahoma
Commerce
Loewenstern Named VP of Texas Realty Association
Hugo Loewenstern a Amarillo realtor was elected vice president of the Texas Real Estate Association meeting in El Paso. Other new officers include Chester Seals Wichita Falls president Lester Russell Dallas James D Hamlin Farwell vice presidents and J A C Baker Corpus Christi secretary treasurer.
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Hugo Loewenstern
Amarillo
Texas Real Estate Association
el Paso
United Press
Loewenstern
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CIO American Telephone Workers Union
John J. Moran
Iort
Tad
Waterbury
Struck North East Transportation Company
Sia
United Nations
Ieee Tecrarese Agpetasiaaee
Aeesa
Great Plains Empire
USA
Molotv
Plo
Russells
Radio Ser
John Maynard Lbr. Co
5Th
Plains Chevrolet
Mr. Farmer
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes-Insurance
Plains Chevrolet Co
Farmer
Brotherhoods
Pantex School
Texas Realty Association
North East Third Avenue
Buchanan
Mirror Streets
J. E. Browning
Eads Hide & Wool Co
North East Third
H. F. Kincaid
Grand Avenue
Houston
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