Black Cat Sets Trap as Milner Is Taken
In Lubbock on May 14, William Newton Milner was caught after a plan involving a fruit jar buried at a telephone pole led authorities to arrest him for extortion. The FBI reported Milner, 45, with two children, pleaded guilty and awaits the next federal court term opening May 27.
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Lubbock
William Newton Milner
Avenue T
Fourth Street
Milner
J. T. Krueger
Germany
Krueger
Percy Wyly
FBI
Dallas
Olive Fiuke
Senate Action Averts Draft Act Expiration
Senator Hill said the Senate will accept House amendments to extend Selective Service until July 1. President Truman signaled readiness to issue an emergency order preserving draft machinery if Congress fails to act. The House had prohibited induction of fathers and teenagers, while the Senate pressed for a stopgap extension.
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Senate
Washington
Hill
Alabama
House
Senate Military Committee
Elbert Thomas
Military Committee
White House
Truman
Ing
Congress
Thomas
Thomas Tol
House Representatives
Grain Dealers Protest Government Grain Policy at Panhandle Meeting
Indignation erupts at the Panhandle Grain and Feed Dealers Association session in Amarillo with threats to embargo wheat handling for the Credit Commodity Corporation unless relief on charges is won. Discussion centers on the three cent handling charge and OPA price policies as figures from Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico are gathered for a petition to CCP.
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Panhandle Grain and Feed Dealers Association
Tom F. Connally
Clarendon
Joe Jenkins
Fort Worth
OPA
PMA
Blewett
Joe Coffee
Amarillo Grainman
Coffee
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
CPA
Commodity Credit Corporation
Frank Triplett
Producer's Grain Corporation
Amarillo
Association
Kansas
Minnesota
K. K. Smith
Kimbell Milline Co
Smith
Panhandle
Fort Worth Grainman
Washington
Sim Kelly
Lloyd Nelson
Panhandle Grain Association
Will Head Delegation Due Here Will Head Delegation
Rural Electrification Administrator Claude R. Wickard will lead a 125 member REA delegation at a regional meeting starting tomorrow at the Herring Hotel. The three day session runs through Friday with top electrification officials from nine states and national figures William J. Neal and John W. Asher attending. Twenty six officials will arrive on a chartered TWA plane. Wickard, a Purdue graduate and noted farmer, led the nation’s agricultural program during the war years after serving as undersecretary and rising to secretary.
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Claude R. Wickard
Secretary of Agriculture
REA
Herring Hotel
William J. Neal
John W. Asher
Washington
TWA
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Wickard
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Indiana
Purdue University
Prairie Farmer
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
The
AAA
Britain protests Spanish deportation of Nazis in Spain
The British foreign office said it informed Spain’s Franco regime it is dissatisfied with its treatment of 2200 to 2500 “obnoxious” Germans. Britain demands immediate steps to return the Germans to Germany.
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London
Foreign Office
Spain
Madrid
Victor Mallet
Francisco Franco
Britain
Germany
Near Riot In Tokyo Over Food Demands
In Tokyo at the east gate of the imperial palace more than 2,000 protesters staged a five hour sit down strike demanding more food and an answer from Emperor Hirohito by Sunday. Women with babies strapped to their backs joined the crowd waving red flags and urging release of allegedly hoarded imperial household stocks.
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Tokyo
U.P
Imperial Palace
Hirohito
Dies in Sweetheart's Arms Embrace Probed by Coroner
London May 14 A coroner ruled Miss Florence Quarrel age 22 died accidentally in her sweetheart's arms after an exuberant embrace pressed on a neck nerve. Pathologist Dr N H Simpson testified the pressure caused immediate paralysis of lung and heart functions.
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London
Florence Quarrel
N ‘*H Simpson
Truman summons Big Five unions and railroads for White House talk
President Truman called a White House conference with Big Five railroad brotherhoods and railroad operators to avert a Saturday strike by about 250000 engineers and trainmen. Press secretary Ross said the talks start at 2 45 Amarillo time with industry negotiators present.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Charles G. Ross
Amarillo
Ross
Association of American Railroads
J.J. Pelley
Railroad Association
D. P. Loomis
W. T. Forby
W. A. Enochs
J. P. Parrish
Labor men threaten rail and truck walkouts in four states
AFL truck drivers threaten a 20 000 strong walkout across Texas Oklahoma Arkansas and Louisiana if a new contract is not signed by midnight. negotiators in Dallas face teams from about 25 motor freight lines and the dispute centers on wage increases and rules changes. Amarillo drivers weigh possible impacts as local union leaders pledge to follow the broader action.
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John L. Lewis
United Mines Workers
Lewis
Amarillo
Ing
AFL
Lee Way Motor Freight, Inc
Miller & Miller Motor Freight Lines
Yellow Transit Company
Navajo Truck Lines
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Dallas
Ted F. Morrow
U. S
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Dan Heitzman
Amarilo
Mike Slattery
Lee Way
Navajo Lines
Health Officials Battle Excitement Over Malady
Texas health officials monitor an outbreak in San Antonio and Bexar County with eight infantile paralysis cases. Dr. J. W. Irons warns rumors mislead, cites polio as the probable illness, while Amarillo’s Q fever outbreak is studied for comparison and cause.
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San Antonio
Irons
Bexar County
Cox
Texas
Amarillo
State Health Department
Crime up eighty percent in Potter County grand jury report
A January term survey by District Attorney Jim Lumpkin shows 148 cases faced by the grand jury, an 80 percent rise from 82 cases a year earlier. The mix shifts toward burglary forgery and theft, with declines in swindling by check and desertion, plus new counts like arson narcotics perjury abduction and assault with a weapon.
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Grand Jury
Jim Lumpkin
Polio Retreat Reported in Amarillo Health Officers Say
Dr. John Hooper reports polio retreat in Amarillo with no new city cases. One child died from polio last Sunday night, according to the city health department.
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Amarillo
John Hooper
Denison Man Rescued After Night Afloat on Texoma
Hubert Brigham of Denison spent a night adrift on Lake Texoma after his motor failed and returned home safely. An all night search by a fleet of U S Army engineer boats failed to locate him.
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Denison
Hubert Brigham
Lake Texoma
U. S. Army
Prepare For War In Iran
In TEHRAN on May 14 the Iranian army hastened war preparations while the central government pressed a peaceful Azerbaijan settlement. Persian sources say the military and northern tribes are backing the young shah, challenging government control. Premier Ahmed Qavam spoke of postponing Azerbaijan negotiations and sought to calm public anxiety with hopeful, peaceful intents.
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Tehran
Azerbaijan
Shah
Ahmed Qavam
Weather Outlook Amarillo and West Texas
Fair and warmer this afternoon and tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy with little temperature change. West Texas region partly cloudy this afternoon and Wednesday. High 77, low 50, noon 83. Distinctive printing and lithographing. Russell Story Co Buff brick siding and slate shingles. See John Maynard Lumber Co 800 W South.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Russell Story
John Maynard Lbr Co
Molotov Seeks Trade on Withdrawal of Troops
American sources report Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov proposed Russian troop withdrawal from Bulgaria in exchange for Allied troops leaving Italy. Byrnes and Bevin rejected the barter and suggested a commission of military experts to assess Italy to Austria lines of communication. Molotov allegedly agreed to the commission idea, but no final decision was made.
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Molotov
Paris
V. M. Molotov
Bulgaria
Italy
U. S
State Byrnes
Bevin
Byrnes
Austria
Romania
Britain
Foreign Ministers Council
London
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ST. Louis
Lewis W. Baldwin
Missouri Pacific Lines
Rea Chief
Franco
Sweetheart
Brotherhoods
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
T. C. Cashen
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Alvanley Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
C. J. Coff
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Martin Miller
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
NEA
Portland
Ore
Edward Hurst
Deep River
Wash
Portland General Hospital
Helen Burgess
Potter County
E. A. Regal Co., Real Estate and Loans
Iran
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