Texas Storm Ravages Plains With Hail Winds and Floods
Damaging hailstorms and high winds swept Texas for a fifth straight night with heavy rains across cities including Dallas Fort Worth and Port Arthur. A Fort Worth attorney escaped a flash flood, while a Baptist church burned from lightning. Widespread damage, power failures, and airport disruptions were reported.
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Associated Press
Texas
Panhandle
Ballinger
Dallas
Weather Bureau
Fort Worth
J. H. Foster
Port Arthur
Waco
Lake Waco
Cameron
Athens
Wichita Falls
Luscombe Aircraft Corp
Garland
Houston
Austin
Mayer backs Boys Ranch in film deal and charity gift
Hollywood reports Louis B. Mayer approved MGM producing the picture Boys Ranch after days of talks with Amarillo’s Cal Farley. He gave $10,000 to the ranch, ordered much filming on the ranch to aid local youngsters, and hopes the project raises national attention and spurs similar havens.
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Hollywood
Amarillo
Louis B. Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cal Farley
Mayer
Old Tascosa
M-G-M
Boys Ranch
Louie Mayer
Lesser of Two Evils extends draft amid limits
President Truman signed a 45 day stopgap extension of the draft law just before the deadline. The measure allows only men ages 20 to 25 to be inducted and bans fathers and teenage youths from service. Senate passage ended Langer's bid to stall the extension, though Truman called the bill a bad one.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Langer
North Dakota
Republican
Charles G. Ross
Census Finds Eight of Nine GIs Employed
St Louis May 15 Eight of nine war veterans have found jobs according to census figures announced at an employment conference. Robert C Goodwin director of the U S Employment Service said 8 120 000 of 9 110 000 veterans returning are employed.
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ST. Louis
Robert C. Goodwin
U. S. Employment Service
Bureau of Census
Rail unions suspend Illinois Central strike amid nationwide labor unrest
A joint note from the Brotherhoods of Railroad Trainmen and Locomotive Engineers says Illinois Central workers, under government control since East Fall, will cancel Saturday strike plans. No reason given. Coal talks remain in deadlock as bargaining resumes.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Brotherhoods of Railroad
Illinois Central
East Fall
Unequivo
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes
Trains Damage Wright in Car Fires Twice
Chester A. Wright escaped serious harm after his car was struck twice by a train in Houston. The second collision caused a fire and a broken arm for Wright while a steam pipe on the locomotive was damaged and the engine had to be towed to the roundhouse for repairs.
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Houston
U.P
Chester A. Wright
Wright
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity and West Texas
The Weather Bureau reports partly cloudy conditions across Amarillo and vicinity and West Texas today and tonight with cooler temperatures this afternoon. New Mexico sees partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the mountains and northeast. Temperatures range from lows in the mid 30s to mid 60s and highs from the 70s to the 90s across regions.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Texas Polio Epidemic Forces School Closures
Two more schools Benavides and Freer in Duval County shut down amid infantile paralysis fears. The Benavides district acted in an emergency meeting as the county council bans public gatherings for 14 days. A San Antonio hospital reported a 16 year old death, part of rising caseload across the state.
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Associated Press
Benavides
Duval County
Benavides Independent Schools District Board
County Council
Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation For
Ross Boothe
Jean W. Belcher
San Antonio County
San Antonio
Dallas
Dallas Naval Air Station
Ernest W. Slake
U. S. Entomology Bureau
South
Texas
Austin
George W. Cox
Laredo Celebrates 151st Birthday Today
Laredo Texas marked its 151st birthday on May 15 as one of the state's oldest towns observed the anniversary with local events and celebration.
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Laredo
U.P
Texas
Nation threatens six week flour holiday in output
Washington May 15 AP fast dwindling wheat supplies at mills threaten a six week holiday in flour output for domestic use. House Agriculture Committee to open a comprehensive investigation with first session tomorrow.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Flannagan
Virginia
Anderson
Chester C. Davis
Truman
Electrical Power Expansion Sought in REA Meeting
REA administrator Claude R Wickard opened a three day meeting in Amarillo with 125 field representatives and six division heads from 17 western states. He stressed area coverage as essential for coordinated rural service and wiser use of government funds.
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Rural Electrification Administration
Claude R. Wickard
REA
Western States
Herring Hotel
Chicago
Cave City
AEA
W. J. Neal
Neal
Wickard
New Hampshire
Amarillo
A. W. Gerth
J. K
Allies censure Japanese autarky council role discussed
Atcheson defended the Allied Council for Japan as advisory to MacArthur and rejected broadening its scope. Derevyanko pressed for seven days notice on directives, while Ball urged advance briefing only on topics with forthcoming directives. The exchange touched on May Day unrest and alleged suppression of protests, with Atcheson stressing democratization and cautioning against party support.
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Tokyo
George Atcheson, Jr
MacArthur
Allied Council For Japan
Russia
Atcheson
Council
Moscow
the Council
W. MacMahon Ball
Kuzma Derevyanko
United States
Japan
Derevyanko
Shikoku Island
Truman weighing outside pick for new chief justice
President Truman nears a decision to choose a chief justice from outside the current Supreme Court. Phil S. Gibson of California is among names discussed though no final choice is announced. Politicians say Hughes and Roberts have influenced the President against promoting a sitting justice.
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Washington
Truman
Supreme Court
White House
Phil S. Gibson
California State Supreme Court
Gibson
Charles Evans Hughes
Ewen J. Roberts
Senate Banking Committee approves one year OPA extension
The senate banking committee voted 11 to 5 to approve a one year extension of OPA. Democratic leader Alben W. Barkley revealed the result of the first vote after leaving the closed session early.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Banking Committee
Alben W. Barkley
Senate
Poles Arrests Reported in Warsaw Mass Roundup
Warsaw dispatches report mass arrests by security police of Polish Peasant Party district and local leaders on charges of organized underground activity including armed attacks against authorities.
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Moscow
U.P
Warsaw
Polish Peasant Party
Century-Old man dies in hit and run in Burlington
Burlington obituary notes Frank King died yesterday at 103 from a hit and run driver. His brother Joe King, 105, survives. The item recalls the automobile’s arrival in America and King’s warning about the danger of cars on sidewalks.
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Burlington, Vt
U.P
Frank King
Joe
Frank
Turnbull Canyon Fire Expands in Gila National Forest
Silver City New Mexico May 15 The Turnbull Canyon fire in Gila National Forest rages out of control with over 200 firefighters battling the flames. Forest Supervisor L R Lessel reports the area already exceeds 2000 acres and consumes timber hourly threatening a forest closure to fishermen as the trout and salmon season opens at sunrise.
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Silver City
N. M
Turnbull Canyon
Gila National Forest
L. R. Lessel
National Forest
Grainmen Pass Resolutions Opposing OPA and High Rates
Delegates at the Grain and Feed Dealers convention drafted resolutions condemning government propaganda for wage and price policies including OPA, opposed the 20 cent long distance tax, and criticized price controls. John Lee Smith and Ron Kennedy led speeches on labor unrest and grain policy changes, with H. G. Stinnett elected president and a slate of officers and directors named.
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OPA
John Lee Smith
Texas
Ron Kennedy
Grain and Feed Dealers National Association
Mr. Smith
CIO
Germany
Kennedy
National Grain Association
Mr. Kennedy
National Grainman
H. G. Stinnett
Plainview
Joe Coffee
Amarillo
H. C. Adams
Ben F. Smith
Jess Woodward
Perryton
Porter Holmes
Whiteer
Earl Rite
Stratford
Ja Gregory
Dimmitt
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