Amarillo Counts Displays Take Hard Drubbing
Am arillo reports widespread storm damage with thousands in losses. Edwards Studio suffered 2500 to 3000 dollars in art and fixtures after a small tornado-like gust. Sears Roebuck front windows damaged. Citywide display losses and fence damage at Tri-State Fair grounds noted.
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Amarillo
Edwards
Santa Fe
Jack Edwards
Ninth Avenue
Santa Tracks
Sears Roebuck Management
Polk Street
Globe Office
Ed Eubanks
Tri - State Fairgrounds
Gold Sox Field
Eubanks
Tri-State
Sixth
Rusk
North- West Texas Hospital
Florence Nightingale
San Jacinto
East Amarillo
Raymond Ammons
Neuches
Greece Turkey aid bill sent to White House
Congress approved a $400 million aid package for Greece and Turkey, with $250 million for Greece and $150 million for Turkey. The measure includes FBI screening for civilian personnel and conditions on debt payments, with the United Nations to be notified that it may assume aid roles.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Greece
Turkey
Senate
House
Near East
FBI
United States
United Nations
Bureau of Reclamation cuts hit Amarillo staff
Notices mailed to 60 Amarillo based employees and 137 across five states announce termination of service effective June 30. Acting regional director A N Thompson cites House budget cuts and pending Senate action as the cause.
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Amarillo
US Bureau of Reclamation
Emee
A. N. Thompson
Thompson
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Plannin
Bus Becomes Double Deckers in Chicago Viaduct Crash
William Plokot drove an empty Chicago motor coach through a viaduct last night and crashed overhead after forgetting the bus was a double decker.
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Chicago
William Plokot
Plokot
Lewis shifts to sector talks with 75 percent coal firms
In Washington on May 15 John L. Lewis agreed to begin wage discussions with about 75 percent of soft coal operators led by Charles ONeill. The Southern Coal Producers Association representing roughly 25 percent will not join an industry wide deal. Collison said Lewis would discuss separately with southern groups next Monday while continuing to press for a private contract to avert a new nationwide strike.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
Collison
Charles O'Neill
UMW
Southern Association
Congress
Texas police and firemen win civil service fight
Texas lawmakers adopt a conference report on the Civil Service Bill. Elections will be held in municipalities with five thousand or more within 90 days after the act takes effect to decide civil service for firefighters and police. A follow up vote after five years will determine continued support. The measure lacks immediate effect pending gubernatorial signature and a 90 day delay after session end. The 200 million dollar veteran bonus plan fails to advance as House rejects transfer motions by Rep. Roger Q. Evans.
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Austin
Texas
House
Roger Q. Evans
Denison
Constituonal Amendments Committee
Veterans Committee
Doyle Willis
Fort Worth
Evans
Constitutional Amendments Committee
Intrepid State of the Union Cast Faces Leaky Theater Roof
The Intrepid cast performs the State of the Union play before a leaky roof at the Little Theater amid editor notes on Amarillo’s auditorium needs. Katharine Cornell is mentioned with immortality in her autobiography while Paderewski and Phil Spitalny are cited in relation to local echoes of the municipal auditorium.
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Amarillo
Katharine Cornell
Paderewski
Phil Spitalny
Old Municipal
Rainy night tests Amarillo Little Theater weather resilience
The second performance of State of the Union at the Municipal Auditorium faced a severe storm that flooded dressing rooms and ruined scenery. Despite delays, rain interruptions, and shifting schedules, the cast persisted and opened the show at 8:45 with a large, enthusiastic audience, ending Amarillo Little Theater’s most successful season to date.
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Amarillo
Municipal Auditorium
State of the Union
Dallas
Amarillo Little Theater
Bob Hope Show Tickets Vanish Fast in Amarillo Line
Hundreds queued through Maxor Drug Store and Fisk Building lobby for Bob Hope Show seats at the Amarillo Globe News event. Ticket prices range from 1.20 to 3.60 with mail orders accepted while supplies last. performers and crew fly in next Tuesday for an 8 p.m. paramour broadcast from Paramount Theatre.
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Bob Hope Auditorium
Maxor Drug Store
Fisk Building
Polk Street
Bob Hope
Amarillo
Paramount
Hope
Burglars Hit Fox Worth-Galbraith Lumber Yard
Grady Stubbs reports a theft of doors windows and paint valued at about 1200 from Fox Worth Galbraith Lumber Co 501 Washington. Loss includes 40 doors 4 window units and 250 to 300 gallons of white paint. eighteen doors valued at 35 each. Police note yard shed entry by back door and truck tracks in alley. Lumber yard opened this morning revealed the loss. See John Maynard Lumber 800 W Std.
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Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Company
Washington
Grady Stubbs
Stubbs
Three Die as Building Crumbles in Elko
A two story brick building in Elko Nevada collapsed in the early hours, killing Ralph Nielsen Beatrice Nielsen and Mrs Robert Norris and injuring four others including Mr and Mrs W A Sperry and their daughter Vernal Jones. digging continued for survivors but officials believed all occupants were accounted for.
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Elko, Nev
Elko
C. L. Smith
Elko County
Ralph Nielsen
Beatrice Nielsen
Nilsen
Robert Norris
W. A. Sperry
Vernal Jones
Mrs. Sperry
Chris Sheerin
Elko Free Press
Death Toll in Rome Blaze Tops 26 as Firemen Inspect Ruins
Rome officials report 26 dead in the Minerva Film Co. blaze with firefighters still searching the wreckage for additional victims. The towering ruins hinder containment as authorities press for more recovered bodies and exact causes remain under investigation.
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Rome
Minerva Film Co
House Passes Hazlewood Bill on Natural Gas Use
The House approved by 75 to 39 a Hazlewood measure allowing use of sweet and sour natural gas to manufacture carbon black without prior gasoline extraction. The bill returns to the Senate for conference amendments. Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes-Insurance.
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House
Hazlewood
Austin
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
Senate
Federal funding restores air traffic towers in 150 cities
Congress approved 4.95 million dollars to continue federal operation of control towers at airports in 150 cities. The measure, added to an omnibus supply bill by Representatives Cole and Rooney, preserves operations at English Field and avoids city costs cited by Mayor Lawrence Hagg.
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Washington
House
Cole
Rooney
Eet Es Pa
English Field
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Mostly cloudy with thunderstorms this afternoon and early tonight. Decreasing clouds Friday. West Texas expects scattered storms in the Panhandle and South Plains with fair elsewhere. New Mexico shows partly cloudy day with showers in the north. High 82, low 52, noon 70. 1.34 inches precipitation.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos River
New Mexico
North Portion
New UN Inquiry Commission Formed For Palestine Study
The United Nations assembly formally created an inquiry commission to study independence options for Palestine. The 55 nation body allowed on the spot investigations in Palestine this summer and will report to the September assembly. Five Arab states opposed the interim truce and the major powers were barred from membership.
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New York
Holy Land
Inquiry Commission
Assembly
Commission
Palestine
Syria
Egypt
Lebanon
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Afghanistan
Siam
Poland
Russia
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Lawrence Hagg
A. Regal Co
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Lion
Russell K Company
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