Amarillo approves fair stock barns construction plan
Potter County commissioners authorize a new permanent stock barns complex at the Tri-State Fair Park. The plan includes central unit stuccoing, fireproof sales area, and remodeling of the old arena for hog and sheep judging. Townes to draw plans with cost not to exceed 225000.
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Presentiny
Roy Peniel
Townes
Amarila Fat
Stock Shaw
W. M. Gouldy
Econome Rcally
Saich
Commissioners Court
Harvey Aller
Stock Show
Jay Taylor
Tri-State Fair Association
W. M. Gould
Jack Roach
Joe Gamble
Lee Bivins
Raymond Hollingsworth
George Autry
Delbert Dalby
Tri-State Fair Park
Potter County
W.W. C. Townes
President's Mother Still Clings to Life in Missouri
GRanDVIEW Mo May 26 President Truman expressed amazement at his mother's vitality as she clings to life Mrs Martha E Truman has grown weaker at her rural home near Kansas City the President said there is no change this morning and he has talked to his sister Mary Jane Truman He walked 20 minutes then returned to his hotel for breakfast before driving to his mother's home as he has done since he flew here May 17
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Amarillo
Associated Prom
Great Plains
United Press
Hale Center
First National Bank of
S. B. Berry
Cecil McNeil
Hereford
Sam Willburn
Charles Royalty
Grissom
Mays
Lubbock
Hale County
Ted Andrews
Potter County
Cran
Oe Cox
Berry
McNeill
Joel Cantrell
Calvin Harrell
Canyon
Tulsa
Willburn
Hel
Royalty
Infantry
McNeil
Biante
Mersha
Bruce ‘Woodall
Millburn
Jaz A. Jefferies
Jefferies
Min
Jessie Payne
Dale Dedman
Pank
W. E. Canyon
H. A. Dickson
J. W. Grace
Vernon Caudle
Guy A Riley
Caudle
E. L. Pitts
Seventh Court of Civil Appeals
Rob
Grandview
Truman
Mrc
Martha E. Truman
Kansas City
Mary Jane Truman
Man Beaten With Shovel During Robbery at Amarillo Club
A 55 year old auction worker at the Aviatrix Club in Amarillo was beaten with a shovel and robbed after two men entered the building. The victim, severely injured, was tied and threatened before escaping and seeking help. A second man is sought while one suspect wearing khaki is in custody.
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LeMond
Payne
Charley Riddle
Riddle
Amarillo Veterans Hospital
Austin
Segislature
Vaa
Fred Mauritz
Ganado
Avanus
Ilind
el Campo
Aviatrix
Jie
Blackpurn Shaw
Hlm
Weather Outlook and Local Notices from Amarillo Region
Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions with a chance of thundershowers through today and tonight across Amarillo and vicinity. A slight warmup is noted this afternoon with little temperature change tonight into Tuesday. Western Texas sees partly cloudy skies with scattered showers. New Mexico expects fair today, then partly cloudy Tuesday with isolated storms northern mountains and northeast areas. Highs around 78 and lows near 56. Also listed are insurance ads, a skating lesson Tuesday night at Roller Palace, lumber for nurseries, and online notices for John Maynard Lor.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Moun Tung
Portson
Willima-Boyce Agency
Hull Insurance
Roller Palace
Sixth
Jefferson
Jonn Maynard
CIO Organizing Telephone Union News Summary
CIO announces formation of a new international organization for telephone workers after a strike by the NFTW. Murray directs conference calls to unite officers from multiple unions representing over 100 thousand tel ephone workers. The move could challenge the projected Communications Workers of America in the industry.
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Washington
Ua—C
An Into
Murray
CTO
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Allan
Haywood
CIO
NFTW
CTO Inter~ Nationel
Communications Workers of America
Nivow
Hac
Daampschciinel
Nuioh
Rustol
Taylor
Prison Is Refuge for Negro Trio
Raleigh dispatch details three young Black men held in Carolinas penitentiaries on rape charges amid a tense racial climate. Billie Simmons, 24, in Raleigh Central Prison after Clinton arrest. Wille Pooler, 20, at South Carolina’s Columbia prison. Godwin Buddy Bush fled after a kidnapping and rape case in Northampton County, with a lynching backdrop and ongoing investigations.
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Raleigh
Carolinas
North Carolina
FBI
Billie ‘Simmons
Clinton
Wille Pooler
Dar Kington
South Carolina
Columbia
Greenville
Willie Harile
Pickens
Godwin
Buddy” Bush
Northampton County
Jackson
Bush
Mobo
Ernest R. Tyler
News Tip Contest Awards Highlight Local Tips
The weekly News Tip contest drew high quality responses with three top feature stories capturing first to third prizes. Winners include Mrs. W N Merritt for a 2 year old fall incident and a strong feature on Ellwood Park foliage. other finalists and honorable mentions list multiple residents and addresses.
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Glen King
John Hodges
Belleview
Hodges
Floyd Hershinger
Houston
Walter Elking
Test
Prank Reams
North West Second
Jim Weaver
Dodson
Buchanan
Albert Kingman
Washington
William L. Crawford
King Hotel
J. W. Degautell
East Twenty-seventh
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West Twelfth
Glen Rose
Herran
J. W. Hollis
Ellwood Park
W. N. Merritt
West
Inauranca
Convicted Congress Banker Blames Friends for His Plight
Former House Sergeant-at-Arms Kenneth Romney, 65, Montana Democrat, says he took the rap for a $143,863 House bank shortage because of trusted but faithless associates. He received a prison term of one to three years and awaits appeal bail set at $2,500 while accusing Smithwick and Mahoney of causing his downfall.
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Washington
House
Kenneth Romney
Montana
Federal
Romney
Frank Mahoney
New York
John HH. Smithwick
Florida
Mahoney
Smithwick
Georgia
Honolulu
Ronmey
United States Supreme Court
Mahaney
Alexander Holtzoff
Doctor Charged With Quadruple Murder Talkative in Cell
A 42 year old San Antonio physician Loyd I. Ross is charged with shooting four members of the York family to death in Comal County. Sheriff says Ross remained talkative on most topics in jail, offering few clues about the murders. The survivor Ann York, 13, identified the gunman and led authorities to the scene after the family was ambushed on a church road near their ranch.
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New Graunfels
San Antonio
Comat
W. A. Scholl
Loyd I. Ross
Willard H. York
Schollsie
Ann York
York
Comal County
Abunata
Gertrude Q. York
John
Mary York
Hass
Joe Este
Securities and Exchange Commission
Ben H. Rice
Irs
Dr. Ross
Sehell
Page
Connally Warns on Hot Oil Act Funding Cuts
Senator Connally of Texas warned that House cuts in enforcement funds for the Hot Oil Act would cripple its effectiveness. He urged restoring about 218,000 to the Interior Department oil and gas division, noting tender board offices in Kilgore Midland Houston Corpus Christi and Lafayette could face shutdowns if funds fall further.
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Washington
Senator Connally
Texas
House
Senate Appropriations
Budget Bureau
Interior Department
Department
Oil and Gas
Connally
Tender Board
Kilgore
Tex
Midland
Houston
Corpus Christi
Lafayette
Plan Army For All of Americas
President Truman asked Congress for authority to arm equip and train the armed forces of Western hemisphere nations including Canada The move follows a policy of aid to nations resisting Communist aggression and seeks standardization of arms and methods across the hemisphere to improve regional defense Efforts are part of ongoing wartime style foreign policy changes without detailing new world developments.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Canada
Aim
United States
Greece
Turkey
House Foreign Affairs Community
House of Senale
House
Western Hemisphere
Labor Party Backs Peacetime Conscription Vote Narrowly
In Margate England on May 26 the British Labor Party approved peacetime conscription by 2932 to 571 to support Bevin's foreign policy. The tally showed waning opposition within the party to the policy and rebuked rebels who warned it mirrored the United States and agitated Russia. A 12 month draft bill has already cleared the House of Commons.
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British Labor Party
Margate
England
Labor Party
Ernest Bevin
United States
Russia
House of Commons
Picket Aims Assault Charge Against John Roosevelt
George Hardy a 6 year old union business agent planned to seek an assault complaint against John Roosevelt following a nose punching incident during a picket at Grayson’s Women’s Clothing Stores in Los Angeles. Hardy said he would file with City Attorney Ray L Chesebro after the arrest of the store manager.
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Los. Angeles
George Hardy
John Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Hardy
APL
Enton
City Autlomey
Ray L
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Globe
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Grissom S. Mays
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