Western powers urge four power plan for German democracy
Three identical letters from United States British and French commissioners to General Chuikov outline a program for a freely elected all German government. They seek individual freedoms, four power supervision, and limits on secret police with a German economic unity under four power control. The ministers’ statement endorses pursuing a peace settlement and four power oversight to allow the German government to operate.
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United States
V. I. Chuikov
Germany
Navy paymaster steals 19000 payroll to fund spree
Lt. Bascom B. Boaz a 19 year Navy veteran and paymaster on the tanker Navasota admitted stealing fifteen thousand dollars last Thanksgiving Day and spending it on drinking gambling and travel with a Fresno acquaintance. He was arrested in Pomona with only seven dollars.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Navy
Bascom B. Boaz
Naval Intelligence
FBI
Pomona
Cal
Navasota
Boaz
Long Beach
Sacramento
Fresno
Pearl Rosemary Carter
Three Die in Amarillo Area Car Crash Near 66 and Pullman
A four-vehicle crash at 5 30 AM at the southwest corner of Amarillo Air Terminal left Harry Elmer Martin 41 a bridge superintendent dead instantly Vern Ferguson 44 of Lefors and a passenger in his car also killed Their son Thomas Vern Ferguson 18 and Jack Allen McPeake 20 both Wayland College students were seriously injured along with Mrs Vern Ferguson 47 All injured were treated at St Anthony Hospital The Ferguson car struck Martins eastbound machine wrecked fence posts and both cars overturned in a collision that scattered belongings over a 50 yard area
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Thomas Vern Ferguson
Wayland College
Plainview
Jack Allen McPeake
Pampa
Wayland Colleg
Vern Ferguson
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Young Ferguson
McPeak
Amarillo Air Terminal
Martin
Jericho Road
Clarendon
Ferguson
McPeake
Ford
Pampa High School
Young Perguson
Lefors High School
McPe
Toll may reach 34 in Chicago inferno
In Chicago on May 26 a trolley crashed into a gasoline tank truck, triggering an explosion and fire that devastated seven buildings on the South Side. At least 34 killed, 50 injured, and four interiors burned out as search crews recovered a baby’s foot and investigated possible criminal negligence while coordinating across police, fire, and state and federal agencies.
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Chicago
South Side
van Clay
Philip Breitzke
Cook County
Weather Summary for Amarillo and New Mexico
Cloudy and cold in Amarillo with clearing and warmup Saturday. Highs 64 today, 41 tonight, 79 tomorrow. yesterday 73/39 and .15 inch rainfall. New Mexico from Rio Grande east to showers tonight and Saturday with cooler north and east today, warmer north Saturday. Five day outlook: temps about 4 degrees below May normals, rain chances tonight and again Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
Rio Grande
Polk Street Church Loses Its Pastor
Bishop William C. Martin announced at the Northwest Texas Methodist Conference that Dr. Neal D. Cannon, pastor of Polk Street Methodist Church Amarillo, is transferred to the Texas Conference to become Galveston District superintendent after six years in Amarillo. The conference adopted a pension plan for retired ministers at 14 percent of active pastor salaries with a $28 minimum per year of service, rising to $30 in 1951. church assessments set at 10 percent. Also noted was a $10,000 surplus on hand and commissioners discussed a state wide revival movement with evangelical denominations. Some churches showed no conversion.
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Hamilton Wright
Big Spring
William C. Martin
Northwest Texas Methodist Conference
Neal D. Cannon
Polk Street Methodist Church
Amarillo
Texas
Galveston
Conference
H. S. Robinson
Lubbock
H. B. Coggin
Buchanan Street
Methodist Church
Martin
Cannon
Census Taker Skips Louisiana Village
In Long Leaf Louisiana about 300 villagers complain they were overlooked by the census. Local resident J W Terrell says no census taker has visited and no one in the town has been counted. Public anger grows as the discrepancy draws attention from residents and officials.
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Long Leaf
U.P
J. W. Terrell
Pioneer Groceryman Is Claimed by Death
Odelle Harris Amarillo grocer livestock dealer and rancher died at 8 15 this morning in Northwest Texas Hospital after hospitalization since Friday He was 63 born July 4 1886 in Yell County Arkansas came to Amarillo in 1909 with his father and brother building a chain of Rolling Stone Stores across the High Plains They once operated nine stores in Amarillo and as many as 10 at a time in Amarillo Pampa and Borger with a million dollar annual volume of business Their home is 1504 Travis.
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Odelle Harris
Amarillo
Northwest Texas Hospital
Travis
Mr. Harris
Yell County
Ark
Portales
J. H. Harris
Willard Harris
Johnson
Grant
High Plains
Pampa
Borger
Father-Sons
Rolling Stone
Harris family rebuilt grocery chain and ran ranches in NM
The Harris family, known as the Helpy-Selly store operators, reentered the chain grocery business to form Harris Food Stores. The father and his sons also managed a ranch in Union County, New Mexico, with recent years highlighting their ranching activities.
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Harris Food Stores
Union County
Lee
Harris
West Texas speller knocked out of National Bee on soporific
Gayne Wright Scott the News-Globe Bee champion from Plainview failed to spell soporific in round 15 at the National Spelling Bee in Washington. He is 14, an eighth grader, and was among 19 regional champions still contending. Prizes range from 500 dollars for first to 100 for third. his travel costs were provided by The News-Globe.
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Washington
Speller
Soporific
Globengton
Washington I de
Gayne Wright Scott
Scott
National Press Club
Prairie
R. L. Rutherford
Plainview
Gayne
New Mexico
Arizona
el Paso
Gayne Wright
New York
Washington Bee
The
News- Globe
Rain general across plains brings scattered totals
Precipitation up to a half inch fell last night across the Panhandle Plains eastern New Mexico and western Oklahoma Panhandle with light showers described as quite general. Clovis led with 0.51 inch as others recorded varying amounts from Dalhart 0.46 to Hereford 0.11. Temperatures cooled with 39 degrees noted locally and Denver set an all time May 25 low of 31 as rain totals reached 1.38 inches there.
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Panhandle Plains Area
New Mexico
Oklahoma Panhandle
Clovis
North Plains
Dalhart
Stratford
Borger
Spearman
Dumas
Miami
Amarillo
Panhandle
Claude
Vega
Shamrock
So Plains
Crosbyton
Lubbock
Hereford
Tulsa
Plainview
Dimmitt
Guymon
Okla
Denver
Colo
Texas Voices from Dallas to Europe on VOA Project
Dallas residents are being interviewed by a Voice of America team this week to present Texas perspectives to European audiences. The initiative aims to highlight Dallas culture and regional viewpoints for international listeners.
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Texas
Dallas
Europe
Voice of America
Markets Close Tuesday Memorial Day Observed
Markets will close next Tuesday May 30 for Memorial Day. Trade and financial desk activities pause as observance of the holiday limits normal market hours across exchanges and related institutions.
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New York
Princess Fathia Weds Commoner In Moslem Ceremony
Princess Fathia of Egypt married Riad Ghali in a surprise Moslem ceremony at night, a fairy tale ending after King Farouk and Nazli faced obstacles. The couple, ages 19 and 31, wed before a Moslem priest in a solemn rite, with the dowager queen approving.
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San Francisco
Fathia
Egypt
Riad Ghali
Allah
Farouk
Nazli
Ghali
Soccer Rivalry Spurs Diplomatic Strain in Central America
In Guatemala City on May 25 police used fire hoses to separate Guatemalan and Salvadoran soccer teams after a March clash. The incident heightened tensions between Guatemala and El Salvador, with talk of a possible rupture in relations and anti-Guatemalan sentiment following a riot in San Salvador. One Salvadoran and one Guatemalan were killed in the violence.
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Guatemala
el Salvador
Gonzalez Arevalo
Alfonso Padilla
Weather Rakes Texas With Storms and Tornado
A cool front sparked damaging wind storms across West and North Central Texas. A tornado struck Crane injuring no one but causing up to 200000 in property damage. A show tent collapsed in Dallas injuring 16 year old Richard Tedwell. Thunderstorms and rain were reported in Midland Big Spring Wink Lubbock and Sweetwater with a farm worker killed by lightning near Brownfield. Weather Page 4.
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Associated Press
Texas
Crane
Odessa
Dallas
Richard Tedwell
Tedwell
Midland
Big Spring
Wink
New Mexico
Lubbock
Sweetwater
Brownfield
Stranahan and Chapman Reach British Amateur Finals
Frank Stranahan of Toledo and Dick Chapman of Pinehurst advanced to the British Amateur final at St Andrews after wins today. They will play the 36 hole final tomorrow for the title.
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ST. Andrews
Scotland
Frank Stranahan
Toledo
Ohio
Dick Chapman
Pinehurst
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