16 States Vote in Key Off-Year Elections for Congress
Voters in 16 states from Massachusetts to California head to polls to decide control of the House and Senate in the 80th Congress. Democrats and Republicans claim gains as final ballots tally 97 Senate races, 880 House contests, and 33 governorships with attention on races in New York, Massachusetts, Kentucky, California and Wisconsin. Maine reelects Sen. Owen Brewster and Gov. Horace A. Hildreth as party lines hold.
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Associated Press
Massachusetts
California
House
Senate
GOP
New York
Missouri
Itaho
Montana
Washington
West Virginia
Wyoming
New Mexico
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Illinois
Robert M. la Follette
Maine
Owen Brewster
Truman Era Price Controls Debate and Postwar Reconversion
The piece records partisan fights over meat and price controls as the Truman administration struggles with reconversion from wartime to peacetime. Republicans accuse Democrats of failing to crack price controls and warn that GOP control of Congress would slow a permanent peace, with Wallace commenting at a New York rally.
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Truman
Congress
Wallace
New York
Potter County Democrats Urge Heavy Vote in General Election
Ned Finch urges Panhandle residents to turnout in tomorrow's general election. He notes Potter County had 16 votes at the September state convention and warns a large turnout preserves the county's voice in Texas politics. Polls open 8 to 7 with 27 boxes.
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Ned Finch
Democratic Executive Committee
Potter County
Texas
San Antonio
Panhandle
To Attend Editors Seminar
The American Press Institute at Columbia University announced 26 newspapermen will attend a three week seminar for city editors. The group includes 20 city editors, two managing editors and four assistant city editors from 20 states and the District of Columbia. The seminar starts December 2 and is the third in a series.
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New York
American Press Institute
Columbia University
States
District of Columbia
Jack B. Krueger
The
Dallas Morning News
Fred Post
Amarillo Globe and News
Snow Storm Paralyzes Amarillo Traffic Strands Bus Near Stratford
Winter arrives with a heavy snow storm in Amarillo. First flakes fell after 10 a.m. as snow blanketed homes and buildings. English Field reported a low of 31 degrees.
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Amarillo
English Field
Snow storm snarls traffic isolates buses in New Mexico region
Shortly after midnight a blizzard fringe storm slowed travel across Colorado and the northern Panhandle. Greyhound and Continental Trailways halted most buses to Albuquerque from the Union Bus Center. one bus stalled north of Stratford with sixteen aboard. A rescue party, snowplow work, and partial road clearance followed as six inches of snowfall accumulated since yesterday.
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Colorado
New Mexico
Panhandle
Albuquerque
Greyhound Bus Lines
Union Bus Center
Continental Trailways
Stratford
Kerrick
Oklo
F. L. Yates
Yates
Continental
Amarillo
Dalhart-Texline
Dalhart
Santa Rosa
N. M
American Automobile
Greyhound
Fort Worth
Denver
Texline
Trinidad
Colo
Des Moines
Santa Fe
Rock Island
G. C. Jefferis
Western Lines
Braniff
Oklahoma City
Pioneer Airlines
The
Texico
Canyon
Dumas
Pampa
Waynoka
Shattuck, Okla
Spearman
Fort Worth & Denver
Unseasonal Subfreezing Hits Sunny California
California rattled by sub freezing temperatures after a 65 mile per hour gale. Citrus losses run into thousands as fruit falls. Airports, planes, and rail services suffer delays and damage.
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Los Angeles
California
Death and Injuries On Roads
A blizzard drives road deaths in the Panhandle raising the yearly total to 72 with several injuries reported. Cpl. Munroe C. Darnell dies from injuries near Dumas while a soldier, Joseph A. Duffina, perishes near Conway in a collision involving a truck and another vehicle. A head and chest injury case comes from Tenth and Russell in Amarillo and A L Kitchens suffers between West Tenth and Russell in Northwest Texas Hospital care.
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Amarillo
Cpl
Munroe C. Darnell
Portales
N. M
Moore County
Dumas
Conway
Joseph A. Duffina
Carl Jones
Elk
Griggs
Walter Johnson Takes Turn For The Worse At Georgetown Hospital
Walter Johnson former star pitcher for the Washington Senators is reported to have taken a turn for the worse. Physicians at Georgetown Hospital say he has been ill with a brain tumor since April.
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Washington
Walter Johnson
Washington Senators
Georgetown Hospital
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Surroundings
Considerable cloudiness with little temperature change this afternoon. Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with warmer conditions Tuesday. In West Texas cloudy and colder, except Panhandle and South Plains this afternoon. warmer in Panhandle and El Paso area Tuesday. New Mexico partly cloudy today through Tuesday with mountain snow northeast. windy this afternoon tonight. warmer north portion tonight and Tuesday. Highs near 42, lows around 31. precipitation at 0.38 inches.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos River
Panhandie
el Paso
New Mexico
Sargent
Sch
Russell
John Maxnard
Election Eve Weather Dampens Texas Primary Turnout
Weather and damp conditions forecast for Texas on election day threaten to suppress turnout beyond the already low Democratic primary. Governor-nominee Beauford H Jester and Republican Eugene Nolte Jr offered no statements. Texas Election Bureau estimates 250000 may vote tomorrow with half tallied by midnight. Republicans contest major offices and six of 21 congressmen face opposition. three amendments await Thursday vote plus a fourth proposed.
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Associated Press
Texas
Beauford H. Jester
Eugene Nolte, Jr
San Antonio
Bob Johnson
Texas Election Bureau
Tom Connally
Murry D. Sells
Rubinstein in Concert Tonight in Amarillo
Artur Rubinstein arrives in Amarillo after layovers and a cold. He will perform at Municipal Auditorium on a 9 foot Steinway with his own piano and tuner. He discusses practice, nerves, and artistic philosophy before his first Amarillo concert featuring Chopin Debussy Beethoven and South American works.
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Artur Rubinstein
Municipal Auditorium
Amarillo
Mr. Rubinstein
Herring Hotel
Lee Rubinstein
South Africa Seeks Southwest Africa Trusteeship Bid
In New York at the United Nations the trusteeship committee opened discussions on mandated territories with South Africa proposing annexation of Southwest Africa. The move faces likely opposition from Russia as Truman reiterates continued U S control of Pacific Islands captured in World War II.
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N. Y
U.P
United Nations
South Africa
Africa
Russia
Truman
United States
Pacific Islands
Gundlach Wins News Tip Prize for Reporting Lost Money
Mrs. G H Gundlach of 213 North Buchanan wins the News Tip Contest and a 5 prize for reporting finding 1032 dollars on a highway the night before. Neil Rogers to receive 3 for daylight holdup tip at a grocery store and Mrs E J Curry to receive 2 for reporting a fatal accident between Canyon and Happy.
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G. H. Gundlach
North
Buchanan
Canyon
Happy
C. R. Hearn
Grand
Glennie Graham
Washington
Wallie Brown
North West Fifth
Emma Henslee
Edith Berry
North Lamar
Herman Looney
S. B. Reed
West Tenth
W. A. Burrows
North Buchanan
D. W. Hall
North East Tenth
Neely -Greenhill- Lowndes— Insurance
Big Four Ministers Tackle Treaties
Secretary of State Byrnes and Britain's Foreign Secretary Bevin held secret talks in New York as the four foreign ministers prepared to convene later to discuss peace treaties for Italy Romania Bulgaria Hungary and Finland and to seek speedy completion of the settlements.
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New York
Byrnes
Britain
Bevin
Germany
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Finland
Fire damages six Colorado springs businesses
A brisk wind fanned a fire that last night damaged six Colorado Springs businesses, with estimated losses totaling 135000 dollars.
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Colorado Springs
Woman Clutches 1898 Ticket That Still Worked
An elderly New Rochelle passenger handed a back dated ticket to a New Haven Railroad conductor with the remark she hadn’t bought it that day. The September 1898 date showed no time limit for use, making the ticket valid despite decades passing.
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New York
UPA
New Haven
New Rochelle
N. Y
Child Wanders at 2:50 A.M. Saved by Neighbor’s Kindness
A four year old boy left his Hayden street home in sub freezing dawn. He followed an inner pull to the Walker residence where Mrs. Walker warmed him and learned he was headed to his grandmother Mrs. L. J. Gorman on Parker. The boy was found by chance and guided back home.
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Oklahoma City
Cecil A. Smith
Pierce
Ernest S. Gerner
Brooks
Gerner
NEA
Nathan Leopold
Stateville Penitentiary
Joliet
Ill
Eye-Bank For Light Restoration, Inc
C. L. Garris
Leopold
Chicago
Richard Loeb
Bobby Franks
Berard Gene Hargraves
Hayden
L. J. Gorman
Parker
Ducks Bak
E. A. Regal Co
Pearl Estate and Loans
Walker
B. C. Hargraves
S. B. Walkers
Child Vanishes Then Found Safe After Night Out In Snow
A child named Bevaré Gene disappeared minutes after an event and police and several men rushed to the scene. The search up the street located the boy unharmed. He expressed a wish to play in the snow and make a snowman and snow ice cream as it began snowing this morning.
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Bevaré Gene
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Horace A. Hildreth
Murry Watts
Globe-News
Kansas
Adrian
H. C. Winburn
Clayton
Roswell
Gage
Okla
Trace
Panhandle Highway
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