Rail strike averted by emergency board action
Washington November 7 swift federal action postponed a threatened nationwide railway strike for at least two months. The firemen and enginemen unions called a strike against four key carriers, but the Railway Mediation Board certified the dispute for White House action and President Truman created a three member emergency board. The strike was to start Tuesday but is off until further notice as the board investigates under the Railway Labor Act. Carriers seek rules changes while wage demands include 18 cents hourly raise and 15 cents for yardmen toward a 40 hour week. engineers and conductors also involved but not threatening to strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National (Railway) Mediation Board
White House
Truman
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Brotherhood
David B. Robertson
Baltimore and Ohio
Chicago Northwestern
Louisville and Nashville
Terminal Railway Association
St. Louis
Robertson
Aiiike
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers
Order of
Final dedication program planned for Amarillo AFB weekend
Planners reconvene at Amarillo Air Force Base to finalize a two day Armistice Dedication sequence beginning Saturday with a Polk Street parade and concluding Sunday with General Harper’s address. Col Ray H Clark leads military participation. civilian leaders Frank Storm Jr and Rex Baxter head the civilian committee coordinating base wide roles and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Air Force Base
Polk Street
General Harper
Frank Storm, Jr
Rex Baxter
Col
Ray H. Clark
AAFRB
Avis
Michael J. Sullivan
AAFB
A. J. Mason
John E. Satterstrom
3320Th Technical Training Wing
Leon A. Brooks
Carl M. Wood
Frank B. Moore
M&s
Porter L. Oakes
Adrian J. Barnes
M. D. Bafford
Ralph A. Chamberlain Jr
Carl J. Hopf
Air Base Group
Alphonso V. Ignatowitcz
USAF
Rudolph A. Stranacher
Charles W. Moore
John Christoff
Tech
Gerald D. Fairbanks
Joseph Wunderlick
Billy M. Hamilton
Paul S. Meuser
John R. Kelley
Lawrence A. Festa
Rogers To Talk On Inflation At Amarillo Club
Congressman Walter Rogers will address inflation concerns at a 7 o’clock dinner meeting at the Amarillo County Club sponsored by the Texas Home Builders Association. Reservations are $3, contact Lois McSweeney at 3-5825. He plans a Borger luncheon and the Amarillo Air Force Base dedication over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Rogers
Amarillo County Club
Texas Home Builders Association
Lois McSweeney
Amarilla
Chamber of Commerce
Borger
Amarillo Air Force Base
Sim Coker Funeral Thursday at Chapel
Funeral services for Sim Coker a 58 year old prominent Amarillo druggist will be at Griggs Pioneer Chapel at 10 a m Thursday with Dr Carl Bates and Dr Hope Owen officiating. A second service will be at 3 30 p m Thursday at First Baptist Quanah. Burial in Quanah Cemetery. He died yesterday of a heart attack. He was retired from McKesson Robbins Amarillo post and leaves Lois Coker wife a daughter Mrs J Ross Johnston of Quanah a grandson Coke Johnston and three sisters Mrs Jeff Matthew Mrs L J Nuckles and Mrs George Brewer. He was born August 10 1883 in Weatherford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sim Coker
Griggs Pioneer Chapel
Carl Bates
First Baptist Church
Coker
Hope Owen
Plainview
Quanah
Elmer McGahan
Roland Miller
Robert Lewis, Jr
Gerald Fly
Avery Blevins
Allen Craighead
Leon Campbell
Willis Weatherwax
Edwin Smith
Elbert Lamb
A. N. Olver
E. W. Hardin
H. H Latson
Wes Izzard
J. B. Landers, Sr
A. J. Folley
Joe A. Jenkins
Emmett Scott
Frank Butler
Dick Ware
Charles Ware
Frank Jesse
Gene Klein
A. J. Streit
Edward Broome
Jeff Neeley
Ted Neeley
Sam J. Elkins
Roy Pool
John Kenyon
Ray Bush
Tri-State
Owen
M. J. Lee
Simeon H. Coker
Weatherford
Amarillo
McKesson & Robbins
Lipscomb
Lois Coker
J. Ross Johnston
Quwanah
Coke Johnston
Jeff Matthew
L. J. Nuckles
George Brewer
Dallas
Lois Daugherty
Seymour
Kidney Slow Down May Bring Restless Nights
An advertisement touts Kidney Slow-Down as a remedy that purportedly eases nocturnal discomfort and promotes steadier sleep for individuals troubled by nighttime kidney symptoms.
Amarillo drug executive, Army veteran, mystic noble
The article outlines a Texas man born in Weatherford who attended Dallas and Texas A&M, worked as a bookkeeper, served in the Navy Hospital Corps in World War I, and entered the drug business in Quanah and Lubbock before moving to Amarillo in 1939 to join Texas M and M Company. He rose to vice president, bought controlling interest in 1947, then sold the company to Alexander Drug Co. of Oklahoma City while retaining an interest, later becoming a vice president and director of Alexander. He was a mystic shrine noble.
Airstrips Built In Brazil's Jungles
Rio de Janeiro reports the Roncad or Xingu expedition completed the final of twelve air strips through virgin country from Rio to Manaus. The Tapajoz River site marks the last base, to be used by Brazilian Army planes on special missions and rescue work, with future direct flights from the United States in view. The next task is surveying road routes to connect the strips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janeiro
Roncador-Xingu
Central Brazil Foundation
Manaus
Tapajoz
United States
Planned new town rises in bombed East London area
A planned town is being erected in a large bomb damaged district of East London England. The project aims to rebuild housing and local services in the aftermath of wartime destruction, signaling reconstruction efforts and urban development plans for the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
London
England
Four Killed as Jet Crashes on Carrier Antietam
Four Navy men were killed and ten injured when a jet fighter crashed into parked planes on the carrier Antietam off Korea. The P-9F Panther failed to catch arresting gear and breached safety barriers, causing damage to two other jets and multiple aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Antietam
Korea
Youngest Army unit aids chemical warfare origins traced
One of the Army's youngest technical services, the Chemical Corps, works in a field whose warfare origins lie in ancient India around 2000 BC. Historical accounts mention smoke screens, incendiaries, and fumes as early examples of chemical warfare concepts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chemical Corps
India
War casualties toll and shifting skilled labor shares
The landing reports Lt. George S. Brainerd of West Orange New Jersey killed along with Airman Edward Laverne Clark of Juneau Alaska Airman Fagerne A. Pfeifer Osseo Minnesota and Airman Thomas R. Russell Barstow Texas. New York reports that semiskilled workers now form about half the labor force as skilled workers stay steady and unskilled shrink by roughly half since 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Brainerd
West Orange
Edward Laverne Clark
Juneau
Alaska
Fagerne A. Pfeifer
Osseo
Minn
Thomas R. Russell
Barstow
Tex
New York
United States
Labor Fource
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rogers
Dean
Doan
Polk
Brazil
Evpie
Bamboo Shop
108Th District Court
C. J. Brazeale
North Williams
Pampa Motor Freight Company
Young Clifton Brazeale
Globe-News
Food Store NO
Mr. Young
Vic
M. M. Smith
Bauer
Black
Bauer && Black Twooway
Eet Patel
Ice Guard
Het Ygren
Ace Vector
Harrison
Bortteries
Riverside
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!